16 THINGS ABOUT ME YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW

1) I MAKE FRIENDS TO LAST, I STILL HAVE FRIENDS I MET IN THE 7TH GRADE AND WE ARE STILL IN CONTACT ALMOST DAILY.

2) I LOVE DOGS AS MUCH AS CATS AND HAVE ALWAYS HAD 2 OF BOTH IN MY LIFE ALL THE TIME. ITS JUST BEEN RECENTLY  THAT WE HAVE HAD JUST 1 CAT. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET HUBBY TO AGREE TO GET A DOG.

3) I STARTED CARING FOR KIDS AT AGE OF 9 AND AM STILL CARING FOR KIDS EXCEPT NOW MOST OF THEM ARE MY GRAND KIDS.

4) I ACTUALLY CALL SOUTH DAKOTA HOME EVEN THOUGH I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MINNESOTA.  I LOVE IT THERE AND WANT TO GO BACK......

5) HUBBY AND I MET IN JAN OF 74 MARRIED IN MAY OF 74 AND HAD OUR FIRST BABY IN OCT OF 74. ITS CALLED WORK AT YOUR MARRIAGE YES WE FIGHT AND YES WE LOVE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH. WE DON'T KEEP SECRETS FROM EACH OTHER EITHER.

6)OUR PERSONAL FAMILY HAS 2 ON AND 2 NEAR MISSES WITH BIRTHDAY'S. MY HUBBY AND HIS OLDER BROTHER ARE BOTH JUNE 1 4 YEAR APART WHILE OUR OLDEST SON AND OUR YOUNGEST SON ARE OCT 16TH 4 YEARS APART. OUR DAUGHTER MISSED HER GRANDFATHER'S BIRTHDAY BY 2:41 MINUTES. SHE WAS BORN AT 240 AM MARCH 13TH AND HIS BIRTHDAY WAS MARCH 12TH. MY SISTER HAD HER OLDEST SON JULY 5TH JUST MISSING MY BIRTHDAY JULY 4TH. WITH OUR COLLECTIVE FAMILIES MY SISTER'S MINE AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN WE HAVE AT LEAST 1 BIRTHDAY IN EVERY MONTH.

7) WE HAVE 3 KIDS BUT I WAS PREGNANT 5 TIMES. WE LOST 2 ONE WE KNOW FOR SURE WAS A GIRL,THE OTHER WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WAS. THE GIRL WOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED DEBRA ANN.

8) WE HAVE 8 GRAND KIDS AND 3 STEP GRAND KIDS. ALTHOUGH THE PARENTS AREN'T MARRIED TO OUR CHILDREN THEY LIVE WITH THEM SO THEY ARE OUR GRAND KIDS PERIOD. OUT OF ALL OF THE GRAND KIDS WE HAVE ONLY 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS.

9) MOST OF MY LIFE I WAS A CASHIER BUT WHEN THE KIDS WE OLD ENOUGH I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL TO BECOME NURSING ASSISTANT. AND WAS GOING TO SCHOOL TO BE AN RN. TILL I HURT MY BACK AND COULD NO LONGER WORK.

10) WHEN WORKING IN THE NURSING HOME I PREFERRED WORKING WITH THE ALZHEIMER'S RESIDENTS. SO WHEN MY TEAM WAS SENT TO FIRST FLOOR I SAID NO AND TOOK THE SPECIAL CLASSES TO STAY UP ON 3RD FLOOR WITH MY SPECIAL PEOPLE.

11)WHEN I FINALLY STARTED TO MOVE AGAIN (WALK) ALTHOUGH I STILL COULDN'T WORK I WAS HIT BY A LADY WHO RAN A RED LIGHT AND NOW MY GOOSE IS COOKED. I NO LONGER CAN WALK MORE THAN 50 FEET WITH OUT HELP AND I HAVE MANY OTHER PROBLEMS WITH LEGS BACK ARMS HIPS ETC.

12)AT ONE POINT IN MY LIFE I SOLD AVON TUPPERWARE AMWAY AND HOME INTERIORS. I LOVE THEM ALL AND STILL USE AMWAY SCRUB BUDS WHICH I LOVE 150%.

13)ALTHOUGH I HATE SCHOOL AND DIDN'T DO WELL I TOLD MY KIDS SCHOOL WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND TO LEARN ALL THEY COULD I WOULDN'T LET THEM SLIP BY LIKE I DID.

14) I LOVE TO READ. IT ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO. READING CAN TAKE YOU SO MANY PLACES AND YOU CAN LEARN SO MUCH STUFF JUST BY READING.

15)I SLEEP WITH A NIGHT LIGHT. BECAUSE I HAVE SO MUCH TROUBLE WALKING AND DO RUN INTO THINGS ITS EASIER TO HAVE A NIGHT LIGHT TO SEE SO I DON'T RUN INTO THINGS.

16) I CAN DRIVE A JOHN DEERE TRACTOR (NOT THE NEWER ONES THE OLDER KIND) MY UNCLE HAROLD TAUGHT MY OLDER SISTER AND BROTHER AND MYSELF ALL HOW TO DRIVE A TRACTOR SO WE COULD GO TO THE WELL AND GET WATER. EXCEPT MY SISTER HIT THE BARN MY BROTHER HIT THE CHICKEN COOP. I NEVER HIT ANYTHING SO I WAS ALLOWED TO GO GET THE WATER BY MY SELF A LOT. WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS MY OLDER SIB'S HATE ABOUT ME!