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December 10, 2004

Gotta Make a Move to a Town that's Right For Me

1. My name is Sarah Jayn McNally.
2. I was born Sarah McNally Stupple.
3. When I was very little, my Dad decided to take his step-father’s last name as our family name (because he was the greatest Dad/Grampa ever!) For a short period of time, no one could think of a middle name for me so my name was actually Sarah McNally McNally.
4. As a result, some of my family still calls me Sarah Mac-Mac.
5. I am the oldest of 4 girls. We range from 27 to 14 years old….
6. The 4 of us are ridiculously close, even though we now live semi-all over the place.
7. My Mom and Dad are still young – only 48!
8. They are still married and I am glad.
9. I live in Connecticut in a badass little apartment with some animals and an enormous amount of craft supplies.
10. I speak some French and some Spanish.
11. I would like to become fluent in both.
12. I'm very competitive.
13. I am a very cautious person. I think about everything before I do it…. but I love it when I take a chance.
14. I am a terrible liar.
15. I am happy that I am a terrible liar.
16. I hate clutter.
17. I have a dog (Kyra) and two cats (Mr. T and Flane) – they pretty much run my life.
18. I grew up with lots of animals – my family is a sucker for a stray anything.
19. I vowed I wouldn’t have a lot of animals until I owned my own home.
20. My sister and I found Flane living under the house we used to rent together.
21. I found Mr. T living in the sideyard of the apartment I live in now. Apparently, the Universe has a real nice sense of humor.
22. I went to college for 3 semesters.
23. I majored in Art History and minored in Music.
24. I left because I ran out of money and my scholarship wouldn’t cover everything. I decided not to take out loans since I didn’t really know what I wanted to do with myself.
25. I have a lot of other reasons why I left, but that would be another list….
26. When I left school, I was 19 years old. I took a job (through the company my Dad worked for at the time) taking inventory of parts on an AT&T Trans-Oceanic Cable Ship. I worked on the ship for 6 weeks – 12 hours days with only one afternoon off.
27. The afternoon off was in Oahu, Hawaii. So it was worth it.
28. That job was one of my greatest adventures to date. I got to sail from Hawaii to Victoria, B.C.
29. I LOVE THE OCEAN!
30. The girl I worked with and I were the only women on an all male crew.  That was the first time I really understood what it felt like to be in the minority. The guys were nice but they were hesitant and quiet around us….. They’d stop talking when we’d walk into a room….
31. When we got to Victoria, I bought a used pair of coveralls with the name “Dave” painted on the pocket. That broke the ice. My name was Dave for the rest of my time on the ship and they didn’t quiet down anymore when I walked in a room.
32. My first car was a 1979 VW Bus that I bought from the girl I worked with on that trip.
33. She lived in Seattle so I had to drive it back to Connecticut.
34. It was a stickshift and I had never driven a stick before.
35. Numbers 33 and 34 are a good way to sum up my personality.
36. The trip back to Connecticut would also be another list…..
37. I still have the Bus - I can't seem to bring myself to let it go....
38. I am only the second owner. He is super great.
39. I work as a secretary now to pay my bills. It’s ok but I want to do something more creative.
40. My Mom is an amazing seamstress and can master any craft as far as I can see.
41. She has encouraged all 4 of her daughters to find a creative outlet and do something with their hands.
42. I sew, quilt, bead, do paper crafts, and am a decent photographer.
43. I learned to knit during the Winter of 2003 - it has since consumed my life.
44. I was going to go to school for Fashion Design…..but had a change of heart.
45. My Dad plays piano and guitar and writes short stories.
46. He has encouraged all of his 4 daughters to appreciate music and develop logic and debate skills.
47. I loooove music, but can’t play any instruments (a little piano but that’s it). But, I can sing and used to be a pretty good sight reader.
48. I love to converse, discuss and especially ARGUE! What? It’s fun!
49. I tend to be very sarcastic....
50. My Great Grandfather on my father’s side was an amazing cook and owned two restaurants.
51. I love to cook and bake – and I am pretty darn good at it too, if I do say so myself.
52. My favorite chefs are Sara Moulton and Ina Garten.
53. I love to watch the Iron Chef on Food Network.
54. My Grandfather on my mother’s side played in the Minor Leagues and rubbed elbows with some pretty famous Red Sox players in his day.
