1. I was born in Meriden, CT in 1960. My parents moved back to my dad's hometown of Uxbridge, MA within the year, and bought a house up the road, in Mendon, when I was 3. They still live there.
2. I love chocolate!
3. I was married on my birthday, as was my mother.
4. My mother and I made my wedding gown.
5.. I am the first-born daughter of a first-born daughter of a first-born daughter of a first-born daughter. .
6. I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Saviour when I was 13.
7. My husband and I first met in 4th grade, when we both played trumpet in the elementary school band.
8. Our first official "date" was our high school Senior Prom.
9. I've always loved being around children. I carried around the babies at all the family gatherings, and did LOTS of babysitting in high school.
10. My favorite books when I was young were Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Karen by Marie Killilea, and The Family Nobody Wanted by Helen Doss. I read a LOT.
11. I am one-half Italian, one-fourth Scottish, and one-fourth English.
12, My first paid job, besides babysitting, was as Assistant Recreation Director at our little lake-front town beach in Mendon when I was 14. I continued to work at that beach every summer for the next 8 years., as a lifeguard, swim instructor, and then as the Beach Director.
13. I was in the Synchronized Swim Club in college.
14. My favorite candy bar is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
15. I would rather go to the mountains than to the beach.
16. I dabbled in gymnastics as a teen. I took a gymnastics judging course when I was 18, and actually judged one high school meet.
17. I sing alto.
18. I remember where I was when the space shuttle Challenger exploded. I was vaccuuming the bedroom of our apartment in Boca Raton, Florida, listening to the radio, and keeping one eye on my toddler.
19. My dream house is a solar log home with a big wrap-around porch and a huge yard!
20. I am afraid of heights.
21. When I was 10 years old, my family ( mom, dad, 4 kids ) camped around Europe for 6 weeks in a Volkswagon Campmobile.
22. I hate horror movies and lima beans.
23. Fall is my favorite season.
24. I have had surgery three times ~ to remove my tonsils when I was 5, to remove my gall bladder when I was 42, and to repair a torn miniscus in my left knee when I was 51.
25. I do not drink coffee.
26. I love to bake.
27. I had a crush on David Cassidy when I was in Jr. High ( who didn't? )
28. My husband and I went on a Caribbean Cruise for our 10th wedding anniversary.
29. My favorite board game is Scrabble.
30. I am allergic to shellfish - more specifically, bivalves ( clams, oysters, scallops ).
31. I played field hockey in high school.
32. I was a cheerleader in my senior year of high school, and my future husband was on the basketball team.
33. My middle name is Marie, after my paternal grandmother.
34. When I was little, I wanted to be a teacher or a doctor when I grew up.
35. I collect souvenir pins.
36. So far, I have visited 27 states and 10 countries ( and just driving through doesn't count).
37. I love family camping! I do require toilets and running water, however.
38. The most amazing thing I have ever seen is the Grand Canyon.
39. I prefer Diet Pepsi to Diet Coke.
40. My favorite color is blue.
41. My favorite subjects in school were always English and Art.
42. My first job after college was as an assistant in the Public Relations office at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
43. I started homeschooling in 1994, with a 4th grader, 1st grader, 4 yr old and 1 yr old.
44. I am right-brain dominant!
45. I am very easily distracted. It takes me forever to get through a project, like cleaning my bedroom, because I keep getting sidetracked.
46. I have done both free-lance calligraphy and portrait drawing at one time or another.
47. I have been a full-time mom since my oldest child was born, but I have also sold Tupperware, worked part-time at a fabric/crafts store, taught private swimming lessons, taught art, and baked cupcakes.
48. I enjoy handcrafts, like crossstitch, knitting, quilting, etc, but don't take the time to do them anymore. I need to work on that.
49. I don't watch much TV, but do enjoy "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition", " Cupcake Wars", "American Idol", and "NCIS".
50. I am a terrible housekeeper ( something to do with the right-brain, easily distractible thing....)
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