In honor of my upcoming 100th post, I'm writing 100 things about myself. If you are interested, please read. If not, I will completely understand and my feelings will not be hurt. I did not invent this idea myself, but I can't remember which blogger did it first, so here's full disclosure: not my idea, but a good one.
On to the facts:
1. I adore writing. I write letters, I write notes, I make lists, I blog (sometimes too much), I send e-mails, I send text messages, I just leave my words all over the place!
2. I have tried to quit drinking Coca-Colas at least 6 times this year. Yes, there's one at my side while I'm writing this.
3. I was born during a thunderstorm and I'm terrified of them. I imagine my first moments on this earth were not exactly happy ones.
4. My dog bosses me around.
5. Sometimes I google "weenie dogs" and click "images" when I'm feeling sad at work.
6. In the fall, fall is my favorite season. In the first few days of winter, I love cold weather. Come spring, I'm all about the newness of the air. By summer, I'm digging some warmth. Guess you could say I'm pretty much happy all the time.
7. If I miss Sunday morning worship it messes up my whole week.
8. I drink milk after the 'sell by' date. My husband won't.
9. I also drink creamer after the date posted on it, and I've been known to cut small moldy bits off a french loaf and just eat the rest. Don't know if that's my grandmother's voice saying, "Waste not, want not," or just my stubborn inability to follow society's commonly accepted rules. Don't worry, I can really afford to throw the old stuff away. I just don't always do it.
10. There's a squirrel in the building and every time the thing scampers across the ceiling tiles above my head, I die a little bit. My heart stops and I can't breathe. I know it's just a squirrel, but the thought of it crashing through the tiles and landing in my lap, terrified, and biting me is really scary. Don't they carry all sorts of nasty germs? They're members of the rodent family, after all.
11. My dog is also a member of the rodent family. He's a ratdog. So squirrel lovers, don't take that #10 the wrong way, ok?
12. I hate shrimp but I eat a lot of it because my husband loves it and I'm just too lazy to cook for him and then cook for me.
13. I save the chicken juice for broth almost every time.
14. I always eat chicken soup, usually the canned kind, at the slightest hint of a sniffle, despite the fact that tons of research has proven it's not really that great at fighting off colds.
15. I read
Pioneer Woman's blog every morning. It's as important as my cup of coffee and when she doesn't write new stuff in the morning, it messes up my whole routine.
16. I'm a little bit obsessed with lists. I had a commentor question the other day: "Do you like lists?" And all I could think was, "That's a big 10-4!" For you non-rednecks, that is CB talk for "OH YEAH."
17. I was 14 before I had my first visit from Aunt Flo.
18. I wish I could spend more time with my family, which is ironic, because I spent the last two years I lived in that town wishing I lived anywhere else.
19. I don't get all caught up in stuff. I don't care what the latest fads are, who's got a bigger/nicer/better tv/car/house/ than mine. I just don't care. It's all stuff.
20. I think once-a-month cooking is insane.
21. I think Americans eat out far too much. I love eating at home with my husband and our weenie dog, even if it's just turkey meat with cheese on wheat bread. Or molasses and peanut butter.
22. Molasses and peanut butter = heaven on earth.
23. I hate how much I love chocolate. It's an embarassing addiction.
24. All I want for Christmas is a new coat, some high-heel black boots, and time. Time to write and cook and eat and work on my little house.
25.I'm totally in love with Kirkland's and could, given unlimited resources, randomly choose half their merchandise and decorate my home to perfection. Luckily, they have seasonal sales that are out of this world. I also got a few gift cards as wedding presents, which was awesome!
26. I love crackers. Cheese and crackers, peanut butter crackers, molasses on crackers.. yeah. They're the new potato chip.
27. I've always wanted to color my hair very, very red.
28. I'm sick of typing "I" but hate it when people refer to themselves in the third person.
29. I'm not sure the heroine in my novel is a very lovable gal. But I probably won't change her, anyhow.
30. I spent my lunch break buying gifts for my adorable
husband. I'm not going to give away the surprise just in case he decides to check out the blog, but I will say this: Ole Miss.
31. I despise the following: rats, Mondays, lies, stretch marks, and cellulite.
32. I'm pretty sure there's motor oil on the bottom of my shoes. At least, I hope it's there and not someplace else on my person because I smell it...
33. I hate it, hate it, hate it when professionals use double negatives!
34. Removing all sugar from public school cafeterias and forcing the sale of healthy snacks only is dumb.
35. Allowing children to have everything they want is setting them up for a really bad fall later. Failure stinks, and I think the younger you are when you learn that, the better off you'll be.
36. Sometimes I wish I'd finished that teaching certificate. But then I'll see a group of rowdy teenagers in the mall and that's the end of it.
37. I am looking forward to a big event Saturday. I am babysitting four beautiful children. I've already planned paper crafts and games. That make me weird?
38. It's really hard to come up with 100 stinkin' things about myself.
39. I am getting really hungry. I'm frying pork chops for some men who are working on our house for supper. And I can't wait to get home and get to it.
40. I eat sweetened condensed milk straight out of the can when I make Christmas candy.
41. I think I need some Christmas candy early.
42. I wish I could be in 3rd grade again, but only if Jacob could be there with me. The fact that he'd be in 2nd grade doesn't matter. It's my fantasy and I'll do what I want to...
