35 Candles!!!

The year was 1974.....

1/2 gallon of milk....$.78

Bread....$.38

Stamp.....$.10

Gas....$.63

Movie Ticket....$1.25

Minimum Wage....$2.00

Car....$3850

Avg. Income....$9668

House.....$44,250

Dow Jones.....High 950-Low 590

Best Picture.....The Godfather Part 2

Movie Openings....American Graffiti, Carrie, The Great Gatsby

Top TV Shows.....All in The Family, The Waltons, Sanford and Son

Top Songs....The Joker (Steve Miller Band), Bennie and The Jets (Elton John)

Most Unusual Newspaper Headline...."There will be no weather report today because of the weather"

String bikinis hit the beach

55 mile per hour speed limit is enacted

Sears Tower in Chicago becomes the worlds tallest building

A fad known as streaking sweeps the country

Something called "The Internet" came about

Deaths....Jack Benny, Duke Ellington, Charles Lindbergh and Ed Sullivan

Births..........................................................................ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Wow Mom....that's quite the outfit! And that hair!)

My birthday was yesterday and I had planned to have this post up but things got in the way like power outages and having to go to the hospital thinking my dad was having a heart attack. You know....just things!

Anyways....

If you ask my mom she would tell you that as a child I was so well mannered and always perfectly behaved. The cutest child you will ever encounter.

I was more advanced then any child of my age. Always smiled, never cried. I did everything my parents told me to do.

Yep that's me...the shining star in every ones life!

At least that's what I remember. My memory could be failing though. I mean I am 35 now, 75 is just right around the corner!

But here are 35 things I do know for a fact about myself

* I am an only child

*I eat ketchup on my eggs (and just about everything else....maybe I should buy stock in the stuff)

*I don't know how to whistle

*When I read I don't look at every word...I guess that makes me a skim reader

*I can read and watch TV at the same time

*I don't like Ice cream

*I sleep with ear plugs in

*I have to plan my bites evenly during a meal. I have to end up with one bite of each thing at the end

*I hate talking on the phone

*I have jumped off a bridge

*I don't drink the last swallow at the bottom of the glass (I don't know why)

*I don't know how to drive a stick shift...I don't want to learn

*Growing up I wanted to be a dancer but never told anyone

*I used to hate cats but now I am obsessed with them

*I know Disneyland like the back of my hand

*I've had a miscarriage and still think about how old the child would be right now

*The smell of Burger King still makes me nauseous

*I like "getting friendly with my hubby" in the backyard at night under the stars

*I do monthly meal planning and go shopping once a month

*The chores that I hate to do I make my oldest son do

*I used to commute 1 1/2 hours to work each way

*I have never broken a bone or had stitches

* I wish I could sing so I could sing louder at church

*I thought I would be a better wife and mom then I am. I really need to work on it!

*I spend WAY to much time on the computer

*I am very insecure

*I have held baby bear cubs, baby tigers, baby jaguars and I have hand fed elk

*My first job was making pizzas at Papa Murphys

* I used to manage a music store. That's how I met Todd

*My first car was a 65 Ford Mustang

*I wish I could time travel

*I am pretty good at navigating the New York Subways

*Never go gambling with me....I am the worst luck!

* I have sun-bathed in the nude on the beach

* I know that God knows my name. He hears me when I pray. He knows my needs. He takes care of me. I will see his face and be held in his arms one day!

Happy Birthday to me!