10 Random Facts

10 Random Facts About Me:

1) I grew up in a house that was built by my ancestors in the 1700s.  I was the sixth generation to live there; my son spent the first three months of his life there before we moved across the street into my grandfather's house.

2) My favorite winter activity was sitting on the floor in front of the furnace vent in the kitchen and reading a book (instead of setting the table or eating my vegetables).

3) When I was little, there was a magnetic board on the cabinet wall that I use to make up my own words or practice my spelling. I could spend hours moving those little plastic letters with the magnets in them.  (And I never ate any of the magnets - not even when my brothers dared me to!)

4) I met my husband when he came into the bookstore I worked in and he ordered a book (Mr. Boston's Bartending Guide).  My co-worker was all like, "I'm calling that guy when the book comes in." I was all like, "Whatever."

5) I spent the summer before college in Cordova, Alaska.  The plan was I'd go on a fishing boat and earn some big bucks before I started college.  Once I figured out what that actually meant, I got myself a job at the local daycare and babysat on the side.

6) I am a sucker for Fred Astaire movies.  Favorite: Funny Face. (Ask me tomorrow and I might change my answer to Daddy Long Legs.)

7) Wanted to be an ice skater when I was young. But I hated the cold. And there was no ice skating rink I could try to get my parents to take me to - just the town pond.  And I couldn't actually stay up on my skates - down on my butt was my typical skating posture.

8) I have two older brothers, but my parents were foster parents, so on any given day, I could gain or lose a foster brother or sister. The most we ever had were three foster kids, so there'd be six kids at the dinner table.

9) I got rid of my alarm clock when my son went off to college.  Haven't looked back!

10) I am a big General Hospital fan (much to my husband's dismay).