103 You May Not Know About Me

Well...its a start.

1. I love peach cobbler.
2. I was in a Black Gospel Choir in college. Sang next to a handsome boy named Leo who had a beautiful lion tattoo on his arm.
3. I always seem to dream about water. I dream I'm diving off high cliffs into the clearest bluest waters, I'm at a pool party with childhood friends, or canoeing on calm rivers, I'm walking through the sleek hip streets of New York and its raining. I think it has something to do with the Holy Spirit.
4. I can snowboard. I've had the same slick red snowboard for over ten years.
5. When I'm excited about something I tend to ramble and talk faster.
6. I have 2 cats. Gunther and Madison.
7. I've been to London. When I was young I always wanted to marry an Englishman.
8. One of my favorite characters is Sherlock Holmes. Jeremy Brett and Basil Rathbone portrayed him the best.
9. I was in a drama team ministry called LION Players.
10.I'm a fan of Lyle Lovett and have seen him in concert.
11.I also own 2 cowboy hats. One was my grandfathers.
12. My favorite t.v. shows are Monk and Dr. Who.
13. My grandfather, grandmother, mother and brother all play guitar brilliantly. I've only just started taking lessons. So I'm a little behind.
14. My grandmother's potato soup is one of my favorite things to eat. She would occasionally make it for me for breakfast as a child. Yes, I loved it that much.
15. My dad used to play the cello.
16. I admire my mother. She has never been afraid to try something new. She snowboards, ski's, plays guitar, drums and piano.
17. I went to Kent State University and had a double major in English and Journalism.
18. I can Rollerblade.
19. I occasionally dabble in painting with acrylics.
20. I love all museums.
21. My favorite artists are Georgia O'Keeffe and Monet.
22. My favorite paintings off all time are in the Chicago Museum of art. Monet's Haystacks.
23. As a child I collected stuffed animals. My favorite was a little stuffed tiger I named tony.
24. I wanted to either be a photographer or veterinarian when I was little.
25. I always believed I was beautiful no matter what other people thought.
26. I have a fear of sharks.
27. I love to travel. I've been to Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., St Louis, Daytona, Orlando, Miami, Atlantic City, Boston and Nashville.
28. I tend to think in poetry.
29. In high school I played the trumpet. It was silver.
30. I'm fascinated by two things always....God and nature.
31. I have a favorite tree. Its an old oak that I would take walks too. I have kept a few small pieces of bark from it.
32. My great grandmother was a Cherokee Indian.
33. I'm fascinated by the nature of opposites. Light and dark, sun and moon ect.
32. I never wear a watch.
33. I like the quiet of airports. Maybe its because of the carpet in the aisles.
34. I've seen angels.
35. Whenever I see a homeless person on the street I always give them a dollar.
36. I've written a fantasy novel. Its 390 pages.
37. I love all types of dark chocolate.
38. I love the sound of the rain against window panes.
39. I love when it rains on slick streets with low lit lamplight. It creates a mirrored sheen that's fascinating to me.
40. My favorite books of the bible are Acts, 1 & 2 Peter and John.
41. Every year as a child my family vacationed in Gatlinburg TN. We would hike and camp in the National Parks.
42. My favorite color has changed these last few years from violet to red. I find that strange for some odd reason.
43. I hate maynoise.
44. I recently discovered that I like mustard.
45. I'm a minimalist when it comes to decorating. I require wide open spaces.
46. I love Bob Marley. "Buffalo Soldier" is one of my favorite songs.
47. I love Rich Mullins. I have every album he ever made.
48. My best friend is a piano teacher. I've known her for over 23 years.
49. When we were little in the summertime we would pick 2 buckets full of blackberries and ask her mother to bake us a pie and she always would.
50. When I write I require absolute silence.
51. I like Chai Tea with soy milk from Starbucks.
52. I like freshly made guacamole.
53. I must be hungry while I'm writing this.
54. I married at 21 and have just had my happy 12th year anniversary.
55. I first met my husband at a Pizza Hut.
56. When I was little I would write my grandmother poems.
57. I don't like change but I've been told that I handle it well.
58. I'd much rather be hot than cold.
59. I dream in black and white and in color. Sometimes my dream starts out in black and white and then changes to color. Maybe I watched The Wizard of Oz too many times as a kid.
60. I always believed that God was good no matter what my circumstance.
61. I am neither a morning person nor a late night person. I'm a mid day person. Lucky me.
62. All the clocks in my house are slightly ahead by a few random minutes. The only time that is correct is on my cell phone.
63. Funny that I like to be on time then isn't it?