55. I inherited absolutely no athletic abilities from my Grandfather the baseball player. I throw like a girl. And run like one, too.
56. But, I did dance for 9 years and that takes muscle, bay-bee!
57. I also love hiking, canoeing, and yoga. (Sweating is good for you!)
58. I was born in Maine and lived there until I was 6.
59. My Mom is from Maine originally and her brother and a bunch of family still live up there.
60. Every summer we meet up at The Lake. It’s land that belonged to my Grandfather that was passed on to my Mom and her brother Andy. The land is now just Andy’s (and his awesome wife Missy’s) and they have built a beautiful house there.
61. They live on the best part of The Lake – hands down!
62. The Lake is my happy thought and my very favorite place in the world.
63. It is also my dog’s happy thought and her very favorite place in the world as she runs around like a maniac with no leash jumping in the water every 5 seconds.
64. Another one of my favorite places is Paris.
65. When I was 15, we had a French exchange student stay with us for the better part of a year… She was supposed to only stay one month and then stay with another family each month for the year – but she didn’t want to leave and we didn’t want her to go!!!
66. That Summer, I went back to France with her and got travel all around the country meeting her family!
67. It was my first trip on my own….sans parents! It was one of the best things I ever did.
68. We had one night in Paris at the end of the trip and it was amazing.
69. I’ve since been back to Paris once….with my family! It was equally amazing.
70. I really want to go back again……
71. I’ve been to Graceland.
72. I took a week long road trip to get there.
73. It was cool, but the trip as a whole was better than Graceland on it’s own.
74. I love to travel and am feeling restless lately because I have no dollars to take a trip!
75. I am a Liberal. A really liberal Liberal.
76. I believe in a lady’s right to choose.
77. I think you should be able to marry who you love – even if who you love has the same reproductive equipment you do.
78. I don’t believe in the death penalty – my best reason is that our legal system is so full of flaws that it is rare that you know for a fact that the individual is even guilty. That and I think we should be past killing people at this point….. one can dream…
79. I really really really hate George Bush. Both of ‘em.
80. I believe in some conspiracies but it takes a lot to convince me of one.
81. I believe in God….but I don’t believe in God. Yeah – tricky, huh?
82. I have baby dreams from time to time. It’s always twins. Yikes!
83. I think I'd like to have 2 kids. Maybe not at the same time…..but either way, it’s cool.
84. If I do ever have twins, I'm gonna name them Luke and Leia.
85. Yes, I AM that big of a Star Wars geek.
86. I love the Muppets.
87. And York Peppermint Patties.
88. I am a huge sports fan. I like that it’s really happening and isn’t a scripted sitcom or some junk.
89. My favorite is football – the strategy that goes into the game is amazing. It’s one giant physical chess match.
90. I root for the New York Jets. I heart them. I heart them very much.
91. I also watch basketball and have become a Knicks fan.
92. I don’t really care for baseball, but if I had to pick a team it would be the Red Sox for sentimental reasons – refer to number 54.
93. I have a gigantic sticker collection.
94. I like to write letters. I have a thing for cool stationery.
95. When I die, I want a Viking funeral….you know the kind…. I want to be placed on a wooden raft and set out to sea….when I’m out a little ways, I want flaming arrows shot on to my raft. Then someone hits play on the boombox for my funeral anthem….”Funkytown” by Lipps, Inc.
96. If for some reason this doesn’t happen… I’d like to be stuffed and handed down to the oldest child of each generation. And I want to be dressed up for holidays.
97. I run a crafty group in my area and have met some great craft buddies We’re called the Hat City Scissor Squad and we’re hardcore.
98. I started a blog because I was so inspired by the ones I had been reading – I really wanted to meet some more online knitting and crafting buds! So far, so good!
99. I’d like to do something crafty for a career…..I’m working on the details…..
100. #100 already? The pressure’s on…how to close this out? I need something flashy…something impressive…. Something that sums me up in just a line or two…. Hmmm… actually, I think that just did it quite nicely. *updated January 2006

Posted by Sarah at December 10, 2004 5:06 PM
Posted to 100 Things About Me that you Always Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask

Comments

Posted by: Anna at December 13, 2004 6:03 PM

Posted by: Sarah at February 26, 2005 8:53 PM