1. I started college 2 months after I turned 17.

2. I bought my first wedding dress at 18 when I was a debutante.

3. I'm a horoscope guru. I love reading them daily (go Taurus!).

4. I just like Jelly sandwiches instead of Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches (a lot of jelly..like oozing out).

5. I have traced my ancestors back so far. I am a descendent of Queen Isabella. I always knew I was royalty. :D

1. I can flip an omlette and have it land perfectly in the pan

2. I can crack an egg with one hand

3. I took a speed reading class over 20 years ago

4. I used to make my own lip balms

5. I can touch my tongue to my nose

1. 95% of my body care products are all natural (except for samples & make-up)

2. I can't wait to throw my son his 2nd birthday party even though he is too young to appreciate it. 

3. I don't really have to pluck my eyebrows, but I do occasionally.

4. Two times in my life I have laughed so hard, I wet my pants.

5. My favorite drink is a margarita on the rocks with NO salt.

More random facts about me:

1. I played Spin the Bottle only one time in my life; it was at my friend Betsy's 18th birthday party.  I ended up kissing the birthday girl twice and my ex-girlfriend - yes, she was my ex then, too - three times.  It was fun, though!

2. I'm pretty good academically at most topics except math. 

3.  I wrote my first stories when I was 10, wrote my first school paper article at 17 even though i was not on the staff, then wrote my first review a few months later but as a journalism student.

4. When I was my college paper's first foreign correspondent in 1988, I sent back to the States a total of six articles during my three months in Seville, Spain.  Unfortunately, because of the slowness of the mail between Europe and the U.S. (this was before e-mail and the Internet were widely available), only one of them was published before the semester ended and we returned home.  The rest arrived all at once in the same envelope (I mailed it on the 13th of December and I picked it up at the campus mailroom in early January of 1989...talk about a Twilight Zone moment...)  There was some discussion as to whether or not the ones which were published during the Winter Term should bear the dateline SEVILLE, Spain, but our faculty advisor said that I'd written them there and sent them in good faith, so the dateline stayed.

5.  I once had the unhappy experience of having a Palmetto bug crawl up and down my leg during first period English in ninth grade.  Not fun.

Fine then, ;p

1. My best and favorite subject in school were English and History.

2.  I loved horror and comedy as a kid (still do).  So, one of my research papers in 12th grade English was on The Marx Brothers and one of my creative writing projects was a goofball short story I called, "Dracula: One More Time".

3. I was stationed in Germany in the mid 80's before the wall came down.  Got to go to East Berlin.  The caveat was, because we were active military, we had to wear our dress uniform WITHOUT a name tag. The no name tag rule was to keep the Communist propaganda machine from attributing Anti-American actions or dialoag to us in their papers.

4. I also took my then 6 year old daughter on a bus tour from my base in Germany to Paris.  They put us in a hotel on the same street as the Moulin Rouge.  We went to Versailles's Palace which was packed like sardines with people. I held her hand but somehow, in the crowd, we got separated.  For 15 long, horrifying minutes I waited at the only exit for her and sure enough some nice old German couple lead her out to me.  That was the longest 15 minutes of my life.  If you had seen the place you would understand how pointless it would have been for me try and search for her.  A situation that could have gone very badly turned out okay.

5. I owned my first cell phone in 1999.

More randomness   :}

1)  I took my son to New Orleans on the train when he was 7. 

2)  I took him on his first plane trip also ~ up to Dallas & back when he was 11.  We hung out in the airport, ate pizza & dark choco covered coffee beans (I let him have 2). We played video games & then came back a few hours later.  No $$ back then to leave the airport!  I miss those $30 round trip adventures!

3)  I met Wendy O. Williams, formerly of the Plasmatics.  She's gone now.

4)  I met Motley Crue when they first started out & came to the radio station I was at at the time to do an interview.  We all hung out later & that is all ~ no funny bizness... LOL.

5)  And finally,  I got to meet the one musician I had wanted to meet all my life back in 1994 right after I bought my house.., Glenn Hughes, formerly of Trapeze & Deep Purple.  I have a picture, but it's not digital.  I may have to scan that in here!  We had the same hair color at the time.

Good Times!

1. I have narcoplesy but have never fallen asleep while talking to someone

2. My Husband and I build a graveyard in our front yard each Halloween.

3. I have lived in 5 cities whose names started with a P

4. I love strawberries and bananas but not strawberry or banana flavored candy

5. I love to go to movies alone.

Ooo I forgot about these...

1. I have a vintage powder compact and powder box collection which has been growing steadily since my teens.

2. I know how to change a flat tire

3. I'm petrified of cockroaches, they give me nightmares yet I've never seen one in person

4.I once owned a really cool RED Vespa scooter that was given to me by a friend who was moving away and wanted me to have it.

5. I'm addicted to PENS I love to buy and try new ones and still looking for that perfect smooth fine point...the search is ongoing LOL

1.)  I once ate in the booth right behind where Debbie Gibson was eating.

