Jen, agreed on all counts - but ESPECIALLY no. 1! Who couldn't use a thread like this once in a while?

1. I like to think I'm creative.

2. I seem to produce pretty darn good-looking children.

3. I like my waistline.

4. I read like nobody's business.

5. I had enough sense to marry a wonderful, kind man.

Wow, auntjen, this is a hard one! Good but hard! LOL

1. I too like to think I'm creative, but it's more outside of the box.

2. I have a giving heart.

3. I tend think positive and see the positive in even the worst of situations. (which actually seems to irriate many in my family)

4. I'm comfortable with who I am as a person.

5. I'm a great cook!

Okay, here goes:

1. I have great, maintenance-free eyebrows (no pluckin' or waxin' needed).

2. I'm non-judgemental.

3. I'm kind to animals, to the point where I will try to get a bug to go outside rather than kill it.

4. I'm a good boss.

5. I live a happy life and am very content with where I'm at at this point in my life.

auntjen- this thread was a great idea!

1. hard work ethic

2. sense of humor

3. eyes

4. bargain shopping skills

5. shoot from the hip trait

Okay, here goes...

1. Hard working

2. Excellent at detail oriented stuff...I can build a fireplace mantle, TV armoire or ottoman from scratch, using my own plans.

3. Resourceful

4. Pragmatic and realistic...no rose colored glasses here LOL.

5. Faithful, honest and true to those I love and care about. The rest can go to he!! in a handbasket.

1. I am loyal and dependable.

2. I have good hair!

3. I have a desire to help others.

4. I am true to myself and not afraid to follow the beat of a different drummer.

5. I am a people person.

tina

Hmm,

1. I am capable and dependable.

2. I am caring and try to look for the best in people.

3. I have an even temperament.

4. I have lots of common sense and I am a realist.

5. I'm comfortable in my own skin and I live my life out loud.

(In my next life, I want to be able to say that I am beautiful. LOL!)

I like this!

1. I have lots of friends which I attribute to my naturally social personality and good sense of humor.

2. I've raised two incredibly wonderful, responsible, intelligent boys who are on their way to becoming successful, contributing adults.

3. I am now, and pretty much have always been, happy with where I am in my life. I've never looked back or forward and wished I was at a different age or place.

4. I say what I mean and mean what I say... no pussyfooting around.

5. I'm an upbeat happy person and although I've had some lows in my life, I tend not to dwell on the bad stuff.

This is almost awkward for me to think and type...

1. I'm compassionate/sensitive

2. I'm loyal and dependable

3. There will always be people better looking in the world but overall I think I have good genes.

4. I'm athletic

5. I think I'm a thrifty shopper

1. I am compassionate and understanding to animals and most people.

2. Another with great hair

3. I am tall and nicely shaped. It has taken me many years to appreciate being 6'.

4. Sense of humor

5. I am a great homemaker: cooking, decorating, gardening and entertaining come easily to me.

Well, I've been focusing on my faults so much, lately, but I'll try to play along.

1. Good taste in husbands.

2. Dark sense of humor (not everybody's cup of tea).

3. Pragmatic.

4. Great love of other cultures.

5. Good with colors (IMOHO).

Jen, you forgot to add that you're good at making people squirm :)

Let's see...
1) insightful/analytical/resourceful
2) plucky and capable of dedication to people/commitment to a cause
3) communicative
4) wild bucking sense of humor that I have to rein in most of the time
5) affectionate (does this duplicate communicative? In certain ways...)

(notice that looks don't appear on my list LOL)

Here I am, adjusting my self talk :)

1. I get a lot of compliments about my long curly red hair.
2. I have a postgraduate degree, I'm good at my job and respected by coworkers.
3. I am very loyal, protective of, and generous to my family and friends.
4. I have a offbeat and cynical sense of humor and laugh a lot (including laughing at myself).
5. I am a very fast and voracious reader.

Jen

My shrinks make me do this every so often, although they make me come up with TEN! :-)

1) I'm a b*tch. (This CAN be a positive trait, y'know, even if you don't do the sappy acronym "Beautiful Intelligent Talented Creative Honest".)

2) I am a dang good home cook and have done a pretty good job of teaching DH.

3) I am deeply dedicated to my spiritual path.

4) On occasion I can write things that make people ROTFLPTP. :-) (I do wish I could do it more consistently, but when it push it it doesn't happen.)

