Five Things Friday

Another edition of 5 Things Friday!

1. I played softball as a kid and loved it! I started off at 3rd base and short stop. At the end of my first season, my team attended the All-Star Game {none of us were actually in the game} when the coaches came over to see if any of us would play since several girls didn't make it. I took on the position of catcher and never looked back! It is my favorite softball/baseball position and my all-time favorite baseball player is Darren Daulton, catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies.

2. I wrote my M.A. thesis on how the national sports media perpetuates fan stereotypes using the Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Eagles as my examples. Yes. I received an M.A. from a very well-known higher education institution with that concept.

3. I've been bitten by a tiger. Oh yea. And I lived to tell about it! LOL! While I was actually bitten by a tiger, it was a tiny, tiger cub at a zoo where you could pay a fee to have your photo taken with one. They are so adorable! We had one on our laps for the photo when one on the floor started being frisky. He went after a toy near my foot and bit my ankle. It's probably the coolest thing I can say about me.

4. I've had a police officer tell me on two separate occasions that he doesn't understand how I'm still alive. That always makes a person feel good, right? I was involved in such a bad car accident in high school that the only person who would survive it would have been the driver {me}. The back seat was smashed into the front seats and the passenger seat was smashed in from hitting a parked car in the same accident.

The second time I worked at a clothing store in a mall that was in the direct line of fire from a shoot-out between an armed robber and a armored car driver coming out of a bank. Three people died, one wounded, the robber got away, but was eventually caught, and during the investigation which involved the SWAT team, the officer who came to talk to us at the store said, "I can't believe you are alive...that none of you were hit." He said that because we had four bullet holes in our store.

5. I really enjoy counted cross-stitching. I'm not into the big projects, but I like ones you can do in a weekend, maybe a week. Generally these days my projects revolve around wedding designs, baby designs, and Christmas. I just like seeing the project come to life and doing it myself.

So, those are some fun facts about me? What fun fact will you share with me?




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Five Things Friday

Here we are again...5 Things Friday. I'm sure it's what you're waited for all week! LOL!

1. In my whole life, I have only not had a pet for about two years, just after my Shetland Sheepdog Fluffy passed away. When I was born we had a large dog named Panda Bear Bruce Spruce, then a black outdoor cat named Cinder. For a few years we had a husky named Nikita and when we gave him away, we adopted a Shetland Sheepdog named Fluffy. A friend of my mom's passed away and we inherited her cat George. After Fluffy passed, I didn't want another pet, it was too painful. Then I adopted Higgy and Pooka. When they were eight, hubby and I adopted Elizabeth. When Pooka passed away in 2013, we adopted Domo and Strax.

2. I do not eat chicken, ham, steak, pork, or mushrooms. When I was a child, my mother ate chicken almost every meal for a month. I decided when I was old enough to not eat it again. It's been years since I've had it. Ham and pork are too salty for me. I feel like all I'm eating is salt. I used to eat steak, but one too many bites into gristle made me not like it anymore. Mushrooms = fungus. Yea...no.

3. My dad was in the Army and the Coast Guard. He was 14 years older than my mom and was a stay-at-home dad. It was an unusual up-bringing. LOL!

4. I have three favorite Disney characters - Cinderella, Eeyore, and Stitch from Lilo and Stitch. I realized they are all blue. Odd?

5. I used to watch M*A*S*H* and Hogan's Hero's with my parents as a kid and they are still some of my all-time favorite t.v. shows.

What's something interesting about you? :-)

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5 Things Friday

I thought this might be fun to try.  Let's see how it goes! Feel free to share 5 things about you!

1. I went to Catholic school for 12 years - Most Holy Redeemer {1-8} and Gloucester Catholic High School.

2. The church I was married in {Most Holy Redeemer} and my reception hall {Woodbury Country Club} no longer exist.

3. I still use the same alarm clock my college roommate bought me for Christmas one year. Thanks Nicole!

4. I have always had pets, except for about two years when I was in college. We had to put my Fluffy {Shetland Sheepdog} down and I couldn't handle it. About two years later I was desperate for a pet, enter Higgenbaffum and Pooka.

5. I've only had one broken bone - the small toe on my right foot. Broke it trying to jump over a box and caught it on the flap. Ouch!


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