Random Things

I've managed to get my sister-in-law Mary hooked on Facebook, and a few weeks ago she posted 25 Random things with a "tag". Now, I'm still a Facebook newbie and don't really get the whole tagging thing but I was frankly intrigued by lists of 25 random things. Personally, I wasn't sure I could think of 25 random things worth saying, and even if I could think of them, I was even less sure that I'd want everyone else to know what they are!

And I read a newspaper column shortly thereafter about things the writer had learned in these "lists" that he really didn't want or need to know. Not to be dissuaded though, I then began to consider the concept of "25 random things" - and it struck me that given the whole "random" concept I could just as easily list as many things as I want to because the number of items on the list SHOULD BE RANDOM too. Okay, so the pressure is off to meet a specific number and I had a little fun making my own list:

1. I finally found the love of my life and he asked me to marry him
2. Teenagers are 1000% harder to raise than toddlers
3. Dogs and cats, kittens and puppies are fabulous EXCEPT for pit bulls
4. I am a decent horseback rider - western style
5. I can change the oil and spark plugs on a car myself but would rather not
6. I hate exercising and love carbs - but that isn't the way I live my life
7. I used to have a jingle for my radio air name of "Billie Jackson"
8. I've discovered mosaic-ing and although I love it I'm not terribly talented
9. I wish I'd become an attorney
10.I fantasize about owning an old classic two-seater Mercedes convertible
11. Cold white wine and very dry martinis are the best
12. I'm jealous of people who are able to actually stay in touch with old friends
13. I've always thought my immediate family was dysfunctional but the older I get the less sure I am
14. I'd like my headstone to say "she loved, she tried so hard, she made US feel important and we forgive her any mistakes she made along the way"
15. on a related note, I do not want to be cremated
16. I wish my Siamese cat Mongo was still alive
17. I hate guns
18. My favorite movie is Casablanca but my favorite book is The Bridges of Madison County
19. I can't understand a single word in rap or hip hop songs