Single Mom…and so much more!

101 things about me

C’est moi, Lisa Maria Carroll, at the Mall of America

1. My middle name is MARIA, not Marie.
2. Born in Kankakee, IL
3. I finished high school in three years.
4. When I was 17, my mother moved to Atlanta, and gave me custody of my two youngest sisters, 5 and 12.
5. Lived in Dallas, TX; Las Vegas, NV; Atlanta, GA; Minneapolis, MN; Baltimore and Laurel, Maryland; Charlotte, NC
6. I’m an Independent Contractor, working as a project coordinator, since 2003.
7. I’m a freelance writer.
8. My first book, Single Mom…and so much more will be published in February 2009.
9. I’m working on my second book, Fabulously 40!
10. Favorite ice cream is Butter Pecan
11. I respect my friends, and they me. (I don’t have friends that I don’t respect, or who don’t respect me.)
12. Favorite meal is breakfast
13. I love soul food. My favorite is collard greens.
14. I love Dairy Queen’s pecan cluster blizzards and pecan mudslides.
15. My dream vacation is the Ivory Coast.
16. Summer is my favorite time of year.
17. I have four children grown folks, 3 daughters (20, 22, 23) and 1 son (18)
18. I have a 4-year-old grandson, the love of my life.
19. I’m a middle child–3 older brothers, 3 younger sisters
20. I am a very sensitive person.
21. I got married when I was 17.
22. I was a teenage mother 3 times (that’s only because I ran out of teenage years, not because I stopped having babies).
23. I was married (on paper) for 11 years.
24. My first three children were born in different states.
25. I HATE combing my hair. That’s why it’s always braided or cut short.
26. I have zero tolerance for apathy and VERY little patience. (Pray for me.)
27. I LOVE older men. And, when I say older, I mean MUCH older!
28. I have braces on my teeth.
29. I’ve been married and in love once, just not at the same time.
30. Purple is my favorite color.
31. I love gospel music.
32. I don’t like animals, nor men who exhibit animalistic behaviors.
33. I love spending time with family, fights and all. Just take me home when it’s over.
34. I have to have my “me”-time.
35. I love to travel, but don’t do it as much as I would like to.
36. I get sick every time I fly.
37. I voted for Barack Obama…DUH!
38. I’m Black, not African.
39. I love Kimora Lee Simmons.
40. I’m 5′ 8″ tall
41. I have a Napoleon complex.
42. I drive a SUV.
43. Ed Bradley is the sexiest man that ever lived.
44. I don’t drink, smoke or use drugs.
45. I don’t have any STDs.
46. I don’t have the sugar, glaucoma or high-blood pressure.
47. I love Tyler Perry’s movies and plays.
48. I see crazy people…every time I go to a family reunion.
49. I’ve never experimented with illegal drugs, not even a one-time recreational use.
50. I’m not a naturopath. If I’m hurting, give me a pill to stop the pain.
51. I prefer traditional gender roles in a relationship.
52. I’m very submissive in a relationship. I love catering to my man.
53. There are three things of mine that no woman will ever take better care of than me: my kids, my money, and my man
54. I had a stillborn child, a son.
55. Math was my favorite subject in high school.
56. I’m geographically challenged, even with my GPS.
57. I’m somewhat challenged when it comes to doing home or auto repairs.
58. I’ve had two C-sections.
59. America’s Most Wanted is my favorite TV show.
60. I love the Judge Mathis show.
61. I love to learn.
62. I’m fiercely independent, but seek co-dependence in a relationship.
63. My greatest personality traits are my compassion and empathy.
64. I can’t stand sassy “chilluns.”
65. I love smart kids.
66. I’m deathly afraid of water.
67. I wish I was darker.
68. I love to shop.
69. I have a shoe fetish.
70. I’m addicted to my Blackberry.
71. I love going to church.
72. I’m a giver.
73. My dream job is to work for America’s Most Wanted catching pedophiles and people who harm children.
74. I was NOT sexually molested as a child. (I don’t have that testimony.)
75. My father NEVER touched me inappropriately.
76. Infidelity is a deal breaker. (Grounds for castration. CLEARLY, if you don’t know what to do with it, you don’t need it.)
77. I don’t watch sports.
78. I talk to my cousin every morning.
79. I don’t see my grandson as much as I’d like to. (He lives in a different state.)
80. I’m going to take pole dancing classes.
81. I’ve always wanted a pole in my bedroom.
82. I love reading autobiographies.
83. Being an employee makes me feel like a prisoner.
84. I was a drama queen when I was growing up. If I said it, my daddy believed it.
85. I once set the curtains on fire, and my sister got a whooping for it. She’s still scarred.
86. I’m a girlie-girl.
87. I hate when people drive the wrong way in the Wal-Mart parking lot.
88. I love turkey bacon and turkey sausage.
89. The movie Claudine formed my views on single motherhood at a very young age.
90. I love intelligent, responsible Black men full of strong moral character (honesty and integrity).
91. I adopt a family for Christmas each year.
92. The Flintstones is my all-time favorite cartoon.
93. I love playing Deal or No Deal at Chuck-E Cheese.
94. In high school, I always said I was going to marry a man whose last name started with “A” so my kids would always be first in line.
95. I married a man whose last name starts with “W.”
96. I trust and believe in the power of prayer.
97. I didn’t nurse any of my children.
98. My biggest child was 5 lbs., 13 ounces. (What’s up with these 10 lb. babies?)
99. All of my children wore disposable diapers.
100. My birthstone is ruby. My zodiac sign is Cancer. And, yes, I’m moody.
101. I prefer platinum and white gold over yellow gold.

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