This weeks facts, not questions 12/05/04

1. I'm the only American born in my family.

2. I have 2 sisters and one brother.

3. My mother is from Nicaragua and my father is from Costa Rica

4. I hate my middle name (Argentina)

5. My mother ran out names and named all of her daughters Maria but with different middle names. (ugly ones, Consuelo, Auxiliadora and Argentina)

6. I started to watched sports when I was four years old.

7. I have 3 tattoo's and my father doesn't know, I got them when I was 19 I am 24 now.

8. I was not allowed to have a boyfriend or talked to guys on the phone, I was not allowed to go out either. My father is strict.

9. When I had a boyfriend I never told my dad, I still don't do it and I'm 24.

10. I hate lighting, I live on the lighting capital of the world.

11. I hate flying, ever since I was little I had dreams of plane crashing.

12. I don't travel at all, I've only gone to Orlando, Tampa and Jacksonville.

13. I haven't listen to fm radio in years, my radio is always on am. I love to listen to sports radio talk.

14. My favorite animal is Dolphins.

15. I hate math

16. I hate my brother's wife. She doesn't like us (for not reason) and she doesn't let my brother visit us.

17. I watched a lot of Spanish soaps.

18. I don't watch comedy shows and I hate reality shows.

19. I have never seen snow.

20. My entire family has travel to their country except me. I don't think I will ever visit.

1. I am 49 1/2 (hehehhe) years old;

2. I have one younger brother, a sister-in-law and an 11 yr old niece who is my god-daughter; a 32 year old step-daughter; a step-granddaughter (8) and a step-grandson (6)

3. I have always lived in a multi-cat household; we have 5 now - Tristan, Abbie, Freija, Lion and Bear and moved south with six - 15 year old Kirsty died 6 weeks after we arrived;

4. I got married for the first time in June 2004, immigrated to the US from Canada, and am waiting for approval of my application to become a permanent resident;

5. I met my husband Joe on line through a internet spiritual group to which we both belong;

6. I love to bake home-made bread - by hand - although I often break down and use the bread-machine;

7. I have illustrated a number of books, mainly on horses;

8. I had my own horse from the day she was born when I was 14 to the day she died when she was 28 years old;

9. I graduated from Queen's University with an Hons B.A. in Classical Studies

10. My 1st car was a green and rust 1970 Ford Galaxie 500 that I bought for $100 and named "Nessie" after the Loch Ness monster;

11. I competed in the 1983 World Windsurfing Championships - and finished near the bottom of the fleet- but I finished!;

12. I used to dress my pet cats up in doll clothes when I was 3 years old - and not only did they let me, they kept coming back for more!

13. My zodiac sign is Gemini, with Aquarius rising;

14. Even though I now have my employment authorization and am allowed to work in the US, I really, really really enjoy staying at home:-) and still haven't run out of things to do;

15. One of my favourite hobbies is living history - re-enacting the War of 1812, living and dressing as they did in Colonial America - and sew all my period clothing by hand, but I can't knit or crochet to save my life;

16. I worked as a Museum professional for more than 25 years, including being Museum Curator for 2 Municipalities;

17. I am an adult-onset insulin-dependent diabetic - for almost 12 years now - with no complications (yay!);

18. I have worn glasses since I was 8 years old for extreme near-sightedness;

19. I love living in Georgia and am really looking forward to a winter without snowboots and parkas and scraping ice off of car windshields and waiting for the snowplough so I can shovel out the driveway - again!

20. I decorate with books - when Joe and I got married we needed to buy 6 more big bookshelves to accommodate my books - and he had at least the same amount already:-).

Kathryn

Here here it goes!!

1. I love chocolate

2. I just got my hair dyed brown(and i love it!! although it is kind of a shock because i have always been a NATURAL.. and yes, im truely a blonde in more than one way..guess i was tryin to cover some of it up.. hehe)

3. I loved my secret santa gifts... and so did the girls

4. I have one brother, Skyler. and 3 Step things.. Niki, Dusty, and Michaela.. only claim Dusty..

5. I am really afraid of... nappy hair... lol, i think its soo gross..

6. Orie is a VERY bad cat.. she has been doing her duty on my clothing..

7. Lena is my angel! She is a cuddle bug!

8. I am desperatly wanting a Nintendo DS... yet they are sold out... EVERYWHERE... and, it makes me want to cry..

9. I want to go shopping

10. I am over joyed that TCS is back up.. although i have to start over w/ my posts.. its alright.. all worth while..

11. I just ate 3 chicken littles, sm. pot wedge, and drank a water from KFC.. *yummy*

12. I want a new purse... but whats new.. i have to get a new one every couple months!

13. I have the most adorable puppy... (she is new! shes a sheltie... sable colored... her name is Tess.. and she loves me so much she follows me all around the house..)

