I Want to Share 100 Things About Me
1. I like to make Halloween costumes. The best one I ever made was a doodlebug.
2. I bite my upper lip when I concentrate.
3. When we first got Guitar Hero, I could hardly play the second day because the inside of my lip was so raw.
4. I always thought I would outgrow rock-n-roll
5. I like to flirt with men on the phone when I am at work, especially when I call the bank. I can hear them blush.
6. I bite my lower lip when I am pleased.
7. I like the sound scissors make when I am cutting out pattern pieces on the table.
8. I'm not just making up this list on the fly, I've been working on it for a couple of days.
9. I still look for you.
10. I wake up at 2 am and can't go back to sleep at least once a week.
11. I have a friend that recently changed to the midnight shift as a dispatcher for the police dept so I have someone I can text at 2 am now. It's not so dreadful to be awake in the middle of the night anymore.
12. I think I am pretty.
13. I plug in my ipod when I clean house.
14. One day, I heard a very loud noise and went outside to check it out. The Fame soundtrack was blaring from the outside speakers on the house behind mine. I had a very clear picture of my neighbor vacuuming and singing and dancing, totally oblivious that she was entertaining the whole neighborhood.
15. The first apartment that Mr. Poppins and I lived in had a really great balcony. One night we were sitting out there and smelled a funny, familiar smell. Our downstairs neighbor was sitting on his balcony too, smoking a joint. He was on his balcony most evenings.
16. We had another neighbor at that apartment complex that would practice the piano every evening. He was really good.
17. We didn't go out much when we lived in that apartment.
18. I always wonder about people and I like to hear their stories.
19. I talk to people at the grocery store.
20. When I was a kid, my grandpa would take us to the park or the pool or his farm when we would visit. He was the only grown-up I knew that knew how to play.
21. I like to play the piano, but no matter how much I practice, the music I play is never the music in my heart.
22. My favorite painting is Cafe Terrace at Night, by van Gogh. My second favorite painting is Waterquilt by a very talented and as yet unknown artist.
23. I want a tattoo.
24. I have never, but very much want a ride on a motorcycle.
25. I like my coffee with a little cream and am always interested in how other people take their coffee.
26. My great-grandmother also liked cream in her coffee. If you asked her how much she would say "till it's pretty"
27. I can't remember not having internet friends.
28. I have a song for almost everyone I know. Sometimes I'm afraid to tell them because I don't know if they will like the song. When I hear the song, it's like having the person with me.
29. There are days I desperately want to be rescued.
30. My best year as a kid was my junior year of high school. I had the greatest friends and we would drive around in Penny's yellow suburban. Everywhere we went, we would take detours by the crush of the day's house. I have no idea how she knew where all these boys lived, but we would do drive bys all the time. I don't actually remember getting anywhere, just driving.
31. My kids constantly say "Mom, why do you have to be so weird?"
32. One of my favorite things ever is a great waiter.
33. I'm pretty sure the guys at the Jiffy Lube have a crush on me.
34. I love fresh flowers and buy them for myself all the time.
35. I often feel like I disappoint.
36. I can from a standing position, bend at the waist and touch my palms flat to the floor without bending my knees.
37. I drink too much.
38. I quiz my kids in the car to see if they know the band playing on the radio.
39. I think the people who get the most out of life are the people who do the hard things.
40. Thank you so much for all of the music.
41. Sometimes happily ever after movies make me cry harder than the ones where everyone dies.
42. I cry too much.
43. I've always thought I was pretty easy going. But I think the truth is more that I am a difficult woman. But I am pretty easy going too.
44. The wisest, most amazing woman is growing up in my house.
45. I have never had employees and I would very much like to.
46. The most profound speaker I have ever heard was a death therapist. I don't think I will ever forget her.
47. I love my hair and am a bit vain about it.
48. I'm not sure how the conversation started, but I once said to my father-in-law "I am not subtle." He fell out of his chair he was laughing so hard.
