100 things about me

A list, THE list, might as well jump on the bandwagon.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

The list

1. I always have a hard time starting lists like these.
2. I find things ususally get easier as I go along.
3. My middle name is Anne.
4. As a kid I was always proud of the 'e' at the end that the other middle name Anns didn't have.
5. I have two children.
6. Three if you count my husband.
7. I was born in Alaska.
8. No, I am not an eskimo.
9. If I had a dime for every time I've been asked that I'd have at least $35.70.
10. I should be cleaning, instead I'm blogging.
11. My favorite color is purple.
12. I secretly love pink.
13. Which is why I chose pink for this.
14. My real name is Jennifer.
15. No one calls me Jenny outside of this blog world.
16. I am loving my new Jenny name.
17. My husband doesn't know a thing about this blog.
18. I don't want to have to censor myself.
19. It's getting hard leaving my 'blog friends' out of our conversations.
20. I think I'll come clean soon.
21. Maybe.
22. I love to cook.
23. But nothing too complicated.
24. I hate appointments.
25. I also hate confrontation.
26. I love to go camping.
27. I have seen a moose.
28. and bald eagles.
29. I was pulled under water by the undertow when I was 8.
30. At Old Orchard Beach in Maine.
31. I will never forget it.
32. I am not afraid of the water.
33. I didn't learn to dive until I was 14.
34. I was always a good swimmer though.
35. My father was an alcoholic.
36. He died just before he turned 43.
37. That is so young.
38. My favorite kids show is Arthur.
39. Cyberchase runs a close second.
40. It helps me understand math.
41. I don't consider sponge bob a kids show.
42. I love that too.
43. I can't sing.
44. I used to wear glasses/contacts.
45. I just passed my driver's license test without them.
46. My feet grew 1/2 size each time I was pregnant.
47. I want to live on a farm.
48. Thinking about the work required makes me want to stay where I am.
49. I don't like birds.
50. Or butterflies.
51. I'm getting over #50, slowly.
52. I actually like my job.
53. It's part time work.
54. I get sick of any full time job after 2-3 years.
55. My husband doesn't want me to work full time.
56. For that I am thankful.
57. I would move back to Alaska.
58. But we never will.
59. I have three calendars.
60. They all have different information on them.
61. I have smoked pot.
62. I have done LSD, just once.
63. Never anything stronger.
64. A "friend" called the police and my parents.
65. It was NOT a good experience.
66. I was an only child.
67. Until my mom remarried when I was 17.
68. My step sister is also named Jennifer.
69. She is pretty much my complete opposite.
70. I love football and Red Sox baseball.
71. I cry during those post-game emotional montage shows.
72. My daughter is asking for a drink.
73. I love snow.
74. I don't love 38 degree rain storms.
75. I stink at skiing.
76. I still go.
77. I like to play video games.
78. I have my own game boy advance sp.
79. Only one of my friends understands this.
80. She also has her own game boy.
81. I love being a mom.
82. I do not want any more kids.
83. I'm planning a road trip across the country.
84. In five years.
85. When my daughter is old enough to ride the horses in Yellowstone.
86. I want to take a photography class.
87. And learn how to use a comma.
88. And how to sew.
89. I will never scrapbook.
90. I am picky about what my kids watch on TV.
91. I used to love to run.
92. Now I make too many excuses.
93. I do inappropriate voice overs for the sickeningly sweet shows the girl watches.
94. My kids don't hear me.
95. I am not a romantic.
96. I'm taking great pains to clean my house of all 'pack ratty' stuff.
97. I'm thankful it's a small house.
98. A pine tree fell on our house almost four years ago.
99. It missed landing where my daughter slept by about 2 feet.
100. We weren't home.

101. This was easier than I thought.