5 things about you

[thumpershere2]

1. Well of course I love to cook, (not bake) for other folks.

2. I enjoy my garden, planting and then harvesting the veggies. Not crazy about weeding tho.

3. In the winter months I enjoy crocheting. Most family members all have a afghan to snuggle up in on a cold evening.

4. I love our pets, 2 cats, 2 dogs and wish I could do more for the homeless critters.

5. A couple times a year I love to go to the casino and have the all you can eat crab legs and then play the slots.

 

[texasgirl]

I love to cook.
I absolutely adore chocolate.
I love dogs.
I love fishing.
Once I get used to people and start talking, I can't seem to shut up!!!!

 

[The Z]

1. I reunited my mother with the natural family she never knew when she was 68.
2. I lived in Australia for 11 years and in southern Spain for 5 years.
3. I am in better physical condition at 48 than I was at 28.
4. I love living in Las Vegas.
5. I took lessons at Arthur Murray and enjoy dancing to country music (2-step).

 

[texasgirl]

1. I reunited my mother with the natural family she never knew when she was 68.
2. I lived in Australia for 11 years and in southern Spain for 5 years.
3. I am in better physical condition at 48 than I was at 28.
4. I love living in Las Vegas.
5. I took lessons at Arthur Murray and enjoy dancing to country music (2-step).

I bet that was something to see!! Good for you! What a wonderful gift to give her.

 

[Michelemarie]

Wow Z - what a great thing you did. Ironchef - I'm impressed. It is so fun reading about everyone here - what a great group of friends! Here's mine:

1. I am a christian.
2. My family is my priority in life.
3. I am anally organized - almost to a fault.
4. I worry too much - when I know I shouldn't.
5. I like to drink whisky.

 

[The Z]

3. I am anally organized - almost to a fault.
4. I worry too much - when I know I shouldn't.

I think these two are related.

And LOL at your use of "almost" after saying "anally organized". In my mind "anally organized" implies "to a fault"... otherwise you'd be simply 'very organized' or someone who 'pays attention to detail'.

 

[Michelemarie]

Good point Z - I think most who know me would agree - organized to a fault - i have been trying to figure out a way to make this a positive, though.

 

[corazon]

1. When I was in grade school, my sister and I were running late for the bus. I didn't have my shoes on yet so I climbed into the wheelbarrow and she raced us up the driveway, while I was tying my shoes.
2. I study modern dance and have danced since I was 3.
3. I love to bake more than cook.
4. If there was one thing I'd never have to do again for the rest of my life, it would be laundry.
5. My family is more important to me than anything in this world!

 

[BigDog]

Hmmmm, what to put that can be intriguing . . . . . .

1. I much prefer to cook then to bake.

2. I am a huge animal lover, domestic and wild, and my favorite of each are cousins. For domestic, my favorites are big dogs (no surprise there, eh?) like Labs, Shepherds, Retrievers, Huskies, etc. As for wild, I am 100% sold out mezmerized (sp?) by wolves. This doesn't mean I don't love my two domestic short hair cats me and Mrs. Big Dog have!

3. I was adopted when I was 4 years old, and lived in 2 foster families and with my (biological mother's) parents. A couple years ago I reconnected with my biological mother electronically and via telephone. The jury is still out deliberating if that was the right thing to do. She's heck bent on meeting in person, but I'm not ready, nor do I know if I ever will be.

4. I'd sacrafice most anything to keep a relationship with a friend. I believe relationships with people should be way at the top of the list of things on this earth that have the most value. Maybe not number 1, or even 2, but way up there. Material things are nice, but are so not worth losing a friend for.

5. I have held both a chipmunk and chickadee in the palm of my hand (not at the same time). Both were completely alive and well, though the chickadee was a bit dazed initially. I'll tell the stories to all who ask.

 

[BreezyCooking]

1. I LOVE living on my 21 acres in a rural area where I can do what I wish without the intrusion of other people (homeowners associations, close neighbors, intrusive zoning laws, etc.).

2. I love to read (everything & anything - gardening, cooking, mysteries, biographies, you-name-it) & watch old classic movies (every genre you can imagine - have a collection of over 1,000 DVD's).

3. I love to cook, particularly different ethnic recipes, & maintain a large cookbook library which currently contains well over 100 volumes at the moment.

