1. I have a daughter who is recovering from brain cancer. She did a year of chemo and maxed out on radiation. She is my only daughter and she is only 22
years old. She has been loved since the day she was conceived. And when she was born there were at least 12 -15 friends and family looking at her through the nursery window at BMH. She is an awesome woman! And an inspiration to those who know her.
2. I LOVE to go to Florida! Why Florida? I'm not sure. What's not to love? There is a ton of stuff to do and I love to do stuff.
3. When I was 9 I thought I was a mermaid and that I could breathe underwater. I never really tried to breathe underwater but I convinced myself that I did and that I could. Scary. My poor Mother.
4. I used to write short stories when I was a teenager. I still have a lot of them in notebooks which I need to convert to disc. My friend Rachel's grand daddy used to encourage me to write and try to get published. He was the only close adult that ever encouraged me and I will always love him for it. I did have one other adult beg me to finish a story that I started writing when I worked at Key West Fashions in Pineland Mall on HHI when I was 17. It actually got ruined when I was moving to Florida when a bottle of carpet dye fell over on my notebooks and covered the bottom half of my pages.
5. I love to read. I, too, read in the bathtub. Some "P.S. I Love You" bubble bath - from Bath and Body Works and a good book and a tall glass of iced tea or my Welch's grape juice in a pretty wine glass and I'm set. The boys are old enough now that they don't knock on the door so much.
6. I enjoy going to midnight movies. I'm not sure why. I think I just like the whole experience. It's fun. I like being the first to experience the movie.
7. I am a Twilight freak! This is my daughter's fault. She begged me to read the book the year before we found out about the brain tumor. I said it was for kids. If you know Jessica then you know that she is like a dog with a bone. She finally pulled the brain tumor card to get me to read the series. "Please, Mom. I have a brain tumor." I read Twilight and I could not put it down. We all went to the Midnight movie of "New Moon" and had a blast! She was thrilled that I was now addicted.
8. My favorite thing to do in the summer is to go to the beach. I am in the water with the kids the whole time. We swim and jump waves and just have fun together. Why do they fight me every time I try to take them to the beach?
9. My son Matt, was pulled out in a riptide at Daytona Beach when he was 6. There were no lifeguards and I had to swim out after him. I lost sight of him 2 times when he went underwater and when I finally got to him he was crying and I couldn't touch bottom. We were far from shore. I swam out of the riptide with Matt holding on to me and we rode the waves back to shore. Jesus was really watching out for us that day. I thought I was going to have a heart attack back on shore and I called Matt over to me just so I could touch him for the rest of the day. Matty told me he thought he was going to heaven that day. Thank goodness we didn't know about Daytona Beach being the shark bite capitol of the world at that time.
10. I was born and raised on Hilton Head Island. I could write a book about that and I should. My pre-school was on South Forest Beach and we used to go down to the beach for recess sometimes. You could see the beach from the top of the sliding board.
11. I long to go to Hawaii. 'nuff said.
12. I am good friends with my ex-husband.
13. When I was growing up all of my friends were guys. Not as much drama. And they don't hold a grudge or get mad at you for no reason.
14. I used to read Trixie Belden mysteries. When I got sick and had to have meds from Capin's Pharmacy my Mom would buy me one or two books. I loved getting a new book.
15. I love to buy notebooks. I'm not really sure how I feel about the computer age. I do like the idea of my Nook - instant gratification and all - but I love a book. I love the smell and the feel and I just like holding it in my hands and flipping through it. Come on, I know I'm not alone in this.
16. I, too, do not enjoy a left hand turn without a traffic light. But, I do not go out of my way to avoid one.
17. I like to find my way around a new town by getting a full tank of gas and driving around.
18. One of my best friends is 10 years younger and almost all of our kids are the same age. We are so much alike in so many ways. And her sister is so much like my sister. I love it when we all get together. And we are all so busy that we don't get to often enough. Love you Rach and Amy.
19. I am a shopaholic. Shocking, I know. But I just love to buy stuff. Then I am sorry when I do. Usually. I also like "big ticket" items. Best Buy is one of my favorite places to shop. And QVC. And if I was still skinny I would be in serious trouble. Sigh. I need to go back to WW.
20. I like to go barefoot. I hate shoes. My feet can't breathe in shoes.
21. I want to go to Halloscreem at Busch Gardens in FL. I shouldn't want to but I do. I would be scared to death and I would never go by myself because I'm a big chicken. And I would never take my kids but I would like to go one time.
22. I really like my job. But I wish I didn't HAVE to work. I would rather be home with my kids. I would rather use my nursing skills on a mission trip.
23. I really miss being married. most of the time. I loved my husband and I loved the whole marriage thing. Sigh again.
24. I once wanted to get a tattoo. But now everyone has one so I don't want one anymore. My daughter says that I promised to get one just before her brain surgery. And we did joke about getting lemons tattooed on the sides of our heads. We were joking. A lemon because the MD's said that her tumor was the size of a lemon. Now we know it was more like a grapefruit. Not getting a grapefruit on my head. Sorry Jess. Then again, if you know Jessica, then you know she won't let this drop. So maybe on my big 50 I'll get some kind of Twilight reference added to my body. Who knows?
25. I remember my Mom watching Dark Shadows on TV when I was a wee tot. I found out you could get all of the episodes on Netflix and she is watching them now.
- That's all I can think of right now. Hope I did this right.
:) Loves it!
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