Hey, where else but on my blog can I be so completely self-obsessed? Don’t feel bad if you don’t read it. I know I’ll have fun reading it in a few years. Or months. Or, heck, I might even enjoy reading it tomorrow to see what has changed! Since I celebrated my 43rd birthday on the 26th, it seemed like an appropriate number of “things.”
- I was named after both of my grandmothers: Bettsi for Bette (maternal) and Dorise for Doris (paternal)
- I often feel bad that I didn’t name any of my children after their grandparents.
- I’m pretty sure Mom was disappointed too.
- I have been married twice.
- My mother was married five times and when I was a teenager I never wanted to get married!
- I’ve been a widow once. Once is one time too many.
- I think I’ve been a good parent in many ways that are NOT tangible, i.e. we laugh a lot at my house and I think my children are very empathetic people.
- I think I’ve been a bad parent in many ways that ARE tangible, i.e. Carmen still needs braces.
- I think the way we handle adversity is our truest measure of ourselves, but I can’t say I measure up all that well.
- I’ve loved making things since I was very little.
- I used to tear the end pages out of books and steal the sleeves out of albums to have drawing paper.
- One of the best things I’ve done for my daughter has been to provide lots and lots of “clear paper” as she used to call it.
- I loved my Barbies and used to make rooms for them out of cardboard boxes and make furniture and stuff for them.
- Sometimes Ken and Barbie would sneak off and have sex. (shhh!)
- I was sexually precocious, a thing about myself that I regret.
- I have four kitties and one big ol’ lovin’ hound dog.
- My hound dog Buddy is eleven, but we’ve only had him for two years. I’m going to be so sad when he dies.
- My husband thinks he likes dogs, but he sure gets annoyed with Buddy.
- LOL! Sometimes I hate Hillary and Amy and Alicia and Amanda for being so popular and cool and doing great things and then I wake up and remember that I’m not in junior high anymore!
- I am still amazed at how much my crafting life has been enriched by my online experience.
- During my darkest time after Jerry died, I stopped crafting.
- I struggle with perfectionism.
- My latest thing I want to be good at is karaoke.
- I think this is because my husband enjoys bars and at some level, I feel a need to make the time worthwhile!
- We have a date night every Friday night.
- You can usually find us at the 7440 Club where I am wishing I had the nerve to sing!
- I really love to sing and when I was little and sad, singing made me feel better.
- I think I do a pretty good job singing Amazing Grace, but I don’t think the bar crowd wants to hear it!
- Sometimes when my first husband Jerry, was feeling stressed he would ask me to sing Amazing Grace for him.
- When my mother was dying, I was the only one with her. I sang. I hope she liked it.
- I adore Johnny Cash and I think the movie I Walk The Line didn’t even scratch the surface of his deep personality.
- I like to drive fast.
- My first car was a 1971 mustard-colored Maverick and I thought it was the shizzle! (I think that’s a good thing, right?)
- I love to hand sew in my bed, watching tv.
- Friday nights are the best nights on tv because SciFi Channel has all of its best shows on- Heroes, Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica.
- Unfortunately, I have to record them because that’s date night.
- My husband is one of the smartest people I’ve ever met and I wish he valued himself more.
- I didn’t have friends in grades one through four.
- Now I know it’s probably because I had ADHD and nobody knew what that was way back when or what to make of me!
- Sandra befriended my in the fifth grade and I’ve loved her ever since.
- I hate confrontation and expend a lot of energy to avoid it.
- I have a little brother who overcame drug and alcohol addictions and it was like a miracle to me to get my little brother back after losing him for twenty years.
- I can’t believe I could think of this much stuff to say about myself!