25 Random Things About Me

I figured since I went to the trouble of writing these for my facebook friends, I would share them here.

1. Sometimes when I close my eyes I notice how the negative image of what I was just looking at appears on the back of my eyelids.
2. I named my cat Candler after the seminary I attend.
3. My grandmothers’ names were Jewel and Ruby.
4. I think I should have been named Sapphire or Diamond.
5. I love the thesaurus feature on Word.
6. My favorite food is okra.
7. I haven’t played “Count the Cows” in years.
8. I have two NRSV study Bibles.
9. I once sailed across Tampa Bay … unintentionally.
10. I purposely created a “kinder, gentler” dissertation committee.
11. I have a pie safe, but never put pies in it.
12. I have made tortilla pie about 5 times in the last month.
13. My favorite vegetarian cookbook is the Moosewood Cookbook with the broccoli forest on the cover.
14. I lost my copy of it behind a refrigerator.
15. My best friend from 6th grade and I still exchange birthday cards.
16. I once was assigned to photograph the dedication of a screened in porch.
17. I loved to pick blackberries when I was a little girl.
18. I’ve been told that when I was three I rode on my Dad’s shoulders when he was water skiing.
19. I wish I had pictures of that.
20. I own four pair of blue jeans.
21. Two pair are a tad too tight.
22. My car was clean when I met my spouse.
23. It is hardly ever clean.
24. My oldest grandson is a Lego genius.
25. I once taught English composition at a women’s college.