Things are pretty slow here in cold Hot-Lanta, so here's something just for fun...
Twenty Things You Didn’t Know About Me
1. I have to
have a cup of Constant Comment tea every morning or the world is upside down.
2. My daughter spends an hour every morning doing
her hair and makeup. I allot 2 minutes.
3. I was born on the 4th of July. I
have always felt a secret thrill when hearing the words “born on the 4th of
July” in the
song Yankee Doodle. I can’t say that about the Tom Cruise movie Born on the 4th
of July, which I hated.
4. As a child, my mother called me Doodlebug or Miss Priss or Deedle.
5. At any given moment, I will have a rash somewhere on my body. I am never rashless.
6. My brother and I used to occasionally fight
over who would watch the one TV in the house. As a teen, Bruce finally gave up
and just quit watching TV. He still almost never watches TV. I watch it more
than him, and I only watch morning news and occasionally 10 minutes of HGTV.
7. I once
found a worm in the yard and carried it around all day in my pocket, for a pet.
I was horrified to learn it had died sometime during the day, and I cried.
8. There is no
air vent in my walk-in bedroom closet. It looks really nice, with all kinds of
shelves and bars to hang stuff, and a rack for shoes - until you realize it’s like walking into a freezer in
winter or a sauna in summer.
9. The first
book I ever loved was Green Eggs and Ham. If I recite even one line of it now,
it causes my mother to shudder. She hates Dr. Seuss. She used to be a teacher.
She had to read Dr. Seuss ad nauseum.
10. My first
ambition was to be a nurse. I got a nurse uniform for my 6th
birthday party. That ended when I found out nurses have to deal with poop and
pee. [This may also explain why I was right to adopt non-babies…]
11. These are
my favorite smells: a bag of Constant Comment tea, a gardenia, a city street
after a summer rainstorm, cornbread right from the oven, laundry right from the
dryer, Michael’s
hair after he has showered. [I would say Alesia’s hair, too, but she would freak out if I tried to
smell her hair.]
12. The only oil I use in cooking is olive oil. However, I wouldn’t eat an olive if you paid me.
13. My favorite vegetable is yellow crookneck squash.
14. My favorite gum is Trident white peppermint. When I am dieting, it counts as “dessert.”
15. If I peel and dice tomatoes or potatoes, my hands itch uncontrollably. [see #5, above]
16. I drink water right out of the faucet, every day. It’s my version of thrill-seeking.
17. My dream is to own a barcalouger that fits my, uh, barca, and is right in front of the TV…
18. When I sneeze, it always produces a very loud, musical sound. Scares everyone around me.
19. Every night, while watching a movie, I have a
little cuddle time with Coco. She likes to take a little nap right on my chest.
20. I have
been so busy lately my back patio has become The Graveyard of Pot Plants.
Words and Terms I do NOT understand
Root Beer - It’s not a root and it’s not beer. So why call it that? Discuss amongst
yourselves.
Briefs – Why are they called that? Sometimes they are huge.
Love – Why is there only one word for that? There are 100
words for tallywhacker
Arugula – Sounds nasty, like a skin condition, huh?
Football and Baseball – Who came up with those names?
In baseball you run from base to base. In football you don’t run from foot to foot…
Funeral – Why does this start with “fun”?
Diet - It’s obvious why “diet” is the word “die” with a “t”
Knickers – this is the British word for panties. How on earth
did they come up with that? [“Panties” is rather obvious.]
