A Game; My Daughter/Over The Hill; and Cactus Monday Not neccesarily in that order

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Read below for the REST OF THE STORY Okay, I am following suite with Suki, Willow and Kelly and listing ten things about myself. One is false. You have to decide which one that is. Leave your guess in comments! 1. I slept on the beach alone in Mexico in a hammock for one week in 1960. I did do this,

I was 19 years young, and had taken myself to Mexico after working one and a half years

after dropping out of college. I was trying to make my money last 3 months, so had a book

on how to live in Mexico on Five Dollars a Day! I did it too.

The Mexican family that worked a kiosk on the beach rented me the hammock under a thatched roof on stilts for a few pesos. The Mama made me a breakfast of freshly caught fish and beans in the morning and corn tortias. It was the best food ever!!!! No one bothered me.

In fact one night I woke up to find a young Mexican boy laying on the sand next to me

and he had brought a blanket to cover me with.

I was safe as safe could be! He was my protector.

I got the best tan of my life that summer. 2. I met two men in Acapulco, Mexico and traveled with them to Oaxaca and then back up Mexico to California in their car. The two

men were Norman and Phil, college students from Boston/NY area.

They were traveling together. We befriended each other and I decided to travel

further south with them (they had a car, I'd been traveling by bus)

to Oaxaca, and they wanted to go to California so we drove together

and they took me home to my parents house.

Parents were a little surprised to see me arrive home with two guys

as they had not got the post card I sent them yet about them.

But it was fine. 3. I have traveled by ship five times between these countries/states/Islands: USA, Gibraltar, France, Israel, Venice, England and the Caribbean Islands.

Yes, I did all this. 4. I spent three weeks in China in 1982.

And I did this too. 5. I have Nat King Cole's autograph. True...My family was in

Los Angeles for New Years Eve in 1951,

I was ten years old.

Nat was having lunch at a popular restaurant for Movie Stars

and my dad told me to go ask him for his autograph and I did.

I also got autographs from Art Linkletter, Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis

and Giselle McKinzie on that trip! 6. I dropped out of college in 1959. Sad but true...I wasn't ready yet. 7. I rode a bicycle until I was fifty years old; stopping after being chased by two dogs and never rode again. True 8. I have Elvis Presley's autograph. False

Judith Got this first

Soul, you needed to choose! Can't vote for two! Sorry.

LOL

Cris guessed right as well. 9. I was a virgin on my wedding night.

True

I traveled the world at a young age,

but I wasn't very worldly.

My mother told me to save this for marriage

and I did...what can I say?

It was a different era. 10. I worked in a screw factory in Israel

True. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Now Unrelated to the Game!

Today is my daughters birthday! 41 years ago I gave birth to a baby girl. I had a little boy already so I was overjoyed to learn it was a girl. In those days we had to wait to find out when the baby arrived. She has grown into a fine young woman. She graduated two colleges. She has a career! She married a nice guy. She birthed twin grandchildren for me (a boy and a girl)! Well, she birthed them for her and her husband, but I act like they were birthed for me! She is the calmest, warmest, most wonderful parent of any I know. She is doing it way better than I did! She is athletic! Fit! Smart! A great cook! I am so proud of her!!!!! Happy Birthday Sweetheart (I'll have to tell her myself as she does not read my blog!) And Happy Cactus Monday!