10 things you didn't know about me

[willowtreewren]

 

Too funny, Marc!

[del]

1.  I teach grade 2
2.  4 years before I can retire
3.  I make cards and do scrapbooking
4.  I like to sew
5.  I am very quiet but when needed I am quite capable of standing up for myself
6.  I love to cook
7.  I get along well with others
8.  I love the outdoors
9.  I love gardening
10. I take life one day at a time

[Wenchie58]

That is so cool Marc....and I totally agree with you about the motorcycle.  Sold mine when they told me I was going to get sick...now I am not....and I miss it 

[Hanify]

Being on a stamp has got to be one of the coolest things I've heard of.  I wanna be on a stamp!!!

[Bajanne]

I was never on a stamp, but the manse (minister's house) where I lived was, and a cousin of mine was also on a stamp.
Let me tell you about her.  She is blind (the stamp was when she was at the school for the blind), but she graduated from school, graduated from university and is now a Senator in our government.
I will try to find the two stamps.

[texasstyle]

1. If I lost 7-9 lbs. I'd be happy with myself 2.Used to get picked on for having red hair. Now the men love it 3.I have 12 years drug free 4.I love the blues 5.Bubbly & outgoing 5.Mornings are not my time 6.I worry a lot about health issues. 7. Was mauled by a German Shepard when I was 6 months pregnant (dragged around a house) 8. Waldemar beats everyone else price wise 9. My legs are my best feature 10. I believe they're are a lot more great people in the world than not!

[Bajanne]

Found the stamps.
Sharon Moravian Church is a very historic church, first built 1799, then rebuilt 1831.  It was the first to welcome slaves as members. My dad was always very proud of being a minister at that church.
If you look to the left, our home is there. This is where Lilbajanne (Sam) spent the first year of her life!
The second is not too clear, but it is my cousin Kerryann at a braille machine.  It was the 1981 Year of the Disabled stamp series.
Here is a more recent article about her - http://media-dis-n-dat.blogspot.com/2008/03/visually-impaired-woman-becomes-senator.html

[twirl]

I want David13 to list 10 things we don't know about him 

[monrein]

I want David13 to list 10 things we don't know about him 

Me too twirl.

[kitkatz]

10 Things you may not know about me:
1. I have taught all grade level K-12.
2. I like to collect boxes.
3. I like old TV shows
4. I am an Ultimate Babylon 5 fan
5. I read science fiction
6. I am a voracious reader
7. My office desk is atrocious at home, however my desk at school is clean!
8. My hubby is an amputee for the last three years
9. I have two grown girls
10. I don't know what to put here.

[monrein]

(Ten more things about me....school related....I posted already on page one)

1.  I have a Masters degree in French Literature.
2.  I have a Masters degree in Social Work.
3.  If not for ESRD I would have a Phd in French Literature or Linguistics.
4.  My husband has a Bachelor's degree in Political Science, another in Geology and another in Law.  He became a lawyer at 40.  He hated practicing law so he        taught it.
5.  I taught French at Canadian universities for 13 years.
6.  I worked as a social worker for 13 years.
7.  I did the first year of a degree in Landscape Architecture but it should have been in horticulture which I prefer.
8.  I taught English at the University of Nice for a year.
9.  My grandmother's aunt was one of the first women to be admitted to Oxford University (from Jamaica) in the 1920's
10. I value education and love reading, studying and learning new things.

[fc2821]

1.) I have bachelors degrees in both history and journalism.
2.) I use to enjoy backpacking and tent camping (would now, if I didn't have mobility issues)
3.) I can read, speak and write German, some French, studied Latin which helpsd me understand some Italian and Spansih. 
4.) Read mostly non fiction
5.) have a ham radio license
6.) Lived in Alberta, Canada for a year
7.) Was tained in college to use a "key punch machine" for card computers.
8.) Like to watch all kinds of movies (old, new, silent, black and white, etc)
9.) Use to sky dive
10.) favorite color is blue.

[tyefly]

1)  I like nature
2)  I did go to school
3)  I am head of our pack
4)  I like to spend most of my time outdoors
5)  I have too many fish
6)  I have too many interest
7)  I still hate Dialysis
  I should do this and that
9)  I should complete this and that
10) I will finish someday....

[nursewratchet]

1.  I used to be a house painter and drywaller
2.  I LOVE old cars, though can't afford them.  Are Chris and I related???
3.  My first car was a Mustang, California Special, paid 1600. for it.
4.  I am an organizational savant.
5.  I have been married many times.  (embarrassing, but true)
6.  I am TOTALLY intolerant of mean, stupid, or lazy...(refer to # 5)
7.  I have been a (GREAT) boss for 10 years.  (refer to # 6)
8.  I could build a house from the ground up.
9.  I have some control issues.  Good for business, bad for marriage.  Refer to #'s 4,5,6 and 7
10.I think my way is almost always the BEST way!!!!  Again, refer to #'s 4,5,6,7....

