100 Things About Me

I just read one of my favorite blogs, My Romantic Home, and she did a post a long time ago where she made a list of 100 facts about herself. She didn't think she could come up with that many but she did, so now I'm going to attempt it. I kinda doubt that I can. Lets see.

1. I was born in Knoxville, TN, but moved away as an infant.
2. I've lived in San Antonio since I was 9.
3. I have four kids.
4. I was positive when I was a teenager that I'd never have any children.
5. I intensly disliked children until I had my own.
6. After I had my first child, I didn't think I'd have any more.
7. I love birds, especially cockatoos and parrots.
8. I haven't had a bird in over 20 years.
9. I bought my first bird after my best friend gave her bird away to someone else without asking me if I wanted it.
10. I love singing, especially in a choir.
11. I haven't been in a choir in over 10 years.
12.The choir I enjoyed the most was The San Anotnio Symphony Mastersingers, which I was in for 3 years, but I no longer have the time to participate. Maybe in 10 more years.
13. Photography has filled the artisic gap that being unable to sing has made in my life.
14. I think about photography almost 100% of the time.
15. I fall asleep very easily and usually sleep through the night.
16. The only time I wake up and can't sleep is if I am having a disagreement with someone.
17. I'm not a morning or a night person.
18. I don't have much patience.
19. Most of the bad choices I've made in my life have been because of #18.
20. I am a procrastinator.
21. I spend too much time on the computer.
22. I was very shy as a child.
23. I'm still shy but I've learned to push it aside.
24. I am most comfortable around perky people.
25. I can't decide on a decorating style for my house. I've been trying to figure this out since 2001.
26. I talk to my sister on the phone an average of four times per day.
27. If I were single without any kids, I'd live downtown in the apartments which are over the Majestic.
28. I'm beginning to look for a new house for our family, which will hopefully be on a large lot in the country.
29. I think I'm less concerned with appearances than I should be, so I have to make huge efforts to be presentable most of the time.
30. If it were up to me, makeup would never have been invented.
31. I love watching my husband race cars.
32. I hate to watch anyone else. BORING!
33. I feel the same way about watching my kids play sports. I love watching them, hate watching anyone else.
34. I can watch Cheerleaders or dancers all day, no matter who they are.
35. I change the sheets on my bed every Saturday.
36. I wish someone would iron my sheets for me.
37. I don't iron. Anything. Ever.
38. I have had the same two best friends since 1983.
39. I love to dance, but haven't gone out dancing since my high school reunion almost two years ago.
40. I very seldom drink alohol.
41. I hate wine.
42. I prefer hard liquor. Not really-I prefer mixed drinks such as Margaritas.
43. For our honeymoon, my husband and I went on a cruise.
44. We took along 22 friends and family, including my parents and daughter.
45. We still think this was the best way to do it.
46. I have not traveled as much as I thought I would when I was young.
47. People used to say that I'm a very laid-back person, but I don't hear that as much anymore.
48. I cry more easily than anyone else I know.
49. My kids always look at me to see if I'm crying while we watch TV.
50. I hate that I cry when I'm angry.
51. I love the feeling of crying when I'm happy.
52. I love to read.
53. I love country music.
54. The only music that I really don't enjoy is jazz.
55. I love seafood.
56. I wish Maggie's Restaurant was still open.
57. I once worked as a waitress, and hated it.
58. I was a nurse before I quit to stay home with the kids.
59. I prefer staying home over working.
60. I don't think there is a right-or-wrong choice when it comes to staying home. Each woman should do what she thinks will work best for her family.
61. Every year on my birthday, I think I'm getting a surprise party.
62. The only year I was ever surprised with one, I wasn't expecting it.
63. I believe in karma.
64. I'm going to win the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes one day.
65. When I win, I'll act like it was a complete surprise.
66. I should have finished getting my music degree.
67. The reason I didn't is because at the time I didn't like kids, and so I wasn't interested in being a music teacher.
68. I think I would have been a great music teacher.
69. I don't cook very often because only one person in my family eats my cooking, and she isn't home most of the time.
70. I rarely watch TV.
71. I'm not much of an outdoor person.
72. I love going to the beach with my kids.
73. I can't wait to take my kids to Disney World next year.
74. I buy a new hat every time I go to Disney. I have three of them now.
75. I don't see what the big deal is about getting massages. I'd rather get a pedicure that lasts a while.
76. I graduated at the top of my class from nursing school.
77. In high school, I thought I was dumb.
78. I need a new purse.
79. If I suddenly won $10,000, I'd probably spend all of it on photography equipment.
80. I feel a tiny bit guilty that I get to stay home all day while my husband has to work.
81. I love to get blog comments.
82. I love everything about weddings.
83. I think everything about my wedding was perfect.
84. One of the best things about being a wedding photographer is that I get to see everything from the front row.
85. I don't like red roses.
86. I dream about the Dixie Chicks, and that I'm one of them, about once a month.
87. I also often dream that I'm in collage again, and I've missed a class for an entire semester.
88. I had a new dream that I think will be a recurring one- I photographed a wedding and forgot to stay for the reception.
89. I stay organized by having routines. If there is a deviation from one of my routines, I am likely to forget something.
90. I went on some TERRIBLE dates before I finally met my husband.
91. I hated being single, and wouldn't wish it on anyone.
92. I'm more afraid of bugs than snakes.
93. I don't like to fly in airplanes.
94. I love to watch kids laugh.
95. I haven't thought about myself this much in 14 years.
96. I am picky about movies, and I don't like most of them.
97. I hate to be tickled. Really hate it.
98. When I laugh really hard, I sometimes start crying really hard right in the middle of my laugh.
99. I am worried about the environment, and have been thinking a lot about what I can do.
100. I can remember most of the dance routines that I did in high school on the dance team. There are a few songs that I also danced to in choir, and I can remember those, as well. I wish I could remember some things that were a little more helpful in my daily life.

Yea! I did it. I actually got stuck two or three times, and didn't think I could go any further. Whew, I guess I can go get dressed now, it's time to pick up my kids from school.