Monday, Feb. 14, 2005

100 Things

1. I am the youngest of three children

2. I have been in a relationship for three years with Jeffrey.

3. I grew up on a farm in Minnesota.

4. I attended college in Nebraska.

5. I lived in Colorado for two months and LOVED it.

6. I currently live in New Jersey, which I don’t mind, but I’m lonely here.

7. I’m moving in June.

8. I have green eyes and dark brown hair. I like my eyes the best.

9. I’ve shed 60 pounds by watching what I eat and exercising. It is one of the accomplishments I am most proud of.

10. I’m also proud of my mom who has lost 80 pounds.

11. I have 3 nephews and 2 nieces. I love them all to bits.

12. I went to school and was in the same class with 15 people from PreK to 12th grade

13. I am only really close to three of those people now, not because of some falling out, but because the rest of us barely spoke all 14 of those years.

14. I have a few close friends instead of a large group of friends. But when I think about it, I have a pretty large circle of friends, especially from high school.

15. My sister is my best friend.

16. My brother is my best friend. But we don’t get along sometimes.

17. Jeffrey is my best friend.

18. Liz is my best friend.

19. I have trouble comprehending what the word “best” means.

20. I am LCMS Lutheran.

21. I am a missionary.

22. I am a teacher, I have 14 kids. They are SO adorable and I love them bunches.
23. One of my best friends died in a car accident when I was 16. Seven people I went to high school with have died in the past 10 years.

24. My high school population was around 300 people.

25. My favorite kind of soup is campbells’ tomato. Only campbells. Hehe

26. I have quite a few friends I have never met in person.

27. I met my boyfriend on the internet, but my employer does not know this.

28. I talk to my mom on the phone every day.

29. I did my own taxes this year, I am very proud of myself.

30. I am looking for a job in Kansas City. Can anyone hook me up?

31. I am a control freak and a procrastinator and a perfectionist all wrapped into one neat package.

32. I will be engaged soon. (I better be, anyway!)

33. I can’t drink like I used to!

34. I am only 25. I want to be 25 forever.

35. I am the fifth generation to live on my family’s farm.

36. I am left handed.

37. I had a crush on a guy studying to be a priest in college. (What is it about the unattainable ones?)

38. I regrettably lost my virginity at a young age.

39. I believe there is a difference between guilt and regret. I regret #38, but do not feel guilty about it. I’ve been forgiven.

40. I used to have a Minnesotan accent, I don’t think I have much of one anymore, yet when I go back home I can slip back into it really easily.

41. I have never done illegal drugs. The first time I drank I think I was 13. The first time I got drunk I was 15.

42. I went through my rebellious stage when I was 15-17. I lied to my parents habitually. Now I’m a chicken.
43. The first time I saw the ocean I was 22, I first rode in a taxi was when I was 24.

44. I was scared to death to go to NYC, but when I did, I LOVED it.

45. I love to eat lasagna, it’s my favorite thing. Especially from Italian Bistro.

46. I bought a new(er) car all on my own last October, it was very liberating to do it without my parents having to cosign.

47. I absolutely despise not a having a washing machine and dryer in my apartment.

48. I’ve dated several guys from the internet.

49. I fell in love with two of them. Only one I consider to be “true love”- my current beau. And I’m not just saying that.

50. I’ve already created an email address with my married name. I will not use it until I’m married or very close to it.

51. I’m getting married in the summer of 2006. But we’re not engaged yet.

52. I’ve never attended a public school.

53. I think the public education system is great in some areas, flawed in others.

54. I am a huge NFL fan. I am particularly in love with Daunte Culpepper, who I went to a movie with once. He didn’t know I existed, he was a few rows behind me. I did get his autograph before the movie. This was about 6 years ago. Before he was super famous.

55. I’m also in love with Terrell Owens and Cris Carter (retired) in football and Matt Damon and Will Smith in the movie star world.

56. I’m completely addicted to Days of Our Lives and reality TV such as The Apprentice.

57. If I cleaned out my freezer I would probably have very few edible things in there.

58. I should be doing lesson plans right now. But I’m doing this instead.

59. I do not have cable. I get NBC and FOX, the ones I watch the most. ABC and CBS come in, but not that well. I also get The WB and UPN and PBS and Univision.

