101 Things About Me

Believe me, it took me a long time to come up with this list. I have been writing and editing this list for at least two months now. Happy reading.

1. I was born on December 03 in Topeka, Kansas
2. I am the youngest child and have one brother, Wade.
3. I also have two sisters-in-law, Kris and Miriam.
4. I have four animals living in my house, a dog, two cats and a husband.
5. I was never really allowed to have pets as a child. I think I may be over-compensating.
6. I got married three weeks ago and it was the single most amazing day of my life so far.
7. I have an amazing relationship with my mother and I count her as a friend.
8. I have a rocky relationship with my dad, but it’s far better since we don’t live together.
9. I love working with young children and hope to do it in some respect for many years to come.
10. I have traveled the entire span of I-70.
11. As a child I hated most forms of potatoes…that may be one of my only regrets in life.
12. I grew my hair out for the wedding, but it was short again within a week.
13. My hair has not been it’s natural color since the fall of 2001.
14. I have seven piercings (all in my ears) and two tattoos.
15. I would like to pierce my nose at some point.
16. My nose is my favorite facial feature.
17. I love taking pictures, but am terrible about getting them printed out.
18. I am trying to become someone who does scrapbooking.
19. I am slowly working on my first scrapbook about my trips to NYC.
20. Scrapbooking is extremely hard for me, seeing as I’m a perfectionist. I’m afraid to do anything and then end up hating it.
21. I have been in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, the Gulf of Mexico, Lake Constance, and the Mississippi River.
22. I feel some odd compulsion to make the bed every night before I get in it, but I never make the bed in the morning. Mike makes fun of me for this.
23. I have vivid memories of my mom making her bed at night, so it must be hereditary.
24. I used to sleep with my mom when my dad and brother would go on Boy Scout trips.
25. I loved staying up to watch Cheers and MASH with my mom.
26. My favorite shows right now are LOST and Gilmore Girls.
27. I still watch ER and call my mom after every episode.
28. I love to watch TV shows and movies that make my cry.
29. I have never cried so much at a movie than I did at Garden State.
30. I have a serious crush on Zach Braff.
31. I love my job, but dream of being a stay-at-home mom some day. I don’t think that will ever actually happen.
32. I am afraid of thunder. I have heard all the arguments telling me that is stupid, but I still don’t like it.
33. I love the smell of rain in the spring.
34. Spring is my favorite season (either that or fall). I love everything growing and blooming.
35. I am a disaster with plants and flowers. I can not keep them alive for long.
36. I love the seasonal Reese’s candies…pumpkins, eggs, etc. I will totally stock up and eat them for months…I especially love them frozen.
37. I am a Wii Bowling Pro, but have not bowled in real life in quite a while.
38. I do actually like having the Wii.
39. I hate it when people touch my elbows.
40. I love it when people play with my hair.
41. I enjoy watching baseball on TV and going to games.
42. I love looking at things on the internet.
43. I check my myspace page way too many times during the day.
44. I am almost physically unable to sleep much past eight in the morning.
45. I would enjoy taking a nap, but can never fall asleep in the middle of the day.
46. My favorite beer is Boulevard Wheat, but I usually prefer girly drinks.
47. I have drunk a margarita out of a fish bowl.
48. I would consider myself to be photogenic and love seeing pictures of myself.
49. I am a “boxed foods” chef.
50. I am lucky to have picked a man who knows how to really cook.
51. I can make a mean potato soup from scratch.
52. My first concert was Bryan Adams. My brother and his then girlfriend took me.
53. My concert-going experiences have improved greatly since then…Cake, Ben Folds Five, Phish, Rage Against the Machine, and Snow Patrol are some of my favorites.
54. I took keyboarding in high school but really learned to type through using email.
55. I don’t really get the whole “shabby chic” thing.
56. I think old photos of people a long time ago are creepy. No one ever looks happy in them.
57. I am addicted to Chi Tea Lattes.
58. In the summer I go through an obscene amount of lemonade. It’s so good when it gets hot.
59. During the summer I try to swim at least four times a week.
60. I took several water-aerobics classes and loved them.
61. I am now friends and enjoy hanging out with water-aerobics buddies and one of our former teachers.
62. I love our puppy, but Kitty will always be my favorite pet. He was there when life was rough.
63. I am lucky to say that my only two serious relationships started with friendship.
64. I am still friends with my ex-boyfriend and am so glad that he is friends with my husband as well.
65. I firmly believe that you should be friends with anyone you are in a relationship with.
66. I work with at-risk families and find it so fulfilling. I love that I can feel like I’m making a difference in some small way every day.
67. I get sad when I think about where the kids I work with could be if their home-lives were different.
68. My favorite kid I’ve ever encountered is one that bit me twice and left marks. He really needed love and affection.
69. I have one amazing five-year-old nephew. He has an amazing vocabulary and is always surprising me with the things he knows.
70. I know that he is going to be a handful in kindergarten if his teacher doesn’t keep him busy.
71. My one amazing nephew is an amazing big brother. His brother is pretty amazing as well!!!
72. One of my bridesmaids was nine months pregnant at my wedding.
73. I feel blessed to say that I was able to be with my sister-in-law while she was in labor with both of my nephews. It was such an amazing experience!!!
74. I truly believe that, in life, nothing is more important than family.
75. I also truly believe that friends are the family you choose for yourself.
76. I have never traveled to the NorthWest or the SouthEast.
77. I went to Germany in high school and would love to go back to Europe someday.
78. I took four years of high school German but remember very little of it.
79. I have an amazing ability to remember conversations and events. I’m often shocked by the details I can recall about things that don’t matter at all.
80. I love sailing and miss the DreamWeaver so much.
81. I remember my grandma taking my brother and me to the “beach” at Lake Shawnee every summer when I was little.
82. I remember my aunt and my grandma taking us sledding at Quinton Heights.
83. I remember sitting on the rug in my grandma’s laundry room in her old house and watching As the World Turns with her.
84. I know how to count to 10 in German, Arabic, Spanish, ASL, and English.
85. I only miss having my own classroom when I have to sub all day. Subbing is so different from having your own kids.
86. I learned to drive on a standard transmission, but have only had automatics since.
87. Mike and I got into a car accident the day after our wedding. I am now going through my first ever experience dealing with insurance people.
88. I am an extremely light sleeper. I usually wake up at least once during the night.
89. My favorite item of clothing is jeans and I would wear them every day if I could.
90. I do, however, love wearing skirts and dresses in the summer. They are just so cool and breezy!!!
91. I wish that I could wear flip-flops or go barefoot all year round. I do not like wearing shoes.
92. I am addicted to buying bags and purses and own way too many.
93. I am proud to say that I have used the same bag and not bought any new ones since last Fall.
94. My favorite color is purple but I rarely wear it. I used to have one perfect purple shirt, but it died after many years of service.
95. The color I most frequently wear is turquoise.
96. I hate turquoise jewelry. I think most of it looks somewhat gaudy.
97. I only wear silver or white gold jewelry. I think yellow gold is way too obvious.
98. I thoroughly enjoy musicals. I have seen Wicked, Mama Mia and Avenue Q on Broadway. I have seen traveling performances of Rent (three times), Miss Saigon (twice) and Les Miserables.
99. I think Idina Menzel has an amazing voice (and a beautiful husband) and I enjoy listening to her solo albums.
100. My all-time favorite children’s book is Charlotte’s Web. I was lucky enough to get to teach this book to third graders during student teaching.
101. I can tend to be a pretty bad procrastinator. As proof of this, I’ll tell you that this list was composed while I was at work. I’m sure there are other things I should be doing.