Tagged- 100 Things About Me

If you want to skip this post, I completely understand. It took me way too long to type it, so I'm sure it will take way too long to read it. I was tagged twice last week by Jessica and Kelly, so I thought this would kill two birds with one stone...

1. I love to eat. In fact, I love so many different foods, I could complete this whole thing just listing them. The short list includes asparagus, salmon, blueberries, gouda, dark chocolate and fresh pineapple. Eating is one of the best pleasures of my life.
2. I hate the process of shaving my legs, but love the feeling of smooth legs afterwards.
3. I love sailing through green traffic lights.
4. I really enjoy cooking, especially if time is not of the essence and my children are content.
5. I love a good parking spot and will drive around at least a few laps until I find one.
6. I think the color violet is ugly.
7. However, the movie The Color Purple is amazing.
8. My favorite movie of all time is Life Is Beautiful.
9. I think Tom Cruise is ugly.
10. So is Tori Spelling.
11. I bite my fingernails and hate it to the point that I am actually considering fake ones.
12. I don’t believe in spanking, but I have.
13. My house is usually deep cleaned (bathrooms and floors scrubbed), but sometimes cluttery.
14. I have a problem with paper piles.
15. I love my hair to be brushed.
16. I am a professional at putting on makeup using the rear view mirror while driving.
17. I pluck my eyebrows at long traffic lights (good lighting outdoors). I owe this fabulous tip to my sister in law, Chelsea.
18. I lived in Segovia, Spain as an exchange student.
19. While there, some random guy I passed on the street, slapped my behind so hard, it left a handprint.
20. The most amazing place I have ever been is the boardwalk in San Sebastian, Spain. Imagine an incredible sunset, a classical quartet, a faint breeze, a pitcher of non-alcoholic sangria, and a really good tan.
21. I am in love with Italy, but have never been there yet.
22. I love shoes and pajamas and have a weakness for buying them in excess.
23. I can hardly resist a good deal.
24. Every time I watch this, I cry.
25. One of the most beautiful things I have seen was a school of dolphins jumping in and out of the water as they migrated south in the Atlantic.
26. I love the treasure hunt of antique shopping.
27. I worked at the TODAY show and yes, I met Katie, Al, Ann, and Matt, and the crew.
28. I met lots of bands and performers for the summer concert series, including Diana Ross, who was a beast.
29. I met and spent time with the Ramseys (think JonBenet) and think they are innocent.
30. I realized I wanted to be a mother (as in full time devotion) while riding the NYC subway. There was a leper on one side of me, and on the other, a nanny with an infant.
31. I’ve had a miscarriage.
32. I’ve had kidney stones.
33. I have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, which flares up after a throat infection. Weird, I know.
34. I’m usually either cold or hot, physically and figuratively.
35. I love clean, tight sheets.
36. Every night I’m torn between freezing cold toes and the feeling of socks rubbing my sheets. I usually opt for freezing cold toes.
37. I really love cookbooks, meal plans, and recipes, and love to organize them.
38. I am a lister. No, not listener. I like to make lists.
39. I would choose dishes over laundry any day.
40. I love to garden, especially if my hands get in the soil.
41. My happy place is always on a beach with white sand and warm sun.
42. I am enamored with jelly fish.
43. I love the kind of sand that is hard when you step on it, but gives way when you stand still.
44. I have a BA in Journalism.
45. I love to take pictures.
46. One time on a blind date in Tremonton, Utah, I saw a burning meteor fall and land about fifty feet away from us down the mountain. We were all totally stunned. That was a really “I’m really small and insignificant” kind of moment.
47. My tear ducts are inextricably linked to my emotions.
48. I am most ashamed of losing my patience and yelling at my children.
49. I am most proud of working really hard at it and actually becoming much better.
50. My heart has been broken more than once.
51. I memorized the preamble of the Constitution in 5th grade and can still recite it.
