About Me Challenge
@BelleStarr (61047)
United States
September 25, 2017 8:30am CST
I am feeling rather brain dead today so I thought this would be easier than trying to come up with something interesting to write about.
1. I am 67 years old and have been married to the same man since I was 18.
2. I have 3 children, 10 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandsons.
3. I am retired but still work as a travel writer when the opportunity arises.
4. I have 7 blogs that I try to keep up with.
5. We spend 3 months or more at our home in Florida, the rest of the year we are in Connecticut.
6. We share a lake house in Pennslyvania with our daughter and her family.
7. I hate housework, enough said!!!
8. We have an adorable dog named Brie.
9. I love doing water exercise at the YMCA 3 days a week. I also love going to the theater and just went to see Les Miz yesterday. I have two season subscriptions.
10. My favorite hobby is genealogy and I have had my DNA done and enjoy trying to figure out how I am related to people.
That is me in a nutshell. I am kind, loyal, quick to anger and quick to forgive, irreverent, funny, moderately religious and my family is the most important thing in the world.
The photo is a very bad attempt at a selfie with me, Al and our friend Joe on vacation.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
lol Yes well that is true, I am still very busy for a retired person
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
I don't write on every one everyday, I write in spurts so I may write 20 posts in a few days then take a few days off. It isn't bad.
@CinnamonGrl (7083)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
25 Sep 17
That is a cute pic! Keeping up with seven blogs must be difficult! Does each one have a different theme? A lake house sounds really nice. I enjoyed reading this post, gives a lot of background about you and what you enjoy doing. I miss living near San Francisco and being able to see some good theater productions.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
Yes all of my blogs are different, travel, food, local, home, book reviews, photos, genealogy
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
lol If you could have seen how hard I had to work to get it done you would be a lot less impressed but at least I got all three of us in the picture.
@Friendlypink (3805)
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25 Sep 17
Insteresting post i like it. And you made me search water exercise. I dont know that there is such, my kids love swimming and when i am swimming with them i tend to eat alot by the pool, haha. Now i can be busy doing exercise, i mean water exercise. Can i lose weight with that kind of exercise?
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@celticeagle (159008)
• Boise, Idaho
26 Sep 17
Sounds like you have an interesting life.
I have three great grand kids too. Two boys and a girl.
Married to the same guy since you were 18. That is something.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
lol I guess I should say happily!! lol Yes he is a great guy.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
Congratulations to you and to me, I think we are blessed to have chosen good husbands.
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@LadyDuck (458050)
• Switzerland
26 Sep 17
@BelleStarr We really are, I am so happy I met my husband and decided to be together for the rest of our days.
@Tampa_girl7 (48929)
• United States
26 Sep 17
Thanks for letting us get to know you better.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
Your welcome, I tried to tell a lot without telling too much lol
@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
26 Sep 17
keeping up seven blogs... doesn't sound particularly... retired 
lol thanks for sharing... that's great ... I feel like I 'know' you a bit better... 
love the selfie too..
lol thanks for sharing... that's great ... I feel like I 'know' you a bit better... love the selfie too..1 person likes this
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
lol You are being kind about the selfie but thank you and yes I am rather a busy retiree lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
It is and we are hoping to have time to get down there soon.
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
27 Sep 17
@BelleStarr I hope you get to spend time there soon too and relax.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
26 Sep 17
I did not know you are 67 years old.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
Yah, I am old as dirt lol I can't believe I am 67 either, time sure flies when you're having fun!!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
26 Sep 17
I think that's a great selfie so your photographic talents are admirable- my problem is I can take the pictures but get bogged down when this Apple laptop given to me by my son doesn't want to upload them. I have to get him in once and awhile to help me- doh! You are still a busy lady and with all your travelling I think you have a great time!
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
I do have a great time and I am so busy that I ask myself how I ever had time for a job lol
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
27 Sep 17
@BelleStarr It's true- we tend to fill in time so we get busier and busier.
@Marilynda1225 (79708)
• United States
25 Sep 17
You sound like your a very busy lady. Glad you wrote this post as I learned things about you that I didn't know.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
Thank you, I tried to keep it as simple as possible without telling too much.
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
25 Sep 17
Okay, now i know you better.
7 blogs, wow.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
25 Sep 17
How on earth do you keep up with that many blogs?
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
25 Sep 17
I don't do everyone every day. I do my local CT one the most, then travel twice a week, photos once a week, home once a week, food once a week, genealogy once or twice a month, book reviews when I have a book to review and my snowbird one I do in the winter when I cam in Florida. It iis all about timing.
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
Thank you, I was lucky and blessed to find the right person at an early age.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
26 Sep 17
THank you, I am rather bad at taking selfies and those two are clueless lol