49. I love looking at fabric.
50. It makes me smile to think anyone would have read this far.
51. Prince Charming is growing up in my house. He's a little goofy right now, but I really do think he is going to work that goofiness into part of his charm. No kidding, when he smiles at me full on, I have to take a step back.
52. I want to have a pint of Guinness at a pub in Ireland.
53. I've only posted stories about my cooking failures, but I really am a very good cook.
54. My favorite ingredient is butter.
55. I detest fake food. The horrors topping that list are margarine, Cool Whip (get out a mixer and whip some cream, it's not that hard), Velveeta (although, I like the canned nacho cheese sauce that is sold on the chip aisle), and anything with Xanthan Gum listed in the ingredients (what the hell is that stuff anyway?)
56. I have never had a cavity,
57. a broken bone,
58. braces,
59. glasses,
60. or a Facebook Page.
61. I have also never been arrested.
62. I feel very narcissistic writing this. It is an uncomfortable and slightly exhilarating feeling.
63. I had to look up the spelling for narcissistic and exhilarating.
64. My favorite movie quote ever is "Mary . . . . . . don't ever change. . . . . . . for anybody"
65. When I am in the car I constantly change the radio station until I find a song I like.
66. I was kissed perfectly once, kind of recently. I still think about it every once in a while.
67. One night when my daughter was very young, she was saying her prayers and she told God, "thank you that my mommy is so pretty." I am almost sure that I felt the same at that moment that a beauty pageant contestant feels when being crowned winner.
68. I am watching myself grow up. He is a little too sensitive to word choice and tone. He overreacts. And he has compassion and tenderness that flow out of him easily and from a depth that is immeasurable. Watching him learn and grow, I am forgiving myself for so much.
69. I was running out of ideas at this point so I asked Jane and Michael for help. They suggested I include some of my signature sayings. I didn't realize I had signature sayings, but here they are: "She/he/that is frightening." "that is flippin awesome." "oh, that is so sad" (apparently, i say this with a pouty, baby voice). There were a few more but they were laughing so hard at their imitations of me, that I didn't understand a word they were saying past this point.
70. I know how to water ski.
71. Another one from my son - I scream a lot.
72. My favorite color is green, and sometimes pink, sometimes brown, sometimes red.
73. I don't like blue, which is funny because my second favorite painting is all blue. Did I mention I am difficult?
74. Another one from my daughter - I am awesome, and she knows it's true because her friends think I am too. I asked her if I was flippin awesome and she said Mom, why do you have to be so weird?
75. I laugh a lot.
76. I throw my head back when I laugh and I lose my sunglasses all the time.
77. I've always wanted a gift from Tiffany's.
78. I want to sit all day at a beach in Nice. Then wear a red checked dress to a beautiful moonlit dinner.
79. I want to visit relatives in Italy and eat all day and dance all night. I don't actually have relatives in Italy, so this one might be the most difficult.
80. I am my best when I am hanging out with my brother.
81. I loved being pregnant. People smile at me when I say this.
82. I enjoyed giving birth and thought about being a midwife for a while. People look at me funny when I say this.
83. When I explain things I give a very detailed description of what I want the end product to look like and leave the process to the person doing the job.
84. I think someone is sending me Hockey karma, because all of a sudden my oldest wants to play. I don't even know if it's legal to play hockey in Texas.
85. I have stretchmarks all across my stomach. I try to hate them, but my kids gave them to me. They remind me of a macaroni necklace that mom's wear proudly, not because it's pretty but because it means something more.
86. I had one job where I dealt directly with the public. In my employee file there were numerous letters and noted phone calls from people who thought I was amazing. There were also just as many letters and noted phone calls from people who thought I was the rudest person they had ever met. My boss asked me why I thought this happened. I told him it was easy. Some people have real problems and I am happy to help them, some people have stupid problems. That's when I got moved to the accounting department.
87. Sometimes, I don't like to stick to the planned menu and I make what I like to call "Mommy Surprise." For the most part, it turns out really well, but the few failures have been so horrible, that people in my house wince when they hear those words.
