100 Things About Me

A friend sent me an email once containing 100 things about herself and challenged me to think of 100 things about myself...I haven't made it to 100 yet, but I thought I'd share what I've come up with so far.

1. I love the song “I love a rainy night” by Eddie Rabbit.
2. I have eaten a grasshopper that was specially prepared by my brother. It was cooked using a Bic lighter.
3. I was converted to country music by my best friend.
   
4. I am in love with Bono, Ewan MacGregor, Jon Bon Jovi (what is it about Bon Jovi) and Paul Walker.
5. I love singing along with the Partridge Family.
6. When I was a teenager I was in love with Kevin Arnold from The Wonder Years
7. My Grandma is my hero – I want to have wrinkles like she does when I get older.
8. If I had a Top-Ten List of fabulous moments in my life it would include Going to Disneyland for the first time (I cried when I saw it) and seeing Wicked on stage in Denver (May 25, 2007).
9. I found my true self in Macon Georgia.
10. I have a doppelganger somewhere in Canada. (I have photographic proof if you don’t believe it).
11. I love that my oldest nephew, is now not only a nephew but a friend.
12. I adore my Silver VW Beetle, whose name is Bebo, and if I could find a man I loved as much as I love him I’d be set.
13. I’m half English.
14. If I had a house with a huge yard I would buy myself a Border collie and name him Hank and also Jack Russell Terrier named Jake.
15. My feet are extremely ticklish.
16. I don’t know that I’ve ever spelled “ticklish” before.
17. I love playing along with Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune & Lingo
18. One day I will go walking in Scotland (partially in memory of Ma Bonner)
19. Kids love me.
20. I believe that there is nothing better than dancing in a Georgia rain storm (Top-Ten candidate).
21. The nearest I’ve ever come to perfection was when I held a living, breathing butterfly on my fingertip. (Top-Ten candidate).
22. I have an unexplainable fear of escalators.
23. I can’t stand phony people.
24. I never learned to swim
25. I am scared of any water that I can’t see or feel the bottom with my feet.
26. I enjoy mowing the lawn (or cutting the grass if you're from the South).
27. The 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice is a favorite movie.
28. I’ve seldom laughed harder than when I saw Thoroughly Modern Millie for the first time.
29. I choked on a McDonald’s hamburger once because I was laughing and chewing at the same time.
30. I’m utterly clueless when it comes to dating
31. I fell in love with a man named Jerry who had pretty hazel eyes.
32. Sometimes I doubt that I’ll ever find Mr. Forever.
33. I joined the ward choir because the choir director had a gorgeous pair of eyelashes.
34. My biggest fear is that I won’t be able to have children of my own.
35. I was 20 before I drove farther south than Salt Lake City. I didn’t have a reason to and Mom wouldn’t have let me…she was very protective.
36. I have never been kissed.
37. I love Bowling. I’m a terrible bowler, though I can’t understand why my dad used to watch it on TV and it looked very easy…nothing to it just roll the ball down the lane and hit the pins.
38. I’m a compulsive nail biter
39. I become sarcastic around boys that I like. I never say the right thing.
40. I’m good at “zingers” (see You’ve Got Mail if you don’t know what a zinger is) but they always come after the fact.
41. I sobbed when Dumbledore was killed in Book #6.
42. I cry A LOT.
43. The laws of Physics fascinate me.
44. I love to crochet (my grandma taught me how, I think)
45. My dad taught me to knit.
46. I can do one bird call.
47. I’m going to name my first daughter Ruby Jane
48. I love the name Jake
49. If I could spend any amount of money on clothes anywhere I would shop at Eddie Bauer.
50. My favorite food is pie.
51. I hate black eyed peas – I think they taste like dirt.
52. Boy names I love: Owen, Luke, Joshua, Caleb, Gabe (short for Gabriel), Jack & Ian.
53. I have seen 2 of the 4 sets of Pandas in the United States (San Diego & Memphis) and I will see the others one day (Atlanta & Washington D.C.)
54. I love that if my earphones accidentally get unplugged from my iPod my music isn't blasted to the rest of the world (especially at work).