40 Things

In honor of the start of a new decade, here are 40 things about me...

1. I'm sort of in love with all the free online classes that are available.  SO much to learn!
2. Chocolate
3. I love my stay at home life and my darling Mike for making it happen.
4. My fingers are very short - makes it hard to learn some of those guitar chords
5. I want to live in Oregon some day.
6. If I won the lottery I would travel far and extensively.
7. I love eating fruit I just picked off a tree or a bush almost as much as chocolate.
8. My favorite color is green.
9. I can't sleep without my blanket.
10. I've never had to live alone.
11. I don't like big groups or gatherings.
12. My hearing has deteriorated so much that I have to have subtitles when I watch anything.  Even movies in the theater are getting hard for me now :-(
13. My favorite part of the day is bedtime.
14. I think about baking something yummy almost every day.
15. I've had glasses since I was 8.
16. Definitely not pleasant to be around when I'm hungry.
17. Been with Mike longer than without.
18. I love the mountains...
19. and the ocean...
20. and the desert
21. Would love to be able to draw and paint and be really artistic
22. A house full of animals makes me happy
23. I really find it nearly impossible to fold my clothes and put them away at the end of the day.  Oops.
24. I think it's funny that I grew up on Spain Drive and now live on London Lane
25. I love curling, but not having done it for a year now, I don't actually miss it like I expected.
26. When the rain and sun are just right I always go rainbow hunting.
27. 3 years of teaching Spanish to elementary school kids and I only have vocabulary, no grammar knowledge.
28. Thought it would be fun to learn Mandarin Chinese online.  It is, but i'm dreadfully behind and doing just the bare minimum to pass the class so I'm not actually learning anything.
29. I've got grand plans for projects and hobbies when school starts. Reality is I probably won't accomplish any of them, rather I'll find a dozen other things to do instead.
30. I love garlic bread - really good soft, buttery, cheesy, very garlicky bread.
31. Think it would be fun to have the knowledge of a bartender though I have no interest in being a bartender.
32. I don't have any desire to write a book of any kind.
33. I want to drive a race car some day.
34. And go for a ride in a hot air balloon.
35. 3 is the right number of dogs.  4 is just one too many.
36. It's very difficult to spend so much time talking about myself.
37. Maybe I'll do another triathlon someday.
38. I like to read the ending of a book first.
39. Mike makes me happy.
40. Alex and Ben are my moon, and stars, and sunshine, the ocean, the mountains, the desert, life itself, the whole world. my whole world.