4. I love to garden - particularly vegetables & herbs -, & have a nice library of gardening books.

5. I love my horses, & of course, my cats, dogs, & cockatoo!!

 

[Erik]

1. I cook for a living, but yet I love to cook at home
2. I love music and having fun, so I volunteer at a radio station
3. My son is my best friend, and my passion in life
4. I feel sleep is overrated
5. I love to workout

 

[SizzlininIN]

1. My family means more to me than the air I breath.

2. I'm extremely selective in who I allow into my life. I have 4 very dear girlfriends that I trust with all my heart. We'd go to the end of the earth for each other. However, I have many acquaintances and people that I associate with.

3.. When we go for a country drive we look for horse poop along the road to determine if the Amish are out and about and then track them down.......

4. I was the Queen of my Hometown in 1980 or was that 1981.....

5. I've have a fear of flying. I can't even go watch the planes land or take off . Found this out when I volunteered to take one of my dear friends to pick up her brother . Thankfully, not the airport no longer lets you go up to the area where you can see them come in and land.

 

[GB]

1. I am a huge water sports fan (sailing canoing, kayaking, swimming, water-skiing, etc.) and used to run a white water canoe trip in upstate Maine for 11-14 year old boys from my camp.

2. I live for music. My wife asked me the other day which I love more, music or food. I was unable to answer.

3. I once participated in the worlds largest (at the time) nude photo. I thought it would be awkward, but it wasn't. What was awkward was that HBO happened to be filming a special on the photographer (we did not know this) and many months later people at the office were coming up to me telling me they saw me (all of me) on HBO. For some reason, of all the people there (over 1,000) the camera zoomed in on my about 5 times. Thankfully the only time the camera lingered on me only acceptable parts were showing

4. I someday want to learn how to play the guitar even if I am 100 years old.

5. I love the tropics and that is where I would be if money were no object.

 

[Chef_Jimmy]

1. I love golf and am pretty good (played in college before culinary school)
2. I want to open my own restaurant and name it "The Leona Grill" or "Cafe Leona"
3.I love the outdoors, especially around water
4. I cook fine French food but love smoking and eating ribs and pork shoulders all day and drinking beer
5. I am very hard working and motavated and love to learn anything that i don't know.

 

[goodgiver]

Little About Myself

1. I would rather cook then bake.
2. I am a Born Again Christian
3. I work very hard at seeing other peoples needs then filling them.
4. First God, then Hubby,then 2 grown boys (42 & 47), then my generic cat, then our Jack Russell Terrier.
5. I wish all the dust bunnies would go to somebody's else's house.

 

[luckytrim]

five things;
hmmm..........
1. when i was 22, i auditioned for "what's my Line". ("catcher" for a Burlesque theater) (wasn't selected)
2. when i was 23, i auditioned at the Copa as a singer (didn't get it)
3. when i was 24, i had a brief stint as a crew member of the original broadway production of "HAIR". quit to become stage Mgr. for Ann Corio's "this was Burlesque".
4. when i was 30, i quit my struggle to succeed in the theater to take a position with the NJ Dept. of Corrections, as a prison guard (what wa i THINKING ??)
5. when i was 35, i learned a new trade (printing) and here i am, 25 years later-(when you open a jar of hellman's, think of me- i printed that little yellow band around the lid)

 

[wasabi]

1. After 25 years of marriage, I'm still madly in love with my husband.
2. I've always had a dog in my life.
3. I was born, raised, live and will die in Hawaii.
4. Like goodgiver, first comes God, Family, Koapaka (my dog) and friends.
5. If someone or something gave me a good laugh, it's a good day.

 

[Andy M.]

1. I'm semi-retired/unemployed and that's OK
2. I had a heart attack and died in May of 2003. I was fortunate to have a paramedic and defibrilator handy at the time.
3. I used to be a LOT more anal retentive than I am now. I've come to accept that others can succesfully load the dishwasher.
4. I love my two daughters dearly but suffer silently over their complete lack of interest in cooking.
5. I don't bake much at all. My S. O., Suzanne is generally in charge of that and me.

 

[luckytrim]

hey andy- as to #3--- can you explain it to my wife??

 

[Andy M.]

hey andy- as to #3--- can you explain it to my wife??

It takes years of training...