5) Yesterday I went swimsuit shopping at Target with a slender, cute-as-a-button buddy from the aquatherapy program I go to and I did not cut myself down ONCE, even though normally I'm utterly savage to myself regarding body image especially if there's someone prettier/thinner around to compare myself to (and at a size 18, there are plenty of thinner women around). Since Target's maternity section and plus-size section are pretty much intermingled, my friend grabbed a tankini she thought I'd like without realizing it was a maternity item, and I put it on without realizing ditto. It actually looked waaaaay better than anything else - long enough to fit my long torso, fit "the girls" great, and just loose enough through the middle to be comfortable (I think it was supposed to be pretty much skintight on a pregnant belly). Normally I would have been nearly hysterical with despair and embarrassment about wearing maternity clothes when I'm not even pregnant, but instead I was just psyched at finding something that fit well and looked good and didn't cost me a mint. Due to a convenient clearance sale, with DH's blessing I stocked up on six tankini tops and three bottoms that can be mixed and matched, for less than I had spent on ONE swimsuit at Torrid last spring.

Hey, we're a nice group of people . . . but then again, I knew it all along :^)
What can I say about me that's positive?

1. I'm a people person and make friends easily. I think, because I tend to see the good in everyone . . . well, most eveyone ;^D

2. I was born with an artistic/decorating gene and have loved creating beautiful things since I was a little kid

3. I'm good and loving mom, wife and friend

4. I like my eyes and have great, youthful skin (thanks to lucky genes, NOT from anything I put on it)

5. I'm basically a happy person who has a great sense of humor and am very comfortable in my own skin

Lynn

Hey auntjen, I can tell you from experience that you'll become even more comfortable in your skin. Menopuase was surprisingly liberating, and while I've always danced to my own music I can appreciate the variety and beauty of others' tunes more readily now.

What a nice group of people! golddust and flyleft, no disparaging remarks about looks. Everyone with a loving heart IS truly beautiful!

1. I've learned to be very comfortable with myself and others. I'm generally optimistic even though I cut through BS very easily. I try to see the bigger picture and not get bogged down by irrational minutia.

2. I picked a wonderful husband. We've truly supported each other's growth. After much trial and error, over the decades we've learned that love means sincerely wanting the best for each other, not in a self-sacrificing way but seeing how we can build our separate dreams together. Sounds sappy, but it's how we've survived despite knowing each other can be a royal PITA sometimes.

3. I pick great friends, interesting and eclectic people who tend to be citizens of the world and have an expansive view. Our friends have enriched my life tremendously. In turn, I know how to be a loyal and supportive friend.

4. I'm a good cook, host great dinner parties and enjoy an unique and creative flair. I try to make everyone feel welcome and loved. It's relatively easy to brighten someone's day. Namaste!

5. I've been a great boss by trying to be the boss I wanted to have. I've mentored lots of talent who never conceived that they could rise to middle management. Conversely, I don't allow slackers to become a drag. For the most part, those who initially failed to perform were able to see how they could excel so I rarely had to let folks go. The few who fired themselves knew how and why so they weren't blindsided.

So those are the areas I've made an honest effort to grow. Now I need to pay attention to some other aspects that need a lot more honing.

Jen, I LOVE this topic. Usually I'm too hard on myself; this will be a good exercise for me!!

1. I'm a loner and have come to terms with that. I'm not afraid to let people know that I need to be by myself at times.

2. I love to read. I'm currently in the process of rereading my hundreds of books and discarding those I probably won't want to read again. (Trying to save my DD some work after I'm gone!!! LOL)

3. I'm a compassionate person for those who help themselves.

4. I raised a wonderful, self-sufficient, contributing-to-society DD.

5. I love to garden and have lush native-plant gardens in our yard. Even though we're in town, no one has complained about my "weeds".

1. I too am growing ever more comfortable in my own skin.

2. The older I get the more compassionate I feel and act.

3. I somehow had the wisdom to pick a very kind man as a husband and as father to our then unborn children.

4. I learned a new sport in my forties and have stuck with it.

5. I am a kind teacher.

6. I have saved a fair number of animals from miserable lives.

7. I have children who are so much more of everything than I was at twice their age.

8. I have time to read constantly.

I don't have great hair, darn it. But I do have large lips and big teeth and I get lots of compliments on my mouth, always have.

Nice cheek bones

I always think of the other guy first. I don't know if that is good or bad but that is me.

