100 random facts about me

1. I am the second of 7 children. I have 4 brothers and 2 sisters.
   
2. I like having dark hair and blue eyes.
3. My favorite color is red.
4. I love celebrating holidays and try to make all of them special.
5. I love trying new recipes.
6. I love the idea of crafting. Getting anything accomplished is another story.
7. I like to do dishes because I love having an empty sink.
8. I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. Do I want to go back and teach? I don't know.
9. I would really LOVE to have a clean house all of the time. I accept that I don't, but I WANT to. I feel so good and happy when everything is clean and organized.
10. I LOVE spring because spring flowers make me happy. I think partly because it means that warmer weather is on its way.
11. Red tulips are my favorite flower.
12. I got a pair of boots for Christmas, and they were a size 14 women's. Unbelievable. They ran small. I normally have to wear open toed shoes or mens tennis shoes because I can't find anything bigger than a size 12. In my price range, that is.
13. My kids are a dream come true. I have always wanted to be a Mom when I grew up.
14. I would rather be in a room full of spiders than a room full of cockroaches. UGGH!
15. I completed the St George Marathon in 2003. My friend Jill and I did it together. We were some of the last people to finish, but we did it. That was on my life to do list.
16. I have worn the same ring that my parents gave me every day since I was 13.
17. I get restless to DO something. GO somewhere. I often find myself wandering the aisles of Walmart and Albertsons, looking for something interesting or a good deal.
18. I have to make myself not be shy sometimes.
19. I love things that are bright and look happy.
20. I am looking forward to when Camille can babysit so Kent and I can go on dates and work out together.
21. I love having a mini van. I know they are not very cool, but I think for practicality when you are a mom, they are great.
22. I LOVE finding a good deal. Even if we were rich, I think I would still be a bargain shopper. That is how you get rich, right?
23. I wish I could find the perfect hair cut for me. I always want to do something different, I just want to know that it will look great, and be low/no maintenance. Is there such thing?
24. My hair turned curly at the age of 33. I had had perms for YEARS. After not having a perm for a really long time, I realized that the curls are here to stay. It is not a bad thing. No more paying for curls. Both of my sisters hair have turned curly too. It is pretty interesting.
25. I LOVE kissing my babies chubby cheeks.
26. I played basketball at Ricks College. Back in the olden days when it was Ricks.
27. I tore my Achilles tendon in tenth grade, and only got play the final part of the basketball season. I played all of my junior year. My senior year I accidentally kicked a bleacher at a football game, and got a neuroma in my right foot. I was out most of my senior basketball season too. I got to play a few games. I was blessed to still get a scholarship. Funny how things work out.
28. I used to love tole painting back when it was still cool.
29. I am not an artist at all, but I am crafty.
30. I admire people who can stick to routines. Especially cleaning routines. I struggle with that. It seems that is anything more exciting than what I have scheduled comes up, I jump at the chance to change my plans.
31. I wish I was better at knowing how to put on my make up.
32. Kent and I would rather golf than watch a movie together. We have only seen 1 movie together since we have been married. ( 10 years)
33. I am really good at remembering unimportant facts and info. Anything important is hard for me.
34. I served a mission in the New Zealand Wellington Mission.
35. I have served in some calling in the Young Women's program for the past 10 years. I did have one time for about 3 months that I taught primary. Other than that, all YW.
36. I like to teach adults. I think that being a continuing education teacher for a fun class would be a great job.
37. The first time I met Kent was in Salt Lake. I was with a group of people, and we went to his house. I was with my boyfriend.
38. I am happiest when I am with my family.
39. I wish I was the type of person that is ALWAYS nice. I try pretty hard, but I could be better.
40. I love having painted toenails.
41. I am very allergic to shell fish. Poor Kent LOVES it. Needless to say, I have never made any for him.
42. I have a double major in elementary education and special education.
43. I have lots of grey hair.
44. I could eat a Taco Bell bean burrito every day for the rest of my life.
45. The worst thing that I hate to clean is floors- sweeping, mopping, vacuuming.
46. I love that Kent is so much taller than me. It is so nice to feel short.
47. When I was 12, I was 5' 2"and wore a size 12 shoe. Right after that, I shot up.
48. I am a coupon shopper and love it when I can get things free. It is a fun game.
49. I like to read the newspaper.
50. I listen to the 80's station. I remember when I was young and my parents were listening to Johnny Cash and the like, I used to think that I will never be old and out of touch like them. Well I am. I think I am ok with that too. Kent and I are guilty of blasting the stereo in the van when an old Van Halen song comes on. The kids are the ones begging US to turn it down.
51. I like to read children's literature.
52. I have never been to Disneyland. I have been to Disney World. I think I need to go with our kids, because when I went, I was single and 25. It was fun, but I didn't think it was THAT fun. I am sure kids make it a different experience.
53. I don't like when roller coasters go up that first huge hill, and then drop. I always think I am going to die. Really.
54. One of the scariest things I have done is go on an air boat ride in Florida at night. I have gone on many air boat rides. The more I go on, the more scared I have become. You go out and see alligator eyes all around you everywhere. I fear the boat tipping over, and you are out in the middle of a lake/swamp and you have nowhere to go. I don't think I would go again. Weird huh?
55. I was born in Mesa Arizona.
56. When I was at Ricks college, I did a summer program called Discovery. It was a six week program where you camped out, and did you science credits out in nature. It was so fun. We went to the Oregon coast, Washington, Salmon River Idaho, and West Yellowstone. I went with my friend Sarah. She came home with a husband, I came home with some science credits that were actually fun for me!
57. The color yellow makes me feel happy.
58. My high school mascot was a Scorpion.
59. I only went to 2 dances in high school. Prom my junior and senior years.
60. Kent and I dated for 5 months before we kissed. We were engaged 2 weeks later.
61. My first car was a maroon Subaru hatchback. I shared it with my sister Erin.
62. I attended college at 3 schools- Ricks College, Utah State University, and Southern Utah University.
63. I knocked my two front teeth out on my mission. I was in a bike wreck and went over a huge curb teeth first.
64. If I could choose between a pedicure and a message, I would choose a pedicure. I am very ticklish.
65. I love it when Kent calls me from work. It makes the day better.
66. I hate it when kids are mean to each other.
67. I lived with my Grandma for a summer before I left on my mission. That was one of the most treasured experiences of my life.
68. I worked at Jiffy Lube for a summer. I didn't actually work under the car, I cleaned windows, vacuumed, and worked the register. People actually told me they didn't want a girl working on their car.
69. I used to babysit like crazy. I started when I was seven. My sister Erin and I went together. I always had summer jobs, and I was always watching someones kids. I finally got sick of it, and stopped in high school.
70. When I started taking piano lessons in 4th grade, our family didn't have a piano. I would practice on a fold out paper keyboard. Then we got a little electric organ type of thing, and finally a piano about a year and a half later.
71. I am a talker. I love visiting with people.
    