2.)  I have never been west of Indiana.

3.) I am scared of the dark.

4.)  I dig the color pink

5.) I only eat organic vegetables and fruit b/c I am pretty sure I will get cancer if I eat pesticides and I am obsessed with hand sanitizer and dryer sheets!

O.K. 5 more about me.....

1. I've lived on my own since 17 years old.

2. My daughter was hit by a car going 45mph in FL, and she ended up with a broken ankle and a scare on her forehead. (But I believe she has a closed head injury, doctors say all test are fine..I know my daughter). Mother's worst nightmare her in FL me in MI.

3. My son almost got married this past June, thank God he didn't. She turned out to be "something else" Better before then after the wedding. Things happen for a reason.

4. I almost died April 1, 2007-----No joke.

5. Met my hubby when I was 13, married 27 years in August....Dated for 6, so I've know him most of my life.

Here's a few more I thought of just to keep the momentum going:

1 - Almost drowned twice, once in a runout at Galveston and once swimming across the Frio river. It's wierd when you get out of danger after facing near imminent death. What is the proper emotion for that?

2 - Once drove from Taos to Chama on a snow-covered mountain road during a blizzard. Stopped at the information center for directions to some little town. When the ranger (?) found out we had driven over from Taos she looked stunned then asked "Where in Texas are you from?"  She explained that only Texans are crazy enough to drive that road in those conditions! "You all think you can just snowplow your way anything through with your front bumper", she lectured us. We kept on going.

3 - I'm not afraid of much but am terribly uneasy in crowded elevators. I usually take the stairs even going up.

4 - Once had a married woman I had dated years before reconnect out of the blue and try to lure me into an affair. That kind of shocked me. I ended it tactfully so no hard feelings. Felt guilty just for taking her calls.

5 - Have seen things in the 21st century that I never thought I would see in my lifetime. September 11th. The floods in Houston during Allison. The damage in Houston and Galveston from Ike. Several horrendous fatality accidents on I-45 between Houston and Madisonville. A SWAT shootout just down the dirt road from us at our country house (didn't end well). Drove past a murder scene Wednesday night complete with yellow tape and tons of police. I've driven past murder scenes before but never at 8pm. It's almost like being trapped in a really strange movie. Hope it gets better soon! What's up with people these days?

1. I believe in Karma.
2. My kids have more clothes than I do.
3. I met Walt Weiss ~ my family stayed next door to his in Breckenridge, CO while on vacation.
4. I don't really like carbonated drinks ~ they hurt my tummy and they make me burp!
5. I'm addicted to sales.

1.  I HAVE to know how things end...I hate movies that leave unanswered questions, and I'll even sit in my car when i arrive somewhere until the end of the song on the radio.

2.  I'm afraid to ride on school buses and RV's...I have this completely irrational fear that they will flip.

3.  I always look at the missing child pictures when I'm walking in and out of Walmart, just in case one I might ever see one and be able to help.

4.  I refold the towels after my husband does laundry so they look nicer in my linen closet.

5.  I love grapefruit!  I once ate four grapefruit in one day then got sick from all the acid, and now I can't drink grapefruit juice because it reminds me of that taste!

LOL....I also refold towels after my hubby..They have to look a certain way in the linen closet. If I said anything to him, that would discourage him. I love the fact he cares enough, but I still have to do it.

Yes, I also believe in Karma..So does my son, that's probably why the wedding didn't happen.

Who is Walt Weiss?

This is such a fun idea.

#1) I grew up in a very small town in Vt. but I caused a monument to be built in my home town honoring every soldier who had died from our home who lost their lives for their country from WWI to Viet Nam. Sadly they have now had to add Iran & Iraq. I still consider it one of the 5 best things I ever did & it was the first time as an adult that my father was ever proud of me.

#2) I read & talk a lot about classic books, movies & TV. But, behind closed doors - never admitting it - I never miss a chance to watch "Buffy The Vampire Slayer". I fell in love with Spike. I also never miss a day of General Hospital, even if I have to schedule appointments around it.

#3) I love all animals I have dogs cats, a rabbit, a ferret and a horse. While my friends were mooning about rock stars & actors, I became a Secretariat " groupie". I have read every book about him. bought children's books about him for my children & grandchildren, have a huge collection of memorabilia., cried when he was euthanized and still watch his races on youtube once in a while.

#4) I am a member of Mensa but whenever anybody takes a different view of something I question whether I'm wrong.

#5) I have only had a computer for 6 months & have only found sites like this over the past 4 or 5 months. They have opened a whole new world to me.

More Trivial Fives:

1. I did not become a Star Trek fan until I watched - on opening night - Star Trek: The Motion Picture.  Even then, it took me some time to get used to the Original Series' low budget, Pop 1960s look and focus on the stories and characters.

2.  I have been a personal computer owner since 1987; my first home computer was an Apple IIe and it was a gift from my late father's brother.  I didn't get Internet access till 1999.

