100 Things About Me

  1. I was adopted as a newborn infant.
  2. I was reunited in 1996.
  3. I was adopted as an adult by my birthmother in 2003.
  4. My oldest son was named after my adoptive mother, but coincidentally, also shares his name with my maternal great-grandfather.
  5. My married name is 50% shorter than my maiden name.
  6. The letters of my married name are found within my maiden name.
  7. I love bieng a mother.
  8. When my oldest was born I learned two important lessons: don't eat fried food during the last month of pregnancy and there is an American style to giving birth. No one ever told me this before.
  9. My two sons are Sabras.
  10. My oldest and youngest were born at night; the middle one was a morning baby.
  11. When I was pregnant with my boys I had two brown circles show up on the sides of my hips during the eighth month, when it didn't happen the third time around I predicted we'd have a girl, and we did.
  12. I love good old Jewish style homecooked food, especially chicken soup with kneidlach (matzo balls).
  13. I love egg cream sodas, especially when made right.
  14. I love pickled salmon wings as a child; unfortunately, I wasn't able to find any in New York,while visiting this summer.
  15. I never got to say goodbye to my daddy. I wasn't allowed to visit in the hospital nor attend his funeral.
  16. I always wanted to be a teacher.
  17. I never got my teacher's license because one of my instructors lost three papers I turned in and refused to submit a grade for the transcript. The school is defunct now.
  18. I taught English to Hebrew speaking children in Israel and Hebrew to English speaking children in Washington.
  19. My first published poem was an anachrostic titled Israel, in a 1966 camp yearbook.
  20. I love Grey's Anatomy ER, Scrubs, anything medical.
  21. I love Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy, Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?, and Who Wants to be a Millionnaire
  22. I love to play Scrabble with my daughter and my mom.
  23. My favorite teachers, then and now, are Miss Adler, Lori Soard and Audrey Shaffer.
  24. My favorite author is Belva Plain.
  25. I'm an early riser, up at 5:15 am, including weekends.
  26. I've been known to start crying when reading emotional materials.
  27. I love being at home.
  28. I lived in Brooklyn, NY; Carmel, NY; Tel Aviv, Israel; and Redmond, Washington.
  29. I was Chair of the Social Concerns Committee in my neighborhood elementary school.
  30. During my first move when I was 12, I mysteriously lost my huge childhood photo album. A relative gave me the copies she had but most are gone.
  31. I hate moving and have lived in my current home since 1990.
  32. I love the hardwood floors in our den which replaced wall-to-wall carpet.
  33. I still can't fall asleep easily without at least 10 minutes of reading.
  34. I love dogs. Our last one, Lucky, a Doberman Australian Shepherd was 13 years old when she died in Jan 2006.
  35. I also like cats and was my neighbor's designated cat sitter when they vacationed until her daughter was able to take over.
  36. As a child I helped out in my parents store and put together tricycles and baby strollers.
  37. My first car was a Peugeot 404.
  38. Our next car was an Opel Cadette.
  39. In the states I've driven a Plymouth Voyager, and when I handed it down to my oldest son,I got a Chrysler Town & Country which I love.
  40. My pet peeve is finding errors in books, magazines or newspapers I read.
  41. One of my childhood pen-pals turned out to be the daughter of the Rabbi who was involved in my adoption.
  42. Col. William Prescott was my first cousin seven times removed.
  43. My paternal eighth great-grandparents and five of their eight children were murdered by the Abenaki Indians when they attacked Groton, Massachusetts in 1694.
  44. I majored in Applied Linguistics in college, but couldn't finish as by mutual agreement with the U.S. I had to serve in the Israel Defense Force. I was a secretary and that is where I learned how to type.
  45. My favorite subjects of study are English and Language Arts including Linguistics.
  46. My worst subject is history. The only part I liked in school was the Battle of Bunker Hill.
  47. At eight I won first place in a talen show on a boat for tap dancing and singing a song. My parents and I were on a trip to Europe and Israel.
