I love “about me” posts. I thought this would be a fun share on the first Friday of birthday month.
First published May 6, 2013
-The smell of beer on my husband’s breath gets me in the mood. Have I said too much?
– I can smell cats in a house as soon as I walk in. Even if you NEVER had a cat, but maybe the previous owner did? I can smell them. Realtors should hire me. I am like a savant in uncovering cat smell.
2021 note- why would there even be a need for such a thing?
– I have large feet. Size 9.5- 10 big. You know what they say about women with large feet? They wear large shoes.
2021 note- I can hear my dad laughing at that joke.
– Aspartame gives me headaches, and for that reason, I rarely chew gum.
– My parents almost named me Amy. If I were to be a boy, my name was to be Jonathan.
Side note; my brother’s girl’s name was going to be Christy. My brother married a girl named Kristy.
– I love the smell of fresh road tar.
– I put salt on apples and watermelon.
– I also love ketchup on cottage cheese. My youngest won’t eat cottage cheese without it.
– I took three years of French in high school and I only remember three French words.
– I won a blue ribbon at the county fair at 12 when I was in 4-H for snickerdoodles. Here is the recipe.
– I don’t know how to swim.
-Sometimes when I’m home alone, I turn up the music really loud and pretend like I am on Solid Gold.
– My oldest daughter looked exactly like Dakota Fanning when she was little. So much so that random people on the street would stop us and ask us if it was her.
– I was so afraid I would die of Toxic Shock Syndrome growing up, that I never wore tampons until I was an adult.
-The soundtrack of my senior year in high school was Hysteria by Def Leppard.
– When I was in high school, everyone called me “Jenny” because I reminded them of Jennifer on Family Ties.
2021 note- My youngest daughter looks so much like that picture of Tina Yothers up there that when I showed that picture to Mike, he thought it was Ella.
– I was told by my English teacher in high school I would make an excellent writer someday and that she couldn’t wait to read the book I someday write. That same teacher gave me a final grade of C- in her class.
– I was a cigarette smoker for 17 years.
2021 note- Being a former smoker was how I got on the list to get the vaccine last week. So I got that going for me.
– I almost became a nurse. I took all the prerequisite classes and passed the entrance exam. After years of trying to get into the nursing program, I finally got accepted and then promptly turned it down.
– I am freakishly strong. Both of my daughters are as well.
-I love getting a foot rub, but I hate touching other people’s feet.
– I miss big 80s bangs.
Off to have a smoke and watch The Holy Grail.
Wanna come with?
A Grace Full Life 
I, too, am I roller skating diva! I saw Def Leppard in concert during the Hysteria tour and have pictures of Joe Elliot in his ripped pants.After reading this list we ARE sisters from anotha mutha!!xoxo
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Omg is there a concert you havent been to??You are my taller, more photogenic, fearless sistah. And I know my mom will adopt you. 🙂
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You make me laugh, Kari! I love your blog posts. I know I commented on FB about you winning the iPad Mini, but I'll say it again – woo-hoo! That is so awesome. I don't know if you had any kind of tablet beforehand…I don't, so I'd be thrilled to death. Heck, I don't even have a smart phone! (A little behind the times.) I do have an iPod (whaddya know) and like you, I turn it on and DANCE my tushy off when no one is home. I pull the blinds so my neighbors don't see me and think I'm having an epileptic fit or something. ;-)Gum…there's lots w/o aspartame now; most of them have xylitol instead. I loved Def Leppard when I was in high school (a looong time ago). Met them in person at a record store and got their autographs and I'll be darned if I remember what I ever did with it. Probably threw it away as I got older. Had an autographed poster of Ozzy too. 🙂
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Omg this is awesome Melanie!! We need to get together for lunch soon since we arent too far from each other, sound like a plan?
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Once again…WHY didn't you live next door to me growing up????? Think of the fun!But I always had flat hair. My sister used to put water in my hairspray bottle. Totally not bitter or anything…
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Omg that is awesome. We would have had so much fun!!! We will make up for it at Blogher. 😉
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Reblogged this on A Grace Full Life.
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Eight years later this post is both funny and nostalgic 😁. Find you via waking up on the wrong side of 50. Glad you’ve decided to keep at it.
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I am so glad you found me! It’s so nice to have new blog friends. 🙂
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Likewise. I hope you consider looking at mine. I’m a artist/writer/poet/musician with a story telling podcast
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I am heading there now. I love that mix. I just began podcasting this spring. I’m very new to it and love it already.
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Instead of just doing my blog posts I went the different route..via old time radio of sorts
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I am finding it more fun to do the podcasts but a lot of my readers would disagree LOL.
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how often are you doing em ?
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Once a week right now. I’m having a friend join me in a few weeks, so that could change. How often do you do yours?
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once a week. I tried recording more than one episode in a day but was unable to. I like utilizing the free public domain music for the background for the stories I read.
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Holy hair Batman!
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I might try to put my bangs like that for my birthday…hmm.
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I still have friend that has 80’s hair and bangs! Lol. I have very large feet too; in fact with all the weight I lost I can now fit back into 9.5’s and I am so happy to have “smaller” feet again. I forgot most of my French but once Alec began using Duolingo and started saying some of it aloud/ asking me questions, I was pleasantly surprised to find that much of it came back to me.
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I want to bring that hair back. Maybe this is the year? 😉
I should try Duolingo! I feel like that would be a good idea for my menopause brain fog. You’ve inspired me.
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*raises hand* I don’t know how to swim either. And I had GIANT hair in high school…and still do, kinda.
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I love that you still have that hair. I’m working on bringing it back. 😂
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Is the French word you know “merde”? 😉
As Ella has gotten older, the pictures you’ve shared look so much like the pictures you’ve shared of younger you. And you both look A LOT like Tina Yothers.
I was going to be Stephen if a boy. There seems to be no consistent taste/philosophy in my parents’ name choices (Steve is a really different kind of guy than Rita is a girl), but I suspect they didn’t put nearly as much thought into it as parents do now. I suspect we were a lot less precious than today’s kids.
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YES!! You know me well. 😉
We do! I’ve occasionally checked up on Tina Yothers over the years and she is a lovely woman. So I like the comparison.
I agree with you on the names. My dad just liked my name; no real meaning behind my first name. My middle name, Ellen, was named after my grandma Ella but they didn’t like the ring of Kari Ella. So there ya go…
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