Friday, April 04, 2008

100 things...


100 things about me…

1. I cannot dive.
2. I love to wash other people’s dishes, but dread doing my own.
3. I am a tad bit OCD…won’t go to bed unless I have made the bed…or pulled up all of the
covers to lay straight and even before I get back in.
4. GERM FREAK!
5. I love to read… I can read a book in lightning speed, thanks to all of those English classes in
high school.
6. The human body and how it works fascinates me.
7. I am THISCLOSE to finishing my nursing degree…by the time I get back I will probably be
T H I S C L O S E !
8. I love the smell of new babies…I could sit and smell them for hours at a time. (and I want
to be a labor and delivery RN!)
9. I love the smell of a school…especially an elementary school. The smell of the crayons,
paper, etc!
10. I love wheat bread more than white bread.
11. No matter how much I organize my drawers, I have to have a junk drawer. (sorry Mom.)
12. I love to go on vacation, but I love to come home.
13. I love to scrapbook.
14. I am learning Photoshop.
15. I love to take pictures.
16. I have to sleep with covers no matter how hot it gets.
17. I like to check my e-mail and blogs.
18. I hate feet, but love shoes.
19. I love Café Rio burritos/salads with the pork and pinto beans. HEAVEN!
20. I cannot say no. I hate solicitors for that reason.
21. I cannot tan.
22. I love Disneyland. Even as an adult…it is magical to me.
23. I love being a Mom, couldn’t ask for a better job in the world.
24. I am the runt of the family. The smallest, the whitest…and I am the oldest.
25. I have never spent a night away from my kids. (excluding hospital stays)
26. I love to go shopping even if it is just to look.
27. I cannot make a decision.
28. I LOVE peanut M&Ms and Sour Patch Watermelons
29. I love to have a house that smells good.
30. I love to take a shower at night and climb into a bed with clean sheets.
31. I try to treat others the way I would want to be treated.
32. I know perfect doesn’t exist but I still beat myself up trying to get there.
33. I love to be surrounded by flowers and green things.
34. HATE bugs…especially spiders.
35. Extreme fear of snakes. I won’t even go into the snake exhibit at the zoo, because I am
afraid the glass would break and they would crawl all over me.
36. I love coconut.
37. I hate white chocolate and dark chocolate.
38. I love great deals.
39. I have an addiction to making lists-I should own stock in Post-Its.
40. I worry everyday that I am not a good enough Mom.
41. I love to hear my kids say “I love you”
42. I love to watch Josh play with the kids.
43. I am horrible at returning phone calls.
44. I love to vacuum.
45. I hate folding laundry.
46. I love learning new things.
47. I love mornings where the kids sleep in.
48. I don’t go to bed when I should, I stay up finishing things, doing projects, etc.
49. I love hugs.
50. I can’t stand pickles…even the smell.
51. I love to have my hair washed when I get it cut and colored.
52. I have colored my hair since I was a sophomore in high school.
53. I have to change the towels in my kitchen everyday. Josh hates this.
54. I hate seafood.
55. I would rather be really busy than be bored.
56. I hate potty training.
57. I love milk with ice cubes in it.
58. I love any kind of cake.
59. I have a weakness for cinnamon rolls.
60. I am a sucker for a good romantic comedy.
61. I had such a bad overbite as a kid that I had to have a wedge, headgear, and braces, I was
stunning.
62. We celebrate golden birthdays in our family (example..my birthday is on the 12th, my
golden birthday was when I was 12.)
63. I love having great friends.
64. I love looking at my kids when they are sound asleep.
65. I love to “collect” scrapbooking stuff.
66. I can cook something for my family and it will turn out but the second it is for someone else
it burns, doesn’t rise, etc.
67. I love to see other people’s houses.
68. Red is my favorite color.
69. We moved a year and a half ago and I still haven’t changed my cell phone number.
70. I love to hear my kids laughing.
71. Enchanted is my favorite movie right now.
72. Before I had kids I was always on time
73. I hate when people drive under the speed limit.
74. I cry over commercials.
75. I hate wearing swimming suits.
76. I love when Josh is home.
77. I love to rearrange things.
78. I am learning to never say never.
79. I need to be better about reading my scriptures every day.
80. I have calcium deposits on my two front teeth.
81. I love the smell of rain
82. I cleaned out our car a couple of years ago and learned quickly after that putting Armor All
on the gas and brake pedals, while they look great…not a good idea. It even says not to on
the bottle. Good to know.
83. Open windows on a nice day.
84. Tulips are the prettiest flowers.
85. I am the only child in my family that didn’t do track and field in high school.
86. I had to take a theatre class in college and perform a monologue and hated every
minute of it.
87. I was a “model” (stop laughing) for Del Parson’s art class (he painted the picture of Christ)
and as a thank you for my time, he did a portrait of me.
88. I am amazed at how fast kids really do grow up.
89. Josh and I dated for 4 months before we were engaged and married 4 months later.
90. I usually hate game systems but I love our Wii.
91. I love the feeling of doing something for someone else.
92. I hate spicy food.
93. I used to put together “Miss America” pageants with my cousins when we were little - I
was always Miss Florida or Miss Hawaii…the whitest one they ever had!
94. I want to be a better listener.
95. I wish that there was a tax credit for Moms who stayed home with their kids.
96. I hate forms, when asked what your occupation is, list all sorts of jobs but not Mom…and to
have to check unemployed because I am so far from it.
97. I love lotions. (especially the ones with the antibacterial stuff in it from Bath and Body
Works)
98. I hate unloading my dishwasher.
99. I have a plant in our bedroom that I got when I was in college… it has moved everywhere
with us and hasn’t died. I don’t like it but I don’t have the heart to kill it or get rid of it.
100. I love having a clean car, but it never stays clean enough for long.


I tag anyone who wants to do this! It was fun to try to think of enough things to write down. Now you will know more about me than you ever wanted to know!!

7 comments:

Kim and Ken Carlile said...

That was so fun to read. I especially liked the idea of a tax credit for stay at home moms! You should run for office...

kellbell said...

hey twin, i love your guts! I guess that is because you are so much like me :)

Chris said...

oh my is that ever you to a tee--we need to chat about that junk drawer!!! I love you for being you and I wouldn't want to change anything about you...even your junk drawer. (Can I organize it for you?)

Anonymous said...

I think I know #101 You are the only person I know with a magic comb!

bows and more said...

I loved your comments I have a lot in common with you! I love Red, hate pickles,can't dive, wore braces and head gear and I love having good friends! I count you as one! A really fun and cute one! Have a great day!

Jod Jas Curtis said...

YOU ARE MY FAVORITEST (new word-I made up) We are like identical twins girl :) I should just copy & paste this to my blog--hahahahaaa.
You are such a cute & fun friend. Loves
Jodi

Rachelle said...

I read this when it was originally written, but liked it so much I came back today to read it again. What a great list.