100 Things about Me

I saw a challenge on another blog to write down 100 things about yourself. I thought it sounded cool, so here's mine:

1. I’ve always wished I was taller
2. I love Italian food
3. I think I am just now figuring out who I am
4. For the most part I am pretty happy with that person
5. I hardly ever get stressed out
6. I am very forgiving, some would say to a fault, but I say where is the fault in realizing
someone’s mistake is not who they are, and looking to see the best of who they really are.
7. I’ve lived in 4 states – all in the west
8. I grew up thinking I didn’t have a creative bone in my body. It wasn’t until I was about 27
that I even realized I did.
9. I think sisters are the greatest thing
10. I get teared up every time I hear the song “Earl” by the Dixie Chicks when Wanda’s friend
Maryanne flies in from Atlanta on a red-eye midnight flight, and feel so stupid about it.
11. I would like to have one more child
12. I have learned so much about myself by being a mother
13. I love being a mommy
14. I’ve never had a female best friend that I could tell everything about me to
15. I have a great relationship with my parents
16. I don’t talk to my siblings enough – 4 brothers, 3 sisters
17. Don’t know who I’d be without my religion
18. I almost drowned when I was 22 and I realized I am not afraid to die
19. I’ve always been kind of a loner
20. I felt so inadequate compared to my sisters growing up
21. I dated far too many frogs before I found my prince
22. I hate getting fat when I’m pregnant
23. I love wildflowers
24. I love photography
25. I get all giddy when I take a picture I really love, andI have to look at it about a hundred
times that day
26. I feel guilty and neglectful when I am on the computer
27. I enjoy being in shape
28. I love clothes, but I don’t have near enough
29. I wish I had an unlimited supply of funds to decorate my house, I love decorating
30. I want to take voice lessons someday
31. I never had braces
32. I love to travel
33. I don’t like soda
34. I’ve gone through way too many hobbies
35. I am horrible at small talk
36. I feel very alone at big gatherings
37. I am shy
38. I have a hard time making friends
39. People have thought I was stuck-up my whole life until they got to know me and then told
me I was one of the nicest people they knew
40. One of my best compliments – I overheard a guy (not one of the toads) tell one of my
roommates in college that I was so real not fake at all. That what you saw was what you got
with me. It made my day.
41. I don’t like to clean, but I hate a messy house
42. Being married has boosted my self confidence so much
43. I am terrible at expressing the way I feel, especially in writing
44. I’m not very organized
45. I hate being late
46. I rarely watch TV
47. The closest I get to reading a book is reading a magazine (photo or decorating)
48. I wish I was funnier/wittier
49. I want a good girlfriend
50. I hate brushing my girls teeth
51. I walk kinda funny (or so I’ve been told)
52. I always wanted to be a model, but I’m 5’4”
53. I’ve never had a flat stomach, no matter how thin I get
54. I call moles beauty marks, and I like the one on my chest
55. I love my hair
56. I have to color my hair because I’m going grey… sad sad
57. I eat tons of fruit, but struggle with veggies
58. I love how it smells outside first thing in the morning
59. I know God loves me because I asked
60. I’m competitive
61. Getting cut from the volleyball team my senior year in high school was devastating
62. I love a good chick flick
63. I detest raw tomatoes
64. My ears sit too high on my head
65. It drives me crazy when people don’t follow through with things they said they would
66. I hate finding babysitters
67. I feel apologetic for things I do too much
68. I love to dream
69. I’m too defensive
70. I don’t own an ipod – gasp, I know
71. I’ve never had my nails done
72. Sometimes I feel like no one really knows me
73. I want to be a funner mom
74. The thought of losing my girls as they get older scares me to death
75. Swimming in the ocean scares me
76. I get in creative slumps sometimes and I hate it
77. I always want dessert when I go out to eat
78. I’m almost never alone, not even in the bathroom
79. I can’t say no to people
80. I hate contention
81. My dad has always called me a leader, but I’ve never seen it
82. I quit college after 2 ½ years because all I ever wanted to be was a mom
83. I met my husband in a job interview (yeah, he hired me)
84. I feel self conscious when I dance
85. Being married is a lot harder than I thought it would be, but also more rewarding in ways I
never imagined
86. The thought of camping is so much better than really doing it
87. I almost always have shoes on – healed shoes
88. I need to stop worrying about what needs to get done, and play with my girls more
89. I was hand-cuffed once for sneaking out of my house when I was 17. I told the cops I was
my sister, who was 18, so they wouldn’t take me home. I snuck back in successfully
90. I’ve never been in a traffic accident when I was driving
91. I hate being hot
92. I sleep with my feet out of the covers
93. I get cold after I drink something
94. I hate foul language
95. I heard my 3 year old say “oh my hell” and felt horrible because she heard it from me.
96. I love to eat
97. I want people to like me
98. I’ve had bell’s palsy twice
99. I never remember to take medicine if I have a head ache or a cold
100. I love being told I’m beautiful