I didn’t feel like blogging about fitness this week. 26-50:

26. I’m an infomercial junkie. I always believe the product will perform exactly as stated and constantly have to talk myself out of making a purchase. Walgreens carries many items “as seen on TV” and if I can’t resist and have to try something I’ve seen, I’ll usually buy from there. Items I have purchased: Split Ender, Eggstractor, that spinning brush made by the same company as the Split Ender, MaxiGlide (the only item I love). Thankfully I found a helpful website when I get a sudden urge to make a purchase (informercial-reviews.org). The Eggstractor sucked so badly. When I had a moving sale, I couldn’t even sell it for $5 in good conscious. I paid $12.99 but ended up giving it away

27. I am terrible at folding laundry. Maybe that’s why I hate doing it. I’m thinking of getting one of those Flip-n-Fold gadgets I saw on an infomercial…

28. I’m almost 2 years older than my husband but he is leaps and bounds ahead of me in wisdom.

29. I’ve always been attracted to men who are smarter than me. Intelligence is sexy.

30. I love my husband for his intelligence, but I love him even more for his sense of humor and quick wit. He makes me laugh all the time. He’s also one of the most charismatic and instantly likeable people I’ve ever known. I think this photo captures some of his energy.



31. I turned 29 on 02/02/02. I’ll be 49 on 2/2/22.

32. I got my first gray hair when I was 23, but I only get a few “sprouts” every few months. I pluck them out immediately.

33. I’m afraid of heights.

34. I’d be in heaven if I could hang out with a family of meerkats. They are so darn cute. I also find the three-toed sloth a fascinating creature and I love baby primates – baby gorillas and orangutans are so precious. If I liked human babies as much, I’d certainly already be a mother.

35. I’ve never liked any of Oprah’s book club recommendations.

36. I’m afraid I don’t have a biological clock and would be perfectly content without children.

37. I’m not a natural born leader. I’m an excellent team player and fiercely independent but lack leadership skills. I would like to change this aspect about me.

38. I bought approximately 50 pairs of jeans from eBay. I was desperately trying to replace my favorite worn out pair of Guess jeans that are no longer made. I was never successful in finding the exact size, length or style combo. My eBay shopping turned into a seriously expensive addiction. Now I try not to visit eBay unless it’s an absolute necessity.

39. I’ve only chatted online once. It was with Muscles Marinara and Cheryl Muir. They were both really funny and sweet.

40. I was on the cross-country team in high school. The best I ever placed in an event was 10th. There were only 16 people racing that day.

41. Having the hiccups puts me in a grumpy mood. If I have the hiccups once in the morning, they will continue intermittently throughout the day. The only ways I can get rid of the hiccups is to drink 10 sips of water – and if that doesn’t work – drink 10 sips of water upside down.

42. Many of my closest friends are men.

43. When I was a child someone told me you could freeze a lizard and it would come back to life once it thawed. I couldn’t catch a lizard so I put a frog in the big freezer out in the barn. I forgot about it for several months and when I rediscovered it and thawed it out, it didn’t come back to life. The freezer never smelled right after that either.

44. I’d rather be really hot than really cold. Several years ago my sister and I were driving from Colorado to California on Christmas. Her car broke down about 45 minutes outside of Las Vegas (between Vegas and Baker) at 3:00 in the morning. It was so bloody cold. This was before everyone had cell phones so we were stuck in the desert for hours. I decided that night that I’d rather die in the Sahara than freeze in the Mojave (if I had to choose or had a choice, that is).

45. I was born with naturally straight hair. About 5 years ago it started turning wavy. (I was diagnosed with thyroid disease 5 years ago in June… I wonder if there’s a connection.)

46. I do not enjoy talking on the phone. I’d much rather talk face-to-face.

47. I have little tolerance for mediocrity or doing a half-assed job.

48. I completed the Portland Marathon on September 30, 2001. In the first mile of the race, I tripped and fell over some railroad tracks and sprained my ankle. I ran the entire first 17 miles of the race. Mile 18 was a grueling hill and I thought I couldn’t continue. I walked some / ran some for the remaining race, but wanted to jump off the bridge to my death somewhere before mile 21. It was awful. I’m very proud that I finished the race, but I am disappointed in my time of a little over 6 hours. I may decide to complete another marathon in the future just so I could have a more respectable finish time.

49. I’m very handy and enjoy manual labor. I’ve helped friends build fences, frame and drywall, I’ve painted almost all 5,000 square feet of our office space in an old-world faux finish, refinished furniture, installed sod, refinished my dad’s hardwood floors, and countless other do-it-yourself jobs. This weekend I’ll begin installing a sprinkler system in our backyard. I felt very confident in my ability to tackle this project until I started researching the how-to’s online. I hope I’m not in over my head.

50. One of the greatest compliments I’ve ever been given was from one of my closest male friends. He’s in his forties and has a daughter in her 20’s. His daughter is the most amazing young woman. She’s smart and compassionate and tons of fun. Once he told me I reminded him of her. You’d have to know her to know how much that meant to me.

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Have a great weekend ya’ll. Wish me luck on the sprinkler project!