100th Post

I'm still relatively new to the blogging sphere so I am just NOW celebrating my 100th post! Woo-hoo! And because I've basically always done whatever the trendy thing is in blogging (buttons on the sidebar-check, tags-do them all, coupon posts-bring them on, funny kids quotes-oh yeah) then I will do 100 things about me!

100. My top five favorite movies are: Big Fish, Princess Bride, Kill Bill (only saw the edited version on Cleanflicks), What Dreams May Come, Empire Records

99. I still really miss Virginia, yet I feel embarrassed admitting that and I don't know why

98. I am crazy about memory preservation. I scrapbook, journal, blog, make a kids scrapbook, do detailed baby books, etc.

97. I don't like restaurant Italian food, mine is better so I'd rather spend the money on other stuff like Mexican, Chinese, "American" etc.

96. I don't have a favorite book but I always say "The Giver" by Lois Lowry because it's easier to just have a prepared answer

95. If I have a choice between spending money on something tangible and spending money on something fun to do-I will almost always choose the activity

94. My three most recent church callings have been Young Women 1st Counselor, RS teacher, and Nursery worker

93. RS teacher calling (above) was for exactly one lesson

92. Speaking of church, I love to give talks-crazy, I know. I think I like the compliments afterwards (assuming I'm complimented)

91. I was Prom Princess

90. I really want to serve a mission someday

89. Every year in September I'm desperately jealous of students going back to school.

88. The shows I watch are Chuck, Bones, Survivor, So you think you can dance, Dancing with the Stars, Psych, Burn Notice, Lost, and The Office

87. The people I think about the most are the ones that got under my skin the most

86. My favorite color is yellow-but my real favorite color is whatever I see that is in a pretty shade.

85. My favorite food is probably pizza

84. My favorite dessert is most definitely brownie sundaes

83. I have 4 siblings, 3 sisters 1 brother.

82. The stores that I spend the most at each month are Walmart and Home Depot

81. I think I'm a tiny bit addicted to the internet.

80. I scrapbook -but I don't like to do it in a group because I feel like mine aren't as good as the other peoples, but when I do it by myself then I really like what I do.

79. I always end up doing the things I swear I won't (not sinful stuff) but like couponing and mom stuff like that.

78. I love it when it rains and you wake up kind of shivery under your covers

77. I'm compulsive about shutting cupboard doors and shower curtains.

76. The smartest thing I ever did was marry Tom-hands down.

75. I took the LSAT and got a good score, 161, on it.

74. What I really want to be when I grow up is a nurse but I don't think it will ever happen.

73. I want to be a librarian almost as much and I do think that's possible.

72. I hate HOA's-and not for any personal reason, I just hate them.

71. I think three good characteristics about me are that I'm friendly, that I really feel compassion/empathy for people, and that I'm by and large-organized

70. I think three not-so-good characteristics about me are that I'm kind of a loud mouth, I over-think things too much, and that I'm a social over-eater

69. I'm VERY conservative ideologically, except when it comes to immigration

68. I'm working on reading all the Newbery Winners ever written, I'm about 14 away from my goal

67. I have read all the Caldecott Winners

65. I am between 10 to 15 pounds over my pre-baby weight (depending on the day)

64. I took 6 AP tests in high school: American History, Macro Economics, Micro Economics, Government, Literature, and Spanish. In that order I got a 5, 3, 4, 4, and...

63. I failed the Spanish AP test with a 2-I cried all day long when I found out

62. My lowest grade in college was a tie with 2 C- grades, one was in Economics (funny how I passed those AP tests-huh) and the other was in New Testament!

61. I LOVE to find little out-of-the way places (often they're dives) to eat at-they are where the best foods at.

60. Which is why I loved Amorys (not a dive) in VA and Pedro's (yes a dive) here.

59. I went on my honeymoon to Puerto Vallarta Mexico

58. I've been married 6 years 2 months and 16 days

57. In the 5 years I lived in Provo I lived on campus for 4 of them and worked in 4 different capacities (but all 5 years) for housing itself.

56. I met Tom on a blind date, set up by his Aunt-a lady in my home Stake

55. I love the city I live in, I love it's name and I love the classes/parties/activities it has available to it's residents

54. I only looked at two houses before I made the decision to offer on this one-VA wasn't much better-we only looked at 4 houses total.

