1. I am a woman

2. I am 54 years old

3. I am the mother of 2 boys (now men)

4. I love cooking

5. I love eating

6. I hate to diet though I have been dieting most of my adult life and I am still overweight

7. I am a natural brunette but my hair color has changed often in the last 20years

8. My eyes are brown

9. I was a public servant until I had to go on a disability pension

10. I enjoyed doing volunteer work post stroke , it was very rewarding.

11. I met the love of my life twenty one years after my stroke.

12. I enjoy being outdoors be it only to sit and read a good book

13. I spend a lot of time on the computer. I especially enjoy Stroke Net and playing Mah Jong.

14. I am5foot 4 inches and I'm not telling my weight.

15. I have a brother and a sister both younger than I, and my parents are still living.

16. Most of my carreer , I worked in Finance

17. I became a cub leader to accompany my first born when he joined at 9 years old

18. I enjoy doing my housework now, I get a kick out of it because for so long I couldn't do it.

19. I enjoy driving especially for long trips.

20. My favorite books and TV shows are on forensic science and detective stories.

21. I hate being told I can't do something. It only chalenges me to prove them wrong.

22. My favorite seasons are spring and summer, spring because it announces summer and summer because I love going out without a coat, sweater or boots.

23. Ilove music, I grew up on country and western but I love almost everything else. I don't like rap.

24. I listen to the radio all day long no matter what I'm doing and I love to sing along.

25. I always hated shopping for clothes until about 2 years ago when I lost 110 lbs.

26. I was very proud of myself and loved to show off in front of people who hadn't seen me in years.

27. I am not so proud of myself now because recently I gained back 25 of those llbs.

28. I am a smoker and have no wish to quit and it drives me crazy that the government is coming out with all these laws to make life impossible for us smokers

29. I have always enjoyed going away every weekend. When I was young, my parents owned a cottage and later when I was married we had our own. Now my life has changed and I miss going away every weekend.

30. Eventhough I enjoy cooking I also enjoy going out for dinner once in a while.

31. I loved my job as a Mom and I always thought I would be a good grandmother if ever it was my fate to be one.

32.my favorite color is blue. Actually I have more than one favorite. I also like yellow, red,

33. I like to wear black because its slimming and goes with everything.

34. My favorite drink is coffee. My favorite breakfast item is peanut butter.

35. I am kind and perseverant.

36. I tend to be lazy when it comes to exercise.

37. I prefer taking quick showers instead of soaking in the bathtub.

38. I am not enjoying this exercise because I have to think too much.

39. I have never liked exercises where I have to delve into myself too much.

40. I was a member of the Optimist Club and I enjoyed it very much.

41. My favorite pass-time other than the computer is reading.

42. I was 30 years old when I had my stroke

43. The stroke didn't affect my life as much as my divorce 2 years earlier.

44. I love to travel, though I have not travelled as much as I would like to.

45. I love to dress up though I don't have many occasion to since I retired.

46. My favorite things to shop for are items for the kitchen.

47. My dream is to move to Central America with the love of my life.

48. I love to do things to make my love happy.

49. I am learning Spanish

50. I speak French and English fluently.

51. This list was supposed to have 100 things but I could only come up with 50, so I changed the title.