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10 Things You Don’t Know About Me

When I’m flying on an airplane or waiting for my nails to dry, I reach for trashy tabloids for comfort. I get a kick out of reading US Magazine’s “What’s In My Bag” and “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me,” as well as their “Fashion Police” section, and thought it would be fun to create my own list. Here’s my version of 25 Things You Don’t Know About Me, as seen in US Magazine. Due to the extremely cerebral nature of the material below, I am only providing you with 10. Information like this should only be doled out in small doses – if at all.

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1. Spanx, good bras, and having my hair straightened were life changers for me.

2. I’m obsessed with pretty, sparkly, brightly colored post-its and notepads. I’m fairly certain there is a nine year old girl trapped inside my body, who is showing no signs of leaving.

3. I listen to 70s disco while I’m driving. There may be a little shoulder bobbing too. If “Dancing Queen” comes on the radio, I just pull over. It’s too hard to do those moves while driving.

4. I’ve been carrying a purse since I was three.

5. You’re only as old as you feel. On the outside I might be 40+, but on the inside I’m still 25, except for a few squeaky moving parts.

6. When I was younger I wanted to be a teacher, a lawyer, a writer, a camp counselor, and Donna Summer.

7. If you invite me to your Halloween party, you don’t need to tell me twice to come in costume. I live for this holiday. (Officer Naughty, Pirate’s Wench, Sassy Scrabble Board…you get my drift?)

8. The house could be burning down and I’d still stop to put on lipstick and cute shoes before running out the door. There could be firemen, just sayin’.

9. I no longer have children living under my roof, but that doesn’t mean I can’t hangout in carpool lane. That’s not weird, right?

10. When I was little I insisted on pushing my own market basket as I followed my mom around the grocery store – oh, the junk I would put in there – I still get such pleasure.

There, that’s it. I’ll give you a few minutes to let all that fabulousness sink in.

Okay…

now you’re ready to move on.

 

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Comments

  1. Lisa Endlich Heffernan says

    November 6, 2013 at 2:03 am

    You do make me laugh Linda Maltz Wolff!

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  2. Sandra Sallin says

    November 6, 2013 at 6:15 am

    And which color of lipstick are you wearing now?

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  3. Mary Bird Lanzavecchia says

    November 6, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    Snort, snort! This made me laugh out loud (in the not so pretty snorting way) this morning, Linda Maltz Wolff, and that’s always a great way to greet a Wednesday!

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  4. Miriam Hendeles says

    November 6, 2013 at 4:40 pm

    Funny list – I too like to hang out with younger moms in carpool lanes and at parties. Maybe it’s weird but that’s me! Btw, Donna Summer was in my Lamaze class 33 years ago when I was expecting my oldest son. She used another name but all of us pregnant moms knew it was DS. 🙂

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  5. Cathy Chester says

    November 7, 2013 at 4:58 am

    I am with you on #8. The rest just made me laugh! You are endlessly funny. Now I know the next time I see you to put on a little Donna Summer to get you going..

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  6. Walker Thornton says

    November 7, 2013 at 12:54 pm

    These were fun! I may have to go check out Dancing Queen all over again!

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  7. Sharon Hodor Greenthal says

    November 9, 2013 at 6:32 am

    #3 and #6 (the camp counselor thing) lead me to believe we are soulmates.

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  8. Alison says

    November 11, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    I believe in dancing to music in the car too!

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  9. Emily says

    November 11, 2013 at 6:27 pm

    Great list…and I’m a 70’s music listener/dancer/driver too!

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  10. Sheryl says

    November 14, 2013 at 5:45 am

    Funny! I love these all, especially #3. When I used to do that when my kids were in the car, they were absolutely mortified. Now, it’s just the empty car…and me.

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  11. Claudia Schmidt says

    November 16, 2013 at 2:44 pm

    I love the picture I have in my head of you dancing to Dancing Queen! I’m with you on 1, 5 and 8! Gotta keep up appearances 🙂

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  12. Sarah Maizes says

    November 19, 2013 at 9:24 am

    Straightening my hair was a HUGE life changer for me! More than getting married! HA!

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  13. Hayley Kaplan says

    November 24, 2013 at 1:59 pm

    LOL! Very entertaining! Great quick read! Thanks for the smile today.

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  14. Diane Holcomb says

    December 8, 2013 at 9:12 pm

    I followed my mom around the store too, but my basket was imaginary. Yours sounds like much more fun!

    Reply

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