Random Facts

I have been tagged by Iliana to share 20 "random things about me"...so here goes:

1. I don't own a car (and I don't want one)
2. I *like* to walk
3. I spent two summers in Belfast, Northern Ireland (and cried when I had to come home)
4. I taught English in Austria for a year (I lived right outside of Vienna)
5. I have two degrees--one in Art History and the other in Journalism
6. I am constantly busy and never bored--even on my days off I have a list of things I have to do
7. I love spicy food--I have to put some form of chile on just about everything I eat (except maybe cereal!)
8. My husband is from Mexico
9. I can speak just pass-able Spanish (enough to understand what is happening in telenovelas anyway)
10. I have been to Italy twice and would love to go back!
11. My favorite food is pizza (especially quattro formagio)
12. I love dark chocolate (the darker the better and if it has raspberry in the middle--all the better)
13. I was hit by a car (I guess that is what you get for being a full time pedestrian...)and lived to tell the tale
14. I love the ocean and would love to live near it
15. When I was little I wanted to be an archaeologist or an oceanographer
16. When I was young I had lots of penpals and met five of them (but I have lost contact with all of them)
17. I love reading (big surprise), and needlework (and spend way too much on both hobbies)
18. I worked for ten years in an Independent bookstore until it closed
19. At said bookstore I helped: Barry Manilow, Jackson Brown, Burt Reynolds and Swoozie Kurtz, plus I answered a call from Robert Bly
20. I like to collect vintage postcards, but I have been too broke to buy any lately!

And just in case you were wondering...here is my beautiful, neat, polished desk!  There is nothing like filing six months worth of bills and other papers.  As always, I have told myself I am not going to allow this messiness to occur again!  The vast majority of what a I had to sift through was nasty junk mail.  Now I am off to enjoy the rest of my day off doing something creative!!

**I am too lazy to tag anyone specifically, but if you would like to share 20 random facts, please let me know!!  and I will go read more about you!**