Wow I have been incognito for a while. Sorry to all my blog friends! I haven't even been on the computer in days! I really feel lost! I can't wait to catch up on everyone's lives!
So, I promise, to everyone that has tagged me in some sort of post, I am not ignoring you!! I have been super busy and this post has actually been in the works for a month. So I figure instead of doing a million and one posts from all the ones I have been tagged from (which I love being tagged to do things, so you can do it again sometime I really don't mind!) I would just go ahead and finish this one and count it as my tagged ones! Does that make any sense!?! :) So here we go... 101 random/weird things that you probably don't really care to know about me!
1.) Growing up I always said I wanted 10 kids. And we still only have one, but not by choice! #2 will be in the works soon! and #3 will probably be the last!
2.) I didn't meet my biological father until I was 18. Long story!
3.) Even though I didn't know my dad, the more and more I get to know him now, it is so interesting to see traits that are hereditary versus learned. For example, we both do not like change!!
4.) I was almost 12 when my only brother was born. (we have different fathers)
5.) I was in the room, standing next to the doctor, while he performed the c-section on my mom delivering my brother.
6.) That was the moment I knew, for sure, that I wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse. Has never changed and never will.
7.) I think witnessing the birth of a baby is the closest thing to a miracle here on earth.
8.) I totally believe that there are angels sent to earth in human form. Just the thought sends warming goosebumps all over.
9.) I had the same dog, Cookie, from the time I was 5 going into kindergarten, to the time I was 19 and in my freshman year of college.
10.)I KNOW God sent that dog to me as my guardian angel. I think she was put in my life to protect my spirit and to give me an "earthly" angel. I had a really rough childhood and she was there the entire time for me, she protected my heart. I still miss her.
11.) This is another one of those weird things, I have a picture of her under my visor on the drivers side of my car.
12.) Even though I have always known I wanted to be a nurse, my very first desire was to be a Mommy.
13.) I was the first person in our family, including his dad, that saw and held my brother for the first time.
14.) The nurses let me go back to the nursery to get him all cleaned up. I gave him his first bath.
15.) I was born with curly hair lest I am just now learning to love it.
16.) I have a bad habit of twirling my hair around my fingers. (you know, the dumb blonde look) but my mom says I have done it since I was a baby. It is a comfort for me.
17.) I grew up in a conservative Church of Christ church but yet I have no problem with drinking or dancing. How did that happen!?!
18.) I think I am the only little girl alive that didn't take dance classes when they were little.
19.) However, I LOVE to dance and honestly, is the only thing that I am really talented at.
20.) I graduated high school the best year ever...2000!
21.) When I see/think of teenagers, I sometimes always feel like I am their age. It doesn't seem like it's ben that long since I was their age, until they start calling me "ma'am" and then I snap out of that dream!
22.) I can't spell yet English was my best subject in school.
23.) Well I take that back, Science was!
24.) I took all the hardest classes my senior year of high school, but that was my best GPA year!
25.) I love learning/knowing how the human body works.
26.) Since I was a little girl I have always had a little "life schedule".
27.) The first part of that "schedule" was to be 21 when I got married and to have my first child by the age of 24.
28.) I got married at 21 and had Sterling when I was almost 23.
29.) The next part of that "life schedule" will be to be done having kids by 30! We better get busy on that goal!
30.) My birthday is a few days after New Years. Therefore, I always got the shaft end of the deal on gifts because everyone is broke from Christmas!
31.) I cried on my 25th birthday.
32.) I can not read a map to save my life! (that's actually really embarrassing to admit!)
33.) Ok, I'm pretty sure I have a little touch of OCD. I can not take the first item off of the shelf. If it is the last one left, most of the time, I will wait until I come back when there is more! Crazy I know!
34.) The majority of the time you will see me driving a vehicle. I have to be the one in control of the driving. I think it goes along with the OCD thing.
35.) Last OCD item, I have to smell and touch almost everything. It's annoying! Just a bad habit maybe?
36.) Ok, I can not stand that gunk that forms on lotion, soap, or any kind of thing like that. If you ever have to use anything like that of mine, you will never have that gunk built up on it...ocd??!!
37.) I get very bad car sick. That's another reason why I have to drive almost everywhere I go.
38.) I have benign positional vertigo . I HATE it!
39.) I have never been skydiving and never intend to either!
40.) I am not an outdoor-sie girl, but not a girly girl either. Somewhere in the middle I guess.
41.) I am a list maker. I made a list for this post as a matter of fact! I really am lost without a list.
42.) One of my worst qualities (I think at least) is that I am not a very punctual person. I try my best to be, but most of the time, I'm late. Heath is the same way, so we don't make for a good team on that one!
43.) I am a constant worrier. Something that I desperately need to work on. (something Heath tells me almost daily!) But have been getting better since the whole job situation.
44.) I am a very picky eater.
45.) I despise liver. UGH!!
46.) I LOVE cheese! It is in most recipes that I cook.
47.) I consume at least one string cheese a day! (hey, at least it's the light version!)
48.) I have a very small bladder. It's inherited!
49.) Since I was pregnant I have got up at least once during the night to go pee. I have even tried not drinking way before I go to bed, but that doesn't matter!
50.) I love to cook, but only when I feel like it!
