Things you didn't know about me! - Page 11

Believe51 · 08-28-2009, 08:47 PM

LOL!!!

Ed was my first and only blind date....I did not even want to go but went to silence my girlfriend. October 21st is our 14th Wedding Anniversary.>>Believe51

Jackie07 · 08-28-2009, 10:10 PM

Hubby and I met at church also. Just celebrated our 21th anniversary. My late Mother-in-law had told me it would be just a 'blink of the eyes' - she's right. I often thought about the statement made by Rebbeca in 'Cheers': "Has it been that long?"

Believe51 · 08-30-2009, 03:59 AM

That if you listened to the tone of voice I use speaking to my cat Mookie or our conversations....you would have me committed!! LOL>>Believe51

Brenda_D · 10-31-2009, 12:40 PM

Since I've recovered from BC, I've become a beekeeper!

vlcarr · 10-31-2009, 02:09 PM

I was adopted by my grandparents when I was a baby.

notamrnpsn · 10-31-2009, 02:46 PM

I adopted my grandson when he was 5years old.

bejuce · 10-31-2009, 05:51 PM

I'm from Brazil and look forward to being there for the soccer World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016! Let's have a survivor party there!

I met my hubby (also grew up in Brazil, but born in Taiwan) in Kansas at the airport after my first flight ever (for a college exchange program). We hit it off and have been together for 19 years (married for 8, I know, I was patient).

We're now in CA and love it here.

Bill · 01-08-2010, 05:51 PM

Several times a month I have the most god-awful sneezing fits for some reason.

Colleens_Husband · 01-11-2010, 10:00 AM

Bill, I have sneezing fits too. Of course that should come as no surprise to anyone.

I am allergic to the whole world and everything on it, and that includes myself.

PinkGirl · 01-11-2010, 10:45 AM

I have major sneezing fits too ... hmmmmm

Makes you wonder about that whole time zone thing and
Bill and I being born on the same day .. sort of ... depending
on time zones ... and I think Bill and Lee etc. are brothers ...
aren't they? They have the same granny ... but that could
make them cousins ... I guess ...

juanita · 02-19-2010, 11:06 AM

today is the day i become a grandma for the third time! my daughter and son are at the hospital now waiting for my granddaughter to decide she's ready to make her appearance. and second, i'm no longer blonde like in my picture, i'm now a redhead. changed it last night. just gotta take a picture to put on here.

Bill · 02-19-2010, 02:19 PM

Congratulations, Juanita!

Jackie07 · 02-19-2010, 11:27 PM

Congratulations! [Is your grand baby going to be red-haired or brown-haired?

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juanita · 02-20-2010, 12:58 PM

she's here! jadyn marie was born yesterday evening at 6:30. she is 8 lb 4 oz and 21 in. everybody is doing great! she is a beautiful little girl with blue eyes and a HEADFULL of jet black hair. i gotta wait for my husband to get home to download the pictures on the computer but for those on facebook i can send those from my phone and there are a bunch on there already.

Laurel · 09-29-2010, 07:53 PM

I happened upon this thread while searching for information and recalled that it was a good one and fun. Thought I'd resurrect it with these little known facts:

Warren Zevon once gave me the mic to sing into at a concert. Some chick behind me was jealous and set my hair on fire!

I very nearly drown at age four, but was rescued from the bottom of the lake by my teenage cousin who saw me go down for the last time.

I love to drink in Chownings Tavern in Colonial Williamsburg.

My all time favorite film is "Harvey" with Jimmy Stewart. My second favorite is "The Deer Hunter" with Robert DeNiro.

I used to party with some of the guys from Anthrax. They are all challenged in the height department....

StephN · 09-30-2010, 11:39 AM

Hey, Laurel -

I almost drowned, but was rescued, as well. Age 2 I slipped down the bank of an irrigation ditch behind our house (after clambering over a wire fence).

A neighbor lady saw me (heard me) and leaped to my rescue. I got a rocking horse as an incentive to stay in the house after that!

I was at a small party with the Ramones in Vancouver, B.C. in 1977 or 78.

Laurel · 09-30-2010, 06:55 PM

Steph,

I love the Ramones! You lucky girl, you! I saw them in Hammerheads on Long Island in the eighties. Was it Joey who recently died of cancer?

Ok, gotta add another tid bit. My first love was a wonderful French Canadian boy named Andre'. My family would travel to this little town named Senneterre in Quebec. From there we would travel by train or on a dirt logging road back to the Fishing Camp Andre's family ran. He became a bush pilot and died in a tragic plane crash at the age of 21. It was so sad because he was one of those guys who was so full of life.

Jackie07 · 10-05-2010, 11:44 PM

A coincidence you just mentioned about first love...

One of my Junior High school buddies (I was a tomboy, so all of them were 'guys') went to the military academy after graduation. I had corresponded with him through high school, but decided I was going to enjoy my college years - thinking that if he really cared, he would take actions. And if it were meant to be, a separation of 4 years would not change anything [I had read too many 'traditional' Chinese romances that emphasize on the 'eternal' relationship - usually a 'platonic' one.]

He did pay me a surprise visit at the open house of my college with a couple of other 'buddies' - which wasn't easy as he was in the Naval Academy at the time. So I played basketball, sang in the choirs, did my volunteer work...Then boom, right before his appointment, we were told that he's going to get married - to a female officer he had met in a joint Forces exercise. Bunch of us Junior High classmates went to the wedding and the old 'Gang of four' actually stayed overnight at his new apartment (a traditional Chinses prank - friends/relatives staying overnight to hold the groom/bride 'hostage'. [Usually just the groom, so the exhausted bride can get a good night sleep]) I did my usual thing - reading Chinese Readers Digest while others playing Mahjong.

He and another 'gang' called me earlier this year after chatting online for a while that night. I was a little bit surprised but was happy to catch up with them. He sent a picture of his family via the Internet. By summer I had received several pictures from another buddy who had also attended the class reunion in spring. 7 of my classmates made posters to wish me well and 'he' was one of them in the 'formation'.

I was so shocked to learn last night that he had been divorced from his wife of more than 28 years not long after our conversation and is now dating a widowed classmate he had met at the Reunion. Knowing both of them well enough to realize how painful it must have been for him to have had a divorce and how difficult it must have been for her to have become a widow at 50, I just felt so sad about what each of them had been through while at the same time so happy for them to have found each other.

Laurel · 10-06-2010, 07:15 PM

I reconnected with my High School sweetheart with whom I spent 11 years after 17 years apart. Now we speak regularly. We marvel at how we have become old farts!

tfabre · 10-06-2010, 07:55 PM

I would be "skinny" if I were 6' tall, but unfortunately, I am only 5'3". I once helped my neighbor burn a wooden ladder that had floated to his pier (while we were enjoying a few beers), only to discover later that it was the ladder from MY PIER! LOL!
Every year, right after Thanksgiving, I watch "How The Grinch Stole Christmas (old and new versions), "Christmas Vacation", "A Christmas Story", and "It's A Wonderful Life", while decorating my fresh cut tree....I can't wait!