88. My favorite kids show is Phineus and Ferb.
89. I read to my kids' classes. I love to act out all the characters and I love getting to a tense part and closing the book and saying "see you guys next week."
90. I like feeling the warmth of the sun sink into my skin after being in a cold air-conditioned building.
91. I don't mind cleaning house, but it bugs me to pick up after people.
92. When I was a kid, i used to love watching my mom and her 4 sisters-in-law doing dishes after a holiday dinner. They laughed and talked and had the best time in my grandmother's tiny kitchen.
93. I have flat feet
94. I have a secret joke with my brother. When I get a text from him, I can't read it unless I'm free to laugh out loud.
95. I was hit by a car when I was 3 years old and I never heard the whole story until a month ago.
96. I wonder what this list would look like if my kids wrote it.
97. I have a secret plot involving marathons and saying hi and it makes me giggle to think about it.
98. I love to play Clue.
99. I sometimes compose stories for EP as things are happening to me.
100. I hope I didn't bore you too horribly. Thanks.
2. I bite my upper lip when I concentrate.
3. When we first got Guitar Hero, I could hardly play the second day because the inside of my lip was so raw.
4. I always thought I would outgrow rock-n-roll
5. I like to flirt with men on the phone when I am at work, especially when I call the bank. I can hear them blush.
6. I bite my lower lip when I am pleased.
7. I like the sound scissors make when I am cutting out pattern pieces on the table.
8. I'm not just making up this list on the fly, I've been working on it for a couple of days.
9. I still look for you.
10. I wake up at 2 am and can't go back to sleep at least once a week.
11. I have a friend that recently changed to the midnight shift as a dispatcher for the police dept so I have someone I can text at 2 am now. It's not so dreadful to be awake in the middle of the night anymore.
12. I think I am pretty.
13. I plug in my ipod when I clean house.
14. One day, I heard a very loud noise and went outside to check it out. The Fame soundtrack was blaring from the outside speakers on the house behind mine. I had a very clear picture of my neighbor vacuuming and singing and dancing, totally oblivious that she was entertaining the whole neighborhood.
15. The first apartment that Mr. Poppins and I lived in had a really great balcony. One night we were sitting out there and smelled a funny, familiar smell. Our downstairs neighbor was sitting on his balcony too, smoking a joint. He was on his balcony most evenings.
16. We had another neighbor at that apartment complex that would practice the piano every evening. He was really good.
17. We didn't go out much when we lived in that apartment.
18. I always wonder about people and I like to hear their stories.
19. I talk to people at the grocery store.
20. When I was a kid, my grandpa would take us to the park or the pool or his farm when we would visit. He was the only grown-up I knew that knew how to play.
21. I like to play the piano, but no matter how much I practice, the music I play is never the music in my heart.
22. My favorite painting is Cafe Terrace at Night, by van Gogh. My second favorite painting is Waterquilt by a very talented and as yet unknown artist.
23. I want a tattoo.
24. I have never, but very much want a ride on a motorcycle.
25. I like my coffee with a little cream and am always interested in how other people take their coffee.
26. My great-grandmother also liked cream in her coffee. If you asked her how much she would say "till it's pretty"
27. I can't remember not having internet friends.
28. I have a song for almost everyone I know. Sometimes I'm afraid to tell them because I don't know if they will like the song. When I hear the song, it's like having the person with me.
29. There are days I desperately want to be rescued.
30. My best year as a kid was my junior year of high school. I had the greatest friends and we would drive around in Penny's yellow suburban. Everywhere we went, we would take detours by the crush of the day's house. I have no idea how she knew where all these boys lived, but we would do drive bys all the time. I don't actually remember getting anywhere, just driving.
