Tuesday, August 18, 2009

ABCs of me

I enjoyed reading Dena's ABCs that I thought I might do one about me.

ABC’S OF ME


A – Age - 63 - Galaxy Messier 63 - Sunflower Galaxy

B – Bed Size – double - quite old - actually has innersprings and is soooo comfy


C – Chore you hate – well - I don't mind chores and can't think of one I hate (don't you just love this photo? It is NOT me and my brothers - though it could have been)

D – Dog’s name – no pets


E – Essential “start your day” item – hmmm - just get up and get moving I guess

F – Favorite color – green, or pink, or red - yeah red that's it

G – Gold or silver? – silver - matches my hair
H – Height – 5’ 7”
I – Instruments you play – piano

J – Job title – relief manager


K – Kids – two girls - one boy - (1969)

L – Living arrangements – live in our new to us house - trees on three sides - quiet street - no traffic and lots of deer and racoons and birds

M – Mom’s name – June - she was born in June


N – Nicknames – Hady, Jo, Dear, Grammy


O – Overnight hospital stays (except when giving birth) – Ever so many - spent a week at UW - several nights at St. Joe in B'ham - oh yeah - tonsils out in Alaska when I was 15

P – Pet peeve – grammar errors - do people not read???? But I do enjoy a grammar joke - The man was chasing a racoon with a broom in his pajamas. :-)

Q – Quote from a movie – not much for watching movies


R – Right or left handed – Left is best - I want one of these!!!!


S – Siblings – Middle child with two brothers - baby on the right is a foster child (we lived in Alaska)


T – Time you wake up – about 5 or 6 a.m. - or when the sun comes up in the summer - I like to be up before the birds start singing (4:15 a.m. in the summer)

U – Underwear – ummmmmmmm I've got some around here somewhere


V – Vegetable you dislike – Lima beans - iiiiiiick

W – Workout style – walking - when I can

X – X-rays you’ve had – Lots - the strangest one was for a view of the top of my spine and they had me open my mouth and they took the x-ray that way

Y – Yesterday’s best moments – When our 4 year old grandson Ben said - Grammy you are my favorite ( he was doing the foot pedal on the sewing machine while I sewed the cover for the skylight)

Z – Zoo favorites – Don't do zoos

8 comments:

Crispy said...

Loved the ABC's and the photos with them. I'm going to have to do this one of these days :0)

Crispy

Lili said...

Fun post...I hear you on the lima beans!

Jocelyn said...

Love the pictures. They really added to the ABC's!

*karendianne. said...

Oh my gosh YOU ARE TALL! And okay, is Ben just the cutest little buddy on the planet or what? This was funnnnn!

Julie said...

These are all great, but I love your pet peeve. There are a lot of Germans From Russia around Bismarck and they actually speak that way: "Throw Grandpa down the stairs his hat." "Toss the cows over the fence some hay." I am not kidding you.

Lynda (Granny K) said...

Hi! Thank you for visiting my blog and commenting. I have enjoyed my little visit to yours, and will be back to read more, definately. :o)

Judy S. said...

Fun info, Jo. My DH is sure with you on lima beans and hasn't had one in at least 44 years!

JoyceAnn said...

Hi JoAnn ~ Enjoyed reading your ABC's , that's a fun way to learn more about a person.

~ Blessings ~