100 Things About Me

1. i love spring 2. kids are great 3. i am proud to own a station wagon 4. i love to read 5. i like to run 6. i hate cabbage, brussell sprouts and lima beans 7. my love languages are gifts and quality time 8. i like to color 9. i hate waking up before 7 am 10. i love coffee 11. i am the oldest of four kids, and the only girl 12. my parents are divorced 13. i adore my mother-in-law 14. my best girlfriends are my sisters (or my sisters are by best girlfriends) 15. i finally feel at home in NC 15. i love to see kids smile 16. i love the belly laugh of a baby 17. my kids still use baby soap because i love the smell 18. i prefer regular soda pop but drink diet because i have to 19. i miss running races with shera, amber, eve and kathleen 20. i’ve recently discovered that the best thing in the world is to simply occupy the same space as the person you love. 21. my youngest child is five 22. i hate traffic 23. i love anything pumpkin-pumpkin pie, pumpkin candles, pumpkin lotion. 24. i want to establish a free reading clinic for children and adults 25. i’m becoming more spiritual 26. i love Dr. Seuss books 27.the grass is rarely greener on other side 28. i hope to never own a video game player (sorry Benjamin & Matthew) 29. At the age of 30 i discovered that i really like to play tennis 30. i'm doing good when i can get out of the house on time for work more than two days a week 31. i want to go to italy, france, spain, greece, and england 32. i am allergic to cats 33. my favorite pizza is margherita 34. i love the smell of dryer sheets 35. i love teaching kids (although i don't always love being a teacher) 36. i love anything with mushrooms 37. a dirty house drives me crazy 38. i want a fancy new cellphone with all the latest fancy things 39. i love browsing Barnes and Noble with a cup of Starbucks coffee 40. i wish i was more artistic 41. i love that both of my boys love to read 42. tulips and gerbera daises tie as my favorite flower 43. i never want to move again 44. i don't like cherry pie 45. i think yankee candles are the best 46. i think everyone should see a therapist at least once in their lives 47. i meditate 48. i'm proud of all of my brothers 49. i love water parks 50. im thankful george w. bush is on his way out 51. i love world market 52. i think i look weird in a lot of jewelry 53. i try to listen and observe more than judge 54. i don't like my curly hair 55. it makes me feel great when kids tell me i'm their favorite teacher 56. i'd love a live-in chef 57. i can't wait for grey's anatomy to come back 58. i love to bake but don't like to cook 59. i went to high school with keri russell 60. i won't plant flowers outside because of the little snakes in our mulch 61. connie and i got tattoos right before college graduation 62. i don't wear a watch 63. i love real movie theater popcorn with butter 64. i love to tickle my kids 65. i have great friends 67. i miss skiing 68. (big) ben's eyes are the most beautiful eyes ever 69. i love massages 70. high quality sheets are worth the extra money 71. my second favorite season is fall 72. i wish i didn't have to worry about bathing suit season 73. i make the best chocolate cake 74. i will love you if you love my kids 75. my favorite clothes store is ann taylor loft 76. when i order new things at restaurants i always end up wanting to eat ben's food 77. i want to visit NYC 78. i am an INFP based on the myers-briggs personality test my grandma gave me when i was little 79. i love sleep (which is why good sheets are important) 80. my mom is a sweetheart 81. it's too much work to take a bath 82. i like pedicures only for the foot massage 83. my first car was a Datsun 84. if i'd had a girl we were going to name her Madeline Grace 85. i like to have real plants in my house 86. i don't have a favorite holiday 87. i think it's hilarious that Benjamin can't remember to call badminton "badminton" but instead calls it "manhattan" 88. i love getting cards and letters in the real mail 89. my favorite ice cream flavor is strawberry 90. i love watching the golden girls 91. i adore my dad 92. i was a vegetarian in college for about a month 93. i try to live in the present moment every day 94. i prefer the mountains over the beach 95. i love to go into williams-sonoma but i can't afford anything there 96. my biggest fears are either something will happen to one of my kids or ben, or something will happen to me before my kids grow up 97. food is better when you don't follow the recipe exactly 98. i hate waking my kids up in the morning when they're so warm and comfy in their bed 99. i love desserts 100. i believe life is a balancing act