100 Things About Me

1. I thru hiked the Appalachian Trail – over 2000 miles – in 2017.

2. I sit at my computer with my feet in the chair and knees scrunched up to my chest.

3. I drink too much Diet Pepsi – whatever amount you are thinking – double it.

4. I actually owned 8-track tapes long ago.

5. I have one daughter.

6. Since I have been married we have moved 12 times.

7. I am a fierce competitor.

8. I do not lie.

9. I can not hold a tune – when I am driving I turn the music up loud so I can’t hear myself sing.

10. I have climbed four “14ers” – Mountains in Colorado over 14,000 feet.

11. Two drinks and I am loopy!

12. I believe I am a better driver than 98% of people on the road.

13. I have skydived.

14. My father died when I was 30 and I still miss him.

15. I hate vacuuming.

16. When I first got married I had to call my mother and ask how long do you boil an egg for it to be hard boiled.

17. I love to dance – my husband does not.

18. I hate June bugs.

19. I have one grandchild.

20. I was always the “good” child.

21. I am always punctual.

22. I am a better “handyman” than my husband.

23. I can not whistle.

24. I have been hot-air ballooning.

25. My husband thinks I’m sexy.

26. I have 2 speeds – full out or a dead stop – no in between.

27. I think Valentines Day is the dumbest holiday.

28. I live in Kansas.

29. My husband won a trip to Singapore and Bali. We stayed at the Ritz and while lying at the pool a hotel employee came around and spritzed me with Evian.

30. I saw Yule Brynner perform the King and I on stage.

31. On our first big date – I finished my soon to be husband’s meal.

32. I did not go to my Junior or Senior Prom.

33. I hate being cold.

34. Early in our marriage – Pizza Hut sent us a Christmas card because we were such good customers.

35. I am a poker junky.

36. If you look at my wedding pictures – you would see I still had braces.

37. We called my grandmother – “Grannie.”

38. I had two Yorkie Pups.

39. I have seen 34 Broadway musicals.

40. I climbed Independence Monument. A free standing tower of soft, red sandstone whose summit is 45 stories above the floor of the canyon.

41. I love games: scrabble, charades, poker…you name it – I’ll play it.

42. I get angrier with people who are mean to others then I do than I do when they are mean to me.

43. The person in the mirror looks older than I feel.

44. I think “patience” is over-rated and only slows things down.

45. I have rafted down class five rapids – and enjoyed every second of it.

46. I can’t keep my mouth shut when my husband drives. Truly – I have tried.

47. I respect my husband more than anyone else I know.

48. My husband is the smartest person I know.

49. My husband is a lousy driver.

50. I mix my fried eggs and hash browns together.

51. I hate to shop.

52. I take hour long baths.

53. Best compliment I ever got was when my daughter said, “I want what you and Dad have together.”

54. I think most parents don’t discipline their children enough.

55. I have been married 43 years.

56. I always believed I would grow old gracefully – now I believe that is bullshit – I will fight it every step of the way.

57. I think you can learn something from everyone.

58. I read the poem Deserata when I was 13 and loved it – at 65 still think it is wonderful.

59. I am a big re-reader! Love to re-read series.

60. My granddaughter love theatre - I love watching her perform.

61. I dream in color.

62. I love musicals – especial old ones: Unsinkable Molly Brown, 1776, 7 Brides, Sweet Charity, the list goes on.

63. I am very ticklish.

64. Leaving our husbands behind – my Mother and I visited Italy and Paris 1992 – I will always treasure the memories of our trip together.

65. I drive a Ford Maverick.

66. I like to make sand castles – I am pitiful at it – but still enjoy it.

67. I want to learn how to surf.

68. I have never been to Starbucks.

69. We hosted an Italian exchange student for 9 months.

70. One summer during college I worked road construction.

71. I love talking to strangers. You learn such interesting things.

72. My husband is ten years older then me.

73. My first computer had an 80286 processor, 256k of RAM and a 1.2MB floppy disk drive – it operated on DOS.

74. I now have a desktop with four screens, iPad and iPhone! Things have changed!

75. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are still yummy.

76. I value human life over animal life.

77. I think the best place to look for God is in nature, not a book.

78. I have the best neighbors!

79. I don’t understand why people take their children to Vegas with them.

80. My Christmas stocking is 65 years old.

81. I love to read.

82. I once helped put a toilet on a neighbor’s roof as a practical joke.

83. I love photography.

84. I crochet afghans every now and then for special people.

85. I have the cutest grandchild EVER.

86. I am the “go to person” in my family.

87. My mother loved me best. (Of course my siblings think she loved them best.)

88. I fell in love to James Taylor – and when one of his songs comes on the radio when we are in the car – my husband still reaches for my hand and squeezes it.

89. I tried snails for the first time in 2005 – they were ok.

90. Bungee jumping is not a fun as it looks. It gave me a headache.

91. Golf is the hardest sport I have ever played.

92. I once had a boil on my face – I named it Bertha. It was huge!

93. I still think go-carts are fun.

94. My daughter is a beautiful person – inside and out.

95. Literally never having owned a needle – I bought a sewing machine, read a book and made drapes. They came out great!

96. I think “prolonging life” has been taken to the extreme.

97. I hiked the Grand Canyon on my 60th birthday

98. I built a treehouse for my Granddaughter.

99. Meeting new friends in your 60’s is hard - I have been lucky.

100. I no longer have a dog - but my neighbors let me borrow Ellie for walks.