Sunday, April 29, 2007

DaBookLady's Book of Life

Hello and welcome to learning more about ME,


DabookLady....I am DaBookLady who sometimes is referred to "Crochetoholic" or "DaCraftyLady" is a semi retired grade school teacher living in S. CA and loving every sunny minute of it. She is happily married to a general contractor and 
has 2 grown children and 3 g-kids.
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I am addicted to reading, crocheting, cooking, baking, and crafts......and read more.....
My name is DaBookLady also Crochetoholic or DaCraftyLady
depending on the blog
  1. I am 64 yrs young [2015]
  2. I am married
  3. I have 2 grown children
  4. I raised them on my own as a single mom
  5. And I am very proud of both of them
  8. I live near the beach and love it!!
  9. I used to live in Norco, an equestrian town near Corona for over 13 years and moved back to the beach in 12/2003
  10. I had 5 horses in Norco
  11. I used to ride horses everyday
  12. Now they kind of scare me and I would rather just look at them
  13. My ultimate favorite song is "Over the Rainbow" by Israel Kamakawiwo'Ole
  14. I like rodeos
  15. I love to CW dance &line dance
  16. My favorite dog "Boo Boo Bear" died in 2004
  17. I love to watch old movies on TV
  18. I am addicted to the LifeTime, Sci-Fi, Hallmark & TCM channels
  19. I was a teacher by profession, but retired now
  20. I was born and raised in upstate NY
  21. I have [1] sister and no brothers
  22. My sis and I used to sleep in the same double-bed till she moved out when I was 9 
  23. My sister still lives in NY
  24. I moved to Point Breeze on the Lake, NY when I was 12
  25. I named my handmade crafts business "Point Breeze Designs"
  26. Both my Mom and Dad are gone
  27. Most of my family lives in Florida
  28. I am very close to my cousin Glenn in KC, MO
  29. I love to travel
  30. I try to fly somewhere whenever I get the chance
  31. Every other year I fly back to NY
  32. Every year my sis and I used to pick a place in the US to meet to fly,visit and sight see
  33. I get sick if I am in the sun too long
  34. I cannot pronounce Spanish words or names very well
  35. I have claustrophobia and hate closed in areas
  36. I am a Reading addict!!
  37. I can't resist any book sales
  38. I love Halloween!!
  39. I love to wear costumes
  40. I love bling bling
  41. I love animals
  42. I like people and making new friends
  43. I have not drank coffee since 1970
  44. I love the smell of it, though
  45. I love tea, tea pots and tea houses
  46. I am a Red Hats Queen Mum lady of Social Butterflies
  47. I love Red Hatting it has given me so many friends...
  48. I like to lunch with friends
  49. I love to read HP books over and over again
  50. I love the ocean
  51. But not to swim in it I just love to look at it and hear the water
  52. I am a people watcher
  53. I like to go to the park and feed the birds & in my yard too. :)
  54. I love hot fudge sundaes & chocolate cake & Bread Pudding
  55. I like to eat dessert first
  56. I do not like liver
  57. I like to ride my bike
  58. I am always on a diet!
  59. I watch TV till I fall asleep late into the wee hours
  60. I always watch the reruns at 11:00-12 am
  61. I would like to write a novel someday or finish one I've started
  62. I have over 20 pen pals
  63. I love Celtic music
  64. I sing to the radio when classic rock is on
  65. I love to bake
  66. I love brownies with chocolate frosting
  67. I do not like to ride on roller coasters
  68. My favorite color is pink and burgundy
  69. My family is the most important thing in my life next to God
  70. My friends are also very important to me
  71. I don't like phony people
  72. I am a Murder She Wrote junkie
  73. I love LOST & Definance
  74. I think Tom Selleck is yummy
  75. I also think David Hassaldorf is yummy
  76. I collect Marilyn Monroe memorabilia
  77. I collect music boxes
  78. I collect too much!!
  79. I have 2 friends from the 7th grade that I still talk to
  80. I used to be a size 0 and sometimes wore kids size 14 till I was almost 40
  81. I was not very popular in the 9th and 10th grades
  82. I then got very popular in the later part of 10th and then 11th grade???
  83. I got married at 16 to my childhood sweetheart
  84. I divorced him 8 1/2 years later
  85. I stayed in California and he went back to NY
  86. I went back and finished school and now have a 4 yr degree and my teacher's credential [2 more years of college] Master's Degree --too many school years!!
  87. I used to work in a grocery store in the meat dept. as a meat wrapper
  88. I was also an Insurance Adjuster for Bodily Claims for way too long!!
  89. I don't "sweat the small stuff "anymore
  91. I always have room in my life for more BFFs!!
  92. I love eating out with my DH
  93. I married my DH 2x
  94. I love Hawaii!!
  95. I protested the Vietnam war in the late 60s early 70s 
  96. I drove back and forth from NY to CA over 10 times
  97. One thing most people don't know about me is that I went to Woodstock in NY in 1969
  98. I just discovered that I have a really bad habit of crowding things, like plants in a garden
  99. I procrastinate everyday when it comes to exercise
  100. I love Big Bear 
  101. But I don't like the cold
  102. my favorite camping vacation is Bass Lake 
  103. I have been going to Bass Lake since the early 80s and never tire of it
  104. I love to shop & shop & shop
  105. I love my Cadillac CTS
  106. I spend way too much time on this computer
  107. I wish there were more hours in the day for crafting 
  108. I went to my 1st CGOA Conference 9/07 and loved it!
  109. I really want to learn how to play the piano better
  110. I think "Whispers" by Dean Koonz is one of the best books I've read.. scary
  111. I  like all Debbie Macomber books!!
  112. I once visited a LYS and the owner mistook me for Debbie Macomber
  113. I am the leader of a LCG in Long Beach, Stitch n' Chicks
  114. Oh yeah, and I'm a Crochetoholic
  115. To Be Continued...............
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