43. I still love
Full House.
44. I hate crowds, malls, loud noises, and whinning.
45. I hate it when kids beg.
46. I don't like the
Twilight mania and I refuse to apologize for it. She'd probably dislike my work, too. What with the lack of vampires, ghosts, goblins and bloody gore.
47. I thought I'd be so much further (career wise) by now. Seems like everything I said I wouldn't do is just what I went and did. Oh well. We plan, God laughs, as a smart friend of mine said.
48. My husband only wants boys when we have children. I can't wait for the first little pink surprise! He'll be beyond shocked to discover that there's this whole other species and they're fun and sweet and he'll be so in love!
49. I love babysitting. Really. It's the best way to practice the "mommy" thing without having to worry about ruining somebody's life. I mean, how much damage could I possibly do in an hour or three?
50. I sometimes wish I could afford a shrink, if for no other reason than to give my husband a break...
51. I try really hard to use correct grammar and usage at all times. But then I get around people who know me well and my brain tosses out double negatives before I can stop it.
52. I'm pretty sure that my weenie dog is the weirdest, most wonderful animal on the planet.
53. I cannot imagine waking up without immediately opening the back door so that he's able to do his business.
54. I hate it when people use rather gross terms to refer to said 'business.' Let's have a little decency, shall we?
56. I really hate keeping secrets.
57. Can't stand it when people are mad at me or offended by something I've said/done.
58. My husband is the complete opposite of the man I always imagined I'd marry. Thank you, God.
59. I used to think I wanted to be a lawyer. Then I discovered that when I lie, my face turns red and my eyebrows twitch. Probably not the best idea after all, huh?
60. I briefly entertained the idea of working as a speech pathologist. That lasted one semester and 3 whole classes.
61. Then there was the teaching phase, when I was certain that rescuing hurting souls in the public high schools was just the job for me. Made it 6 weeks before I abandoned that ship.
62. I never in my wildest dreams thought my "real job" would land me in an office with a telephone and nothing else.
63. I hate numbers and math. They are tools of Satan.
64. My husband completely agrees with me on the above statement.
65. I've worked on this list for a sold month.
66. I feel very boring, as though I should easily be able to list 100 adorable aspects of my personality, but I can't.
67. I never thought my blog would have followers, and certainly never dreamed there would be this many of you guys! Thanks so much!
68. I never dreamed I'd buy a house and land at 23. Or that I'd be married then. Kind of thought life would go a little slower.
69. Getting older makes time go by faster.
70. Rain makes me feel sleepy and sad. But the gray skies and dingy air after winter rain makes me want to curl up inside my house and not come out until the sun shines again. Which of course I can't do.
71. I really can't wait to see what God will do for us in 2010. So far, it's been absolutely blissful. Even the bad days are good.
72. I am sick to death of politics.
73. But I can't stay away from the news.
74. I'm looking forward to the holidays for reasons that are completely nuts and not at all what I should be thinking.
75. I wish I could wrap up some happy and mail to a few friends this year.
76. My first new year's resolution will be to order my wedding pictures. Yes, I got married in August. Don't judge me.
77. The second will probably be to set a limit for spending and actually stick to it. That's been on the list since I got my first job, and it's still there because I still need a little help in that area!
78. I think my brain rots a little when I watch more than one hour of television at a time.
79. As much as I couldn't wait to graduate, I miss school so much these days!
80. I really miss interacting daily with those who shared my goals.
81. I wonder if they've met their own goals.
82. It doesn't bother me that I've not met all of mine yet. I'll be fine. I've got plenty of time to do what I want in the future.
83. Could somebody just help me get there with as little suffering as possible?
84. I have a ton of cousins.
85. No, seriously. My family is bigger than some Native American tribes were before Christopher Columbus met them.
86. And we all claim to be related to those tribes, too.
87. Not that there's really any genetic evidence, with all our blue eyes, pale skin and red hair.
88. I need a cheeseburger. Man, this is hard work!
89. My husband wants a tractor, a boat, a new truck, some work done on his shop and several tools. I'd be fine with another cookbook and some key ingredients...
90. When I can't sleep I watch food network.
91. I also enjoy FitTV. There's just something about sitting on a couch, munching potato chips while other people are working out and sweating.
92. That squirrel just ran across the ceiling tiles again. *shudder*
93. I don't measure when I cook. I mean, I have the cups and stuff and I guess at it, but I've never once bent down to look at eye level or agonized over 3/4 teaspoon or anything.
94. I fry stuff all the time.
95. I use heavy cream, real buttermilk and raw milk every chance I get. Talk about fluffy biscuits! Out of this world!
96. In the church where I grew up, there was a man who sang a song with those lyrics, "Out of this world..." Talking about how great Heaven would be. He'd bend backwards on the high parts and his voice reminded me of fat bullfrogs on summer ponds. I wonder if he's still alive.
97. If you're still reading at this point you are either: a) crazy b) very dedicated c) very bored or d) related to me in some way.
98. The fact that I'm still writing at this point makes a statement about me. I'm a, b and c.
99. It's almost over! And you know what that means?
100. I'm one day closer to the blogiversary and the 100th post!
