Accepting a challenge from my friend Joel Sax at Pax Nortana – fifty things you may not know about me:
- Secular Judaism was the “religion” of my immediate family.
- Because I couldn’t touch my toes, I was asked to leave ballet school when I was a child.
- My family now contains a total of five grandchildren (my daughter has three sons, Greg’s son and daughter have one child each-a son and a daughter – hmmm, I just realized the son has a daughter and the daughter has a son).
- I never imagined I’d live long enough to see grandchildren.
- How to correctly walk up and down stairs is all I can remember from Charm School.
- Having a bit of a socialite mother, I know (or at least used to know), the purpose of every piece of china and silverware in a place setting.
- I could sew with hand-stitches that looked like they came from a sewing machine by the time I was 8, thanks to my grandmother (a tailor) and my mother (a clothing designer) – both perfectionists.
- The only living member of my immediate family is my brother (other than myself) .
- I have a couple of very talented and somewhat famous cousins.
- People in general (doesn’t matter what you look like, how you dress, or how you speak) scare the hell out of me.
- Even though I’m told it’s against human nature, I would prefer to live completely alone near a library (well maybe a cat could share my space), even with no internet *gasp*
- My self-esteem is slightly greater than that of a squashed bug.
- I’m an excellent actress, you may rarely know what I’m really feeling….
- ….consequently, I am a chameleon, in that I’m still trying to figure out who I am so I just try to blend in with whomever is around me.
- When challenged, I will rise to the occasion. If you say “you can’t,” I will.
- Respect is at the top of my list for most-important-characteristics-in-a-person.
- Unconditional love was not a given, I had to learn how to accept it (I’m still learning).
- This one was surprising to me when I allowed it to be acknowledged – I am creative.
- Perfectionism bedevils me.
- I’m not always nice.
- I was a Mormon for a while to please my ex-husband.
- I lied just so I could get a library card, that’s how important reading is to me.
- I will most likely be honest, so don’t ask the question if you don’t want to hear the answer (yes, those pants do make your behind look as huge as a refrigerator). In other words, tact was something I had to be taught over thirty years ago and it’s still not one of my major talents.
- I feel emotions too strongly for my comfort level.
- Making fun of my mentally-ill self is my own coping skill. I absolutely do not treat others the same way.
- And in that same vein…I am not as kind to myself nearly as much as I am to others.
- I could never have won Mother-of-the-Year award, but I love my daughters fiercely and unconditionally.
- Surviving domestic violence made me a stronger woman.
- Every day that I survive my mental illness makes me more empathetic.
- After over 40 years of driving, I still don’t know how to change a flat tire.
- The freezing snow in Ohio is preferable to the burning heat of Arizona, and Southern California is Eden.
- Trust is elusive.
- I learned that when growing up in Southern California, majoring in French is a waste of time, unless your future plans include marrying a wealthy landowner and living on an artichoke farm on Prince Edward Island (yes, really).
- Even though I was accepted with Honors at Entrance to the university, I was on Academic Probation my Sophomore year – I gave up.
- When I worked in a bank, I was held up by a bank robber and foiled several forgers.
- I used to have a Betty Crocker trophy for being outstanding in all of home economics in Junior High School.
- My taste in music is extremely eclectic.
- I have a less varied idea of what type of art I like.
- After being raised to be, and then expected to be, a “trophy” wife; I now live in jeans and t-shirts, am married to hick, and am a terrible housekeeper (although I can still pull off the social graces when necessary).
- I seem to be the only one who finds this ironic: My mother’s father was a furrier, my father’s father was a butcher, and my father was a physician. The first generation worked with dead things, the next generation attempted to heal living beings.
- I’m pretty sure I’m an atheist.
- I have a love/hate relationship with where I live.
- I’ve never had a major auto accident, but inanimate objects tend to get in my way when I’m parking or backing up. I’ve also only ever had two speeding tickets in my lifetime.
- My idea of “roughing it” is no working toilet in a camper. No outside camping, no way.
- I have two living daughters out of five pregnancies.
- Swimming in cool, clear, clean water is my idea of bliss.
- Although I’ve had many massages, I have never felt relaxed.
- My favorite color is Kelly Green (it was the obligatory black when I was a teenager).
- My favorite song is “Moondance,” by Van Morrison.
- My favorite movie is “Somewhere in Time.”
Your turn…please post your link in my comments or on Facebook. I’d love to learn 50 new things about you.
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