14. I am getting a new bed for Christmas

15. My mommy has been working late so i dont get to see her more than an hour a night before she goes to bed

16. I have class in a half hour...

17. I think that is cute!!

18. One of my brothers friends told me he really likes me... like a month ago..(long crazy story... but you should all feel special that i told you!)

19. I have a crazy stalker... she thinks that i like her x/bf.. so she wants to beat me up.. although I AM ENGAGED

20. I am staying at my grandpa's house tonite!

lol.. hope that i didnt bore you too much.. buh bye!!

Originally Posted by lenaorie

3. I loved my secret santa gifts... and so did the girls

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That was me! Yay I'm glad you and the girls liked it!

Congrats on the new puppy... and are you planning on putting up more pics of the girls?

Oh and welcome back!

its my turn now

1. I'm 18

2. Ive been together with my bf for 1 1/2 yrs now.

3. i want to have a child at 20 or 22

4. I do homeschooling.

5. I speak 3 languages, English, Italian, German.. i understand it so well just i cant speak it! and signlanguage the english one.. so thats 4 i guess!

6. My parents are both deaf

7. Im an only child

8. My mothers scottish, My dads Italian and i was born in london.

9. The countries ive been to are.. England, scotland, france, italy, austria, switzerland, germany, denmark, estonia, sweden, russia, visby (part of sweden i think) and australia. In australia i was in QLD, NSW, VIC, and SA.
For stop offs but didnt look around was, Singapore, Bangkok, and Dubai.

10. I have had more than 50 cats in my life time.

11. I am moving out soon

12. I am trying to grow cat grass but its not working.

13. I love to drink black tea with milk.

14. I love the smell of coffee but i dont like to drink it so much unless its Nescafe.

15. I made Potato salad for the first time today... but i dont like mayonaise!

16. I love potatoes with butter.

17. I dont eat chocolate only once a month or once every 3 months.

18. I DONT SMOKE! i rarely drink, and do not do drugs. i dispise those people who take drugs.

19. My room is the prettiest in this house although its in a mess

20. I have a fish tank but still no fish.. i went to the pet store today but i got there too late

Susie - I love this thread and reading everyone's responses is fun!!!

I'm afraid my life isn't very interesting but here goes...

1. Next June is my 25th anniversary (if he's lucky but he's pushing it).

2. I had a Keeshond puppy that I loved to death. She was almost 17 when she died. Her name was Sabrina.

3. I love to travel but I'm afraid to fly. To be totally honest, I panic a bit when I travel by car, too , because I'm leaving my kitties behind. I call my parents to check on them every night when I'm away.

4. I am scared to death of storms.

5. I love Peppermint Patties and Jr. Mints.

6. I live about a mile from where I was raised.

7. I am going to my Mom's graduation next weekend. She is getting her Master's Degree at age 62 (has taken night classes forever).

8. I have been in the mortgage business for over 23 years.

9. I love to carve pumpkins

10. My fave sport is downhill skiing but I live in Indiana and DH doesn't ski.

11. I love, love, love bubble baths!!

12. I have done almost all my Christmas shopping online this year.

13. When I was little I wanted and believed I could turn into a mermaid.

14. I am pretty outspoken and my mouth gets me into trouble sometimes. No - wait a minute - make that alot.

15. I love old movies. Wuthering Heights is one of my favorites

16. I have a jammie thing. I collect PJs like many ladies collect shoes.

17. My mom had to be guarded about my TV shows when I was young. My pediatrician (spelling) told my my Mom I could no longer watch "animal" based shows like Sounder, Bambi, Thomasina because I would get hysterical when something happened to the animals.

