12 Happy Chickens

Harley Rose & Dottie enjoying the sunshine

OK so I’m going to start off NaBloPoMo nice and easy by telling you about me as a warmer up. If you would like to join in, please feel free to give it a whirl. Just let me know if ya did it or not. 

01. My husband is 14 years older than I
02. I think mushrooms taste like dirt and I just can’t make myself love them.
03. I am a soap making - truck driving, kind of gal
04. I love taking pictures- I’m really a picture freak
05. I believe in reincarnation
06. I can change oil and grease a semi truck.
07. I don’t sleep a lot
08. I hate people who can’t drive

09. I also hate it when people ride the fence
10. I don’t like games.
11. I cut my own hair.
12. I’ve been through a lot over the years
13. I’m not a big spender

14. I’m not a gambler.
15. I want to learn to speak Italian.
16. I believe in Momma Earth, fairies, gnomes, pixies, and all things magical
17. I love reading.
18. I have a lot to learn.
19. I love spicy foods.
20. I’m a damn good cook, if I do say so.
21. I love music.
22. Stormy nights are soothing.
23. I have tattoos and want one more

24. I don’t get celebrity crushes.
25. I don’t have kids and I don’t think babies are that cute

26. I think older is better than newer
27. I don’t think you should “think” like I do

28. I talk way too much when I drink and it’s usually about trucks.
29. I can never remember birthdays
30. I have had a LOT of orthodontia work.
31. I love to drive.
32. I love homemade pizza.
33. I’m not a grammar snob.
34. I wish I had rich parents.
35. Some days I just want to tell them all to go to hell.
36. I hate cleaning the cat box.
37. I think there are way too many stupid laws.
38. I am mostly happy with my body. Mostly.
39. I’m becoming even more of an asshole, in my old(er) age.
40. I don’t get scrap booking
41. I really enjoy creative and personal gifts, even if they cost nothing as long as they are not scrap books.
42. I don’t watch much TV

43. I don’t agonize much about decisions after I’ve made them.
44. I am a truck driver
45. I own 2 horses that I don’t ride46. I would like to ditch it all and live sustainably in the middle of nowhere.
47. I hold grudges.
48. I miss being single sometimes
49. I am learning to meditate.
50. I like taking long walks in the middle of nowhere.
51. I love silence.
52. I would love to travel to Italy but don’t think I’ll ever get there.

53. I can’t sleep more than 4 hours at a time no matter how hard I try
54. I’m a worrier.
55. I have chosen trucks over men more times than not

56. I have worn out 3 Smokey & the Bandit Videos over the years
57. I have been engaged 3 times, married once
58. I live in the country and would never live in the city by choice
59. I don’t recall ever being thrown a surprise party.
60. I am nowhere near where I thought I’d be five years ago.
61. I wish I were more emotionally connected.
62. I’m pretty laid back most of the time.
63. People frustrate me.
64. I am more likely to piss people off by not showing an emotional reaction than showing too much emotion.
65. I don’t like to cuddle and it pisses my husband off.
66. I generally prefer staying in to going out to a large social event.
67. Money is not all that important to me.
68. I own 2 guns. A .25 caliber hand gun my dad gave me & .12 gauge double barrel shotgun that was my grandfathers

69. I was not a yuppie in high school
70. My parents are still married to one another.
71. I have four cats, two dogs, two horses, 15 chickens that are my kids and I think they are cute.
72. The first concert I went to was Air Supply
73. I wish I lived in the middle of 1000 acres all by myself (See 46)
74. I’m artistically creative.
75. I work best on a tight deadline.
76. I don’t understand the appeal of spectator sports.77. I need frequent doses of solitude.
78. I wonder if people will judge me for my answers here.
79. I got married on Friday the 13^th
80. I like poetry (Mary Oliver)
81. I hate people who poo poo my thoughts or feelings
82. I’m a free spirit.
83. In general, I have strong first impressions of people that don’t shake easily.
84. I am a duke’s mixture of Irish, English, German, Swedish, and a drop of American Indian.
85. I despise closed minded people.
86. I am protective of those closest to me.
87. I occasionally wonder how my life could have turned out if I had made different choices—and wish I had.
88. I wish people would accept responsibility for their actions.
89. I’m right-handed.
90. I don’t own an iron. I will not iron clothes91. I’m not afraid to die. 92. I’ve never broken a bone.
93. I’ve had braces94. I don’t believe in religion. I do believe in spirituality
95. I have never bought a gym membership- never will.
96. I could care less for clothes but I love hats, boots, & sunglasses

97. I avoid wearing panty hose whenever possible- which is 99.9% of the time.
98. I don’t wear underwear
99. I’m glad I’m alive today.
100. I enjoy silly memes… as long as they actually illustrate something interesting about the person doing said meme.