the 411 on me!

So I was tagged a few weeks ago and it has taken me this long to come up with 100 semi-interesting things about myself. If anyone needs helping sleeping, this may just do it. Thanks Tammy for the tag, it really was kinda fun to do. :)


100 Things about Me

1. I have only ever had 3 jobs my entire life. The last two, 4 years each and counting…
2. I love asparagus.
3. I hate peas.
4. I love to vacuum.
5. When I was in 8th grade, some girl once told me that I have “pooh-green” eyes.
6. I don’t like hot weather, high 70’s are perfect for me.
7. I love my own pets, but not always other people’s.

8. I can’t stand following a car that forgot to turn off their blinker.
9. I have never had stitches.
10. I have colored my hair 5-6 times per year for the last 14 years... brunette, blond, brunette..

11. I have always wanted to have a big family.
12. I met my husband when I was 15.
13. He told me he ‘liked’ me 3 days before I turned 16.
14. I wasn’t really excited about the above, because I was finally turning 16 and had a crush on someone else.
15. I finished college in 3.5 years.
16. I have a BS degree in Child and Family Studies.
17. I minored in psychology in college.
18. I tivo Days of Our Lives everyday, and watch the entire show in about 5 minutes, just so I know that nothing really ever changes…so stupid.
19. My dream vacation is to tour Europe one country at a time for like 3 months.
20. I have had braces twice!
21. I have never lived in an apartment.
22. I love TV.
23. Tivo has changed my life.
24. I am extremely indecisive.
25. I am always worried that I will make the wrong decision…what color to paint, what outfit to wear, what to order at dinner…
26. I love brand new socks.
27. I do not have a favorite color…probably because I am too indecisive to pick one.
28. I have always wanted to open my own home decor’ boutique.
29. I just started watching One Tree Hill and love it!
30. I work for an optometrist and have 20/20 vision…..which I am extremely grateful for.
31. My birthday is October 15, 1982.
32. 3 days after Jimi got home from his mission he casually said that he wanted to get married. I didn't know what to think....obviously I said yes and then about a week later he gave me a ring.

33. Jimi and I have been married almost 6 years on August 14th!

34. My dog Roxy was named after Roxie Hart from Chicago, although we spell it different, go figure..

35. I change my sheets every Monday morning.
36. I love to fold laundry; I just hate to put it away.
37. I love the smell of Lysol spray and use it way too much.
38. I love hearing the sound of the lawn mower through an open window in early summer.
39. I love to bake but never eat what I make until the next day.
40. I could not live without super hot showers and good books.
41. I was born in Alaska and lived there until I was 12 years old.
42. I love to talk to people one on one but am not good in big groups.
43. Growing up, I wanted to be a cashier at a grocery store.
44. I paint my fingernails quite often and then chip it off the next day.
45. I have been wearing the same toe-ring for the last 8 years…never removing it.
46. I love chick-flicks.

47. I was on top of the World Trade Center 2 months before September 11th.
48. I love diet coke and caramello bars.
49. I am proud/grateful to be an American.
50. Growing up, I always read the obituaries in the newspaper, never the comics, just the obituaries.
51. I read the “Twilight” series and ever since have had an obsession with silver Volvos......Edward drives one!
52. My favorite fast food restaurant is chick-fil-a.
53. My favorite season is Autumn.
54. I can name all 50 states in alphabetical order.
55. I was devastated when Gilmore Girls was cancelled.
56. I love craft projects but very rarely finish them.
57. Matt Damon is my movie star crush, although I've only seen a few of his movies.

58. I have never wanted to go to the Caribbean.
59. I love roller coasters but always get really scared right before I get on them.
60. I hate when people say to me, “just wait until you have kids…”
61. I love to go camping with Jimi and Roxy.

62. I don’t mind being alone when Jimi is gone on business…..although I do miss him, but I do fine.
63. I have a great family and an awesome husband.
64. I have never questioned my faith.
65. I want nothing more than for my good friends to become mothers. (me too, I want that too)
66. I cry a lot.
67. I have never been horse-back riding and think I would be kinda scared if I ever did.
68. I was born the day after my dad’s birthday.
69. I don’t much care for ice cream…only very rarely do I eat it.
70. I am completely petrified of birds and hate when they fly over me, around me, or anywhere near me.
71. I get severe anxiety when it comes to Mother’s Day.
72. I love Disneyland but didn’t care for Disney World.
73. I think my husband is the cutest guy in the world and love when he wears his hats backward. 74. I don’t clean the bathrooms as often as I should. I hate doing toilets and tubs and floors for that matter!
75. I have always wanted to go to beauty school and graduate school. Weird combo, I know.
76. I love the gospel.
77. I love road trips with Jimi and Tim McGraw. (I have this one CD that I MUST listen to at least 5 times on every trip…poor Jimi) 78. I talk to Jimi on the phone at least 5 times a day.
79. I wish I was more handy around the house. I would love to be able to build something.
80. I have always HATED scrapbooking……until I found digital scrapbooking, so much better.
81. I cannot stand Mariah Carey.
82. I love Celine Dion.

83. My mom is my hero.
84. I love listening to Jimi sing with me in sacrament meeting.
85. I would love to go to China, Russia or Ethiopia someday and bring home a few little souvenirs to add to our family. (Basically, I want to me the mormom version of Angelina Jolie minus the tattoos and all the wierdness)
86. Aside from work and church, Jimi and I are rarely apart.
87. I still get nervous when my parents go out of town.
88. I am thankful for good health.
89. The Oregon Coast is one of my most favorite places in this world to visit.
90. I love rainy days.
91. I have one sister and four brothers.
92. I dream of being a mom.
93. I cannot wait for Jimi to be a dad.
94. I wear my heart on my sleeve.
95. I love being an aunt.
96. My husband is so supportive and my best friend.
97. I love to color in coloring books.
98. I usually talk to my mom everyday.
99. I want to serve a mission with Jimi someday.
100. I love to travel and would go anywhere as long as Jimi was with me.

I tag Amy, Heidi, Hejdi, Erin, Leslie, Kim, Janese, Jodi, Tracy, Kelley, Kim, Melissa, Penny and anyone else who is up for the challenge....