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25 Random Things

25 Random Things About Me, In No Particular Order.

1. I climbed the stairs all the way to the top of the Statue Of Liberty and looked out through the little windows in her crown, it was amazing...!!. You can no longer do that.

2. I use to dye my hair purple/plum. What was I thinking?!!!

3. I went to a funeral in Tepic Nayarit, Mexico. a lady at the church in Tepic where my Father ministered at, died. we attended her funeral. She was in an open casket with her eyes open and her mouth in a full on grin with her teeth showing, one gold as I recall. The casket was covered in clear plexiglass so you could see, but not smell. We had to wear vail's and walk with her through the streets of Tepic in the, evening!!. I was just a kid and totally freaked out by this!!!

4. I once shot a rifle. The kick back (or whatever you call it) after I pulled the trigger knocked me to the ground, backward! and scared me!, but I loved it!

5. I once drove, straight through, from Louisiana to San Diego with my best friend, I had 2 pistols and bullets under the driver seat and three rifles in the back seat covered by blankets. For reasons unknown to me, my parents thought or lack there of, this was a good way for them to be delivered to my brothers/cousins in California ( Humm...!!! two wild, out of control, rebellious, teenagers!! trafficking guns and BULLETS!!! cross country!!! go figure!!!)Didn't seem strange at the time, (NEVER IN A MILLION BILLION YEARS WOULD I EVER.. LET MY TEENAGER DO THIS!!!). Me and my best friend decided to load one of the pistols, just for fun!, then we came around the corner descending down into Arizona and decided to see how fast this car could actually go and the rest they say, is history...!!!.

6. I once fell out of a moving truck, driven by my Father. (all this isn't sounding/looking to good for him, lol!!, but really, he is the best Dad!!!)

7. I once played an April fools joke on my older brother, who is much older than I, not sure he would appreciate that or the following story about to be told, I am only disclosing this information for the purpose of this story. He was in his office of the church he pastors. My older cousin who happens to be about the same age as my brother, okay, maybe not mentally!!, called him on this most important day, in the late morning of April 1st to tell him that I (his most precious sister!) had been in an accident and was being rushed to the hospital!!. My brother (the pastor), his wife (my sis in law and banker) were in the midst of the church banking and counseling sessions, when they receive, again, this most important call, about their baby sister. They immediately closed up shop, cancelled the rest of the afternoon counseling sessions, threw the banking back in the safe and headed straight for the hospital.

8. I once let my cousin talk me into skiing down the expert slope, instead of the beginner hill like my Dad said to when I was a kid. This was only my second day on the slopes everrrr....!!!. It wasn't pretty, and I wasn't laughing!!

9. I once laughed so hard I peed my pants!

10. I've seen the white house, in person.

11. I've been sailing, my Dad would take us way out in the middle of the ocean on his sailboat and we sail right next to the dolphins.

12. I once asked my Mom if God would ever take her or my Dad away from me, She said, No.

13. I believe that God allows my Mom to look down from heaven through the clouds where she is buried to see me, so I visit often.

14. I had cartlige removed from my knee, from an injury I received while playing volleyball.

15. I hate germs, I have issues, not my germs, other peoples!!.

16. I got married in Vegas! Woo hoo!!!, been married to my Guy for 17 years this July.

17. I once shot myself in the finger with a staple gun. it hurt!!

18. I love my siblings more than they realize.

19. I have had, two amazing women in my life, whom I've been lucky enough to call MoM.

20. I once had a serious crush on Rick Springfield, I cut out all his pictures from magazines and put them everywhere, I still have a photo album filled with pictures of him. In storage, of course!

21. I love to laugh, I love the sound of laughter, and I love all things funny and humorous cause then I know, all is well in my world.

22. I flew many times in my Dad's plane, he would fly us over our house, and I would wave to my friends.

23. I am totally claustrophobic. In 2004, I had to go into the hospital for a week during my stay I had to be put in that long xray tube thing, I totally freaked out!!!, they had to cover my eyes and strap me down among other things to get me through it. Makes me sick, just thinking about it.

24. The last words my Mom ever said to me, "I Love you".

25. The last words I ever said to my Mom, the night before she was killed. "I love you too"

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Kerri said…
Enjoyed reading your 25 Random Things!! Sounds like you ahve a real love for life! Thanks for sharing!!

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