5 Things about Connie
Connie writes:
I got tagged, too (by Misadventurous Melissa) so here goes nothin' ...
1. I'm just a little 'ole country girl from Kentucky. My momma loved to cook, and like all good Southern girls, she believed that all food tasted better if it was battered and fried in bacon grease. I love to cook too (although, since high cholesterol runs in my family, surprise, surprise, I usually cook a much healthier version). We moved to Southern California when I was 11 because Kentucky winters were too severe.
2. When I was growing up, there were 7 people in my family. One of our favorite movies was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Since there were 7 of us, we each got a dwarf nickname. I was Sneezy. (I had lots of allergies.)
3. We had lots of pets when I was growing up. We had dogs, cats, a rabbit, a guinea pig, a parakeet, a cockatiel, a mynah bird, a canary, a turtle, fresh and saltwater fish, snakes and an alligator. The alligator was kinda mean, tho, so he didn't stay very long.
4. I've been both nearsighted and farsighted. Allow me to explain. I was born nearsighted. I had it surgically corrected in my late 20s (I had a radial keratotomy, an RK, which was the precursor to Lasik). Since my nearsightedness was so severe, they had to over correct it in order to get me to 20/20. After about 10 years, my vision started going the other direction. Now I wear glasses all the time again, but it's because I'm farsighted.
5. I love to dance. In fact, that's how Dave and I met. At a now defunct coffee shop named "Zorba's the Greek" in Tarzana, California. Every weekend, I would go there with my best friend, Candace, and we would take international folk dance lessons. One weekend, Dave came to Zorba's with his best friend, Bal. The rest is history.
Bonus. When I was in high school, I sprained my ankle while doing a dismount off the uneven parallel bars while in gymnastics. The next day, I came to school on crutches, fell off the crutches, and sprained my other ankle. Good thing I already had crutches. 
Posted by Connie Blog Tag: Mem
Posted 3/31/2007 10:05:00 PM
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5 Comments:
That was interesting. I would like to read more about your life.
My former mother-in-law cooked everything in bacon grease also. She saved the fat in a coffee can that she kept under the sink. The stuff near the bottom must have been years old. I use olive oil.
Can they do surgery again to correct your vision or could you wear contacts? I'm also both nearsighted and farsighted. Without contacts, I'm nearsighted and need glasses, but can read just fine without them. With contacts, I'm farsighted and need glasses to read.
My mom had that same coffee can! I also use olive and canola oil.
I'm not sure I would want to have more eye surgery. Who knows what could happen in another 10 years? I can wear contact lenses, but prefer glasses because they are more comfortable. BTW, what you are describing sounds like presbyopia, a condition where the crystaline lens looses its elasticity as you age, which means you need reading glasses for your close vision. (I'm a retired optician.) I need more power for my close vision, too. Happens to the best of us. Except Dave. He still doesn't need reading glasses.
Mmmmm, bacon grease.
... and now you live in Oregon where you have winters again. Do you like snow, or was it that your parents didn't like it?
Bryan, I love bacon grease, too. Alas, my arteries do not.
Lisa, I didn't much care for the snow, but only because we lived at the top of a hill and every winter I had to slide down the hill on my backside to get to school. Today I own industrial strength hiking boots that will go thru any kind of weather you throw at them.
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