100 Things About Me You might not know

I tried to throw in some you wouldn't know!

1. I was born in Tri-Cities Washington
2. Oldest of 7 children
3. I play the flute, have since 8th grade
4. Played in symphonic and pep band
5. Grew up with lots of animals; Cows, chickens, ducks, rabbits, a pony and eventually a mule, too many cats to count, 6 or 7 dogs and lots of puppies, pigs and piglets
6. I love to sing, just not solos in public, mostly as loud as I can in the car or at home.
7. I have been changing diapers since I was four. My mom says I was better than any babysitter.
8. I am terrified of speaking in public, both times I shook the entire time and my legs nearly gave out from under me.
9. I don't get nervous until minutes before the occasion.
10. I got two AS degrees. One in Landscape Horticulture the other in Agriculture Business.
11. I love hard physical work
12. I hate being hot...good thing I moved to Arizona :)
13. I love to bake and cook.
14. I prefer making things from scratch and the more difficult the recipe, the more fun it is.
15. I like to arrange flowers. I did my wedding, my brother's wedding and one of my sisters weddings.
16. I like to sew, especially frilly little dresses
17. So far I have made 3 of them for Josi
18. I love to cross-stitch.
19. I love to read novels.
20. Some of my favorite series are Robert Jordan's Eye of the World, JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, Stephenie Meyers' Twilight, and Jane Austen's novels
21. I love to watch movies (ATF- The Cutting Edge; I have it memorized)
22. Especially period pieces based on books like Jane Austen's books (favorite of that is A&E's Pride and Prejudice-- all 5 hrs 45 min of it).
23. I also like movies based on Historic events
24. Ben and I used to own an edited video store-- NUNYA Entertainment DBA Cleanfilms.
25. I did everything from running the store 'til midnight some nights to the accounting and taxes.
26. We watched all but a couple of the movies in our store. There were nearly 1000 of them (had to so we could talk to our customers about them :)
27. What a great learning experience,
28. but I would never do it again!
29. I love gardening and yard work
30. I am very ticklish -Most back rubs tickle too much
31. I love being a mom, want to have several kids-- most days
32. I love to kiss my babies
33. Hated to have and recover from a c-section (both of them)
34. Can't stay in bed and rest like I am supposed to
35. I am a junk food junkie
36. I like just about everything; will try almost anything
37. Don't like canned pineapple, love the fresh stuff
38. Don't like peanut butter in spagetti sauce (ask Ben, it's a Peruvian thing)
39. LOVE steak and seafood
40. Not a big fan of Thai food either, too much peanut flavor
41. but I do love peanut butter
42. I hate being told what to do
43. and even worse, that I can't do something because I am a girl
44. even just implied
45. I was once offered an "interview" at a modeling agency (totally shocked me, Kristin was there)
46. Didn't go because Ben decided to propose that day and I missed it
47. Won't likely be offered again :)
48. Never involved in sports in highschool
49. Secretly dreamed of being a cheerleader
50. Did take gymnastics when I was younger
51. and tried again in college
52. Love hiking and camping
53. Favorite sports are snowboarding and wakeboarding
54. Couldn't give up my snowboard even though we moved to AZ
55. Determined to find a ski resort nearby next winter
56. I only ever aspired to become a mother-It is my dream job!
57. I inherited some of my father's (and grandfather's and great-grandfather's)talent for drawing.
58. I HATE cleaning and ironing and washing dishes and folding laundry... but I feel guilty when I don't do it
59. My favorite smell is either cinnamon or vanilla
60. My favorite flower is a lilac for outside and
61. all orchids for inside
62. My favorite painting is "Prayer at Valley Forge" (George Washington kneeling in prayer before battle)
63. because it shows that God and government can (and should) co-exist
64. I loved it at Ricks College
65. My favorite classes were Snowboarding and American Heritage
66. Oh, I love Disney movies too, mostly the cartoons
67. I like to Scrapbook
68. Love the water whether it be a pool, a lake, river or ocean.
69. I have lived in Emporia, Kansas (2 brothers born there),
70. Livermore, California (1 sister born there),
71. Tremonton, Utah ( 1 sister born there),
72. Idaho Falls, ID (2 sisters born there),
73. Vancouver, WA (engaged there),
74. Mesa, AZ (Josi born there),
75. Taylorsville, UT (Hyrum born there),
76. Phoenix, AZ (bought our first home here!)
77. Live in Idaho the longest. 8 years in IF and between there and Rexburg for the next 3 1/2 years
78. Love the country, hate the city
79. I like doing geneology, helping my dad develop a website about my ancestors
80. I like to travel
81. Haven't done much though
82. Have been to British Columbia, Canada and Mexico City, Mexico.
83. Almost went on a Meso America (centeral and South America) trip the summer after college and had it mostly paid for.
84. Decided not to go when I got a feeling that I shouldn't
85. Got engaged that summer and married that fall!
86. I had to pay for college myself (paid back parents anything they loaned me)
87. Still paying off student loans!
88. I worked as a teachers aid during college
89. Only stayed in the hospital once for illness or injury
90. 5 years old for the flu (shut down my digestive tract)
91. Fractured my skull (concussion) when I was 10 or 11
92. Lost a lot of memories from before that
93. Run over by a car my senior year of HS (just my leg)
94. Nothing broken! (I love to drink milk)
95. Still have a scar on my ankle from it
96. Had only one job using my Degree
97. Got laid off the day I came back from my honeymoon
98. I actually like (LOVE) all of my in-laws!
99. Definately a D-I-Yer. Hate calling/paying someone to do the work.
100. Can't wait to landscape my yard. It is killing me to have no plants!
I tag Sarah-Sue, Kaelynn and Amy (my newest inlaw:)