I recently read in the Washington Post about a fad that is zipping around on FaceBook. Some are "tagging" others to respond to this:
"Twenty-five random things about me."
I don't have a FaceBook page and don't plan to get one so I just thought I would post my "Random Things" here for your amusement.;)
Feel free to post yours here or on your own blog.
Consider yourself "tagged" :)
1. My father was 55 years old when I was born. He died whan I was 9 years old.
2. I had one brother, and nine half brothers, one half sister,( by three different mothers.) (Father's first two wives died.)
3, I was the youngest. Or as they say, the caboose. All but three siblings were grown and gone from home when I was born.
4. I don't like dark chocolate.
5. I color my hair.
6. I was teacher's pet in the sixth grade.
7. During the summer I was not allowed to go swimming in the public pool. Polio scare.
8. I knew my husband of 57 years for 6 weeks before we married.
9. I still miss my springer spaniel dog who died when our house was struck by lightening in 1991.
10. I have flown on the Concord super sonic plane two times.
11. I have gone up in a hot air balloon twice also.
12. A plumber's son stole my husband's Rolex watch but his dad returned it in tears.
12. I wanted to be a journalist.
14. Once over a period of 5 years I walked 3000 miles. Two miles a day.
15 . I lived in Washington D.C. at the Watergate condos for 4 years.
16. Sometimes I walked around and around the adjacent Kennedy Center overlooking the Potomac River.
17. I am a news and politics junkie.
18 I campaigned for Jimmy Carter when he ran for President.
19. I have traveled to, Mexico City, Paris. London, Ireland, Italy, Singapore. Hong Kong, Switzerland.
20. I have never been on a cruise.
21. Once as a teen I made a scrapbook about Frank Sinatra. "Ole Blue Eyes" was just starting out and had his own radio show.
22. On TV, I watched the first men walk on the moon
23. I loved Franklin D. Roosevelt. I saw him once in a motorcade.
24 I heard FDR's fireside chats on the radio. Years after FDR's death, I visited "The Little White House" in Warm Springs. Georgia. He died here while getting his portrait painted.
25. I was in a Shirley Temple look alike contest as a child. I lost. :(
6 comments:
I recently joined facebook because a former work colleague asked me to so that I could see some pictures she was going to post there. When you join you can allow it to search your email address book and either tag those already registered for facebook or email those not registered to ask them to register and be your friend. It is a little spooky! Anyway, most of my facebook friends have ended up being my kids friends! Of course. I may do your random thingy.
I recently joined Facebook, so I could see a group about Raleigh. It has turned out to be sort of fun, and I posted my 25 things there last week.
I want to go up in a hot air balloon so badly!!
I was asked to join Facebook and was invited to be friends to some who were already members. I accepted and that's the last I have heard of Facebook.
I barely have time to tend my blog and read the other blogs that I follow and Facebook is just one more time consuming thing for me.
I have been on Facebook for awhile.. but use it mostly to communicate and keep in touch with my grandkids.
I loved your 25 things. I have a similar thing on my "About Me" page. There used to be a "100 things about me" meme. I only made it to 51. :-)
Honestly, I've been invited to join Facebook several times, and I think it's great, but I just don't have the time to spend on it like it really deserves. I'm on the internet all the time, but I can't add another thing right now. All of my kids are on Facebook and it's been great for them....they love it. Maybe I'll still do it in the future, but right now...I have to pass.
Thanks for a ggreat read
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