Ten more things!
71. I grew up in a haunted house. Ask Auntie - she’ll verify that fact.
72. I was emotionally abused as a child and had myself legally emancipated at 17.
73. I prefer razor-tipped pens. Pilot V razor points, extra fine, are my favorites.
74. I share my birthday with Martin Luther King, Jr. and, as a result, have always felt a particular kinship with the man, even though he was assassinated the year before I was born.
75. I wore braces for nearly five years. The week after I had them taken off, three of my teeth immediately and permanently shifted.
76. Toilet paper comes off the back of the roll and both the seat and the lid are put down. Every. Single. Time. Luckily, Husband agrees.
77. I’ve decided that I like the day-after turkey sandwiches better than I like Thanksgiving dinner itself.
78. I hate leaving for a trip when my house is a mess and will clean frantically in the days leading up to vacation. It’s not so much that I hate LEAVING a messy house, it’s that I hate RETURNING to one. Same goes for dirty dishes before bed.
79. I have an uncanny memory for song lyrics. My husband does not. This has been a source of tension in our relationship.
80. I am an advocate for gay and lesbian rights. The fact that homosexuals cannot marry infuriates me.
Five years was my brace sentence too (one more year than my twin) (grr) (over it, really), but what awaited me on their removal was a pair of small holes in teeth on my lower front, where the little metal box had been glued and where I had not been able to clean adequately. I am so many years from braces now, but am considering getting them again, as those bottom teeth have shifted and are all crooked.
I have just finally managed clean kitchen before bed, and I have to say I do love coming downstairs to a clean space. If only it would STAY that way.
I’ve been working on the clean kitchen before bed. Since husband gets up before I do, I’m faced with an unclean kitchen when I get up anyway. Between that and having to clean up like 3 times a day, even when I don’t eat in the house makes me nuts. We have a theory that there is another family that comes in and parties when we are sleeping or not around. If you see then, tell them to CLEAN UP!
I was up over 10 years on the braces thing and teath that were straight when I started are crooked now!
Turkey sandwiches are WAY better the day after.
I too clean when i am going on vacation. My husband and child think i am nuts. I hate coming home to a dirty house. But getting up to dirty dishes, eh…..
#80, me too. I an so sick of hearing about how gay marriage will ruin the “sanctity” of marriage. There are only two people who determine the sanctity of any marriage. Bah!
I, too have a thing for song lyrics. I love those pens!!!
You have ruined me for a seat-up household. Since the days rooming at Chez Chili, I CANNOT STAND it when seats are left up.
I’m with you on the day-after turkey! Where pens are concerned, it’s different than for pencils. I have to have a sharp lead in my pencil, but I can’t stand fine point pens. It’s the scratch they make–like fingernails on a chalkboard. Plus, the ink smudges more.
An interesting tidbit on the position of the toilet paper. You will actually use LESS if the release point is in the front than if it is in the back (source unknown, but I’m looking). This stands in contrast to the often asthetic reasons for placing it the other way. In any event, the toilet seat and cover are both down in our house. This is in part for asthetics, but also for equality. Everyone lifts the seat up; everyone puts the seat down. No complaints.
Haunted how? I want to hear the story!
p.s. I moved. I like it much better here at wordpress already!
Love dem sharp-pointed pens. Hate all the others.
I don’t know that I have actually done anything by way of advocating gay rights, but I agree with your position. Frankly, though, I’d just outlaw marriage and save our social/legal systems a lot of trouble!
Sorry to hear about the abuse.
You asked me about Vegas, I’ll reply.