8 Random Facts About Me

I have been tagged by Auntie Ann.  Some people are only allowed to give you 7 Random Facts; I am going to give you the full 8!  (It is late and I'm punchy.  I am waiting for a mordant pot to finish.)

Rules:
1. Each player starts with 8 random facts about themselves.
2. People who are tagged write a blog post about their 8 random things and post the rules.
3. At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and post their names.
4. Don’t forget to leave them a comment and tell them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Eight Random Things about Me:

1. I am a native Californian.  My parents and 3/4 of my grandparents are native Californians.  If you look at the right branch of the family tree, I am a fifth generation Californian.  I live within 15 miles of where I was born.  Okay, I did spend much of my childhood in Massachusetts and 15 years in Seattle, but I have lived in the Bay Area longer than anywhere else.

2. I am married to a native Californian.  Just happened that way.

3. I don't have a middle name.  I probably won't ever have one as I decided to keep my maiden name when I got married.

4. I wish I had gray hair.  The genes for gray hair seem to have passed me by.  My brother started going gray at 17.  Harrumph!

5. I asked Kay for a random fact about me.  She says that I am bossy.  (I walked right into that one didn't I?)  Roger might agree, but he is not here to consult.  I think it is my maternal instinct that is bossy.

6. I can take marathon baths.  Two hours with a magazine is not uncommon.  Sometimes I am in there so long that Roger will bring me a snack.  Just one of the reasons I love that man.

7. The first sock I ever knit was a Fair Isle patterned Christmas stocking.  I used a man's sock pattern from a book of patterns to designed to help the women at home support the soldiers in World War I (published in 1916?).  I wish I knew where that book was.  I keep thinking that it will show up in some long buried UFO box.  I hope so.

8. I had terrible nightmares as a child.  Sometimes I am still afraid of the dark.

I don't tag people with memes.  If you want to do it, please consider yourself tagged.  Then let me know so I don't miss your random facts.

I can't give you a post without a picture.  Here is the beast we call Sammie gettin' the good lovin' from the hubinator.  That is his blissed-out face.

Why does he want to run away from this?  Okay, mixed up rescue dog, still not completely at ease, these things take time . . .  but sheesh, that is the good stuff right there. 

Comments

[Jacquie]

Bliss indeed! I missed the part about Sammie running away - I am so glad people like Jose are out there - what a kind man, and I am so happy Sammie got back to you safe and sound - those minutes when they are missing you must have been experiencing the worst feelings.

Who knows what goes on in our BT's heads?

I am going to try rolling around on my back on a dead dried up worm on the grass because Charlie makes it look like it must be one of the most fun things you can do!

I seem to have done quite a few memes lately - lots of interesting ones around - I guess one more won't hurt. I'll do it in the next few days.

[LaurieM]

WHY! do you want to have grey hair? I have a leave it alone philosophy towards my hair that does not extend towards my greys. I'm too young for grey hair. Hrmph.

[elizabeth]

Hey! it was hard enough to come up with seven! But, for you, here's #8 - by the time I started middle school, I'd lived in 5 different states, one of them separate three times!

[Ronni]

Hey, that's 9 random facts if you count your comment that you're a non-tagger! It's like a bonus fact for reading before midnight tonight. (You're not the only punchy one.)

I think I understand your facility with socks a bit better now.

[Marina]

Grey hair? You can have mine. I don't believe in dyeing my hair.

[AuntieAnn]

Thanks for playing! Very interesting facts, thanks. We don't understand why our dog would ever want to go walk-about either, yet she does.

[Debi]

That Sammie is such a cutie!

Interesting facts, thanx for sharing Maia! I'm a native Floridian too!

[Julie]

Sammie looks like he's in heaven!