Kid and Caboodle

Here is my version of this meme.

1. My nickname is Pegasus. I got this nickname because of the Buddy Holly song “Peggy Sue,” the science fiction show Dr. Who, and the children’s author Dr. Seuss.
2. I am allergic to artificial food coloring (dyes). This means I can’t have most sodas, children’s cereal, candy or frosting, and I have to be careful with processed foods and over-the-counter medicines.
3. I don’t like coffee. I like the smell of coffee, but not the taste.
4. I am terrible with plants; among the ones I have managed to kill are jade plants, a potted chrysanthemum, a miniature pine tree, marigolds grown from seed, an aloe and a cactus. Please don’t ever give me a plant unless you don’t care if it dies.
5. My favorite season is autumn. One of the reasons I like autumn is that I don’t feel guilty about seeing dead or dying plants anywhere.
6. I hate loud noises such as fireworks, thunder, gunshots and popping balloons.
7. I once took a course in belly dancing.
8. I used to take ballet.
9. I have studied karate.
10. I am now several pounds heavier than when I studied belly dancing, ballet and karate.
11. I did not learn to swim until I was 12.
12. I learned to ice-skate at the age of 5.
13. I was born in Buffalo, New York. My family left the city after the Blizzard of 1976, when Buffalo was hit with 14 feet of snow. That’s 14 FEET, not inches.
14. During a student exchange program one summer I lived on a farm in Wales. I realized that I was definitely not cut out to be a farm girl when I tried to help my host father bale some fleece and broke out in hives all over my arms.
15. My first summer job was as a clerk-typist with the U.S. Army Garrison, Okinawa, Japan. It was a lot easier for me than working on a farm.
16. My first language was Taiwanese, a Chinese dialect, but I cannot remember a time when I did not know English. In addition to Taiwanese and English, I know some French, Spanish, Mandarin, Japanese, Welsh, Hebrew and sign language.
17. I play the piano.
18. I used to play the flute. Then I got braces and couldn’t play properly, so I quit.
19. My favorite colors are red and purple. These unintentionally were my wedding colors; red is the traditional color for Chinese weddings, and the only colors that looked good on all four of my attendants were purple and dark green. Since I didn’t want my reception to look like a Christmas party, I went with purple dresses.
20. My parents have been married for nearly 43 years. I hope my husband and I will eventually match, if not beat, their record.
21. I have a younger brother. He lives a lot farther away than I like, but he seems happy.
22. I have 14 first cousins on my father’s side. Most of them live in the United States.
23. I have approximately 12 first cousins on my mother’s side, but I’m not sure. Most of them live in Taiwan.
24. Although I wear glasses, one of my eyes has 20/20 vision. I tried wearing a single contact lens once, but couldn’t get the hang of essentially poking myself in the eye to see properly.
25. I don’t participate in chain letters. I may share a recipe, mail a kid a pack of stickers, or answer a bunch of random questions, but I won’tcontinue the chain. Chain letters stop with me, so don’t ever send me one unless you want it broken.