1. I went to a leper colony on a field trip when I was 13 yrs old

2. I am fanatical about keeping things neat and tidy at work, but am a total slob at home

3. I used to have a border collie that would smile (with teeth showing) whenever I asked her what she was smiling about

4. A cobra once crawled / slithered under my legs without me noticing until someone told me not to move

5. I rode a logging elephant in my front yard when I was 12 yrs old

1. I crack my knuckles.

2. I bite my nails (seriously bad habit).

3. I drive a Mercedes and feel out of place in it. At least it's a wagon and is great for a mom of three kids and trips to Costco.

4. I moved to SC without knowing anyone here. I regret it.

5. I hate cooking.

1. I love chocolate dipped strawberries.

2. I found a new favorite cookie company.

3. I get a  bit of stage fright before each review but try to turn it into more positive happy anticipation.

4. I enjoy trying new recipes.

5. I believe each day has the potential of being better than the day before.  : )

1.  I won many medals and awards for high diving as a teen and, after one slight diving mishap, I never dove again and never will.

2. I was told I would be deaf before age 35 and, at almost 45, so far I can still talk on the phone, watch TV, and have conversations with no hearing aids. I do have them though and wear them for better clarity. I am very lucky!

3. I feel sorry for stuffed animals and other things that are broken. I have bought stuffed animals without eyes and little animal statues missing tails because no one else wanted them and I felt bad for them. Yeah...random and a tad crazy.

4. I would live in a house with 100 animals if I could. Dogs, cats, birds, chickens, whatever. Just no mice, tyvm.

5. I could live the rest of my life without eating ketchup and actually probably will. I hate it.

More random facts about ME:

1. I recently won a Twilight movie contest--some trivia contest online.  I got the board game, all four books, 2 t-shirts, and a reloadable gift card to Blockbuster w/pics of Bella and Edward. 
2. I already read the entire Twilight series so I donated the new books to a coworker and am sending my set to a friend.
3. I am back in the dance studio and will be in the production of Swan Princess in July.
4. My beach trip is only a month away!!
5. My birthday is a month from today--it's on Mother's Day this year!

1.  I talk to myself in the shower.

2. I still sleep with a teddy bear.

3. I have footie pajamas with the butt flap.

4. I go to the zoo when I am feeling blue and watch the polar bears for hours.

5. I buy this homeless guy a sandwhich every day

Welcome to Viewpoints!  Very fascinating facts and I commend you for #5.  ~Gigi

More Random Facts about ME:

1. Only 2 1/2 months until I go to Florida for my beach vacation.
2. I live in the country and my next door neighbors are cows and coyotes.
3. I wish I had the room and $ to rescue more dogs.
4. I was born on Good Friday!
5. I only weighed 5 lbs when born.

1. Hopefully I will go to culinary school in the future

2. I had white hair as a child.  It went blonde as a teen and now I have to dye it blonde as an adult!

3. My husband is leaving with the military to Virginia for two months next week.

4. I would love to open up my own cafe

5. I have a fabulous garden with: tomatoes, jalapeno, bell pepper, tomatillos, sweet banana peppers, cucumbers, ancho chilis, thyme and basil.

Cool!  Okay, here I go:

1. When I sleep, I have to have all of the covers piled on top of me, and pulled up from under the mattress, otherwise I don't feel safe

2. I've never seen the ultimate chick-flick: The Notebook

3.  I a cheerleader

4. I'm a total video game nerd (I heart the Sims!)

5. I have $390 saved up so far for a laptop computer (I'm almost there!

1. I'm sitting here in my jammies

2. I would like a cup of tea

3. My dogs are the cutest - even the bratty one

4. I need to lose about 35 pounds (I should ride the exercise bike while I post)

5. My husband is adorable

1. I almost didn't graduate high school

2. I'm a closet lefty 

3. My arches are so high I can stick a pencil under them & not feel under it 

4. I eat my hamburgers upside down. Idk how I do this, I just do. (If you're holding the bun, I ALWAYS happen to hold it upside down & I cannot do it right side up) 

