I was tagged by default by Derek, who challenged anyone who read his blog post to do their own Six Random Facts About Me. The hard part here is for me to come up with stuff y'all don't already know... I feel like my life is an open book! Here goes. Did you know....?
1. I have a (very fat) cat named Melody. Delaynie named her after Ariel's daughter in Little Mermaid II.
2. Vanilla is my favorite scent - and flavor of coffee.
3. I drink 4-6 cans of Diet Mt. Dew a day. Or else.
4. I wear Reebok tennis shoes.
5. I was one credit short of completing a minor in Drama in college. That course was Acting II, and there just wasn't any way I was going to take it.
6. My middle name is Maree. That's not a typo.
Now... I tag all of you to post a comment with your own 6 Random Facts. And my Stat Counter lets me know that you were here, so don't pretend like you aren't. :-P I see you.
28 comments:
1. I'm stuck in an airport til 6:00am.
2. I'm stuck in an airport with no starbucks near.
3. I'm stuck in an airport that books people on a connecting flight in a completely different terminal on a completely different airline.
4. I'm stuck in an airport in a very large town that I used to reside in.
5. I'm stuck in an airport that doesn't have free wi-fi.
6. I'm falling asleep.
1. After Mar 17th I will officially be a Texan.
2. I bowl on Wednesdays. not very well, but I bowl
3. I have an Autism Awareness magnet on my truck
4. I am the Historian for the Randolph Air FOrce base Officer's Spouse's Club.
5. I bought Lenny Kravitz new cd. The 1st non-country CD i've bought in decades.
6. I won an autographed guitar from Aaron TIppin
1. I graduated from High School in 1978, but didn't graduate from college until 2001.
2. 3 of my children's babysitters graduated college before I did.
3.My oldest daughter is a college freshman and my son heads off in less than two years.
4. My youngest has 5 years to go.
5. In six years me and hubby will tour the U.S. by car(college tuitions prevent us from flying:p)
1. I have lived on the same block for all 43 years of my life.
2. I have played softball for 35 years.
3. I eat cold spaghetti for breakfast.
4. One of my life's goals is to never have a passport.
5. I have a cardboard Elvis in my living room.
6. I am a Trisha freak.
1. I have a big black horse, a Norwegian breed called Dole horse. His name is Svarten in Norwegian, which means something like Blackie.
2. I'm a Rodeo fan, and my favorite rider is Justin McBride. He released a cd not long ago, and I got it :)
3. I'm trying to learn about NASCAR, since i am a fan of other car-race-things. I think I end up with Dale Jr as my favorite there.
4. I love cats! But don't have one right now. My last one died just a couple of weeks ago. A white, 14 years one, named Simba.
5. I work in Norway's biggest convention hotel. (Probably just a small one in yours standards)
6. I am trying to make things work out so I can stay a year in the US in a couple of years.
Lish, your post made me think of one of my favorite songs. It stars like this: Stuck in an airport in Austin...
1. I dated boys of 6 different nationalities (before I settled and married a Swiss)
2. I love word games like Scrabble or bookworm
3. I still get scared when I am on a steep skiing slope (so I try to avoid them)
4. If my daughter (Tina) would have been a boy, his name would have been Delano.
5. If my son (Lorenzo) would have been a girl, her name would have been Lilly.
6. I eat too much sweets when there is no one around.
Oh Lish, I feel so sorry for you.
1. I come from a family of 7 children.
2. I am Portuguese, although everyone I meet thinks I'm Italian.
3. I grew up on a poultry farm and "graded" eggs when I got home from school.
4. I've been working at the same firm for over 40 years.
5. I've lived in Massachusetts my entire life and have lived in my present house for over 30 years.
6. I got hooked on country music when the "oldies" radio station I listened to switched formats in 1993 or 1994 (and I first heard Garth Brooks). I liked the DJs so I didn't switch to another station. However, when they switched formats again, I found another country station and abandoned the DJs.
Pam, I used to bowl candlepins, which is a type of bowling that is regional...small balls and skinny pins...and used to bowl in a league. We also have what we call 10-pin which is the conventional bowling, and I've done that type as well. In fact, I think I still have my 10-pin ball in the attic, along with my set of candlepin balls.
Paula
1. I really like Garth Brooks and have a life size cut out of him in my Garth Brooks room.
2. I taught lower elementary school (grades 1-4 ) for 29 years.
3. I have been married for 39 years, have two sons, and four grandchildren.
4. I love Mardi Gras and we try to go to 30 parades every year.
5. I play Bunko once a month and used to bowl until my knee started giving me trouble.
6. I enjoy reading murder mysteries and now that I am retired, I usually read 4-5 books every three or four weeks.
Mary Ann
1. Learned how to ride and bought a motorcycle at the age of 40.
2. My worst fear in life is out living my children.
3. Country music is my favorite but I secretly listen to the 80's XM channel too.
4. I gave up lists and wearing a watch several years ago (a Dr's suggestion) and I've not been on time for anything since.
