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16 things about me
If I tagged you it’s because I want to know more about you. So write 16 random things about yourself and tag me back — and pass yours on to 16 other people (and ask them to tag you back).
1. I love food and cooking.
2. I taught myself to knit from a book. I haven’t done anything too complicated, but have made a bunch of stuff, including a couple simple sweaters. Someday maybe I’ll have time to pick it up again – it’s a very relaxing activity.
3. I am an avid reader. I read a ton of fiction and I read it FAST – usually at a rate of a book per week. I rarely go to sleep without reading first. It’s also a great way for me to recharge.
4. I am an introvert and homebody. I could be at home for a week and not leave the house and not feel even the teensiest bit of cabin fever.
5. I do 90% of my shopping online, including groceries.
6. I’m a fan of pedicures. But I rarely wear makeup, do my nails, dress fashionably or cut/color my hair.
7. I don’t have cable. Pretty much the only thing I watch off TV these days is American Idol. Mostly we netflix movies and TV shows that interest us, if we watch TV at all. Lately, the whole family is addicted to BBC’s newest Dr. Who, though.
8. I am addicted to potato chips. Lays Classic, preferably. VICE. It’s best to not have them in the house.
9. I don’t hold grudges, but when I get mad it takes me awhile to cool off. Like a couple hours sometimes. Mostly only poor Scott has to deal with that aspect of my nature, though. Bless him for his patience.
10. My baked beans (grandmother’s recipe handed down) are nationally famous. 
11. I was on reality TV once. After knowing each other online for 6 years (and being virtual business partners for 4 years), Nancy and I finally met in person. Our first in real life meeting was filmed in San Francisco for Life Moments – a syndicated NBC reality show (now defunct). It was very painful to watch. I rarely like photos of myself and video – ack! I have a great face for radio.
12. My kids do their own laundry – even the 8 year old. I don’t make Jake do his (yet), though. They have quite a few other daily chores as well. <crack> goes the whip!
13. I wish I could sing, dance and figure skate.
14. I’m a better editor than I am writer. In spite of that, I dream of writing a book someday. I read such GREAT fiction, though, that my performance expectations are incredibly high. I don’t know if I can match them!
15. I am a damn good editor. Gifted, even. (However, I’m not editing THIS for typos, etc.
16. I used to think I was a dog person, but now I think… not. Maybe the problem is I’m just too overwhelmed with the demanding human creatures who are dependent on me at this stage of my life. Love cats; hate the shedding.
Drawing personality test
The results of your analysis say:
You tend to pursue many different activities simultaneously. When misfortune does happen, it doesn't actually dishearten you all that much.
You are a thoughtful and cautious person. You like to think about your method, seeking to pursue your goal in the most effective way.
You like following the rules and being objective. You are precise and meticulous, and like to evaluate decisions before making them.
You have a sunny, cheerful disposition.
That seems basically true, although I'm probably more impulsive than this test indicates… (especially when compared to Scott who takes meticulousness and precision in decision making to art-form levels! I love him for that.)
100 books meme
Thanks to Red Pen for the meme!
Instructions: Look at the list of books below. Bold the ones you’ve read, underline the ones you have read a bit from but never finished, italicize the ones you might want to read in the future, cross out the ones you won’t touch with a 10-foot pole, and do not do anything to the ones you’ve never heard of.
Like Red Pen, I used a lighter font color for books I've heard of, but haven't read – and may or may not read someday.
As you can see, most of the time I finish the books I start. And there are very few books I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole.
1. The DaVinci Code (Dan Brown)
2. Pride And Prejudice (Jane Austen)
3. To Kill A Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
4. Gone with the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
5. The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Tolkien)
6. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
7. The Lord of the Rings: (Tolkien)
8. Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
9. Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
10. A Fine Balance (Rohinton Mistry)
11. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rowling)
12. Angels and Demons (Dan Brown)
13. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Rowling)
14. A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
15. Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Rowling)
17. Fall on Your Knees (Ann-Marie MacDonald)
18. The Stand (Stephen King)
19. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rowling)
20. Jane Eyre (Brontë)
21. The Hobbit (Tolkein)
22. The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
23. Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
24. The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
25. Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
26. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
27. Wuthering Heights (E. Brontë)
28. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (C. S. Lewis)
29. East of Eden (John Steinbeck)
30. Tuesdays with Morrie (Mitch Albom)
31. Dune (Frank Herbert)
32. The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
33. Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
34. 1984 (Orwell)
35. The Mists of Avalon (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
36. The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
37. The Power of One (Bryce Courtenay)
39. The Red Tent (Anita Diamant)
40. The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
42.The Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini)
43. Confessions of a Shopaholic (Sophie Kinsella)
44. The Five People You Meet In Heaven (Mitch Albom)
45. Gift & Award Bible NIV (Various)
46. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy)
47. The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
48. Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
49. The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
50. She's Come Undone (Wally Lamb)
51. The Poisonwood Bible (Barbara Kingsolver)
52. A Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
53. Ender's Game (Orson Scott Card)
54. Great Expectations (Dickens)
55. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
56. The Stone Angel (Margaret Laurence)
57. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Rowling)
58. The Thorn Birds (Colleen McCullough)
59. The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
60. The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
61. Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
63. War and Peace (Tolstoy)
64. Interview With The Vampire (Anne Rice)
65. Fifth Business (Robertson Davis)
67. The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants (Ann Brahares)
66. One Hundred Years Of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
68. Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
69. Les Miserables (Hugo)
70. The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
71. Bridget Jones' Diary (Fielding)
72. Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez)
73. Shogun (James Clavell)
74. The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje)
75. Th
e Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
76. The Summer Tree (Guy Gavriel Kay)
77. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
78. The World According To Garp (John Irving)
79. The Diviners (Margaret Laurence)
80. Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
81. Not Wanted On The Voyage (Timothy Findley)
82. Of Mice And Men (Steinbeck)
83. Rebecca (Daphne DuMaurier)
84. Wizard's First Rule (Terry Goodkind)
85. Emma (Jane Austen)
86. Watership Down (Richard Adams)
87. Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
88. The Stone Diaries (Carol Shields)
89. Blindness (Jose Saramago)
90. Kane and Abel (Jeffrey Archer)
91. In The Skin Of A Lion (Ondaatje)
92. Lord of the Flies (Golding)
93. The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck)
94. The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd)
95. The Bourne Identity (Robert Ludlum)
96. The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
97. White Oleander (Janet Fitch)
98. A Woman of Substance (Barbara Taylor Bradford)
99. The Celestine Prophecy (James Redfield)
100. Ulysses (James Joyce)
Mom to 4 kids and 2 stepkids, I am a writer writing in the heart of chaos. I am the co-founder and former editor of 
