Tuesday, February 17, 2009

100 Things About Me

  1. I married the man of my dreams when I was 18 years old
  2. I love the rain
  3. Especially thunderstorms
  4. I've broken my arm 3 times (18mths old- I fell off a kitchen chair, 6yrs old- I fell off the monkeybars & 11 yrs old- tobogganing accident)
  5. I have a huge fear of tobogganing
  6. My favorite ice-cream is mint chocolate chip
  7. I am a (slowly recovering) people-pleaser
  8. I lost my mom to cancer when I was 10 yrs old
  9. I miss her terribly
  10. When I was 15 years old I shaved my head to raise money for cancer
  11. I've been to Disneyland twice and Disneyworld once. I can't wait to take our kids there!
  12. I went to a french immersion school and graduated with both a french and english diploma
  13. I've lost a lot of my french, but can still understand it and somewhat carry on a conversation
  14. My favorite season is Fall
  15. One of my favorite memories of my mom is her letting my sister and I play with her hair. We would spend the whole night putting in every single one of our barrettes and hair elastics into her hair. At the end she would look in the mirror and praise us for making her look so beautiful :)....... I can't wait to do the same thing with my daughters
  16. I love to bake
  17. I am learning to love to cook
  18. I know all the words to the movie "Adventures in Babysitting"
  19. I'm EXTREMELY ticklish! Seriously, everywhere...
  20. I hate being tickled!
  21. Chris and I got engaged only 3 1/2 months after our first date
  22. We were married 4 1/2 months later
  23. I love peanut butter and banana sandwiches
  24. I never needed glasses until I was pregnant with our son
  25. I never liked gravy until I was pregnant with our daughter
  26. Now I wear glasses and love, love, LOVE gravy on everything!
  27. When I was little I wanted to be a teacher or an author that illustrated her own books (stop laughing Tam!)
  28. I love camping
  29. I can't wait until we can afford to buy our own trailer!
  30. I hate it when people are mad at me.
  31. I need to fix it right away!
  32. I love watching the food network.
  33. Especially 'The Food Network Challenge!"
  34. I secretly would love to open a cake making business
  35. I am terrified of public speaking
  36. I love to read
  37. Growing up my favorite book was 'Bridge to Terabithia'
  38. Now it's 'The Mark of the Lion' series by Francine Rivers
  39. I always put smarties in my popcorn- yum!
  40. Clutter drives me crazy
  41. My middle name is Dawn
  42. I have 2 brothers (1 older, 1 younger) & a younger sister
  43. When I was little I wanted 6 kids
  44. We have 3
  45. I want one more....shhh don't tell Chris :)
  46. All three of our kids were born 3 weeks early
  47. We live just a few blocks from both my Dad and Chris' parents- I LOVE it!
  48. I really want to learn to crochet, knit and quilt
  49. I love the 'Wii Fit'
  50. I played Ringette in Jr. High and High School
  51. My favorite TV show is '24'
  52. My In-Laws are seriously the most amazing people on the face of this earth!
  53. I love them to pieces!
  54. I love a good cup of tea
  55. I'm a teerible, uh I mean- terrible speller
  56. My favorite flowers are daisies
  57. I enjoy watching home flipping shows
  58. I'm pretty sure if Chris and I tried to do a flip we'd end up killing each other
  59. My favorite color is green
  60. I love photography and want to learn to take better pictures
  61. I don't like cleaning
  62. If I had to pick a favorite household chore it would be doing the laundry
  63. Folding clothes actually relaxes me
  64. I know I'm weird
  65. I'm a T.V star.....when I was little, my brother and I were on KidStreet
  66. I'm really shy when I meet new people
  67. I became a Christian the summer before Grade 12 through a youth outreach program called Street Invaders
  68. I still attend the same church
  69. I now run the children's program at my church
  70. I want to visit New York
  71. While in New York I'd love to see a Broadway play
  72. I love the theater- especially musicals
  73. I'm a perfectionist, sometimes it's a strength & sometimes it's a weakness
  74. My love language is Words of Affirmation
  75. Right now I'm wearing flannel pajamas
  76. I am a dawdler...I like to take my time :)
  77. I love staring up at the stars and wondering who else is doing the very same thing at the very same time
  78. I love ice cream sandwiches
  79. When I'm upset I like to get somewhere by myself and talk (out loud) about what I'm feeling to God
  80. I don't hold grudges
  81. Some of my favorite memories as a child are running through the huge sprinklers the city would put on in the green belt behind our house. We'd hear them turn on and drop whatever we were doing, run to get our bathing suits on and play outside for hours :)
  82. My favorite day of the week is Sunday
  83. I really would love to travel....Africa, Europe, Japan, Australia- anywhere and everywhere
  84. I'm learning to play guitar
  85. I hate wearing dresses
  86. I love everything about newborn babies. Their smell. Their feel. Their sound.
  87. I drive a mini-van and I love it
  88. I never in a million years thought I'd actually enjoy driving a mini-van
  89. I hate the taste of coffee, even with the flavored creamers
  90. I love the smell though!
  91. It really bugs me when someone sees a movie before me and wants to tell me all about it- I hate knowing what's going to happen before getting a chance to see it, what's the point in watching it after that??
  92. I love to sing, but I'm totally tone deaf :)
  93. I think afternoon naps are heavenly
  94. Only problem is if I have one, I can't get to sleep at night!
  95. I don't really enjoy sitting out in the sun....I burn too easily and get bad headaches
  96. Seriously if I'm out for even 5mins without sunscreen I'm burnt to a crisp!
  97. I love making up imaginary stories at bedtime with our kids. My dad use to do that for us when we were little- he's the best story-teller EVER!!
  98. I enjoy making lists- for everything
  99. I love spending time with my family, even if it's being lazy hanging around the house, I just love being around them :)
  100. I truly love being a mom and staying home with our kids!
The End!

4 comments:

  1. That is quite the list, but I love reading those kind of posts...you learn so much about someone! We have a lot in common! I think we would make great friends if were ever to meet.

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  2. This is reminiscent of the facebook 25 things about me posts. Wow! 100 though! I did my 25 now working on another 25. We will see when I can get to 100 :)

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  3. You sound like a lovely person!

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  4. Okay, not sure how I missed this...I've been reading your blog in a reader so I guess that's how.

    We have so many things in common- mint chocolate chip, love of broadway and musicals :)

    It was really fun reading your list!

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