In Honor of My 100th Post

100 things you probably don’t care to know about me. Okay, here’s the trick. How to give the info. without revealing too much.

1. I grew up in NY
2. Not NYC or Up State
3. I’m full blooded Italian
4. Didn’t really enjoy my childhood
5. I wrote poems and sang songs to Jesus when I was sad or lonely
6. Moved West to go to a Christian College
7. Lived here in the mid-west longer than I did in NY
8. Lived in an apartment over my grandma’s house growing up.
9. Once I slept walked to my grandma’s bed.
10. As a child I dreamt about standing up to the monsters chasing me and often told them “It’s just a dream.”
11. Parents separated when I was six
12. Always loved to write and kept many journals
13. I still have my first diary
14. Which is filled with mean things my sister did to me.
15. Had a cat named Gizmo growing up
16. Named him after the movie, Gremlins.
17. Called him Gizzy for short
18. Started writing for the school paper in high school
19. Was in school musicals as a background dancer/singer
20. Growing up I wanted to be a child actress
21. a gymnast
22. an artist
23. a writer
24. I wrote fan letters to teen heart throbs like Scott Baio, C. Thomas Howell, Ralph Macchio
25. No one ever wrote back 🙁
26. Had many pen pals
27. from Algeria, Africa
28. Bangladesh
29. Malaysia
30. Italy
31. Went to Italy when I was 15 and met my pen pal
32. Also saw the home where my grandma grew up
33. Shared Christ with my pen pals
34. Went on Missions in college to Nigeria for 6 weeks
35. Went the following summer again and stayed a semester for a total of 6 months
36. Received many marriage proposals in Africa
37. Refused them all
38. Preached in small villages across Nigeria
39. Married a man I never thought I would
40. Though I remember thinking at one time “He’s sure going to make someone a good husband.”
41. Never thought it’d be me.
42. We’ve been married 14 years
43. Had a big NY, Italian wedding in the middle of winter
44. Forgot to play the tarantella at my wedding
45. Took dance lessons before wedding, but it didn’t help hubby’s rhythm
46. I have four kids
47. 3 boys
48. 1 girl
49. My children are 1/2 Italian, 1/4 Irish, 1/4 German
50. 3 of them have blue/grey eyes
51. My brown eyed son was a toe head when he was little
52. 3 of my kids were blonde until 3 or 4 years old
53. I’m an introvert,
54. Choleric,
55. Melancholy
56. Who feels more comfortable behind the computer than in a big crowd
57. I’ve written over 300 articles for newspapers, magazines
58. Stopped counting at 300
59. Most of the articles were for high school, college papers and I never got paid for it
60. Started getting paid for writing about eight years ago
61. Stopped writing for local paying magazines several years ago to pursue fiction
62. I am unpublished in fiction
63. I have one published work for hire book, Reach for your Dreams, Graduate
64. One other coming out soon, a mom’s prayer devotion book.
65. I used to be a Creative Memories Consultant
66. Husband made me quit because I never made any money at it.
67. I don’t miss doing my taxes
68. but I’m running out of supplies
69. In one weekend crop I can put together 50 pages
70. I still need to do the journaling
71. My favorite vacation was to Maui
72. Flew in a helicopter, got nauseous
73. Road down the side of a volcano on a bike
74. On the van ride up, I got nauseous
75. Went scuba diving and got nauseous on the boat out to Molokai
76. Went whale watching and actually saw whales
77. Vacationed in Whistler, Canada for skiing
78. Finally learned how to get off the ski lift without falling
79. My favorite vacation spot is the beach
80. Took a 3 1/2 week driving vacation up the east coast last spring
81. It was a homeschool History tour
82. First stop Disney World
83. There’s a lot of history at Disney!!!!
83. Next stop, Jamestown, Virginia
84. Saw a real archeological dig
85. Next, Yorktown
86. Mt Vernon and saw where George Washington lived
87. Visited family in NY
88. Next, Plimoth, plantation
89. No, I didn’t spell it wrong
90. It has many different spellings
91. Saw Plymouth Rock
92. It was smaller than I imagined
93. Next, toured Philadelphia
94. Made my kids write a page about every where we visited
95. This will be my third year homeschooling
96. Sometimes days I think I’m insane
97. Others days, I can’t see not homeschooling
98. I love my family
99. I love my God
100. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ!

So there you have it! A little glimpse into my past and present. Hope it didn’t put you to sleep. If you’re still with me, how about letting me now what we have in common!