FFF....this is a wonderful thing these days...seems i've embraced the passage to fun, fabulous, & living in my fifties!!! today...(well, actually it's after midnight...so, yesterday) i'm fifty-two...so, by the lead of my friend, nina....i offer 52 things about me that you always wanted to know...but, were afraid to ask!
1) i love people...just about anyone...in any shape, form, color, age, or background.
2) i'm usually willing to give most things a try...not all...but, most.
3) i like real...whatever that is...as in, not fake...false, or pretenses.
4) i like fairy tales, santa claus, & the easter bunny. (fyi...these are different than fake, false, or pretenders)
5) i believe in fate...not coincidences...or luck of the draw. revised this morning....not fate as in predetermined....but, as in meant to be happenings...so i'm changing fate to serendipity.
6) i know there is more than what meets the eye.
7) i trust that my heart is more trustworthy than my brain.
8) i hope that my brain is trusting my heart.
9) i am fairly fair in my dealings with others...fair enough?
10) i don't always think before i speak...i'm working on this as i speak..write.
11) i am pretty certain that pretty is in the eye of the beholder...thank goodness.
12) i love a weepy, sappy old movie, that ends with a wild kiss!
13) i am moved by the magnificence of the ocean, mountains, and the wonder of a little child!
14) i am always seeking to live in that wandering wonder of a child.
15) i daydream about meeting helen keller, mother theresa, and stevie ray vaughn.
16) i can count to five about five hundred times if i'm nervous.
17) my cooking is the best when i want to be cooking!
18) i am becoming friends with intuition.
19) i see a red flag when someone or something declares "it's black or white"...grey is more soothing to the eye and my heart.
20) i am fond of puppies, plum eyeshadow, & popcorn.
21) when i close my eyes, i can hear the sound of the ocean in the fluttering leaves of the cottonwoods when the wind blows through them.
22) i can listen to old people for hours talking about 'way back when'.
23) i think i was a gypsie in another lifetime...and didn't get to fulfill that life to its fullest! a do-over is in order!
24) i have an affection for the 1940's.
25) i don't like school pictures, for the most part...unless they are of my grandchildren and they have mismatched clothes on or their hair is sticking up.
26) i often resist being on a schedule. yikes.
27) i like muted, aged, & worn out colors...except for all the beautiful blues and aquas.
28) i like music & dancing...and dancing and more music!
29) i like to photograph moments...in nature and in people.
30) i enjoy a competitive round at the archery course. it's been a while...but, the urge always stirs up...to win! yikes! i do that in putt-putt golf, too...even with kids! my kids....double yikes!
31) i am a terrible singer...but, love to sing my heart out!
32) i am a collector of books that never get read. one day.
33) i'd like to think i have a handle on holding onto the good things in life.
34) in my earlier life as a young mother...i was more of a homemaker.
35) in my later life...(now!) i'm over it!
36) ....36 was a crappy year! that's all i'm sayin'!
37) i forget some things i shouldn't and remember some things i should. what? i forget some things i should, and remember some things i shouldn't. that's better...i think!
38) sometimes, i wish for time to go backwards...usually so i can re-live and re-enjoy my children as little ones.
39) i like to open presents like a kid!
40) 40...was a piece of cake! carrot is my favorite...and that's exactly what i got...thx jackie!
41) i'm not easily impressed by money, big fancy cars, or big fancy anything.
42) i am intrigued by travel, history, people, and their cultures...
43) did i mention that i'm a gypsie at heart?
44) 44 is my lucky number...or it just follows me everywhere i go...so i just accept it as such!
45) i miss my childhood home on mark st....and i drive by it when i'm in town. sigh
46) i have had my heart glued to my sleeve all my life.
47) i'm still hoping some wonderfully fabulous english gardner will chanel themselves through me!
48) i try to learn and listen when i'm not talking. : )
49) i want to volunteer for pacific whale foundation on maui.
50) most of the time, i think my life rocks!
51) some of the time...i know it doesn't...and it's up to me to make it rock!
52) i do love life....my family...& what's yet to come!
happybirthdaytome!
11) And this eye beholds a very beautiful lady, through and through, top to bottom!
15) Would luv to meet S.R.V. Luv chillin' and listening to him play!
28) Some of my fave memories are of you & Donna teaching me to slow dance! Thanks Darlin'!
30) Haven't been to an archery range or putt putt course in ages...i suck at both but boy are they fun!
31) Me too (lots of practice and blending in w/the choir always makes my voice sound better). Couldn't stand it w/out music
36) I turned 36 in '95' and that year wasn't to great for me!
40) Neither was '99' when i turned 40 for that matter. But Carrot cake could've made both years better...or red velvet...or boston creme pie...or german chocolate lol
Thanks for sharing my dear!
xoDaleB.xo
Posted by: DaleB. Roberts | October 26, 2010 at 08:10 PM
Took me time to learn the whole guide, the report is wonderful however the feedback carry extra brainstorm suggestions, with thanks.
Posted by: Air Force 1 | October 26, 2010 at 05:19 AM
you, my sweet, are 104 versions of fabulous...and i can't wait to see what the next 52 years will present!!!!! xoxoxoxo love you so much - mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmm
Posted by: nina | October 25, 2010 at 07:05 AM