Some old, some new - a few best left unshared
March 22, 2008 – 9:09 pm1. My favorite color has always been purple.
2. My parents were calling me Betsy from the second I was born.
3. In a sonogram, my parents saw me sucking my thumb.
4. I sucked it at night until I was 10.
5. Surprisingly, that wasn’t the reason I needed braces in middle school.
6. I attended 3 different schools where the mascot was an eagle.
7. I attended 3 different schools where the mascot was something else.
8. I’ve been in numerous community theatre productions and high school productions too.
9. I also have years of dance lessons under my belt.
10. I started writing my first novel at age 10. It was pretty bad.
11. I started writing my second novel at age 13. It was even worse.
12. I still have both somewhere.
13. Neither has been completed.
14. I graduated the top English student in my high school class.
15. You would expect my spelling to be stronger and my vocabularly much wider than it is because of that fact.
16. I have one brother and one brother in law.
17. I have a niece named Jasmine.
18. My husband was the one to suggest her name.
19. My first goldfish’s name was Cinderella Snow White Sleeping Beauty.
20. My brother killed her with my Barbie and Ken dolls while I was watching "Little House on the Prairie".
21. I think most beer has a gross aftertaste.
22. The only beer I don’t think has that aftertaste is Guinness.
23. My name is a combination of family names.
24. I am the only direct female descendant of my maternal grandmother.
25. My first cat’s name was Sugar. She was a light brown.
26. My most recent cat’s name was Mimi. She was a deluted Calico
27. I have lived in three states - Colorado, Washington and California.
28. My parents are going on 29 years of marriage.
29. I was married in the church I grew up in.
30. We honeymooned in Vancouver, British Columbia.
31. My husband is the first (and only) man named Mike I have ever dated.
32. I have dated two Seans,
33. two men with the last name of Smith
34. and two men with the middle name of Michael.
35. I cannot do a cartwheel.
36. But I still was a cheerleader in high school.
37. I used to fantasize about being an orphan and going to boarding school.
38. I blame it on "Annie" and "A Little Princess".
39. I love my mother dearly. She is awesome.
40. I have always been predominantly attracted to Irish looking men - redheads especially.
41. My husband has that smoldering Black Irish look going.
42. I took Sign Language in high school as my foreign language.
43. I don’t remember most of it now, but I plan to relearn it.
44. I actually have a fantastic memory for most things.
45. My grandmother taught me how to knit two years ago and I instantly fell in love with it.
46. I am a sucker for any song that has awesome harmonies in it.
47. The only instrument I learned how to play was the recorder in elementary school.
48. I can rock "Hot Cross Buns" like nobody’s business.
49. Looking back now, I wish I had taken up the violin.
50. I bite my fingernails and the surrounding cuticle. I hate that habit.
51. I have cool steel blue eyes
52. I am a Taurus and every bit the stubborn bull you’d expect a Taurus to be.
53. I born a redhead and would love to get that color back.
54. I am not a particular fan of my freckles
55. But I do have these clusters of freckles on my shoulders that I love that I call my "Irish clusters"
56. I only started liking (and eating) salads about a year ago.
57. I tend to have piles and piles of paperwork and junkmail around the house that drives me absolutely crazy.
58. I barely speak to my childhood best friends.
59. I am fiercely close to my best friends from high school and after
60. Generally, I can fit in and get along with anyone.
61. Sometimes, I love to drive the speed limit with someone attempting to speed and is stuck behind me.
62. I love French toast, french manicures, French fries, French twists and French kissing, but have no particular fondness for France itself.
63. I am right handed
64. But I snap louder with my left hand.
65. I’ve worn glasses or contact lenses since I was in fifth grade
66. Both cars I’ve owned have had nicknames - its a family tradition.
67. I love looking at maps.
68. I had to delete Google Earth off my computer because I wasted too much time on it.
69. My favorite cookies are snickerdoodles.
70. I have been blogging on one web journal site or another since 2000.
71. I love makeup and dress up and all things girly
72. I enjoy wearing holiday socks on the wrong holidays and random days in between. They fit well in boots.
73. I go through a pair of black boots just about every year.
74. I especially enjoy snow days and rainy days, but mostly from inside a warm place with a great window.
75. Someday, I will see Ireland.
76. I prefer Diet Coke to Diet Pepsi and actually drink diet sodas for the taste.
77. I have a random collection of and adoration for penguins that started when I went to the Central Park Zoo in 1995.
78. I have six piercings and one tattoo.
79. The best fights I have with my husband are in my head. I always win those too.
80. I adore the sound of Otis Redding’s voice.
81. For a long time, I wanted and planned to be an actress on Broadway.
82. I knew I wanted to marry my husband within the second month we were dating.
83. I have a mole on my stomach and according to moleosophy, "A mole on the stomach signifies one who has everything going for them; your life will be smooth and safe. This is a very lucky mole and is better if small."
84. I do find moles on the face somewhat annoying, especially on foreheads.
85. I am not generally thrilled with the way my faces looks when I smile in pictures
86. I’ve never truly known what it is like to have a grandfather - both of mine passed before I was born.
87. People who deliberately and continually draw attention to themselves frustrate me.
88. People who have massive chips on their shoulders frustrate me even more.
89. I cannot stand having to repeat myself.
90. I always wanted to have a purple car when I was in high school
91. I’d love to get a Cairn terrier someday soon, but plan on getting a shelter dog if/when we do
92. Mike and I both plan on buying Priuses for our next cars. (Matching maybe????)
93. When I was a little girl, I wanted to have 100 girls and 1 boy
94. Nowadays, I’d be happy with two kids
95. I sometimes find spite to be a wonderful motivator
96. I hold grudges entirely too long.
97. I am a nightowl and love sleeping in late
98. My mom (and therefore since I have the recipe, me) makes the best macaroni and cheese
99. I love traditions.
100. I struggle at times with being the lesser attractive one in the couple, but hey, I got a really hot husband. Somehow, I’ll deal.
