Average Jane Coasts

Following the lead of Mac at Pesky’Apostrophe, here’s a little meme to get me through today’s post:

TEN random things you might not know about me.

1. I sleep hugging a teddy bear (the current one’s name is Franklin).
2. The only bone I’ve ever fractured was the little finger on my left hand, which I smashed while trying to break the ice on a frozen horse tank with a sledgehammer.
3. The last time I was tested, my typing speed was 88 words per minute.
4. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a vet or an archaeologist.
5. I passed chemistry class in high school by memorizing the song "The Elements" by Tom Lehrer.
6. With one exception, everyone I ever dated (including my husband) was a musician.
7. I like to doodle, but the only characters I can draw are a dragon, a lion and a daisy.
8. I tend to keep my house too cold in the winter and too warm in the summer, mainly because I’m cheap.
9. I know how to crochet, but I can only make squares and rectangles (mostly scarves and potholders).
10. I was in junior high school before I learned how to tell time on a standard clock without deliberately counting by fives.

NINE places I’ve visited

1. Orlando, Florida
2. Montego Bay, Jamaica
3. San Francisco, California
4. Manchester, New Hampshire
5. Santa Clara, California
6. Primavera, Mexico
7. Las Vegas, Nevada
8. New York, New York
9. Los Angeles, California

EIGHT ways to win my heart

1. Do a household chore without being asked
2. Plan something fun
3. Tell me I look beautiful, whether or not it’s true at that moment
4. Talk to the cats
5. Spend some time getting to know my friends and their significant others
6. Go on a road trip with me
7. Tell me an obvious lie and laugh with me when I call you on it
8. Spend the day watching movies or concerts with me

SEVEN things I want to do before I die

1. Learn to juggle
2. Have at least one book that I’ve written published
3. Drive a sports car on a real racetrack
4. Travel to Greece to tour ancient ruins
5. Swing from a circus trapeze
6. Go whitewater rafting
7. Receive some critical or popular acclaim for my singing and/or songwriting

SIX things I’m afraid of

1. Not being able to afford to pay my bills
2. My husband’s diabetes and high blood pressure
3. The government imposing on people’s private lives
4. Being discovered for the fraud I am (an irrational fear, but a fear nonetheless)
5. Dropping a hot iron on my bare foot

FIVE things I don’t like

1. People who won’t mind their own business
2. Uncomfortable shoes or clothing
3. The color blue used for home decor
4. Aging
5. Emptying cat boxes

FOUR ways to turn me off

1. Bad breath
2. Apathy
3. Disrespect
4. Food-specked clothes

THREE Things I do every day

1. Drink green tea
2. Pet and talk to my cats
3. Read blogs

TWO things that make me happy

1. Singing
2. Spending time with my husband

ONE thing on my mind right now

1. Writing song lyrics