my oh my...

Today I received an award that was so very kind..I just have to share..It's from Just Breathe...

http://skyesofblue.blogspot.com/



It's the Honest Scrap Award....because as all of you know, I nEVeR embellish, choose which facts are facts and which facts are optional, use creative license ( I didn't even know you needed a license to be creative!) stretch the truth for effect..or..or..

So, I am to say 10 honest things about myself and then pass the award on to seven people. I can't choose just seven of you, so please feel free to have this award and play along!

OK...


1. Whenever I see anything like cards, t-shirts, stationary, vintage photos with 3 girls/women I always buy it..usually in 3's ..for my 2 sisters and me..

OK, maybe not so much this one...

2. I once had my photo in Ebony magazine - during the race riots in Chicago, because I was playing dolls with the next door neighbor child..who happened to be African-American..I was 3 years old..my brother got beat up for that. So sad. We moved to Arizona shortly after...not that there's anything wrong with Chicago..it was just the times...

Granddaughter Ella and her very best friend..BFF :-)

3. I lived on a ranch in Tuscon Arizona and used to ride bareback into the grapefruit groves and pick grapefruit and eat them when we got home with Hawaiian Punch concentrate poured on them like syrup..

4. I cried at the Museum of Natural History in Denver when I found out all the cute little animals in the exhibits were once ...alive... When I was in my 30's..yeeeah..I "thought" they were 'stuffed' animals..like fakes...uh..no.

No..they're not stuffed! At least, I don' think so...

5. I really have ADD..and I am somewhat dyslexic..


6. If I find a crabby person I take it as a personal duty to make them smile...

7. Sometimes #6 can make me a crabby person if they stay crabby..then I am stuck with making ME smile..

8. The older I get, the more permission I give myself to be:

a-silly
b-helped as well as helpful
3-comfortable
4-honest
f- tired
g-me !

Mother - in her later "fun" years

9. I like me..I do. I like spending time with me. I don't mind being alone.

..Sometimes.

After all, I'm my biggest fan....

10. I have never had a lot of "girlfriends"..


...until now! All of you are very special to me and I look forward to being a part of your lives, see inside your homes, admire your talents and being considered your friend :-)


So, that's me. What about you? These little memes can seem so trivial, but they tell a lot about us..maybe to ourselves....

-me