Wednesday, September 3, 2008

100 Things About Me...The Challenge

I read Serena's blog yesterday and she had this on her blog and challenged everyone to do it. I thought it was an awesome idea (and I'm always up for a challenge). It took me a LONG time to come up with 100 things. Here goes...

100. I'm double jointed in my ring and middle fingers on both hands
99. My thumbs look like someone chopped off the ends
98. My hair is naturally curly- THANK GOODNESS!!
97. I have the most beautiful daughter in the world
96. I love to cook
95. I hate to fold socks!
94. Lazy people really annoy me
93. I have 2 different feet
92. I have a 12 year old and a 20 year old brother
91. I love my husband
90. I play the piano to relieve stress
89. I put BBQ potato chips on my turkey and pickle sandwich
88. I LOVE rodeos!
87. I have read the Book of Mormon 3 times (sad I know, I need to do better)
86. Cake decorating is one of my favorite hobbies
85. I struggle with my weight
84. I was a stupid rebellious teenager
83. Like Serena, I too am very happy with who I have become. There is always something that needs improving
82. I'm happiest when I'm doing something for someone else
81. I grew up on a family farm
80. I still have callouses from bucking hay bails on my hands
79. I graduated from Central Washington University with a degree in Elementary Education
78. I played the clarinet in band
77. I played the tenor sax and key board in Jazz Band
76. I had to wear an eye patch on my left eye to strengthen my Lazy right eye
75. I was trampled by a cow once
74. I washed tour buses in high school
73. I payed my own was through college
72. I love to play volleyball and basketball
71. I want to go white water rafting someday (but not class 4 rapids)
70. I'm still afraid of the dark
69. I love to travel
68. My secret indulgence is BACON!
67. I HATE SOCKS!
66. I get claustrophobic when someone puts a blanket over the top of me
65. Sometimes I get scared of the vacuum when I turn it on
64. I hate celery
63. I have to sleep with a blanket over me no matter how hot it is.
62. I love to shoot shot guns!
61. I love my parents
60. I'm allergic to my wedding ring
59. I took a life guarding PE class in high school to get over my fear of deep water and it worked.
58. I think men that belittle and degrade their wives deserve to get the crap kicked out of them.
57. It annoys me when people get upset at you and won't tell you why
56. I think life is too short to hold grudges
55. I fall asleep during General Conference
54. I love to swim
53. I think cleaning house is relaxing
52. I have the best friends in the world
51. I love to give talks in church
50. I don't cry during movies
49. I wear blue jeans and tee shirts all the time
48. I can't keep my shirts stain free for more than 8 hours
47. I only wear makeup on Sundays and special occasions
46. I turn on Will Smith's music and rock out- Gettin Jiggy wit it!
45. I sing at the top of my lungs in the car no matter who is in there with me
44. My hands cramp up when I deal cards
43. I'm a sore loser at Monopoly- Jacob and I don't play that game anymore
42. I cry whenever I hear the Star Spangled Banner
41. I played inter mural volleyball and softball during my college years
40. I don't like facial hair on men (or women for that matter)
39. I love thunder and lightening storms
38. I think I could be a storm chaser someday
37. I want to be in good enough shape to do a triathlon
36. My favorite color is red
35. I look really good in red
34. I love to play games
33. I also love to seran wrap cars
32. I want another baby really bad!
31. I think my dad is the hardest working man in the world
30. I think Al Gore is full of crap
29. Psychology fascinates me
28. It was my favorite class in college
27. I have an eyelash that grows on the inner rim of my eye
26. I've never gotten a speeding ticket (knock on wood)
25. I love to go bowling
24. I've been to Niagra Falls Canada (the Falls fall into Canada... just a little FYI)
23. I have never learned how to do a cart wheel (someone want to teach me?)
22. My fastest time ever running a mile was 7:37 back in 9th grade
21. I prefer sherbet to ice cream
20. My dad told me Forrest Gump was real and I believed him until I married Jacob and he broke the news to me
19. I can be pretty gullible
18. I think the movie Dumb and Dumber is a classic
17. I still get excited when I hear the ice cream truck!
16. I busted down my parents back door at 2am while they were on vacation with the help of my friends Serena and Ashley after getting ice cream at Albertsons
15. I learned that wood glue takes 24 hours to bond to fix a door jam
14. I'm very anal about being on time to things and sometimes show up too early
13. I could eat pizza everyday
12. I yell at the football players on TV during football season
11. I don't see the reason for scary movies
10. I want to travel the world someday
9. I believe living in Colorado made me a better and stronger person
8. Lillies are my favorite flower
7. My favorite eyebrow is my left one... it looks better after I pluck it.
6. My birthmark was removed when I was little because they were afraid that it could become cancerous.
5. When I think about it, the scar itches
4. I haven't grown any taller since 5th grade
3. I think being a mom is the greatest calling in the world
2. People who walk slow in a big group through the mall really piss me off
1. I love Orange Julius!

There you have it! Hopefully everyone will try this. Don't forget to stay tuned on Tuesdays for the recipe of the week.

10 comments:

Serena Laird said...

I never knew about the eye patch. I learned something new about you! Very funny. I totally cry everytime I hear the national anthem too. Good one!

Jen said...

Yeah I was weird enough as a kid haveing glasses and all. The last thing I needed was one more thing to be made fun of for!

Terri Lindsay said...

Hey that was really fun to read, thanks for doing it.

Ian Strawn said...

Hey Jen, Lora's blog is loraandian.blogspot.com (I think you were misspelling her name).

Ian Strawn said...

correction, it's ianandlora.blogspot

Stacey said...

Hey!! wow- 100 things is a lot! Earth to Stacey I didn't even know you had a blog! glad you found me :)

Kate said...

Jen

That was a fun post, I don't know if I could even come up with 100.

We miss you at games and gabbing!

Ashley said...

I so loved reading that! I haven't had internet for about a week and a half now... but reading that totally made ym day! I think Al Gore is full of crap too. :)

Mishqueen said...

You think you like bacon, huh? Check out this recipe (and she's totally serious):

http://jumboempanadas.blogspot.com/2008/08/bacon-ice-cream-you-know-you-want-it.html

Jen said...

Looks... good... Mary...you first!