ThingsAbout Moi!

1. I have lived in Miami for 29 of my 35 years on this earth.
2. I hate it here.
3. 5 of the other years were spent in North Carolina as a child, and the sixth year I spent in Europe.
4. I lived for a year in Sweden when I was 19.
5. I haven't been back to Europe since.
6. The places I most want to visit are the Canadian Rockies, Scotland, Ireland, the Western
United States and as many lighthouses as possible.
7. I fell in love with lighthouses as a small girl living in Cape Hatteras. That is my favorite
lighthouse.
8. I am currently in nursing school.
9. I want to be a labor & delivery nurse.
10. I currently am a secretary.
11. Nursng school is hard. I love it.
12. I was in the Navy Reserves for 8 years.
13 I was Honor Recruit for bootcamp. Bootcamp was hard.
14. I loved bootcamp.
15. I taught myself how to knit 2 years ago.
16. I am left handed, and I knit backwards.
17. I have knitter's A.D.D.
18. If it takes a long time to knit something, I will usually frog it.
19. I also have startitis.
20. I currently have 3 projects on the needles.
21. I crave nearly instant gratification in my knitting.
22. That's why I am learning to knit socks.
23. I love DisneyWorld.
24. I have been more than 20 times.
25. I love marine biology.
26. When I was in high school I wanted to become a marine biologist and work at SeaWorld.
27. My son was a surprise baby.
28. We were told I wouldn't be able to conceive.
29. 8 years later and he still continues to surprise me.
30. I love him more than anything in the world.
31. I have been married for almost 13 years.
32. I am still crazy about my husband.
33. Marriage & motherhood is hard.
34. I love it.
35 I am claustrophobic and afraid of heights.
36. Not much else really scares me.
37. However, I do avoid watching scary movies.
38. I have a tattoo of a dolphin.
39. I want another tattoo.
40. Actually, I want several more tattoos.
41. I am very impatient. I hate waiting.
42. I think it comes from working in banks, doctors offices and in retail.
43. I know there is really no good excuse for waiting.
44. I love Harry Potter.
45. I have read all of the books.
46. I would rather watch PBS, Discovery Channel or TLC than anything else.
47. I am the official tour guide and map holder for my family at DisneyWorld.
48. According to my husband, I look like a muppet while doing this.
49 Cleaning sucks. I do it as little as I have to.
50. Cooking sucks, too.
51. As a child my family kept trying to domesticate me by giving me "cleaning toys."
52. It didn't work.
53 I have a lot of pets. 2 dogs, 2 cats, a bird and a crab
54 I want to own a farm, so I can have sheep and alpacas.
55. I never want to live far from the ocean.
56. I rarely go to the beach.
57. I love chick-flicks and chick-lit.
58. I am totally not a girly-girl.
59. My favorite color is pink.
60. I hardly ever wear make-up.
61. I have 9 pairs of Chuck Taylors.
62. I love to go to concerts. I go to at least 2 a year.
63. I blew my whole concert budget this year to see Duran Duran.
64. I really want to see Billy Idol again.
65. I am obsessed with most things Scottish.
66. I want to get my Puerto Rican husband a kilt.
67. I used to collect stamps. Did I mention, I was a nerd?
68. I love to play Trivial Pursuit.
69. I suck at strategy games.
70. I have met several famous people.
71. The most famous person I have met is President Jimmy Carter.
72. I was on the front page of the newspaper shaking his hand when I was 7 years old.
73. I have been on TV.
74. I used to wear antebellum style dresses to church.
75. I am a dork, and not a bit afraid to make a fool of myself.
76. I am NOT a morning person.
77. I am NOT a night owl either.
78. I would say I am a 10 am-10 pm person.
79. I work in the Athletics Department at a University.
80. I am so not athletic, but I wish I were.
81. I wish I played softball, because I can bat like a mofo.
82. Unfortunately for the catcher, I also have a tendency to throw the bat behind me.
83. I gave a girl a black eye with a bat in Jr. High.
84. I took bellydancing for 2 years.
85. I got pretty good at it.
86. I believe high-heels are the work of the devil.
87. So are pantyhose.
88. I refuse to work in a position where I have to wear either.
89. This is one of the reasons I am going into nursing.
90. At one time I wanted to be a doula.
91. I have been working since I was 8 years old.
92. I think it is time for my 8 year old son to get a job.
93. Not really. But it is time for him to learn to do the laundry.
94. I have lived on my own since I was 19.
95. I totally miss having my own place.
96. The weekend I found out I was pregnant with my son, I made a full-size quilt in 9 hours.
97. I also once made a suit with a jacket the consisted of 48 pieces in a weekend.
98. At one time I wanted to be a fashion designer.
99. I rarely wear what is in fashion. I have my own style.
100. I am unable to hold a grudge.