1. My favorite foods are pizza, Krispy Kreme doughnuts and straight sugar.
2. When we lived in Africa I made wedding cakes for friends and was even told that I had “the spiritual gift of wedding cake making.”
3. I’ve lived in the US, Germany, France, Ivory Coast and now Hungary.
4. I did gymnastics from four years old thru high school and did my last aerial cartwheel in 1992. My center of gravity had tragically gone south.
5. I was an airport security guard at Reagan (back when it was called National airport) in Washington, D.C.
6. We had our 31st wedding anniversary last December.
7. In the last 12 months we’ve been in Hungary, Slovakia, Greece, Finland, France, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Serbia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and the US.
8. One day I’m going to get a tattoo.
9. I used to love being upside down and would talk on the phone while doing a headstand on the seat of a dinette chair. This was back in the days of corded phones when you could only go so far from the phone! I just re-enacted this to prove that I still can.
10. I wear a size 2 shoe. Or an XL in doll shoes.
11. I have a daughter and son-in-law, son and daughter-in-law and one grand-dog.
12. My favorite European city is Prague in the Czech Republic, but if I got a free ticket I’d go to Lyon, France, to see my daughter and her husband.
13. I wear my wedding ring and rings my daughter’s ex-boyfriends gave her.
14. I’m fluent in English, speak French and can say greetings in Hungarian.
15. I learned how to butcher chickens when we raised them in Africa.
16. I taught Ivorian women how to bake cakes using large pots filled with hot sand as an oven.
17. On our first date I taught Glenn how to do a cartwheel.
18. I chaperoned a mission trip to Jamaica for my son’s high school senior trip.
19. Glenn and I got married one year after our first date.
20. My ideal Saturday is to sleep late, work in the yard, read a book and watch a good movie.
21. Once in high school, I had dates with three guys, all named Steve, in one weekend.
22. I love to walk. When I’m in Budapest I walk five days a week for an hour and fifteen minutes.
23. Isaiah 43:1-3 are my favorite verses.
But now, this is what the LORD says—
he who created you, O Jacob,
he who formed you, O Israel:
"Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
For I am the LORD, your God,
the Holy One of Israel, your Savior...
24. I am claustrophobic. I found this out as a kid when I went to my grandmother’s and I rolled myself up a rug and couldn’t get out fast enough.
25. I love to dance. In fifth grade I got in trouble for dancing in the library in my new, white go-go boots. Did I mention that I was dancing on the table?
2 comments:
That really is the best "about me" post I've seen, Cile! Straight sugar.. unusual spiritual gifts..migrating centers of gravity..security guard (security guard?? with a size 2 foot? Something does NOT add up..)...tattoo longings...upside down phone chats...butchering chickens...I'm trying to imagine Glenn doing a cartwheel.. it boggles the mind.... white go-go boots (is it a sin to covet something retroactively? just wondering...). And to top it off, a real video of you doing a headstand.. can't touch that! I thought I knew you, but I obviously haven't even skimmed the surface. I'm looking forward to getting to know you even better as the years pass! hugs.....
you are a woman of many secrets! who would have thought!!! :)
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