25 Random Things about ME

1. E.B. White wrote me a letter when i was ten...it's framed in my living room.
2. Although i love my family immensely, i would still like a room of my own sometimes.
3. I feel most like myself when i am in Maine.
4. If i could go to dinner with a famous person...i would invite Bishop Desmond Tutu.
5. In junior high I really wanted to have braces like all the cool kids. But when my dentist told me last year that i might need to have them because of my jaw...i said i would rather eat through a straw.
6. I wish i was a writer--with a great editor b/c my punctuation and spelling sucks.
7. If I can't be a writer then i want to be a cowboy.
8. My favorite book and movie is Cry the Beloved Country.
9. I used to love the NBA but now i think they are just a bunch of thugs. I still love Magic though!
10. My husband is the first boy i dated that was shorter than me.
11. I love to go to movies but i have a really hard time sitting still. I just want it to be over so i can say how much i liked it.
12. The best beer i have ever had was at Goose Island in Wrigleyville...it was called Cubbie Berry Blue.
13. I have a bit of wanderlust.
14. I connected with my best friend from second grade on facebook. she is still hilarious and super smart.
15. I love having old friends and I am in awe that they still love me. thank you, stasia.
16. I like to dip Doritoes in sour cream.
17. If I hadn't gotten engaged i was supposed to go work on a dude ranch.
18. I am going to do my best to not talk about Africa in this list.
19. When I was five, I thought the song, "sara smile" by Darryl Hall and John Oats was about me.
20. When i tried to play "Batman and Robin" with my older brother, i was always Alfred.
21. Yes, my sister has quadruplets. And yes, they are super cool.
22. I love it when people think my kids look like me:)
23. I know how to ask for a cold coke in swahili.
24. My favorite emotion is laughter through tears.
25. I married my best friend.