I love games. My husband doesn't really like to play. so when my son was born I made him into my lifetime trivia and game buddy. In fact I taught him how to play UNO when he was 1 years old, we would stay up til midnight playing together. Ahhh, those were the ways...
Anyways here's more to know about me...
1. My full name is Amy Lynette Proto, I'm formerly a Bailey. I like my married name. 'Proto', as in Proton, Protozoa, Protege'...
2. I am the only girl in my family and in the middle
3. I am a parent to one child, a boy Joshua and have two dachshunds, Joey and Howie.
4. I'm married to Ron and have been for 9 years
5. My best friend is my husband, but am blessed to have some very close friends, Rosemary who I look upt as my life mentor, Kecia whom I've been friends with since high school and lives in South Africa and friend for life and since kindergarten, Cory. He lives in Los Angeles and loves to advertise.
6. My parents travelled while in the Air Force, that's why I was born in Biloxi, Miss. My parents survived hurricane Camille in 1969, and lost everything they owned.
7. My favorite flowers are sunflowers, but also any Hawaiian tropical flower will do to.
8. I speak English and some french, spanish and japanese...kinda
9.I am 5'0
10.I love to cook, I'll try anything once
11. I make awesome choc chip cookies, at least that's what hubby says
12. I grew up in Newark, CA (bay area)
13. I have lived in Castro Valley, CA and Fremont Ca.
14. I moved out at 18 and have been on my own ever since. I love being with myself. My dad always said, you'll never be 'alone' you have -me myself and I
15. I moved to Tucson, AZ to goto to U of A. After the first quarter I got homesick and had to move back to CA.
16. I went to Chabot College, and have lots of life experiences
17. If I had to choose a last meal I would choose: Spring Mix salad with feta, olives and roasted peppers, my Father in laws BBQ veggies and my mother in laws pasta, among my family of course!
18. When I am sick I like to drink flat 7up and eat otter pops
19. My favorite musicians are Vince Guaraldi, Harry Connick Jr and George Winston, Justin Timberlake, The Police, BowWowWow...
20. I love Vince, he's jazz and famous for Cast Your Fate to the Wind, I played that at my wedding.
21. I don't like to eat tripe or whole fishes
22. I have high cholestrerol for my age, I have been working on it ...
23. I have retail feet--calloused and corny. Noone should ever want to see them
24.I'm obsessive about clutter and love to throw other people's things out.
25. I have too many things, someone needs to help me toss them out!
26. I drive a 1986 Chevy s10 but own a Honda Element( Green) and hubby has a 1956 Vespa gs I want to learn to drive.
27. My first car was a 1974 Orange Volks Beetle
28. I'm almost crying, wishing I still had it.
29. I was the mechanic and know how to change the spark plugs and oil.
30. I sold it when my son was born, the girl who bought it, was the girls first car too. She was soooo happy to have it!
31. Then I drove a 325i BMW. It went fast and was reliable. I liked that car alot.
32. My hubby crashed the BMW. Then I got a Le Baron Convertible Turbo. My son has happy memories of that car. We all do actually.
33. My mom knew I was a girl. She named me after my great grandma Amy in Wisconsin. There's LOTS of Amys in Wisconsin. Do you know any?? Probably!
34. My first 'real' kiss was in 6th grade. I still know his name and I still have picture of him. His parents were both deaf. But he was not.
35. My first boyfriend was in kindergarten. We held hands everyday. But in 2nd grade he moved to San Ramon. I never saw him again. I felt heart broken.
36. I like tall dark and handsome men.
37. I have only dated one blond guy.
38. My husband is half Sicilian and half Napoleon, 3rd generation. Curly brown hair and bright blues eyes from his grandfather.
39. It was not love at first sight. But I do love him more each day...awwww
40. Our first date was on April 28, 1992, at an ice creamery. I remember what we both ordered. I love ice scream.
41. I dated his brothers' best friend in high school for 2 years. I knew my brother and sister in law before my husband and have known them now for 22 years!!
42. I like both red and white wine, love spumonti
43. My favorite writers are David Sedaris and Barbara Kingslover who wrote The Bean Trees and Pigs in Heaven
44.I wanted to be a writer when I grew up
45. I'm not grown up yet but I work for a famous British Retail company and manage their handbag business. Guess which one?
46. When I grow up I want to be a Veterinarian or Geriatric nurse
47. In college I wanted to be a elementary school teacher
48. I want to run away to the Amalfi Coast
49. I have been to England and Mexico
50. I love ladybugs-- especially in my backyard eating aphids on my roses
51. I love growing roses. I have the fragrant Sterling purple one, and a grandflora-- Queen Elizabeth, yellow tearose from my Mom amd some others I have receives as gifts.
52. Thorns hurt.
53. My dogs sometimes eat my roses. They attack the thorns. Good Dog!!
54. No more roses. Bad Dog!
55. I frequently give blood. I'm O+. The universal blood.
56. Most embarrassing song on my ipod shuffle is...The Tiki Room song from Disneyland
57. I can't stand profanity towards women, unless it's o'k with the woman.
58. I am compulsive about being ontime.
59. I have lots of cavities, and now all resurfaced with white filling material! Amazing breakthroughs of dentistry!!
60. As a child I loved going to the grocery store. We always got to choose a candybar!!
61. Charlston Chews were my favorite. I would freeze it first before eating.Yum.
62. I love to help people. I frequently help my mother in law by cooking meals for my father in law.
63. I love my mother in law. She is my sons best friend.
64. My favorite movies are Cinema Paradiso, Napoleon Dynamite and any thing with Will Ferrill
65. I have a photographic memory and am a visual learner.
66. I tap dance
67. I love my hazel/green eyes. I get them from my dad.
68. My favorite book as a kid was James and the Giant Peach
69. I love cashmere sweaters, any color.
70. I rubber stamp and scrapbook.
71. I love to write and then send letters.
72. People should do more of that. It will make someone's day.
73. I love all holidays. I decorate my house with reckless abandon for all holidays.
74. Some of my favorites places to go Disneyland, Hawaii and Lake Tahoe.
75. Place I would like to go--Grand Canyon, and Mt. Rushmore
76. If I could play a professional sport it would be soccer.
77. I was the only woman on the golf team in high school.
78. I like the A's and the Raiders
79. I like to rollerblade.
80. I'm a practicing Catholic but have not converted yet
81. I have one ear that sticks out.
82. I am a shy person. When at work selling, I pretend that I'm on stage and outgoing.
83. In high school I was called 'granola'. I'm happy because in the 80's there were also 'hairbears'
84. I am moody.
85. But happy when sunny.
86. If I could live in any era, it would be in the late 40's.
87. I tend to be a nightowl
88. I have kept all my love letters from grade school to adulthood.
89. I'm sentimental.
90. I had a Cabbage Patch doll named Calvin Matthew.
91. My favorite TV show is...any reality shows and Food Network.
92. I love the book Life As A Daymaker and encourage all happy and not so happy people read it.
93. I like inspirational people.
94. I am not good at math. My son well makes up for it. He's a Math Whiz.
95. I love dessert first.
96. I always have wondered why dessert is served lastly, instead of firstly.
97. I wish I had a farm with sheep, rabbits and lots of dachshunds.
99. I'm not a whiner.
100. I'm finished for now.
Have fun learning!!
