100 Things About Me
1. I am happily married, which I think is the biggest blessing in my life.
2. I love summer more than any other time of year.
1. I am happily married, which I think is the biggest blessing in my life.
2. I love summer more than any other time of year.
3. I grew up in Eastern Washington. (Yes, Eastern with a capital E-- so very different from Seattle.)
4. My favorite month is May. It’s such a cheerful month, and it’s when I was born. Besides, how can you not love May if you’ve seen the musical version of Camelot? (It’s May; it’s May, the lusty month of May…)
5. My shoe size is now a full size larger than before I had children.
6. My favorite movies are romances—Sabrina (the Julia Ormond-Harrison Ford version) and Pride & Prejudice. Gweneth Paltrow’s Emma is right up there because I love Jeremy Northam as Mr. Knightly.
7. I don’t like many old movies, and there are several that I still haven’t seen. Dare I admit that I’ve never seen all of Mary Poppins? It’s true. Ditto for the Sound of Music.
8. I used to have most of Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet memorized, because I taught each of them five times a day. When you hear the text a lot, it just sticks.
9. I love all crafts.
10. I like beading.
11. I like toll painting.
12. I like quilting.
13. And embroidery.
14. Scrapbooking
15. Card Making
16. Stamping, too
17. I have written over 1500 pages of unpublished fiction.
18. I’m still writing.
19. When I started writing, my biggest fear was that I would finish the first novel and never have another idea. The opposite has happened. I have too many stories in my head and no time to write them.
20. My favorite shirt is orange.
21. I have honestly never seen a man that I thought was better looking than my husband (movie stars included). Actually, I think most of my sister-in-laws feel this way. We married into a family of gorgeous brothers (and sisters).
22. I love to eat cinnamon rolls, but only if I bake them myself.
23. I cannot trust myself with cinnamon rolls, so I don’t bake them very often.
24. I love cheesecake.
25. I like Pepsi more than chocolate.
26. I like Doritos more than chocolate, too.
27. Gingersnaps are my favorite cookies, with chocolate chip running second.
28. I like chocolate chip cookie dough much more than the baked cookies.
29. I let my kids eat raw cookie dough.
30. I tend not to reread books unless I’m teaching them. I think this is because there are so many books out there that I feel like I should keep plowing through them.
31. No matter how many books I’ve read, I feel like I’ve never read enough to be “well-read.”
32. I still love horses.
33. I prefer cats to dogs, although cats make me sneeze.
34. We don’t have a pet because I don’t want one in my house.
35. I hate all floral scented products. Anything I buy that is scented has to be citrus or spice fragranced.
36. I will only wear one perfume—Christian Dior’s Poison.
37. My first bottle of the aforementioned perfume was given to me by my high school boyfriend. I have been wearing it ever since. (What can I say? The guy had good taste, as I’m sure this girl will agree.)
38. Roses and carnations are my favorite flowers.
39. I love driving an SUV, and I won’t give it up for a minivan.
40. My favorite shoes are leather Mary Janes.
41. I’m not choosy about music and basically listen to whatever Nathan has a whim to buy.
42. I loved cheerleading more than any other sport or activity I’ve encountered since.
43. I coached cheerleaders for three years and loved that, too.
44. I still love Pasco purple.
45. I wear mostly earth tones. One of my friends who sells make-up says I’m her only client who wears the “warm” line.
46. If I could live anywhere, I’d live on 1000 acres somewhere with a long growing season. Nathan would be happy as long as I bought him a big tractor. And, Ethan would be happy as long as he got his own four-wheeler.
47. I believed I would be the mother of all boys.
48. I moped for a week when I found out Mazie was a girl. After she was born, I didn’t know how I had survived without a daughter.
49. I wished and prayed that our fourth would be a girl, and she was.
50. I have lived in four different states during my married life.
51. I have never traveled east of Montana and Wyoming.
52. Canada is the only “foreign” country I’ve ever visited.
53. I’ve never had a passport.
54. I love office supplies, and I have an irrationally large stash of pens, tablets and journals.
55. I cannot live without a planner.
56. I am much less contentious now than I was as a young adult. I’ve learned to be a peacemaker from my husband.
57. I still talk too much.
58. I get depressed easily, especially when Nathan isn’t around.
59. If I didn’t have to take my kids to school, I could easily become a hermit. I would do crafts all day long and never get bored.
