100 And Counting....

After a few months of random thoughts and abbreviated note-taking, I've finally completed my "100 Things" list, in anticipation of my 100th post.  Wow! Where has the time gone?  It's been five short months since I began this blog, and in that time, I've learned so many new things, met so many new people, and started so many new friendships.  What a great way to kick off 2010 - celebrating my 100th post and sharing weird, quirky, or just plain mundane stuff about me. Hope you enjoy reading the list as much as I've enjoyed reading so many of yours!

Here goes .....  

10  "Fave" Things:1.    Visiting farmers' markets, especially when we travel  

2.    Movies: The Bucket List and Serendipity
3.    Coffee: Dunkin Donuts dark roast

4.    Ice cream: Baskin & Robbins Chocolate and Peanut Butter

5.    Chocolate: dark chocolate, 70%

6.    Fast food:  Chick-fil-A kids' meal (on rare occasions)

7.    Coke Zero; former Diet Pepsi fanatic

8.    Avocados and 'real' sour cream; hated both as a kid... go figure!

9.    Thin, greasy "NY" style pizza 

10.  Season:  fall

That Girl! ...  10 Things I'm Mostly Likely to be Found Doing:

1.    Writing, Blogging, Texting

2.    Reading (usually magazines - when I find/make time)

3.    Eating (!)

4.    Shooting pics (usually of food, trees, or architecture)

5.    Napping

6.    Running or Walking

7.    Acting like a goofball; being dorky in general (love to do this!)

8.    Laughing: usually hear me before you see me (sometimes, not so good at work!)

9.    Surfing the internet - I am an information junkie

10.  Something food-related; reading cookbooks/mags, watching Food Network, prepping, cooking

10 Personality Traits that Sometimes Get Me in Trouble, Laughed at, or Admired:

1.    Laughing out loud often and without reservation (See #8 above!)

2.    Being a bit rebellious/outspoken/headstrong; despise 'compliance' as a social construct

3.    I believe questioning authority is not only good, but necessary (didn't fare well in the military!)

4.    Described as a 'tree-hugger' by one of my fave bosses; always trying to get people to recycle, reuse, and use less (paper, usually)

5.    I ask a lot of questions (very curious about most things); a global thinker who looks for the details

6.    Bored out of my mind in most meetings; can't stand sitting still longer than 10 minutes(!)

7.    Usually late; dancing to a different beat

8.    Extremely reflective; always 'pondering' something or another

9.    Willing to push the envelope when I believe something is unjust or blatantly wrong

10.  Will root for the underdog 99.99% of the time 

What??? ..... 10 Things Some Might Find Surprising About Me:

1.    Self-conscious; a bit shy and awkward in groups (unless I'm facilitating a function)

2.    I do my very best thinking in the shower... LOL, but true!

3.    Would love to be built less like Marilyn and more like Gabrielle (v-ball player)

4.    US Navy disabled veteran

5.    Attended ten schools in K-12th grades

6.    LOVED turning 40 ... very liberating!

7.    Diagnosed with type 2 diabetes at 39

8.    Getting quieter as I get older (though my husband would debate this!)

9.    Won't cross off a day on the calendar until after midnight

10.  Met my husband online

Odds 'n Ends... 10 Things That Might Say a Lot About Me (or Nothing at All):

1.   I collect diner coffee mugs, handmade pottery, and antiques

2.   Prefer student art to professional work

3.   Prefer Chapstick to lipstick

4.   Miami native

5.   Squirrels make me laugh out loud and a new box of crayons makes me smile

6.   Enjoy traveling and exploring new places, but love coming home

7.   Fave colors (opposite ends of my personality):  orange (energy), green (quiet reflection/growth)

8.   I admire women who can wear high heels; I live in flip-flops and running shoes

9.   LOVE to watch people!

10. I like board games, but rarely play them

10 More Odds 'n' Ends:

1.   Would love to meet Drew Barrymore; spunky, funny, dorky, very smart, and youthful

2.   Prefer New Years to Christmas

3.   Fashion Sensibility: K. Hepburn'ish (classic - trousers/crisp white shirts) OR Gap khakis

4.   Prefer nonfiction to fiction... always reading bits and pieces... I read at red lights

5.   Need to wear my glasses more regularly (the eyes are getting old...)

6.   I'm a cry baby - movies, TV commercials, TV shows, or when someone yells at or 'wrongs' me

7.   Prefer big cities to small towns (like to visit both, but to live in the former)

8.   Bachelors in social science and a masters in reading

9.   16-yr educator; taught middle, high, and college classes. Love teaching! Currently a training and development coordinator, newsletter creator, and curriculum writer. (UPDATE 2013: 18+ years and counting ... AND back in the high school classroom full-time since Sept 2011)

10.  Love all things food-related: eating, preparing, perusing cookbooks/food mags, photographing

10 Things That Rock my World:

1.    Bookstores, libraries, & office supply stores

2.    Hanging out with my husband

3.    Engaging instruction/instructors who are willing to go the extra mile

4.    An entire day, without interruption, to write, write, write....  

5.    Shopping for new calendars every Dec.. I buy 5+ every year!

6.    Quotes... love to read them, collect them, share them

7.    Being 'green' - protect Mother Earth and all that's what's left

8.    Watching HGTV, Food Network, Lost, True Blood, Today Show and NBC Nightly News (UPDATE 2013: Lost has been lost(!) and the Today Show lost my vote after the Ann Curry debacle, but I've added Cooking Channel, Big Bang Theory, and GMA to my favorites)

9.    A great cup of coffee!

10.  My nephews and nieces

Damn You!  10 Things That Irritate, Scare, Annoy, or Otherwise Bug Me: 

1.    Getting my hair done - AWESOME hair dresser, but hate sitting still for 2 1/2 hours (see above)

2.    Rude people. Dismissive people. People talking on their cell phones in public, while driving, etc...

3.    Students who are lazy, rude, or disrespectful and then blame the instructor

4.    Loose dogs (big or small), snakes, and needles - they scare me to death!!!!

5.    Control freaks

6.    Man holes, steam grates, ground coverings on sidewalks: I go around them!

7.    Homelessness, poverty, hate crimes, and bullying

8.    Movies that are too long

9.    People who talk too much & people whose inflated self-perception gets in the way...get over yourselves  
10.   Driving around parking lots, searching for a space close by - just park and walk already!

Run, Baby, Run! ....  10 Things About Running:
(Update 2013: Lots of changes in this arena, reflected in my rambling posts)

1.   I'm definitely slow and steady, neither fast nor speedy

2.   A rest day IS a training day

3.   It REALLY is 90% mental

4.   Prefer long slow runs to quick short runs (I am a turtle runner, after all!)

5.   The outfit does make a difference (LOL)

6.   I lose count (and get bored) when I run in circles (around lakes, tracks, turtles, etc...)

7.   Began running at 41, after years of on/off walking - never an athlete!

8.   Personal goal: run in each of the U.S. states (and would love to run internationally)

9.   (Apparently), I like to write and talk (a lot) about running (according to my mother-in-law and husband)

10.  Getting out the front door is definitely the hardest part!

10 Mottos, Quotes, and Things That Define Me:

1.    Be the change you wish to see in the world.

2.    So much to write about.  So little time.

3.    Think. Discuss. Act.

4.    Shut up and think.

5.    Seriously???

6.    Talk less. Do More. (Bought this on a plaque in Chicago.)

7.    Pay it forward. 

8.    Make a difference.

9.    Hug more.

10.  Be kind.

Happy running, friends....

Robin