I'm creative

None judgemental

I stick up for the under dog if he's not a thug. (lol)

I think I have a good head on my shoulders.

I don't hate my body but wish it was more toned.

Ok, here goes:
1) I'm very much an optimist about anything...my future, the world's future.
2)I have a beautiful smile (thanks to braces)
3)I have a big heart for animals, babies, anyone "helpless"
4)I'm very skilled in my profession, and patients ask for me
5)I have a great vocabulary/love of reading
6)green thumb (thanks to my dad)
7)extremely hard worker who never gives up

I have good taste in movie actresses.

Forgive my shouting:>(

1) A BORN OPTIMIST... GETS ONE IN TROUBLE AT TIMES:>/
2)'WALK A MILE..' PHILOSOPHY RE. JUDGING OTHERS...USUALLY
3) EMPATHETIC AND INTUITIVE...MAKES FOR GREAT PEOPLE SKILLS
4) TOO MANY POTENTIAL FRIENDS, TOO LITTLE TIME(I like people!)
5)(FORTUNATE TO BE:) A WONDERFUL HANDS-ON MOM AND G-MOM
6) LIVE AND LET LIVE, NOT MUCH PANTY BUNCHING,LIFE'S TOO
SHORT
7) GOTTA HAVE IT: LAUGHTER'S LIKE AIR
8)GLAD I LOVE TO READ, WRITE AND RESEARCH
9)NOT SO GLAD TO BE TOO LAZY TO RE-TYPE THIS IN LOWER CASE :>( VERY TELLING :>) :>/
Fun AJ...thanks!

Things I like about myself:

1. My freckles
2. My laugh
3. My creative talent
4. My BS detector
5. My determination.

Things I like about myself.

1. I have a good work ethic and will go above an beyond if necessary for someone.

2. My creativity and artistic talent, it's nice to have a passion for something that stays with you in life.

3. My love of family and friends and the importance to put relationships with people first.

4. My amazing and wonderful husband who balances me in most ways perfectly.

5. My strength, after being alone in a room with a murder holding a 12 inch kitchen knife and confessing to me how he murdered some poor woman when I was 19 and testifying against him even though he threaten my life. Plus my recent minor health issues has really made me realize I'm stronger than I would have ever thought.

1. I am impulsive and spontaneous!
2. My eyes are naturally very unusual colors.
3. I snagged an awesomely fun/handsome husband.
4. I am completely idealistic and unafraid to say so.
5. I have ideas and I am not afraid to use them! Any questions, see 4.

I have eyes in the back of my head.
I know what a two-year-old will say ("No").
I can live with mess.
I can leap tall buildings in a single bound.
I can usually get at least one word in the Financial Times crossword.

How beautiful it is to read these lovely saying by each
of you that I feel I know from reading here every day on
Garden Web.
1. If I am your friend, I am true, honest and will help in
any way I can when and if needed.
2. I have pretty much liked myself for my 71 yrs. and feel
that I have been a good female, Mother, wife, sister,
grandmother and friend.
3. I used to have much better body parts in previous years
than I do now but that's life I guess. My hair was nicer
in my youth also but color does help at this age. My
skin was probably nicer when I was younger but all I can
do is don a little make-up and hope that it helps and
makes me at least feel pretty on the outside.
4. I am a good Mom to my sweet calico, Grace,
we are good for each other. I have no one around except
a granddaughter/family, everyone lives out of town...so
Grace and I do chat back and forth during the day when I am home.
5. I always tried to be a 'fair' Mom and treat my children
the same, raised 5, now 4, and they turned out pretty
darned good if I say so myself.
6. I was a good and faithful wife for just short of 50 yrs.
and I know that I was loved and appreciated during that
time so that in itself was an accomplishment I think.
7. I always try to treat others as I want to be treated
myself and that has worked out pretty well through the
years. I tried to raise my children in the same manner.
8. I have some regrets but it's too late to worry about
them now, life will just go on for me until I am called
home.
9. I want to say this is just the most friendly, caring and
helpful bunch of friends who genuinely care about people.
After my husband passed over a yr. ago I found great
solace coming here and just reading.
10.I have a big heart, I am caring, I am helpful, I volunteer, I will give you anything you need and I am nice.

