Tuesday, May 20, 2008

100 Things About Me

I know this is normally reserved for your 100th post...but I thought it would be fun to begin this way:-)

1. I was born on Valentines Day

2. I have one brother...whom I used to bite. Yikes!

3. I was always more of a "Tom Boy"

4. I loved hula hoops and jumps ropes and climbing trees

5. My childhood friend and I used to play around the sewer trails. Yuck!

6. I often crave cake on Sunday

7. I cried when my parents sold the car for a mini van

8. My brother broke my collar bone

9. My dad was in the Navy

10. I remember seeing my great grandmother sit in her chair by her window reading her Bible

11. I always wanted lots of kids

12. I hate being cold

13. I hate public bathrooms

14. I love turkey dinner

15. I eat peanut butter and bananna sandwiches in hot dog buns...and love it!

16. I like to sew but don't do well with clothes

17. I love scrapbooking on Sunday afternoons

18. I just learned how to make beaded necklaces

19. Camping in the fall with my family is always fun

20. I don't do mornings

21. I don't stay up late

22. I love to walk outside

23. The ocean is very calming to me

24. Crying is something I can do anytime, anyplace, and for anyreason

25. When a youth, I took a trip to Romania

26. I only floss the week before I go to the dentist

27. I could eat taco salad every day

28. Plants and animals fasinate me

29. I love vacation but hate the planning

30. I play the flute...kind of

31. Reading is a must

32. I like animals but don't have any right now

33. I don't think I have a favorite color

34. Today is my 13th wedding anniversary

35. I love coffee...I drink it for fun...not for the caffine (most of the time)

36. I like to cook only because I love to eat

37. I mixed my aunt's shampoo and cleaners in the toilet once...actually, only got caught once!

38. My foot fell in the toilet once too (I was trying to see in the mirror)

39. My pants split up the back one day at school

40. I played hockey...I don't know why

41. I also played basketball...I liked the running...hated the game

42. I wasn't a good babysitter

43. I had a great imagination as a child

44. I never remember not camping Labor Day and Memorial Day weekend

45. My uncles always teased me...and I loved it

46. I have had braces and five children and still have no cavities

47. I'll try any kind of food, except gross meat

48. If I met Gregg while he was in High School...it would have been illegal...thanks for waiting for me love!

49. I worked for many years at a pharmacy at the front counter

50. I worked at Walmart - I don't recommend it

51. I worked for an accountant - I loved it

52. Gregg and I met through his sister

53. We waited entirely to long to get married

54. I love being married

55. I love being a mom

56. I wish I had long, straight, thin hair

57. I think homeschooling is challenging but rewarding

58. I love to paint my toe nails

59. I love to dress up and I also love to wear Gregg's flannel shirts, jeans, and work boots

60. My neighbors are Horse and Buggy Mennonite

61. I just started cutting coupons

62. My favorite website is money saving mom

63. My other favorite website is the homespun heart

64. Peanut butter can be eaten on almost anything

65. I love reading to my boys

66. My favorite car was my VW Jetta -- it was stick and had a sunroof

67. I love jewelry

68. I hate alarm clocks

69. I have eaten lobster rolls in Maine at McDonalds

70. I have some of the best friends anyone could ask for

71. I have no problems with the in-laws

72. I still love to color

73. Puzzles are great fun

74. I tend to be very honest about what I'm thinking

75. My mom is one of ten children

76. My hair is naturally curly

77. Bologna is the grossest lunchmeat

78. I liked to buy lunch at school and throw my packed lunch away...sorry mom

79. I love to burn candles but rarely think about lighting them

80. I often forget to offer our guests a drink

81. I have a mean looking thinking face

82. I love our gas fireplace

83. Watching my boys swim is a lot of fun

84. I would love to have chickens

85. Maybe even a goat

86. I match over 100 socks each week

87. When asked what I would miss about High School, I said "NOTHING"

88. Now I love to learn

89. I love to do things that make my boys happy...mostly it involves food

90. Chocolate always helps

91. I have only found one brand of mascara that doesn't give me those black marks under my eyes

92. My longest labor was 4 1/2 hours

93. I have never been in the hospital longer than 20 minutes to have a baby

94. Except for Eric...he was sideways and I had a c-section

95. I don't want to live just an ordinary life

96. My parents are still in love

97. Rainy days are for curling up with a good book

98. I don't watch tv

99. I still remember the feeling of holding Gregg's hand for the first time

100. I am amazed at how unfaithful I am to God, yet his grace and faithfulness to me never change