My Twitter friend Toni invited me to post 7 things about myself. Thanks, Toni. Here goes:
1. I'm a native New Yorker. I was born in Manhattan and lived in the Bronx for the first six years of my life. My parents decided to move to the country (you couldn't call it the suburbs, it was north of the suburbs) during the summer between kindergarten and 1st grade. I'm still mad at them. I spent as much time with my grandmother in "the city" as I could when I was growing up. And now I'm back living here. Thank goodness. City girl!
2. I lived overseas for seven years with my husband and daughter. We lived in Tokyo for four years (an amazing experience) and in London for three years. I speak some Japanese and some English.
3. I married my first true love. We went to school for many years together and officially met when we were seniors in high school. He caught my attention on our senior trip to Daytona Beach, FL when he entered my hotel room and asked if anyone was following the news of the attempted rescue of the American hostages in Iran.
4. The greatest joy in my life is being a mother. I have a smart, gorgeous, funny daughter named Jess. I was fortunate to be a SAHM during her childhood and teen years, such a joy. As Gretchen Rubin says, "The days are long, but the years are short. "
5. I have never had a car of my own. When I was in high school, my father bought an old Plymouth Duster for my brother and I to share. It cost $500 and was bright red and quite rusty. When I got married, my in-laws gave my husband and me their old green station wagon (with paneling). We drove that until we had a baby and some money of our own. My husband and his father went to PA one Saturday and came home with a new Mercury Sable wagon. Later on we bought Volvo Cross Country wagons. Now that my daughter has graduated from college and we no longer require a station wagon to shuttle her stuff back and forth to Boston, I am lusting after a BMW convertible. Seems only fair.
6. My favorite thing in life is my books. I have been a devoted reader since I was an elementary school student. I adore bookstores and libraries and read several books a week. I receive a thank you note at Christmastime from Barnes and Noble. You don't want to be in my apartment when it is time for painting. The painters don't like me and my thousands of books.
7. I am an excellent cook and baker. Everybody loves coming to my place for dinner. You should come, too.
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Lovely knowing these things about you. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing, Kathleen. I loved reading and learning these things about you. I also have thousands of books; movers hate me. And I'm an excellent cook- we should trade meals!
ReplyDeleteP.S. I wholeheartedly support your convertible obsession :)
If and when I make it to NYC {Maybe en route to or from Europe} I'll be trying to take you up on the offer of dinner cooked by you ~ or by the both of us as I love to cook and bake, too. At the very least, I'd love to meet up for a cupcake. {My daughter knows all of the good cupcake spots in NYC, so I'd be required to pick some up for her.}
ReplyDeleteThe BMW convertible sounds like a fair deal to me. Thanks for sharing, Kathleen!
Great post Kathleen! Thank you for sharing - I love getting to know my Twitter friends better. :o) I love books and reading and baking, cooking - meh. One of these days, I will make it to NYC - so many friends there I want to meet! You are on that list and be careful what you wish for - we may all show up at once for a fantastic meal cooked by you (and maybe Dani and Allison!). I say go for the convertible, I believe that is the only sound and rational thing to do. :o) xo
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