Everything You Always Wanted to Know
December 9, 2005
…okay, maybe not everything. But here are some facts about me you might be interested in knowing:
1. I was born in California. We moved before I could get a good look around though.
2. For most of my life, I have lived in Florida. Not necessarily in the same town, but in Florida.
3. My kids (for the most part) will grow up in the same town.
4. My favorite color is green. Moss green specifically.
5. I’m in my mid 30′s as of 2005.
6. My mother passed away from lung cancer in 1991. I miss her every single day.
7. My father and I have not spoken since 1991. We probably won’t ever speak again, and after years of therapy and reflection (i.e.: banging my head against the wall trying to reconcile), I am actually very okay with that. It’s his loss.
8. I married right out of high school. I don’t recommend it to anyone.
9. I’m not married to that person anymore. Hence why I don’t recommend it.
10. The person I am married to now I met on the BBS (bulletin board systems), which was the precursor to the internet.
11. I stood him up for our first date.
12. It wasn’t intentional. Happy hour began earlier at another bar. It happens.
13. He took me up on my offer to “visit me if he was ever heading to where I was going to move to”. I didn’t think he would take me up on my offer. He did.
14. I made him watch football before we went sightseeing. Cruel, I know.
15. Now he makes me watch football more than I want to sometimes. Payback’s a bi*ch.
16. We had a whirlwind courtship.
17. We found out we were pregnant with our first son the day after Christmas after playing Mini Golf. (Ah, Florida Christmases rule!)
18. Our wedding date is the day after Tax Day. Easy to remember.
19. We’ve been married 11 years as of 2005.
20. I married my designated driver. He doesn’t and never will drink.
21. My oldest son has Asperger’s Syndrome. It’s a form of high-functioning Autism that makes common sense and social things very hard for him. Remember the quirky kid in school? That’s my son.
22. Spiff= oldest son, Scamp= youngest son.
23. My children are 7 years apart in age.
24. Spiff tells the best jokes on the planet. He’s really good at it.
25. Even with the Asperger’s, Spiff is mainstreamed in public school, has friends, and gets really good grades. He’s made the honor roll every year since 1st grade.
26. Scamp is a champion tree climber. Just like his dad.
27. Spiff can draw amazing pictures.
28. Yes, I’m one of those moms who display her kid’s artwork proudly around the house. I have a “brag wall” with their certificates they earn too. I’m weird like that.
29. Scamp is in Pre-K at his brother’s elementary school (as of 2006). He can name all of his classmates, and he’s only 3.
30. I’m a hands-on, volunteering-at-the-school kind of parent. The staff at my kids’ school are awesome.
31. My husband is the best husband on the planet.
32. My husband travels for his job a lot. He loves what he does though.
33. My husband and I are eerily similar in our likes and dislikes. It makes shopping and decorating a home rather easy.
34. I drive a mini van. But I’m not a soccer mom. (yet!)
35. My oldest son does not enjoy sports. Except golf.
36. I know way too much useless trivia for my own good. It’s a sickness.
37. I have the best in-laws in the universe. Really.
38. I like to go shopping. Except food shopping, especially with the kids.
39. I have worked at most of the theme parks in Orlando at one time or another. In these parts, if you grow up here, it’s kind of like the family business.
40. My favorite question I got asked was “What time is the three o’clock parade?”
41. I saved Brian Austin Green’s behind once when he wanted to ride Earthquake at Universal Studios with the other guests. Celebrities shouldn’t do that.
42. The look on his face was priceless when he got rushed though.
43. Or, it could have been because this 5 foot 2 girl was holding people back from him, I’m not certain.
44. I’m afraid of heights, yet I love riding in airplanes. Weird, huh?
45. I’m going to travel to England someday. Preferably with my husband.
46. I met Run DMC at Walt Disney World wearing the most hideous costume those imagineers ever dreamed up. They were nice and very funny. Run DMC, not the costume.
47. I have three sisters-in-law. Two of them are the same age as me.
48. They all rock in their own separate and unique ways. I’m very lucky.
49. I have two non-biological brothers I met in high school, and have been that close with ever since.
50. I hated middle school. I got an in-school suspension in the 6th grade. I told a teacher she had taken too much Tylenol if she thought I was going to do the assignment. She won that round.
