25 random things

I was tagged on Facebook and wrote this up today. Thought I'd post it here, too.

25 Random Things, Facts, Habits, Goals...about me/of mine.

1. When I was a kid I wanted to be a teacher, a housewife, or a whale conservationist.

2. I love the sound of the cello.

3. I have a somewhat addictive personality.

4. I would love to visit Finland someday.

5. I want to live by the sea someday.

6. Homeschooling my kids was unplanned and is a great adventure.

7. Cap and I will celebrate 20 years together in December.

8. I like to drive fast.

9. Traditional Chinese Medicine has been very, very, good to me.

10. I am really into knitting right now.

11. I am bad with money and am slowly learning new habits in mid-life.

12. I like to try the potato salad when at a new restaurant that serves it.

13. My favorite movie is Bottle Rocket.

14. I am claustrophobic and once passed out on the Mall in D.C. during a demonstration.

15. I highly recommend going to live shows.

16. I don't like being outside alone unless I'm in Manhattan and then I really like it.

17. It was pure chance that I was born and raised in the U.S. I should have been born and raised in Japan.

18. I wish the local folk dancing group met on a night that I could go.

19. I don't multitask anymore if I can help it.

20. I don't enjoy parties...it's a sensory thing.

21. Garlic scape are my favorite seasonal treat.

22. Recently I've been thinking me and Oprah should talk. We seem to have similar patterns of weight loss/gain.

23. Maine calls to me in a way that no other state does, Sacramento surprised me (I would move back there in a heartbeat), and Cambridge will always be home.

24. I am looking forward to going to the NYS Wool and Sheep Festival this fall with Wendy.

25. I wonder if I will ever be able to meditate.