About Muffin
1: I think that many things in life can be vastly improved, if not cured, by laughter.
2: I am afraid of birds, clowns, fire, cockroaches, people with masks on, and balloons. I am a little intimidated by mimes, but I can deal with it.
3: I am fortunate enough to have a job that I love, as a social worker working with people with mental illness and substance abuse issues. My life is greatly enriched by the people with whom I work.
4: I used to be skinny, and now I’m not. It’s unfortunate.
5: I love words. I love to read them, listen to them, write them, speak them, and study them. I think they are fascinating and powerful.
6: I have a huge extended family – my grandmother was one of 10 children and was very close to her siblings. I have lots of cousins on both sides of my family, and am fortunate enough to count several of my cousins as some of my closest friends.
7: I love to sing. This is unfortunate for those close to me.
8: I could read from now until the next millennium and would never read all of the books I want to read.
9: My mother is my best friend. As such, she possesses the unique qbility to push my buttons in a way that nobody else can. I can also get a rise out of her, though, so it works out.
10: I cannot dance. At all. Even a little bit. Not at all. Not a drop. Unfortunately, this does not stop me.
11: I loved the 80′s.
12: I am in recovery. This has proven to be one of the greatest blessings in my life, although I never could have predicted that it would work out that way.
13: I look up to my father more than anyone else. He is gentle, caring, genuine, loving, and hysterically funny.
14: I love to organize, alphabetize, and color-code things. I have very poor time-management skills and a total lack of self-discipline when left to my own devices, so I overcompensate with obsessive-compulsive behavior.
15: My relationship with Jesus is the defining and single most important thing in my life.
16: I love toast.
17: I also love pudding, Dr. Pepper, Target, vacuuming, candles (someone else has to light them – see #2 above), hot chocolate, swimming, nighttime, summer, winter, soup, NCAA basketball, the ocean, Swatch watches, Bath and Body Works, and lots and lots of music.
18: I am a bit of a grammar snob. Sorry about that. My mother was an English teacher, so it osmosed into me without my knowledge. I just made up the word “osmosed,” though, so sometimes I slip up.
19: The phrase “quote-unquote” really gets on my nerves, especially when people do that little scrunchy thing with their fingers when they say it. What does that even mean, really?
20: There’s not much that’s more fun than a night spent at Target with my cousins.
21: I get a little creeped out when people whisper – it causes a weird tickly sensation in the ears. Just go ahead and say it out loud.
22: I have been engaged previously, but never married. If marriage works out for me, that will be great. If it doesn’t, I can’t imagine that life gets any more fun than it is right now, so that’s okay too.
23: I adore my brother and could not possibly be more proud of him.
24: I’m pretty sure that my cat, Moses the WonderCat, is at least partly human. Or at the very least, partly dog.
25: I am blessed with the most amazing friends I could ever hope to have. They serve as a continual reminder to me that we often get more than we deserve in this life.
About Moses
1: I am a cat.
2: I think that most things in life can be vastly improved by laughter. Especially when it’s my laughter, and I’m laughing at you.
3: I think the vacuum is very scary. Please don’t turn it on.
4: I like to get in the dryer.
5: When I can’t get in the dryer, I like to get in the dishwasher.
6: When I can’t get in the dishwasher, I like to get in the sink.
7: When I can’t get in the sink, I like to get in a drawer.
8: Sometimes I can’t get out of the drawer after I get in. I have to make lots and lots and lots of noise so that Muffin will know that I’m in a drawer.
9: I got some knots in my fur a couple of months ago, and the groomer had to shave off most of my fur. The fur on my head, tail, and paws was untouched, and I now look like a schnauzer.
10: I am, however, NOT a schnauzer. (See #1 above.)
11: I’m not “book smart,” so to speak, but I do have good insights about people.
12: I can fetch and roll over.
13: I’m really, really soft. Even without fur.
14: I have a sister named Tigger. She’s usually very sweet, but she laughed when I came home furless. We’re not currently on speaking terms.
15: Muffin works in a psychiatric hospital, and I live in constant fear that she will bring germs into my home. I have seen numerous shows on the Discovery Channel about the kinds of germs that can be picked up in hospitals.
16: Every time people come over to my house, Tigger runs under the bed. I’m always entertained by that.
17: I have a dream of one day becoming a surgeon or a professional athlete.
18: I never knew my father. I am dealing with this my own way, in my own time.
19: I prefer for breakfast to be brought to me in my bed.
20: I love it when Muffin is on the computer and I get to play “chase the cursor.” Doesn’t get much more fun than that.
21: I love to ride in the car. But please, please don’t make me get in the big yellow crate.
22: I watch a lot of CNN and Fox News. I consider myself to be an independent and don’t identify exclusively with either political party.
23: I need to work out more, but it is so difficult to fit it in.
24: I sleep best when I am laying on Muffin’s abdomen.
25: I try to never sleep more than 22 hours a day. You know that saying about “idle paws” and the devil’s workshop…
