100 Things

In no particular order:

1. Love a good cup of coffee. Emphasis on “good.” First thing in the morning.
2. Afternoon quiet time involves a cup of hot tea and a cookie.
3. Green tea preferred when hot. Luzzianne tea preferred on ice.
4. Any cookie by Pepperidge Farms is delicious.
5. Long time ice hockey fan. I can’t skate much but I admire the ones who can not only skate but slap a puck into the net and who will fight if they must.
6. Favorite pro hockey team: Nashville Predators
7. Most hated hockey team: San Jose Sharks
8. Favorite pro football team: Washington Redskins
9. Most hated pro football team: Dallas Cowboys
10. Don’t smoke. Never have.
11. Play cards for fun. Play Spades for money.
12. Started out with two younger sisters. Ended up with another step sister, two step brothers and four half brothers. Quite a crew!
13. I don’t wear a watch – I refuse to be a slave to time.
14. Thanks to my father who insisted I “try it,” I can eat just about anything and like most of it.
15. Blue Bell ice cream. Blue Bell’s “homemade vanilla and strawberry” will always be in my freezer, occasionally along with their butter pecan and their peaches and cream.
16. Sipping on a well made Mojito watching the waves break on the sand is like heaven on earth.
17. Sipping on a “hot toasted nut coffee” in a slope side hot tub at a ski resort is the second best heaven on earth experience you can have.
18. I miss the Ed Sullivan show.
19. Favorite restaurant: Longhorn Steakhouse. Everything on the menu is AWESOME.
20. Every trip to Chicago has been a great time. I love the Windy City. Don’t want to live there but I love to go visit!
21. Love to take pictures – I carry a digital camera with me everywhere I go.
22. I don’t play the lottery. Just don’t like the odds.
23. Didn’t go to Woodstock – my parents would have totally freaked out at the very idea and I was only 16. Kinda wish I had snuck away and gone anyway, but I’m not a sneaky person and I’ve never wanted to disappoint my parents.
24. Always did very well in school. Churning out the homework was easy, taking tests was easy. But I hated gym.
25. My first crush on a movie star was Clint Eastwood. I bought the poster for “A Few Dollars More” and put it at the foot of my bed so I could see him every night before falling asleep.
26. If I could set my own schedule I would never go to bed before 2 am and never get up before noon. *sigh* Well, 10 at the earliest.
27. I’m not a bird watcher but I see birds all the time. I notice a lot of owls (dozens over the years) and I’ve seen a great many eagles. I love chickadees and cardinals, and put out a hummingbird feeder every summer to watch the hummingbirds.
28. One of the all time best live concerts that I’ve seen was ZZ Top with their awesome laser light show.
29. The very first concert I saw was one of the first Jefferson Airplane concerts. Their light show was a filmstrip project showing tie die art-type designs on a screen behind the band. It was a tiny, unusual venue and it rocked.
30. Comfort food is meatloaf with whipped potatoes and brown beef gravy, a side of peas and something sinfully sweet for dessert.
31. I like cold meatloaf sandwiches the next day, too.
32. I am a good shot with both rifle and pistol. Once beat out all the local guys, including my husband, in a turkey shoot. He was mad for a month – but it was worth it.
33. I remember life before pizza delivery. The first pizza delivered was from Dominoes – pepperoni.
34. The last pizza delivered (yesterday) was from Pizza Hut – sausage and mushroom.
35. My mother was a beautiful woman and loved fashion.We shared a love for nice clothes.
36. The first vehicle I bought with my own money was a red 1968 Honda 100 motorcycle.
37. The second vehicle I bought with my own money was a blue 1972 Mercury Capri.
38. My current vehicle is a little green Mazda SUV that I found on Craigslist.
39. I hate having a cell phone, but I travel and I need it.
40. I still keep in touch with at least one person from every full time job that I’ve ever had.
41. I love cantalopes and eat half a melon every day while they are in season.
42. I love avocados and eat at least one every week.
43. My father was a talented musician and entertainer. He could play every instrument but the guitar and banjo, because he had broken his fingers while serving in the Navy and couldn’t hold the strings.
44. My mother used to sing and dance – she used to be in amateur shows and has performed for thousands of people in the Washington DC area.
45. Musical talents run through my entire family, and I appreciate all the music genres except rap.
46. My car needs a new engine. I’ll have to drive it until it stops running and then I’ll find a way to pay for the new engine. Hope that is not anytime soon.
47. A mani-pedi is a luxury that I give myself when I need a treat.
48. Don’t like to get a haircut. It never seems to turn out like I had in mind. Why can’t I communicate with people who cut hair?
49. Just bought a Jamey Johnson CD. I don’t really like all the songs, but I wanted to support a hard working, talented songwriter, so I bought it. Then I found out how he is a drunk and a womanizer and I wish I hadn’t spent my money on the loser.
50. Also bought a Jack Johnson CD. I love all his songs – even the silly kids songs.
51. My next indulgence will be a pair of cowboy boots. Nice ones.
52. Do not have a green thumb. I love plants and flowers but can’t seem to raise them anymore.
53. Hate cleaning the bathroom.
54. Don’t mind loading the dishwasher and washing up the pots and pans.
55. Love to cook, especially for a crowd.
56. I leave the TV on all night in case of tornadoes. Local TV broadcasts a loud warning alarm that wakes you up.
57. Radio in Nashville sucks. For “Music City,” it is embarrassing.
58. Next place I’d like to visit on Vacation: Mexico.
59. Last place I visited: Chattanooga. *Sigh*
60. I hate banks. Wish the Government had not bailed them out. They deserve to fail.
61. First kiss with a guy was after a dance at St. Andrews church, in the parking lot when he walked me to my car. It was awesome.
62. I’ve been to three high school reunions – they were great fun.
63. If I could have a fantasy date with anyone currently alive, I would pick Sean Connery.
64. My fantasy date would involve a candlelight dinner on the patio of a small restaurant overlooking the Mediterranean, with music playing softly in the background and lots of good wine.
65. I’m not afraid of dogs. I love them and respect them, but I’m not afraid to protect myself if I have to.
66. My favorite chocolates are Godiva. I especially love the dark chocolate leaf filled with rasberry cream – hard to find but worth the search.
67. One of my favorite memories of Virginia is taking the kids camping in the Appalachian mountains.
68. One of my favorite memories of New Jersey is going from DC to Atlantic City in a limo with two of my friends and making a pact that we would stay there until we collectively lost all the money. OMG – what a fun crazy weekend that was.
69. One of my favorite memories of Maryland is a weekend in Annapolis sailing, dancing, dining and sleeping in a quaint B&B with a Clint Eastwood look alike. *sigh*
70. One of my favorite memories of West Virginia is rafting and tubing down the Shenandoah River at Harpers Ferry. I was terrified of the first float and then hooked on white water after that.