1. I am the oldest child. I am the oldest grandchild on my mother’s side. I am the oldest great-grandchild on my mother’s side.
2. I consider myself young at heart.
3. I love liver and onions.
4. I knew I was going to marry my husband the first time I saw him. He still does not believe it.
5. I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks, I do, I do, I do believe in spooks.
6. I have an aversion to top hats, not a real “fear” but a strong creeped out feeling.
7. I try never to kill spiders because it’s bad luck.
8. In high school my sister and I shared a car. It was named “Clara, the Killer Bel-Aire.” My dad bought the car for us, probably to teach us humility. Thanks, Dad.
9. I flunked my driving test the first time I took it. The old lady who gave me the test really stressed me out.
10. I bought my own first car for $100.00. It was named, “Rattle and Hum.”
11. The convenience store in my town sells night-crawlers for $1.86 per dozen. That makes each worm worth approximately 15 ½ cents. That’s kinda sad for the worm. I love the song “Dr. Worm” by They Might Be Giants.
12. Lemonade is my favorite drink. I make excellent homemade lemonade. If you come to my house, I will try to remember to make some for you.
13. I also make excellent sloppy-joes. I have a secret sloppy-joe recipe from my great-grandma. My husband didn’t know the secret until I’d known him for ten years. I wanted to make sure I could trust him.
14. My favorite toys as a child were crayons, books, and play-doh. I was a nerd. I won my first coloring contest in third-grade for coloring the state seal – beautifully! I cannot choose a favorite color – I love them all equally.
15. I also cannot choose a favorite book. Isabelle Allende and Margaret Atwood are two of my favorite authors.
16. I keep telling my husband that everyone has a cool secret laboratory except me. He doesn’t believe that either. If I had my own lab I would invent cheaper and more effective insect repellent. I would also make plots to rule the world. Oh, and have flying monkeys. (I might just get those even if I don't get the secret lab, think of all the things they could help you with - like dusting up high and stuff!)
17. I was once robbed at gunpoint. I was pregnant at the time. Life becomes crystal-clear when someone is pointing a gun at you.
18. My car was also stolen when I was pregnant. I saw my stolen car setting at a house and I went on my own to get it back. It was setting at an “alleged” drug dealers house who bought it from the thief. I got the car back by knocking on the door and telling them I was taking it. I do not recommend this course of action. Hormones can make you do really stupid things.
19. Rosalyn Carter was at the clinic the same day I found out I was pregnant. I would never in a million years expected to see a former first lady at the clinic. She was promoting childhood immunizations, I was there for the pregnancy test.
20. The only other famous person I have been near is Jello Biafra. I walked into a club right behind him and I touched his shoulder. He had no idea who I was.
21. Oh, and I sat about 10 feet from Ice-T at a concert once. It was the first Lollapallooza concert tour. That makes me pretty old. I still have the t-shirt somewhere.
22. My daughter is the most awesome person I know. Really. I’m not biased.
23. I am somewhat ambidextrous. I can write with both hands at the same time. Writing frontward with my right hand and backwards with my left. I don’t know how I discovered I have this talent.
24. I got a pony when I was two. My husband and daughter think I was spoiled. Probably I was. My horse’s name was Eddie Peddie Blackie. He was a black Shetland pony. I had him until I was in high school. My grandparents gave him to a kind of “horse retirement” farm. At least that’s what they told me and I choose to believe it’s true.
25. I was once stung by hundreds of wasps. Well, maybe dozens. Okay, at least a dozen. I crawled into our dog’s doghouse and found out why she never really stayed in there. Luckily, I’m not allergic to stings. In fact, I used to have a really big crush on Sting, back in high school. I’m over it now. And so is this list!
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