53. I have three kids and each one was born in a different state: Samantha-UT, Tommy-VA, and Eliza-AZ

52. I consider one of my greatest accomplishments in this life to be nursing my third child

51. I am NOT outdoorsy and NOT athletic. I always think it's amazing when people even say they are because it's so outside of my realm

50. My favorite part of the summer-time (outside of AZ where it's impossible) is sitting on grass in the evening.

49. I do NOT, NOT, NOT like onions. No matter what people tell me or get me to try-I do NOT like onions

48. I majored and graduated in American Studies from BYU

47. I've been to Canada once and want to go back to Lake Moraine and Banff

46. The states I've been to (actually visited) are Massachusetts, New York, California, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Nevada, Montana, and Washington

45. I have a dog named Ruffie.

44. I can almost do a front dive off a diving board, I can do one on the trampoline

43. I currently own two houses. The one in VA has renters

42. I didn't get my drivers license until I was 19 years old.

41. I don't really know my right from my left. I hold out my hands and see which pointer and thumb form an "L"

40. I prefer Domino's pizza over any other kind

39. I've sung two solo's before and both times I failed miserably-they are among my most embarrassing moments.

38. I'm the oldest in my family.

37. I have over 60 cousins on my mom's side of the family. I am number 34.

36. I chose my oldest girls name (Samantha) when I was five years old. I have documentation showing that I loved that name. I got it from the American Girl Doll Samantha

35. I will go on any roller-coaster. No matter how much it scares me.

34. I have been swimming with dolphins, horse-back riding in the Sierra Madres, and been to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY

33. I am a MAC (not a PC)

32. I own a cricut (though Tom knows how to use it better than I do)

31. My favorite chore is really and truly to clean a bathroom. I hate laundry and vacuuming.

30. The most 1950's thing I do for Tom is to make his lunch for him every day.

29. I've driven to California 8 times since moving to Arizona

28. I have 4 nieces and 2 nephews. Only one of those (niece) is on my side

27. My favorite department store to shop at is Kohls.

26. I've lived in a hotel for a month-twice

25. I've never seen a James Bond movie

24. If I could be on ANY reality show-it would be Dancing with the Stars, too bad I'm not a star

23. I took over 6 years of piano lessons and 5 years of violin. I can only pick out simple stuff on the piano and I don't think I could play a note on the violin

22. I LOVE children's books. I have several that I bought/Tom gave to me before I even had kids.

21. I love to get rid of things. If I can donate, sell, or just throw away something it probably gives me more pleasure than owning it ever did.

20. My most inner fear is that of rejection-an outward fear is that of bees.

19. I hate going grocery shopping, and it's not the kid thing-I hate going by myself too.

18. I love all kinds of music. When it used to be popular for people to have music on their blogs (and some still do) I would go and listen to all their songs.

17. I am currently re-reading the Harry Potter Series. When I am done I will have re-read any given book 2-5 times.

16. I've moved 3 1/2 times (so lived in 4 different house plus a hotel) in the last 15 months.

15. I drive a mini-van (Chrysler Town and Country) and Tom drives a 1995 Toyota Camry

14. I love almost all the Pixar movies. I can't pick a favorite but the top three are Finding Nemo, CARS, and Meet the Robinsons (oh-and I love Ratatouille) but I really don't like Bugs Life

13. My favorite Disney movie is Mulan (but favorite princess is Aurora)

12. My favorite type of food is Mexican.

11. I was born in Utah but lived in California from the time I was 2 until 18 and moved away to college to go back to Utah

10. My clearest childhood memories are of fighting with Erin. We love each other now though.

9. I've only been in two play productions. I was an Indian and the narrator in Peter Pan in 8th Grade. I was one of 5 foolish virgins in a play about the biblical 10 virgins in Virginia

8. I wasn't ever able to decide very well on electives in high school. In four years I took Orchestra 1 year, ASB three years, dance one year, and choir another. I also did summer sessions in swim, volleyball, and theatre.

7. It took me three days of coming back to this to think of 100 things about me.

6. In the past year after having Eliza I have tried 30 day shred, Prevention magazines flat belly diet, training for a 5K, Wii Fit, and calorie count.com to lose weight....Um, I've been unsuccessful.

5. I don't keep my inbox empty but I won't let it go over 50 emails (I don't want there to be more than one page)

4. I organize my closets by sleeve length-but not by color

3. I really love to have people over and throw parties. I think I'm struggling with that especially right now because I can't think of anyone to invite for Eliza's party and we have no close family to invite.

2. Now don't go thinking I don't love my children to pieces because I do, but I don't really like kids-you know what I mean. I mean that I wouldn't ever want to be a teacher or day care provider, I just don't like kids that much.

1. As much as I feel guilty and embarrassed at the narcissism of doing these kind of things, I still just want people to read them and like them :)

That's me!