The history of the ZephyrBird

the history of Bonnie (stole this from my sister, Victoria's site)
A double duty MySpace post again:

MY HISTORY

01. Raised in: Erie, Pennsylvania,

02. Planned baby: Yes and No...my parents had my older sister, Linda, and wanted a second child, but wanted a son. My dad had a son, Michael, from his first marriage and wanted another with this marriage. They got me instead. So they tried again and got my brother, Vinny. But to this day my dad will tell you I'm the best son he ever had!

03. Birth date: February 05, 1948

04. Any siblings: (Kept Vic's answer) Yeah, how many depends on how you count them. I grew up with 5 kids in the family, but I also have an older half brother and a little sister who died when she was three.

05. Younger or older?: One older sister and half brother is older. Two brothers and one younger sister still living and one younger sister who died.

06. Hair color: Basically brown, but turing a bit gray these days

07. Hair length: Generally kept it short but am letting it grow this year.

08: Eye color: changes with my moods but basically blue

10. Shoe size: 9

11. Mood: depends on the time of day. right now the cats are shut upstairs and I have some time to myself so more relaxed than usual.

12. Smell: Yes, I do...with my nose

13. Height: 5'4"

14. Lefty/righty: ambidextrous but mainly use the right.


LOVE LIFE

01. Do you remember your first real relationship: yes

02. Do you believe in love: Yes, but I believe you have to grow in love. Falling is painful no matter how you do it. (kept Vic's answer here again)

03. Why did your last relationship fail: I got bored.

04. Shortest relationship: Like number 01., I had a lot of "short relationships", ahem, er, well, whatever, as a teenager. (chuckle..kept Vic's again - I think we're too much alike)

05. Have you ever been heartbroken: Oh yeah!

07. Have you ever fallen for your best friend: Yes, and the relationship was on again off again over 43 years - until he passed away over a year ago. We were friends to the day he died.

08. Have you ever told them: Yes, he knew because he had the same feelings for me. We were just too passionate and volatile to keep a sustained relationship. So we both kept ending up with other people.

09. Are you afraid of commitment: I've never been committed! Oh wait..what type of commitment are we talking about here. I know there are people who think I should be committed :-).

10. You ever had a secret admirer: Uh...how would I know if it's a secret?

11. Do you believe in love at first sight: No. I believe in attraction at first sight but love has to grow.

12. Ever been in love: Yes - many times. True love, now that's another story. I finally end up married to that one.

THIS OR THAT

01. Love or money: Love

02. Hard liquor or beer: Beer

03. One night stands or relationships: When I was younger one night stands, now that I'm older I really enjoy having a real relationship.

04. Television or internet: Internet. I could live without tv, not without internet.

05. Pepsi or coke: Pepsi

06. Wild night out or romantic night in: Romantic night in

07. Colored or black and white pictures: Black and white for artistic pictures. You can do more with lighting and shadows. Color for rememberance pictures like family, vacations, etc.

08. Phone or in person: In person. I've worked so many years in customer service talking to people on the phone, that I really hate the phone at times.

09. AIM or Myspace Im?: My blog here - but I do have a myspace account also.


HAVE YOU EVER

01. Have you ever been caught sneaking out?: No, but I got caught sneaking back in!

02. Have you ever skinny dipped?: Yep. And I have a funny story for this one. When husband number 2 and I lived in State College, PA we had a pool in our backyard. We had a big fence with a lock and one night around midnight decided to go skinny dipping. Next thing we know our neighbor is at the poolside talking to us. We quickly swam to the edge and asked how he got in. We had forgotten to lock the gate and hearing us out he decided to come and visit. He finally looked, realized we were both naked, said "OH" and quickly left. We had a good laugh but I don't think our neighbor was laughing.

03. Have you ever done something you regret?: Oh yes, and unfortunately some of those things are ones I still dwell on with the "I should have ..." although there's no hope of ever changing them. (kept Vic's answer here)

04. Have you ever bungee jumped? yeah, right before I went over Niagra Falls in a barrel...are you freaking nuts? NO!!!!!

