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If this past week has proved anything, it is that I can't not blog. Thoughts just whirl around inside my head, and I have no receptacle in which to dump them. I have decided to re-post some of my favorite, old posts before I move on. It feels so weird to go from several hundred posts to just two...but I kind of like the clean slate. Thanks for sticking with me and welcome back:)
This list was originally posted on 10 September, 2005. I am not going to edit a thing.
1. I was born in Carlisle, PA in 1973
2. This is the third time in my life that I have lived in Germany
3. I used to be thin, before I had four kids
4. I am totally hung up on old punk music...I just can't get into the new stuff
5. Scary movies really do scare me
6. It is odd, but my hair was naturally blonde when I was a teenager. I started dying it red, and now my natural hair color is kind of a light auburn color
7. I have 5 tattoos, all done by the same artist
8. Bananas make me want to puke
9. I have never owned my own home
10. I want to be a certified nurse midwife when I grow up
11. I am a total animal lover, and at one point in my life I shared a one bedroom apartment with my boyfriend, a dog, two cats, an iguana, 2 Senegal chameleons, some fish, 2 cages full of fancy rats, an African Grey parrot, 4 breeding pairs of lovebirds, a sun conure, a breeding pair of cockatiels, a pair of doves and a baby cockatiel
12. The only states I have not been to are Hawaii and Alaska
13. I am petrified of spiders
14. My favorite color is blue...almost any shade, but I like the darker shades the best
15. I drive a minivan (I never thought I would see the day...I am so ashamed)
16. I love photography...it has been a hobby of mine since I was in high school
17. At one time, I could play the clarinet, violin, flute, guitar, harmonica and piano
18. I love to swim naked
19. I was a licensed cosmetologist when I graduated from high school
20. I was a nanny in the Florida Keys for a summer
21. I have only truly been in love twice in my life
22. I always knew I would be a Mom
23. I love camping and rock climbing
24. I think that firing a handgun is empowering
25. I wish that all gang bangers would drop off the face of the Earth
26. I want to be cremated when I die and have my ashes spread at Cougar Hot Springs in Oregon
27. I have never ridden an elephant nor would I like to
28. Clowns scare me...a LOT
29. I am fairly certain that I have OCD
30. I have almost no artistic talent whatsoever
31. I will never forget Mrs. Drake, my high school English teacher
32. I love reading
33. I wanted to have natural, home births with all four of my pregnancies, but ended up with four c-sections instead
34. Fall is my favorite season
35. Kitchen gadgets make me happy
36. So do scented candles
37. I love the beach
38. I would love to have a vegetable garden, but do NOT have a green thumb
39. I used to have my head shaved
40. The only piercings I have are in my ears
41. I am afraid of needles
42. I only ever got one wisdom tooth, my mom had three, I got the one she didn't have, and my sister never had any!
43. I have hitchhiked across the USA more than once
44. I was a vegetarian when I was younger
45. My parents are still married to each other
46. I am horrible at managing money
47. And time
48. I have had the same best friend since I was 11
49. I do not own a bicycle
50. I love roller coasters
51. I do not like to be dizzy
52. Amaretto and Coke is my favorite mixed drink
53. I love to cook...and am actually pretty good at it
54. I am double jointed in my left thumb
55. I get to give That Guy I Married a shot every night
56. I do no paint my fingernails, or my toenails
57. I do not wax or tweeze my eyebrows
58. I HAVE to shower every day
59. I do not dress up...EVER
60. I do not own a single bit of makeup
61. My favorite shoes are my Doc Marten boots
62. I like zany socks
63. I am addicted to ebay
64. I love shopping on the German economy
65. I had surgery to repair an umbilical hernia when I was 3
64. I save all of my change in an old Jack Daniels decanter
65. I am horrible at math
66. My favorite flowers are tulips, lillies and dahlias
67. I don't dance
68. I collect polish pottery, trinket boxes and glass bottles
70. The only magazines we subscribe to are National Geographic and Discovery
71. I have had the opportunity to swim with dolphins
72. I have been SCUBA diving
73. And parasailing
74. I do NOT like bridges
75. The best breakfast I have ever eaten was prepared for me in Macon, Georgia by a sweet, old black lady at a soup kitchen
76. I believe in God
77. Rolling down a big, grassy hill makes me feel free
78. I love the smell of wood smoke
79. I originally planned to homeschool my children, but am glad that I enrolled them in school
80. Freshly brewed green tea, slightly sweetened and served cold is my favorite non-alcoholic beverage
81. I sing when I am alone in the car
82. I laugh at people who sing while they're alone in their cars:)
83. I have a HORRIBLE temper
84. I also have a good sense of humor
85. Hearing my children laugh is my favorite sound
86. Scrabble is my favorite board game
87. I am a really sore loser
88. My dream is to have a log home in Montana with a ton of land, a huge garden and lots of animals
89. I can not touch the end of my nose with my tongue...and yes, I just tried it to see;)
90. I would like to believe that I am witty, but really, I think I am just a smart ass
91. I love my Dad more than he will ever know
92. I don't wear any jewelry
93. My dad made sure I knew how to change a tire and my own oil before I was allowed to get my driver's license
94. I played the role of Kate in "The Pirates of Penzance" when I was in the 5th grade
95. I have never been hospitalized for an injury
96. I love riding motorcycles
97. I followed the Grateful Dead for more than a year and never even saw them play
98. I have never broken a bone
99. I am horrible at writing letters...I am sure that my Grandparents think I hate them! I just DON'T write letters
100. I can't raise just one eyebrow
Yaay! You're back! I missed you, Dawn! I feel the same way you do -- it's hard NOT to blog! The thoughts just are BEGGING to be set free! :) So...since all your old posts are gone...does that mean you're going to be censoring what you write in the future? I hope you kept all the posts somewhere for YOU. Welcome back, meine Freundin!
Posted by: Jess | March 20, 2008 at 07:43 AM
Thanks, Jess:) I did save all of my old blog posts. I am going to start by re-posting some of my very favorites and then I will get back to blogging in real time:) I am going to try to leave some aspects of my life unblogged...but I don't necessarily want to use the word "censorship".
Posted by: justdawn | March 20, 2008 at 07:48 AM
((((hugs)))))
Posted by: Lisa | March 20, 2008 at 03:15 PM