My sister
Amanda challenged her blog readers to write 100 things about themselves. I've seen other people do this and I've enjoyed reading their lists. I decided to try it myself. I know it's a slightly vain thing to do, but I was curious to see if I could actually list 100 things about myself.
1. I love to watch The Hills on MTV.
2. I've always wanted to be a teacher growing up.
3. I've taught 2nd grade for five years.
4. I don't want to teach for the rest of my life.
5. I'm not good at doing laundry...I don't always finish it once I start.
6. I think I need to be perfect.
7. I twirl my hair...bored, tired, stressed.
8. I love going to bed early...not an night owl at all.
9. I hate the snow.
10. I rarely stay awake during movies that start after 9:30 p.m.
11. I plan our meals each week then make a grocery list according to our meals.
12. I take my lunch to school in a brown sack.
13. With the right trigger I'm super competitive.
14. Math has always come easily to me and something I enjoy.
15. I make the bed everyday.
16. I like saving money.
17. Nothing I ever do is good enough for me.
18. I love love love to read.
19. I check my email multiple times a day....I don't ever get emails but still find the need to check.
20. I wish I played the piano and would love to take lessons.
21. My favorite color is orange.
22. I do not like onions or tomatoes...ga-ross.
23. I have 3 sisters whom I love dearly.
24. I enjoy talking on the phone.
25. I wash my hair every other day...second day hair is so much better than freshly washed.
26. I want kids but I'm terrified to have them.
27. I'm not good being alone.
28. I think I married the perfect person for me.
29. I hate it when people don't follow through with what they say they are going to do.
30. I think I'm the happiest when in the mountains.
31. I get sweaty palms when I'm nervous...totally gross I know.
32. I feel like I have to exercise in order to have something sweet.
33. I would love to be a meteorologist.
34. I'm afraid I'll have skin cancer.
35. I hate rodents.
36. I cheer for both BYU and the U of U.
37. I love cereal.
38. I drink 2% milk and don't feel bad about it.
39. My mood can be dependant on the weather.
40. I love the smell of new cars.
41. I have run 3 marathons, I would like to run more but think I wouldn't be able to do it.
42. I have to write things down to remember them.
43. I like to plan and organize things.
44. Which means I like being the hostess.
45. I love reunions...seriously I love talking to people and catching up.
46. If I could eat pizza or a hamburger everyday without killing my arteries or getting fat I would do it.
47. I like going on car rides.
48. I wish I could sew or quilt. I'm determined to learn.
49. I hate hearing or thinking about any medical procedures. It makes me whoozy..poor Mike.
50. I've never dyed my hair.
51. Riding a bike makes me nervous.
52. Fall is my favorite time of year.
53. I get heartburn frequently.
54. I like to eat Costco hot dogs-maybe the frequent heartburn and the hot dogs are related.
55. I love Tom Hanks and had a dream I married him.
56. I'm in love with my MacBook.
57. I'm a worrier, something else I'm trying to work on.
58. I remember people easily.
59. I constantly trying to tell myself I CAN rather than I CAN'T
60. I don't like to run with an ipod.
61. Someday I want to have a garden and enjoy doing yard work.
62. I have the greatest in laws.
63. I would rather have all boys than all girls.
64. I have no desire to go to China but I would like to go to Africa.
65. Someday I hope Mike and I will serve a mission for our church.
66. I love chocolate milk.
67. I love being in Utah again but don't feel like I have to live here the rest of my life.
68. My dream vacation is sitting on a beach reading a book with Mike sitting next to me.
69. I like to draw, although I am not talented at it.
70. When I was little I used to make my mom drive past school on vacation days to make sure we really had the day off.
71. I wear my watch on my right hand.
72. Sometimes I wear shower caps in the shower.
73. When I was in first grade I wanted to be a fat chicken for Halloween, not a princess, not a bride, not a cute witch...nope I wanted to be a fat chicken, so I was.
74. I don't like my hair cut short, I look like a mushroom head when it's short.
75. Glacier National Park is one of my favorite places in the world.
76. I love going to my grandparents' house and seeing my aunts, uncles and cousins!
77. I'm not good at grammar. (obviously)
78. I hate seafood, but wished I liked it.
79. I wear my emotions on my sleeve.
80. I hate it when people interrupt!
81. I like setting goals and achieving them.
82. I'm so over blogging, but somehow I can't stop looking at them.
83. I'm still slightly scared of the dark.
84. I don't usually enjoy reading nonfiction books.
85. I had to have stitches on my neck because a window fell on me.
86. I've never had a broken bone. (knock on wood)
87. I don't like to wear jewelery.
88. I enjoy reading celebrity gossip. So horrible I know.
89. I like to cook, but I don't like to bake yet.
90. I get car sick, sea sick, air sick. Blah.
91. I can't get enough of my mom's pumpkin cookies.
92. I love the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Twilight series and Harry Potter series.
93. I've been skiing once, I would really like to take lessons.
94. I have clothes from high school I still wear sometimes.
95. I have a hard time throwing things away. Hence the clothes from high school.
96. Mike and I took dance lessons and we loved it.
97. I only wear Asics running shoes.
98. I think (hope) I'm generally a happy person.
99. I usually have nightmares when I sleep on my back.
100. Making this list was a lot harder than I thought it would be.
Did you make it through all 100 things? Do we have anything in common? Were there things that surprised you?
If you are bored and have nothing to blog about please post 100 things about you! I would love to read it.
For pulling out your favorite old jackets.
For Pumpkin Shmear from Einsteins...
And of course homemade pumpkin cookies....
And of course homemade pumpkin cookies....
