1. Who was your FIRST prom date? Junior Prom: Dave DeTrempe, because his girl was an underclassman and not allowed to attend. Senior Prom(s): Verbal Remedy's birth-father. We attend three: mine, his current school and his former school.
2. Who was your FIRST love and do you still talk with him/her? I'll call him Irish. And, yes, after a 43 year period of no contact whatsoever, he contacted me two years ago and we still talk.
3. What was your FIRST alcoholic drink? A "kiddie" highball, at age 3, served by my bartender grandfather. Nothing "kiddie' about it, just a smaller serving of the real deal...whooo, baby.
4. What was your FIRST job? Age 10: Lots of babysitting for neighborhood friends of my parents on weekends, for 25 cents an hour. Age 16: Robert Hall Clothes, 32 hours a week in addition to full-time school.
5. What was your FIRST car? 1986 Fiero- Lemon yellow exterior and steering wheel.
6. Who was the FIRST person to text you today? Don't text. First call? Verbal.
7. Who is the FIRST person you thought of this morning? The afore-mentioned Irish...pretty much been that way for more than four decades...there's no 'spainin' it...
8. Who was your FIRST grade teacher? Mrs. Payne. We were one of two first grade classes housed in the original wooden schoolhouse, attached to the new brick building. One day we actually churned butter and each got to spread and eat two crackers. Nothing has ever tasted that good since.
9. When and where did you go on your FIRST ride on an airplane? 1959- An Ozark prop-plane from St. Louis to Peoria, with my two girl cousins
10. Who was your FIRST best friend & do you still talk? Christine Cedarberg., from second through eighth grades. Her dad relocated her family to Milwaukee the summer before high school and we lost touch.
11. Where was your FIRST sleepover? Margaret Schlicksup. She had 7 brothers, three older (and HUNKS), four younger. I hung with her and drooled over the older boys.
12. Who was the FIRST person you talked to today? My sister, Gayle.
13. Whose wedding were you in the FIRST time? My Aunt Harriet. I was 2 weeks past my third birthday. They practiced me tossing rose petals as I walked the aisle the night before. In the excitement of the big day, I neglected to scatter the petals, remembered when I reached the altar and tossed the entire basket into the air.
14. What was the FIRST thing you did this morning? Turn on T.V. News.
15. What was the FIRST concert you ever went to? The Association and Gary Pucket and The Union Gap in the Quad Cities.
16. FIRST tattoo? Nope.
17. FIRST piercing? Ears, at age 46. I was Matron of Honor in my sister's wedding and her gift was matching strands of pearls and pierced earrings, to be worn with our bridesmaids' dresses.
18. FIRST foreign country you've been to? Mexico. (sigh)
19. FIRST movie you remember seeing in the theater? The Wizard of OZ. Probably in 1953 0r 1954, before it was ever aired on television. I was mesmerized.
20. FIRST Detention you had? Never. Dad would have grounded me for months...and grounding then meant no leaving the house for anything but school and church, no phone, no friends over....really, really grounded.
21. What was the FIRST state you lived in? Illinois.
22. If you had three wishes, what would the FIRST one be? I've given this much thought over the years. Life would be less interesting I suppose, but far less complicated: Everyone would have to tell the truth...ALL the time...no secrets or half-truths either. Crime would drop, courts would only have to sentence, marriages and other relationships would be "real" and I would guess infidelity would drop...and need I mention politics and religion?
23. What is the FIRST thing you would learn if you had the chance? The absolute, indisputable PROOF of the existance or non-existence of God.
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Yeesh, next time I complain about my last name being difficult for bureaucrats to spell, remind me at least I am not named SCHLICKSUP.
:-D
I like your granddad's pour - Whooo baby, for sure!
This morning I left comments on each of your "Firsts" posts.
VR- And to think you were initially mortified to learn your birth-father's surname...coulda' been far worse. (tee-hee)
Buffy- Right back atcha, girl.
Fab- you too
gmg- Wish I'd gotten his "recipe." I later came to appreciate his best highballs ever made. Trust me on this...
Blackflon- Bargain priced, but remarkably good in fabric quality and workmanship. Precursor to truly "cheap" ripoffs, K-Mart and original Wal-Mart.
Owl- You come up with remarkable stuff of your own
Boomer- After 18 months of zero income, 25 cents an hour almost sounds enticing...sigh
ocular-Oooo! Qoooo! Sherbert orange? I want it! Er, come to think of it, the mechanical nightmares that I remember wouldn't be worth it.
cartouche- see above response to Verbal. Referenced surname was either Brown, Doe, Smith or Jones...but I won't tell.
Rod- "Nut" is the correct reference for sure. ;0)
I found the apple trees to be threatening and the flying monkeys dismembering Ray Bolger momentarily terrifying. But since all one had to do was click one's ruby slippers in the end, in order to find one's true place and happiness, guess I just took that image and ran with it. Footenote: I've worn out the heels of dozens of pairs of shoes, from heels to sneakers and STILL haven't crossed that elusive rainbow. I just keep keepin' on...
For those of us in the same age bracket (ahem!) the similarities in our lives is interesting to me, regardless of what part of the country it was.
It is a pleasure to get to know something about you, dear lady.