Are you superstitious?
I like these prompts. They make me think of thoughts I don’t have normally. Actually I don’t think I am. My main superstition used to be “don’t go back in house when you are leaving on a trip. “. At my age I am always forgetting something so am always running back into the house before heading out. So no superstitions?
What is the last thing you learned?
Even though I’m retired I work part time. My job is repetitive work, data entry. It’s a mail processing job so there are times I do work in other areas. The last thing I learned was scanning. This department scans all the incoming mail. It is also repetitive but with many running parts. My first night I made a huge mistake that I could have been written up for. When I was told that I said “it was my first night! No one told me about wiping glue off the rollers”. They finally agreed and I learned to wipe off the rollers!!
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain.
I’m such a chatterbox. I don’t know what I hate being asked. Why am I so busy all the time? Because I have a lot of energy and I like to do many things. Paint, sew, write for my comedy sets, pets, volunteer for the homeless and their pets, work part time.. it’s hard for me to just BE. I’m actually trying to organize my life so I’m not so active.
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?
I am going to begin my autobiography before I get Alzheimer’s, brain cancer, lose sight and don’t care anymore.
What are three objects you couldn’t live without?
I’m going to act like my house is on fire. My phone my medicine. My car
What experiences in life helped you grow the most?
My first experience was sobering up in 1986 through AA. My life had totally unraveled. One problem that didn’t go away was my relationships with men. I continued to date active alcoholics. When I was 42 I spent a month in a facility for co-dependence. What an eye-opening experience. That was my 2nd life-changing experience.
Do you believe in fate/destiny?
Sometimes I do and other times I don’t.
Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.
In 1986 I divorced my 2nd husband and quit drinking. That husband and I were connected by Harley’s. I had a 1982 Super-glide. It was so beautiful. Pearl blue. Saddle bags. All set for traveling all over. I was involved in the biking community for 10 years. I needed to sell the bike and change my lifestyle. I sobbed as I watched go away.
If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why?
When I graduated from high school my goal was to move to Puerto Rico and be a bilingual nurse. My friend was an exchange student from there. That thought makes me sad. I really really wanted to do that. I moved
Describe the most ambitious DIY project you’ve ever taken on.
My husband and I used to winter in Bisbee ,AZ. We went to a 100 yr Methodist church. We asked if we could fix up their little bathroom. They said we prefer if you could paint the outside of the church. Mmmm.. I guess. Turned out to be a huge project! It was 3 stories high due to Bisbee’s landscape. It was hot
and the church faced west. We had to scrape off the old paint. Then we had to paint the wood with oil and then we had to paint with oil based expensive paint. It had several rows of wood scallops that were painted 3 different colors!! Took 3 of us 2 months. It was beautiful but would never take on a project like that again.
LETS DO THIS JBIRD! 