My first meme tagging (by Tricia) is to list eight random things about myself.
1. Lately I like using watercolors (in paint, crayon and pencil form). Since high school that had been my least favorite painting medium and now it's one of my favorites.
2. I have a LOT of cookbooks (6 tall bookcases full) but don't cook every day. A. makes dinner most nights. I love dreaming up good things to eat with great ingredients and I love to bake.
3. I don't color my hair (yet but it could happen someday) and it's naturally curly (these are not just chemo curls!).
4. I spent the first part of my childhood in the suburbs, the 2nd part in the country (woods) and my entire adult life in the city (although where we live now is in the city our backyard feels like the woods).
5. When I was in high school I won a few poetry prizes (both from my school and the community). That early recognition made it hard for me to write (I felt very self conscious when I wrote) and I barely wrote again till a couple of years ago when working with a poetry therapist at the Wellness Community. I won an art prize back then too, but that didn't affect my ability to do art (graduate school did that!).
6. I have had a weight problem since puberty. Between my first and 2nd cancers I lost a lot of weight and kept it off for a few years until the 2nd cancer. Since then I have gained a lot (not all, but almost) of it back. If I could lose half of what I gained (and maintain that) I would be happy.
7. I have lower limb lymphedema (one of a few annoying side effects I have as a result of cancer treatment) and while it is mild I still have to wear compression pantyhose every day (all my waking hours) for the rest of my life.
8. I've been meditating almost every day for 2 1/2 months now.
Okay, I'm tagging Jill, Miriam & Connie!
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4 comments:
hmmm....does this mean i have to start blogging again? i've officially ended mine. but maybe...
i'll definitely consider it with the 8 random things about me. maybe a whole new blog is in order.
really? 6 tall bookcases of cookbooks? like, how many is that?
I miss your blog so yes, this means you have to start blogging again :-))
Yes, 6 tall bookcases of cookbooks. 4 of them are Ikea Billy bookcases with extensions (1 extra shelf on top) and one is the same only less wide and the last is a smaller tall bookcase. I have no idea how many, I stopped counting at 500 which was 4 smaller tall bookcases full many years ago. Then there is also a basket full of cookbooks lying around the kitchen too :-) I actually got myself to get rid of some twice in the past year, but it barely made a dent.
So last night I am looking at my cookbook shelves and come to realize that I had added an extra bookcase! Oops, it's only 5 bookcases full (and a basket in the kitchen).
"only" 5
:)
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