5. I've never dyed my hair

My next 5 responses are going to be a result of Brittanyls responses above:

1. When I sleep I curl up tight in the fetal position and the only part of the bed that gets messed up is on the very edge where I am laying.  Oh, I also sleep with four large pillows and one travel pillow.
2. I didn't care to watch The Notebook during all its hype but then I saw a part of it on cable, bought the DVD, and became addicted to it!
3. I was a college cheerleader (soccer) for 2 years and I have been dancing since I was 3.  I am currently doing classical ballet and lyrical jazz for a production in July.
4. I love video games and am currently addicted to a PC game: Hidden Secrets: The Nightmare.  Krista, I promise there is a review with pics coming ;+)
5. I am also trying to save up for a laptop so that I can be online while in front of the TV.  Right now I have to come into my study to use my desktop.

1. My husband is in the military and will be gone for two months.

2. I just bought myself some flowers to cheer me up (peonies)

3. My son is in the wonderful "terrible twos" stage right now - it's not fun

4. I love true-crime books and TV shows

5. I love playing Scrabble on Pogo.com

1.  Have a granddaughter who is older than my youngest daughter.

2. I was an Air Force cop for 12 of the 20 years I spent in the military.

3. I'm hooked on World of Warcrack.  I have 7 different characters.

4. I'm a true left-hander.  Everything left handed EXCEPT swing a baseball bat.  Someone forced right-handed batter on me when I was a little kid.

5. I earned an Expert Marksman ribbon for both the M-16 rifle and 9MM Beretta while in the Air Force.

1. My little man is in the "terrible twos" too. I hope this2shallpass19 and I survive it.
2. I'm addicted to Twitter.
3. I write poetry on Associated Content.
4. I love playing Bejeweled 2.
5. Watching the Bachelorette for the very first time.

Five random things about me!

I love my coffee strong as possible (Louisiana style)!

I am oc about some things especially personal hygiene!

Sirius is my lifeline when driving!

I hate my own photos most of the time!

I like it when men show me their sensitive side!

1. Ballet production of the Swan Princess is in just 2 weeks.
2. I'm allergic to cats but still love to hold them and cuddle them.  The smaller the more I fall.
3. I finally got Broadband today after 9 years of dial-up!
4. This time last year I got bit by a snake twice. 
5. Last week while at Debbie's I got bit by a spider.

Hi,

1. Me, whenever I eat M & M with peanuts I save the smallest ones for last, they seem to taste better.

2. I always seem to run late, but have good intention on being on time. Seems like something always stops me. I'm getting better.

3. I won both bikes I ever had in my life, a 3 speed and a ten speed (am I dating myself?)

4. There are a number of movies I haven't watched all the way through, get bits and pieces.

5. I can't say "I'm a Howie Mandell" but I do clean my hands very often, I mean often because of my job. I touch things alot of people have touched at stores. I have a small bottle of purell hooked to my computer (for work). I never touch my face, when I am at work. YUCK!!  And money you never, never know where that has been. Think about it. ewwwww

I'm clinically diagnosed OCD and for me that means the following:

1. My clothes in closet are organized first by the length of the garment and then the length of the sleeves.  Long dresses first with long sleeves, short sleeves and no sleeves and so on.
2. After length my clothes are lined up by colors according to ROY G BIV.
3. Skirts are also organized by length and then patterns, denim, khaki and other solids.
4. Clothes in drawers are also organized by colors, stripes and patterns as well as lingerie and sock drawers.
5. I fold everything in 3s: t-shirts, shirts, panties, towels, etc.

Try being the mother of a child who started these compulsions when she was 6 or 7-years-old!  That was my mother's task that beset her because for every bit the neat freak I was, she wasn't.

