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25 Things

Posted on 28. Jan, 2009 by Deb in As the Web Turns, The Girl

It’s been ages since I’ve done a meme and I kind of got tagged for it, in that I was surfing through all the folks I link to, went to Michele’s, and she said that anyone who read the entry should consider themselves tagged.  So here I am.

Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you.

Alrighty, then.

1. I don’t like driving next to those concrete barriers that separate lanes on the highway.  I drive in the MIDDLE lane if I can.  In an HOV lane, where the concrete walls are on both side, I find myself slowing down.
2. I do, however, love to drive at the top of the speed limit on roads that have curves I can make my car  HUG them.  It’s exhilarating.  Especially, with great music.
3. Speaking of music, I love to sing.  In the car, in the shower, etc.  Especially old country, folk and big band.    Patsy Cline is magic.
4. I was offered a voice scholarship for college, though I didn’t take it,  I didn’t want to major in music.  And I can’t read music.  I have always been someone who learned music by hearing it.  I did, however, take voice lessons throughout college just because I loved singing.
5. I did accept the Theatre scholarship as well as an Academic one.  My degree is in Communications and I have a minor in Theatre.
6. I am adopted.  No, I haven’t tried to find my birth mother.  But having some medical history would be nice.  I wondered about it when I was pregnant.  I worry about it as I age and deal with things like high blood pressure.
7. While I don’t feel old, at times, my age catches up with me.  I have a very embarrassing yet funny story involving an age-thing that happen to women, popping a blood vessel in my eye and coughing.  If you are smart, you might figure it out.  Without me having embarrass myself.  Or you can just ask me if you can’t figure it out.
8. When I had my hysterectomy several years ago,   I got the before and after shots of my make-over…. Yes, I got the pictures to prove I am NOT a Stepford Robot Wife.
9. Speaking of my hysterectomy, since I have no girlie innerds, I do a hormone replacement treatment.  I have tried the patch, pills, bio-identical hormonal cream and now monthly shots.  The shots, while leaving a small – and itchy – knot in my hip for a couple of days, works.  And is worth it.  Trust me on that.  Me without hormones is a weepy and cranky mess.
10. My food tastes have changed since my hysterectomy.  I used to be a real chocoholic, but something changed in my late 30′s.  If I get ice cream, I actually prefer vanilla.  however, there is nothing like a single piece of really good chocolate, like Godiva.
11. My favorite Godiva?  Currently, the Open Oyster though I tried some incredibly yummy orange filled dark chocolate crescent.  They used to make a chocolate bar  that was to die for.  It was milk chocolate with  coconut and macadamia nuts in it, but it was discontinued
12. I prefer Mayo, thank you.  Burgers and sandwiches require mayo.  Mustard is only for hot dogs and Ketchup is only for fries and onion rings.  Oh, but when you make a sandwich, the  mayo can only go on the MEAT side.  It can never be put on the same side as the cheese.
13. I can’t remember the last time a man sent me flowers because he loved me.  I think, maybe the year I turned 30 or was it for my last wedding anniversary in 2003?  I think the anniversary ones don’t count since we filed for divorce two months later.
14. Since I sometimes like flowers and if I’m in the mood, I will buy them for myself.   I typically buy daisies or those mixed-spring bouquets.
15. Cost-Co is a great place to buy flowers bouquets.  They are usually fresh, pretty and inexpensive.  When I am going to put flowers on graves at Arlington National Cemetery, I typically buy the flowers at Cost-Co.  There is a Cost-Co two Metro stops from the Arlington Cemetery Metro Stop.
16. I try to be a tourist at least once a visit when I am in DC.  I have spent the most time at the National Air and Space Museum, Arlington National Cemetery, the Lincoln Memorial.  The absolute best walk is from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial.  In between Washington and Lincoln are the WWII Memorial, the Reflecting Pool, the Korean War Memorial, and Vietnam Memorial.  The walk is a mile long.
17. When I was basically living in DC,  I slacked a bit on lengthy visits to any of the tourists type sites, so I did some quickie visits  – like a walk through the Smithsonian Gardens on the way to the Metro (across the street from the Department of Energy), walk to the hotel from the Navy Memorial (which was one stop and 4 blocks away), or run into the National Portraiture Gallery and American Art Museum for a quick visit.  I appreciated that they were open until 7 PM every night.  My favorite thing there is the Presidential Portraits.
18. I was incredibly giddy the day I got my very own Library Card to the Library of Congress.  I carry it with me all the time, even when I am not in DC.
19. I used to read about eight to twelve books a month, but I have slowed in recent months.  Work was sapping me and now my reading time is going to studying.
20. Since I am taking this class, I have realized that I prefer to read in silence.  I used to study in front of the TV, but now I need silence.  Is it age?  Or am I simply out of practice?  Or has my ADD and copying tools finally caught up with me?  I wonder.
21. Sometimes I wonder if my inability to focus is because I have been in one place too long.  I had gotten used to traveling and I miss exploration.  I am also missing DC in a very big way, which at times, has felt more like home than home has felt.
22. Speaking of home, I have been in this house now for 22 years.  This is the 4th address I have had in all of my 40 years and every single one of them has been in Tarrant County.   My folks live in the same house that we moved into when I was six.
23. Sometimes, I think about relocating somewhere else, simply so that I can experience living in a different place other than DFW, Texas.  This is home, but the wanderlust that has settled into my soul sometimes pulls a the deep roots I have in Texas.
24. My grandmother was born in Tennessee and actually traveled to Texas on a wagon.  She considered herself a Texan.  She was one of 14 children.   Of the photos I have above my desk, a picture of her is one of them.  It was a photo for a local paper that was taken of her canning fruit.  I remember when it was taken because I was visiting her.  Some of my fondest childhood memories are of spending time at her house on summer vacation.  My grandmother was the daughter of a Baptist preacher.  She didn’t dance and didn’t drink.  Her grandaughter, on the other hand, does like to dance and I appreciate a good glass of wine.
25. My favorite wine is a Pinot Gris or a Pinot Noir from Oregon.  I really prefer Big Fire from R.Stuart, but it is hard to find and when I do find it it’s about $40 a bottle.  I have discovered that they ship directly to my house – so I don’t have to run around to find it and I save money.    I love how the internet has stuff like that for me…

And that’s it.  25 facts.  I think I am supposed to TAG 25 people, but I won’t push myself off on folks.  Like Michele suggested, if you read this, play along…

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