Kreative Blogger Award
Amy T. over at The Virginia Scribe tagged me for this.
The Kreative Blogger Award is for bloggers who are creative (or kreativ) and requires that I list seven things about myself that people might find interesting.
Hmmm. Here goes:
1. I always wanted a horse when I was a kid. When I was in my 30s, I took riding lessons, fell off a runaway, and fractured two vertebrae. As soon as the doctor said I could ride again, I bought my own horse. I figured I already owned a back brace and I'd rather fall off a member of the family. I've never been without a horse since.
2. I've never sold an animal, though I've given several away to good homes. My first horse went to a little girl who kept him the rest of his life—until her own little girl was a toddler and could ride him. I currently have a couple batches of kittens—through no fault of my own except I fed two stray cats and—well, you get the idea. The first batch of kittens (and their mama) are wild. So if you're up for a feline challenge. . . .
3. For my birthday next month, I'm planning to order another tombstone to replace the one that, uh, went missing. I can't decide whether to keep the same style or go with something different.
4. I can't imagine life without a border collie or a truck or a Mac computer.
5. I don't think I could ever live in the city again. I'm getting to the point where I don't even like to visit crowded places.
6. When I was a baby, the doctor told my parents I might not live past five years old, so my father took out a thousand dollar life insurance policy on me. I collected on it when I was eighteen and used it to pay for a year and a half at RPI (now VCU). That, Social Security after my father retired, and some state teacher scholarships got me through. (Total cost of my bachelor's degree: $5,000)
7. I earned my master's degree at the Citadel—the Military College of South Carolina. My husband had been transfered to Charleston, we arrived in August—too late for me to get a teaching job, and the Citadel had just started a graduate program. I was at the right place at the right time. The price was right, too. (Total cost of my master's: $1,500.)
Since I don't do tagging, passing along lists, etc., you can do this if you want. Or not.
The Kreative Blogger Award is for bloggers who are creative (or kreativ) and requires that I list seven things about myself that people might find interesting.
Hmmm. Here goes:
1. I always wanted a horse when I was a kid. When I was in my 30s, I took riding lessons, fell off a runaway, and fractured two vertebrae. As soon as the doctor said I could ride again, I bought my own horse. I figured I already owned a back brace and I'd rather fall off a member of the family. I've never been without a horse since.
2. I've never sold an animal, though I've given several away to good homes. My first horse went to a little girl who kept him the rest of his life—until her own little girl was a toddler and could ride him. I currently have a couple batches of kittens—through no fault of my own except I fed two stray cats and—well, you get the idea. The first batch of kittens (and their mama) are wild. So if you're up for a feline challenge. . . .
3. For my birthday next month, I'm planning to order another tombstone to replace the one that, uh, went missing. I can't decide whether to keep the same style or go with something different.
4. I can't imagine life without a border collie or a truck or a Mac computer.
5. I don't think I could ever live in the city again. I'm getting to the point where I don't even like to visit crowded places.
6. When I was a baby, the doctor told my parents I might not live past five years old, so my father took out a thousand dollar life insurance policy on me. I collected on it when I was eighteen and used it to pay for a year and a half at RPI (now VCU). That, Social Security after my father retired, and some state teacher scholarships got me through. (Total cost of my bachelor's degree: $5,000)
7. I earned my master's degree at the Citadel—the Military College of South Carolina. My husband had been transfered to Charleston, we arrived in August—too late for me to get a teaching job, and the Citadel had just started a graduate program. I was at the right place at the right time. The price was right, too. (Total cost of my master's: $1,500.)
Since I don't do tagging, passing along lists, etc., you can do this if you want. Or not.
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posted by Becky Mushko | 2:15 PM
4 Comments:
$5000 won't even cover one semester at Hollins! Wow!
Wow, a degree for $5,000. I'm with Amy, that is not even a semester at Hollins. Whew.
Loved the list. Didn't know about the Masters at the Citadel. I think that's cool.
Yeah, that was a long time ago! I'm amazed how much the cost has increased. (Gas was 29 cents a gallon when I graduated, too.)
But then we paid less for our first house in 1973 than a lot of folks pay for their first cars now.
My Citadel diploma is sheepskin and signed by the then-governor of South Carolina.
Very interesting.
I can't stand crowded places either and I grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. You don't get much more crowded than that. I wouldn't mind being out in the woods somewhere. I like quiet.
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