Marching along...

March...spring is coming in two weeks and a birthday is coming this month, too.  Yours truly will be turning the big 6-5 this month.  I really can't believe I'm that old until I start doing some things I've been too lazy to do this winter, then my ole achy joints tell me I am.  Anyway, to celebrate my upcoming birthday I will share with you 65 things you may not know about me.  So here are those 65 utterly non-earthshaking as you can possibly get, and in no particular order, things: 

  1.  I hate spiders.
  2.  I like to play the piano, when I have one.
  3.  My favorite season is Autumn.
  4.  I hate licorice.
  5.  I have a daughter and a son. 
  6.  One ankle is bigger than the other due to 3 breaks in the joint after falling on ice many years ago.
  7.  I never was a Girl Scout but was in a 4-H Club.
  8.  I drove 4000 miles on a 2 week vacation a few years ago.
  9.  I walked with a cane for a long time.  (See #6 above)
10.  I'm a Christian.
11.  My kitchen is always clean.
12.  I love card games and many board games.
13.  I rarely watch TV.
14.  I've lived in Missouri my whole life.
15.  I've been married nearly 40 years.
16.  I don't own a dress, but will wear skirts.
17.  I loved growing up on a farm.
18.  I've never had a speeding ticket in my life.
19.  I've had 3 warnings about speeding.
20.  My favorite soda is Pepsi.
21.  I hate dirty anything.
22.  I love chocolate anything.
23.  I was a middle child, between two brothers.
24.  I sleep on my right side.
25.  My favorite breakfast on the weekend is bacon, eggs and toast.
26.  I love music.
27.  I love fried country ham sandwiches with a slice of tomato.
28.  I love to read.
29.  I used to have a square grand piano.
30.  I love green beans right out of the garden.
31.  I wore contacts nearly 40 years.
32.  My eyes are green with some brown around the pupil rimmed with blue.
33.  I love Chinese food.
34.  I don't like humid weather.
35.  I hate icy roads.
36.  I have Meniere's.
37.  I've taught Sunday school classes for children.
38.  I love going to flea markets and garage sales.
39.  I attended a one room country school my first 6 years.
40.  I like to go fishing.
41.  I love to sit on my patio in the summer evenings.
42.  I've had several German Shepherd's for pets.
43.  My only pet now is a cat named Stormy.
44.  I love grilled steaks, beef or pork.
45.  I've been friends with V. for 50 years.
46.  I love flowers.
47.  I love to laugh.
48.  I never liked camping.
49.  I went to college for two years.
50.  I was bitten by a snake twice while swimming in a pond when I was teenager.
51.  Our house burned down when I was 9 years old.
52.  I'm scared of heights.
53.  Branson is one of my favorite vacations spots in MO.
54.  I was stung by a jellyfish in the Atlantic.
55.  I wanted to be a ballerina when I was a little girl.
56.  I was very shy when younger.
57.  I've worked part-time in a flower shop.
58.  I used to paint with acrylics.
59.  I didn't cook until I got married.
60.  The one job I hated growing up was washing dishes.
61.  I love my dishwasher.
62.  I could use more patience.
63.  I love quilts.
64.  My favorite decorating style is probably cottage style. 
65.  I like a little mystery, so I don't tell about everything I do, everywhere I go, or talk about everyone I know. 

Until next time...