I'm happy being who I am.
I have the talent to draw and paint and sculpt and glad that I pursued this talent by learning more and more each year.
I can be trusted with a secret (forever)
I have grown grands that call me often and like to hang out with me.
I'm a gypsy and risk taker, thus I've traveled lots.
I'm content with the way I look and the life I lead
I have many people in my life who love me and that's the best!!!
I've gone from being very pretty to nice looking and that's very age appropriate. Let the young ones shine lol.
I love life.

1. I have raised 3 great kids

2. I have great legs

3. I have been told I have good skin and my hair is pretty good too

4. I am good at researching and figuring things out

5. I'm a good hostess

Fun topic!

1. I also have a great head of hair!

2. I'm loving and giving to a fault.

3. I'm a wonderful mother, wife, grandmother and a MIL. But I was lucky, my DIL is perfect and is now my best friend, & my kids and dh are people I actually like to hang out with. :)

4. I'm a good listener and advice giver.

5. I like that after so many years I've found a subject I have been reading about for two years now and can carry on a good conversation about a certain period in history.

1. Hair and nails are great, praise the lord for small things, specially when age seems to do it's thing when you're not looking.

2. I am clearer than ever on what I want and what I will not do

3. I've developed a personal style that is age appropriate and still fun

4. I am perfectly bilingual

5. I can read fast and grasp basic concepts, also read between the lines
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these are the basic 5 things

6. I like the fact that I've started to train more intensively and have conquered my fear of gym machines

7. I like the fact that I'm comfortable with my age

suero you crack me up :)

A lot of the stuff I used to like about myself I no longer possess - like my hair, too thin and broken off from chemo now; my body, not as good as it used to be; my health, also questionable - but my faith is better, much better than years ago.

Three,

1. You have the most caring heart around.

2. You have endurance beyond belief.

3. You have faith and the most positive outlook on life.

4. You never give up.

5. You are helpful even when you need help.

6. You are talented and resourceful.

7. You are grateful and gracious.

This is just off the top of my head! Just think how long your list would be if I thought about it. LOL!

I have also never seen Eileen snap back or retaliate in any fashion when someone says something that's less than kind to her in these forums. I guess that falls under the category for being gracious, but I just wanted to point it out. That's one thing that really stands out in my mind when I think of her. :-)

Eileen - many here listed traits not looks. I am sure you are beautiful because you truly have a beautiful spirit. Looks fade, but a beautiful *inside* doesn't.

I agree with all that golddust and auntjen just posted.

tina

1. I am creative and absolutely unafraid to try any DIY project, and I am usually very happy with the results.
2. I'm a really good mom to two very, very different boys. (My younger autistic son is particularly amazing because even at 13, he is happy, well-adjusted, kind and hard-working.)
3. I have the best marriage I've ever seen to a wonderful man who still treats me like a princess. We are each other's best friends and complements.
4. I've made a spot for myself in the world that fits like a glove.
5. I've got a great grey streak in my hair right up front, just like my Dad had, and to me, every grey hair is a 'merit badge' of something learned.

Thank you for saying such sweet things!! You bring tears to my eyes. God has been so good to me, you know? I am still here.

Love
Eileen

Five things I like about myself:

1. I have lovely wrists and forearms.
2. I have wonderful big brown eyes and so does my DS.
3. I can be quite funny but have gotten kind of rusty since I quit work to be a SAHM.
4. I can pinch a penny until Abe Lincoln screams. Yes, that's a good thing, since I can be frugal on some purchases in order to have more money to buy the extras I want.
5. I've got an excellent sense of size and proportion. Very helpful when hanging artwork, choosing furniture, and framing pictures :).

1. I have a good sense of humor and I can make people laugh and relax.
2. I have great emotional acuity, can 'read' people very well.
3. I am intelligent.
4. I am naturally slender.
5. I am rock solid dependable.

- I am a candid, no-BS person but I'm not b-tchy. I just see no need for BS. My friends seem to like that about me.
- I am not overly emotional and am able to stay calm in difficult situations (for the most part).
- I am very organized and efficient. And almost always on time for everything!
- I have good decorating sense, a good eye for aesthetics in general.
- Good sense of humor. And wisely chose a DH with an even better sense of humor (and many other great qualities).
- My kids are turning out to be polite, intelligent, creative, and kind people. I like to think I had something to do with that.
- I have dark, expressive brown eyes, good eyebrows, strong fingernails, and a beautiful clavicle (a friend told me this once!).
- I have great collection of jewelry, which I use to distract from my huge thighs.
- And now I feel better about myself than I did 10 minutes ago! Thanks!

