38 Things

I may not get a chance to post this weekend - so enjoy this in the meantime.

1. My favorite color is periwinkle
2. I once had a dog named Teflon. Yes, after the non-stick coating.
3. I love my husband and son (see photo at left OK, your other left!) more than I can possibly believe
4. Every car I've owned has a name (currently T-Mama, the nissan alTiMa)
5. My mother is perpetually 17 minutes late for everything.
   
6. Can anyone tell me what happened during the first 17 minutes of the movie E.T.?
7. Despite her timeliness, my mother is one of the best people I know
8. My hair is "naturally" the color of my son's hair
9. We have two Maine Coon cats
   
10. I love cats and dogs
    
11. I'm allergic to cats and dogs (and virtually everything else for that matter)
12. At a previous workplace, my official job title was "Bear Ambassador"
13. I've known my best friend since junior high school
14. She rocks and it was convenient that her name rhymed with "Maid-of-Hona"
15. In 4th grade I came in second in a spelling bee for mispelling orchestra
16. In 6th grade I started playing french horn in an orchestra
17. If I could do my life over, I might become a meteorolgist
18. Meteorologists have great job security - they can be wrong everyday
    
19. Mac-n-cheese is fabu
20. Jim Jeffords, Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders (Vermont's U.S. senators and congressman) make me proud on a daily basis
21. My favorite flowers are hydrangea, lilacs and irises
    
22. I type fro sh*t
23. At work, I am part of a self-directed management team (no boss for 6 years)
24. These co-workers are the best on the planet
25. We bring each other funny souveniers from work-related conferences and trips
    
26. My toes look better than ever
27. I'm not really known for my gracefulness
    
28. Stupid human trick: I can make guinea pig sounds in my throat
29. Rain gardens interest me and I'd love to design one
30. I LOEV my old college buddies (including BernieRA)
    
31. Melisma, Trillium, and Maple Jam are some of the a cappella groups I've sung in
32. Amsterdam (the Netherlands) is a fabulous city and I would love to visit there again
33. I hate my hair
34. My best friend and I can sing the entire "Sister Act" soundtrack as a 2-woman show
35. The sport I excelled in during gym class was fencing
36. Ever year, when I blow out candles on a cake, I wish for world peace
    
37. My dear hubby and I are trying to decide whether or not to have a second child
38. ..because I'm NOT getting any younger