100 Things About Me

As is customary for Bloggers, I am posting 100 Things About Me on my 100th post. Read at your own risk. :-)

1. I have a headache almost every day.
2. I clench my teeth when I sleep, which probably causes my headaches.
3. I have a great husband.
4. He was a blind date/rebound-guy after my practice marriage ended.
5. We dated for almost 13 years before we married. I feel it was with the wait.
6. When I was a Manager at The Gap, I used to have recurring nightmares that people would come into my bedroom while I was sleeping and shop in my closet.
7. I have had more addresses than anyone I know: 1 in NJ, 4 in SC (1 in N. Charleston, 2 in West Ashley, 1 in Mount Pleasant), 6 in MD (2 in Perry Hall, 2 in Cockeysville, 1 in Baltimore, 1 in Forrest Hill) and 1 in NC. My apologies to all of your address books.
8. I have a HORRIBLE memory, but can remember the lyrics to songs I haven't heard in years.
9. I despise Butterfingers. Is it candy? A cookie? A cracker? What!?
10. I have been restricted from drinking any kind of martini... by my own choice. It was THAT bad.
11. I am not a fan of sweets, but cannot turn down the hard corner from a pan of brownies.
12. I cry about everything.
13. The hardest that I have ever cried in public was when I saw Passion of the Christ at the movie theater. The sobbing was uncontrollable and embarrassing.
14. The second hardest was during Titanic.
15. It's because of this that Chip hates to go to the movies with me.
16. I have the smelliest feet ever.
17. My biggest fear is drowning.
18. I am a lousy swimmer.
19. I honestly believe that I am afraid of the water because my dad used to hang me over the side of the boat singing the theme from Jaws.
20. My father denies that ever happened.
21. If you see me in the ocean, know that I am only there because I have to pee.
22. My biggest pet peeves are when people drag their feet/shoes when they walk, people who make noise when they are eating or chewing, and people that don't push in their chairs.
23. I have no sense of fashion.
24. My husband says that, when I die, some young man will be happy to get my clothes.
25. I'd be thrilled to go on TLC's 'What Not To Wear' and have Stacey & Clinton fix my wardrobe and teach me how to dress. Oh yeah, and give me $5,000 for shopping.
26. I believe in psychics, ghosts, voo-doo, and witchcraft... and do not practice any of them, so have no fear.
27. I feel like, if I don't make the plans, the plans won't get made.
28. My favorite foods are all white: cheese, pasta, fish, shellfish, butter, cream, milk, popcorn.
29. If given the chance, I would slow-dance with my husband for HOURS.
30. I have a strong draw to Dunkin Donuts coffee, large, with cream & sugar. It's the Styrofoam cup with the sippy cup lid - fantastic.
31. One of the most disgusting/embarrassing things I have ever done was sneeze on a fresh batch of my friend's mom's Struffaela at Christmas time. It takes hours to make and she had to throw it out. PS- she hasn't forgotten about it!
32. I have a tattoo of a shamrock on my left, back hip. I promised that it would be my only one, but I want another.
33. I have a brother who is 11 month's younger.
34. We are almost exact opposites.
35. I am lousy at math and my checkbook is rarely balanced.
36. My husband will tell you that I love my dog more than I love him.
37. That's not true, but it's close :-)
38. I wear skirts or dresses about twice a year.
39. I like to fall asleep with the TV on.
40. I never wake-up at the first alarm. And normally not the 2nd or 3rd. To this day, Chip hasn't complained about it once.
41. If I don't get at least 9 hours of sleep, watch out.
42. I am not a morning person, or a night person.
43. I wish that I could get really tan like I did when I was younger.
44. I have a mole on my chin that I hate, but would never have removed.
45. I have eaten a part of a cow that no one should eat - and it was gross.
46. When I was young, I played LIFE with my friend, Dawn, and swallowed her "people" so she couldn't win.
47. As a child, I loved going to Dawn's house for lunch. Alice, her mom, always had chicken noodle soup and Yodels. I loved them.
48. I used to have a neighborhood paper route.
