My list for today is 13 things that people might not know about me.

1. When I was a kid, I had freckles. It seemed to me that I had a million of them.

2. I read in the bathroom.

3. I have a strange obsession for pajamas and socks.

4. My current hair color came from a box.

5. When I was first living on my own, the only thing I knew how to cook was hamburger helper.

6. I am extremely clumsy. I can trip and fall down even when I am standing in one place.

7. I like to watch Wife Swap

8. I am afraid of spiders.

9. When I was a kid I wanted to be an anthropologist when I grew up. (what normal child wants to be anthropologist when they grow up?)

10. When I was a kid I used to like to read Reader’s Digest (would a normal child do that?)

11. I snore.

12. The strangest thing I have ever eaten is a bowl full of baby eels. They sort of looked like a bowl full of spaghetti noodles.

13. Once when I was scuba diving, I encountered a mother manatee and her baby and I got to touch them.

Definition of plink: “Plinking refers to informal target shooting done at non-traditional targets such as tin cans, glass bottles, and balloons filled with water.” Plinko is also a carnival game we play at Oneighty, but pot-luck shots fits this meme better, I think.

So here are your random plinko questions lined up in a row just like tin cans:

1. How old is the oldest pair of shoes in your closet?

I would say about 15 or 16 years

2. Did you buy Girl Scout cookies this year? If so, what variety?

No I did not buy any this year

3. Do you know how to ballroom dance? If not, would you like to?

No Ido not know a ballroom dance, but I would like to learn one at least, It looked like it was fun.

4. Were you a responsible child/teenager?

not really

5. How many of this year’s Oscar-nominated movies did you see?

I am not sure. I usually wait until movies come out on DVD and I never pay attention to what awards are won by either the movie or actors.

6. If you’re going to have a medical procedure done, such as having blood drawn, is it easier for you to watch someone else having the procedure done or have it done yourself?

watch. I am a very bad stick when it comes to blood being drawn and IV’s.

7. What is your favorite day of the week and why?

I think I like Wednesday the best. It sort of represents a half way point.

8. Do you miss anyone right now?

yes

9. Do hospitals make you queasy?

nope

10. At which store would you like to max-out your credit card. Not that you ever would, you responsible person, you.

any clothing store would do

11. Are you true to the brand names of products/items?

Most of the time no.

12. Which is more difficult: looking into someone’s eyes when you are telling someone how you feel, or looking into someone’s eyes when he/she is telling you how he/she feels?

looking into their eyes when they are telling me how they feel.

My list of thirteen for this week, is thirteen facts about my town. Talking Rock, Georgia

1. Talking Rock is the third smallest town in the state of Georgia.

2. Talking Rock was created on December 5th, 1853.

3. The origin of the town’s name is unclear.

Some individuals believe that it’s from the noise of the water rolling over the rocks in our beautiful creek,while other like the story of folks sitting for a spell
on a rock to have a talk with a neighbor.Still others believe that the name originated with the local Indians.

4. In 1883 the train started running through town. It quickly became life line of the town.

5. In the town proper there are 49 people residing.

6. In the town proper the population is 100% white.

7. The town proper is on 0.2 acres of land.

8. One of the earliest cotton mills in Georgia was started in Talking Rock. It lasted until the Civil War, then it was burned by Sherman’s raiders.

9. Talking Rock was built next to an Indian Village by the name of Sanderstown.

10. My favorite fall festival is in Talking Rock, on the third weekend in October.

11. There is a one room school house in the middle of Talking Rock.

12. When my husband was little he lived in Down Town Talking Rock for a short period of time.

13. My town is so small that I could not find a 13th fact about it.

Here are your dozen for this first week of March. You know the drill; read, ruminate, write, for tomorrow we post and link. Did that sound just a tad Irish?

1. Do you prefer even or odd numbers? Any particular reason?

Even. They just look neater/cleaner to me.

2. On a scale of 1-10, with 1 being “not at all” and 10 being Carly Simon-worthy, how vain are you?

3

3. Among these Irish stereotypes, with which do you identify most closely? Talkative, Proud, Inquisitive, Love to party, Hot-tempered

Hot Tempered

4. How lucky do you consider yourself?

Not at all, I honestly do not believe in luck.

5. What is the subject of your favorite post that you’ve written?

My Grandmother

6. Describe March weather where you live in three words.

snow here again

7. How apt are you at detecting blarney when you hear it? (Smooth talk, flattery)

very easy for me to do

8. How “green” are you, environmentally speaking?

Not really very green

9. What is your favorite song this week?

I have not listened to the radio this week.

10. You are walking along and see a coin on the ground. What denomination does it have to be before you will stop to pick it up?

quarter

11. Complete the sentence: “Every time I look outside my window ….”

I see more freaking snow!

12. What was the #1 song on the day you were born? See this site to find out.

Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin – Sly & The Family Stone

Things you Shouldn’t Say Around an asthmatic

1. Stop coughing!

2. Suck on a cough drop.

3. Would you like a cigarette?

4. Hold your breath!

5. Let’s play hide and seek with your inhaler