Here goes...My 100 Things

I have been pondering this ever since Missy posted hers, but I just didn't think that I could come up with 100 things about me that are very interesting and things that people don't already know about me, but I thought I'd give it a try!

1. I was born at Weiner Memorial Hospital in Marshall, MN (get your laughs out now!!)
2. I am an only child & have always wanted to be part of a big family!
3. I always wanted a sister and to be a sister (thanks Abby!)
4. I love to cook
5. I'm a perfectionist - not by choice
6. I love to clean:)
7. I enjoy painting
8. I think I could clean or paint for a living
9. I love being with my family
10. My kids bring me SO much joy and ALWAYS put a smile on my face (even if they are being naughty)
11. I have the most amazing husband!
12. I love my church
13. I am not a morning person
14. I have started something new, something I don't even know I am doing, but I can't help it...snoring!? (thanks mom!?)
15. I have the best in-laws (and extended family) in the world
16. I love to travel
17. especially with Woody
18. We are going to Vegas next week (for the third time!!)
19. I look forward to going shopping with Mamie the day after Thanksgiving
20. I love to cuddle with my kids
21. Woody & I rarely cuddle (we have a king bed & enjoy our space)
22. I LOVE my select comfort (sleep number) bed:)
23. I wish our house would sell
24. so we could spend more time together as a family
25. I don't get nervous to sing
26. I could sing in front of thousands of people
27. in fact, I have, I sang three years in a row at the Amatuer Talent Contest at the State Fair
28. But I cannot talk in front of people to save my life!! I get so nervous I think I could puke!
29. My first solo was at age 5
30. My dad held the microphone for me
31. I still remember that moment to this day
32. I now have that song running thru my head...
33. I shut the door, light candles and watch a movie while taking a bath
34. Taking a bath relaxes me:)
35. I wish I could take one every night!?
36. My favorite birthday was my 30th
37. Woody took me to Cape Cod & Boston for 5 days!
38. I would love to have one more child
39. I'm waiting for Woody to agree
40. I was in volleyball and golf my freshman year of High School
41. I am NOT athletic!
42. My girls are more athletic at their age than I ever have been or will be!!??
43. I have the best friends in the world
44. this is really getting old & I'm not even half way done!?
45. I cannot stand Spongebob
46. Olivia is watching it right now, cuddled up next to me:)
47. I wish I could see my parents, grandparents & aunts and uncles more
48. I miss my grandpa Ed
49. He was such a happy man
50. He would have loved my girls
51. He died when I was 7 months pregnant with Olivia
52. I loved being pregnant
53. In the delivery room, after having both girls, I said "I could do this again!!" and I meant it!!
54. I have never been & never will be a size 2
55. I struggle daily with my weight
56. I have since I was in 6th grade
57. I LOVE food
58. That & my metabolism are to blame for #55 & 56
59. My mom and I were in a car accident together, some guy rear-ended us at a stop light & drove off, I was driving
60. We both had to see a chiropracter for a year
61. I bought my first car when I was 18
62. It was a "Red" Ford Escort (technically it's color was Rasberry Ice...when I drove it, it was Pink Lightning & when Woody drove it, it was Red.)
63. I hit a mentally challenged guy on a bike with that car!
64. Oh yeah, I was STOPPED at a stop sign and HE came charging into me!!!???
65. He had Hardee's breakfast in one hand and a pop in the other & all of the above (including the guy) landed on the hood of my clean car!!
66. There was $1500 worth of damage done to the hood & front tire of my car!!
67. My first job was at The Pizza Ranch in downtown Hastings...I was 15 years old
68. I also worked at County Market in the deli & the bakery
69. Oh yeah, I was a sandwhich artist (Subway) too!
70. I did PSO (post-secondary option) my senior year of high school
71. I have been a bridesmaid 9 times!
72. never a Maid of Honor, once as a Maitron of Honor
73. I always wanted to be a hair stylist
74. I went to college at Minneapolis Business College (in Roseville, MN)
75. I was in the 10 month Legal Assistant program
76. I never got a job in that field
77. I have been to Dublin & Killarney, Ireland
78. My first job out of college was at the church daycare
79. It was only for the summer
80. I worked from 3 to 5:30 pm (and some AM's) five days a week
81. Then I got a "real" job
82. at Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
83. I worked there for 5 1/2 years
84. I left for a year to work at the Tunheim Group
85. but came back to work for a year and a half
86. I quit because we moved to Becker and I was pregnant:)
87. I DO NOT like animals!!
88. Thomas (aka the stinkin' cat) is lounging on my deck right now...
89. he's supposed to be killing mice in our backyard!!!
90. I have a tattoo of Winnie the Pooh on my back
91. I want another tattoo
92. I had my belly button pierced (and had my tattoo) when I met Woody
93. He took it out four months after we started dating
94. he used tools from his parents garage to remove it!?
95. I didn't know how to do laundry until I was 19 years old
96. One of my all-time favorite movies is Dumb & Dumber
97. I have been to London, England
98. Woody & I met on a blind date (thank you Liz!)
99. we were engaged after 4 1/2 months
100. We got married in 2000, on October 14th and are now living happily ever after:)