I have been tagged!

I have been tagged, and thought I would answer it in my blog like daughter Jill did.

1. Because of my parents, I became aware of God early in my life.
2. I was the 6th of 7 children and my parents were in their forties when I was born.
3. My oldest brother Ben and I were the only two in the family who did not have optic atrohpy. Some of the other five are legally blind.
4. Because of #3 I deeply appreciate my eyes and my driver's license.
5. Ken first got his eye on me when I was 14 1/2. We started to "go together" when I was 15 1/2.
6. When I was 17 I found my father dead in his chair with his Bible open to John 5.
7. Ken was in Viet Nam my senior year of high school and we corresponded nearly daily.
8. He lived 25 miles away from me and we dated 2 or 3 times a week after he returned home in May 1970. There were very few surprises after we were married in May 1971.
9. We wanted 4 children and we got them!
10. I have been a stay-at-home mother, not because Ken made lots of money, but because that's the choice we made, and we scrimped to keep it that way.
11. I am obsessive-compulsive about two things: I cannot stand our bed unmade, and I have to have my washcloths folded neatly and all the same way in the stack in the bathroom closet.
12. I love to bake, especially cookies.
13. Cooking comes next to baking in my kitchen loves. I love to put a meal on the table for company. Our dining room table extends to hold about 18 people and we like to fill it up!
14. I hate kitchen clean-up! My dream would be to have someone clean up the messes I make!
15. I try to discipline myself to clean up my messes.
16. I love scents. I have lots of scented candles and I love Bath and Body Works lotions.
17. I love shoes and have way more than I can ever wear out!
18. I have enjoyed sewing, quilting, and weaving, but have kind of lost my passion for them in the last while.
19. I started doing volunteer work in the hospital last June.
20. I have spent three days now working as a receptionist for H&R Block. It is a temporary job, about 4-5 weeks, but it is full-time.
21. Ken is tired of working and would like to retire, while I am tired of being at home and want to work or do something!!!
22. I love being a woman and would like to preserve the role of womanhood in my life.
23. I love color and enjoyed putting colors together in the rugs I wove. I also like to match up colors in the clothes I wear.
24. I hate to wear plain black. I feel too morbid in it.
25. I am a nosy/interested person and love to know what's going on in the lives of my friends.
26. I enjoy the computer very much. My computer mouse and I are great friends!
27. I hate other mice, though!