I have been tagged!

Sue, tagged me:

I need to list 7 random things that many of you out in blogland may not know about me. The rules are to list the person who sent this to you and leave a comment on their blog so readers can visit yours. Post the rules on your blog. Share 7 facts about yourself. Tag 7 people at the end of your post, linking their blog. Let each person know they've been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog:

1. I was born and raised in Italy. Came to the U.S. 23 years ago as a student and (obviously) loved this country so much and never left; Could speak very little English but managed to catch up very soon.
2. I lived in Germany for four years and graduated from the European Division of the University of Maryland. Finally visited the Maryland campus a few years ago;
3. I love crafts and painting. If Icould make enough money from it I would dedicate all my time to paint glasses, furniture, make jewelry and all sorts of different kind of decorating items.
4. My Dear Husband is almost 10 years younger than me. I have been called a craddle robber many, many times. I set the stage for the Demi Moore/Ashton Kutcher holliwood couples
5. I started to climb before I started to walk (much like Annalisa). My nickname as a child was "the goat" because I loved (and still do) to eat huge bowls of salad and was able to climb all the trees in my grand mother's vignard.
6. When I was growing up I helped my family cut the grapes from my grand mother's vignard and after all the hard work I stomped the grapes with my bare feet, very much like the Lucy's episode, minus the outfit. I despised dresses and anything that was feminine and traded them for shorts and t-shirts.
7. My first name is Bonaventura. Rina is a nick name. Bonaventura is a very, very unusual name, even in Italy. It's sometimes used as a last name and it's a male's name. Traditionally Italian families name their children after the grand parents. I was named after my grand mother. Growing up I alwasy said that my friends called me Rina, my enemies Bonaventura. That's how much I disliked my name. I have grown to like it as an adult although I always get the same reaction when I tell people my real name: "Hmmmm!!!! What does that mean?!?!?!"

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