Little Known Facts About Me

Angie at Many Little Blessings tagged me for this meme. I'm really not big on talking about myself this much (since I just did another meme about myself) but since I was officially tagged, I'll play along.

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? My mother claims that I was named after my father's old girlfriend (nice, huh?). She was my mother's cousin, actually, and they dated briefly before my parents met. My dad said it was just a nice Catholic name. I've never like it myself; why couldn't I be Mary, or Elizabeth or Katherine?

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED?Last week, when I found that some boys were being unkind to Francis in high school gym class. At first I got "mama lion mad" (I wanted to shake those little turds -- did I say turds? Yes, that's exactly what they are.), then I cried for my poor baby. All is fine now and he's met some kinder, gentler boys.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes, it's one think that hasn't changed since Catholic grade school days. I write just like the sisters who taught me.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? ham or braunschweiger

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? three sons and a daughter

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? No idea. I think that is a crazy question. If I said "yes," well, that wouldn't be very humble, and if I said "no," well that's kind of scary.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Not really -- although sometimes with my oldest teen -- he gets it and sometimes that's the only way I get through to him.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? No, not since I was five years old.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Never.

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? No favorite -- I like Corn flakes, Raisin Bran and hot Grape Nuts.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? I own no shoes with ties, unless you count snow boots and I think you have to untie those.

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I have typical female upper body weakness, which drives me nuts. My legs are very strong. So is my will.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? No favorite again, but I really like Graeter's Butter Pecan, and my own homemade vanilla and strawberry.

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Either their eyes or their voice.

15. RED OR PINK? Pink

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? My temper.

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My dad, who died when I was in college, and two of my brothers who live in Maryland and California.

18. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Khaki pants (my uniform) and tan sandals.

19. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Mint Girl Scout cookies. Can you believe I still have some? They've been squirreled away in the basement. I had a migraine and thought the chocolate might help. Yea, right.

20. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Paula Deen's show.

21. IF YOU WHERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? I thought I would pick Canary, because my favorite color is yellow, but when I went to the Crayola site, to find the right color name, I saw Cornflower and remembered how much I always loved Cornflower. It always surprised me with it's beauty. It's so cool and unpretentious. I know, it's just a crayon.

22. FAVORITE SMELLS? I couldn't possibly pick just one: clean baby clothes, clean baby diapers, bread baking, wood burning, sheets and nightgowns dried in the sun, my husband's Old Spice deodorant, Channel No. 5

23. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? my husband

24. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes

25. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Baseball or college football

26. HAIR COLOR? Well, the Loreal box says Medium Golden Brown. My true color is gray. I've been gray since before my first child was born -- premature gray runs in my family. So I've been varying shades of reddish brown since I was in my 20s. When I was a child I was a redhead.

27. EYE COLOR? Dark brown.

28. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No.

29. FAVORITE FOOD? Cleary you can see that I have a problem with favorites. I love pancakes, all sorts of beans, any kind of bread, salsa and chips, potatoes fixed almost any way, ice cream, almost any kind of cake. I guess you could say I like carbs.

30. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings. There is no point to scary movies. I don't get them.

31. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Opal Dreams. Very interesting and kind of sad. I found it on my favorite movie review web site.

32. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Blue and white striped cotton blouse.

33. SUMMER OR WINTER? Winter, Definitely winter.

34. HUGS OR KISSES? Big hugs.

35. FAVORITE DESSERT? Um, favorite? Vanilla ice cream with strawberries or coconut cream pie or dark chocolate cake with whipped cream frosting or blueberry crisp or cherry pie or...

36. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? I'm not tagging.

37. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Ditto

38. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING: The Book of Bright Ideas by Sandra Kring

39. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? NASA Launch Services Program

40. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON T.V. LAST NIGHT? Doug was watching Hannity and Colmes which I was technically not watching because I was mending, but I wasn't happy that it was on, because I'm boycotting Hannity

41. FAVORITE SOUND? My kids laughing -- they all have big belly laughs, water trickling, fire popping, rain falling

42. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Neither

43. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? South Florida

44. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Not really. My family all say that I'm a great cook, but I really just have a knack for finding good recipes. I don't create good food, I just follow the recipes.

45. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Cincinnati, Ohio

46. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? I'd love to read anyone's, but I'm not tagging. Leave a comment if you play so I can link to you.