Cmoneyspinner
(1) I’ve never been to heaven or Oklahoma. But I do like The Beatles. (I make corny references to songs and movies in a regular conversation all the time. LOL.)
(2) When I was about 7 or 8 years old, I misspelled a word once because I had copied the way my father spelled it. My teacher marked me wrong and told me my father was WRONG! I talked back to her … in defense of my beloved father …and was sent to the Principal’s office for being rude and discourteous. (Although the principal laughed and said she understood because she knew my dad. However, she still had to punish me because I couldn’t be allowed to get away with talking back to the teacher in front of the other students. I took my punishment defiantly and proudly. 🙂 ) About 10 years later I visited my father’s country and what do you know? That’s how they spell that word in his country. So! My dad was RIGHT!! I felt so vindicated. LOL. Wish I could have shown my teacher. 🙂
(3) Growing up in Miami, Florida, I experienced a lot of hurricanes. The hurricanes did not upset me. What upset me was the fact that the names of the hurricanes were all FEMALE. I never complained openly about it though. But I guess somebody complained because when I got older they started giving the storms MALE names. Hurricane Bob (1979) was the first hurricane with a man’s name. (Fun Trivia) Bob was not a memorable storm. Hurricanes Cleo and Camille KICKED BUTT!! I remember them!
(4) We have several video games in our house. I have never played a video game. Not by myself or with any of my kids. I don’t know how to work the controllers. LOL.
(5) I had a father, 7 brothers, 1 husband and 5 sons and to this day, I do NOT know how to tie a necktie. Frankly, since I wasn’t going to be wearing them, I never saw the need to learn. Besides! Why should I bother to learn? They sell those clip-on neckties with the tie knot already done. 🙂 That was my flawless logic and I was sticking to it! Then one day, one of my daughters said she was putting together an outfit that reflected her personality. She asked if she could borrow one of her dad’s neckties and if I could help her tie it. I didn’t see that coming! She had to figure out how to tie that tie herself. LOL. 🙂
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Do you know how to tie a necktie?
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Yes
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No
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Thanks for sharing some interesting bits from your life.
Very interesting to read more about you! Such a big family, and I loved story number 2.
I especially love telling this story. LOL.
Glad to know more about you. I never learned to tie a necktie.
A wonderful and fun life story. I also can’t tie a tie, even though I have a husband and a son.
What a great story. I laughed, so thank you. Love this post.
My favorite fact is about your father – it’s cute and lovely at the same time.
Thank you. It’s a sweet memory. The thing is that I actually liked that teacher. It was the only time we ever had a falling out. She was a great teacher!
so you’ve never been to Oklahoma, did they tell you that you were born there?
(just to continue your song).
i am always curious when people join this challenge to see what we will learn. The story of you standing up for your father shows a lot of character.
Thank you. Even though I ended up in the Principal’s office it’s one of my favorite memories about my dad.
Every single teacher I had from 2nd grade all the way to middle school, had my father as a teacher at Indiana University.
it made my childhood a little tougher!
That’s certainly a random fact about you. LOL. Most of my teachers had already taught some of my older siblings. The teachers had expectations of me. I was supposed to do well in school just like my siblings before me. I don’t think I disappointed them either. But that’s because some of my siblings knew the educational curriculum, and they would give me tips and pointers on what to expect from which teacher. LOL.
i was expected to succeed regardless