60. Nearly all of my clothes are from Eddie Bauer and Old Navy. (Eddie Bauer because they are always true-to-size, and Old Navy because they’re cheap.)
61. I’m embarrassed to go to my high school reunions because I was voted most likely to succeed. I feel privileged to stay at home with my kids, but I know people expected me to do other things.
62. I’ve never regretted getting married young—not one single day.
63. I have only one blood sibling—my sister, and we’re married to brothers. It is SO wonderful because our husbands get along perfectly and like spending time with each other. (If we were closer, we’d spend a lot more time together.)
64. I wish I was fluent in another language.
65. I would love to be a college professor.
66. I’ve been to Disneyland twice.
67. I’ve had three near-death experiences.
68. I was held hostage in my classroom by a teen gunman, so I’ve been officially “kidnapped.”
69. I’m very calm and level-headed in crisis situations.
70. I’m prone to headaches and keep a stock of Excedrin in my house.
71. I hate going barefoot.
72. I don’t like flip flops. (I only wear them to the pool.)
73. I hardly ever wear nylons and heels anymore (due to my eternal Primary calling).
74. My best friend is my sister.
75. I have sister-in-laws that I relate to so well, I consider them my own sisters.
76. My closest “local” friend is also named Michelle. People call us “the Michelles”.
77. I’m allergic to red food coloring. It won’t kill me; it just gives me one mother of a headache.
78. Before I had kids I was a morning person, but now I stay up late just so I can enjoy the quiet.
79. I talk to myself. A lot. I always have.
80. I’m an audio learner, which means if I hear the lecture I can remember the content better than if I read the textbook. (That’s why I always messed up the grading curve for everyone else.)
81. I hate, hate, hate being pregnant. I would have more kids, but I don’t think I can handle being pregnant again.
82. I tend to get along better with men than with women. This was true in my single years and in my career. Most of my close friends in high school were guys—tharker’s married to one of them, Amy to another, and I so, so wish Rob would start a blog.
83. One of my high school flings is now a bishop.
84. When the weather gets cold, it makes me feel like baking. I bake more in the fall than any other time of year.
85. I’m annoyed that all holidays have turned into candy holidays. Does this bother anyone else? Now there’s Halloween candy, then Christmas candy, then Valentine’s candy, then Easter, parade candy from summer and Homecomeing…. I hate playing candy police. One year we got so much candy from Halloween, that I put it into a flat rate box and sent it to soldiers in Iraq. (They give it to kids on the streets.)
86. I am a volunteer for Books for Soldiers, and I think they are a wonderful organization. I haven’t sent much this past year, but my goal is to send some packages next month for the holiday season. (You can find them at http://www.booksforsoldiers.com/)
87. Before I moved to my current branch, I had never served in Primary. Now I’m afraid they’ll never let me out!
88. I don’t like to exercise.
89. Thanks to Josie, I now weigh fifteen pounds more than I did in high school. This bugs me more than you can imagine.
90. I’m not good at dieting, so it’s been hard to take off.
91. This weight fluctuation is one reason I hate pregnancy so much. It’s murder on my self esteem.
92. My birthstone is emerald.
93. Emerald green is also my favorite color.
94. My mom and I sound almost exactly alike on the phone.
95. Only one of my kids has my brown eyes.
96. I talk to my sister and my mom on the phone almost everyday.
97. My sister and I have never lived in the same town since I got married.
98. I used to live right next door to my in-laws. When we left Washington, I missed my mother-in-law as much as my own mom and sister.
99. I’ve lost track of my college roommate from Washington State University, and I’d really like to find her.
100. If I could vacation anywhere, I would go to Venice, Italy. I have always wanted to see Venice.
Whew!!! I did it! I wasn’t sure I could. Feel free to ask questions in the comment form, and I’ll address them in a future post.
Happy 100th, dear blog. You’ve been a great outlet for me.
5. My shoe size is now a full size larger than before I had children.
6. My favorite movies are romances—Sabrina (the Julia Ormond-Harrison Ford version) and Pride & Prejudice. Gweneth Paltrow’s Emma is right up there because I love Jeremy Northam as Mr. Knightly.
7. I don’t like many old movies, and there are several that I still haven’t seen. Dare I admit that I’ve never seen all of Mary Poppins? It’s true. Ditto for the Sound of Music.
