100 Things

Because I’m sure you care….

1. I am an only child.
2. I have two brothers and two sisters.
3. My parents divorced when I was 2, and then remarried and had more kids.  Make sense now?  :)
4. My favorite color is red.
5. I really dislike the color purple.
6. I might like the color peach even less.
7. I love orange juice.
8. But only if it has a TON of pulp.
9. And crushed ice.
10. Rabbit pellet ice would be even better.  Yumm-o!
11. I am 100% Portuguese.
12. I speak, read and write it.
13. It’s extra fun being with someone who also speaks it because then you can talk trash and no one knows what you are saying.
14. Portuguese is sort of a mix of Spanish and French…so I can understand Spanish and I can translate written French…imperfectly.
15. I have a book and CD series to learn Latin.
16. I have yet to open it.
17. I’ve owned it for about 7 years.
18. I really love learning.
19. I could totally be a professional student.
20. Except for that homework and tests thing.
21. I secretly want to be a lawyer.
22. Except for that working all the time thing.
23. I really hate TV.
24. But I could watch all the trashy reality shows on MTV and VH1 all day long.
25. My favorite is “16 & Pregnant”.
26. And even though I hardly watch TV, I can answer most Pop Culture trivia questions.
27. Because my guilty pleasure is reading celebrity gossip magazines.
28. Because I am always intrigued by people who supposedly “have it all”…and yet, are even more messed up than the average person.
29. Besides, their clothes are pretty rad.
30. I can’t stand 80’s music.
31. A synthesized keyboard just irks me.
32. I’m a throw-away-er.
33. Andy’s a pack rat.
34. This creates tension.
35. My secret celebrity boyfriend is James Hetfield (the lead singer of Metallica).
36. My second chance secret celebrity boyfriend is Josh Duhamel.
37. Andy knows about James and Josh.
38. We’re good.
39. My favorite thing in the world is laughing so hard you cry.
40. Doing this with your husband is about the most perfect thing ever.
41. I can’t stand small talk.
42. But I’d sit and drink coffee with a complete stranger for hours.
43. I *hate* (yes hate) that time in church when the pastor tells you to turn and greet the people around you.
44. If I never had to do that again, I’d be a happy girl.
45. I can give presentations and speak in front of crowds with ease.
46. Unless it’s at church.  Then I turn into a babbling, nervous mess.
47. Speaking of church, I went to a women’s conference one year.
48. They did an ice breaker where there was a list of 50 things and you had to find someone who fit the description…one was to find someone who had a tattoo.
49. About 36 women came up to me asking me to sign the tattoo line.
50. I don’t have a tattoo.
51. I can never decided if that is a good thing or a bad thing.
52. I can be a total neat freak.
53. But I have three kids.
54. So that’s changing.
55. I have expensive taste.
56. But I’m cheap.
57. So I make a lot of stuff myself.
58. Because I’m also bratty and won’t settle for something less than *exactly* what my mind’s eye sees.
59. Somedays, I want to delete my blog entirely and never look back.
60. Because it’s kind of embarrassing when I think about it and it makes me feel kinda conceited.  As if I believe I am so stinking interesting, that *clearly* the whole world wants to know!  Hardly.
61. There are boy jobs and girl jobs in my house.
62. I will let the trash pile up precariously high…because taking out the trash is certifiably a boy job.
63. I’ve even been known to let the trash sit piled like a colorful Mt. Everest for three days because Andy’s out of town.
64. I’m bratty like that.
65. I’m getting more high maintenance the older I get.
66. If I could go anywhere in the world, I would love to see Italy.
67. Because I love me some fatty buttery cheesy Italian food.
68. And I love Mexican food too.
69. Basically, if it’s crazy fattening…I’m a fan.
70. I can.not. stand. when a guy says “I have to check with the boss” or “I have to ask the wife’s permission.”
71. Sometimes Andy will ask me if he can do something.  My response is always: “I’m your wife, not your mother.”
72. All of my dishes are white.
73. Because the idea of eating spaghetti off of a red plate nauseates me.
74. Because I’m a very visual person, and stuff like that bugs me.
75. Texture also bugs me.
76. So while I like the taste of hummus…that grainy texture creeps me out.
77. I love vinegar.
78. Pickles, salt & vinegar chips…mmmm…
79. I am a wuss.
80. I can’t watch the news before bed, or I’ll have terrifying nightmares.
81. I also can’t watch Jurassic Park or well…much of anything rated higher than PG.
82. I think that the word “pudding” is the weirdest word ever.  It ends in “ing” which would mean it is a verb…so what does it mean “to pud” and why do we eat it???
83. Ten bucks says one of you will google it and let me know.
84. Speaking of, I really don’t know how people lived before Google and YouTube.
85. I love living in California but I hate the beach.  Sand gets in places you didn’t even know you had.
86. I love, love, love city lights.
87. Christmas is my favorite holiday ever.
88. 4^th of July is a close second.
89. I’m a tummy sleeper.
90. Which is Reason #435 I have a hard time being pregnant.
91. I am super claustrophobic.
92. They once had to stop the submarine ride at Disneyland when I was little because I had a panic attack.
93. Doing this list makes me realize how neurotic I am.
94. I am still really, really, really sad that I will never have the homebirth I once dreamed of.
95. Really sad about it.
96. I’m really honest.
97. Sometimes this is good.  Sometimes this is bad.
98. I can make three tongue tacos at once.
99. I can’t wait until my kids are a little older and I can get back to really cooking.
100. I often suck at living, but God’s still working on me.  J

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I'm a mom to four. A wife to one. I believe in story. I love telling you about mine and would love to hear yours. There's really no sense in wasting our suffering and not sharing in each other's joy. We're all in this together...even if it doesn't always feel like it.

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