43 things

To kick off my 43rd year,

43 little-known things about me, in no particular order

1. If I had to choose between a cleared off horizontal surface

and clean floors - I'd pick clean floors every time

2. I rarely have clear surfaces or clean floors

3. I have a really hard time picking a favorite - anything

4. My baby toes don't touch the ground,

so I have funny footprints.

5. I found out that my nose was wide in the 8th grade

when David Fulton (who also happens to have a wide nose!) told me

6. To this day, it's still what I see when I look in the mirror

7. I don't multi-task well

8. I've been known to throw away money while on the phone

9. I like a little something in my chocolate

10. I pretty much always have a burn somewhere on my arms
in some stage of healing.

11. I really love a well-organized cabinet

12. I used to insist towels were folded a particular way

13. Now I'm happy if they're folded at all

14. I use The Works toilet cleaner from Dollar Tree - it works!

15. I don't drink sweet tea

16. If it wasn't such a pain to make the bed, 

I'd wash my sheets every day I could hang them on the line to dry

17. I had my first baby when I was 18

18. and my last when I was 40

19. I became a grandma (Mimi) at 41

20. I talk to animals (which my husband finds endearing)

21. and other drivers (but only the stupid ones)

22. I still read the comics a few times a week

and usually laugh a time or two (Tyler find this adorable, too)

23. I don't do okra

24. but it's okay, 'cause I do eat eggplant

25. I have to turn my socks inside out to clear out all the fuzzies

before I can put them on.

26.I won't let my kids drink hot chocolate 

unless the high for the day is below 50

27. I'm thinking about lowering that to 40;

we went through a lot of hot chocolate last year.

28. I'm a wee bit competitive; mostly with myself, though
(okay - with Tyler, mostly)

29. I love wrapping gifts 'pretty'

30. and once gave my sister-in-law a gift

that she kept for years before opening

31. I don't do chit-chat well

32. I wear the same earring 364 1/2 days a year

33. and call my sister in a panic when I lose one

34. To keep the mismatched socks from getting out of control

I try to match them up every time I have a lone one

(which is pretty much every day...)

35. I'm wishing I was only 35 right about now

36. My first car was a blue Plymouth Horizon, I paid $800 for it

and the gear shift broke when I was driving it home, 

so my first stop was the shop.

37. I really don't get the chevron decorating trend

38. But I shouldn't talk - I used to have a toaster with geese on it

39. and a matching coffee maker 

40. I save my best bite for last

41. but if the baby asks for it, I'll (grudgingly) give it;

anybody older than the baby gets told, "No!"

42. When I was a kid, I'd make 'long fingernails' out of scotch tape

43. I think a good fire is mesmerizing

~

That took a ridiculously long time.

27 minutes to come up with the last two,

if that gives you a clue,

but I was trying to come up with a few things

that even my kids don't know.

For fun ~ how about you tell me in the comments

how many of these things you already knew about me :-)

eta
Tyler informed me, I was actually kicking off my 44th year.
Darn it, he's right!
44. I was 16 when I graduated from high school.