100 things about me in no particular order...
- My name is Gale aka Phoebe, Muse Marelle,'Nuttin,GMarie
- I am 51 years old as of 4/2005
- I am short and getting shorter
- unrelated I have disproportionately long arms and if I keep getting shorter I will soon go live with chimpanzees!
- I have always been overweight to various degrees
- I have had a marriage certificate for almost 29 years
- I have a daughter,Alyza,28 years old, a brilliant scholar, attractive, a wonderful human being and the LIGHT of my life!
- I miscarried a son and delivered a stillborn daughter after Alyza's birth(which also had its problems)
- My parents and grandparents are deceased
- I am the oldest of five children-the 5 G's
- I have 3 brothers (Gary, Greg, Glen),a sister (Gaye),5 nieces,2nephews
- My maiden name is Stevens with family surnames of Riley,Hoag,Hoffman(n),Mellor & Menrath
- My family is English,Irish,German & Hungarian primarily
- I have had medical problems since birth-born with a heart murmur and 'briefly'
- I have had exema since birth
- I was hospitalized/incapacitated for several months with failing kidneys/digestive system
- I have arthritis since a teenager,back and neck
- I have had several operations
- I have had cervical condyloma
- I get my mammos yearly!
- I have Crohn's Disease
- I 'had' epilepsy for several years
- I had a heart attack on my dad's birthday and the day of his burial 12-17-98
- I have osteoarthritis & glaucoma
- I need teeth!
- Alcoholism has been ever present in my life...
enough already on to some 'pleasant' stuff
- I love the state I live in,New Jersey
- I live in the same neighborhood I grew up in
- I hate living here now-it's dirty,noisey, and full of ignorant & rude people
- I am basically an Independent voter
- I am a LPN (only practiced privately-briefly)
- I am a 'go to' type
- I am trustworthy & dependable
- I'm a thinker & a listener
- I am blunt & to the point
- I am playful & whimsical
- I am a realistic optimist & spiritual
- I am not scared of much but flying bats creep me out
- I don't like hoitey toity people or whining
- I consider myself fairly creative
- I drive a 74 turquoise custom Caprice Classic with just under 100,000 miles
- I have a modest doll collection
- I have a winged beanie collection
- I have my walls covered with pictures,literally
- I love counted cross stitch-use a magnifier and will do as long as I can
- I love all kinds of crafts but don't do anymore because of $
- I love flora & fauna in general
- I love woods
- I love flowers
- I love gardening-hard to do now but still try a lil
- I love ponds & lakes
- I love to listen to frogs croaking in the evening
- I love peony's & moonflowers
- I love yo-yo quilts (scrap circles)
- I love oranges,teals,seafoam,purples & Robins egg blue
- I love to watch & listen to birds
- I have a cockateil & a lovebird
- I love cats & have a few & 2 bunnies as well
- I love my Border Collie/MiniAlaskan-D'Artagnan the Swashbuckler
- I love the sound of windchimes
- I love harp & handbell music
- I love stained glass & colored glass
- I love fairy lites
- I love the sound of water-i.e. fountains,bubbling brooks,waterfalls
- I love lace & doilies
- I love an Irish sweater (plaid)
- I love TV
- I watch alot of news/newsshows
- I watch crime/medical dramas like CSI
- I am a Survivor fan
- I also watch alot of sports on TV(love sports)
- I have hardly ever participated in any sports but would have liked to
- I love tennis & basketball particularly
- I have never been to any professional sports event
- I am an Agassi,Navratolova,Becker,& Johnny Mc fan(plus more)
- I like 50's doo-wop
- I like 60s/70s rocknroll
- I love the music of Enya
- I love the voice of Josh Grobin
- I enjoy classical music
- I was never much of a cartoon watcher,neither is my daughter
- I DO NOT like camping-tooooo much like work
- I went on a VACATION once in my life(10 days in Spain-32 years ago)
- I don't particularly like to cook but like to bake BUT do both well!
- I need trifocals
- I was involved in PTA many years ( and was Treasurer & Parliamentarian)
- I worked at and decorated pottery
- I prepared crystals for transistors in a lab
- I drove big school buses (pre epilepsy diagnosis)
- I stuffed balloons
- I am good at math
- I can't tolerate humidity anymore and need air conditioning desperately
- I am VERY fair and burn VERY easily
- My hair was red but is now grey and white
- I LOVE ICE CREAM! AND homemade pizza
- I enjoy coffee & ginseng tea
- I love psping when able
- I love to 'try' to make animation
- I love making page graphics
- I enjoy html coding & figuring it out
- I can't read (books~some sort of dyslexia)
and DO NOT like to write either!
- I was a bank teller and set off a full silent alarm once!
- I was a HOJO girl
- I cut the wires for small appliances (job)
- My hair is thick and wavey/curly
- and good thing because I cut it myself
- I was a Brownie leader
- I was a Marching Mom for Hamilton PAL Twirlers
- I was a cook/waitress in a Pizza/Italian restaurant
- I worked at Burger King as a 'hostess"
- I have never had a manicure or pedicure
- I also don't like shoes, mainly because I have big feet which are also swollen from meds to size 11+ so shoes are always too tight
- much to my dismay I SMOKE
ALL DONE!