100 Things About Me

1. I was born in the Summer of Love
2. In Northern California
3. I keep moving away, and then coming back home
4. My first memories are living in Santa Barbara
5. Then we moved to Austin Texas when I was 5
6. I remember thinking that there would be cowboys and indians and tumbleweed when we moved to Texas.
7. I was wrong!
8. We moved back to Northern California when I was 7
9. Then we moved to Michigan when I was 12
10. Then I went back and forth between Michigan and Northern CA
11. I got tired of moving
12. I ended up getting married very young.
13. I had 3 kids by the time I was 23
14. And the kids are all at least 3 years apart.
15. That was a long time ago.
16. I've moved around more since I've become an adult
17. I've lived in Northern California.
18. Southern California (but in the mountains!)
19. Oregon
20. And Oxford England
21. I hated living in England
22. I knit a LOT
23. My grandmother taught me to knit when I was about 7
24. I taught myself how to crochet when I was 16
25. I taught myself how to spin when I was 34
26. I used to do a lot of beading
27. And quilting
28. Now I knit and I spin
29. I love dyeing, it's like playtime at kindergarten
    
30. I think I'm going to teach myself how to do some tapestry weaving soon
    
31. I love to read
32. I was reading before I started school
33. If I'm interested in something I can get a bit obsessive about it
34. I work at a full time job.
    
35. I'm very happy to be home again
36. It's very difficult to move country - twice
37. My kids are great!
38. I have 2 sons and a daughter
39. My daughter is the middle child
40. My oldest son still lives in England
41. That's tremendously difficult!
42. My daughter lives with her boyfriend about an hour from me.
    
43. My youngest son lives with me
44. I am the sole provider for the two of us
45. That gets very difficult sometimes
    
46. But somehow I manage to keep things together
47. I don't make a lot of money
48. I don't have a formal education
49. I'm intelligent, well read and fairly well travelled
    
50. I have a good sense of humour
51. I can see the ironies and absurdities in life
52. I believe that everything happens for a reason
53. My daddy always says that the key to happiness is broad tolerances
54. I love my daddy
    
55. My grandmother started taking me to Buddhist Meditation meetings when I was about 7
56. I still use a lot of the things that I learned from that
57. Especially my mantra
58. I spent a lot of time with my grandparents growing up
59. They were a huge positive impact on who I am today
    
60. I believe that the Universe works in mysterious ways
61. And if you work with the Universe - it will work with you
62. I like who I am
    
63. Though I wish I wasn't such a dork sometimes
64. I am a clutz
65. I have a fear of heights
66. But that's about it.
67. Though some really creepy bugs can freak me out too
68. I like my cat
69. I'm not really a dog person
70. Though I've met some nice dogs
71. I like to dance
72. I like to be goofy, and silly
73. I think that silliness is necessary
74. Beauty makes me happy
75. I don't understand how other people can feel sooooft fibers and not just melt.
76. I guess I'm just a very tactile person
77. I'm a yarn snob
78. I think that if you're going to spend such a chunk of time on making something, you should use the best quality you can.
79. That does not mean buying the most expensive fibers out there.
80. It means making sure that it's good quality, but that doesn't necessarily mean it has to break the bank either.
81. Though I wish I could afford more.
    
82. I am the oldest of essentially 5 siblings
83. I have 1 full brother who is about my age
84. I have a half sister who is younger than my oldest son
85. I have a 2 half brothers.
86. My youngest brother is younger than my youngest son
87. I've never had an argument with my sister
88. I live in what used to be part of WW1 Army Barracks brought over from Alameda
89. My place used to be 2 studio apartments
90. I moved into it sight unseen after a 23 hour journey (door to door) from England
91. It's too small, and a bit rundown
92. But I like it!
93. I moved in with my son and 2 suitcases - one of them had my Joy in it.
    
94. When I moved back to CA from UK the bulk of what I had shipped back was yarn
95. I walk and spin or knit - it makes me happy
96. I have green eyes
97. I don't dye my hair, paint my nails (well hardly ever), or have any other "enhancements".
98. I like my hair color, especially the grey streaks - it looks like highlights.
99. I don't feel or look as old as I really am.
100. I believe that everyone deserves happiness in their lives.