Ship Full o' Pirates

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I do like lists.  So when I saw this one over at Joyful Days, I decided to do it.  I feel a little self-centered about it, but telling you ahead of time relieves a little of the guilt about it.  I haven’t given much thought to the answers either.  I thought it would be more fun that way, and maybe more candid.  I mean, if it’s a whole post about ME, then it really ought to be the REAL me, huh?

Accent: I bet most of y’all have guessed this one.  Way TexanTwang and probably slower than y’all talk, too.

Breakfast: My green smoothie.  Spinach, banana, strawberries, peaches, honey.

Chores I don’t like: Ones where I hafta lean way over, like the floor behind the potty.  I have vertigo and arthritis, leaning over is like a bad nightmare.

Dog or Cat: No contest, DOG.  I used to love cats, until we didn’t have one for a while.    I guess I had thought that everybody’s house smelled that way.

Essential Electronics: Computer, cell phone.  I haven’t really gotten the hang of the camera yet, but it’s next on the list.

Favorite Cologne: My fake favorite is White Diamonds.  My true, but secret (until now) favorite is Pachouli Oil.  But, I don’t buy cologne.  I wear whatever my Very Dear Hubby buys for me.  He buys what his nose likes, and I’m wearing it for him.

Gold or Silver: I’m not much of a jewelry wearer, my wedding ring is silver.

Handbag I carry most often: I would rather still carry a diaper bag, because then I don’t have to choose a purse.  I buy whatever works from the thrift store.  Large and Durable are key traits I look for.  I’m quite the practical gal in most respects.

Insomnia: Only between 4 and 6 am, usually accompanied by night sweats.

Job title: I love filling in this blank on forms with words like Queen of all Mothers, or The Happy Homemaker,  or Mother Hen.

Kids: I prefer to call mine children.  Kids are baby goats.

Living arrangements: 3br, 2 bath, 2 car lots of stuff garage.

Most admirable trait: I’m a very diverse gal, probably due to the fact that I love to learn new things.  Even hard things.  Once I decide I’m gonna learn a thing, I do it, it may take a while, but I learn it, I’m very tenacious that way.  So, we have here two traits, one admirable, the other questionable.  Maybe they’re both questionable, it all depends how I spin it live them out.

Naughtiest childhood behavior: When I was 7 I threw a coffee can lid (remember, they used to be metal) frisbee-style to my sister, who did not catch it (would you?) but it hit her in the ankle and made her bleed.  I’m sure I did worse stuff, this is what came to mind.

Overnight hospital stays: I gave birth to all of my babies in the hospital and stayed one or two nights with each of them.  Aside from that, I stayed overnight when I broke my arm when I was 6, it wasn’t a bad break, but they had to sedate me to set it.  Other than that, I think the only other overnight stay was when I had my gall bladder removed, and I suspect the only reason for the overnightness of that was due to the fact that it was emergency surgery because of a stone in the duct.

NOW you know way more than you ever wanted to about me, and we still have eleven to go!

Phobias:  Well, there’s the water-bug thing.  Yikes!  You can read a little about that if you click here.  And I also can’t deal with what I call “flying freeway interchange ramps”  but this is probably due to my vertigo.  Either way, I usually break-out in a drenching sweat if I have to drive a high one.  I’m working on dealing with them as a passenger, but only if my Very Dear Hubby is the driver.  I will not be a passenger on one of those if a teenager is driving, we will just go the long way and avoid it.  Other than those weird bits, I’m as normal as you.  Yikes!

Quote: I’d much rather be a woman than a man.  Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they’re the first to be rescued off sinking ships.
Gilda Radner

Reason to smile: God is at the helm.  What a relief.

Siblings:  One of each, sadly neither is a Christian.

Time I wake up: Officially 6:20, really ’bout 7.

Unusual talent or skill: How long have you got?  I have many of these.   I revealed some of them in a post you can read if you click here.  I will now think a minute for an interesting one that you don’t already know about.  Just a minute.  Oh, I got it.  I can stick my thumb and forefinger in my mouth and whistle louder than anyone I know.

Vegetable I refuse to eat: Okra.

Worst habit: I change my mind far too frequently.

X-Rays: Left arm, broken, twice.  Right wrist, broken.  Lungs, pneumonia, twice.  Teeth, tons of times.  I know that some of you think I should add my left knee to the list, but it’s getting better, slowly.

Yummy stuff: Just because I’m trying to lose weight, I won’t mention sweets here.  I love pasta salad w/crab, I’ll even use imitation crab.  Not exactly health food, but it’s not a frapuccino.

Zoo animal I like most: I must be jaded, we have gone to the zoo a zillion times, so we have seen it all.  A lot.  The thing I got excited about recently was the butterfly house.  They have ALL kinds.  It’s one thing to see a Blue Morpho in a book, but to see it in real life was quite a treat.  I could have stayed in there all day, except for the space heaters, ugh.

There ya go, way more than you ever wanted to know about me.  Now it’s your turn!

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