100 Things About Me

Amber has a list of 100 things about her. Currently she is using it for her weekly blog entries. I thought it would be fun to make my own list. It's tough! It took me a long time to think of 100 things. I tried to get creative. Probably most of the things on the list are not surprising, but maybe you guys will learn something new about me. Leave me comments on what you think or what you learned!! Enjoy!


1. I am the oldest of 5 kids.
2. I have 2 children, both boys.
3. I am a stay at home mom who has a hard time staying home.
4. I like riding four wheelers and motorcycles, but I don’t like going very fast.
5. I have been skydiving.
6. I played the violin for about 7 years.
7. I was born in Utah.
8. I have lived in too many states to count, currently Utah and recently Hawaii.
9. I don’t like the beach nearly as much as I thought I would.
10. I am afraid I will get eaten by a shark while swimming in the ocean.
11. I have been surfing and loved it.
12. I enjoy having everything in its place, but I can’t seem to keep it there.
13. I hate housework.
14. I love going out to lunch.
15. I enjoy baking, but I am not that good at it.
16. My favorite food is Mexican and I secretly wish my husband would take on a second wife who was Mexican and would cook for me everyday.
17. I loved to play softball as a kid, and I was pretty good at it.
18. I love to watch football and soccer.
19. I always wished that I could sing well, but never had the talent.
20. I still love Matchbox Twenty even after all these years.
21. I got a scholarship to attend college, but I never graduated.
22. I exercise at the gym 4-5 times a week.
23. I hate the Doodlebops.
24. I love Dr. Pepper.
25. I don’t love chocolate like most girls. I prefer licorice or caramel.
26. I love going for walks with my kids.
27. I have nightmares almost every night.
28. When I am employed I am a workaholic.
29. I enjoy making quilts, but I currently don’t own a sewing machine.
30. I thoroughly enjoy ice cream.
31. I brush my teeth at least 3 times a day, usually more.
32. I go camping only because my boys like it.
33. I have never been “cool”.
34. I always have felt like I would give birth to twins.
35. I have given birth to huge babies. 9lbs and 9lbs 8oz.
36. My bigger baby was delivered naturally.
37. I have been to Mount Rushmore, Niagara Falls, The White House, the Golden Gate Bridge, the St. Louis Arch, and the Statue of Liberty.
38. I took French in college.
39. Neither my husband or I were old enough to rent a car on our honeymoon. We rented scooters instead.
40. I love the way I feel when I wake up really early in the morning. I am just too lazy to do it very often.
41. My dream car is a BMW X5. So cute!
42. I was on the school newspaper in high school.
43. I wish that I would have kept in touch better with friends I have made along the way.
44. I have always wanted to go to France.
45. I hate watching the Discovery Channel.
46. I love being surprised.
47. I hate driving in the rain.
48. I have hit a deer while driving a Honda civic.
49. I love seeing the differences and similarities in my children.
50. I love having the whole family in bed together in the morning.
51. I hate swimming.
52. I don’t like cats or dogs.
53. I don’t mind being puked on, peed on, or boogers wiped on me as much as I thought I would.
54. I double and triple check the locks on the doors every night before I go to bed when Darrell is out of town.
55. I love reading gossip magazines while I run on the treadmill.
56. I love scented candles, but can’t keep them lit for very long, because one of the boys blows them out.
57. I love finding cash that I have forgotten about.
58. I am always freezing cold at a movie theatre.
59. I am very thankful to have a washer and dryer.
60. I am a single parent 10 days on and 4 days off.
61. I hate introducing myself in a new ward. I have done it too many times.
62. I have become a much more affectionate person since getting married.
63. I love to help or serve others and do it often without recognition.
64. I have grown to like children and enjoy them more since being in the nursery and babysitting in Hawaii.
65. I enjoy hiking with my family.
66. I am a bit of a pack rat, but I really try hard not to be.
67. I waste too much time surfing the net.
68. The first boy I remember having a crush on was Sam Barlow in 1st grade.
69. I went to a private school from age 3 until part way through 3rd grade.
70. My favorite tv show is Bones.
71. I know that I am extremely competitive so I often give up or don’t try so I don’t hurt anyone’s feelings or so that I don‘t get upset if I lose.
72. I love crushed ice.
73. I like to make a budget and when we don’t stick to it I get a little crazy.
74. I enjoy reading, but I don’t do it as much as I should.
75. I am terrified of going to the dentist.
76. I have never had a real manicure or pedicure.
77. I have extremely long eyelashes and have to buy sunglasses that don’t touch them.
78. I love inside jokes.
79. I love having 2-3 best friends rather that having a larger group of friends.
80. I love spending alone time with Darrell, but it doesn’t happen as often as I would like.
81. I hate drinking milk.
82. I have lived on an Indian Reservation.
83. I enjoy beating my husband at bowling.
84. I am very interested in getting my food storage and I wish I had my own home to keep it all in.
85. I am a little sad every time I drop Collin off to preschool.
86. I talk too much.
87. I have lots of freckles and I always wished I had perfect ivory skin. The older I get the more I accept them though.
88. I currently do not own a tv. I have been borrowing my sisters tv since we got back from Hawaii.
89. I get along very well with my husband. We rarely argue.
90. I have a lot of travel tips and have seriously thought about writing a book them.
91. I have never needed glasses and I hope I never do.
92. I like to laugh, and I think that I am funny.
93. I don’t describe things as well as I think I do.
94. I still love getting birthday money.
95. I pierced my ears when I turned 8. I rarely wear earrings anymore, but my holes never fill in.
96. I love when my husband cooks. It’s rare, but he did cook me breakfast TWICE last week.
97. My favorite fire works are the really loud ones.
98. I wish that I had a live in maid/nanny.
99. Although I am generally laid back I can be stubborn.
100. I have never tried sushi. Just the thought of it makes me throw up a little.