100 Things About Me

  1. I was born in Worcester, Massachusetts.
  2. I am a Capricorn.
  3. I have one sibling – an older brother, Dave.
  4. Dave is an Aquarius.
  5. Our birthdays are exactly four weeks apart.
  6. My paternal grandmother’s first name was Ingrid.
  7. My maternal grandmother’s first name was Gertrude.
  8. My middle name is Doris.
  9. Wendy backwards is Ydnew.
  10. I can write mirror image.
  11. My first pet was a dog named Friskie.
  12. My first cat was named Mittens.
  13. My dad was in the Navy so we moved around a lot when I was a child.
  14. When I was a child, I lived for three years in Elton John’s birthplace (Pinner, Middlesex, England).
  15. My mom taught French and Spanish in high school.
  16. My mom taught at my high school.
  17. I never had my mom as a teacher, except as a substitute teacher.
  18. I knitted my first “real” sweater when I was 11.
  19. My first sweater was red wool.
  20. I survived high school.
  21. I survived college.
  22. My closest friend in college was half French, half Czechoslovakian.
  23. I worked for a while in a law office when I was fresh out of college.
  24. I love margaritas on the rocks, no salt.
  25. I will not drink a Brandy Alexander.
  26. I detest milk and always have.
  27. So does my brother.
  28. I used to prefer Pepsi to Coke, but now I think I like Coke better.
  29. I drink diet soda.
  30. My favorite poet is T.S. Eliot.
  31. My favorite novelist is Iris Murdoch.
  32. I’ll read trash but I prefer literature.
  33. I have green eyes.
  34. I own over 100 pairs of cowboy boots.
  35. I wear cowboy boots to work almost every day.
  36. I have two piercings in each ear.
  37. I have a tattoo.
  38. My tattoo is Shaun the Sheep.
  39. I hate beets.
  40. I’m allergic to pineapple.
  41. I love nachos.
  42. I make great brownies.
  43. I make great chocolate chip cookies too.
  44. I work for the U.S. Government.
  45. My job title does not accurately describe my job.
  46. I take a train to work.
  47. I knit socks on the train.
  48. My car is a white Honda Civic.
  49. I name inanimate objects.
  50. I’ve had a cable modem internet connection since 1996.
  51. I’ve owned my own domain name for several years.
  52. I have three computers at home.
  53. One of them doesn’t work and is in pieces.
  54. My favorite watch is a Wallace and Gromit watch.
  55. My favorite color is green
  56. My current pet is a cat named Lucy.
  57. I got Lucy from a rescue organization.
  58. Lucy is a sealpoint Ragdoll, as near as I can tell.
  59. I got her on Mother's Day, 2003.
  60. I’ve had several other cats.
  61. My former cats were Yankee, Arthur, Kay, Gawain, Bedivere, Tristan, and Isolde.
  62. Isolde died in April 2003.
  63. I’ve never had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
  64. I kept tropical fish when I was young.
  65. I drink at least 2 liters of water a day.
  66. I love Starbucks coffee.
  67. I detest instant coffee.
  68. I’ve got five lamb beanie babies.
  69. My favorite perfume is Estee Lauder Dazzling Gold.
  70. I have an embarrassingly large stash of sock yarn that I have a compulsion to keep adding to.
  71. I have a pretty good size stash of other yarn.
  72. I’ve got tons of knitting needles.
  73. My favorite knitting needles are ebony.
  74. Sometimes I knit with my eyes closed.
  75. I love to watch old sitcoms on TVLand.
  76. I used to love Nick-at-Nite but I don’t watch it since they show 80s and 90s sitcoms.
  77. My favorite movie is “Brief Encounter.”
  78. My favorite rock band is a toss-up between Pink Floyd and The Who.
  79. I love purses.
  80. I have wa-a-ay too many purses.
  81. I love Carole Little dresses.
  82. I’ve got wa-a-ay too many clothes.
  83. I love the British sitcom “Last of the Summer Wine.”
  84. I love mustard.
  85. I can take or leave catsup.
  86. I have pretty hands.
  87. I have ugly feet.
  88. I hate wearing high heel dress shoes.
  89. My favorite city is London, England.
  90. A close second is Cardiff, Wales.
  91. I am inherently lazy but try not to be.
  92. I never get enough sleep.
  93. I wish I had someone to clean up after me.
  94. I hate grocery shopping.
  95. I alternately love/hate to cook.
  96. I like my job.
  97. I’m good at my job.
  98. I’m very impatient.
  99. I’m very persistent
  100. I hate making lists!

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