A Challenge Telling You About Me
By fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29823)
Momence, Illinois
September 18, 2017 10:07am CST
Ok I just read Valerie's challenge so thought I would join in on the fun. Lets see if I can actually come up with 10 things about me.
1. I am 59 years old and my husband is 61. We have been married for 29 years and together 35 years.
2. I have two sons that are the light of my life. Sam is 26 and works for Amazon. Danny is 25, has his Master's Degree in Astro Physics and is currently working for an Insurance Technology Company.
3. I was born and raised in Chicago and am a die hard Cubs fan.
4. I love the outdoors and camp and fish every chance I get and that's a lot as hubby and I are retired.
5. I am the 2nd oldest of 5 siblings. My parents are both deceased but us 5 kids are all still living and all but one live in Illinois.
6. I would actually like to move out of Illinois but my house which was built in 1900 is my joy and I don't think I can ever leave it.
7. I am extremely short. I stand a whopping 4 foot 10 inches tall and didn't have a shot at height as both my parents were very short as well. My husband is 6 foot 2 inches, I think tall guys love us short short women.
8. My parents and all my siblings have blue eyes, except me, I have green eyes. Ut oh. lol.
9. The 1970's was my favorite decade. Oh what fun and for those of you not born yet in the 70's dang it you missed it.
10. I plan on buying a fairly new van soon and taking a National Park visiting trip out west this coming spring or summer.
My pic is from 2010 when my youngest graduated from High School.
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21 responses
@DianneN (246906)
• United States
18 Sep 17
Lovely photo of you and your men! To be honest, I knew many facts about you on your list, but didn't know you were so petite. You will love taking your new van to the West! What a fabulous and diverse country we are lucky enough to live in! Woot woot!
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@DianneN (246906)
• United States
18 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 If I did, I totally forgot. Winter sounds like the perfect time to plan your trip. There are soooo many great places to visit. So exciting. My parents took us to so many wonderful places on our way to and from California by car. After all these years, I still have such vivid and wonderful memories.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Sep 17
You didn't know I was so short I thought you did. Yea the trip will be so exciting, and just the planning alone will be fun. Hubby and I may start planning it this winter.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Sep 17
@DianneN We have to pick and choose carefully I hear some of those parks it takes hours to get in. I sure don't want to deal with that. But it's going to be great.
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@just4him (306386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Sep 17
I forgive you being a Cubs fan 
I didn't miss the 70's. It was an interesting decade for me - graduated from high school, joined the Navy, got married, and all my kids were born in the 70's. Buying a new van and taking a National Park tour next summer sounds like a lot of fun. You and I are the same height. Shortness does have it's advantages. Great picture! You have a lot here to be proud of. Thanks for doing the challenge.
I didn't miss the 70's. It was an interesting decade for me - graduated from high school, joined the Navy, got married, and all my kids were born in the 70's. Buying a new van and taking a National Park tour next summer sounds like a lot of fun. You and I are the same height. Shortness does have it's advantages. Great picture! You have a lot here to be proud of. Thanks for doing the challenge.2 people like this
@just4him (306386)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 Age does that to the memory. I knew you were short. I didn't know we were the same height until you put it here. I shrunk - that's my excuse for being short.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Sep 17
The trip is going to be very exciting I can't wait to do it. A Cubs fan I will always be lol. I didn't know we were the same height or maybe I did, my memory is not what it used to be. Thanks I am very proud of my family.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
20 Sep 17
@just4him My mom was 5 foot my dad about 5 foot 5 I didn't have a shot in the least of attaining some sort of height. I am the 2nd oldest of 5 and the shortest but we are all short. Then I started dating my hubby he is 6 foot 2 inches and my family was amazed lol.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
18 Sep 17
I did not know your height and I didn't know you had so many siblings either.
