Celebrating the Twelves.

How cool is it that it is the twelfth day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year of this new millennium?  And there won't be any 13/13/13.  Or 14/14/14.  This is it! 

In honor of the Twelves, here are twelve things about me that you didn't know you were dying to find out about.  (Got that???)

1. I was born on the first day of the first month - but I was NOT the first baby of the new year in Newport News, Virginia.  Which would have garnered my parents some cool swag.  Instead, all they got was a ruined New Year's Eve, New Year's Day and a baby with colic.
2. I taught myself to play the guitar (not well) but fancied myself the Ohio version of Joni Mitchell.  I used to play guitar with my sister - she played the flute - and I would make her laugh so she couldn't play.
3. I speak passable Spanish and Dutch (although I am getting rusty on both counts).
4. I had a pet skunk named Pooh, who I trained to walk with a harness and a leash.  Unfortunately, he was high-strung and used to bite me when he got nervous.  Which was all the time.
5. I used to be married to a rodeo guy.
6. One year, I made a lot of my spending money shooting pool.
7. I am terrified of deep bodies of water.
8. Because I almost drowned water-skiing in a lake (my dad saved me) and because of the movie, "Jaws".
9. I am fascinated by knots.
10. I wanted to be a famous female sculptor.
11. I can type 120 wpm
12. I collect shaped stones, feathers, and small, shiny objects.

So - enough about me!  How about you?  Are you celebrating the Twelves?  Doing anything special today?