[looneytunes]

1.  I live on a farm with real cows
2.  I have 4 wonderful grandkiddos, 8, 6, 4, and 2
3.  I used to bass fish professionally until 2007
4.  I love the outdoors and any activity that takes me out there
5.  I hate cleaning house (but since I'm a neat freak, it's a compulsion of mine)
6.  I am fluently bilingual (English and Hillbilly) and also speak some Spanish and German
7.  I can drive anything with a motor and the faster it goes, the better I like it
8.  I love to read
9.  I dislike judgemental people
10. I HATE dialysis for everyone who is on it

[dwcrawford]

Funny how I'd actually guess a lot of Looney's ten things.  I'd suggest everybody get to know Looney.

[kellyt]

1.  I used to be a house painter and drywaller
2.  I LOVE old cars, though can't afford them.  Are Chris and I related???
3.  My first car was a Mustang, California Special, paid 1600. for it.
4.  I am an organizational savant.
5.  I have been married many times.  (embarrassing, but true)
6.  I am TOTALLY intolerant of mean, stupid, or lazy...(refer to # 5)
7.  I have been a (GREAT) boss for 10 years.  (refer to # 6)
8.  I could build a house from the ground up.
9.  I have some control issues.  Good for business, bad for marriage.  Refer to #'s 4,5,6 and 7
10.I think my way is almost always the BEST way!!!!  Again, refer to #'s 4,5,6,7....

OMG!  Dry walling is the worst!!!  You are a strong and patient woman!  But I already knew that!!   

[looneytunes]

Oh DW...I must be too transparent....wonder if that's a good or bad thing?  Oh well....it is what it is.  No real surprises here and I'm good with that. 

[Jean]

Okay, I will give this a try:
1.  I have been married 4 times.
2.   I have two natural children and 11 step children
3.  I was a cheerleader in high school ( co-captain)
4. I took ballet and tap for over 10 years.
5. In one lifetime career, I was Operations Officer for a large bank, in my other career, I was assistant mgr at a 190 apt. HUD complex.
6. I think dialysis sucks and I am not even on it yet.
7. Is my favorite number.
8. I love to cook and bake
9. Italian food is my favorite
10. I love IHD and am sooo grateful for all of the info and the good and caring friends.

[jennyc]

okay well here goes:
1. I love cooking and baking, i really love cooking sweets (cakes, white chocolate mouse cheesecake etc) but i have more of a savoury palete so  i keep a little and give the rest to the neighbours.
2. i'm an ex smoker (7 years strong)
3. i'm addicted to the PS3
4. My hubby is the first boyfriend i ever had a fight with and DIDN'T dump straight away (gues that was when i knew he was the one)
5. i'm a huge Robert Jordan fan (wheel of time author)
6. i've never tasted 'spam'
7. i am the youngest of 3 children. my sister is 10 years older than me my brother (deceased) was 13 years older than me
8. my dad's name is  brian john, grandfather leslie john, brother john clifford, husband john dean, uncle terrence john, brother in law mark john
9. my nickname in highschool was 'ferret'. My best friends mum though i looked like a freshly washed ferret (and they were her favourite animal)... go figure. the name kind of stuck after that
10. on thursday my son refused to sleep in his own bed becuase i'd been i hospital all day and he'd been scared. He begged to at least sleep on my floor..... so i let him sleep in with me.

[dwcrawford]

These are my favorite kinds of threads.  It is great when you connect with different  people  from their posts, the chat room, etc. and you can read some of this personal information that gives you addition  insight.

Can you just see Jennyc as a ferret now?  Cute!

and what about looney speaking spanish with her hillbilly accent?  I love .

And Jean hanging out at Divorce Court?  Make up your mind woman.   Njursewratch: I'd never suspect but have you met Jean at the attorney's office and did both of you get lots of alimony?

Kit likes science fiction.  Duh!  Ever read her Trivia questions?  And Gail is smart.  Duh!

I love this stuff.

[del]

Why list just 10 things!!  Here's some more
I love photography
I love walking
I am really trying to change my lifestyle (diet and exercise)
I have lost 50 lbs in the past 2 years with about another 40 to go!!
I love spending time with my husband
I love cooking and baking
I like to cuddle and watch a good movie
I have a B.A in Education and a diploma in Educational Technology from McGill University
I like to sit and watch the birds coming to my bird feeders
I think I am easy going which makes me easy to get along with
I like beautiful sunny days!!

[dwcrawford]

It's 10 things we DON'T know Del.  I knew all that.  Except maybe the Cuddling Part.  Hey folks, did you know Del swims with whales?  (not a comment about your previous weight)

[del]

Dan I might float with whales but I don't swim with them.  Have never learned how to swim!!  Should put that on my list of things I want to do - learn how to swim but not with whales!!! LOL

[Poppylicious]

My Blokey is asleep on the settee so what better thing to do in a fit of boredom on a Saturday afternoon than this?

1. I suffer from terrible déjà vécu.
2. I'm the most sarcastic person I know.
3. I like antique fairs (I collect perfume bottles).
4. My memory is so bad that I can forget what I'm saying whilst I'm saying it.
5. My brain doesn't 'do' Maths and Science ... (but I 'teach' both)
6. I'm an idealist and see the good/best in everyone/thing.
7. Can't drive, won't drive.
8. I love live comedy (and shaking hands with famous comedians who are often much littler than they appear on the tellybox.)
9. I can die happy because I saw The Killers live and they were the only thing on 'My List'.
10. Just because I'm nodding don't assume I'm actually listening ... I've always been a daydreamer and can switch (you) off easily.