8. I used to have most of Romeo & Juliet and Hamlet memorized, because I taught each of them five times a day. When you hear the text a lot, it just sticks.
9. I love all crafts.
10. I like beading.
11. I like toll painting.
12. I like quilting.
13. And embroidery.
14. Scrapbooking
15. Card Making
16. Stamping, too
17. I have written over 1500 pages of unpublished fiction.
18. I’m still writing.
19. When I started writing, my biggest fear was that I would finish the first novel and never have another idea. The opposite has happened. I have too many stories in my head and no time to write them.
20. My favorite shirt is orange.
21. I have honestly never seen a man that I thought was better looking than my husband (movie stars included). Actually, I think most of my sister-in-laws feel this way. We married into a family of gorgeous brothers (and sisters).
22. I love to eat cinnamon rolls, but only if I bake them myself.
23. I cannot trust myself with cinnamon rolls, so I don’t bake them very often.
24. I love cheesecake.
25. I like Pepsi more than chocolate.
26. I like Doritos more than chocolate, too.
27. Gingersnaps are my favorite cookies, with chocolate chip running second.
28. I like chocolate chip cookie dough much more than the baked cookies.
29. I let my kids eat raw cookie dough.
30. I tend not to reread books unless I’m teaching them. I think this is because there are so many books out there that I feel like I should keep plowing through them.
31. No matter how many books I’ve read, I feel like I’ve never read enough to be “well-read.”
32. I still love horses.
33. I prefer cats to dogs, although cats make me sneeze.
34. We don’t have a pet because I don’t want one in my house.
35. I hate all floral scented products. Anything I buy that is scented has to be citrus or spice fragranced.
36. I will only wear one perfume—Christian Dior’s Poison.
37. My first bottle of the aforementioned perfume was given to me by my high school boyfriend. I have been wearing it ever since. (What can I say? The guy had good taste, as I’m sure this girl will agree.)
38. Roses and carnations are my favorite flowers.
39. I love driving an SUV, and I won’t give it up for a minivan.
40. My favorite shoes are leather Mary Janes.
41. I’m not choosy about music and basically listen to whatever Nathan has a whim to buy.
42. I loved cheerleading more than any other sport or activity I’ve encountered since.
43. I coached cheerleaders for three years and loved that, too.
44. I still love Pasco purple.
45. I wear mostly earth tones. One of my friends who sells make-up says I’m her only client who wears the “warm” line.
46. If I could live anywhere, I’d live on 1000 acres somewhere with a long growing season. Nathan would be happy as long as I bought him a big tractor. And, Ethan would be happy as long as he got his own four-wheeler.
47. I believed I would be the mother of all boys.
48. I moped for a week when I found out Mazie was a girl. After she was born, I didn’t know how I had survived without a daughter.
49. I wished and prayed that our fourth would be a girl, and she was.
50. I have lived in four different states during my married life.
51. I have never traveled east of Montana and Wyoming.
52. Canada is the only “foreign” country I’ve ever visited.
53. I’ve never had a passport.
54. I love office supplies, and I have an irrationally large stash of pens, tablets and journals.
55. I cannot live without a planner.
56. I am much less contentious now than I was as a young adult. I’ve learned to be a peacemaker from my husband.
57. I still talk too much.
58. I get depressed easily, especially when Nathan isn’t around.
59. If I didn’t have to take my kids to school, I could easily become a hermit. I would do crafts all day long and never get bored.
60. Nearly all of my clothes are from Eddie Bauer and Old Navy. (Eddie Bauer because they are always true-to-size, and Old Navy because they’re cheap.)
61. I’m embarrassed to go to my high school reunions because I was voted most likely to succeed. I feel privileged to stay at home with my kids, but I know people expected me to do other things.
62. I’ve never regretted getting married young—not one single day.
63. I have only one blood sibling—my sister, and we’re married to brothers. It is SO wonderful because our husbands get along perfectly and like spending time with each other. (If we were closer, we’d spend a lot more time together.)
