25 Random Things

About a year ago, one of the Facebook rages was posting 25 random things about yourself.  I finally got up the courage to participate in the exercise.  Here is what I posted.  A couple of things have changed, but for the most part it all still remains true.  Enjoy.

1. In my first two years of college, I majored in Sorority (Sigma Sigma Sigma).
2. I am a closet Real World watcher.
3. I have two internationally adopted daughters. Elliott is from Russia and Hunter is from Guatemala.
4. I have a law degree, but I don’t practice law.
5. I love to cook…. especially if I have a glass of wine in hand.
6. I collect roosters. There are over 80 in my kitchen from all over the world.
7. I have always wanted to speak French.
8. I love to read trash romance novels, books about WW II and legal/espionage thrillers.
9. I met my husband, Colby, at a wedding in Caracas, Venezuela.
10. I was a widow for 5 years. I still miss my first husband.
11. I ran a marathon once (NYC).
12. I used to live in Fargo, North Dakota. It wasn’t hell, but you could see it from there.
13. If I wasn’t married or had kids, I would work on Capitol Hill.
14. Having breast cancer was the best thing that ever happened to me.
15. I love to drive fast cars and will only drive German cars with stick shifts.
16. I married my husband because he is from Texas, he calls me “darlin’” and he makes me laugh.
17. Lately, I have been driven to reach out to people from my past.
18. I buy myself jewelry because who better to know what you really want.
19. I swim about 4,000 meters a week.
20. I have 87 movies in my Netflix list, but I’m still afraid I will run out.
21. I raise cattle with my husband in Texas and New Mexico.
22. I am very proud to be a co-founder of the Young Survival Coalition.
23. There is not one white wall in my entire house.
24. Pink is my favorite color.
25. Colby and I have “date night” once a month, and vacation one week a year without the girls.