springdellgirl

100 Things...

O.k. Lucy...here is my list. I loved yours and Carolyn's.

1.) I have three kids.

2.) I married my best friend.

3.) I would've never thought growing up that I would be a stay-at-home mom...I
was ALWAYS going to have a career AND have kids. (Now I wouldn't trade being at home for the world).

4.) I attended BYU and majored in Psychology.

5.) I went to four different high schools.

6.) I am the oldest of five kids.

7.) I am the first-born daughter of a first-born daughter of a first-born
daughter...and my first-born was a daughter...cool huh?

8.) I hate the Midwest.

9.) I love the South.

10.) I like to travel.

11.) I am a worrier.

12.) I love to read.

13.) I like historical fiction.

14.) I think about characters from books I read years ago and wonder
what they are doing now.

15.) I always daydream about some cool or interesting scenario to fall asleep at
night.

16.) I love exploring new cities.

17.) I lost 50 lbs on Weight Watchers.

18.) I am a 95% vegetarian...I rarely buy meat and can go weeks without eating
it.

19.) I am easily annoyed.

20.) I love sunny days.

21.) I love seafood.

22.) I love soap operas...I only watch one now...Days of Our Lives.

23.) A secret only Tyler knows...I have subscribed to Soap Opera Digest...I love
it!

24.) Rock Star Energy Drinks are my favorite beverage...bad habit...I know!

25.) My first job was working at "Top Dog" a hot dog shop in the mall in Kansas
City which Tyler constantly confuses with "Hotdog on a Stick" and has
asked me several times if I still have the outfit...wink wink!

26.) I hate pizza...except for pizza Margarita.

27.) I love to go junking...garage sales, thrift stores, flea markets, antiques
stores...I love all things vintage.

28.) I love reading people's blogs...even if I don't know them...I am very curious
about other people and how they live.

29.) I LOVE Food Network!!! Paula Deen is my favorite! I also like Barefoot
Contessa and Everyday Italian.

30.) I subscribe to the Paula Deen Magazine.

31.) My ancestors are from Scotland and Germany.

32.) People ALWAYS ask me if I am part-asian...NO...Not that I know of...maybe
there is missing link somewhere out there.

33.) I get "special" treatment at Asian restaurants...see #32.

34.) I love tattoos...Tyler has a big one on his back...he got it before the "no
tattoo" edict.

35.) I am neither a night owl nor an early bird: I like to sleep late and go to bed
early.

36.) I dated Tyler because I thought he looked like a wild "bad boy"...long hair,
earring, tattoo, grungy...and inside beat the heart of a good little Mormon boy!!
(He was once pulled over by the BYU campus police while riding his mountain bike through campus because they thought he looked "suspicious"...Ha Ha!!

37.) I love all things Scottish.

38.) I hate carbonation...Rockstars are the exception...I HATE soda. I like
lemonade and fruit punch.

39.) I have a great sense of humor...if I do say so myself.

40.) I like to work-out and have done so regularly since my junior year of high school.

41.) I hate mayonnaise.

42.) I am afraid of cats!! I am not the only one...so is Kelley (my sis) and our friend Meghan.

43.) I am not afraid of spiders or bugs. I am the "spider-killer" at our house.

44.) I am TERRIFIED of mice/rats...just thinking about them freaks me out!

45.) I am an adventurous eater...I will try anything once and pretty much have.

46.) I love foreign language and have an aptitude for them...I took German for 4 years and French for 4 years...French is my favorite. I have read a novel in French (my claim to fame)...it was very thin.

47.) I hate touching people's feet.

48.) I am obsessed with earwax removal...particularly of my own family members.

49.) My favorite author is Diana Gabaldon.

50.) I love chips (corn and potato)...I have zero control eating them. I rarely buy them unless I need them for an event...if there are any left overs I make Tyler take them to work.

51.) I hate melon of any kind!!

52.) My favorite class in high school was British Lit.

53.) I am horrible at math.

54.) I can't drive a stick shift.

55.) I am obsessive/compulsive.

56.) I HATE McDonalds...except for the orange drink...yum!

57.) My favorite color is pink.

58.) The time that I lived in Springdell truly defined the person I am today. I learned who I am and what I am made of while living there. I believe God had a plan for my life and that the people I met there and what I learned there were all a part of His plan for me...so many of the gifts I have in my life today can be traced to that defining period of my life.

59.) I hate indecisive people.

60.) I love to cook--I don't like to bake.

61.) I've never been stung by a bee.

62.) I never had a cavity until I was 30.

63.) I had braces for 4 LONG years!!

64.) I love names...naming things, the meaning of names, baby name books.

65.) I hate the month of January.

66.) I love summer and fall.

67.) I hate winter and spring.

68.) I hate milk and NEVER drink it.

69.) I love pedicures...but don't like nail polish on my fingernails.

70.) Tyler and I talk AT LEAST 4 times during the day on the phone.

71.) I am not good at small talk.

72.) I hate church functions.

73.) Family is #1.

74.) I am close to and truly adore all my siblings.

75.) I am obsessed with Sting...I LOVE HIM!!

76.) I am oddly talented in that I can rhyme...all the time. I can also make up little funny songs...and poems on the spot...much to the amusement of my kids.

77.) I like crafting and making things...but I can't sew. New Years Resolution for 2007.

78.) I want to learn to Latin Dance...New Years Resolution for 2007.

79.) I have to have a "white noise" machine on to sleep at night. I keep it on the "train" setting.

80.) I love boating, water, and the lake...but I hate water skiing.

81.) I love going to brunch.

82.) The Office and Lost are my favorite T.V. shows.

83.) I am sarcastic.

84.) I swear...New Years Resolution for 2007.

85.) I didn't go to church until my senior year of high school.

86.) I cherish my time at BYU...I loved the social aspects of it but hated the conformity.

87.) I hate calling people--I love talking on the phone--just don't like calling.

88.) I am addicted to Carmex...used to be Blistex until one of my pregnancies when the smell and taste of it made me sick.

89.) I hate the smell of toast--we don't own an toaster.

90.) My feelings get hurt easily.

91.) I love polka dots.

92.) I love Thai food.

93.) I hate the flavor of "Chocolate Raspberry".

94.) I love Art and Art Museums.

95.) My favorite snack/comfort food is my mom's homemade Chex mix with only cashews in it.

96.) My shopping "heaven" is the Homestead Stores in Fredricksburg, Texas.

97.) I love nachos...Tyler and I are on a quest to find nachos as good as Diego's nachos in Provo.

98.) My dream is to live here June-Dec. 31st and then live in the South Jan.-May 31st.

99.) I want us to live in a house on a lake.

100.) I have never been offered drugs...and have always been ready and wanted to "just say no!"

101.) This is for Tyler...just so there can TRULY be "101 Dull Details" (see my very first post)...I hate pulp...it makes me gag!