25 Things About Me

1. Life Priority #1 – to have fun in everything I do. If it ain’t fun, I ain’t doin’ it!
2. I’m a 40ish first time grandmother (that’s what happens when you have kids very young)
3. I’m very family oriented and love spending time with my kids and husband
4. Wait…GRANDMOTHER?????
5. I’ve still got young kids at home (15 and 8 – that’s what happens when you space your kids years apart)
6. Kid spacing not really done by design – I’m currently married to Husband #3
7. He’s a keeper!
8. When we were dating, I told my husband that life with me would never be boring
9. After 10 years, I think he’s wishing for a little bit of boredom
10. Both of my ex’s are deceased
11. No, I didn’t kill them
12. My life story would make a great ABC After School Special – kids, don’t try this at home!
13. I’m a writer by both training and nature
14. Been writing for as long as I can remember
15. I have to put pen to paper – even if it’s just random words on a page – it’s a physical compulsion
16. When I die, whoever finds my notebooks and journals will think I was a crazy woman
17. They’d be right
18. As a kid, I thought I was weird because of my obsession with office supplies
19. Specifically pens, notebooks/journals, index cards, Post-it notes, pens
20. As an adult, I know this makes me weird
21. Astrologically speaking, I’m a Gemini born on the Gemini/Taurus cusp
22. #21 means I’m blessed with the best of both worlds – Gemini duality and spontaneity and Taurus stubbornness
23. This means that when I get an idea in my head, I don’t let it go until I know everything I want to know about it
24. This also means that my ideas/interests change about every 5 minutes
25. In my old age, I want to be the crazy old lady that lives in the house on the corner with all the cats

One of My Favorite Quotes and Words to Live By -

“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving
safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, champagne in one hand – strawberries in the other, body
thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming “Holy Shit – What a Ride!”

- Mavis Leyrer of Seattle, age 83