100 Things

I wanted to put this up as a link at the top of my blog but can't figure it out. I've had this list for months and just now decided to post it. I figure it's now or never. Here goes.

100 Things About Me

1. I think ice cream should be in the food pyramid.
2. I've been married 22 years. Nobody's dead. Yet.
3. I have two children both of the male gender.
4. My mother died when I was 25.
5. I hate to fly and have only done so twice.
6. My older sister is 16 years older than me and more like a mother.
7. I was born an aunt as my nephew is 2 years older than I am.
8. I had 3 sisters but one died.
9. I only knew my husband 5 months when we married.
10. My eldest son was a baby model and on the cover of Child magazine.
11. One of my sons looks just like me, the other just like my husband. The one that didn’t model, looks like me.
12. I love to sing and I do a damn good job.
13. My Kindle is my favorite gadget.
14. I learned to knit as a child and hadn't done so for over 30
years until last year.
15. I'm a casual gamer and have a PlayStation Portable.
16. I've lived in Manhattan most of my life, NYS all my life.
17. I love to talk on the phone.
18. I kick ass at Jeopardy.
19. I think Chris Rock is a comedic genius.
20. I get embarrassed for people on television, in awkward situations, and can't watch.
21. I was an extra in the movie Fame.
22. I'm a yarn ho.
23. I'm very funny although this list isn't a good example.
24. My best friend lives 1500 miles away and we've only met, in
person, once. Wah!
25. I was Stumbling (Stumble Upon Firefox add on) and found a
knitting blog that had socks. This inspired me to start knitting
again.
26. I've met some great people at knitting shops.
27. I'm agnostic. Just in case.
28. I've never been to The Statue of Liberty. Or the Empire
State Building.
29. My sons think I'm a dork. I tell them I‘m a cool mom.
They don’t believe me.
30. I love anything lemon flavored.
31. If I'd had a girl, her name would have been Colleen Bernadette.
32. I miss my Dad more than words can say.
33. I've learned that boys always laugh at farts. Well into their
forties.
34. My current favorite restaurant is S'mac, a mac & cheese
restaurant here in the city.
35. I love knitting outdoors.
36. I'm a Harry Potter fan. Big time.
37. My favorite number is 3. Third daughter, born on the third in
sixty-three. That's August 3rd in case you want to send presents.
38. My husband makes me laugh, to the point of tears, at least once a day.
39. I love Natalie Dee’s cartoons.
40. I talk to my older sister at least twice a day on the phone.
41. I like the country almost as much as the city.
42. I'm fascinated by garden gnomes and have one guarding my
country house.
43. I have an herb garden.
44. My name, Susan, means a lily as does my Hebrew name
Shoshanna.
45. I'd never won a contest until recently when I won some yarn!
46. I can't sing in public unless I've had a few drinks. Sometimes it takes more than a few.
47. I cry at movies. Even if they're only a little sad.
48. I want to be cremated. My husband doesn't. He better live
longer.
49. I won't talk to celebrities when I see them out in public.
50. I'm really angry that they cancelled Life On Mars.
51. Love historic novels about Elizabeth I
52. My dad was from Scotland.
53. My mother was a native New Yorker.
54. Top Chef is one of my favorite shows.
55. My younger sister and I now have the best friendship we've ever had.
56. I'd love to see Kathy Griffin perform.
57. Pink is my favorite color.
58. My husband got me a cabinet to store all my yarn.
59. I love the sound of bagpipes. May be genetic.
60. Gracie, our lab/border collie, is the best dog. Ever.
61. My mother was Jewish, my father, Catholic. I have the
market cornered on guilt.
62. I hate that I can haz cheeseburger site. With a passion.
63. I laugh when people trip.
64. I love old movies. Especially ones with Cary Grant.
65. I once went to the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Never again.
66. My husband is a better cook than I am.
67. I love reading knitting blogs and have over two hundred
bookmarked.
68. I got my license when I was 36 and didn’t start driving till I was 43.
69. I usually wake up between four and five am.
70. I started knitting a sweater for my sister and made a
mistake. I'm angry at it and it's in a bag in my closet and may
reside there for another couple of months.
71. My husband is the bravest man I know. Except when it comes
to flying insects.
72. Watching The Real Housewives of NY is a guilty pleasure.
73. I don't get the whole zombie thing.
74. I love playing The Sims.
75. My iPod is filled with disco.
76. I waited on line, with both my boys, for over two hours to
vote for Barack Obama.
77. I think one of the secrets to a good marriage is laughter.
78. I'm afraid to be at our country house alone.
79. I cannot believe how much food a teenager can consume in
one sitting.
80. I never got to meet either of my grandfathers.
81. I'm allergic to cats.
82. I say I don't like people but I really do. I love to talk and
laugh with others especially while knitting.
83. Some of my favorite movies are How Green Was My Valley,
The Quiet Man, The Right Stuff, Gladiator & Braveheart.
84. I lost one friend in the towers on 9/11. I was lucky.
85. My sister and brother in law own NYC Original Firestore in
Greenwich Village.
86. I love word games even though my best friend kicks my ass
regularly at Wordscraper on Facebook. I think she cheats.
87. I have an awful memory and have started making lists for everything.
88. I love anything written by John Irving. Especially Garp.
89. I found a cousin I never knew I had on Ancestry.com
90. I love to nap but I can’t nap on my couch or I wake up angry.
91. I take great pride in my spaghetti sauce made from scratch.
92. It annoys me when people move to NYC for college, decide to stay and consider themselves “native” New Yorkers.
93. I can’t sleep comfortably unless my husband is sleeping beside me.
94. I could never get a pedicure from a man. It creeps me out.
95. Chunky peanut butter is my favorite.
96. I work well under pressure.
97. I really wish my best friend lived closer. I miss her being so far away.
98. Christmas is, by far, my favorite holiday. Not bad for an agnostic, huh?
99. I’m nearsighted and need glasses to drive.
100. Damn. I really thought I was funnier than this.