Surprises

10 things you might not know about me...
1. My favorite singing group & tv show as a teenager were/was "The Monkees".
2. They tell me as a baby I was mesmerized by the t.v.  If they turned it off, I cried.  I guess I got tired of it.  I rarely watch t.v. now.
3. My grandma said I loved to watch the leaves move outside the window.  I still do.
4. I love picante sauce on cottage cheese & on eggs! Yummy!
5. I hated cabbage when I was growing up!  I love it now if it is raw or stirfried.
6. I never wanted to live in the country.  I planned to live in New York City.  Now I wouldn't live anywhere but here.
7. It's probably no surprise now that I used to write poetry. It might surprise to hear I have a large collection of these poems.  My favorite poet is Walt Whitman.
8. My favorite chores are ironing & dusting.  I love watching the wrinkles disappear!  I really enjoy making things shine.  My favorite poem as a child was about a mom who would send her kids off to school and then she would go about the house and "shine, shine, shine!  I esp love to polish copper pots.  I never have time to do these chores anymore, and that's sad.
9. I always wanted a brick hearth oven in my kitchen and a rack of copper pots hanging over it.
10.  I do not care for bread except for homeade.  That is why I "selflessly" give away my KFC biscuits...and you thought I was just being nice!
11. (A bonus for your patience.)  My biggest regret in life is not continuing the healthy "health food" lifestyle I practiced in my early marriage.  I believe we would all be much thinner, healthier & the love of my life would've lived longer.