I hope you enjoy the van when you get it and your trip, sounds like fun! =)
I hope you enjoy the van when you get it and your trip, sounds like fun! =)2 people like this
@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
18 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 I had 2 miscarriages so I know that awful feeling. =(
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Sep 17
My mom should have had 8 of us but she had some miscarriages. Yup I am a shortie lol.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Sep 17
@LovingMyBabies Yes I wish she could have carried those babies.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
18 Sep 17
I love your introduction here fishtiger, though I did know a some of these details from your discussions here in myLot.
You are a lovely family and thanks for sharing.
Lovely green eyes.
Lovely green eyes.2 people like this
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
19 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 Welcome dear friend.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
19 Sep 17
Awesome... nice to learn so much about it. Great picture!! The 70s and the early 80s were awesome for me. So many good times and great memories.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Sep 17
I will always remember the 70's becoming an adult and starting to make my way in this world.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
13 Oct 17
Beautiful picture of you and your family. The trip to the National Park sounds like so much fun. I know you will get lots of pictures.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
15 Oct 17
First I need to buy a better van than the one we have. Hubby is giving me the blues about that, but I have an inheritance and I will if I wanna lol.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
21 Sep 17
I am so glad to know more about you and thank you for sharing
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@LadyDuck (458259)
• Switzerland
20 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 My maternal grandfather had green eyes, but also my father.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Sep 17
I must have gotten my green eyes from my paternal grandfather, he had green eyes.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Sep 17
Yea me too as I said it seems tall guys gravitate towards short women.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
29 Sep 17
somehow, i knew some things about you in bubblews.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
1 Oct 17
@fishtiger58 i can still remember the pictures of you and your son.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Sep 17
I'm sure I have mentioned stuff there but don't remember much, I am getting up in years lol.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
18 Sep 17
Wow, I don't think I knew any of this about you.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
20 Sep 17
Nice getting to know you. :-) That is awesome you are so connected to your home
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Sep 17
My home is great, I love how old it is, it still has some over 100 year old glass in some of the windows. They don't make glass like that anymore, it has a bit of a wave in the glass, it's beautiful.
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
27 Sep 17
@FayeHazel Yes I have heard that if the glass breaks I can sell it to glass makers or those who make stained glass as it's so unusual and not available anymore. Hopefully that glass will remain in my windows for a long time, it's already been there for 117 years.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
25 Sep 17
@fishtiger58 Must have been something in the glass making process of the time. Really cool!
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
18 Sep 17
My goodness, your kids are as tall as daddy!
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Sep 17
Yup almost, that's a height I will never attain. But when I can't reach something which is often I might add, I have plenty of help lol.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
18 Sep 17
does it mean your green eyes came from your grandparents?
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
18 Sep 17
Yes I think my paternal grandfather had green eyes.
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@Juliaacv (48478)
• Canada
19 Sep 17
You look like such a close-knit loving family, I just love this picture!
We are very close in age, I'm a few years younger and we've been married for about the same length of time too.
I have to agree that growing up and being a teenager during the 70's was pretty cool. Of course I don't know an other era for being a teenager do I?
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Sep 17
Thanks we are close knit, and me and my husband are proud of the men our boys have become. Oh the 70's what a decade, lots of fun and becoming an adult and starting to make my way in this world. I will forever have fond memories of the 70's
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@Marilynda1225 (79772)
• United States
20 Sep 17
Tall guys seem to love short women. My friend is very short and her husband is very tall.
Enjoyed reading your list of 10 and I probably should do the same
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Sep 17
Yes do the same. Seems those tall guys love us shorties.
@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
19 Sep 17
Great looking family you have. I ca relate to the height difference -my husband is 6' 2" and I am 5'3"
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Sep 17
So you are 5 inches taller than me, not many people make me feel tall except 1st graders lol.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Sep 17
Good to know more about you!
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
19 Sep 17
You are considerably taller than I am, and you can see the height difference between my husband and I. My younger son is a bit taller than the oldest.