60. I fall asleep watching movies at home quite often.

61. I try to go to bed at 10:00 every weeknight. “Try” is the operative word here.

62. I get up and work out at Curves in the morning before school. This has been very out of character for me, but I feel so much better in the morning when I work it.

63. I love to read in my free time. I haven’t read a book since Christmas. I haven’t even tried. Before that, it had been two years since I read for enjoyment.

64. There are aspects about my job that I love (helping kids be the best they can) and aspects about my job I hate (lesson planning)

65. My palms sweat horribly.

66. Occasionally I get debilitating migraines.

67. I love my chiropractor.

68. Bubble baths are one of my favorite ways to unwind, but I need to have my apt clean first or it just doesn’t relax me.

69. I’ve learned to exercise to unwind.

70. I play the piano and the clarinet and the bass clarinet.

71. I haven’t played any of these for nearly 3 years.

72. I listen mostly to R&B music, but there isn’t one type of music I can say I dislike.

73. I could eat pizza every day and be perfectly happy.

74. I love Judge Judy. Her no-nonsense demeanor is refreshing.

75. I have a hard time keeping secrets about myself but I can stay lip-locked for years about someone else’s skeletons in the closet.

76. My favorite drink is midori sour; my favorite beer is miller lite.

77. I have five piercings, they are all in my ears. Double pierced and a cartilage piercing.

78. I have broken both of my wrists. Once when I was 8, once when I was 21. No, it was not drinking related. It was ice related.

79. I cry a lot.

80. My biggest phobia is being forced to walk on ice quickly.

81. I get really bad allergies in fall and spring.

82. I had my gall bladder removed when I was 23.

83. I took a flight for the first time when I was 18. Since then, I’ve flown probably 20 times.

84. I worked in motels for 7 years as a front desk clerk. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I went out with a few guys I met there knowing it would not turn into anything. I found out one was married after our date. I have a suspicion others may have been. They were business travelers. I was very naïve at the time. Very.

85. I feel cheated that I was unable to have a close relationship with my grandparents. My maternal grandparents died when I was young (5 and 10) and my paternal grandparents were old strict Germans. Not exactly the loving grandparent type, although I loved them and I know they loved me.

86. I’ve only been to a handful of big concerts in my life.

87. I’ve never made out with someone whose name I didn’t know at the time, but I can’t remember them all now.

88. I’ve gotten two speeding tickets, one warning. I cried when I was pulled over for the warning,- not to get out of the ticket, but because I was on my way back to college after my grandfather’s funeral and it was just one more bad thing to deal with. The officer wanted to give me a hug, I could tell. He was so sweet.

89. I do not like crowds. At all. Sometimes I feel like I’m going to hyperventilate if I’m in a crowd, other times I’m fine.

90. I prefer to shop online and then go to the store, find it myself, and try it on.

91. The older I get, the closer I get to my father. He was a great provider, but with the aforementioned parents, is not a touchy-feely guy. I found out only a few years ago that he had to pay rent in high school. Who makes their kids pay rent when they are in high school?

92. I found out when I was 18 that my paternal grandmother was pregnant when she married my grandfather. I also found out when I was 24 that she tried to leave my grandfather by walking down our long country road. He never went after her, she always turned around.

93. I have a step-grandmother on my mom’s side that I call “Evil Stepgrandma” but she’s really not. She just speaks her mind no matter who it offends. She married my mom’s dad when I was 7. I’ve known her longer that most of my biological grandparents. Wow. I just realized how sad that is.

94. When Jeff and I get married I only want two bridesmaids- my sister and Liz, and my brother to perform the ceremony. (He’s a minister)

95. I have always envied people with naturally curly hair. Whenever I tell people with curly hair this, they look at me like I’m insane.

96. Many people would be astonished by my “sensual” side.

97. I’ve never traveled west of Colorado.

98. The most breathtaking scene I have ever laid eyes on was in the mountains of Colorado.

99. I have never left the USA, and I only lived about 7 hours from the Canadian border for 22 years.

100. My last name has 13 letters.

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