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100 Things…

  1. I have been married 14 years and am the mother of two girls and one boy ages 8, 7, and six weeks respectively. The girls are both a lot like me.
  2. That’s good and bad.
  3. I am the second child in my family and have two sisters and three brothers. My husband is also a second child and has one brother and three sisters.
  4. I was married very young and even though I got lucky and picked a good man, marrying young is one of the only big regrets of my life (so far).
  5. I wish I had taken more time to grow up and get to know myself before getting married.
  6. Also travel, I wish I had traveled more.
  7. I try to not have regrets, I believe they bog you down and hinder growth.
  8. New York City is my favorite place on earth.
  9. But I’ve only been there once.
  10. I am planning to go back soon.
  11. I have a degree in marketing communications and spent several years in corporate America before becoming a full-time mom.
  12. Giving up my career was very, very hard.
  13. But I have no regrets.
  14. Now I am a mom and a freelance writer.
  15. I want to write a book.
  16. I think almost everyone wants to write a book.
  17. My first writing experience was in first grade. I wrote a story about a duck and my teacher had me read it to all the first grade classes. I’ve been writing ever since and have been published.
  18. My favorite food is chocolate. I also like fresh fruits and vegetables and really good bread. I don’t eat a lot of meat, but every once in a while I’ll crave a juicy steak.
  19. I can crave steak, I grew up on a cattle farm.
  20. I don’t like cheese or nuts.
  21. I finally had surgery last year to repair my deviated septum, which was damaged when I was kicked in the face over nine years ago.
  22. It was an accident.
  23. I love to read and am always on the hunt for a great book.
  24. I rarely read the same book twice.
  25. I am picky about movies and don’t see many.
  26. But I am fascinated by the moviemaking process and know lots of movie trivia. If you give me a title, chances are I won’t have see the movie, but I can tell you its box office gross and which stars hooked up during filming.
  27. I think most celebrities are ridiculous.
  28. I am afraid of big, dark objects hanging over my head.
  29. I don’t like restaurants where the decor features big, heavy junk hanging from the ceiling.
  30. I love colored glass.
  31. I had very normal pregnancies with no drama and my children are perfectly healthy.
  32. This is significant because one of my sisters has had a lot of problems with her pregnancies. Sometimes I feel guilty when I see how much she’s struggled. I don’t know why it was her and not me.
  33. If it ain’t chocolate it ain’t dessert.
  34. My car was burglarized on our wedding day and they stole our luggage, which had our marriage certificate inside. Three weeks later someone found the certificate in a McDonalds parking lot. There was a huge tire track across it.
  35. I have worn glasses/contacts since age 11. I really want corrective surgery but I’m a chicken. And also poor.
  36. My computer mouse is dying.
  37. I can’t burp on command.
  38. I took ballet classes for six years as a teenager and probably remember myself as being a better dancer than I actually was.
  39. I have been in three car accidents but only one was my fault.
  40. The last thing I bought was a package of bubblegum.
  41. The next thing I buy will probably be a computer mouse.
  42. I am a girly girl and love sparkly things. I would wear sequins every day if I could and still be taken seriously.
  43. I have a brother in the Air Force who just got back from Iraq.
  44. I am a homebody and would usually rather curl up with a good book than go out and socialize.
  45. At my last exam, the doctor found an ovarian cyst which I’m supposed to have tested, but am ignoring.
  46. I’ve been told I have a very firm handshake - probably from growing up on a farm.
  47. I know how to drive a tractor.
  48. I love live theater and performance art and do a lot of community theater.
  49. I sing, act, and dance, though I’m not as talented as I’d like to be.
  50. I never get stage fright.
  51. My favorite show I’ve done is The Unsinkable Molly Brown.
  52. My least favorite is Sing On.
  53. I used to cook fancy but don’t so much anymore.
  54. I am annoyed by the personalized recommendations on Amazon. I don’t like that I’ve been compartmentalized and a computer is deciding what I would like and don’t like.
  55. Sometimes I search for weird stuff just to mess with it.
  56. My brothers are all quite a bit younger than me. If they had been more my age when I was dating, I would have understood boys a lot better and been a much cooler girlfriend.
  57. As it was, I was a little intense and scared away the guy who I thought would be the love of my life.
  58. He wasn’t.
  59. I am a French fry snob. If they’re not fresh, I send them back.
  60. This used to embarrass my husband but now he appreciates that he never has to eat cold, soggy fries.
  61. I am always polite to service people, I used to be one.
  62. I don’t like salespeople and am immediately turned off if they come on too strong.
  63. I have a crush on Johnny Depp.
  64. Who doesn’t have a crush on Johnny Depp?
  65. My husband is very handy and can fix almost anything.
  66. I’d rather be too cold than too hot.
  67. The improper use of punctuation is one of my pet peeves.
  68. I don’t like soda (or “pop” if you’re from my hometown). I’d rather drink water.
  69. I have never caught a fish.
  70. I have a weakness for good puns, especially unintentional ones.
  71. The sewing machine I want costs $7000.
  72. Yes, seven thousand dollars.
  73. I don’t believe I sew well enough to justify such an expensive machine, but I still want it.
  74. I’ll probably never get it.
  75. I sell things on eBay periodically, mostly for my mother.
  76. I get the creeps around big machinery.
  77. I get severe postpartum depression.
  78. I don’t like camping.
  79. I am allergic to a lot of grasses and flowers, including roses.
  80. I am not allergic to lilies, my favorite.
  81. I am a night owl.
  82. I have been thrown off a horse and nearly trampled.
  83. I am not a good swimmer. I was pushed into deep water when I was a kid and I’ve had a phobia ever since.
  84. I am not a competitive person and don’t like team sports.
  85. I really, really hate people touching my feet. My boss once gave me a gift certificate for a day at a spa and the pedicure was pure torture.
  86. I love fancy pens and stationery.
  87. My husband and I don’t get out alone together much.
  88. Most people think I’m a very calm and collected person who has it all together.
  89. If they only knew.
  90. Sometimes I give off the impression that I’m stuck up.
  91. I’m not, I’m usually just thinking.
  92. I love the beach.
  93. I have very weak fingernails.
  94. I prefer one-on-one contact and am uncomfortable in large crowds.
  95. Unless I’m on stage.
  96. I worry that I’m not teaching my girls everything they need to know.
  97. I went to SpaceCamp in Hunstville, Alabama when I was 15.
  98. I have been to 34 states.
  99. My favorite color is blue.
  100. I get airsick - dizzy, not nauseous.

June 10th, 2007 Comments ( 2 )

 

2 Responses to “100 Things…”

  1. Ellie Says:
    July 5th, 2007 at 8:20 pm

    I only came here to see the pictures of your dress (I’m on the LotR costume board, too) but I started searching around and I read this… and it just cracked me up how similar we are!

    Anyways, I thought I would share that with you - that over half (actually, I would say more, but I’m too lazy to go back and count) of the things you said were true about me, too.

  2. lori Says:
    November 15th, 2007 at 11:03 am

    I learned a lot about you. Space camp huh. I went to the place in AL where they have space camp but I was in my mid 30’s and had 3 kids so I didn’t get to attend.
    You do sew good enough to justify the sewing machine…someday you will have it!
    no, everyone doesn’t want to write a book. I almost don’t want to read a book. But you should, you are a great writer. What was published? So many ?’s so little time.

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