  48. I thought I had lost track of a family heirloom, a Romanian embroidered jacket and hat. This summer I learned that my cousin has it in her attic and if my other cousin, whose father was the original owner, doesn't want it, she promised to give it back to me.
  49. I've always had a pen & paper in hand and would write away.
  50. I never had formal typing instruction.
  51. I love listening to oldies, Jewish folk music, klezmer, old time Russia songs and show music.
  52. I served 3 years as the librarian of our congregation's library.
  53. I organized a year long penny drive at my daughter's elementary school and we raised $200 that were donated to the Kindering Center that helps special needs children.
  54. In February it will be seven years that I have been at my current day job.
  55. I have been married for twenty-eight years to the same guy.
  56. After my reunion I went from being an only child to the oldest of 10, both birth families combined.
  57. I used to love to cook and bake, but as I get older it's getting harder.
  58. I adore Woman's World magazine. There is so much information that has helped me time and again.
  59. As a child of 12 I lived half a block fron the library. It became my second home. I almost read the entire children's section of books but then we moved.
  60. I wanted a girl so much that when my oldest was two I dressed him as one for Purim. With a head of curly hair he looked so cute.
  61. My first job was as a junior counselor in a day camp.
  62. If not for a teenage prank by a neighbor, I might never have found out I was adopted.
  63. I lived in Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
  64. I took my family to New York this summer. It was the first time I was back since 1985. We visited my old neighborhoods where I grew up. Lots has changed, but some is the same.
  65. I;m a cancer survivor. I had Hodgkin's Disease in 1990.
  66. I was a realtor for 2 years.
  67. I was an independent travel agent for 2 years.
  68. I ran a home daycare for about five years.
  69. I sold promotional items for a few years until I found my current job.
  70. My middle name is the middle name of my maternal birth aunt.
  71. I love renting movies and watching them curled up on the couch in the comfort of my home.
  72. I've been lighting Shabbat candles every Friday evening since I was four. My daughter will carry on thi tradition.
  73. When I was a young teen I helped an uncle plan a group trip to Israel.
  74. I always plan our trips out ahead of time.
  75. I love bamboo plants.
  76. I love doing crossword puzzles.
  77. I hate telemarketing calls just as I sit down for dinner.
  78. I do 7-10 loads of was a week and sometimes am ready to pull hairs out of my head because of it.
  79. I hate bees and mice.
  80. I love giving myself challenges.
  81. I love Borekas, puff pastry filled with potatoes.
  82. I own a book called Useless America, well the book is totally useless, it's empty. I now use it to write down quotes I like.
  83. I love my spam filter, it cuts down tons of junkmail.
  84. I love Crocs.
  85. I had mono at the same time that my two youngest had the chicken pox.
  86. I'm a lifetime learner.
  87. I hate snow; rain doesn't bother me.
  88. I'm right-handed yet two of my children are lefties. My husband and the third one are righties, too.
  89. I was a temporary single mom for nine months when my husband worked in Texas, when the kids were younger.
  90. My co-workers claim I'm irreplaceable.
  91. I started cooking dinner at the age of 12 for me and mommy.
  92. My first auto accident was two weeks after getting my license - the back wheels stuck and the car took a 180 degree turn facing oncoming traffic on a major highway. No one was hurt and neither was the car.
  93. I haven't eaten sweet baked goods since May 2005 and don't miss them.
  94. I used to have a problem where nothing fit; now it's where everything is too big. I like this one better.
  95. I'm afraid of heights so I stay away from ladders.
  96. I'm allergic to white fish, and dried beans.
  97. I'm a T-2 diabetic, have heart disease and chronic vertigo.
  98. I'm beginning to find my way around the Internet. This is the first website I actually coded without a WYSIWYG aid.
  99. I love the challenge of skip-tracing.
  100. I'm a Long Ridge Writers Group graduate.
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