About Me

1. I'm left-handed. 2. I started reading when I was 3. 3. Until recently, I read a lot. 4. Now I mostly read blogs. 5. I think my attention span is getting shorter. 6. What was I saying? 7. I live in a foreign country. 8. I am fluent in its language. 9. And I don't have much of an accent. 10. I guess it's not really a foreign country. 11. I'm a citizen now. 12. But I am still American. 13. I have two passports. 14. I don't travel nearly enough. 15. I'm the youngest of four children. 16. I had a happy childhood. 17. I think. 18. My siblings and I like each other. 19. I am more like my brothers than my sister. 20. The first time the four of us all got together with our spouses or fiancés, it was for our mother's funeral. 21. She died when I was 22. 22. I miss her. 23. She has seven grandchildren. 24. Two of those seven are my children. 25. Their names are… 26. I'm not going to put their names on the big bad Internet. 27. Suffice it to say, I have a daughter and a son, and they have cool names. 28. Wait, this list is supposed to be about me. 29. When I was 29, I got a tattoo. 30. It hurt. A lot. 31. I don't think I'll get another tattoo. 32. I love music. 33. I almost always have music playing in my home. 34. I like lots of different kinds of music. 35. Next This year I'll be 35. I'm 35. 36. Oh my God. 37. I don't feel like an adult. 38. When I was a child, I did. 39. That's interesting, isn't it? 40. Actually, I'm not afraid of aging. 41. Because I am getting better with age. 42. I am more beautiful now than I was 5 years ago. 43. Or even ten. 44. I used to be a vegetarian. 45. Then I moved to France. 46. I like meat. 47. But I like meatless, too. 48. I love food. 49. I'm hungry. 50. What's for lunch? 51. I love to cook. 52. I rarely use recipes, but I get inspiration from them. 53. I have a pretty good sense of humor. 54. I laugh at blonde jokes. 55. I have blonde hair. 56. Sometimes I have blonde moments. 57. I have dimples, too. 58. I got them from my paternal grandmother. 59. Her name was Hazel Belle. 60. My other grandmother's name was Bertha Mary. 61. I'm really glad my parents didn't name me after my grandmothers. 62. They named me after a dear friend, Alison Elizabeth H. 63. I love my name, but when I was 5, I hated it. 64. I wanted to be named Jennifer. 65. Thank God my name isn't Jennifer. 66. I don't know when I came to my senses. 67. It was probably during my adolescence. 68. I wanted to be different then. 69. I really wanted to be a rebel. 70. But being a preacher's kid, I didn't rebel too much. 71. I'm a teacher. 72. I never aspired to be one. I wanted to go to L.A. and break into the film business. 73. Not as an actress. 74. I also thought of writing a book, but figured I didn't have a story to tell. 75. Silly me. 76. This is why I like blogging. It's like instant gratification, seeing your words in print. 77. I'd love to have a cult blog following. 78. But I love my little group of Constant Readers. 79. Will this list never end? 80. My favorite colors are green and orange. 81. That is why my blog is pink. (Update. I just changed my blog's colors). 82. I wish I knew more about computers. 83. I have created a couple of websites. 84. I spend way too much time on internet. 85. I don't care. 86. My eyes are green. 87. My birthstone is ruby. 88. I'm a Cancer. 89. Sometimes I get scared by how right my horoscope is. 90. I like kissing. 91. Wait – who doesn't? 92. I have a thing for cats. 93. Especially tiger cats. 94. Six more to go. 95. I was a DJ in college. 96. It only took me five years to finish college. 97. I'm a single mother now. 98. That's not easy, and neither was writing this list. 99. I hope you like my blog. 100. I'm a fascinating individual.