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Sunday, August 01, 2004

inventory survey

HOW MANY...

in your home:
phone extensions? 5
bathrooms? 1 in main house, 1 in schoolroom/apartment
books? hundreds.
computers? 1 in house, 1 in schoolroom
televisions? 1
video game consoles? 0
video games? a few computer games, maybe half a dozen
DVDs? maybe 50
VHS cassettes? maybe 200
LPs? none
CDs? around 100
cassettes? lots, but they're in storage
8-tracks? 0
cats? 2
dogs? 0
fish? 7
reptiles? 0
other pets? 0
houseplants? 0
musical instruments? 1 piano, 1 flute
things you've owned since high school or before? hmm. some clothes (!). My daughter has my old cabbage patch kid. A few movies. A dozen books or so, and some CDs. My piano and my flute. My Scrabble game. Maybe two dozen things?

in/on your body:
surgeries? three c-sections and a tonsillectomy, so 4
memorable scars? aforementioned c-section, plus maybe 5 other noticeable ones from accidents etc.
things you love? hmm. sometimes I really like my eyes and eyebrows. So I suppose that's 4 things.
things you hate? too many to count, starting with my feet and moving upward.
tattoos? 0
piercings? 2 (1 in each ear)
rings? 1 (wedding/engagement)


in your past:
birthdays? 29
boyfriends/girlfriends? serious ones, I had 2 in high school. Add in the more casual short term things and the number goes up to maybe a dozen.
divorces? 0
homes? about twelve, mostly before I was 5
schools? 1 school district, 3 schools (elementary, junior high, high school)
cities of residence? 1
college units? 0
foreign countries visited? 0

in your family:
brothers? 1
sisters? 0
children? 2 living
first cousins? oh geesh. I think it's 40 at last count (one aunt still producing).
grandparents living? 2 grandmothers
miles between you and your parents? 16 by road
times you talk to your mom in a week? 5?
years married? 10
years your parents have been married (or divorced)? almost 33 years married

in general:
really close friends? a small handful, three I'd say
hours per week worked? 0 outside the home, on call 24 hours a day though ;-)
evenings per week at home? right now, 6. During the school year it goes down to 4.
times a week you cook? at least ten (lunches and dinners). I don't count preparing cold cereal or making pb&j sandwiches. ;-)
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