100 THINGS

Here is my list of 100 things that you may not know about me...

1. I am the youngest of five children
2. I attended 12 years of Catholic school
3. I lived in the same house for my first 18 years
4. I haven't been Catholic since I was 18
5. I am spiritual
6. I still embrace ritual
7. I believe in angels
8. My mom died when I was 30
9. I was married 9 months later
10. My Mom really liked the guy I married
11. Fidelity is something I don't joke about
12. I am exceedingly loyal to my family
13. I am equally loyal to a few friends
14. I make acquaintances easily, but not friends
15. I am afraid of the dark
16. I believe in UFOs
17. I am afraid of monsters under the bed
18. I believe in magic
19. I believe in evil forces
20. My deceased paternal grandparents once appeared to me in my bedroom
21. They told me they were proud of me and that I was making the right career choice
22. I am kind
23. People always get a second chance with me
24. Rarely do they get a third
25. I can hold a grudge indefinitely
26. I am a sucker for Hello Kitty
27. I enjoy reading
28. Sometimes I read to avoid dealing with issues
29. I buy my daughter gifts that I enjoyed as a kid
30. I worked in college sports for 8+ years
31. I worked at Mrs. Fields Cookies when I was in college
32. I didn't like chocolate chip cookies for nearly 15 years after working there
33. I hated working in fundraising
34. I loved working at Kinko's corporate office
35. I worked for two years at a dotcom
36. I was well compensated
37. I was laid off
38. I have a great appreciation for German engineering
39. I drive a VW
40. I have never wanted to be a teacher
41. Job I would least like to have: airport shuttlebus driver
42. Job I would like to have: midwife
43. I receive all of my medical care from women
44. I have a great appreciation for athletic ability
45. If I could play any position on a football team well, I would be a tight end: you get to block and catch passes
46. I puked almost every day of my pregnancy
47. I never liked being pregnant
48. I never glowed
49. My daughter is my greatest accomplishment
50. I am a strong advocate of breastfeeding
51. I am still breastfeeding The Girl at 3+
52. My husband has never tasted my breastmilk
53. I can shoot breastmilk into my own mouth
54. I am a terrible speller
55. I am a grammar and usage nerd
56. I am a great bullshitter
57. I inherited that from my Dad
58. I love that my daughter has my Mom's smile
59. I have never been outside North America
60. I am very strong willed
61. I like to sleep with at least a sheet covering me
62. I love to clean my ears with Q-Tips
63. I am very brand loyal
64. I spend $55 for a haircut every five weeks
65. I feel guilty paying full price for almost anything
66. I always think the worst will happen
67. It rarely does
68. I have never had a bikini wax, but would like to try
69. I color my hair
70. I started to go grey at 21
71. The season I dislike the most is the fall
72. I create Amazon wishlists just to keep track of stuff I should buy if I win the lottery
73. I like to garden but am not especially good at it
74. I enjoy swimming but am not very good at it
75. I float well
76. I wish I were more coordinated
77. I think I am very creative
78. I get sidetracked a lot
79. I'm not sure if we will have another child
80. I believe I am going to win the lottery
81. I am hopelessly middle-class
82. I don't ever want to move away from the beach
83. If space travel were reasonably priced, I would go
84. I grew up in the desert
85. I have reverse anorexia - I see a thin person in the mirror
86. I use food to make myself feel better
87. It rarely works
88. I don't have a lot of wrinkles for my age
89. I still think of myself as 28 years old, despite the fact that was 12 years ago
90. I am four years older than my husband
91. I want to be cremated
92. I don't want my ashes sprinkled anywhere
93. I would like to be a lounge singer
94. I am sassy
95. I love big-band music but don't own any CDs of it
96. My female role models when growing up: Carroll Burnett, Lindsey Wagner (The Bionic Woman), Mary Tyler-Moore
97. My guilty TV pleasure is the Gilmore Girls
98. I could live without salad, but not red meat
99. I always said I didn't want to be my own boss
100. I am starting my own business