Orien Family News

Until a couple of months ago I didn’t know a thing about “Facebook”. I figured it was something the kids did to waste their time in between working their heads off in school. Then one day my friend Billee Jean sent me an email asking if I would be her friend on Facebook. Hmm. She is as old as me and maybe even a bit older. If she was doing Facebook, then maybe I should too. It might be fun. So, I joined Facebook.

I don’t really do much on it but recently I got “tagged” to write 25 random things about myself. Others were writing their 25 random things that were entertaining and interesting so today I decided to write my 25 random things. It was kind of fun. I posted them and then decided I would post them here as well as it makes a good list for me to work off for future posts on this website. If any of these 25 items pique your curiosity and you would like to know more, let me know and I’ll put it at the top of the Que.

Here they are:
1. My greatest blessing and joy is my family.
2. I think I am a people person as I love people…most of them anyway. At least I find people quite interesting and love watching them and trying to figure them out. It has become a favorite pastime and fun game I play when I travel. Come vacation with me and play my fun game!
3. I have something in common with cats. We each have nine lives. Otherwise we aren’t fond of each other. (Shhhh….don’t mention the ‘not fond of’ part to my cat-loving sister, DeAnn. She’s very touchy on the subject.)
4. I enjoy reading mystery books with heroes that are smart, quietly funny, humble, nice, and incredibly brave. (Sounds like a good description of my husband.)
5. I have the cutest and smartest grandbabies in the world. I am not kidding and I am NOT prejudiced.
6. I am absolutely STUPID when it comes to putting anything together or installing/operating any electronic device.
7. I love spending time at our cabin. I enjoy the euphoric contentment of its beauty and exhilarating high of its fun.
8. I am a morning person. I love it when it is finally time to get up and can’t wait to get going with the day.
9. I wish I had a road grader so I could make all the rough roads smooth. I got to drive one once. Loads of Fun!
10. I attended BYU for four years. When asked what I majored in I have to respond with the question, “Which year?”
11. I was once known for being the “Washington State Junior Yodeling Champion”.
12. Of all my siblings, I was the only one with the ability to drive my kind and gentle father to say “SPH” …twice!
13. For me, if it’s a vacation there has to be water and a beach.
14. I love to cook up a big meal if I have folks who will eat it with relish. Otherwise I can’t get up the enthusiasm to do much in the kitchen anymore.
15. Once in a while I am right and my husband is wrong.
16. I could eat Thai Food every day.
17. I used to think I was the smartest kid in my first grade class. That was a long time ago. Now I try hard to keep my mouth closed so I don’t reveal too much. Sometimes I forget to do that.
18. I am amazed by my husband’s photographic memory. He remembers EVERYTHING except where he put his keys, wallet and credit card. Both the ability and the disability can be aggravating.
19. I love it when I dream that I can fly. It is exhilarating and the most fun I have ever had either awake or asleep.
20. I can’t read about, listen to, or see anything to do with children being abused or hurt. It makes me sick.
21. I love taking and looking at photos…especially photos of the grandbabies.
22. I speak Spanish - taught to me by a boyfriend in Spain who spoke no English. (Long ago boyfriend…not current.)
23. I used to imagine myself as an “Annie Oakley” riding the hills on my horse. As a kid I rode a saddle over a barrel in the garage for years until I finally got a real horse. My enthusiasm went away when that horse nearly killed my friend, then me, then my future husband. Riding horses is dangerous and not fun! I still like to look at them though.
24. I used to work as a “soda jerk” (sadly, a lost art) in the local drug store earning $1.25 per hour. Besides dispensing sodas I made exotic sandwiches made out of beef tongue. The locals loved them. Yuk!
25. I would like to own and drive a cream colored luxury sedan with all the options/trimmings…that never gets dirty.