101 things about me


About.

About…about…what about me ... seems ... well ...  rather narcissistic to speak of oneself.  But then, blogging in itself, is rather narcissistic, don't you think?

I'm a wife, mother, grandmother, among many other things, living in Philadelphia.  Once with a career in the healthcare field, I now have the opportunity to explore other interests that had been pushed aside for most of my life while supporting a family. 

I love love love this new stage in life and consider it a chance to take stock of where I have been and where I still have to go.

Let's hope there's a long journey yet ahead of me!

So this blog is mostly about me being able to share my two creative loves – writing and photography – and this blog gives me that outlet. How long?  Who knows.  Until I tire of it or have nothing more to write.

Which I hope, never comes to be.

101's About Me

1.  I was born in Iowa
2.  and raised on a farm
3.  I have one son and three daughters
4.  Whom I am very proud of
5.  I was primarily raised by my grandmother
6.  And I still miss her
7.  I am a news junkie
8.  I own many, many travel bags
9.  I hate Starbucks, but love Dunkin Donuts coffee
10. I graduated from the University of Iowa in Journalism
11. My biggest guilty pleasure is Sterzing’s Potato Chips
12. I love setting goals and achieving them
13. I always question anyone in authority
14. My best vacations have been in Italy
15. and sailing in the BVIs
16. I believe goals are important no matter how old you are
17. I love authors Alice Munro and William Trevor
18. I love to sail
19. I hope to write a book someday
20. I think bookstores are magical places
21. I dislike doing errands with a strange passion
22. I learned to sail at 50
23. I believe you are never too old to learn something new
24. or begin something new
25. I won a Women’s Regatta
26. I love weekend breakfasts and the Sunday NY Times with The Professor
27. I bartended while in college
28. I’m addicted to home renovation shows
29. When I was 7, I wanted to be a jockey
30. I loved high school
31. I was a cheerleader, forgive me
32. I love learning new things
33. I am a techie addict and everything Mac
34. My favorite feel good movie is Love, Actually
35. I am inquisitive
36. I hate horror flicks and haunted houses
37. I have freckles
38. I hate answering the phone
39. And calling people on the phone
40. I have a strange aversion to malls
41. My favorite stores are Lowe’s and Ikea
42. I have moved 22 times in my life
43. I never can remember a joke
44. I forgive slowly
45. But don’t insult easily
46. I taught Sunday school once upon a time
47. I am pragmatic
48. I hate to cook but don’t mind cleaning up
49. I used to sew my kids clothes
50. I rarely get angry
51. I hate crowds
52. I wish I had spent more time with my kids when they were small
53. I was an alto in our church choir
54. I Twitter, but why
55. I love the internet
56. I’ve been on a safari in South Africa
57. I used to be a paralegal at a law firm
58. My first job was detasseling corn
59. I prefer the color black
60. I avoid pretentious people
61. I oftentimes cut my own hair
62. I would have been a great prosecuting attorney
63. I was hit by a car when I was 5
64. And wore a brace for several years
65. I love the outdoors
66. I met my husband on match.com 14 years ago
67. I was a pitcher for a fast-pitch softball team for 10 years
68. I dislike board games but love puzzles
69. I have had 6 major surgeries
70. There isn’t much in my life I regret
71. Other then not being more emotional with the people I love
72. I have trouble being vulnerable
73. I guess I tend to be a bit of a control freak
74. I skinny dipped in Key West and swung from a rope into a river
75. I love wine
76. I ate pickled pigs feet as a kid
77. My first child weighed 11 lbs 3oz ... Ouch
78. I was awarded Best in Drama in high school
79. I used to be an ENTP and then an INTP and now INTJ ... Who says you can never change
80. I hate clutter
81. I had braces on my teeth when I was 27
82. and my jaw wired shut for 6 weeks
83. As a kid, I read compulsively
84. I love cats and dogs
85. As long as they sleep late
86. I love deep conversations
87. I don’t enjoy watching sports
88. But love going to a play
89. I take 10 minutes to wake up to remember my dreams
90. I have a home by the ocean
91. I love to bicycle
92. I got married the first time at 17
93. That was a mistake except for the kids
94. I coached little league girls
95. I rarely wear make-up
96. And never wear dresses
97. I did flips off the diving board in high school
98. But can’t jog anymore
99. Cause I ruined my knees playing racquetball
100. So now I just walk 2 miles a day

101. I love my life
~
reena