March 22, 2006 05:54 PM
Fifty Things
I just visited a friend's blog and she had a list of 50 things about herself. I see this sort of thing on lots of blogs, but I've never done it. So I decided today's the day! Here are 50 things about me--some interesting, some boring. You decide : )
1. I almost drowned when I was six. My brother (eight at the time) saved me. (It made up for all the times he tried to kill me when we were younger, like when he put me in the clothes dryer and almost turned it on.)
2. I am in my early forties.
3. I am a UF Gator.
4. My mother attended JFK's funeral when she was pregnant with me.
5. I am extremely claustrophobic.
6. I can wear a little girls' size 14 jeans.
7. Many people believe the house I live in is also inhabited by some friendly ghosts.
8. My childhood nickname was "Lulu".
9. I didn't like that name.
10. I got my daughter's name from a TV soap opera.
11. After someone I love died, I stopped believing in God for a while.
12. But now I'm a devout Episcopalian.
13. My father got me addicted to hunting for antiques at flea markets when I was a child.
14. My first car was rusted-out, Ford Mustang.
15. I once owed a car that had a roach-infestation problem. After countless bug bombs that didn't work, I sold it to my Dad's friend.
16. I went to Parochial school through 12th grade.
17. I am the baby of my family--I have an older brother and an older sister.
18. I was sick and vomited daily throughout my entire first pregnancy.
19. I was sick and vomited daily only for the first five months of my second pregnancy.
20. My 11-year-old son and I wear the same size shoe.
21. My mother is in the final stages of Alzheimer's Disease and most days, she doesn't know who I am.
22. In college, I fell down a flight of stairs and broke my right foot.
23. When my foot was almost completely healed, I fell off a top bunk and broke it again.
24. I was very active in theatre until I was 13.
25. I took piano lessons for five or six years.
26. I still can't play the piano.
27. My backyard is inhabited by deer, wild turkeys, rabbits, and other wildlife.
28. My house was featured in a 1980 Southern Living publication.
29. I have three dogs--Lucky, Yogi, and Dylan.
30. All three are rescue dogs.
31. Dylan used to be obese, but now he's just chubby. Lucky is the smart one. Yogi is neurotic and has short-term memory loss like Dory from Finding Nemo. She forgets who we are.
32. I speak Spanish fluently.
33. I have been to Mexico several times on vacation.
34. Cozumel is one of my favorite places in the world.
35. I worked a high-pressure corporate advertising job for two years.
36. I hated that job and could never quite get the hang of office politics.
37. My mother was a working mother/business owner in the 1950s and 1960s, which was pretty unusual at that time.
38. My family had a live-in nanny for 15 years.
39. People used to mistake my Dad for Desi Arnaz from time to time.
40. People used to tell my husband he looked like Michael J. Fox.
41. People used to tell me I looked like Linda Blair when I was a teenager.
42. I am the world's worst dancer.
43. I played varsity soccer in high school.
44. Without the guidance of a beloved college professor, my life might have turned out totally different.
45. I have very curly hair.
46. When I was pregnant with my first child, my hair was very straight.
47. When I was pregnant with my second child, my skin was so clear it looked like porcelain.
48. I love 80s New Wave music.
49. A psychic on the streets of New Orleans told me I have a spirit hovering over me, protecting me. Then she told me it was my friend, who died when he was 24.
50. I speak to my angels almost everyday.
Comments
I really liked your list. My daughter was also named after a soap opera character. Great Blog!
Posted by: Susan at March 22, 2006 07:57 PM
I know how hard that was because I just did 100 things about me on my blog. You have one wrong though because I am the worlds worst dancer.
Posted by: Dr. John at March 22, 2006 08:22 PM
Fortyish is fab, and so is your blog!
I am fabulously fortyish myself, and I found you on Blogmad
Take care
Posted by: Frances at March 22, 2006 10:00 PM
Very cool list, LC! I see something else we share in common..."morning sickness". Though, I'd suspect, that like mine, yours may have been all day sickness. Lost a lot of weight while pregnant. I'd imagine you know what that's like, too.
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Tammy at March 23, 2006 11:35 AM
Fascinating list...and a daunting task.
Posted by: Joel at March 23, 2006 11:43 AM
I love this blog and I WILL come back often, but you are a FABULOUS writer and your list is Fabulous also. It's inspired me to go and make my list. Thank you
Posted by: Penny at February 16, 2008 12:15 PM
