oh me, oh my

1. I love my name.
2. I love my sisters’ names.
3. It takes effort for me to write cursive.
4. My favorite color is usually blue, sometimes green.
5. I like little things and used to collect all sorts of miniatures. (I guess that explains why I like my husband so much.)
6. I would wear sweatpants all day everyday if I could.
7. My feet are always cold.
8. I have 2 freckles in my left eye. The optometrist used to think they were a form of cataract.
9. My stomach hurts 98% of the time.
10. I’ve never had braces.
11. Or worn glasses.
12. The smell of lilacs will always remind me of my mom’s house.
13. I don’t like painted toenails.
14. My favorite number is 10.
15. If I could only drink one beverage for the rest of my life I would choose milk.
16. I hate doing dishes, unless I’m angry or frustrated. (I don’t get it either.)
17. I like spicy food. (see 7)
18. I’m not photogenic.
19. I drink too much caffeine, mostly regular coke and mountain dew.
20. I’ve driven the same car since I got my license 10 years ago. It is still registered with Indiana plates, and I still have my Indiana driver’s license.
21. I’m obsessed with people’s names; I used to have a list of more than 200 names—first and middle—divided into "boys" and "girls" that I liked enough to name my own children.
22. One of those names was Rui.
23. I’ve worked at the same office for almost 4 years and have been given a real actual raise once.
24. I like tweezing my eyebrows.
25. I keep my fingernails short.
26. For an entire month during my first year of college, I survived on peanut butter sandwiches and Doritos. Because I WANTED to. (see 7)
27. I wear the same pieces of jewelry everyday: wedding rings, diamond necklace, diamond earrings, and skinny silver ring I got with my mom at a craft show for $5.
28. I’ve had that skinny silver ring longer than I’ve had any of my other jewelry.
29. In high school, hockey was my favorite sport.
30. I have a very sensitive sense of smell. It’s saved us from 2 carbon monoxide leaks at our current house.
31. My favorite Disney movie is "Bedknobs and Broomsticks."
32. My favorite flavor of Gatorade is lemon-lime. (see 7)
33. I lived by myself for a whole year and loved every minute of it.
34. I spend more money on books than I do clothes.
35. I’m an inch taller than my husband.
36. Dogs with long tails creep me out.
37. I think popcorn smells like sweaty feet, but I eat it anyway.
38. Every time I get my hair cut, I get told I have really healthy hair.
39. I know the movie "Clue" verbatim.
40. I hate the Denver Broncos.
41. I cannot fall asleep if I can feel any sort of breathing on my bare skin.
42. Every morning I wake up for work, the first thought that goes through my mind is "I don’t want to go to work today."
43. I like really hot showers.
44. I weighed 110lbs in high school. (see 7)
45. My husband and I were married in the Nauvoo Temple. I chose it because Matt Roush said he wouldn’t come if it were anywhere else. He passed away three months before I met Morgan.
46. I would rather not drive.
47. My all-time favorite television show is “Matlock.”
48. “Murder, She Wrote” is a close second.
49. “Law & Order” is a close third.
50. I don’t think Rachael Ray is as annoying as Sandra Lee, but I do think Sandra Lee has a better “story.”
51. I’ve never broken a bone.
52. Or had a cavity.
53. I used to be “in love with” a boy named Joaquin, who had really big thighs.
54. I still sleep with an old night shirt of my Grandma Connie’s; I call it my Silky.
55. I was the first person (besides his parents and the doctor) to hold Coop.
56. I don’t own an iPod.
57. I would rather not use the AC in the car if I can help it.
58. I don’t like chewing gum, and I can suck on the same piece of hard candy until it’s gone without ever biting it.
59. I hate the texture of coconut, mushrooms, shrimp and jello.
60. In elementary school, I wanted to be a marine biologist. In high school, I realized I am afraid of large bodies of water, especially ones of which I cannot see the bottom.
61. I have no desire to ever visit New Jersey.
62. I'm afraid of birds.
63. I hate the sound of people clipping their nails.
64. I’ve never been afraid of the dentist.
65. I can do a 1000 piece puzzle in a few hours, uninterrupted. When I would go to my Grandma Jeanne’s house after kindergarten, we would do puzzles together. Or make buckeye candies.
66. I’ve had a root canal and all four of my wisdom teeth removed. Without sedation or general anesthesia.
67. I was once told that I would be sexier if my name was Erica.
68. I love libraries and bookstores.
69. I cannot sleep with socks on.
70. I don’t like cars with leather interior. It’s too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter.
71. I like humidity.
72. I get my love of bottled coke from my Grandpa Curly.
73. I have to drink orange juice with spaghetti. (see 7)
74. I never remember to take pictures when I have the camera with me, but I never have the camera with me when I want to take pictures.
75. Our old neighbor Roger gave me my nickname because I grew a whole foot in one summer. My nieces and nephews refer to me by my nickname rather than my real name.
76. I rode a bike today—23 May 2008—for the first time in over 8 years.
77. Giraffes are my favorite zoo animals.
78. Standing in line at the grocery store behind a father and his 3 year old daughter I overheard her say, “Daddy, why’s that girl’s toes so long?” I was “that girl.”
79. I find 50Cent attractive.
80. I’ve been told on more than one occasion that I look like Jodi Foster. I disagree.
81. I have a hard time pronouncing the word voila.
82. I like the name Mallory but would never name my daughter that. Mallory and Valeri? No thank you.
83. I want a Newfoundland. I want to name him Hank.
84. I own 3 Enrique Iglesias cds: 7, Escape and Enrique.
85. I wish I had more freckles on my nose. (I love the phrase “a smattering of freckles.”)
86. I don’t use sarcasm as a defense mechanism. I use it because it’s funny.
87. There is no better smell than the world after a rainstorm. Except maybe the smell of a newborn baby.
88. I have a palatal torus.
89. I have had someone named after me.
90. I love Tom Selleck and Sean Connery.
91. I don’t snore or grind my teeth or do anything else of note while I sleep.
92. The best thing in the world to eat is the very first spoonful of peanut butter after breaking the seal.
93. I listened to Simon & Garfunkel’s Greatest Hits album while I did homework in high school. Every time without fail.
94. My feet are small compared to how tall I am: size 7 1/2 : 5’ 10”
95. Flowers make me happy.
96. I just realized I like the name Ezra.
97. I cover my ears—not my eyes—during scary parts of movies; I can watch the scary stuff, but I cannot listen to the music leading up to the scary stuff.
98. I have an uncle whose middle name is Lester.
99. I hope my children have green eyes.
100. It took me four days to compile this list.