5. Bunko on Mondays, Volleyball on Tuesdays, Bowling on Thursdays (man we all have a lot in common!)
6. I am the assistant Patrol National Ski Patrol Director for the local ski hill and I don't SKI! (hubby roped me into that 'paperwork' job)
Here goes:
1. I am addicted to starbucks. (I didn't know how badly until we couldn't find one open on a sunday in Kansas City)
2. I have idolized Reba McEntire my entire life.
3. I hate driving anywhere. I'm not scared of it, I just hate it.
4. I have a extremely large knowledge of Country Music. (I know so many crazy facts and am awesome at name who sings this song games)
5. I just got accepted to work the radio remote at the ACMs and am trying to find a way to make it work.
6. I love celebrity gossip. I visit tmz and perez hilton way too much.
There ya go!
4.
okay... now that I've finally reached my destination and had a nap...
1. I have a degree in Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration that I do not technically use and is not paid for. :)
2. I'm very much a treehugger, but still quietly love NASCAR. Okay, not quietly.
3. I once had a job where I had to make birdseed bells out of peanut butter and honey.
4. I spent a summer on tour in South Korea and Japan.
5. I am a huge drum corps and winterguard freak.
6. I once went on a date with the guy that played Skippy on Family Ties.
7. I have no idea who Garth Brooks is.
Oh, see we were supposed to stop at 6 because then I start lying!
1 - I'm a Diet Coke addict and every morning the first thing I do is reach in the fridge for a can and pour it in a glass over ice.
2 - I love pro football. My NFC team is the Redskins, and my AFC team is the Titans.
3 - On Wednesday nights, I watch the Bravo reality shows America's Next Top Model and Project Runway.
4 - I'm a dog person and have a beagle and a chocolate lab mix.
5 - I like leftover cold pizza for breakfast.
6 - I also like celebrity gossip. Lainey is my favorite online gossip column.
1: I live In New Zealand
2: I sneaked into the first row of Garth Brook's New Zealand concert in 1994.
3: I love the game of Cricket
4: I drink Two Litres of Milk everyday!
5: Ive been to a Nudist camp.
6: I think Tbag from Prison Break should run for your President.
1. I can tell someone to 'kiss off' in 6 languages.
2. In spite of being a very pale blue eyed blond (going white now, lol) I'm part Serbian.
3. The first albumn I bought was Peter, Paul & Mary - 1600- and it still plays!
4. Upon moving to central Ohio I was frequently asked what part of England/Canada I'm from; I'm from Ohio, but with and Irish Gran & Mum.
5.I co-hosted a Ballet Met fundraiser back in 1975; we persuaded Jimmy Buffett to be our headliner! I think he was amazed someone had the chutpah to call him and ask.
6. John Denver (who gave me Jimmy's phone number) was a dear, dear friend who I miss to this day.
Favorite. Blog. Ever!
1. I still own the family farm that my father was born on and died in. It has been in my family 140 years.
2.My favorite vacation was a photo safari to Africa.
3.When I went to high school, girls could not compete in any sport against another high school. And no it was not the 19th century.
4.I have a 6 handicap in golf.
5.The love of Garth and Trisha has renewed my faith in love conquering all.
6.The trait I like most in people is honesty. (For a lawyer this is unusual.)
1. I'm a Teacher's Aide at a high school, working mostly with kids with High Functioning Autism and Intellectual Disability. I also do the admin for our department.
2. I have climbed to the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge (with my bestie Sue) and it was AWESOME. If you ever get the chance...DO IT!!
3. I retain (often useless) trivia/facts/information and am awesome at Trivia nights.
4. I am naturally left handed but my parents didn't want that to be the case so they changed me to right handed and now I'm very ambidextrous in a lot of things.
5. The Twelve Apostles (an Aussie tourist attraction)and Strahan in Tasmania are my most favourite places to holiday with Sue.
6. Aussie Rules Football is THE BEST (picture hot guys, short shorts, sleeveless tops and muscles) not to mention a wonderful and exciting sport to watch. Google or You Tube it. :P
Footnote: Please do not listen to any comments from Rachael re Aussie football, she is obviously delusional ;)
1. I'm the youngest of 9 siblings.
2. I just became a Grandma in September.
3. I was part of a group of linedancers that danced for different community events, seniors and nursing homes. We were called 'The Hardwood Stompers.'
4. Unfortunately, as long as there's war, I will be employed...I work for a division of Raytheon.
5. I donate to 3 charities a year...The Burn Foundation, The Diabetic Association and The Crohns and Colitis Foundation.
6. I have a Garth calendar made every year for my desk at work.
1. I live in Jacksonville, Florida - born and raised here, but have always wanted to live in Nashville.
2. I was a clogger (type of dance) for 17 years. My knees are glad I quit.
3. My lifelong dream is to clog on the Grand Ole Opry.
4. I listen to Gerry House (courtesy of XM) every morning and I have a crush on him.
5. When I was 13 I met Garth Brooks backstage before a concert and got to pick out his wardrobe for that night's show.
6. I wanted to play hooky from work today but chickened out.
1. My mother was an Elvis fanatic, so instead of growing learning up "Mary Had a Little Lamb" I memorized "Hound Dog" and "Heartbreak Hotel".
