1) when I was 2 or 3, we were staying in my Great Uncle’s house in Watertown, New York, and I asked my dad, where are they? He said on their island. Are they ducks, I responded, thinking of Make Way for Ducklings. Always making connections with what I read and what’s read to me

2) Love zinnias . And irises . And sunflowers.

3) can find a book misplaced in the library shelves but can’t find the butter in the refrigerator

1. I am also a Year of the Dragon (but an Aries). I loved cats growing up but not so much now. I’ve become a dog person.
2. I cannot drive a stick shift either. It doesn’t bother me until I worry about the end of the world or some random emergency and for some reason there is only a stick shift car to save us. I hope I could figure it out?
3. I was born 3 weeks late. And am always late.
4. I also need pitch black and a fan on, no matter the weather.
5. I don’t understand how people DON’T need an Oxford Comma. It just makes so much sense.

A few others:
1. I give colors and numbers gender and personalities.
2. I cannot stand to not have my legs shaved when I sleep.
3. I can remember every actor on every TV show or movie I’ve ever seen and have random useless trivial recall regarding tv and movies.
4. My baby to be is scheduled to be a Gemini and it scares me. The only Gemini I know was my craziest friend in high school. It makes me feel better that you know some good Gemini’s.
5. I didn’t eat cold cheese or tomatoes or chicken until I lived in Paris for a semester in college. Then I ate all of those things (and more) and gained like 15 lbs.
6. I don’t like apples. People find this strange. Though I am eating them this pregnancy.
7. I am missing two of my top teeth- the eye teeth. I never had them even as baby teeth. My father and grandmother don’t have them either. My mother was properly horrified when she found out.
8. I am named after a song that Clint Eastwood sings in a movie called “Paint Your Wagon”. Except it was spelled “Elisa”.
9. I was once on TV during the Billboard Music Awards. I was in the audience dancing to “End of the Road” by Boyz II Men. I remember I was wearing my Betsy Johnson pin striped bustier and vintage Levi’s and Easy E was sitting right in front of me.
10. Every day I am surprised that I have a child.

Thanks Lindsey, this was fun!

A couple little things about me? I love to bake bread, not only because it is an excellent workout for my arm muscles, but because it connects me to my mother and grandmother – some of my favorite childhood memories are watching one or the other of them kneading bread in the kitchen.

Also, I take myself outside because I know it is healthy and needed, but I would really be perfectly happy to spend 95% of my time indoors. Preferably curled up in a comfy chair with a good book.