05. Have you ever been on a house boat?: Yes, they are very cool but wouldn't want to live on one.

06. Have you ever finished an entire jaw breaker?: Can't even fit one in my mouth!

07. Have you ever wanted someone so badly it hurt?: hmmmmmm...yeah

08. Have you ever been streaking?: No - that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

09. Have you ever run away?: Once from husband number 1. I went three blocks away to my Uncle Cab's house and dumb hubby spent an entire day looking every where else for me. Not the brightest light bulb in the pack.

10. Have you ever caught your parents doing it? No, but my sister Linda did. And also it took me half my life to realize why my parents, who had no money for extravagances, would drop off FIVE KIDS at the movie theater on Saturday afternoon. (Vic's answer worked for me)

11. Are you missing someone right now?: I don't know if I could say right this minute, but I do still miss my friend, Rick. Even though he died a year ago last March I still find myself wanting to call and tell him things. Thinking, Rick will enjoy this and then realizing he'll never enjoy anything again...so yeah.

12. Are you talking to anyone right now?: No...I'm busy typing.

13. Are you bored right now?: No, not right at this moment.

14. Are your parents still married?: Yes

15. What's your greatest joy in life?: Wow! that's a hard one. I enjoy life and never knowing what adventure I'll be having next. For right now it's enjoying time with my husband talking and laughing.

FRIENDS AND SELF

o1. Best friend: my husband, of course. I believe if you're married that person had better be your best friend.

02. What do you do when you're together: Watch movies, have fun discussions, play chess.

03. Share the same interests?: Yes and no. We both like old movies and chuckle over words like Swell! that were overused in the old movies. We both enjoy chess although he beats me every time. Says I have a strong open and middle game, but fall apart on closing it out. I'll learn one day. He's a numbers person (math and stat professor) and I'm a word person (poet who hosts and open mic here in Sumter, SC)

04. Which friend can you tell everything to? Keith and once upon a time, Rick.

05. Do you have a low self esteem?: LOL!! no...that is one issue I don't have.

06. Do you get depressed about things easily?: No I don't and it's a wonder. I get frustrated and angry and then figure out what I can do about the situation. I'm a believer in being a survivor not a victim. If I can't fix it I accept it. If I can fix it then it gets fixed.

07. Do you live life to the fullest?: Not as much lately as I once did. Slowed down a bit with age, but ...you know I'm going to change that...yes, I do... I still make things happen and to me that's living life to the fullest.

08. Are you comfortable with the way you look?: Yes, I am. Oh, I know I'm overweight and could lose a few pounds..okay, more than a few pounds, but at the same time my family and friends love me regardless of what size I am and that's what counts.

09. How do you dress?: I'm still mainly a jeans and t-shirt person. I remember how relieved husband number two was when I showed up for our wedding in a dress. His comment was he had been afraid I'd show up in jeans and a t-shirt.

10. Are you scared of growing up old and alone?: No, each year holds new surprises and excitement for me. I enjoy whatever age I am and even at 59 soon to be 60 I don't feel old. Only older. I've lived with people and lived alone and enjoy both. So being alone doesn't scare me.

11. What do you want to be when you grow up?: A Poet Laureate

12. Do you prefer indoors or outdoors?: Up north I prefer the outdoors as we get more seasons and more temperatures that make the outdoors more fun. Here in the south it's either waaaay tooooo hot or raining, so I find I'm spending more and more time indoors.

13. Favorite season?: I like them all, but I think Autumn wins out as favorite. I love the changing leaves, cooling temperatures and the need to wear sweaters. (kept Vic's answer again but will add and besides Halloween is my favorite holiday)

14. Do you like walking in the rain?: Yes!

15. Are you a vegetarian?: No. I'm not a red meat eater, but will eat a cheeseburger on occassion, but I do like chicken and fish so couldn't call myself a vegetarian.

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