100 Things

My friend Jen started this on her blog and I have enjoyed reading through so here's my go at it:
1 I am ticklish
2 I have 4 sisters and 3 brothers
3 I am the oldest
4 I like to be in control
5 I have one girl and three boys
6 I have been married for 13 years
7 Steve and I met through a mutual friend
8 They played racketball at the athletic club
9 She said I met your future husband
10 She introduced us....neither of us was too impressed with the other
11 He grew on me (just kidding)
12 I love Steve's sense of humor
13 Marriage and family life is not always easy
14 It takes a lot of work and commitment and selflessness
15 I am grateful for my parent's examples and continued sacrifices for us
16 I was born and raised in Las Vegas
17 I will probably never leave
18 We have too many roots
19 I love baby feet
20 and toddler feet
21 Baby's breath (before teeth) is a close second
22 I'm not afraid of hard work
23 Anything worth something takes work
24 I am shy
25 I enjoy working with my hands
26 I love a clean house
27 I love the feeling after a hard days work
28 I don't really watch TV
29 I do however spend the majority of my extra time on the computer
30 I appreciate art
31 I enjoy learning new things
32 I love children's books
33 I cannot remember the last book that I read all the way through (that wasn't a kid's book)
34 I am a visual person
35 I hate math
36 I took ballet, tap and jazz for 7+ years
37 I made it to toe
38 Then I quit to be a cheerleader all through high school
40 I have a degree in education
41 I taught 1st grade for one year
42 Then I had Lauren....it was always in the plan for me to be at home with the kids
43 I'm glad that I can be at home
44 The first half of our marriage seems like a lifetime ago
45 I don't ever plan on going back to teach
46 I love taking a great photo
47 My first job was at Glee's Party Shop
48 I had to wear a smock
49 I drove the LONG white "ninety eight" to school
50 It was so long it wouldn't fit in the parking spaces
51 It was better than the gremlin Dad was fixin to buy me
52 We lived in a house on California street for most of my childhood
53 I shared a room with my 3 sisters
54 We slept in bunkbeds that my Dad built
55 I appreciate honesty
56 I would like to learn to sew better
57 I have expensive taste
58 I am a comfy casual type of person
59 I believe everyone deserves a second chance
60 I wear a t-shirt, jeans and flip flops almost every day
61 Besides Mexico, I have never been outside of the US
62 I would love to visit the east coast
63 I have only been on an airplane twice. Both short rides to California
64 I love to have my hair cut and highlighted
65 I love earthy colors
66 I wish I had a bigger kitchen
67 I love it when my kids get along
68 I enjoy the beach
69 I wish we had a beach house
70 I like to camp if we stay in a cabin
71 I am good at making do
72 I have no debt
73 I don't like to shop....
74 It's too much of a hassle
75 Online shopping is wonderful. Products straight to my doorstep...no effort
76 I sleep with the covers on
77 I love getting together with my family
78 Love that the cousins are close in age and play well with each other
79 We never had family growing up
80 I don't enjoy animals
81 I love bread
82 I have a terrible sweet tooth
83 I am a morning person
84 I am optimistic
85 I am an organized person on the outside
86 Check in any cupboard, drawer, closet....scary!
87 I am a pushover
88 I have no cavities
89 It scares me to be alone when Steve is out of town
90 I always mess up cliches
91 I have never broken a bone
92 I have relatively easy pregnancies and deliveries. Maybe it's just my memory that has blocked that trauma out
93 I love naps. I don't take nearly enough.
94 I have to be the calm one during crisis at our house
95 I love Kyle's laugh
96 I don't have a favorite child. I love them all differently.
97 I am a combination of practical and sensitive
98 I hate conflict
99 I had caps on my two front teeth when I was a kid. I don't remember it ever bothering me
100 I have much to be thankful for
There you go....I can't wait to read your lists.