Sara

Nickname: Princess 'tude
Astrological sign: Taurus
Age: I am a Charter Baby Boomer    
Height: 5' 6"
Level of Education: College, got married, had 2 babies, college, technical training, more college in new degree program, more technical training, college again. School of life is the best and only reliable teacher.
Occupation: All job offers considered
Birthplace: Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Marital status: Divorced after 32 years.
How many children: Two, one adopted
Do you drink (alcohol): Holidays and Celebrations
Do you smoke: When I drink.
Favorite outdoor activities: My backyard pond with fish and turtles, camping
Favorite indoor activities: Blogging and Reading
Favorite colors: Red, White and Blue, okay sea green and rose
Favorite type of music: Folk and anything with a hard driving back beat, ragtime, Dixieland Jazz, rock-a-billy rock 'n' roll
Favorite musical groups/performers: Elvis, Neil Diamond, Van Halen, Bob Seegar, All Folk Groups, Fleetwood Mac, Alan Jackson, Toby Keith, Eric Clapton
Favorite soundtracks: "Love at the Greek" by Neil Diamond, Patetique by Beethoven; soundtrack from the movie "Chicago"
Favorite song at the moment:???
What's in your home CD/Cassette player right now: Big Tiny Little (ragtime piano)
What's in you car CD/Cassette player right now: An old Eric Clapton track, Clapton "Unplugged." Mostly I listen to talk radio in the car.
Do you play an instrument: Not really. Just gave my keyboard to my Granddaughter, still have my Aunt's antique auto harp and my ukulele from high school folk music parties.
One pillow or two: Three.
Croutons or bacon bits: Croutons
Favorite salad dressing: Chunky blue cheese
Have you ever had your appendix or tonsils removed: Yes and my gall bladder and my knee joint (replaced - I am a bionic woman).
Have you ever gone skinny-dipping: No, too afraid of getting caught when I was younger, wouldn't freak everyone out now that I'm older.
Do you make fun of people: No, unless they are moonbats and "stuck on stupid"
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up: An Olympic athlete and a world-renown dancer
What would be your dream job now: Archeologist
Have you ever been convicted of a crime: They tried but it didn't work.
Places you'd most like to visit: Space and the Holy Land
Your first car: A little grey Vauxhall that I got as a 16th birthday present.
Dream car: Cadillac XLR convertible in in pale lavender with white leather
Toothpaste: Pearl Drops
Shampoo/Conditioner: What my hairdresser recommends.
Favorite season: Fall
Favorite holiday: Christmas, I love to decorate
Favorite board/card game: Texas Hold'em, I play online; Canasta; Pinochle and Cribbage
Favorite hobbies: Genealogy and politics
Favorite sport to play: It used to be water skiing before I blew out my knee.
Favorite sport to watch: Auto racing, football
Least favorite sport to watch: Wrestling
Most humiliating moment: Biting into a sandwich and having my front tooth fall out on my plate in front of a first date.
Do you have any siblings: No, I'm an only child.
Do you get along with your parents: My father died when I was 13 while he was still in his forties, my Mother died last year at age 94.
Favorite place to chill: Sitting by my backyard pond.
Favorite place to visit: Yosemite, California - Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania - New York City
What is your bad time of day: Early morning, I'm a night owl, have trouble sleeping, once asleep have even more trouble waking up again.
What is your good time of day: Sunset and after.
Favorite perfume or cologne: None. Most make me sneeze.
Favorite scent of candle: Vanilla
Favorite flower/plant: Lilacs and Dogwood
Favorite subject in school: History
Least favorite subject in school: Math and Chemistry
Favorite authors: Colleen McCullough, James Patterson, Nelson DeMille, Tom Clancy, Ken Follett, James Michener, Nevada Barr
Favorite book genre: Epic historical novels and intricate action spy novels.
Favorite book: The one I'm reading.
Current book I'm reading: BLIND DESCENT by Nevada Barr
Favorite magazine: Whatever I find in the doctor's waiting room or at the hair dresser's.
Favorite movie you have seen recently: Who has time to go to the movies?
Favorite movie of all time: Gone with the Wind
Other favorite movies: Shawshank Redemption, Tombstone with Val Kilmer, Chicago, Ghost, Dirty Dancing, The Color Purple, Jumpin' Jack Flash, Prince of Tides, Schindler's List
Favorite actors/actresses: Kurt Russell, Meg Ryan, Julia Roberts
Favorite TV programs: old reruns of "The Nanny" and "Jag" or anything about archeology on the Discovery Channel.
Favorite cartoon character: Howdy Doody and Flub-a-Dub.
Favorite food: Shrimp, crab, anything hot and spicy
Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla
Favorite ice cream: Pralines and cream
Favorite Snapple: I'm not sure I know what Snapple is.
Favorite alcoholic Drink: Long Island Ice Tea
What is your bedtime: Middle of the night
Best on-line friends: Bloggers have friends, who knew?
Best friends: Michael and Martha
Worst enemies: My weasel ex and his psycho identity thieving bimbo/forger; the two sheriffs who attacked us and broke my back and put my 90 year old mother in the hospital on a respirator, they should rot in hell forever - no quarter, no mercy.
Interesting fact about your childhood: I could swim before I could walk.
How many rings before you answer the phone: That depends on where I am, what I'm doing and if I feel like answering the phone.
The first thing you think of in the morning: Wondering where the oil can is.
Favorite thing to do when you're home alone: Blog, read, take long hot bubble baths.
Things that make you feel good: Back and foot rubs, compliments, getting a rise out of pompous asses.
Things you don't like: Idiots, liberals, Barbara Boxer & Nancy Pelosi, anti-smokers, or any other frustrated hall monitor elitist metrosexual types.
Worst feeling in the world: Becoming an orphan (no matter how old you are this is a hard one).
Best feeling in the world: Being in love; finding something you thought you'd lost forever.
Do you get motion sickness: No, but I suffer vertigo from heights
Roller Coasters - Deadly or Exciting: Deadly
Thunderstorms - Cool or Scary: Very Very Cool
Pen or Pencil: Pen
Do you like to drive: Not really, but hey I live in California, what can I say?
Do you sleep with stuffed animals: No, but I collect teddy bears just because they're cute.
Did you have imaginary friends or a blanket as a child: No, unless you count the characters in books.
What is on the walls of your room: My Mother's artwork, special mementoes from my kids.
What words or phrases do you overuse: "What a jerk!" usually referring to myself.
Coolest things anyone ever gave you: A yellow rose, pressed in my memory book, that my father gave me for my 13th birthday in honor of becoming a teenager/young woman. He died 6 weeks later.
How would you characterize your political leanings: A modified libertarian.*
If you could pick one super-human power, what would you choose: The ability to talk to the "other side" or time travel.
Favorite Quotes/Lyrics/Poems: I am, I said. "Sometimes there just aren't enough rocks." -- Forest Gump

* What being a modified libertarian means to me: