... about me

100 things
1. I weighed 3 lbs. when I was born.
2. I was born 2 months early.
3. I still have the blanket I came home from the hospital in.
4. I have a twin brother.
5. I’m older than him by 6 minutes.
6. I also have four older brothers, but I wouldn’t know three of them if I sat next to them on a plane.
7. I idolize my older brother Dean.
8. I don’t have any sisters.
9. The first car I ever drove was a Mercedes Benz.
10. I didn’t know the owners.
11. I also didn’t know how to drive, but I didn’t wreck it either.
12. I met my dad for the first time when I was 14.
13. I left home when I was 17 and never went back.
14. I met my husband working nights in college.
15. I knew the first time I saw him that we’d be together forever.
16. I still remember what he was wearing.
17. He proposed to me on my 21st birthday on a beach in Hawaii.
18. We got married on Spring Break.
19. My in-laws gave me a saltshaker for my college graduation present.
20. I love salt.
21. I’m really quiet around people I don’t know.
22. I talk a lot once I’m comfortable with a person – A lot.
23. I’ve traveled to 8 countries and to almost every state in the United States.
24. My favorite country was Argentina.
25. My least favorite country was… I don’t have one.
26. I spent a week in the high mountains of Western China, shooting video of panda bears.
27. I would be on “Survivor” in a heartbeat.
28. I’ve flown a Cessna from Mobile, Alabama to New Orleans, LA.
29. I broke my right elbow in 2 places doing gymnastics when I was 9.
30. I used to ride horses in high school and now I’m afraid of them for no apparent reason.
31. I believe in Bigfoot.
32. I don’t believe in aliens.
33. Extreme weather excites me.
34. I can’t name a single Beatles song and I don’t care.
35. I love the ocean more than any other place on earth.
36. I am certified in SCUBA.
37. On my first dive after certification, I saw a shark.
38. I think sharks are beautiful.
39. I picked Snoopy as a user name in 1995 when I got my first AOL account.
40. I look just like my mom.
41. I got suspended in high school for convincing an entire class to leave school and go to Taco Bell.
42. I used to sleep with my shoes on my bed when I was a kid in case I needed them in my dreams.
43. I wore braces for 4 years as a teen.
44. I rarely get truly angry, but when I do, I get really angry.
45. The blondest moment I’ve ever had was when I asked my husband how many dwarfs there are in “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” and was serious.
46. I have a Bachelor’s of Science in Broadcast Journalism.
47. I hate television news.
48. If I had to do it over, I’d have become a nurse.
49. I think hospitals are intriguing.
50. I was really good at softball when I was younger.
51. I don’t like to cook much, but I like to eat a lot.
52. I hated beer until I was 29, now I crave it.
53. I had an eating disorder in high school.
54. At one point I weighed 88 lbs.
55. I’m just under 5’7.
56. Sleeping is one of my favorite things to do.
57. I think dogs are hilarious.
58. My first celebrity crush was Pierce Brosnan.
59. I still have a crush on him.
60. I have one tattoo and will get another one after I finish my first Ironman.
61. The only reason I got my first tattoo is because everyone thinks I’m not the type to have one.
62. I used to change my hair color all the time. The brightest color it’s ever been is magenta.
63. I’m a lot messier than my husband is.
64. I tried to be vegetarian in college, but I just really like cheeseburgers.
65. I frequently had rattlesnakes in my yard when I lived in Arizona.
66. I’m afraid of snakes.
67. My first job was weeding a farmer’s soybean field when I was 11.
68. I had 3 years of Spanish in high school and don’t remember any of it.
69. I ordered mineral water in German at a bar in Germany.
70. I still have that bottle of water.
71. I fell face-first on a hatchet when I was younger and I still have the scar on my lip.
72. The scariest thing I’ve ever done is Class V white water rafting.
73. I fell asleep on stage in kindergarten during our class play.
74. I don’t like seafood.
75. I have night terrors when I’m really stressed out.
76. I haven’t had a Diet Coke since January 28, 2006.
77. I immediately notice the way things smell.
78. I’m a closet computer geek but I can’t explain procedures to anyone else.
79. My favorite number is 13.
80. Sometimes I eat Chicken Noodle Soup straight out of the can.
81. My favorite holiday is the 4th of July.
82. I love to fall asleep to baseball on the radio.
83. The Meyers-Briggs Personality Test says I’m an ISFP.
84. My chocolate Lab, Lucy, sleeps on my pillow every night.
85. My yellow Lab, Linus, sleeps curled up next to me.
86. I am not a morning person.
87. My favorite cartoons are Looney Tunes.
88. I read really fast – if I like a book I will read the entire thing in a day.
89. I used to like to be sick when I was a kid because I’d get to stay at my Aunt’s house and she cooked me eggs and let me read all of my cousins’ Disney books.
90. My favorite flowers are tulips.
91. I’m terrified of heights.
92. I can spend hours looking at makeup but I rarely wear a lot of it.
93. I’m not a picky eater, but I overly inspect everything I eat. My husband always tells me to “stop the autopsy on your food” especially when we’re in public.
94. I eat pizza with a fork.
95. I don’t do well at timed tests because I’m worried about time left.
96. In second grade I’d throw up every time we had a timed arithmetic test.
97. I did so poorly on my SAT and ACTs that my high school guidance counselor told me I should consider anything but college.
98. A year later I got a scholarship -- to college.
99. I don’t like long conversations on the phone.
100. I like oranges but hate orange juice and I love peanut butter but hate peanuts.