1. I love to play Baseball and basketball

2. I hate wearing pants. I love wearing shorts.

3. I got a D+ in Social Studies.

4. I love to do Mad Libs

5. I love to eat Cheese Pizza.

1.  The first concert I remember ever going to was at Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, TN.  A Southern Gospel concert featuring The Inspirations and The Happy Goodman Family.

2. I grew up about a mile from a Piggly Wiggly.  My dad won an actual pig there in the late 1960's

3. My best friend as a kid and I were always in the same grade together at the same school for grades 1-12.

4. At age 15 I was a car hop at a little burger joint called "The Snappy Burger". I made 75 cents an hour plus tips.

5. In 1980, I was one of the RARE people the Air Force allowed to enlist already married with kids.  My ex-wife and I had to write letters to the military explaining how my family would be cared for if I were deployed.

Very interesting facts Mike.

1. My first concert I attended at the Sailors Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga was the Bill & Gloria Gaither and Homecoming friends and Howard and Vestal Goodman were present!  I sure do miss them and Rex Nelon, Glen Payne and George Younce.  I later went to see Steve Green, Michael Card, 4-Him, and Kathy Troccoli.  I just realized that every time I went to the Sailors Mem. Aud. it was to see a gospel concert! 
2. I grew up behind a large shopping center (in walking distance) that had a Winn-Dixie, Revco, and TruValue.  Do you remember those stores?
3. My first place of employment was at a bowling alley after I graduated from high school.  The company didn't have me on payroll.  They paid me cash weekly because they didn't believe I was old enough to file taxes.
4. My first childhood crush was in the 4th grade.  I would later date him off and on for 16 years before he married another girl from my church.
5. The last time I went to a drive-in movie I saw 9 to 5 with Dolly Parton and a horror flick was the second feature.

Back for another 5!

1. Roadtesting the cruiser on a 1,000 mile round trip next week. I haven't done one of these in about 20 years so it'll be interesting to see how my ancient body holds up!
2. My first concert was an outdoor festival deal back in '78 outside of Reston, Oregon called the Reston Jam. It was also one of the few times in my life that I dropped acid. Made for a very interesting evening!
3. I didn't get to play sports in high school because my right kneecap was blown off by a 7.5mm bullet early on in my freshman year. Before that I was a pretty fair wide-out.
4. Being chased by a bear in the Oregon rainforest isn't as much fun as you might think.
5. Neither is coming around a tight, blind left hand turn on a twisty mountain road at night on your motorcycle and finding a herd of elk scattered across both lanes.

1.) I've never been to a wedding besides my own.

2.) I have brown eyes and all four of my kids have blue.

3.) I can cook just about anything.

4.) I love genealogy.

5.) I love cats and my husband is allergic to them :(

You need to hook up with my "Mama" Meri.  Her name is Meri here.  She is all into the genealogy stuff too!

I've met Meri. She's really a nice lady. We've already talked about geneaology...Thanks!

I'm also a neat freak. I iron every day, I dont like wrinkled clothes so just about everything is ironed before it's put away. My kids have grown up this way and none of them will wear a t shrit or a pair of jeans unless it's been ironed first.

I keep the closets neat too. My littlest is 7 and he is a member of the up and coming neat freaks of his generation he keeps his room clean and likes his pj's ironed and folded in a special way. He also doesn't like driving around in a dirty car. My daughter on the other hand is a bit of a slob at home but she keeps her dorm very neat.

I also keep my kitchen organized. I like everything in it's place and easy to use.

1. My food items can't touch on my plate (so nasty even though they all go in the same place.

2.  I am the first woman in Rhode Island to ever win a "national" or "world" pageant.

3. I have close too 200 pairs of shoes.

4. I have 200+ dresses to go with those 200 shoes.

5. I love when my children are on vaction from school it is the best time of the year. 

1.  I love Diet Pepsi

2.  I work two jobs, one full-time and one part-time

3.  I volunteer a lot of my time to community projects and children workshops

4.  I love the Fridays, Pecan Encrusted Chicken Salad.

5.  I love finding new freebie sites on the web.