18. I am the only person I know that cried at "Lilo and Stitch" when Stitch was "all alone" in the forest.

19. I am happiest around a body of water - lake, river, ocean, Great Lake.

20, I need glasses to read, but I'm to vain to go buy a pair, so I have everyone read everything for me

1. I dont like alot of breakfast foods, so it is not unusual for me to make sandwhiches or chicken, etc for 8am breakfast

2. my favorite tv show is 'House' on Fox... you cant get me to talk during it

3. I married at 18 yrs old (2 yrs ago on the 27th of dec)

4. my hair is naturally curly, i have to straighten it (it is to thick and heavy to be nice curly)

5. I have a little brother who is 16, and gets EVERYTHING!

6. Sara is the first animal i have had since i moved out of my parents, before then i always had at least 3 cats and 1 or 2 dogs

7. There are candles EVERYWHERE in my house, i looove them!

8. I have never broken any bone, ever (KNOCK ON WOOD!!!!)

9. I collect WTC stuff... i have a big black and white pic from IKEA all lit up in my living room, i have a small crystal 3-d cube thing(hard to explain) among other things

10. I dont like to cook, and rarley do(my poor husband) but when i do, i cook some mean meals

11. i HATE messes that can be avoided(like dripping water on the floor, getting crumbs all over the table, laundry scattered across the house, etc)

12. I love to decorate

13. I played softball my entire youth and would have kept going to play in college had i not thrown my arm out

14. The two household chorse i like are vacuuming and folding towels

15. I drive a 2001 pontiac sunfire/fixing to be upgraded in march to a 2004 pontiac grand prix!!!

16. i get irritated super duper easily(especially with stupidness, indecisiveness, and ignorance, and slow drivers) and i am a really big b*tch when i am

17. I should have glasses, but i hate to wear them, i cant see at night especially...

18. I am obsessed with surgery shows and stuff like that on TLC(maybe thats because i will be a surgeon by the time i am done with school!!)

19. I listen primarily to hiphop/rap/r&b music, but my all time favorite singer is George Straight

20. Horses are my favorite animal(dont tell sara)... i hope to own a few oneday.

1. I love the winter and snow
2. I love cloudy days
3. I never wanted children
4. I never wanted to get married and have a big wedding
5. I have ADD (never diagnosed but i'm sure i do)
6. I get bored VERY easily
7. I love Sash more than I ever imagined I could love something
8. I love to people watch
9. I love NYC
10. I enjoy doing interior design, which I do occasionally and also work
as a secretary at a local law firm office.
11. I love to eat, but hate to cook
12. I'm a vegetarian
13. I've been with the most wonderful man for over 15 years now
14. I'm an animal rights activist
15. I'm very happy doing things by myself
16. I don't like tv much
17. I don't like expensive stuff
18. I'm very organized and quite a perfecionist
19. I don't like to travel
20. I LOVE cats

you know what.. i could do a 20.. or maybe 40 more.. lol, i guess im not as boring as i though...



i will post more pics of the girls ASAP... we have been having a time w/ the camera.. it just started working again today.. and i didnt really have time to take pictures of the girls.. plus i am VERY angry at Orie... she decided to climb the tree... along w/ going potty on my clothing... which is irritating.. i have been cleaning the litter EVERY day... and she has slowd down a little bit.. i think she just is mad at me for spanking her for running outside and loving on the outside cats...
I just dont want any babies.. and.. she is going to be fixed in a month... when i get the money.. soo, she needs to know her place is in the house... lol..

1. I bore easily

2. I am painfully shy around others until I have known them a long time

3. I have a huge mean streak

4. I am moody all the time and have no patience

5. Dan cooks me dinner all the time because I don't like to

6. I love Storms

7. I hate rain

8. I have a huge collection of native american stuff

9. My dad was military

10. My husband was military

11. I hate wearing shoes and they come off as soon as they can

12. I used to be a neat freak but now I think I am turning into a slob

13. I want children but are unable to have them so I have furbabies instead

14. I like to read

15. I like to take care of people

16. I get frustrated easily

17. I am a true friend and would do anything for anyone I care about

18. I hold grudges

19. I love animals of all types

20. I am going to be the old lady who lives alone with a bunch of cats

Wow, who would have ever thought that we were all so interesting! LOL come on you lurkers, you have to play this time too.........we want to know about YOU!

20 facts about me:

1. I'm 33 years old

2. I'm 8 weeks pregnant with my first baby

3. I've had the same job ( as a paralegal) for 10 years.

4. I have blonde hair and blue eyes.

5. I wish I could go to a real berlitz course and learn as many languages as possible.

6. I love to travel, especially to Europe.

7. My husband just got laid off (Nice timing.)

8. My cats, Simon and Max, are ridiculously fat and spoiled and I adore them with all my heart.

9. I still love the 80's band Duran Duran.

10. I graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in Screenwriting.

11. I do proofreading for a publishing company as a second job.

12. My mom is going to be a great grandma.

13. I never want to go backwards in my life

14. I survived Catholic School!

15. I am officially addicted to Peter Pan Creamy Peanut Butter.

16. I HATE chocolate.

17. Right now, I should be getting ready for work.

18. My favorite book is "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee

19. I will sit down and watch The Godfather I and II any time they come on TV.

20. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday season!

