100 Things about me

(Since Val (Valpish) made this a challenging topic on her AOL Journal, I’m giving it a try using hers as a guideline, as I don’t know if there were direct questions to be answered regarding this blog.  Here goes……….

 

1. I am 63 years old, oh my…where did all the years go?
2. I am a mom to two
3. I miss New England
4. I do not have grandchildren
5. I was born in Massachusetts
6. I currently live in South Florida
7. I absolutely love New England
8. I love wine with my dinner
9. I quit smoking on January 17, 2007  Yippee!
10. I have gained weight after I stopped smoking…..Ugh!
11. I also gained weight before I stopped smoking!  Oh my
12. I miss my single digit size clothes
13. I can sew, knit and do needlepoint and crewel
14. I have high cholesterol and high blood pressure….Ugh!
15. I am now a redhead!
16. I like dogs, I do not like cats.  A cat scratched the top of my first brand new car when I was 18 years old and years later a freaking cat jumped on the top of my baby’s head when I was visiting a friend that owned this cat, I feared it would scratch my baby’s face….so frightening….I dislike cats…then I became allergic to them as well
17. I love the color blue
18. I collect dolls, miniature shoes, perfume bottles and Dept. 56/Christmas in the City houses
19. I have a robot vacuum cleaner (Roomba) I call her “Little Rosie”
20. I love exercising in the pool.
21. I love diamonds and gold, hey they are a girl’s best friend. LOL
22. I seldom get bored
23. I started to wear glasses for reading only at age 50
24. I’m Catholic
25. I was married and divorced a couple of times and still believed in love and marriage to do it again and again, (no one gets married with the intentions of later being divorced but things happen) then I  met a wonderful man and I became a widow in the year of 2001
26. I’m currently not dating by choice.
27. I did try that online dating thing 
28. I prefer the old fashioned way of meeting people 
29. I do not play any musical instrument
30. I like Yoga and Thai Chi
31. I have a broken ugly baby toe
32. I hate Halloween
33. I found very few 4-leaf clovers in my life…hard to find growing up in the city.
34. I had a Granddog.  She was a beautiful Sheltie
35. I graduated from High School and later went on to college after I was divorced
36. I am blessed with many wonderful friends
37. I love ballroom dancing
38. I won a scratch lottery ticket once for $100.
39. I was in the Legal Field for over 30 years then on to theMedical Field
40. My favorite job ever was working with a special attorney 
41. I have kept a diary all my life
42. I am my own best friend
43. I love listening to the world waking up in the morning with all its sounds and distinct noises
44. I love catalog shopping better than walking in the Malls
45. I do not like to drive long distances
46. I love mostly all foods
47. I can not use chopsticks too well, I try then I get fed up and pick up the fork
48. I am learning to incorporate more fish in my diet
49. I prefer cooked foods over raw
50. I love Veal Franchese

To be cont.