51.) My favorite dessert, by far, is a warm brownie with ice cream and chocolate syrup. Yummy!
52.)Heath and I share a very strong desire to "flip" a house. Every time we watch one of those shows we will go on and on about what we would do with a house. It's so fun!
53.) I am the furthest thing from a morning person you will ever get! I could stay up all night if you wanted me to, but get me up early in the morning and we will have a problem! I've been like that since I was little.
54.) I am one of those people who require sleep. I get physically sick if I go a few days in a row without enough sleep. People don't believe me, but it's one of those weird things.
55.) I have a very large fear of crickets!! (I just got shivers)
56.) I took 3 years of piano when I was young and was told I was exceptionally good at it. Too bad I can only remember how to play one song and couldn't read sheet music again to save my life!
57.) There is nothing more wonderful to my ears than to hear Sterling laugh one of those big-bellied laughs...just makes me have to chuckle right along with him.
58.)I laugh all the time. Sometimes at the dumbest things.
59.) Before Sterling, I used to pray daily for twins. I hope God, just so happens, to forget about those little prayers!
60.) I love all of my in-laws. (sisters and brothers included) I feel I have been so blessed by having each and every one of them in my life. (and nobody could ever ask for a better mother and father in law!)
61.) I love the smell of plastic! Nothing beats the smell of a freshly opened shower curtain liner! Mmmm... =) (told you it's weird things!)
62.)I have a very high intuition of people. The first time I meet someone I can, 9 times out of 10, pick up on if I am going to get along with that person, or not. Or if that person is a genuine person. I think it has Heath a little dumbfounded!
63.) I worry too much about what people think of me. I am pretty sure this is a quality Heath gets frustrated at me with. I can't help it though!!
64.)The qualities that I dislike most in someone is lying and controlling.
65.) The qualities I like the most in someone is patience and understanding.
66) I tend to be on the argumentative side. One of my bad qualities.
67.) I am a MAJOR visual learner! It drives Heath crazy because he will try to describe something to me and I will always tell him he has to either show it to me or draw it for me.
68.) I am a good multi-task-er! (I think you have to be when you are a mom)
69.) I tend to be very quiet in a large group of people, but I tend to do most of the talking when I am one-on-one with someone.
70.) I am not good at confrontation. I can't think of what to say on the spot, but when it's all over I can think of a million things to say. Drives me crazy!
71.) My "drink" of choice used to be caramel apple martinis.
72.) Lately my "drink" of choice has been just regular margaritas! (in fact I am enjoying one as I type...yummy!)
73.) Anyone who knows me, knows that I am a germ-a-phob! But I have to admit that I am getting a little bit better. I don't wipe off the tables with disinfecting wipes anymore when we go out to eat!
74.) As we all know from a previous blog this spring, I just had my first real pedicure. Ahh....
75.) I have never been to New York. Not really interested in going either. (women, you can pick your jaws up off the floor now! =) )
76.) I have an earring and jacket fetish!
77.) My favorite breed of dog are miniature dachshunds. Oh, they are so cute, but oh so stubborn!!
78.) I have never had surgery.
79.) I have had two skin cancer scares from two little freckles on my shoulder. But they both turned out negative...thank God!!
80.) I used to have 20/10 vision (that is better than perfect for those that don't know). However, I haven't been to the eye doctor since I was 8 (um, that is about 18 years ago!) so that has possibly changed!
81.) I am not a big shopper.
82.) However, I could spend ALL DAY in Hobby Lobby if I could and spend a small fortune while I was at it!! I just found out they have a credit card, and I got one! Uh-oh!
83.) I am very hot natured. When I go to bed Heath can't even be touching me because I get too hot. I have to have my space! (which is bad because he is a cuddler)
84.) I have about 13 cavities that still need to be filled.
85.) I love to work out. Lifting weights is my favorite!
86.) I lived in California for 7 years and have never been to San Fransisco.
87.) I had a job when I was 5-12 years old delivering Avon books to certain people in our neighborhood for a lady. My mom taught me to save that money in the bank. I bought my first car when I was 16 with the money I have saved over the years.
88.) I am good with money.
89.) I LOVE going garage saling!! My mom and I used to get up and go every Saturday morning when I was little. I hated it then, but appreciate it now!
90.) It is a must to separate all my laundry according to color categories. Dark, lights, med... a little anal on that one!
91.) I love to mow and edge the yard. Heath and I have a yard fetish actually.
92.) I don't have that great of a memory, but I remember the dates of things well. Weird!
93.) I am horrible at sports...no skills what-so-ever!!
94.) I am a reality tv junkie. Some of my favs are The Biggest Loser, American Idol, and the Hills.
95.)The only sport that I care to watch is college football. (Go Hogs!)
96.) I love going to rodeo's with Heath!
97.) As we all know, I am completely computer illiterate. Actually computers on very high up on the list of things that I REALLY dislike!!
98.) I wish they had college reunions instead of high school. Oh, that would be so much fun!
99.) I am one of those people who look nothing like their baby pictures.
100.) My favorite flower is a tulip, but calla lilies run a close 2nd.
101.) I used to despise my mom for naming me Lane, but now it will be used in one of our future children's name.
There are about a hundred more I could write, but I will spare you. You're welcome! And if you made it to the end, I am impressed anyway! :)
