One Hundred things
About me, likes, loves, distractions, hobbies, habits, places, people, and more.
1. I like to eat peanut butter out of the jar
2. I love the rain
3. Thunder and Lightening holds me spellbound
4. Reading a good book is one of the things that makes life worth while
5. My husband make me feel at peace with the world
6. I miss my family
7. I love to watch my cat sleep
8. I will watch  Pirates of the Caribbean, The Italian Job, Love Actually, Groundhog Day, 2 Weeks Notice, While you were Sleeping, Notting Hill, and                      Monsters Inc. every time they are on cable.
9. I once dreamt I was having lunch with the Queen
10. I have a shoe fetish but I love to be bare foot the most
11. I still like stuffed animals
12. I don't mind getting dirty
13. Sometimes I close my eyes, turn my face to the sun and wonder what is really out there
14. I do the same thing at night but with my eyes wide open
15. I love my bed
16. Flannel is my favorite fabric
17. Animal cruelty makes me angrier than human cruelty
18. For the sake of nature I sometimes wish humans would disappear
19. Though I always marvel at her power to conquer concrete despite us
20. I want to go to Florence some day
21. I would also like to live in Alaska for a few years
22. Of all the places I have lived Minnesota is my favorite
23. I love that my dad calls me when he is walking his dog
24. I'm afraid of large bodies of water
25. But my favorite spot in the world is a rocky beach outcrop in Big Sur
26. I don't like bugs, snakes, or spiders
27. Daisies are my favorite flower
28. I wish we lived on a farm so we could rescue more dogs.
29. I collect fairies (not the child cherubic ones - those are creepy)
30. My current mantra: "Blessed are the cracked for it is they who let in the light."
31. I love to eat cereal dry - Lucky Charms and Count Chocula are the best
32. You can tell a lot about a person's character by how they are around animals
33. I believe in love at first sight
34. I have been lucky enough to experience it
35. Listening to my Ipod mixes puts me in my happy place
36. The glass is always brimming over
37. I hate that people think their children are everyone's responsibility - but not their own responsibility
38. We have forgotten what it means to be held accountable for our actions
39. Sophie is the greatest gift Michael and I gave each other
40. Max is the greatest gift I ever gave myself
41. My favorite author is James Lee Burke
42. I have always had a crush on Bruce Springsteen, Richard Dean Anderson, Keifer Sutherland, Patrick Stewart, and Johnny Depp
43. My favorite actress's are Audrey Hepburn, Ashley Judd, and Sandra Bullock
44. My faith is in my self, my family, my friends, and the infinite universe
45. I have very little faith in the idea of an omnipotent being and no faith in the people that commit atrocities in his name
46. Being deeply in love scares me to death
47. But I give that love completely, deeply, body, and soul
48. Eeyore is my favorite Disney character
49. John Goodman has been my favorite Disney voice
50. Favorite food - Mexican
51. Favorite drink - milk
52. Favorite beer - Shiner
53. Favorite soda - Root beer
54. Most unusual place for a date: I once had a dinner date on the pedestrian overpass of highway 17 in San Jose - complete with candle light, waiters, and my
        favorite meal
55. Most romantic: My first date with Michael in San Francisco.  There are no words for how sweet it was - he took my breath away.
56. I know what it feels like to have someone pull the rug out from under your life - and it was devastating,  but it also gave me a whole new floor to dance on.
57. How much you get out of life really is based on your attitude
58. What is a weed and what is a flower really is a matter or perspective
59. Favorite line from a song: "I’ll run to meet you Barefoot barely breathing" from As I lay me down from Sophie B. Hawkins
60. I've seen Haley's comet
61. I love my job
62. I can tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue
63. I once went on a weekend trip to San Francisco with a complete stranger - nothing happened, totally innocent - and I had a blast
64. I also met a virtual stranger in New Orleans for vacation and he has been one of my dearest friends since.
65. I have hitchhiked
66. Some of my closest friends in high school were heavy drug users but they wouldn't let me touch the stuff because they knew I had a future and didn't                  want me to ruin that
67. I love them for that, and I miss them terribly
68. Looking back at some of the stupid things I have done it is a wonder I made it through my youth unharmed and alive - hindsight is an interesting  and                  educating perspective
69. Learning to scuba dive was the most exhilarating thing I have done
70. I love to mountain bike through forests
71. I love to rollerblade
72. I love that my husband plays a nature c.d. for my birds even though he always grumbles about them
73. When I was a little girl my dad would go out to get cigarettes at the drug store, he would take me with him and one time bought me a little stuffed bear -              I still have it today and he is sitting on my nightstand - the date on his tag is 1973
74. Favorite car: Smart Roadster - look on the European site to see the car.  US site is just a video
75. I can loose a brand new pair of sunglasses in a matter or hours but I can manage to keep a small stuffed bear with me for 32 years despite moving to 8                new homes in 4 different states
76. I collect frogs
77. I should have studied art and photography
78. My dream job is a National Geographic or Life photographer
79. My other dream job is museum curator
80. If I could meet one historical person it would be Michelangelo
81. If I could meet one person alive today it would be the Dali Lama
82. My favorite television series of all times is the Simpsons
83. My favorite shows have included: M*A*S*H, MacGyver, Land of the Lost, The Waltons, All in the Family, Sesame Street, Fantasy Island, The Love                      Boat,  Hardy Boys, 21 Jump Street, X-Files, Twin Peaks, Miami Vice, Magnum PI, Stargate, Farscape, Dead Like Me, 24 and many more that I have forgotten about
84. My favorite flavor of ice-cream is mint chocolate chip
85. I love to eat raw cookie dough
86. Favorite cookie - Oreo
87. Favorite Pizza topping - pepperoni
88. I like cream and sugar in my coffee
89. I am a pack rat
90. My dogs have sweaters
91.Frederic Edwin Church, Michelangelo, Van Gogh, DaVinci, and Rembrandt are my favorite artists
92.I used to have a favorite color but now I just have moods
93. I have a tattoo
94. Drinking wine makes me feel like a grown-up
95. I love to sing along to music as long as there is not an audience to torture
96. I have been truly drunk only once and it was enough
97. I love miniature golf
98. Favorite breakfast - Eggs Benedict
99. Favorite meal - breakfast
100. Favorite view - Top of the Empire State Building - from up there anything seems possible and all things seem equal