100 Things

100 Things you could care less about me

1. I was born in 1968.
2. I have 7 brothers and sisters.
3. My grandfather (my mom's dad) was buried on the day I was born.
4. I have two daughters.  One 12 one 6 months.
5. I have been married three times.  Three's a charm.
6. I am about to graduate with my Bachelor's Degree in Social Work.
7. I want to work with older people and the medical aspect of Social Work.
8. I want to take a grant writing class.
9. My favortie color is green.
10. I want to lose 40 pounds.
11. I drive a Kia Sportage.
12. I love to scrapbook when I have the time.
13. I had my honeymoon in Quebec City, Canada.
14. I have studied Spanish for over 10 years and still can't speak the language very well.
15. I was formerly a vocal performance major.
16. I dropped out of college 15 years ago because a professor told me I wasn't good enough.
17. I have since told my daughters to never let anyone steal their dreams.
18. If I were younger I would want to be a forensic psychologist.
19. I will be 40 in 2008.
20. I have two mothers-in-law and two fathers-in-law.
21. I love my in-laws.
22. I have the best husband in the world.
23. I grew up in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
24. I went through 8 years of Catholic school and lived.
25. I am now Presbyterian.
26. Carl and I got married in Austin, Texas in an Episcopal church.
27. I like to read.
28. I'm currently reading a Michael Crichton book called "Next".
29. I am also reading The Reluctant Welfare State for an independent study for school.
30. My favorite authors are Stephen King and Anne Rice, Ray Bradbury, Piers Anthony, D.H. Lawrence.
31. My daughters' names are Aubrey and Julia.
32. I love Cherry Coke Zero but typically I'm a Pepsi drinker.
33. I love Toffeenut Lattes.
34. I like crime shows (true crime, cold cases, serial killers, etc.)
35. I like Barry Manilow.
36. I have a dog... he's a Chihuahua named Little Man.
37. I have two cats named Little Bit and Mofetta.
38. The dog and one cat actually belong to Aubrey and Mo belongs to Carl.
39. I love to swim.
40. I try to walk for 20 minutes every day.
41. I like science.
42. My grandfather was a bootlegger during prohibition.
43. I've never left North America.
44. I have only been to two countries:  Canada (Toronto & Quebec City) and Mexico (Tiajuana).
45. I like to drink wine.
46. I occasionally like to smoke but haven't since my honeymoon in 2005.
47. I'm not using birth control.
48. I want my husband to get snipped.
49. I collect thimbles.
50. I like movies. I have too many to name.
51. I don't drink enough water.
52. I would like to go to Paris someday.
53. I need more "me" time.
54. I don't like math.
55. I have a "train wreck" effect with the show The Girls Next Door.  I hate it but I can't stop watching.
56. My anniversary is June 25th.
57. I'm highly sentimental.
58. I'm a packrat.
59. I'm the only child in my family to graduate from college.  Well, I haven't graduated YET, but still!
60. My birthday is January 24th.
61. Carl is 7 months younger than I am.
62. I cry at almost anything.
63. I dated a Canadian for five years.
64. I am from Czech, Polish, Irish, and French Canadian ancestry.
65. I live in Texas.
66. I'm a Girl Scout leader.
67. I like camping.
68. I used to be a nanny.
69. I talked to Mike Ditka on the phone a lot when I was a nanny. (my boss was his business partner)
70. The first concert I ever went to was to see Amy Grant at the Wisconsin State Fari.
71. The last concert I went to was in Toronto.  I don't remember who I went to see.
72. I'm terrible at skiing.
73. I love the mountains.
74. If I could live anywhere I would want to move to Arizona or New Mexico.
75. If I could move anywhere in Texas I would move to Austin.
76. In 20 years  have lived in five different states.
77. Texas is my favorite place to live so far.
78. I like coffee.
79. I don't sleep much because of #78.
80. Carl and I met through Match.com
81. I have been meeting people from the internet since 1990.
82. I met Aubrey's dad through AOL.
83. I have too many books.
84. I like to play too video games.
85. I'm a bit of a nerdy girl.
86. I like gadgets.
87. I couldn't live without my Palm Pilot.
88. Or my cell phone.
89. Or my iPod.
90. Or my computer.
91. Or the internet.
92. Or... okay I'll quit.
93. I wear contacts.
94. I have green eyes.
95. I have shoulder length brown hair.
96. I'm 5' 4"
97. I weigh too much.
98. I love SpongeBob Squarepants.
99. I have lots of DVDs
100. I'm glad I'm done with this.