compile a 100 things about my life list

Make a beautiful garden including herbs and a pond with fish!

Inspire others

Conquer my fear of public speaking
Have more confidence and self esteem
Keep trying to be the best wife and mom I can be
Stay always true to myself
Find a career/way of life for myself before reaching 50 (1 1/2 yrs)
Play my flute to become adept at it
Read more books than just non-fiction (history, Bible, spirituality, poetry, philosphy, do the best I can to help my son get into a college that has LD programs.
Take more yoga and swim classes
Manage my MS enough that I can someday run and/or play tennis with my husband and son.
Bird watch on a beautiful mountain
Travel to New Mexico, Montana, Utah, Colorado, back to Maine (my love), and drink it all in
Live somewhere where I can have a mango and olive tree (Italy?)
Rent a farmhouse or something like one (like in the movies) in Tuscany

see all classic black and white movies, see all National State Parks in US, lose weight and be health permanently, find my inner spirituality and keep searching until I find it, find a career/lifestyle which will be me total fulfillment and a sense of satisfaction

lose weightstart a new careeradd more romance to my lifefriends
spirituality

1. I’m a writer
2. I’m a poet
3. I have the best son in the world
4. I have an incredible husband
5. My favorite outdoor flowers are fuchsias
6. My favorite indoor flowers are stargazer lillies
7. I was born on Thanksgiving
8. I grew up in Oregon
9. I like many kinds of music
10. I read like a fiend
11. I wear glasses; I can’t wear contact because of my hayfever
12. I only take medicine under duress
13. I’m a breast cancer survivor
14. I’m addicted to chocolate
15. I had my tonsils out when I was 12
16. I have 3 sisters and a brother
17. I’m an oldest child
18. I was born on Thursday
19. I was born in the year of the monkey
20. I had my wisdom teeth out when I was 20
21. I got married when I was 20
22. I was almost 30 when my son was born
23. I love puzzles
24. My favorite meat is lamb
25. My favorite cuisine is Greek
26. My favorite Greek food is lamb kebabs, dolmas, spanikopita
27. My favorite Chinese food is mu shu pork
28. My favorite Mexican food is chile rellano
29. My favorite Japanese food is sushi – salmon rolls
30. I’m slightly allergic to strawberries, oranges and tomatoes
31. My favorite nut is pistachio
32. My favorite seed is pumpkin
33. My favorite colors are red, purple and pink
34. My favorite actors are Kevin Costner and Johnny Depp
35. My favorite cookies are chocolate chip and then oatmeal
36. My favorite sandwich is peanut butter, tomato and bacon on toast
37. My favorite cheese is havarti
38. My favorite deli meat is turkey
39. I graduated from high school in 1975
40. The only car I have bought is my Subaru
41. I was 25 when I learned to drive
42. My favorite books are The Shell Seekers, Little Women, and The Moonspinners
43. My favorite perfume is Tresor
44. I don’t wear make-up because it bothers my skin
45. I like Beanie Babies and Muffy Bears
46. My favorite fish to eat is salmon
47. My favorite sculptor is Rodin
48. My favorite chocolates are Fran’s ginger dipped in chocolate
49. I love to watch it snow
50. I broke my pinky finger when I was 19
51. I love scented candles
52. My favorite tea is Republic of Tea – Pineapple Ginger
53. My favorite pie is pumpkin, no…cherry, no…rhubarb, no…peach
54. My favorite pizza is sausage with mushrooms, olives, tomatoes and extra cheese
55. My favorite juice is pear, lemon, ginger
56. My favorite Indian food is lamb tikka masala
57. I am a Sagittarian
58. I married a Sagittarian
59. I write trivia questions
60. My favorite composer is Camille Saint-Saëns
61. My favorite painter is Monet
62. My favorite male singers: Neil Diamond, James Taylor, Clay Aiken, Josh Groban, Elton John
63. My favorite female singers: Celine Dion, Enya, k.d. lang, Carole King
64. My favorite authors: Alcott, L’Engle, Pilcher, Jance, McCaffrey, Christie, Tan
65. My favorite poets: Angelou, Whitman, Frost,
66. I had breast cancer when I was 35
67. My favorite museum is the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA
68. My favorite spectator sport is baseball
69. When I watch baseball, I pay attention to the catchers
70. I started reading when I was 4
71. I started writing when I was 9
72. My favorite quote: “There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it Edith Wharton”
73. My favorite cake is chocolate
74. My favorite salad is shrimp Caesar
75. My favorite salad dressing is Roquefort
76. I have played cello, violin and guitar passably
77. My favorite breakfast is omelet (ham, cheese, mushrooms) with hash browns
78. My favorite soda pop is Dr. Pepper
79. My favorite steak is porterhouse
80. I love looking at Christmas lights
81. If I could live anywhere in the US – Pasadena, CA
82. If I could live anywhere in the world –Paris
83. I speak German
84. I understand menu and ballet French
85. I prefer PC over Mac
86. I love my Nikon digital camera
87. One of my hobbies is scrapbooking
88. I lost the use of my left arm/hand in 2003, so I type one-handed and can’t wear my wedding ring
89. My guilty pleasure is watching cooking shows
90. My favorite chef is Michael Chiarello
91. My favorite spice: cinnamon; herb: tarragon
92. My favorite cereal is oatmeal (not instant, and without milk) with a little butter, cinnamon and applesauce
93. My favorite holiday is July 4th – love all that red, white and blue
94. I played the prince in Cinderella in 6th grade
95. My favorite TV shows: The Office, My Name is Earl, Days of our Lives, Passions, all the L&O/CSI, Lost, Grey’s Anatomy and Heroes
96. My favorite movies: Pretty Woman, The Matrix, Chocolat, No Way Out, Star Wars, Like Water for Chocolate
97. I prefer a manual toothbrush
98. My favorite smell is gardenia and my least favorite smell is the LaBrea Tar Pit
99. My favorite game is Trivial Pursuit
100. I plan to live until I’m 102

