10:24 a.m. - April 24, 2002
100 Things about myself
1.I am a 35 year old mother (36 on 5/21)
2.I have been married to Mark for almost 14 years (7/23)
3.We have 2 children, Olivia 9 and Matthew 5 (6 on 7/5)
4.I�m thinking I want one more
5.I�ve been battling depression since I was very young
6.I was diagnosed when I was 22
7.My parents have been married for 45 years
8.I am the youngest of 3
9.I have two older brothers, 40 and 44
10.I have 3 nieces and 3 nephews
11.I have two very close friends
12.Beth, 30 lives in California
13.Chris, 34 also lives in California
14.I lived in California all my life until last Fall
15.I now live in North Carolina
16.I love it here
17.I am an aspiring Christian (trying very hard)
18.I believe God is in charge of my life (no matter how hard I try to make things happen)
19.I work for a company who prays before every weekly meeting (I love that)
20.I�m a lousy housekeeper (but I think about a clean house all the time)!
21.I love to shop
22.I have lots of shoes
23.And sunglasses
24.And purses
25.Beth is my best friend�did I already tell you that?
26.She is my marriage counselor, interior decorator, fashion consultant, religious advisor, bargain hunter, shoulder to cry on. I love her dearly.
27.Chris is also my best friend.
28.We have been friends since 7th grade. We talk about everything. She�s lost a load of weight and I�m jealous. She�s beautiful. My kids call her Auntie Chris.
29.I love Pepsi
30.And Chai Tea Latte�s from Starbucks
31.I live on the same street as my MIL and SIL&BIL
32.I did horribly in high school
33.I don�t know how I graduated
34.I wish I could do high school over again.
35.I dated my first �real� boyfriend when I was 15 until I was 17
36.It was a very damaging relationship
37.He was verbally and sometimes physically abusive towards me.
38.I�m just now getting around to forgiving him
39.My moods are sometimes unpredictable
40.I�m working on that though
41.I�m 5� 7� almost 5�6�, yes I am shrinking
42.I used to be skinny but that�s when I was 5
43.I�m bigger now, much bigger!
44.I love thunder and lightning, rain, sleet and snow
45.I hate the heat
46.I should�ve moved to Alaska
47.I am very close to my family even though we�re now hours apart
48.We used to live within 2 miles of each other
49.But we all left California for the East Coast
50.I use to smoke but quit when I got pregnant, both times
51.I watched my BIL die of lung cancer last summer
52.I have a cramp in my left arm right now.
53.I am decorating my room in yellow, blue and white
54.I�ve owned 3 homes in my career as an adult
55.Well, not exactly owned (rented from the bank)
56.I love cheese cake
57.I like to watch HGTV and FoodTv
58.We�re taking our kids to Disney World in July
59.My husband (and everyone for that matter) thinks I�m a smart ass. I think not.
60.Beth is my best friend.
61.We call each other HCLLF�s (Hard Core Life-Long Friends)
62.I have a wish list at Amazon.com
63.I love the idea of reading but have a hard time concentrating and retaining.
64.My daughter loves to read. She�s like Belle in the library scene from Beauty & the Beast.
65.My son could care less about reading he wants to play.
66.My husband will be 40 on the 29th
67.I don�t care for red meat
68.I love salmon
69.And Cary Mike�s bar-b-que oysters, yummy
70.Peach is my favorite fruit
71.Oui is my favorite fragrance
72.Purple is my favorite color
73.But I would never decorate with it
74.I�ve always wanted a tattoo but have been too afraid to get one
75.I have a very good friend named Kelly that lives in Anaheim, CA. Her husband Marc has lots of tats!
76.I met my husband by following him home one night.
77.He was too chicken to ask me out so I had to do it.
78.We lived with my MIL for 7 months last year. Not advised!
79.I love to take bubble baths
80.I love scented candles, especially while taking a bath
81.and classical music
82.I dig getting manicures
83.but can stand pedicures. My feet are way too ticklish.
84.I love the internet
85.I love shopping on the internet
86.I despise pornography and foul language.
87.Decaf iced tea with lemon is my favorite summer drink.
88.My daughter and I often have tea together. We like going to tearooms.
89.I have a hard time completing things; from books to college, crafts to cleaning house.
90.I like all kinds of music except rap and heavy metal.
91.I believe my daughter is smart than me.
92.My mom and my daughter are the wisest people I�ve ever known.
93.I like things to be in order but am not the worlds most organized person. I�m working on it though
94.I have one cat, Boo and one dog, Pappy.
95.I hate the circus.
96.I love Italian food.
97.Morning Glories are my favorite flower
98.My husband is a great gardener. I caught him digging a hole the other day, I thought it was my grave but he�s actually putting in a coi pond for meJ
99.If I have another child and it�s a girl her name will be Briar. Mark doesn�t know that yet!
100.I had Jr. Mints for breakfast this morning!
101.I am beautiful, I am loveable and loving, I am kind, and will do my best to live my life in Godly way. I am ME.
If you could spend one year in perfect happiness but afterward were to remember nothing of the experience would you do so? If not, why not?
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