1. I am a wife.
2. I am a mother of three children.
3. I am the oldest of six children.
4. I love scrapbooking and I spend several hours each week doing something related to scrapbooking (creating layouts, writing articles, designing, etc.)
5. I believe very strongly in homeschooling.
6. I married my husband when I was 17 years old.
7. I battled infertility between baby #2 and baby #3.
8. I concieved baby #3 with the help of the fertility drug Clomid.
9. I love to go out for lunch and dinner — anything where I don’t have to cook.
10. I’m a cheese freak.
11. My best friend is my husband.
12. I love soda — more specifically cherry flavored Pepsi or Coke.
13. I have been in the following states: California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Carolina)
14. I love cold weather.
15. I’m overweight.
16. I used to be an early childhood teacher.
17. I practice attachment parenting (family bed, baby wearing, breastfeeding, etc).
18. I don’t read many fiction books — the last one I read was in 2000 and it was “Where The Heart Is”
19. I love magazines (especially scrapbooking ones).
20. I teach scrapbooking off and on.
21. I would love to get a Dodge Durango.
22. I love anything that is red, white, and blue!
23. My home decor is Americana.
24. I love paper towels with cute prints on them.
25. I spend way too much time at Wal-mart.
26. I am blonde with blue eyes.
27. I love Mexican food.
28. Beside my husband and kids, my favorite person to spend time with is my sister, Danielle.
29. My favorite ice cream is Mint ‘n’ Chip, but the chips have to be “flakes” of chocolate, not actual chips…LOL.
30. I love movies, especially comedies and “feel good” flicks.
31. I graduated in 1991 from Victor Valley High School in Victorville, CA.
32. I was an exchange student in Hermosillo, Mexico when I was in 8th grade. I stayed for one week with a family who knew no English.
33. I was born in Santa Barbara, CA.
34. I am a leftie.
35. I have huge feet (size 12!).
36. I have (unfortunately) only given birth via c-section.
37. I often doubt my creative abilities.
38. I love to visit Las Vegas.
39. I like to make people laugh.
40. But sometimes people don’t understand my humor.
41. My birthday is March 26.
42. I don’t like bugs and am terrified of spiders.
43. I try to be very organized.
44. I don’t watch a lot of TV, but I do have several favorite shows — LOST and the Sopranos is my favorite.
45. I believe stongly in mothers staying home with their children, but understand some situations where that is not possible.
46. I used to drive a big 15-passenger van. But now I drive a mid-size sedan. I miss my van.
47. I drink alcohol *very* rarely.
48. I LOVE country music.
49. But I also love lots of other music.
50. My favorite rock band is Linkin Park and Green Day.
51. My favorite country singer is Toby Keith.
52. My favorite snack is Chicken in a Bisket crackers with cream cheese.
53. I love coffee shops.
54. I am a night owl.
55. I have trouble following through on discipline with the kids.
56. My first music cassette was Madonna: Like a Virgin.
57. I say the word “basically” a lot.
58. Most things I learn because I teach myself.
59. I prefer silver over gold. White gold is fine though.
60. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving.
61. I dream of being a famous scrapbook artist.
62. And to be famous for what I write in the scrapbook industry.
63. I do believe it will happen, although I get discouraged at times.
64. I have a good relationship with my dad, but my relationship with my mother is rocky (but maybe some day it will be better).
65. I didn’t mind my parents divorcing because they fought so much. But, overall, I would have preferred to have had them together, but only if they could have had a healthy relationship.
66. I like reality TV.
67. I have a hard time trusting people.
68. I have never been stung by a bee.
69. I have never broken a bone.
70. I have gallbladder surgery in 1993.
71. I am usually nervous & quiet around people I don’t know.
72. But very talkative when I know you.
73. I tend to be a “know it all”.
74. But I am working to change that.
75. I have can’t stand fathers who leave behind their children.
76. I want to visit Washington D.C.
77. I believe that everything happens for a reason.
78. I cry often during movies.
79. I believe that children should always come first.
80. We co-sleep with our youngest.
81. I am a clean freak, although I hate to clean.
82. My favorite cookies is homemade chocolate chip.
83. I love to sleep.
84. In elementary school I learned to play the flute, the violin, and the cello.
85. In junior high and high school, I was on the drill team.
86. I am anemic and am supposed to take iron daily — although I forget a lot.
87. I hate clutter and tend to constantly be “decluttering” my home.
88. I am very opinionated.
89. I don’t smoke (never have), but I feel there are way too many anti-smoking laws.
90. Then again, I think there are too many laws.
91. I married David on August 5, 1990 in Las Vegas, NV at the Candlelight Wedding Chapel.
92. I love to go to the drive-in movies.
93. I have no tatoos, but have thought about getting a small one (I’m too worried about the pain though).
94. I don’t think I will have any more children, mostly because hospitals are starting to terrify me.
95. I would love to give birth at home, though.
96. But my babies are always breech or transverse. Don’t know if that is a good idea.
97. I love baked potatoes with everything on them.
98. My husband is *very* good to me. I’m a lucky gal.
99. I try hard to be just as good to him, but I worry that I’m not.
100. David and the kids are my world.
Angie Pedersen says
Whoa! #s98, 99, and 100 are true for me, too! Verbatim! (My DH's name is David, too! LOL)