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About Me

I thought you could get to know me a bit with some of the most asked questions.  
 
But I will start with a few basics:
  • Married to Don – 30 years
  • Son – Doug, 29 years old
  • Dog – Derby, but he doesn’t know he’s a dog
Now here’s some other things you might not know.
 
Something most wouldn’t guess about me
  • While attending college, I completed ground school in hopes to get my pilots license

Whats a quirky habit

  • I like to have my eggs evenly placed in the egg carton

Most famous person met

  • Bill Clinton

What was first DIY project

  • Helping my Mom paint walls and an old dinette set

5 things on my bucket list

  • Cruise Alaska
  • See the Eiffel Tower
  • Learn to sing
  • Visit NYC at Christmastime
  • See Niagara Falls  (Done)

Strangest food ever eaten

  • Some think alligator tail or frog legs

Something I haven’t done and most people have

  • Seen any of the Star Wars movies

When did I start sewing

  • Don’t remember not sewing but first completed dress was at age 9, even had a zipper
A concert regret not being able to attend
  • Elvis – but I did go to the cemetery the weekend he died

What do you collect

  • Dishes and cookbooks, although these have been purged.  The most dishes was about 25 sets at once, and about 350 cookbooks
Favorite toy as a child
  • I still  have my original Easy Bake Oven, Barbie, Singer Sewing Machine, and Baby Doll

Where was I born 

  • Blue Island, IL but have lived in the south since the age of 5

QUICK FIRE ROUND

Best concert – Toss up, Huey Lewis & The News or Paul McCartney

Dark or milk chocolate – Dark

Favorite dessert – Tiramisu  
 
Favorite food – Lobster
 
Obsession – A great bargain (but Starbucks is right up there)
 
Won’t eat – Liver
 
Favorite vacation – any cruise
 
Favorite sport & team – Basketball, Razorbacks
 
Morning or night person – Morning
 
First celebrity crush – Donny Osmond
 
Pet Peeve – People who spit out gum on the ground
 
How many was in your Senior Class – 27
 

I Love to Create, Decorate and Celebrate.  

Give me a can of spray paint and anything is possible.

 

 

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Thanks for stopping by as we talk all things home and travel. I was doing “DIY” before it was the thing to do. I was born in a big city and lived on farms growing up in small towns. Now I live in what some would consider a moderately big city. I still enjoy the common things associated with a home, mainly cooking and decorating, but always make time for travel. Maybe it’s finding something fun in my hometown, or exploring new places on a road trip or cruise. Please pull up a chair, have a cup of coffee, and let’s talk about it. Read more

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