40 Things

I was tagged by Sarah to list 40 things about me.  I will play along, although I don't know how interesting this will be.

1)  I grew up on a farm in Southern Saskatchewan.

2)  I have 2 sisters and I am the oldest.

3)  I don't know how to swim.

4)  I am very scared of heights.

5)  I don't have any fillings in any of my teeth, but the dentist keeps bugging me to get my wisdom teeth out.  

6)  My first car was a 1972 Chevy Nova.  I liked everything about it except it's colour - it was              green (70s green).

7)  I have never been married, but have been with the same guy for 12ish years.

8)  I have an 18 year old daughter named Amy.

9)   I have a degree in Sociology and Psychology (with a focus on Neuro-psychology). 

10) I do not have a job that is related to either Sociology or neuro-psychology (go figure).  But all my psych classes drilled classical and operant conditioning into my head and that has come in useful in dog training.

11) I have lived in 8 different towns/cities.

12)  My second toe is longer than my big toe.

13) I don't like spiders.

14)  When I was in grade 6, our school bus driver had a box of puppies on the bus that he was giving away.  I took one home.  My mom was not impressed, but Tippy stayed.

15)  I used to sleepwalk.

16)  My favorite movies are "Princess Bride" and "The Three Amigos".

17)  My favorite TV series is Fawlty Towers.  I have all the seasons on video and no matter how much I watch them, it is still funny.  I also really like "All In The Family" reruns.

18)  When I was a kid, I would read every horse or dog book that I could get from the library.

19)  I get up between 3:30 and 4:00 every weekday morning to go to work.

20)  I am not a morning person, but I like getting home from work by 1:30 in the afternoon.

21)  I love to sleep in.

22)  I watch very little TV, but I love going out to the movies.

23)  I have very bad eyesight.  I think my eyeglass prescription is -6.0.  That is bad!

24)  I have had glasses since I was in grade 4.  I really hated my glasses, so I never would wear them.  I went around without seeing well until I got contact lens in grade 9.  I still don't like to

wear my glasses in public.

25)  I love being at home.

26)  I need lots of "alone time" or I get really grouchy.

27)  I love on-line shopping.  I think I like it so much because you can get good deals and I like getting things in the mail.

28)  I have always wanted to get a bird.  Once I bird-sat for a friend and I was picking up feathers and seeds for a week after the bird went home. I would still like to get a bird.

29)  One of my pet peeves is when people don't use "they're", "their" and "there" properly.

30)  I am very allergic to cats.  

31)  This year is my 20th high school reunion.  That is weird!  

32)  I hate cooking.

33)  We eat out lots.

34) Favorite female singer - Ella Fitzgerald.

35)  Favorite male singer - Chris Issak.

36)  Favorite place I have travelled to so far - Florida.

37)  I won't travel anywhere that requires getting a 'shot'.  

38)  My best friend in high school got grounded from seeing me because I was a "bad influence".  I think I was having sleepovers at her house again the next week.

39) I don't drink coffee and have maybe 2 or 3 alcoholic drinks a year (stay away from me, I'm a bad influence).

40)  Cheezies!  Yum.

OK, that was really hard.  Congratulations if you could actually make it all the way through that list.