25 Things You Don't Know About Me: Martha Stewart
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Martha Stewart, 69, (Martha Stewart's Holiday Open House airs Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. on Hallmark) shares the 25 things you don't know about her with UsMagazine.com.
1. I tend to keep a light on near my bed when I sleep (about four hours a night) so I can write notes or do work when I wake up.
2. When I travel, I like to bring my own fresh lemons, just in case they don't have them on the plane.
3. Some of my fondest memories of childhood were sitting at the kitchen table eating white onion sandwiches.
4. I only beat my father at Scrabble once.
5. I just finished writing my 76th book.
6. When I first wake up, before the sun rises, I say hello to all the animals on my farm.
7. I have four horses, 200 chickens, two sheep, three miniature donkeys, five cats, three dogs and 25 red canaries, and I'm a beekeeper.
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8. I'm not a big fan of fragrances in anything -- that's why Martha Stewart cleaning products are fragrance-free and color-free.
9. This past Thanksgiving was the first time I didn't make my own turkey. I went out to a restaurant with my daughter and friends.
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10. I love the Yankees.
11. I like baking more than cooking. In fact, I have a new baking series, Martha Bakes, airing on Hallmark Channel in January.
12. When I was a young girl, I helped my brother trap muskrats in Nutley, New Jersey.
13. I recently tracked polar bears on a working vacation in Northern Canada.
14. I have a very dry sense of humor.
15. If I wasn't doing this for a living, I'd be a teacher or maybe a veterinarian.
16. My favorite home-cooked meal is scrambled eggs.
17. I love Eminem.
18. I paid for my college education by modeling.
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19. I am most comfortable in jeans and a work shirt.
20. One person I would love to meet is Barack Obama.
21. I do yoga every day for an hour.
22. I'm perfectly happy with a liverwurst sandwich.
23. I'm a closet tech geek. I’m obsessed with my iPad, my Droid and my new Samsung Tablet.
24. I have over 2,040,000 Twitter followers.
25. I listen to lots of rap music in the studio of The Martha Stewart Show [which airs on Hallmark Channel at 10 A.M.].
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4Martha is Martha. Get over it. She is a style icon and has taught many of us the appropriateness of presentation for our homes and gardens. Her ideas seem limitless and she has impacted an entire generation of homekeepers and home entertainers with style and grace. Not all women are as nurturing as their children might wish; however, Alexa seems to be intelligent, outspoken, and beautiful. She now has a family of her own so she can rear her own children differently from the way she was reared.........but I will bet that she will carry over some of the ideals garnered from her own mother.......Martha Stewart is brilliant, extremely productive, and has accomplished more in her lifetime than most people could ever imagine. I applaud Martha Stewart and admire Martha Stewart. Who else could spring back from being singled out and imprisoned and still be as successful, if not more so, than before? I don't think that Martha's top priority was always money, but rather results and an unrelenting expectation of perfection for herself.
I can't stand martha stewart she's a crude ,rude A..HOLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Elizabeth, read Martha Stewarts Autobiography. She is ruthless and her number one priority is not her daughter or even her husband. It is money! Money can buy a lot of happiness and pay the bills but her Mom basically walked over them and everyone else to achieve her goals. I feel sorry for her daughter. She is missing a mothers love.
The daughter grew up in a home that most only dream about. So what if her mom fell short in areas. Don't we all... I'm divorced, mom of 3, with a mental illness to deal with on top of trying to keep a rood over our heads and food on the table, and all she can do is gripe about what her mom didn't do. Give me a @#$%^&* break. Another whiny rich brat on what she didn't get. Try living with no money and always having to find ways to bring some in, then you can gripe.