One Hundred Things about me

100 Things Iin no particular order)

• i love being a grandmother
  
• i am a gadget lover
  
• my favorite gadgets are kitchen tools/toys and electronic ones
  
• i am a dabbler
  
• i love crafts
  
• i love to read
  
• i read cookbooks like novels
  
• i prefer speculative science fiction and romance
  
• i used to be a voracious reader, now I am pickier about what i read
  
• i am a go to person
  
• i like being needed
  
• i like teaching/mentoring
  
• i am hooked on my computer
  
• i will only own a macintosh computer by choice
  
• my computer opens up the world for me
  
• having the internet is like unlocking the library doors 24x7 for me
  
• i enjoy researching
  
• i hate change
  
• i do not know what i want to do with my life
  
• i would rather not be working in a rigid environment
  
• i like to work independently
  
• i am a packrat
  
• i am capable of throwing useless things away
  
• i read the dictionary and the encyclopedia as a kid
  
• i still get a word of the day from the online dictionary
  
• my vocabulary can intimidate people
  
• my vocabulary is not that big
  
• i understand things in context more than in definition
  
• i can not draw but i can use drawing/painting programs on the computer
  
• i take my coffee with cream
  
• but i can drink it black if necessary
  
• i love candycane coffee
  
• i hate caviar & oysters
  
• i live to learn
  
• i am the living embodiment of “jill of all trades, master of none”
  
• i find thunderstorms energizing
  
• i am sick and tired of being sick and tired
  
• growing older only sux because the body stops working right
  
• i do not think i will ever be able to retire
  
• i have never been financially comfortable as an adult
  
• i am a survior
  
• i worry to this day that my children won't find themselves
  
• i wish i could travel more
  
• i have planned and organized more businesses than have come to fruition
  
• i have planned and organized more events than most people attend in a lifetime
  
• i loved working for myself, but could not go out and hawk business
  
• i love music
  
• i don't like discordant jazz, acid/metal rock, grunge or gangsta rap
  
• i love to sing
  
• music can change my mood
  
• i sing in public and do not care if people look strangely at me
  
• i love to cook
  
• i am best at the throw it together meals
  
• i don't do gourmet, its too fussy
  
• i love lobster, chocolate and most vegetables
  
• i am a carboholic
  
• i used to be a night owl
  
• circumstances have turned me into a morning person
  
• i have been told i have a soothing voice
  
• i can talk people to sleep
  
• i used to get told i had a sexy voice
  
• my best feature used to be my hands
  
• hands do not age well
  
• i am allergic to cats
  
• i am a lesbian
  
• i married men twice before i figured out i was lesbian
  
• i came out at 29
  
• i have 3 children
  
• i have 8 grandchildren
  
• I love to see my back yard filled with screaming, giggling children
  
• i am an oldest child
  
• i have one sister
  
• my sister and i are not close, she is perfect
  
• i am not perfect
  
• i want to live near the water
  
• i love the sound of water moving
  
• i don't wear tee-shirts often
  
• i look dorky in tee-shirts
  
• i am predictibly sappy
  
• I am pretty good at reading people
  
• i like traditions, other peoples and making my own
  
• i collect little things, books, cookbooks, crafts, kitchen gadgets, baskets ........
  
• i love babbling brooks
  
• i love thunderstorms
  
• i am fascinated by the weather, mother nature in the raw
  
• fall is my favorite season
  
• winter is my next favorite season
  
• i do not practice organized religion
  
• i enjoy discussing all traditions and find something in every one that resonates
  
• i find my spirituality in the trees, in the moon, sun, stars and the water
  
• i believe that what sparks life and love are sacred
  
• i am a caretaker
  
• i have no patience for “takers”
  
• i don't deal well with prima dona's
  
• i do not have the stamina i used to have
  
• i will still get the job done, but my recovery time is much longer
  
• i am an organizer
  
• i am a leader by nature
  
• i am much better at manipulating something into something better
  
• initial creation is not my strong suit