Sueb you have the greatest wit ever! Eyes in the back of your head, huh? (lol) And if memory serves me right you are nice to use your photoshop for people on here.

Eileen your such a kind person and you put all your faith in God, which is hard at times.

...Jane

My first posting on conversations. Great topic idea auntjen.

5 things I like about myself:

1. I'm happy with myself and my spiritual beliefs.
2. I'm creative and a good planner.
3. I had the good fortune or good judgement 43 years ago to marry my true love - a very nice, kind, intelligent, and hardworking man who still loves me.
4. I raised children (with the help of their father) who are good parents and honest, productive, intelligent, and kind adults.
5. My hair (now that I no longer color it) is an amazing color. Looks like a really good highlight process. Better than any I paid lots of money for years ago.

And most importantly - I'm still alive at age 67 and in reasonable health while many contemporaries have gone.

Things I like about me:

1. Mind and spirit are more important to me than material goods.

2. I feel like I have evolved a great deal in my life. I have made some difficult changes and let go of ideas and mind-sets about life that I once thought were important.

3. Despite some serious health issues, I am quite fit; I eat well and get lots of exercise and sleep.

4. I am always on time.

5. I like to think I'm a good mama :-)

Thanks for posting this Jen.

Except for the Financial Times crossword, the things I like about myself are the same superpowers that every mother has.

1) My big black, super duper curly hair, glasses, face of freckles, big lips, flat wide-ish nose (w/ a giant freckle in the middle of course!), unfashionably archless and full brows (still neatly waxed though mind you!), green eyes and vanilla latte mocha complexion. A fitting tribute to my colorful heritage!

2) Falling into the stereotypical dramatic artist role. I see things in black and white, right or wrong and am very passionate about these things. Some might say I'm difficult (and I am to a certain point) but I've ALWAYS prided myself on thinking rationally while being in the throws of something. Totally throws the other person off.

3) I'm a closet softie.

4) Being able to communicate w/ scared or angry dogs. I loved my many yrs working at the SPCA. It thrilled me when the police or another animal rescue organization would send for me to assist in a 'dog-gone-bad' situation. I loved being able to waltz in and get a dog on a leash and walk out w/ an entirely different dog than the one I was sent for. I've seen a lot of things and lots of it was exciting. I've talked doggies off sides of bridges and have gone down stream holding onto dogs after a flood to rescue them. Hey - we all need a little understanding!

5) Math. I discovered it while taking college courses for something in my earlier 30's. Now I just like to take courses. It's such a challenge and what a wonderful feeling when you correctly figure out a problem!

6) There's something to be said for contentment. I love my lot in life, my husband, kids and house and that makes me happy.

Ttodd, truer words were never spoken: " There's something to be said for contentment. I love my lot in life, my husband, kids and house and that makes me happy."

There *is* quite a lot to be said for contentment, a virtue that is too easily dismissed & discounted in our day & age. You are very wise, T. I aspire to live that way (don't always succeed) & find it so beautiful when I see others doing so.

Thanks Stinky - I have to give credit for that to my husband. A few months into our relationship he'd told me that he's just 'An Everyday Man' (a favorite song of his) and played the song for me. The craziest sense of calm came over me and for the 1st time in my life I felt free and happy and content. I never looked back.
He'd listened to the song so much that he wore out the cassette (how dated were we). When we decided to marry he wrote to Gary Chapman about me and his being an "Everyday Man". He wanted to play the song at our reception but was having a terrible time locating a CD. Gary Chapman sent him a signed CD to play at our wedding.

by Gary Chapman, Jerry McPherson

Every day somebody finds
Someone right for them
And every day they live
They live that first day
Over and over again
My somone's out there somewhere
I'm waiting here all alone
Sure hope I find her before
She finds herself a home

CHORUS:
Everyday man
Stays at home when he can
He's in love with his everyday wife
All I demand
Out of love's open hand
Is to live just an everyday life

Every day he goes to work
He'd rather stay with her
And every day he comes home
He knows he'll find things
Just like they were
Later on, they'll say
Goodnight--they're right
That's what it is
I've got to find someone
To my nights good
Just like his
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, everyday, everyday man
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Oh, everyday man
He's in love, he's in love with his wife
Every day, oh, oh, yeah