Versatile....and more enLIGHTenment about ME!

    I'll just warn you right now...this post is all about me.

      And some of it is personal stuff about me. 

       The reason I'm writing it is because within the last couple of days I received, not one, but two Versatile Blogger Awards!! 

     And since it was 2 Awards, that means I have to double my info...*deep breath*
    In order to follow the rules I have to:
1.) Thank the person who gave me the award and link back to them in my post.
 2.) Tell you seven things about myself

3.) Award 15 recently discovered new bloggers

4.) Contact these bloggers and let them know they've received the award

     So, here goes. I want to sincerely thank the two Bloggers who gave me these awards...Rumtruffle over at A Crafty Kind of Truffle and Jo-anne over at Blooming Lovely...Rule #1...done!

     Rule #2 is going to be interesting because I've told you sooooo much about myself already on this blog. And now it has to be not 7 more things, but 14!!....Okayyyyy! I'll give it a try!

1.) I own 2 guitars, but I can't play them! LOL One was given to me as a gift by a friend who moved away. The other was an anniversary gift from my hubby. He said he loved my poetry so much he thought I should learn to put them to music. Isn't that sweet?!!...I thought it was a great idea, but as of yet.....no go! ^_^

   2.) I don't do much cooking nowadays because of my health...and I miss it! Especially because I was a pretty good cook, if I do say so myself! ^_^ My specialties...which I think every good cook has...(and that I got repeated requests for, from family and friends)...were my Buttermilk Cornbread Stuffing (made with the ingredients out of the pouch in the neck of the turkey or chicken, and sausage, peppers, onions, etc...); Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip and Coconut Cookies; Walnut Double Chocolate Brownies; my Apple/Peach Pie; and my Cheesecakes of every kind.

   3.) I love sports! You probably already know that, especially if you've seen me talking about the Australian Tennis Open lately!

        But did you know I played basketball in High School...First string?! And that my 3 point shot was fabulous!!! ^_^

    4.) Oh Yeah, as you can see from the above photo, I'm also double jointed. That may have been why my 3 point shot had so much range! ^_^
   5.) I also had a Drama Acting class in High School that was a real challenge because I was deadly shy. The final test for this class, in my senior year, consisted of doing a blood-curtling scream (like the scream heard in the last scene of a famous play). If we did it, it was an "A"...no questions asked. If we didn't, it was an "F"...I did it......LAST. And only after the teacher badgered me so much that I actually was just screaming at her to make her leave me alone! ^_^...I got an "A"!
   6.)  I've never had children and it's one of the big regrets of my life. I had sincere reasons....mostly being afraid I would mother in the same way that I was mothered. I now know, after much learning about life and about myself,  that I would have been a pretty good mother.

    7.) Part of the reason I think #6 is true is because I'm kind of known as the "Baby Whisperer" in the family. ^_^ I can make just about any baby talk to me, smile or laugh, (I'm known for my laugh too) and get any fussy baby quiet in less than 10 minutes!!...And you may have trouble waking them back up, they go to sleep so hard! ^_^

   8.) I am part Cherokee Indian. And I'm fascinated about anything I find out about my heritage.

   9.) I have tons of siblings!...Well, not tons, but LOTS! There's 12. I'm the oldest of my mother's children. I have 7 sisters. 2 by my biological father, 4 by my mother, and 1 by my dad. The dad who raised me from birth); and I have 6 brothers. 2 by my biological father, 1(by marriage) by my dad, and 3 by my mother. One more and we get eggroll!! LOL

   10.) I have always had problems with my weight. My body, even though I was always athletic and healthy, (for the most part) was like a machine trying to get bigger all the time. We have been in a battle since I was about 9 or 10. That's why I never show current pictures of myself. I'd rather you know me by my heart and not my body shape. My heart is very curvy! :-))

   11.) I love trivia, learning, knowledge, and games. That includes T.V. games like "Jeopardy", or where partners play card games like "Spades". I even like playing Scrabble alone!...I always win...BIG!! :-] I can play or watch for hours if I have the time...with someone or alone.

       

      I was alone when I taught myself to name all 66 books of the Bible in 60 seconds!...^_^ As I said in one of my poems "...I'm often alone, but not lonely...". I kinda like ME! :-)

    12.)I'm going through my 'Change of Life' and I'm having a TIME with hot flashes at night. I wake up in a complete "flop sweat" sometimes. NOT COOL!!! ^_^

    13.) I've been in love...REAL love...only twice in my life. The first time, I was 10 years old. And Yes! It was real pure love!! {Or at least it felt like it!} It caused my parents a lot of stress at the time because all I wanted to do was be with him. My love was smart enough to know we were too young. He broke up with me when he saw the problems it was causing. I never saw him again...and I never forgot him...That first love can be S-T-R-O-N-G!!!!

   14.) I really like the person I've become. How many people can say that at 50 something years old?! :-)...I don't like the body I have, but I like the person that owns it,...so therefore I like it too. It comes with the territory!

     WHEW!! Are you sick of ME yet?!! ^_^ I'd be a pretty good friend, don't you think?!...LOL...Just talking about myself all the time!!

    Okay....I'm tired, so at this time I'm not going to complete #s 3 and 4. I'll do it at a later time....in slow motion. *Teehee* I love sharing bloggie friends with everybody anyway. So you...and them...will be hearing from me!

"I Love Me!"

I love me.
I love the happy me.
I love the fact of me.
I love the silly me.
I love me.

I love the confident me.
I love the cooking me.
I love the sexy me.
I love me.

I love the cuddly me.

I love the caring me.
I love the beautiful me.
I love me.

I love the supportive me.
I love the sporting me.
I love the giddy me.
I love me.

I love the quiet me.
I love the talkative me.
I love the pensive me.
I love me.

I love the sensitive me.
I love the thoughtful me.
I love the world, with me.
I love me.

I love the patient me.
I love the stylish me.
I love the smiling me.
I love me.

I love the creative me.
And the one who created me,
because he helps relate to me
why I love me.
And I do love me!