64. I wish I was fluent in another language.
65. I would love to be a college professor.
66. I’ve been to Disneyland twice.
67. I’ve had three near-death experiences.
68. I was held hostage in my classroom by a teen gunman, so I’ve been officially “kidnapped.”
69. I’m very calm and level-headed in crisis situations.
70. I’m prone to headaches and keep a stock of Excedrin in my house.
71. I hate going barefoot.
72. I don’t like flip flops. (I only wear them to the pool.)
73. I hardly ever wear nylons and heels anymore (due to my eternal Primary calling).
74. My best friend is my sister.
75. I have sister-in-laws that I relate to so well, I consider them my own sisters.
76. My closest “local” friend is also named Michelle. People call us “the Michelles”.
77. I’m allergic to red food coloring. It won’t kill me; it just gives me one mother of a headache.
78. Before I had kids I was a morning person, but now I stay up late just so I can enjoy the quiet.
79. I talk to myself. A lot. I always have.
80. I’m an audio learner, which means if I hear the lecture I can remember the content better than if I read the textbook. (That’s why I always messed up the grading curve for everyone else.)
81. I hate, hate, hate being pregnant. I would have more kids, but I don’t think I can handle being pregnant again.
82. I tend to get along better with men than with women. This was true in my single years and in my career. Most of my close friends in high school were guys—tharker’s married to one of them, Amy to another, and I so, so wish Rob would start a blog.
83. One of my high school flings is now a bishop.
84. When the weather gets cold, it makes me feel like baking. I bake more in the fall than any other time of year.
85. I’m annoyed that all holidays have turned into candy holidays. Does this bother anyone else? Now there’s Halloween candy, then Christmas candy, then Valentine’s candy, then Easter, parade candy from summer and Homecomeing…. I hate playing candy police. One year we got so much candy from Halloween, that I put it into a flat rate box and sent it to soldiers in Iraq. (They give it to kids on the streets.)
86. I am a volunteer for Books for Soldiers, and I think they are a wonderful organization. I haven’t sent much this past year, but my goal is to send some packages next month for the holiday season. (You can find them at http://www.booksforsoldiers.com/)
87. Before I moved to my current branch, I had never served in Primary. Now I’m afraid they’ll never let me out!
88. I don’t like to exercise.
89. Thanks to Josie, I now weigh fifteen pounds more than I did in high school. This bugs me more than you can imagine.
90. I’m not good at dieting, so it’s been hard to take off.
91. This weight fluctuation is one reason I hate pregnancy so much. It’s murder on my self esteem.
92. My birthstone is emerald.
93. Emerald green is also my favorite color.
94. My mom and I sound almost exactly alike on the phone.
95. Only one of my kids has my brown eyes.
96. I talk to my sister and my mom on the phone almost everyday.
97. My sister and I have never lived in the same town since I got married.
98. I used to live right next door to my in-laws. When we left Washington, I missed my mother-in-law as much as my own mom and sister.
99. I’ve lost track of my college roommate from Washington State University, and I’d really like to find her.
100. If I could vacation anywhere, I would go to Venice, Italy. I have always wanted to see Venice.
Whew!!! I did it! I wasn’t sure I could. Feel free to ask questions in the comment form, and I’ll address them in a future post.
Happy 100th, dear blog. You’ve been a great outlet for me.
Of course, no celebration would be complete without a give-away. Up for grabs this time is a pair of beaded snowflake ornaments for your Christmas tree. 
Sorry, but they don't have hooks because those are still packed with my decorations. 
Just leave a comment to be entered in the give-away. Friends, relatives and lurkers welcome!
Sorry, but they don't have hooks because those are still packed with my decorations. Just leave a comment to be entered in the give-away. Friends, relatives and lurkers welcome!
Congratulations on your 100th! I have been doing this for over a year now and I wonder if I even have 25 blogs posted! I am not much of a writer. I keep going with the blog because I feel like it is just another small way to record some family history/journaling, but I just am not very good at sitting down and writing. It is always a goal to be a better blogger. Loved your list!
ReplyDeleteHappy 1ooth!!! It's been fun getting to know you better through your blogging... keep it up!
ReplyDeleteHappy 100th! I was laughing so hard about your #37. Do you know what that is still his favorite too, only I feel bad because it just does not smell good on me. It is fun learning more about you. This was a great list.
ReplyDeleteYou are a very interesting person and I love it! I think I would have a hard time coming up with more than ten things... I love reading your blog, keep it up!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on writing 100 blogs!!!
ReplyDeleteHopefully soon you will be released from Primary. (They have to be making changes, right?)
~C
Hey Michelle!
ReplyDeleteI can't believe I stumbled upon your blog! I love getting Christmas Cards from you every year! Now I can read what is going on with you! Keep in touch!
Jill(Boyce)Harmon