i finally started updating a few things on my website this week. when i got to the “facts & favorites” section, i realized two things: 1) my favorites have remained much the same throughout most of my life, and 2) it might be fun to share these lists.
so here you go >> maybe you’ll learn something new about me today!
a few facts about me
- i am happily married and i have two terrific sons (ages 24 and 29)
- i think crying is healing
- i was drill team captain my senior year of high school
- i am usually cold (and wear lots of layers)
- i am from a small mining town in northern idaho
- i lived in italy for 4 years and still own a villa there
- i am an enthusiastic list maker
- i wore a back brace for scoliosis in high school
- i am fascinated with the psychology behind people’s actions
- i was a “golden girl” (on the dance team) in college
- i love my 15yo red mini cooper
- i was once fingerprinted in an interpol station in paraguay
- i was co-salutatorian of my high school graduating class
- i was a kelly girl in california
- i have spent a lot of time in buenos aires argentina
- i completed two bachelor’s degrees before getting my master’s
- i am a night owl but prefer sunshine over darkness
- i believe emotions are incredible built-in messengers that guide us
- i am renovating a 6200sqft 1901-era house with my husband
some of my favorite things
- my family
- connections, patterns
- my journals
- vibrant cities
- watermelon
- unschooling tangents
- books
- boots
- detective novels
- my husband’s lattes
- movement, purpose
- hot bubble baths
- sushi
- notebooks & pens
- bold colors (black and white too)
- travel
- hockey
- crumbling patina
- best girlfriends
- expression through fashion
- cats
- quotes
- drum solos
- ziploc bags
- rotary dial telephones
- dreams
- dancing
- barbie dolls
- names of paint colors, racehorses, fingernail polish
- freedom
my 20yo self (pictured)
though i still had much to learn about life, i’ve always loved this photo and think it best captures my essence.
