(Borrowed from Facebook . . . my blog looked neglected)
1. I’m named after a character in a book my mom read (Calico Palace). My mom was also named after a fictional character (Richardson’s Pamela). I continued the tradition by naming my cat Parker after the tiger in The Life of Pi.
2. I lived in Henderson, Texas, for the first 18 years of my life. Since then, I’ve lived in 3 other states (Mississippi, Florida, and Massachusetts) and 6 cities (Jackson, Austin, Orlando, Nacogdoches, Boston, and Natick).
3. Long underwear is a now a permanent part of my winter wardrobe.
4. My first memory was telling my mom that I wanted a little sister like a girl in my class at preschool. I got Paul instead (and wouldn’t trade him for a million sisters).
5. I am a huge Michelle Kwan fan and am excited that she has hinted at a return to the ice.
6. I love to watch Dancing with the Stars.
7. My favorite book as a child was Anne of Green Gables (I still love it).
8. I don’t like peanut butter.
9. I would really like to visit Australia.
10. I’m a proud Texas Longhorn, but I appreciate the Aggie band more (military-style marching is so difficult to do well).
11. I was a majorette my senior year of high school.
12. My favorite vacations growing up were our trips to the national parks.
13. I have almost mastered the art of shoveling my car out of the snow.
14. I have Cheerios every morning for breakfast.
15. I love Mexican food (what Texas girl doesn’t?). I just wish good Mexican food was easier to find up here in Massachusetts.
16. My brother and I both broke our arms within a week of each other when we were little. I broke my left, and he broke his right. (Just in case you were wondering, these were two distinct incidents. Mine happened at home, and my brother’s happened at school.)
17. I like a lot of my mom’s music (Simon and Garfunkel, Elvis, Carole King, John Denver).
18. I have a fear of knives and apples.
19. I’ve been told I look like both my mom and my dad.
20. I really like ducks.
21. Burt and Ernie were my favorite characters on Sesame Street when I was younger. We still have Christmas tree ornaments that hang on our tree each year.
22. I’ve actually been to Wasilla, Alaska.
23. My cat Sammy is a great mouse killer (he begged me to put this one in).
24. I love that my brother and I have inside jokes (“Section C!”).
25. I’m so ready for summer already, but since I live in Massachusetts, I’ll probably have to wait until June.