2. My husband says the night before our first Garth concert (KC) that I kept saying "Garth" in my sleep the night before the show.
3. When I eat a meal, I always eat each item separately, saving my favorite thing on the plate for last.
4. I believe that "No good deed goes unpunished", but I do them anyway.
5. No matter how many times I hear Trisha Yearwood's "On a Bus to St. Cloud", it still makes me cry everytime.
My Jacksonville reader has delurked! It's nice to meet you Carrie -- do you work at the Convention & Visitors Bureau there? I see it come up in my stats.
I need to hook you up with Marcia, who clogs with the Opry Square Dancers.
I will be in your airport next month for an hour or so!
I listen to Gerry House every morning too -- love him. He's hosting the Garth session next week, I can't wait!
I have been found! :) I guess I've also been "outed" for surfing the internet at work! Yes I work at the CVB - I handle media relations for leisure travel.
What brings you to my great city next month?? My email is cmclaren at visitjacksonville dot com if you need anything
Oh my gosh, Marcia is awesome. She's the reason my friend and I got to meet Porter Wagoner when we were backstage at the opry in sept. I am so grateful that she did. She is soooo nice.
Awesome post J! I know I'm fairly new and don't comment that often, so let's see:
1. My dream is to move to Nashville to be a country music journalist.
2.To pursue that dream, I was THIS CLOSE to attending Belmont about 10 years ago, just like a certain tall blond Georgia girl who is my all-time favorite singer and hero. I had even begun the application process, but unfortunately, my parents but the brakes on me moving there. They just don't get my passion for everything country music.
3. I have had the wonderful opportunity of meeting several country artists, including Miss Trisha (twice), and I have met my country journalist hero Lorianne Crook at her and Charlie's Fan Fair fan club party one year.
4. It was my one and only trip to Nashville for Fan Fair (back in the good old days in '97) that cemented my desire to pursue my country music goals. I loved it in Nashville!
5.After saying the above, it is funny that country music is my passion in life because as a kid, I hated it! I was all about the metal hair bands and Madonna until "the cowboy and the mrs." came on the scene.
6. Thanks to a very cool and supportive local dj friend, who gets my passion for the music and the business, I have started my own country music blog to get some experience writing about various things relating to country music. Once I have enough articles piled up, I hope to eventually submit them around Nashville just to see what comes of it. I have been putting my dreams aside for far too long and I am tired of wondering what if about it.
Sheesh, I hope this wasn't too long or personal. If anyone here wants to check out my blog, let me know. I would love any feedback - especially from you J.
Heather
Since I have some time to kill here at work holding on the phone.
1. Graduated in 1986 and was hired for my current company right of High School when I was a cashier at a department store and someone working in the hiring department came through and liked the speed I was working at. I thinks the pending strike had something to do with a hiring binge.
2. I bowl on Tuesdays but only as a sub this season.
3. Am a season ticket holder for my local AHL hockey team and goes to many of the away games.
4. No longer do Fan Fair (convention center or stadium shows) when I go to Nashville in June, just do "The Blunch"* and spend most of my nights at the Bluebird.
5. First concert I can remember going to was Iron Maiden.
6. I wear shorts almost all year long even in the winter.
* Kathy Mattea's fan club party which runs from 10 to ??
6. BTW, in case you haven't noticed, I am no good at following instructions. :-p
1. Being from a long legacy of born and bred proud Texans I had to go and marry an englishman(sorry bro)
2. I think I was a Cowboys fan in the womb
3. I'm quite possibly in love with Hugh Laurie aka House(well ok not truly in love, but definitely have a crush... sorry honey)
4. The first tape I ever owned was a little album called no fences in 1990 at the age of 5
5. I use to make fun of my dad being a bean counter, and guess what? I'm working on my masters in accounting and have become a total numbers/finance geek, watch the markets religously, etc. ... funny how things turn out.(miss ya dad)
6. I volunteer for the MDA(for my dad) and the MS soceity(I was diagnosed last year)
P.S. I too found Gerry House when I got XM and now listen to him every morning! Funniest DJ out there
I know its a bit late in the game but here are mine -
1. I thoroughly enjoy drunken crafts - specifically Wine and painting ceramics. I am no where near a creative person but get a few drinks in me and I think i'm a little Martha Stewart in the making.
2. I can make some kick-ass guacamole - this can all be attributed to my days as a waitress at 'On the Border.'
3. I think I have awesome taste in music - no one else would agree though. Apparently listening to Trisha Yearwood, Bette Midler, and Billy Joel in a row is not a normal thing to do.
4. I am missing my pinkie toe-nails, not because of any freak accident that would make a great story. But because once a month randomly I rip them off.
5. One of my all time favorite television shows is Soap, with Billy Crystal.
6. I am a die-hard Trisha Yearwood fan, and I truly believe that if given the chance we could be friends.
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