3.  The very first thing I learned to cook was scrambled eggs.  I was 11 or 12 and wanted to learn how to do some things on my own, so Mom taught me how to make scrambled eggs.

4.  I have never tried the go-to-a-bar-and-pick-up-a-girl thing.  First, I don't drink a lot.  Second, I don't drive.  Third, I'm painfully shy.

5. I wasn't always painfully shy.  In fact, at the age of nine, I was downright precocious.  My first serious girlfriend...i simply walked up to her during recess, said "I like you," and kissed her. 

hmm, lets see.

1. I love coffee- lots of coffee

2. I kind of like watching Spongebob Squarepants with my children.

3. I love my snicker bars frozen

4. I do not like liver.

5. I like facebook better than myspace.

1. I have 5 kids- 17,13,8,5, and 2.

2. Only one of my children is a girl.

3. I like peanut butter and pickle sanwiches- lol, I am not prego.

4. I can chane the oil and a tire on my truck :)

5. hmmmmm

he's a MLB player. he played for the Atlanta Braves and i think a couple other teams?

1. I read magazines from back to front. I will start at the back and flip forward. if I see a story I want to read, I will then go to the first page and read it correctly but in general, I tend to always start a magazine at the back.

2. I am the fooseball queen of the word. When I was a teen, I would whip everyone's butts. Always. I have never lost my ability to play even though I rarely do now. If there is a fooseball table somewhere, watch out. I will play and I WILL WIN. It's amazing how I can still have that skill after so many years but I'm warnin' ya, don't challenge  me in fooseball!

3. I often feel the need to moderate or step in when people are upset or arguing. This stems from my childhood when I was ALWAYS stepping in between my parents. I still do the same thing whether it is on real life or online. I seem to be the one who always calls for unity or moderation. I strongly feel there is no need to argue over things when discussing respectably works better.

4. I am never content with what I have achieved and I probably never will be. I tend to downplay my achievements and keep searching for things I can do to feel like I accomplished something. I'm working in changing this thought pattern.

5. I hate to throw away big prescription bottles. Little ones can go but the big ones could hold ... something. Money, pins, I don't know. I have one now that I am eying and I WILL throw it out. But I will feel bad about it. lol.

PattyTherre, I also read a magazine from back to front. I thought I was an oddball for doing so. Glad to know someone else does the same....lol....Weird we have some of the same habits...

1) When I do something it has to be done a certain way.

2) I love the color purple

3) I watch certain movies over over again.

4) I'm trying to learn how to speak German with my Husband.

5) I enjoy cats. we have 5.

Golfgirl131 said…

1) When I do something it has to be done a certain way.

2) I love the color purple

3) I watch certain movies over over again.

4) I'm trying to learn how to speak German with my Husband.

5) I enjoy cats. we have 5.

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Cool, what movies do you watch over and over? :)

1. Iove ketchup and tomato soup but not tomatoes

2. I love the movie version of Gone With the Wind, but will stop watching it once Scarlette has Bonnie Blue, its far too painful to watch her destruction

3. I used to paint my fingernails every day (when I was in highschool)

4. I love children but have never wanted to be a mother.

5. I love to drive fast german cars

1. I love to sprinkle buttered popcorn over my vanilla ice cream (but you have to eat it fast so the pop corn doesn't get soggy)

2. My hair color is really dark brown.

3. I too am a garlic person...My hubby learned to love garlic and I trained him well.

4. I love my job (computer hardware) my products go into life support items and those huge big wind mills.

5. My mom and dad are my best friends...they don't shy away from telling me stuff and that has been passed on to me...I might be tough at times, but it's because I believe in you!

1. I once bought garlic shampoo, yes it does exist

2. I won $1,000 dollars in a 'guess how many marbles are in the jar' contest when I was 19

3. Currently I own over 60 pair of flip-flops

4. In my lifetime I've broken my right foot big toe three times, you think I'd have learned not to wear flip flops by now lol

5. I think I'm running out of random facts....naaaaaaa that's not possible

1. I am allergice to strawberries but love Strawberry flavored Starbursts.
2. I don't like watermelon but I like watermelon flavored hard candies.
3. I don't like white cheese unless it's Mozarella on pizza.
4. I don't like to eat pineapples or oranges but I love the Dole juice Pineapple Orange Banana.
5. The only fruit I will eat is a banana and about 2 years ago we found out that due to my Latex sensitivity that I am also allergic to bananas.  Why?  Because the dr said they are grown on rubber tree plants.  Thus, latex.  Seriously!!

darlyn63 said…

PattyTherre, I also read a magazine from back to front. I thought I was an oddball for doing so. Glad to know someone else does the same....lol....Weird we have some of the same habits...

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I actually read magazines from back to front, too...there are at least 3 of us oddballs out here! :)

darlyn63 said…

PattyTherre, I also read a magazine from back to front. I thought I was an oddball for doing so. Glad to know someone else does the same....lol....Weird we have some of the same habits...

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I actually read magazines from back to front, too...there are at least 3 of us oddballs out here! :)