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Ok... folkies.... Name SOMETHING that people would never guess about you? Think about it.... something unusual...... It can be silly, it can be serious... c'mon and share! Heck we might just keep adding to the list if you have MORE THAN one funny/serious thing.... Elizabeth~

Hmmmmm for those around me that know me I'm NOT known as a drinker (even before having WLS).. oh I'm not a teetotaler but pretty close.... Every year when I was younger (before I was married) I would visit my sister in Albuquerque and we would do some serious backpacking, rappelling, etc. for weeks back in the Jemas wilderness of the Rockies. This was serious stuff folks and not just day hiking. We would be gone in the backwoods with nothing but what we could tote in laden backpacks for 1-2 weeks at a time. Soooooo when you get back to "civilization" we normally celebrated with a big steak cookout ...right??? Well we just got to sis's house and here it was ...summer in Albuquerque... HOT RIGHT?? Someone made this wonderous concoction of magical fluids and poured it over crushed ice in a tupperware tumbler the size of New Hampshire. I drained it. Man I was so freakin' hot and tired... and then we all bustled off to the local Safeway to buy steaks. I never made it past the fruit/veggie aisle. Someone had made me a SUPERHUGAMONGO White Russian and poured it over crushed ice. For those non drinkers. It is Kahlua, Vodka and half/n/half. With the emphasis on the vodka and Kahlua. The size of the glass I drank was equivalent to about 3-4 large drinks...... and I slammed it down. They pushed me outta the Safeway in a shopping cart. NO JOKE. To this day it IS my favorite drink but I have to be careful with em'... knock your sockies off for sure! Elizabeth~

Geez, those both made me smile!! When I was 19 and before I married and had children...I went on a missionary trip to a 3rd world country. Stayed for 2 weeks and worked in an orphanage and as soon as my teenagers are grown or flown the coup I want to do it again. Actually, I'm right now researching where me and my 2 girls can go for a couple weeks....somewhere safe....I think it would be great for my spoiled brats to know how lucky/easy they have life.

That is pretty cool Kelli! I have a customer at the bank who is a local builder. He, his wife and kids just came back from the Sonora region of Mexico where they built "huts" in the extreme region of the country. They have no running water or plumbing. They cook with gas in bottles. These huts are about the size of a 1 car garage and they put in a loft. They are also partitioned into 2 rooms downstairs. Compared to what they have down there, these places are palatial and they were so grateful for them. This builders kids really had their eyes opened he said and he said he is very centered right now. Sometimes you don't realize just how much you have until you are immersed in a lifestyle where they have nothing... Thanks for sharing! Elizabeth~

o.k. who can top this..... I was carrying some flag standards (very large poles) that we were going to use for a church service...they were stored...in the basement of the youth center... So I came up with two of them in my arms....tripped in a hole in the back yard....and as life would have it...someone else...was there on the propoerty with a large trailer...that had the doors open....can you picture this yet.... and I feel into the side of the trailer door, the flag standards...smashed into my face....and I ended up with a VERY LARGE BRUISE IN THE SHAPE OF A CROSS ON MY FOREHEAD..... o.k. is everyone off the floor yet...rolling in laughter.....it's o.k. it is funny now..

Oh Ms. Boop... only YOU could end up with a bruise in the shape of a cross....and how fitting seeing that you were at the church of all places! .... you gumball you! But we love you loads and bunches. Thanks for sharing! Elizabeth~

I'm not sure why I'm sharing this. It was one of my most embarassing moments. My husband and I had been married about a year (this was 28 years ago). We were living in a second floor apartment. The door was at the front of the house and then you came up the flight of stairs to our apartment. There was no door at the top of the stairs, only at the bottom. At the end of the stairs was the living room. Off the living room was a bathroom which was near the top of the stairs. To get to the bathroom, one had to go through the living room past the top of the stairs. It was summer and I had an extremely bad sunburn, so bad I could not wear clothes, not even a bra. So, I'm in our bedroom with the only air conditioner we had at the time going and the fan going and smothered with that white goop that you put on when you have a sunburn. My husband was downstairs in the yard doing something when our new landlord came by to fix something in the bathroom. My accommodating husband told him to go on up. About that same time, I got the urge to go to the bathroom.The landlord and I met at the top of the stairs. I probably blushed but he wouldn't have known it because of my sunburn. I simply said, "I hate summer." I went to the bathroom, he went back downstairs. My husband upon thinking through what he done by inviting the guy to go on upstairs came bounding up the stairs after him only to find him fleeing for his life down the stairs! Well, you probably would have too if you had seen the site I was and mostly naked to boot. What a scary site!

Teresa.. That sounds like something I would do... poor guy, poor husband but most of all POOR YOU! Not only did you have to deal with a sunburn but flashing the poor guy on top of it! I bet he never came up those steps again without making some noise I'll wager....*g* Thanks for sharing.... Elizabeth~

Oh man that is so funny. I do think that tops any embarrasing story. I am rolling! Penni

When I was 19 I was shot inthe back by a blood named J-Puppy. That's why I'm raising my kids in Missouri and not California!