1. I hate my name Ashleigh

2. My mum died aged 46 from ovarian cancer

3. I have an obsession with Angels (it helps being one )

4. I have two brothers, both older than me

5. I have one child, a daughter called kelly who's 17 and training to be a hairdresser

6. I dislike people with bad manners

7. I can't eat food like porridge or tapioca as I don't like the texture :S

8. When I was little me and my cousins pretended we were 'charlies angels' we'd cut out pictures from newspapers and stop random people in the street and tell them they were missing,and ask if they'd seen them!

9. Christmas is my favourite time of year

10. I love winter

11. I have almost died twice, once from an asthma attack, once from almost drowning..yet I can swim! I was saved by my brother who cannot!

12.I have two tattoos, one of my football/soccer teams badge and one with a celtic cross and scroll, with mum in it.

13. I put my snickers in the freezer for an hour before I eat it.

14. I love anything to do with ghosts.

15. My favourite band at the moment are Keane.

16. I used to get bullied at school by a boy called David, one day I'd really had enough and just turned round and kicked him in his delicate place, he left me alone after.

17. My favourite food is Indian and turkish food.

18. My favourite alcoholic drink is Brandy, and diet coke with lemon my soft drink.

19. I had never ever owned a cat until this year...and I love it!

20. I know where Alan (my hubby) has hidden my pressies

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Did you peek Ashleigh????

20. I know where Alan (my hubby) has hidden my pressies

Me too mine are under the tree in plain sight and it is annoying me to not be able to get near them.. LOL

Originally Posted by kittylover4ever

20. I know where Alan (my hubby) has hidden my pressies

Did you peek Ashleigh????

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Actually do you know what, I didn't!...I so wanted to, but i'm like a big kid and didn't want to spoil my surprise.

1. Sierra is the love of my life. I love her more than anyone or anything I could have ever imagined and have from the moment I saw her, my love for her grows stronger every day.

2. I was born two months premature.

3. I am an RN and am completely terrified of going to the Dr.

4. When I wear my scrubs in public and someone asks if I'm a nurse, I have had countless complete strangers pour their hearts out to me about their very personal, private medical conditions.

5. I have long blond hair and green eyes.

6. I am so intolerant of cold weather, I love hot weather!

7. Winter is my least favorite season, but Christmas is my very favorite holiday!

8. It drives me completely insane to hear someone chomp their gum or eat with their mouth open or in a sloppy, slurpy manner.

9. It takes me a long time to establish a friendship and truly trust someone, but once I have a friend, I will be their friend forever, nomatter what, and would do anything at all for that person.

10. I have had LASIK. I used to be legally blind in my right eye, with incredibly awful vision in my left and used to not be able to see the big X on the chart at all. Now, my vision is 20/15! That's right, better than perfect!

11. Sierra is sleeping here on her computer chair and allowing me to share. This means, I am balanced on about an inch and a half of chair.

12. In person, I am very shy.

13. Last week, I locked myself out of my house and had to call my realty agency to come let me in.

14. I have been a vegetarian for about 14 years.

15. I wish I was better at corresponding by postal mail, I always mean to, but that doesn't get it done.

16. I like pretty pj's and buy more of them than I do regular clothes. I don't sleep in them, but am most comfortable around the house in them.

17. Pictures of Sierra are up all over the house, but only one is framed.

18. Sierra's voice and loving purr are the most beautiful sounds I know.

19. I just bought a new car, not because I wanted to, but because mine passed away. I'm really happy with this car, and don't believe I've ever driven such a nice one!

20. I have established some of the most wonderful friendships and met some of the most incredible people here at TCS and am thankful every day for the opportunity to be here!

I have no idea what SIMS is but hope someone will explain it to me.

Sims is a computer game... you create little families and help them have careers!

And thanks for posting your facts Steph... I didn't know a lot about you (2 months premature, wow!)!

Thank you, Ari, for that explanation, sounds like fun!
Thank you for your facts, too, it's so much fun to learn these little things about eachother, isn't it!