1. Never drinks coffee. Loves the smell as it brews but can’t stand the taste. 2. Loves to collect and read cookbooks but never cooks a single recipe. 3. The clothes in the closet have to be hanging in the same direction by color. 4. Star-bucks venti black iced tea, no syrup, two Splendas, light water. 5. Could live on just chicken tacos and baked potatoes. 6. Believes she is a creative person. 7. Always wanted to be a writer when she grew up. 8. Panties and bras have to match, always. 9. Born, raised and lives in California. Can’t imagine living anywhere else. 10. Loves cashmere sweaters. 11. Her favorite musical is The Sound of Music. 12. Believes in God. 13. Thirteen is her favorite number. 14. Only listens to music in the car. 15. Knows how to knit and crochet. 16. Will not eat any pie except for pumpkin. 17. Has a blog no one knows about. 18. Loves books. 19. Really loves magazines. 20. Knows that September 1st is the opening day for dove season. 21. September is her favorite month. 22. Has a body piercing. 23. Dr. Pepper is her favorite soda. 24. Loves dark chocolate, milk chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate but not white chocolate. 25. Gets 18 points daily with Weight Watchers. 26. Has kept a journal for most of her life. 27. Wants to be Martha Stewart. 28. Always carries the rosary from her First Communion in her handbag. 29. Has taken Paxil, Zoloft and Xanax at various times in her life. 30. Her thirtieth birthday was the worst ever. 31. Has worn corrective lenses since she was ten years old. 32. Her biggest fear is that someday she will be a bag lady. 33. Jeans, J. Crew t-shirts, and a cashmere sweater. 34. Is always cold. 35. Doesn’t like winter, snow or rain. 36. Has worn her hair short most of her adult life. 37. Loves chocolate bars, chocolate cupcakes, chocolate pudding but not chocolate ice cream. Except as rocky road. 38. Knows how to clean and gut a smelt. 39. Swims like a cat--always in fear of drowning. 40. Likes cats. Thinks dogs are too emotionally needy. 41. Is afraid of deep water and high places but especially high places over deep water. 42. Wants to be on The Amazing Race. 43. Believes she can live well into her nineties based on heredity. 44. Lies about her age. Tells people she’s older than she is. 45. Ever since she was a child, when she has a fever, she dreams about spheres and cones. 46. Isn’t afraid to be alone, only lonely. 47. Favorite color to live with is green. 48. Favorite color to wear is black. 49. Forty-nine is a good age to be right now. 50. Fifty is the new forty. 51. Wants to go to Morocco someday. 52. Never played a team sport. 53. Wants to be on Antiques Roadshow but has nothing to bring. 54. Uses five different hair products every morning. 55. Always drives over the speed limit. 56. Loves her daughter and grand-daughters more than anyone else in the world. 57. Can eat a whole pint of Haagen Daz Strawberry ice cream in one sitting. 58. Lives, loves and then creates scrapbook pages.
Edited: The layout above is for a class taught by Ali Edwards, Yesterday + Today at Big Picture Scrapbooking. The layout design and journaling prompt are from Ali. Thanks for the kind comments on my journaling/blog post.
