Okay, so this is my 100th post!
{actually, I have to confess, it is about # 105... I have been trying to work on this list for DAYS!}
And to commemorate it, here are 100 Things About Me.
I will not be offended if you skim- Holy Cow! 100 is a lot!
1. I love my family.
2. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
3. Missionaries knocked on our door and taught our family about the gospel.
4. I have an amazing husband. He loves me tons, and I am still not totally used to it.
5. I have 4 fabulous kids. They truly bring me joy.
6. I was watching live coverage in high school when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded.
7. I am deathly afraid of sharks!
8. I am deathly afraid of the ocean.
9. I was once on a TV game show with my mom. It was called Bumper Stumpers. We didn't win. We got watches.
10. I love roller coasters!
11. I am years and years behind on my scrapbooks!
12. I love to dust the house with Murphy’s Oil Soap.
13. I have a dent in my head from forceps!
14. I was born in Canada, eh?
15. I love to eat ice cream in the morning.
16. I love road trips.
17. Disney World is one of my favorite places.
18. I am not a fan of doing laundry.
19. I put way too much soap in the dishwasher and washing machine. I know that I do this. I don’t know how to stop. It’s like I say to myself, ‘okay, that is enough’ and I always have to add one more squirt!
20. I love bubble baths.
21. Twizzlers are amazing-- even if the red-dye gives me migraines.
22. Love, love, love Cary Grant. I know that he is dead. This doesn't make me love him any less.
23. I would love to take a cruise. See #7 and #8 for why this is an impossibility.
24. I have been to the Louvre. The Mona Lisa is much smaller than I ever would have guessed!
25. I have seen Buckingham Palace, the Tower Bridge, Covent Garden Market, Hyde Park and Picadilly Circus and many other wonders in London, England.
26. I have seen the ruins of Pompeii in Italy, the Acropolis in Greece and Tulum in Mexico.
27. I was in Florida when Hurricane Andrew hit. It was supposed to hit us, but thankfully for us, it went south. I was pregnant with our first child at the time and was supposed to go to the hospital because I was over 7 months preggie. I didn't want to go, so I didn't tell my hubby so that he wouldn't make me go.
28. I always thought that I was going to marry Prince Andrew. True Story.
29. I heard the awful sound of the Space Shuttle Columbia burning up on re-entry of the atmosphere over Texas in 2003. I was laying in bed in the morning hours and heard a huge bang sound-- I didn't know what it was. Later in the morning it was all over the news how the Shuttle had broken apart all over Texas.
30. I love the group U2. I have loved them since I was about 15. I have never been to one of their concerts! This is a crime.
(edited to add that my sweet hubby bought me U2 tix for our anniversary! we saw them in Dallas in 2009!)
31. I love classic movies.
32. I was baptized a Mormon in 9th grade.
33. I once ran the mile in 5:59.
34. I am half-Greek.
35. I am also half geek!
(being married to a tech-savvy guy has rubbed off- but just a bit!)
36. I am obsessed with spelling. Seeing words spelled incorrectly makes me nuts! I sincerely hope there are no spelling errors on my blog. Mortifying.
37. I love Date Night with my sweet hubby. {these are not in order, Johnny!} I look forward to chatting and holding hands.
38. I am very shy. Most people don't believe this. It is true.
39. I used to make and sell cakes. I'll have to dig out the pictures and post some.
40. I waitressed at a Chinese restaurant before college. Would you like egg rolls with that?
41. My first job was at Frontier Fruit & Nut Company in the mall. It was a bulk store. On my first day I was having such fun that I didn't want to go home. This soon wore off. :)
42. I have a Green Card.
43. I was a Biology Lab Assistant @ Ricks College.
44. My hubby and I met at a Young Single Adult dance in Miami.
45. He proposed on the beach.
46. We had a 24-day whirlwind romance; then we were engaged for 4 1/2 months.
47. Alligator was served {as a side dish} at our Wedding Luncheon. No, I did not choose this.
48. I have had braces twice.
49. I had my first child naturally. This was a mistake.
50. I had my second child with the joy of an epidural. This was much better.
51. With my third child, my epidural wore off. This was a total bummer.
52. I had my only 'I'm-in-labor-let's-get-a-sitter-and-get-to-the-hospital-false-alarm' with our fourth child. This was really embarrassing. {but then again, we are talking about childbirth... how embarrassing can that really be?}
53. I saw Purple Rain when it came out in the movie theater. There were lot's of Prince look-alikes there. It was something I will never forget.
