100 Things About Me

1. I was born in Tupelo, Mississippi.
2. I do not like Elvis.
3. I have two younger brothers.
4. I am married.
5. We were married on a glacier in Alaska.
6. I want to live there.
7. I have one child.
8. I love cabbage.
9. I hate brussel sprouts.
10. I also hate English peas.
11. I read the last Harry Potter book in one day.
12. I have a secret dream to be a writer.
13. I am a night owl.
14. The first thing I remember cooking is fudge brownies.
15. I can still make these without the recipe.
16. I was an extra in the movie The Chamber with Chris O’Donnell.
17. My scene was cut.
18. I was in the show choir in high school.
19. I am a second soprano.
20. I am addicted to Diet Coke.
21. I love shoes.
22. I prefer to be barefoot.
23. I have gone to see the Yarn Harlot at book signings twice.
24. I practice what I am going to say to her in my head.
25. When I finally get to talk to her, I freeze up and only stupid things that make no sense come out of my mouth.
26. She is the only person I have met that makes me react that way.
27. It is not her fault.
28. I love to knit sweaters I can never wear because I am always hot.
29. I am 5′10 ½” tall
30. I have been this tall since I was 13.
31. Sometimes I wish I were shorter.
32. My legs make up over half my height.
33. It takes forever to shave them.
34. I like to do laundry.
35. I hate to fold it.
36. I wear contacts, because I think I am close to legally blind.
37. My eye doctor says I am not a good psychological candidate for Lasik surgery.
38. I would like to travel often.
39. I would only stay away for a week or two because I miss home.
40. When I get tired, I suck my tongue.
41. I do not have a nickname.
42. I have always wanted one.
43. I love books like I love my yarn stash.
44. If I have a book and/or knitting, I am never bored.
45. I love the TV show Friends.
46. I am not athletic.
47. I love horseback riding.
48. I want to have a horse of my very own some day.
49. I have never been out of the US.
50. Chocolate is my favorite food.
51. Soup is a close second.
52. I do not have a pet.
53. If I did, it would be a cat.
54. I do not wear gold jewelry.
55. I hate to cook.
56. If I were more creative in the kitchen, I could be a vegetarian.
57. I have a feeling that is never going to happen.
58. I slept on the sidewalk as a tween to buy New Kids on the Block concert tickets.
59. I have no plans to go to the reunion tour.
60. I love clothes.
61. I have a lot of clothes.
62. I end up wearing the same things over and over again.
63. I wear polish on my toenails, but not my fingernails.
64. I prefer listening to audio books rather than music.
65. I love ethnic food.
66. Except Thai. I tried it once and refuse to eat it again. (Okay, I did try it again for the 101 in 1,001 challenge. I still don’t like it.)
67. I am very organized at work.
68. Not so much at home.
69. I love to drive when I have no where to go.
70. I hate to drive when I have to be somewhere.
71. I sleepwalk.
72. I also sleep talk.
73. I rarely make it through the night without waking up at least once.
74. I think this is due to all that talking.
75. Fall is my favorite season.
76. I have been to three of the four outer most edges of the US – Hawaii, Alaska, St. John
77. I would love to drive through the Northeast in the fall.
78. Until my late teens, all my maternal great-grandparents were alive.
79. I have 25 cousins (32 including spouses).
80. I am the oldest.
81. I am a bit of a hermit.
82. I only drink skim milk.
83. I hate people telling me what to do.
84. My first instinct is to do the opposite.
85. Even if I want to do it.
86. I never wear belts.
87. I look good in hats, even the weird ones.
88. I never wear them.
89. I have a B.S. degree in Psychology.
90. I am not working in that field.
91. I find my current job boring.
92. I had a pet snake in college.
93. I left my first college after one year because it was too collegiate.
94. I like trying new things.
95. It frustrates me when people season their food without tasting it first.
96. I also dislike hearing people eat. -Keep your mouth closed if there is food in it!-
97. I always over pack on vacations.
98. I attended my 10 year high school reunion.
99. I do not plan on attending another.
100. I am only funny when I am not trying to be.