10 Random Facts About Me (Updated 2014 Edition)

I wrote a similar post a little over a year ago but these are some of my favorite posts and are definitely worth revisiting. So here are 10 more random facts that you may or may not have known about me...

1.  I used old cards and letters as bookmarks.
 My grandma used to put greeting cards and letters she had received from friends and relatives in books. Then it was an instant bookmark when  you started that book. I love opening a book and finding a letter from my great aunt, best friend or grandma. After my grandparents died, I started doing this and almost every one of my books has one in it. When I was in college I borrowed a book from my grandparents and inside was a birthday card from me to my grandpa.

2. I worked as a gift wrapper during the holidays in Annapolis.  

 During the holiday season in Annapolis, I worked at a kiosk in the mall wrapping gifts. It was fabulous and such a great way to celebrate the holiday season.

3.  I eat like a five-year-old.  

I am so picky! I've gotten better. I only eat carrots if they are raw, etc. Unlike a five-year-old though, I eat sushi and I hate spaghetti and chocolate ice cream. Dennis is very picky too, so eating at our apartment is interesting.

4.  I love to read...A LOT!   

Reading is obviously my favorite. I've read 38 books already this year! I read three books at one time, sometimes four depending on the book club selection. I read one on my Nook, one real book and one on audio in the car. I'm obsessed. See what I'm reading here.

5.  I get carsick or let me rephrase that, I make myself carsick.

Because of the last item, I get car sick. I make myself sick in the car by trying to read. Sometimes that's not aways the case though and I really do get carsick.

6.  My goal is to visit every presidential library recognized by the National Archives and Records Administration.

So far I've been to the JFK Library, FDR Library and McKinley Library... I want to see the Bush, Carter and Ford Libraries really bad. Road trip!

7.  I've been working on my great American novel for almost 10 years.  

That and a children's book about America's first families...I need more time though.

8.  My worst fear is thunderstorms and failure.

No explaining needed.

9.  Five things on my bucket list include...

Visit all 50 states. Run the Disney marathon. See the ball drop in NYC on New Year's Eve. Travel to Tokyo. Write a book.

10. I recently started playing disc golf and geocaching.  

I'm not very good at either but its so much fun!!

Let's start a trend. What are 10 random things about you? It will be like those old quizzes on AIM and the old Facebook.

10 Things You Didn't Know About Me...Or Maybe You Did

Remember the days of instant messenger when you could make quizzes for your friends or when those surveys were circulating on Facebook?  Every one knew lots of random facts about each other then.  Whatever happened to those?  Such great time wasters...

So, here are 10 random facts you may or may not have known about me:

1.  I NEVER watch TV.  I'm obsessed with movies but I'm way too busy to watch a TV show regularly.  I don't even have time to watch the Today Show anymore.  I do, however, love getting TV shows on DVD from the library.  Basically, I'm watching TV shows years after they aired, which means I have no idea what happened on Downton Abbey since I'm still waiting for Season 2, so don't tell me.  Here is what I'm watching right now.  I know...old school, right?

(Wikipedia)

2. I may be a librarian NOW but it took awhile to get here.  When I was little, yes, I wanted to be a librarian.  I played library.  Ha ha!  I also wanted to be the first woman president.  In junior high, I wanted to  be a travel agent.  In high school, I wanted to be the next CJ Craig from West Wing.  When I was at Mount Union, I wanted to be a writer.  When I was at La Roche, I wanted to be an account executive at a major public relations firm.  Deep down...I wanted to be a librarian.  The lesson here...follow your dreams.  Those childhood ideas might come true.  Does that mean the White House is next?

3.  I don't eat jello EXCEPT for a jello shot.  I only eat jello shots because a certain older cousin told me when I was little that jello was made from bones.  I never ate jello again.

4.  I DO stupid things.  Before a swim meet, I wanted my clean and still wet suit to dry faster.  It was my favorite one and expensive I think.  I decided the fastest way would be to use the hair dryer.  Wrong.  I burned the swim suit.  I had to wear my ugly suit to the meet.

5.  Halloween is probably my LEAST favorite holiday.  When I was little I couldn't have most of the candy because of eczema, so I thought what was the point.  I stopped trick or treating in middle school or earlier.  I like to dress up but I just never cared for the holiday as much as Christmas, Thanksgiving or Fourth of July.  I'm not really a fan of Easter either.

6.  I'm a mini-golf champion.   I won first place in a miniature golf tournament at Lakeside in eighth grade.

7.  I HATE the mall.  I think it was my eight years at the Gap that caused this.  I'd rather shop online or in small stores now.

8.  If I won the lottery...I'd split it three ways.  I donate one-third to Lakeside, Lutherlyn and breast cancer charities.  I would invest one-third to use for the education of my children and grandchildren.  I would buy a summer house with the rest.

9.  I do things in threes.  My sisters and best friends come in groups of three.  I went to three colleges (Mount Union, La Roche and Kent State). I speak three languages (Japanese, French and Italian).  I have lived in three places that I called "home" at some point in my life (Annapolis, Lakeside and Pittsburgh).  I have worshiped in churches of three different religions (Lutheran, Methodist and Episcopalian).  I've had three cars so far (the wagon, the cobalt and the G6.  That's enough threes...

10. I CAN'T relax!  In college, a yoga teacher told me she couldn't get my neck to relax when she massaged it.  I'm really trying to not be so uptight.

That's enough for now...

Ciao!