25 Random Things About Me

Reading everyone’s list caused me to start thinking about what kind of list I would make so here you go. 1: I am the oldest of six children and each of our names start with  ” J”, Jeannie, Junior, Jeff, Jane, Jay and Jim. 2: Neither of my parents graduated from high school but they never gave any of us the option of not completing school. We all graduated and a couple of us went on to college. 3: I have been in love with books since I learned how to read. Books have always been my companion in life. Went I went to college I studied English Literature because it was something that I enjoyed. 4: I have always been a crafty person. Learned how to do embroidery from my Grandmother and how to knit and crochet in high school. Right now my favorite craft is counted cross stitch. 5: I believe that Chocolate is a food group in its self. 6: My favorite seasons are spring and fall. I think these are the times when God has the most fun changing the world. 7: I am glad that my parents divorced. My mother deserved a better life then the one that she had with my father. 8: I collect Madame Alexander dolls. My brother bought me my first one when we were still in high school.  I have never outgrown dolls. 9: I hate exercise but love to go for walks. Something that I need to start again! 10: Love to watch silent movies. Charlie Chaplin is amazing. 11: I walked away from God as a teenager because of the world that I knew growing up. My Mother turned to God and I walked away. I even labeled myself as atheist for a long time. 12: I love to watch old musicals. Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and any other musical 13: I am one of those people who need eight hours of sleep every day. I can’t function if I miss too much sleep. 14: My eyes are brown until I get upset about something and they turn green. 15: I don’t watch the news very often. The negativity of it wears me down. 16: My first job was at K-Mart in the sporting goods department. I am the most un-sports person around. 17: I am a realist but with an optimistic turn. I try to stay positive about things but I understand that may not always be true. 18: Landmark birthdays haven’t bothered me until I hit fifty. Thirty was a piece of cake and forty no problem. I made up for it when I hit the big five-o. 19: Used to color my hair but stopped because it kept turning all these strange colors. Some of the reactions were funny, admiration to fear. 20: My favorite color used to be Blue but I get older I am going more for red with a real love of pink. I think the girl in me is coming out. 21: I have been a Star Trek fanatic from the moment it came on. I have watched all of the television shows, movies, and cartoons based on Star Trek. Wanted to go to a convention but couldn’t because of work. 22: My first love was Davey Jones of the Monkees in grade school. 23: Used to stay up half the night watching black & white B horror movies. The Giant Claw, House on Haunted Hill and all the Vincent Price movies are classics in my book. I lived for Chiller Theatre on the weekend. 24: My favorite books are A Brave New World and a Catcher in The Rye. 24 My favorite movies are The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Day the Earth Stood Still, My Fair Lady, The Wizard of Oz and The King and I

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