1. It has been medically proven that I am allergic
to everything
on this earth except guinea pigs.
2. I have an extra vertebra in my spine.
3. I have lived in the Netherlands for 22 years
as of July 15 of this year.
4. I still can't speak dutch.
5. I am an army brat.
6. My family moved around so much that I'm actually
from nowhere.
7. I have one brother, whom I have always called
'Tut'.
8. He has always called me 'moose', after Bullwinkle.
9. That is the only nick name I have ever had.
I sometimes wonder why no one ever called me
'baby-cakes' or something equally smooshie.
10. I hate canned peas.
11. I loathe applesauce.
12. I love anchovies.
13. Our house was built in 1632.
14. I was treated for hard core infertility for
8 years.
On my 40th birthday, I had my last injection.
Since then, I've been pg four times ( Meg being
one of them).
15. I was once a cheerleader.
16. I was once a jock.
17. I was once an archaeologist.
18. I have no desire to do any of these things
again.
19. Since childhood, I have preferred men with
blue eyes and dark hair.
I don't know why.
20. I don't smile often.
21. Despite 6 years of higher education, I can't
spell.
22. I won a prize for a paper on the book of Job.
23. My favorite color is yellow.
24. I usually wear black.
25. I'm afraid of cows.
26. I wear glasses.
27. I don't like the various foods on my plate
to touch one another.
28. I hate milk. Always have.
29. I don't know how to drive a car.
30. I once called a catholic priest a sniveling
coward
in public ( in church, as a matter of fact)
31. The first language I spoke in was German.
Not that I can speak it now.
32. I can get quite jumpy about the way women
are treated.
33. Despite having had 2 years of 'sex-ed', when
the boy downstairs
told me the facts of life ( graphically) I was
horrified.
Simply horrified.
34. My best friends were always men.
35. I collect posters from WWI.
36. I met Han when I was 22.
37. I am 46.
38. I have never worn blue eye shadow.
39. At 21, I was told I was terminally ill. They
were wrong.
Obviously.
40. The TV series 'Columbo' had a major effect
on my personality.
41. I don't like most classical music.
42. I don't like coke.
43. I don't like ice tea.
44. I hate Budweiser.
45. I have dual citizenship.
46. I had a perfect childhood. Loved every minute
of it.
47. I dislike cut flowers.
48. I would like to have a Korat cat one day.
49. I'm afraid of heights.
50. I'm also afraid of deep water.
51. I once took sitar lessons.
52. I procrastinate. A lot. That's why I'm doing
this,
instead of what I should be doing.
53. I don't like desserts.
54. I hate disco music.
55. I love old rock and roll.
56. I always pay our bills on time.
57. I'm a slob.
58. I never close cupboard doors.
59. I can't fall asleep if a closet door or drawer
is open in my bedroom.
60. I read at least an hour every night before
I go to sleep.
61. I own clothing that is older then most people
reading this.
62. I never wear socks.
63. I never liked circuses.
64. I don't in particular like getting presents.
Especially cut flowers.
65. I'm very good at map reading.
66. Yet I often confuse my left and right hand.
67. I'm right handed.
68. I'm never late.
69. I once considered taking a nicotine patch
with me to see the film 'Titanic'.
70. I smoke.
71. I drink.
72. I love juicy gossip.
73. I live in a small town ( about 1100 people).
74. I always sleep with a fan on. And the window
open. And the heat off.
75. I have no taste in clothing for myself.
76. I have three pairs of shoes. Two of those
are terminal.
I really have to buy new shoes.
77. I rarely read fiction.
78. Sometimes I wonder if history is just old
gossip.
79. I hate scenes.
80. I have no regrets.
81. Although I really should have gone to a different
college.
82. While I never planned it this way, lately
I'm very glad that I am an older mother.
83. I have changed 95% of the poopy diapers that
were ever produced by our children.
84. I now have a cast iron stomach.
85. My mother died when she was 48.
86. I loathe Noddy.
87. I had braces on my teeth for about a year.
Before that, I looked like a vampire.
88. I actually read junk mail.
89. I save everything. Anyone want some earth
shoes ?
90. I rarely know what the date is.
91. I love the NY Times Sunday crossword puzzle.
92. I have never completed a Sunday NY Times crossword
puzzle.
93. I am often amazed that my life turned out
so well :
I have more then I ever dreamed of having.
94. Given the choice, I would rather not be serious.
95. I still don't know what 'sardonic' means.
Not really.
96. Han and I are, on the surface, extreme opposites.
97. I feel very guilty about Meg's rotten teeth.
98. I love to cook.
99. I like to quilt.
100. I love my roses, though I don't deserve them,
I'm so neglectful.