From Facebook: 25 Random Things About Me

1. My daughter Eva is the best thing that has ever happened to me, and she happens to me many times every day.
2. I've been married twice and divorced twice, but this doesn't define me. The fact that I still have the optimism to date perhaps partially defines me. And also that I have good relationships with both former spouses.
3. I have 5 sisters and 2 brothers and we all like each other. Since we decided to let each other live.
4. Patricia Marie Townsend Watkins Baker, aka Trish Baker, is my oldest and closest friend and if I ever piss her off, she has a load of ammo on me.
5. I have collected many other wonderful friends over the years, some of which are reading this right now.
6. My favorite job ever was as a Children's Librarian, aka Miss Mary the Story Lady, and I won a Colorado Library Association award for my 2001 Summer Reading Program.
7. I love to write. I love words. I love to express myself in creative ways.
8. I can wiggle my ears.
9. My jobs have included barista, magician's assistant, gas station attendant, and ranch gatehouse guard. But so far not exotic dancer or "hostess".
10. As a computer software trainer, I flew over 75,000 miles in 1997, allowing me to earn 3 free tickets to anywhere in the country, and I gave 2 of them away - one to Trish to come visit me when I lived in Colorado, and one to my then-husband Brian to visit his family in Oregon. The third I used to visit my friend Sarah in San Antonio.
11. My heart is defective. It has a congenital defect called a bicuspid valve, which means that the valve has two flaps when it should have three. If it wears out, I'll have to get it replaced, and if I end up with a humongous scar down the middle of my chest, I will get a lovely vine tattoo to decorate it.
12. There is currently one tattoo on my body, a floral design on my right shoulder which has my daughter Eva's name incorporated into the design. This is the second tattoo I have gotten on my right shoulder. The first was a little rosebud that I got when I was 19 (in 1980). By the time it was ready to be re-colored (in 2006), I decided I was tired of it and had it covered instead.
13. I have lived in Missouri, Maryland, Oregon and Colorado, and have moved 25 times in my life - but only 3 times when I was a kid.
14. I love to sing and whistle, and I sang to Eva when she was in my belly. I still sing to her. Mostly Beatles tunes.
15. I have performed in The Vagina Monologues three times, and it isn't as pornographic as it sounds. If you don't know what this is, Google it.
16. I love musicals - and am thrilled to finally have a man in my life who not only appreciates them, but also performs in them!
17. Many of my loved ones own duct tape wallets that I have made for them, and I have spread the love of duct tape wallets hither and yon by teaching others this ususual, fun, and functional craft.
18. I have been to Burning Man, and can't wait to go again. You should Google this one too.
19. I studied ballet, tap and jazz as a child, and dance whenever I can, as if no one is watching.
20. Sometimes I have unbelieveable dreams that I can direct - that is, I can make things go the way I want them to.
21. I love the ocean and seashells so much that my mom says she should have named me Shelly.
22. I hit a bull elk with my car in BF Nowhere Colorado in November of 2000 when I was 8 months pregnant. I tapped him so gently that he only left a minor dent on the hood of my car, and my seat belt didn't even lock up. I have never replaced the car hood to remind myself how lucky (and cheap!) I am. Also, the elk walked away - there was no blood in the snow and no sign of him. Except for the dent and a tuft of fur on my car's grille. I think this elk was a sign for me to slow down.
23. I think that making positive contributions to our community, country and world is one of the most important things we can do, and am raising Eva to be socially conscientious.
24. Some clowns are indeed scary.
25. I have been through a lot in my life, and I consider myself a survivor. I am not afraid to die, and I don't believe in Hell as a device for keeping people in line. I think we make Hell for ourselves right here on Earth, and I believe the opposite is true as well. I DO believe in Heaven, both here on Earth - where I am fortunate enough to recognize that I am living a humble version of it - and Beyond.