51. My husband makes me laugh on a daily basis.
52. My husband is the most handsomest man in the universe. Yes, I’m biased but it’s true. I have the kids to prove it. They look just like him.
53. I have really bad dust mite allergies. And for some reason my house attracts a lot of dust. Go figure.
54. Some of the jobs I have had are: Salesperson in a record store (2 of them), Ride attendant, Seating Hostess, Waitress, Polo Ralph Lauren Salesgirl, Web Designer, Preschool Teacher, and Mom. I like mom best.
55. Although doing Web Design was a lot of fun too.
56. I’m a culture junkie. I have subscriptions to most of the celebrity magazines.
57. I’m Jewish.
58. I never went to Hebrew School.
59. I have a HUGE crush on Sting. He’s the only man I would ever leave my husband for.
60. Hubby knows this and is okay with it. I don’t think he needs to worry.
61. I love Mexican food.
62. A well made margarita I won’t turn down either.
63. My in-laws relationship is what I aspire to have with my husband. They have been married over 40 years.
64. My husband and I have a 7 year age difference. See a pattern here?
65. I lived in Connecticut over 5 years. Not the New York side, either. The Southeastern side.
66. I hated it most of the time.
67. Fall was nice though, it was my favorite time of year.
68. I miss pizza and Chinese food from up there. It was awesome.
69. I don’t miss the winters.
70. The first winter I lived up there I wrecked my car. Good times.
71. I was driving to Baltimore to spend Thanksgiving with my father and his side of the family. Silly me.
72. It was the first time I had ever driven in snow. Ever.
73. I love the town I live in.
74. 80′s music is my friend. I also like Classic Rock.
75. I saw The Police, The Fixx, and the Animals in concert in 1983. My husba
nd saw the same concert in another state, but instead of The Animals, he saw Flock of Seagulls. Lucky duck.
76. While I was pregnant with my sons, I HAD to do jigsaw puzzles. They are glued, matted and framed as art in my house.
77. I had Gestational Diabetes with my first son, but not with my second. Weird.
78. I was craving sushi during my second pregnancy. I dreamed about it in vivid Technicolor.
79. I’m not a good pregnant person. That’s why we have two kids and not three.
80. Before kids, I was a size 0. I’ll never see that size again.
81. Now I’m a size 6, or if I want to be really comfortable, a size 8.
82. I have lots of shoes.
83. This is harder than I thought it would be.
84. I’ve gotten a few speeding tickets. Once I got one driving my son to synagogue. Whoops.
85. I have crashed my van into my father-in-law’s car, Susie. Twice.
86. While it was parked in my driveway.
87. I am the Queen of Returning Stuff to the Store.
88. I think they are on to me though. It’s not as easy as it used to be.
89. Many friends and family members have benefited from my return skills.
90. The big canister of Original Slim Jims are a must during a hurricane. It’s part of our survival kit.
91. Black olives are my favorite holiday food.
92. I dated two guys total in High School.
93. Okay, maybe three. It wasn’t for very long.
94. I was a Rainbow Girl, Jobs Daughter, and a DeMolay Sweetheart. All at the same time.
95. I have really painful menstrual cycles.
96. I’m addicted to Arizona Diet Green Tea. My grocery store runs out of it constantly.
97. I think I’m a good friend. I’ve had very few complaints.
98. I enjoy helping people. “Do unto others” is my motto.
99. I have really great aunts, uncles and cousins, on both sides of my family.
100. I want to be a good wife and mother. I think I do a decent job.
101. I fell in love with my husband the first night I met him.
(I had to save the best for last!)
Hey!!! You can wake up now, I’m done rambling!!
October 11th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
Hey you. You sound super cool. I really enjoy your blog! I love a funny person who’s in touch with reality (very hard to find today!). Thanks for being honest.
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January 5th, 2007 at 3:27 am
you’re a freakin idiot
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June 18th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I love your blog. You are officially my blogging role model. I just started a blog about my high-functioning ASD son. I want it to contain liberal amounts of humor, some inspiration, and a little information. Please visit and critique it at spectrumkids.blogspot.com
I titled it Brilliant Spectrum Child.
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