52. I walked (crawled, really) across this Roman aqueduct at about three in the morning. The policeman who was patrolling it, never looked up.
53. I am happy to be allergic to cats. They bug me anyway.
54. I like dogs, but not enough to have one.
55. I love to swim, but swimming in the ocean past where the waves break scares me.
56. I hiked in 10 miles and skinny dipped here with five fabulous women.
57. I hiked out in a bikini only to be pelted with hail at about mile 5, with nowhere to hide. We were in the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
58. I love to yard sale.
59. I use a vintage Singer Featherweight Sewing machine (fabulous yard sale find) when I sew and I love it.
60. I can’t stop kissing my youngest and beg her to snuggle with me.
61. I love Sunday afternoon naps and my husband who usually protects them for me.
62. I love the smell of campfire smoke.
63. I don’t like snakes or spiders, but I’m absolutely terrified of mice and rats.
64. Gelato is the best thing ever.
65. I can hardly resist beautiful ribbon, fabrics, or paper.
66. I love to make cards and sell them.
67. Earrings are my favorite piece of jewelry. Rings are second. I prefer both in sterling silver.
68. I love to breastfeed, especially after 3 months.
69. After having a baby, I always miss those little kicks and nudges.
70. My hair falls out in clumps after I have a baby, and when it grows back, I have a halo of tiny hairs poking through the rest of my hair. It’s a lovely thing.
71. I have had a c-section and think vaginal is the ONLY way to go if given a choice.
72. I have lived in Utah, Connecticut, Ohio, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Oklahoma, and North Carolina.
73. I have driven through virtually every other state.
74. I have driven coast to coast (Oregon to North Carolina) with my children. God bless the portable DVD player.
75. I love thunder and lightning storms.
76. I don’t care that much for snow.
77. I eat chocolate every day and I think I’m possibly addicted.
78. I knew I was really a MOM when I realized that one of my favorite things in life is my Toyota Sienna. I know, this is really sad. I am seriously a walking advertisement for the thing.
79. In high school I was a cheerleader, but prefer not to mention this upon first meeting someone. ☺
80. As a poor college student, I worked at McDonalds for one day. I just couldn’t take it.
81. I have been a factory cleaner, a malt shop attendant, an insurance phone rep, a customer service rep, a reporter, a research assistant/producer, a bank teller, and a marketing specialist.
82. Now I am a launderer, a secretary, a chauffer, a chef, a nutritionist, a counselor, a financial analyst, a seamstress, a crafter, a listener, a snuggler, a florist, an interior decorator, a music teacher (prodder), a tutor, an aquarium cleaner, a gardener, a party planner, and a painter. I put Merry Maids to shame.
83. I love to read for pleasure but try not to do it too much, since I have too many other priorities.
84. I have a hard time sleeping in because I keep thinking of all the things I could be doing.
85. I love a good project.
86. I have moved 9 times in 10 years.
87. I am good at complaining.
88. The spring is my favorite season. Full of promise.
89. No kidding, I used to drive one of these. My Datsun B210 hatchback was mustard orange with turtle shell hubcaps. When Shan met me, he thought I must have character because no one would drive that thing otherwise.
90. I love to jetski.
91. One of the best views I’ve experienced is Angel’s Landing in Zion Canyon.
92. I was never afraid of heights until I had kids. Now, I am a nervous wreck on mountains. You should have seen me with my three kids at the Grand Canyon. Psycho mom.
93. I hate wasted time and wasted talent.
94. I really don’t like watching sports on TV, but I have grown to enjoy golf. Go Phil.
95. I am always active in the PTA.
96. Sometimes I hide from my kids in the bathroom. Or my closet.
97. I love to jump on the trampoline.
98. Once I found a tarantula in our house in North Carolina. I seriously froze and Shan had to come home from work.
99. I love holidays and parties and probably make way too much fuss about them.
100. I prefer wood floors to any other floor medium.

Phew! You made it! I tag Kelly, Elizabeth, Chelsea, Jade, Peggy, Jean, Jill, and Rebecca. Go girls, go.