69- stepd & boy moved in with us for a year. Things were good at home but at work still bad. Stepd moved back to her house with new boyfriend; later girl#1 was born. I changed jobs to one that was much lower pay but still not-nice-ladies in the office. Took a real estate course & got license but never sold anything. Changed jobs yet again: lower pay but working in the field.

65- Left the hospital and got a job at a renal dialysis center. Did poorly. Must say I was being sabotaged by aides that (1) did not like newcomers and (2) did not like people who looked Caucasian. They did stuff that could have killed the patients.
66- After 3 months of that nonsense went back to home visitation. Had a good director. Mostly nice people to work with. A few jerks but mostly nice. Started doing auditing and writing summaries. Rode my bike at lunch time, was in good shape. Met the patient who had built himself a little castle to live in, complete with really neat wood carvings.
67- My stepdaughter had a baby boy.
68- I decided I was bored with my job and switched to the job from hell, complete with lying, manipulative, backstabbing, control-freak not-nice-ladies. Constantly being reprimanded and written up. Worked mostly in auditing. Did have a partner who was very decent. Thank you, Penny.

63- Continued spelling words wrong, even ‘hospital’.
64- Work on a general medical floor, OR (did poorly) and neuro. Had a hard time supervising staff and a worse time handling the verbal abuse from physicians. Met some unusual people, including the surgical patient who had a spider web tatooed across his armpit and the words “your name” on his shmeckie; and the nursing station secretary who hiked up her skirt to show the whole staff the yellow sign with “slippery when wet” tatooed on her thigh. Now, this was in Gastonia NC, where the high class residents have two chevys up on blocks in the front yard.

52- At age 42 continued to play fiddle (even though I had to take a lot of flack from the pompous). Did international folk dancing.
53- Got together with my sister whom I had not seen in 15 years. She died the following year.
54- Learned to play Cajun music.
55- Separated and divorced. Just not a good match.
56- Afterwards began dating an old friend.
57- Spiritual path change: Catholic->Unitarian->Agnostic->Pagan->Atheist—>Judaism.
58- Married again.
59- Experienced Hugo, my 3rd hurricane.
60- Cheated on my wife (not all the way, but enough).
61- Separated for awhile.
62- Returned to nursing, at a hiospital.