My turn to Meme!!

Thank you, Karen Rice, for meme-ing me! 

Here's how it all began:  http://activerain.com/blogsview/27305/The-First-ActiveRain-Meme

And now I have to think of 5 things that you don't know about me.  Hmmm...considering I haven't been around AR all that long, there's probably LOTS of things you don't know about me.  But since I have to choose just 5, here goes:

1)     I LOVE elephants!!  

 One of my favorite places in the whole world is the Cleveland MetroparksZoo!                

They've even taught the girls how to paint...and yes, I have one of Moshi's paintings on the wall above my piano.  : )   

I've been collecting all things related to elephants since I was 13 years old.  If it's got an elephant on it, I probably own it.  If it's shaped like an elephant, I probably have one.  Earrings?  Necklaces?  Coffee mugs?  Slippers??  Yep...they all have a place in my home.  But why do I love elephants so much?!  Well, probably because they're just so big and strong...and gentle.  And maternal.  And incredibly intelligent, and they never forget.  As a realtor, that's an important trait!  But I never liked the movie "Dumbo"...I felt it was too mean.  It doesn't matter what you look like on the outside...what matters is what you're like on the INSIDE.  Yeah, I know that sounds corny...but it's how I really feel!

2)     Being from the Cleveland area, how can I NOT love roller-coasters?!  Cedar Point is THE roller-coaster capital of America...if not the world.  My 2 teenagers and I go every summer.  I was so  grateful when they were old enough to ask "Mom, can I go on the BIG roller-coaster with you??"  The higher and faster, the better! 

 Except for one  small detail - I'm terrified of heights.  So I just don't look down...I look out over Lake Erie until I'm at the very, very top.  Then it's "arms up" and down we gooooooo.....!

 3)     My favorite movie is "The Wizard of OZ".  Even as a little kid I knew how important "home" was.  

4)     Green is my favorite color.  How appropriate, since my real estate ‘home' is also green!  And the "Emerald City"...I wonder if that's another reason I like "The Wizard of OZ"??

5)    I like salt on my cantaloupe.  No special reason...I just think it tastes better like that!

And now I'm going to pass the torch to:

Carl Berg

Tia Stanley

and

Katy Stansifer

Have fun everyone!!