30 Interesting Facts

The challenge is to write 30 interesting facts about yourself.  Well, I'll give you 30 facts, YOU can decide if they are interesting or not.  (But don't tell me if you decide on not.)

1.      My favorite color is blue, most of the time, but it really depends on what we are applying the color to now doesn’t it?  I mean I consistently choose browns and creams to decorate and often choose cranberry or wine colors for clothes.  But put a gun to my head and it will be blue every time.

2.    I have two sisters and one half brother whom I have never met.  It sometimes bothers me that I have not met him, but then maybe he has a perfect life and exposing him to mine would ruin it.

3.    I don’t really have a favorite show anymore.  I used to watch TV in a more meaningful way but these days it is on because the family is watching something and I happen to be in the room.  I am okay with that, I remember how crushing it was when I had to miss E.R.  I could not go through that again.

4.    I ride my own motorcycle and I love it.  I have ridden less in the last year because I could not see at night and was constantly afraid that we would 'plan' on being home before dark and I would end up driving blind on my way home. Again. 

5.     I HATE laundry.  If I won the lottery tomorrow there would be someone on the payroll to make my dirty clothes magically reappear clean, hung, folded & put away exactly where they belong.

6.    I used to be a night owl.  Now no matter how late I force myself to stay up I can’t sleep in, so the next night I am ready for bed at ten all over again. 

7.     My perfect morning would involve waking up naturally with no clock, dogs, kids, neighbors or other noise prematurely disturbing my peace. Followed by coffee already made and bagels, milk and cream cheese readily available for breakfast.

8.    I copy/pasted Nancy’s 30 interesting facts and am typing over each one after using it as a guide for what to type.  I figure that way I will not post anything that will make me look paranoid or completely mental.

9.    I secretly lack confidence but make up for it by jumping ahead with both feet and trusting that my best will be good enough.  Then I stress over it until I know the results.

10.  The thing that turns me off is lying.  I function by assuming I can expect the truth.  It crushes me every single time that I find out that is not the case.

11.  I have given up on having any sort of relationship with my father. It does not bother me.  What bothers me is the fact that I am not bothered by it.  (see number 8.  I should have stuck with the plan because that one sounds nutty.)

12.I love strawberry milkshakes in any way shape or form.  DQ is my favorite, but any will do.

13.I really like coffee.  I drink it every day at least once and consider stopping for a ‘special’ coffee like a Grande Caramel Macchiato an extra treat for a job well done.

14.I think Nancy is nuts for admitting she “could spend all day in Office Max, looking at notebooks and pens and cute paper clips and folders and calendars, and oh my goodness...”. That said, I could wander around Borders or any other bookstore for hours just looking. Don’t necessarily even need to buy anything to be happy as a bug in a rug. 

15. This is a lot harder than I thought it would be too.

16.I am right handed but play pool left handed. I can play pool right handed, but it is not very pretty.

17. I played the flute in middle school.  I sucked so bad I did not bother joining band in High School. Ironic since most of my closest friends were in the band.

18.I don’t remember nearly as much as I should about my high school years.  Some things come back to me as the stories start to fly but mostly not.

19.One very vivid memory from high school was playing the stock market game and being made fun of for only buying Quaker Oats.  The market crashed on Monday and our team with the only one in class that did not lose money.

20. I have been married for fifteen years and have three kids who range from 13 to 20 years old.  I am shocked every time I think about it that way.  Time sure has a way of getting by you when you are not looking.

21.I skied when I was younger but have not done it even once since I first found out I was pregnant with my first child (over 20 years ago). I live only two miles from a ski hill, so some times I think I should start again then I realize that I would rather not.

22.I live right next to a golf course but would rather eat a golf ball than try to hit one with a golf club.

23.   I want to lose 10 pounds but have no desire to give up french fries.

24.  I've never had a professional pedicure or manicure.  I had a nail tech practice on me once.  She did three of my fingers on one hand then a real client came in so that is all I ever had.  Too cheap really.  I am sure I would enjoy it but would rather spend my money on a new book and a ‘special coffee’.

25.  I don’t care for pizza.  I will eat it because it is the staple comfort food for apparently everyone on the planet, but given the choice I would never choose it for myself.  I will say “let’s go for pizza” because it makes the kids happy.  But I will take just about anything over pizza.

26.  The older I get the less patience I have for professional media outlets that use improper grammar.  It makes my skin crawl to hear a newscaster say something in the wrong tense or hear words used incorrectly in a commercial. No wonder kids can’t understand grammar rules in school it ‘sounds’ natural to them.

27.   I would love to do more crafty stuff, but can never seem to get the motivation to do it.  I don’t have a good space & can’t bring myself to try to set one up again.

28. Somewhere along the line I have become exceptionally good at using Microsoft Office products.  I really should just go take a test and officially become an ‘expert’ so I can put it on my resume.

29. It shocked me to the core that I needed glasses.  Two pair none the less.  I can’t believe that I let things go as far as they did before getting them but I really had no clue how little I was actually seeing without straining for it.

30. I think I want to join a pool league or something. I am not sure what but I definitely need to find a hobby.