100 Things

1. I was raised by my grandparents
2. My mom and I have a good relationship now
3. I am an only child on my moms side
4. I think of my step dad as my dad
5. My real dad and I don’t talk
6. My step mom can be cool
7. I have a half sister on my dads side
8. I have a step sister (dad’s side)
9. I have a step brother (dad’s side)
10. I am the oldest
11. I rebelled badly from 15 to 16
12. I met the perfect guy at 16
13. He saved me from myself
14. We married young
15. I became a mom at 18
16. I had my 2^nd child at 23
17. I have never regretted any of those choices
18. I didn’t finish high school
19. I wish now I had
20. I did get my GED
21. I wish I would have gone to college
22. I was an Army wife
23. I have lived in Georgia
24. I have lived in Virginia
25. In Virginia we lived 2 blocks from the ocean
26. I don’t swim in oceans
27. Or lakes
28. I have to be able to see the bottom of the place I swim
29. I now live 20 minutes from where I grew up
30. I wouldn’t live there now
31. We moved out in the country for the school
32. My kids will go to the same school from k-12
33. I wish I would have gone to a small school
34. I love to shop
35. It sometimes gets me in trouble
36. I love to talk on the phone
37. I am shy when I first met people
38. I quit smoking 6 years ago
39. I sometimes miss smoking
40. I think dachshunds are the cutest dog
41. I love watching my son play baseball
42. And my daughter dancing
43. Or tumbling at gymnastics
44. I drive a mini van
45. I love it too
46. I can’t watch enough CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
47. I love watching surgeries on TV
48. I have become addicted to reading blogs
49. I have a shoe fetish
50. I have passed it on to my kids
51. It drives my husband insane when we buy another pair of shoes
52. I have 3 beagles
53. And a cat
54. My sister in law is one of my best friends
55. I really love my mother in law
56. I am obsessed with washing clothes
57. I hope my kids finish high school
58. I tend to let people walk all over me
59. I wish I had a backbone
60. I love being a stay at home mom
61. I am normally the bad guy at home
62. I wish I wasn’t most of the time
63. I can be a pack rat
64. I have a napkin from the place we ate on our wedding night
65. And the sales papers from all our rings
66. I get migraines
67. I eat a bowl of Special K every night
68. I love country music
69. I hate to share my candy
70. I love watching Dr. 90210
71. I have to have lots of sleep
72. I kissed a boy for the first time when I was 5
73. I dislike Tom Cruise now
74. I enjoy playing solitaire
75. And free cell
76. Yahtzee’s one of my favorite games
77. I have lots of CD’s
78. I dye my hair
79. I have been called high maintenance
80. I don’t look my age
81. That sometimes gets on my nerves
82. It was cool when my friend was asked if I was her daughter (she’s only 9 years older)
83. I met her when my son started school (her’s started the same year)
84. Her other child is the same age as my daughter (they are best friends)
85. I wear glasses
86. I broke my leg the summer before 1^st grade riding my bike
87. I just figured out I LOVE seafood
88. I had my first (and only) wreak when I was 16
89. My dh was in the car (we were just dating then)
90. I have learned to set my cruise control
91. This has stopped me from speeding tickets
92. I have had 4 tickets for speeding
93. My nickname for a while was Speedy
94. I never forget to put my seatbelt on
95. I lost a cousin on my dd’s first b-day
96. He wasn’t wearing a seatbelt
97. 2 and a half years later his brother died
98. They were only 20 & 21
99. I signed up to be a organ donor after they passed
100. My aunt is one of the strongest people I know