54. I met Mick Hucknall from Simply Red. We were invited back to the hotel. We didn't go.
55. I still have my original Michael Jackson Thriller album. Purchased in 1983. My children said, and I am not kidding. "He was black?!?"
56. I love to lay on the beach. See #8 and #9 for why I like to stay on the beach.
57. I was a chair-side trained dental assistant.
58. I was a chair-side trained orthodontic assistant.
59. If I ever went back to school it would be to become a Dental Hygienist.
60. I rarely paint my fingernails.
61. I always paint my toenails.
62. I love going to Macaroni Grille on my birthday because I love to hear them sing, 'Tanto Amore a Te.'
63. I am a worrier.
64. Right now I am worried that I won't be able to think of 36 more things to list.
65. I am also worried that no one will read down this far on my list. This should make me feel less pressure. It doesn't.
66. I know every word to 'Paradise By the Dashboard Light' by Meatloaf. This is not something that I am proud of. I didn't know what it was about when I memorized it.
67. I can juggle. Toss me a few oranges the next time you see me and I will show you.
68. I worked at Bloomingdale's in Boca Raton, Florida. Dah-ling.
69. I was extremely happy when Andre Agassi married Steffi Graf.
70. I love to look things up on Google. The challenge of finding things is heart-pumping fun for me! ☺
71. I have never been stung by a bee.
72. I don't eat fish. I don't eat seafood. If it swims, I am not going to eat it.
73. One hundred things is a lot!
74. Is anyone still reading this?
75. We are still living in our first house. We had it built in 1993.
76. I was thrown over a small waterfall when I was a teenager. My best friend and I got all banged up and nearly drowned. I told my mom about this last year. ☺
77. ☺☻♥♦♣♠•◘○€ Look at all of the symbols I can make! Oh yes,... # 78 I get distracted easily!
78. I just checked and my passport is 12 years expired! {note to self: Aaahhh!}
79. I love to eat!
80. I love to eat out!
81. I immigrated to the U.S. on my hubby's birthday. I was his imported gift. ♥
82. I love a quiet, clean house.
83. A loud, messy house? Not so much.
84. Yesterday I made some AMAZING oatmeal-banana muffins.
85. I am grateful to have a testimony of Jesus Christ.
86. I am thankful that the missionaries taught our family the Gospel.
87. I love getting flowers for no reason.
88. I like to decorate kids' bedrooms.
89. I love to decorate kids' birthday cakes.
90. I love Christmastime.
91. I will be 40 this year. Boo Hoo. (edit: this was posted in 2008!)
92. I have creative urges that I don't really know what to do with. I hate it that I am so busy a lot of the time.
93. I love blogging. It makes me feel better because my journal and scrapbook have fallen by the wayside.
94. I have made many Bloggy Friends here in BlogLand.
95. I won a Chili Cookoff at church when I was a newlywed. This was funny because people had
been cooking their chili for days, and I just threw mine on as a last-minute decision before the social and won a Blue Ribbon!
{this has no reflection of what goes on in my kitchen... just a funny, ironic moment}
96. I love going out to lunch with friends.
97. I enjoy a really good book. Preferably in a bubble bath. Yes, many of my books have water damage...
98. I love hot, sticky Rice Krispie treats.
99. I am somewhat clumsy. Right now I have a giant gouge on my arm, a blister from the iron, and a paper cut.
100. I have a habit of needing to read all billboards and signs. It really bothers me when I miss one. I have not yet turned around to read one. I have definitely thought about it.
