About me~

I had to log off before I had a chance to do anything fun with this. In my previous blog surfing, I came across a cute idea where the poster listed 50 little known, true, and interesting facts about herself. I intend to make similar lists for myself and members of my family. I think it will be a fun little project until I figure out how to upload pictures onto this. 50 facts is quite a lot, so no disappointment over the fact that I am only going to do one person at a time. This one, is obviously about ME.......

1. I love cheese. Really, I believe that if something tastes bad, cheese can make it better. All foods should be served with cheese melted on it.
2. I haven't vomitted since I was 7. That is 24 and a half years. I hope to go another 24+ years before toss my cookies.
3. I love playing soccer and working out with Averie's team. The sad thing is that I play my best and I am about on par with most of them. They are 12 and I am 31. That is not right.
4. I like spending lots of time at my kids school. I even sub there sometimes, but I don't like that as much as helping out in their classes.
5. I have lost 25 pounds since December, and I have done absolutely nothing but take hormones that my body is lacking.
6. I am a fiercely loyal friend. If you are my friend, I will do my best to help you out in life.
7. I love doing hair. It gives me a chance to hang out with great people and keep in touch with what is going on in my neighborhood.
8. I love to eat ice cream, and eat it all the time, even though every single time it sends me running to the bathroom.
9. Speaking of the bathroom, I can digest a meal in less than an hour. Technically, it is probably not really digested. Gross, I know....
10. I like my mom and my mother in law. They are both great ladies, and I am blessed to have them both in my life.
11. I love to play video games. My boys especially like this about me, but I am just as happy playing them by myself as I am to play with them.
12. I still miss my Dad. He has been gone for just over 16 years. That means I have lived longer without him, than with him. I wish we could have had more time.
13. I think it is cute the way Scott sets his clock 40 minutes ahead. It doesn't do anything for him other than make him do math to find out the real time, but he does it anyway.
14. I can not read the book Liza Lou and the Yeller Belly Swamp without doing voices for the characters. In fact, the entire book must be read in a thick southern drawl.
15. I have a really great self esteem. I am not one of those women who beat themselves up over how they look or what they weigh. I still think that I am as cute as I was at 16.
16. I am completely addicted to sour patch watermellon candies. I am not kidding. I eat 3-5 bags a week, and I would be perfectly happy if they were their own food group. Scott does NOT understand this addiction.
17. I love to tuck my boys in at night. I like to tuck Ave in too, but is not the same. I think that is because she is 12 and becoming so independant.
18. I hate to wake up before 9 am. I struggle to get my kids to school on time now (it starts at 9:15). What will I do next year when they have to be there by 8?
19. I like to iron. I know it is crazy, but I pop in a movie and iron my heart out. I feel like I am accomplishing something and being lazy at the same time.
20. I hate the dishes with a passion. I dole out that chore as a punishment as often as I can, just so I don't have to do it.
21. I am not above bribbing my kids to get them to perform for me. I pay for soccer goals, and baskets. Recently, I also started paying for good behavior on the soccer field. Brock is convinced that sliding when he kicks helps the ball go farther, nevermind that it is an illegal and dangerous move. Money is the only thing that is working.
22. While I was growing up, I never thought that I would get married in the temple or stay active in the church. I am so so so so so glad that I found my testimony and married well!
23. I love potty humor in movies. I think poop is funny.
24. I can not keep my room clean, but I do expect my kids to keep theirs clean. I guess I figure that all of their crap ends up in my room, so theirs should be spotless.
25. I can't make it through the week without buying a People magazine. I love the crosswords.
26. I feel naked without polish on my toenails. Strangely enough, I HATE polish on my fingernails. They feel like they can't breathe.
27. I can fall asleep in 30 seconds flat, and I can sleep through almost anything. Kids can be sitting on my head crying, and I will continue to snore. It is a gift.
28. I can do the splits on the right side. I have been able to this since the 6th grade, when I wanted to be a cheerleader.
29. Make-up makes me happy. Especially expensive MAC make-up. I buy all these beautful loud colors, but then I can't make myself wear them more than about once.
30. I try really hard to tell my kids that I love them every day, and to pray for them specifically, by name, so they know how important they are to me.
31. I wish that I were a better journal keeper. I have the best of intentions, but it always turns into writting when I am angry, and that is never pleasant.
32. I am obstinate. As soon as someone says I can't, I will.
33. I think I passed that on to my kids. Yikes!!
34. I am on the eternal quest to find the perfect comforter for my bedroom. I have a lovely one in my closet that I got for Christmas, but I can't try it out until I paint.
35. I am a slob. It doesn't matter what I am trying to put into my mouth, it will always, inevitably end up on my shirt instead. I hate that!
36. I have been addicted to chewing ice for years. I am always trying to quit because it is irritating and horrible for my teeth, but there is something so calming about that cold crunch, crunch, crunch.
37. I am no longer allowed to donate blood. Apparently, I have some rare antibody in my blood, that almost killed the last person who received my donation. It was bad enough that the blood bank tracked me down and politely asked me to keep my blood to myself.
38. I wish that I had the creativity and the willpower to become a vegetarian. The idea of meat disgusts me, but I am not a clever enough cook to come up with alternate ideas.
39. I have somehow been able to keep the most extraordinary orchid alive for nearly a year. I have seen it bloom twice now. In the past I have killed all other attempts at house plants.
40. I have the hardest time letting my kids do their own projects. I just know that if I did it, I could do such a great job.
41. I love the idea of camping out, but when it comes to actually doing it, I am the first one to leave for home in the middle of the night.
42. I simply can not leave my hair alone. Since I know how to change it, and I have all the supplies on hand to do it, I am always changing things up. I just get bored.
43. The sight of Scott in his motorcycle beanie is enough to make me want to eat him up. He looks good!
44. I always bite off more than I can chew- metaphorically speaking. I over schedule, take on too much responsibility, and commit myself to everythingn that comes along. I don't know when to say no, and it drives poor Scott nuts.
45. I have a secret crush on Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel. He is just so funny when he is covered in crap.
46. I pick at my face and pop zits to relieve stress. I even have a special tool to pop with.
47. I love being a mom, even when my kids are driving me crazy and giving me grief. It is the most amazing thing I have ever done. I am so blessed that Heavenly Father entrusted these precious spirits to me.
48. I am a lousy fisherman. I have invested loads of money into baits and lures and poles. I have spent countless hours at our creek trying my darndest to catch something. NOTHING! Not even a nibble.
49. I hate reality tv. I know the rest of the nation can't get enough, but I would rather lick Grand Central Station clean with my tongue than have to watch American Idol or any of those shows.
50. I am extremely pleased with the way my life has turned out. I have had some bumps along the way, but all in all, I am one lucky girl!