72. I love it when Kent puts his arm around me in church.
73. I melt when my kids say they love me out of the blue.
74. I like to keep journals. I have a lot of journals from over the years. I got my first one for Christmas when I was in first grade.
75. I love when I can think of ways to really help someone out without being asked.
76. I love Christmas time. I love the excitement and anticipation in our kids. I love that people are trying to be kind to each other.
77. I want to learn how to do pieced quilting, and learn how to machine quilt.
78. I don't read too often. Mostly at the gym on the treadmill.
79. I wish I could remember the scriptures better. No matter how many times I have read a story, I still need to read it again.
80. I think it would be so cool to have a crafting blog like some that I see. I always wonder how in the world people have the time to be a wife, mom, make crafts, sell crafts, have a blog, and answer the comments on their blog. I would just like to know how to do all of those fun things that they do. I think my list of cool ideas I would like to do some day is 100 miles long. Baby steps.
81. Water is my favorite drink.
82. Whenever I am down, service really does make me feel better.
83. I don't know where Kent works. I know he works for Fidelity, but I don't know exactly where his office building is. Weird huh?
84. I always wanted to be the kool aid Mom when I had kids- like playing tackle football in the back yard with them, and then having yummy kool aid and a snack ready at any given moment. I play with them, but not as much as I thought I would. Seems like life is always getting in the way.
85. I am technologically backward. We don't have i-pods, mp3 players, and we just got cell phones 2 1/2 years ago. I sent my 1st text message last month to Kent to see if we could send them on our phones.
86. I love getting into a made bed at night. That does not mean it is always made, just that I like it. The ONE good thing about working late at night is when I get home and go to bed, I never have to get into a freezing cold bed. Kent always had it warmed up.
    
87. I was always #42 in basketball. I LOVED that number.
88. I was a 3 guard when I played basketball in college. I was one of the shorter tall girls, and I was fairly quick. Oh to be young again...
89. I am a receptionist at an answering service. We do all sorts of things from taking messages to placing orders on websites. You name it, we do it. Sometimes better than others.
90. I am reading the #1 Ladies Detective Agency series right now. It has been fun. They are light, funny, interesting, simple mystery, and short. They are by Alexander McCall Smith.
91. I am good at doing simple math in my head. I really enjoyed teaching 5th grade math. You get to teach them all of the basics of math, before they have to get into the "other" things.
92. I have an office full of stuff. It is always a mess, but I know pretty much exactly where everything is. I have a little bit of everything which comes in handy. I just need to put things away after I get them out, so it would be tidy.
93. I have tried many times to use the Flylady system. It is something I know helps me so much to have better routines and organization, but I can't stick to it.
94. I have had 2 surgeries- one was a neuroma removal on my right foot in 1989, and the other was arthroscopic knee surgery in 2005.
95. I cut Kent's hair every other Saturday. ( Also, both boys- but not often enough) At first it was torture. I have accepted it after ten years. I am mentally keeping track of all of the haircuts I have given, and someday when we are older and financially in a different place, I am going to ask to be paid! :) Good luck, huh?
96. The average time it takes me to fall asleep is 3 minutes. I had a sleep test in January, and they told me that. I think it is funny. Anyone who knows me well knows that about me.
97. My narcolepsy diagnosis that I have had for the past 13 years got changed in January. I was retested again, and my Dr. said that I did not have narcolepsy because I didn't have all of the symptoms. He changed the diagnosis to idiopathic hypersomnia, meaning excessive daytime sleepiness. They treat me the same way, but I just don't have to have that narcolepsy diagnosis.
98. My daily musical selection comes from peoples blogs. I seriously listen to peoples play lists on my computer- it is our stereo.
99. I feel like I am pretty much doing what I dreamed of when I was growing up. I wanted to be a wife and mother, stay home with our kids, and be happy. Of course my life is not perfect, but I am happy and I feel like my life is what I had hoped it would be up to this point.
100. I wish I was the first Mom in history who had kids who didn't fight.

This was REALLY hard to do. I have been working on this list at work for a couple of weeks. I enjoyed trying to think about my life- interesting thing I have done, things I hope for, what I want to be when I grow up, and just look at my life. I had fun doing this. I am glad that I am me.