Because I seem to be creating content everywhere but here lately, I'm reusing my 25 things list from Facebook to make. Yep still hooked on the Facebook. Probably will be for a while...
1. I can never think of anything to write whenever I'm supposed to compile a list of random things about me.
2. Let's see... I'm a certified scuba diver.
3. I've only ever scuba-dived (dove?) once. In a lake. Which is lame.
4. I was diagnosed with colon cancer when I was 26. Which is also quite lame.
5. And, under the heading of "Even More Lame Things About Me," I had a temporary ileostomy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileostomy) for 6 weeks. You haven't lived until you've seen the inside of your intestine doing the job that God intended.
6. I've been cancer-free for 11 years. Which is so not-lame.
7. I'd like to become a yoga instructor one day. I assume that would involve me getting off the couch, though, and seeing how The Bachelor is on again it's going to take a while for me to check that goal off my list.
8. I wrote, directed and produced a five-part documentary about the San Antonio Symphony in the 90s.
9. I also starred in it although I use the term "starred" loosely. It aired on the local PBS station and three people actually saw it. Two of them were my parents.
10. I'm married to a man who is 18 years older than me. The age difference never seems weird except when my husband reminds me that he married his first wife when I was in my bassinet. Then, yeah, it seems kind of freaky.
11. When I told my parents I was dating a man who was 18 years older than me my mother said, "Colleen Marie! I told you to find a man who was LIKE your father, not a man who's the SAME AGE as your father!"
12. In my husband's defense, he's not the same age as my father. He's 11 years younger. So...oh, who am I kidding? Still kinda freaky.
13. I can't believe I'm only half-way done.
14. I have two lovely stepchildren. They refer to me as their "sister mom." I'm sure it's nothing to do with the fact that we are the same number of years apart that their father and I are.
15. My husband and I were married on a beach on the island of St. John, U.S.V.I. We kind of eloped. No family or friends joined us. It was romantic. Especially when some chick down the beach thought it would be funny to take her top off when we said our vows. Strangely enough, she was right. It was funny. And made for one heck of a wedding video. In a Girls Gone Wild kind of way.
16. My daughter's name comes from a Jimmy Buffett song.
17. My son's name started out as a joke between my husband and his friend, Barry, but then it grew on us.
18. Both my daughter and son have the same middle names as two of Jimmy Buffett's kids. This is merely a coincidence. Or maybe it was subconscious seeing as how I'm a Parrothead and all.
19. I've seen Jimmy Buffett in concert ten times. I haven't seen him since my children were born. See how having children can ruin your life?
20. I can't cook. My husband says when I enter a kitchen my eyes glaze over and my IQ drops 20 points just like when a man walks into a topless bar. Not that he would know, of course. I mean, he's a great cook.
21. I would rather load a dishwasher than unload it (I'm afraid we're going to scrape the barrel here to get to 25.).
22. This blog was nominated for a 2006 Weblog Award (http://2006.weblogawards.org/2006/12/best_parenting_blog.php). When the votes were counted I received like 1.75% of them. So I can speak from experience when I tell you that the people who say, "It's an honor just to be nominated!" are full of crap. Also? It was an honor just to be nominated.
23. Really? Only number 23???
24. The Tyra Banks show wanted me to appear for an episode on germaphobe moms. Of which, I am one. But I couldn't go. Doesn't she realize how many germs are on airplanes? (http://delaneydiaries.typepad.com/the_delaney_diaries/2008/03/no-thanks-ms-ba.html).
25. I'm a proud nursing mother and breastfeeding advocate. But even I got skeeved out when I saw nine- and ten-year-old children nursing on a recent episode of 20/20. I'm not sure breast is best when you're old enough to attend your first Sadie Hawkins dance.
Love the list! I definitely didn't know some of those things!
Posted by: Monica | February 05, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Well you learn something new every day!! I'm a certified diver as well. Actually did quite a bit of it before I had kids. These days, I couldn't tell you where my gear even is!!
My middle name is Marie, too!! :)
This was a fun read--glad you shared.
Posted by: Lisa | February 06, 2009 at 12:42 PM
This has got to be the funniest "25 Random Things" response I've read!
But no. 6 rocks! And so do you!
Posted by: Linda | February 11, 2009 at 11:19 PM
Woo Hoo to you fellow Parrothead! Our 6 year olds fav song is "Delaney talks to statues.." love it! Our 4 year old loves "I don't know" and of course, the two of them together think it is pretty funny in "Grapefruit" that he doesn't wear underwear :) Anyway, I just found your site and you can be sure I will be back to visit! BTW what are Jimmy's two kids middle names? What is your fav song? Mine is Boat Drinks!!!! Take care, Caroline *mommy of 2 (one with a missing front tooth, one healing from Eczema...thank you God and Vidazorb, and BOTH little Parrotheads!)
Posted by: Caroline | April 21, 2009 at 08:42 AM
Wow, I'm gonna make my "25 random things about me" too!
-Luigi
Posted by: ostomy supplies | November 25, 2009 at 04:07 AM
Congrats on being cancer free for so long! Cancer runs in my family, and I understand how mentally tough you must have had to have been to get through that trying time. Great list by the way, kept me laughing throughout (except for, you know, the cancer part).
Posted by: ostomy supplies | January 15, 2010 at 04:14 PM
Friend is a friend is. Friends can indomitable spirit is the friend's friend. Rain, Had a friend can stir. Wealth does not necessarily is a friend, But a friend is wealth. So I agree with you, We must friendly to our friends.
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