49. My father is proud of me because I can clean a fish.
50. I slept with my very first boyfriend, but not until MANY, MANY years later :-)
51. Right now, both,of my parents are thinking, " I can't believe she wrote that."
52. While in college, I had a fight with a boyfriend that ended up with a trip to the ER and restraining order.
53. My family wanted to kill him.
54. He's a Psychologist now. Creepy.
55. May favorite kid book is "Green Eggs and Ham."
56. When I was in elementary school, my circle of friends were intentionally exposed to chicken pox at the same time, and we took turns staying at each other houses while we recovered. It was BRILLIANT.
57. When I was in college we weren't allowed (by the Track Coach) to drink any kind of soda.
58. I very rarely ever drink it now, but enjoy a sweet tea.
59. The neighborhood boys (Kenny, Patrick & Tommy) always told me that I reminded them of a Pirate "with a sunken chest."
60. Now I have the biggest boobs ever.
61. See number 51 again
62. I think I am a really good cook, but sometimes I bomb and it goes right in the trash.
63. Toilet paper is ALWAYS supposed to come over the top of the role. If it's wrong, I change it, no matter where I am.
64. I once had my belly button pierced, but took it out because it always got caught on the top of my pants all the time. YOUCH!
65. When I bend my thumbs they always crack.
66. Both of my pinkies are crooked, like my father's.
67. I am my mother.
68. I find red roses to be bo-ring.
69. I prefer wild flowers.
70. I despise carnations; the look & the smell.
71. When I went on our 9th grade camping trip I had 3 hickeys on my neck. Have mercy.
72. During a Girl Scout activity, we made butter by shaking cream in a container. My grandmother (Mommom) accused me of trying to kill her because it was so salty.
73. I am moody, sensitive, and controlling.
74. I am also caring, funny, creative, crafty, and a good listener.
75. I love to take photographs of people I love.
76. There are VERY few photos of me.
77. I love to eat really good food.
78. One of my favorite things is sitting around the kitchen table laughing with my girlfriends, about the same things we've laughed about for 30 years.
79. If I could bottle a feeling, it would be the way I feel when Chip kisses me on the forehead.
80. I enjoy most reality TV, especially American Idol, America's Next Top Model, and Project Runway.
81. The best pizza is at that place by Carol's shop. It's just so good!
82. I love to get rid of things - if I haven't touched it or used in 1 year, it's trashed or donated.
83. I was the first of my friends to marry. And divorce. And remarry.
84. I have bizarre taste in music.
85. One of the most influential things anyone ever said to me was, "I can't be friends with you anymore, because my friends aren't stupid." (and she was RIGHT)
86. When I was little, and waiting for the bus in Red Bank, a police man caught me playing with matches. Funny, I married a Fireman.
87. When I die I want to be cremated, and sprinkled someplace pretty.
88. The thought of being buried and forgotten makes me feel sad.
89. I do not like BBQ sauce.
90. My 30th birthday was awful.
91. TV shows like The Bachelor, Tila Tequila, FLAVA-FLAVE!, NEXT! and Rock of Love make me physically sick & VERY angry. I'm not kidding.
92. In elementary school, my salamander escaped from it's terrarium. We found it at the end of the year when we were cleaning out the closet. We all had a burial service, and I felt very guilty.
93. I believe that you can take the girl out of Jersey, but you can't take Jersey out of the girl.
94. I never had big, Jersey, Aqua Net hair.
95. I once slept in the street for 2 days waiting for Bruce Springsteen tickets, and then couldn't go to the concert because I started college the same weekend as the show. I was NOT happy.
96. I didn't see a Bruce Springsteen concert until I was in my LATE 30's. It's a crime against all things New Jersey.
97. I loathe peas. And beans. Every legume really.
98. I prefer a facial over a body massage.
99. I love a good book that makes me laugh out loud, and cry.
100. I enjoy blogging!!! Can you tell??

Now you know just about all of me! Just about ...