31. My kids constantly say "Mom, why do you have to be so weird?"
32. One of my favorite things ever is a great waiter.
33. I'm pretty sure the guys at the Jiffy Lube have a crush on me.
34. I love fresh flowers and buy them for myself all the time.
35. I often feel like I disappoint.
36. I can from a standing position, bend at the waist and touch my palms flat to the floor without bending my knees.
37. I drink too much.
38. I quiz my kids in the car to see if they know the band playing on the radio.
39. I think the people who get the most out of life are the people who do the hard things.
40. Thank you so much for all of the music.
41. Sometimes happily ever after movies make me cry harder than the ones where everyone dies.
42. I cry too much.
43. I've always thought I was pretty easy going. But I think the truth is more that I am a difficult woman. But I am pretty easy going too.
44. The wisest, most amazing woman is growing up in my house.
45. I have never had employees and I would very much like to.
46. The most profound speaker I have ever heard was a death therapist. I don't think I will ever forget her.
47. I love my hair and am a bit vain about it.
48. I'm not sure how the conversation started, but I once said to my father-in-law "I am not subtle." He fell out of his chair he was laughing so hard.
49. I love looking at fabric.
50. It makes me smile to think anyone would have read this far.
51. Prince Charming is growing up in my house. He's a little goofy right now, but I really do think he is going to work that goofiness into part of his charm. No kidding, when he smiles at me full on, I have to take a step back.
52. I want to have a pint of Guinness at a pub in Ireland.
53. I've only posted stories about my cooking failures, but I really am a very good cook.
54. My favorite ingredient is butter.
55. I detest fake food. The horrors topping that list are margarine, Cool Whip (get out a mixer and whip some cream, it's not that hard), Velveeta (although, I like the canned nacho cheese sauce that is sold on the chip aisle), and anything with Xanthan Gum listed in the ingredients (what the hell is that stuff anyway?)
56. I have never had a cavity,
57. a broken bone,
58. braces,
59. glasses,
60. or a Facebook Page.
61. I have also never been arrested.
62. I feel very narcissistic writing this. It is an uncomfortable and slightly exhilarating feeling.
63. I had to look up the spelling for narcissistic and exhilarating.
64. My favorite movie quote ever is "Mary . . . . . . don't ever change. . . . . . . for anybody"
65. When I am in the car I constantly change the radio station until I find a song I like.
66. I was kissed perfectly once, kind of recently. I still think about it every once in a while.
67. One night when my daughter was very young, she was saying her prayers and she told God, "thank you that my mommy is so pretty." I am almost sure that I felt the same at that moment that a beauty pageant contestant feels when being crowned winner.
68. I am watching myself grow up. He is a little too sensitive to word choice and tone. He overreacts. And he has compassion and tenderness that flow out of him easily and from a depth that is immeasurable. Watching him learn and grow, I am forgiving myself for so much.
69. I was running out of ideas at this point so I asked Jane and Michael for help. They suggested I include some of my signature sayings. I didn't realize I had signature sayings, but here they are: "She/he/that is frightening." "that is flippin awesome." "oh, that is so sad" (apparently, i say this with a pouty, baby voice). There were a few more but they were laughing so hard at their imitations of me, that I didn't understand a word they were saying past this point.
70. I know how to water ski.
71. Another one from my son - I scream a lot.
72. My favorite color is green, and sometimes pink, sometimes brown, sometimes red.
73. I don't like blue, which is funny because my second favorite painting is all blue. Did I mention I am difficult?
74. Another one from my daughter - I am awesome, and she knows it's true because her friends think I am too. I asked her if I was flippin awesome and she said Mom, why do you have to be so weird?
75. I laugh a lot.
76. I throw my head back when I laugh and I lose my sunglasses all the time.
77. I've always wanted a gift from Tiffany's.
78. I want to sit all day at a beach in Nice. Then wear a red checked dress to a beautiful moonlit dinner.
79. I want to visit relatives in Italy and eat all day and dance all night. I don't actually have relatives in Italy, so this one might be the most difficult.
80. I am my best when I am hanging out with my brother.
81. I loved being pregnant. People smile at me when I say this.
82. I enjoyed giving birth and thought about being a midwife for a while. People look at me funny when I say this.
83. When I explain things I give a very detailed desc
84. I think someone is sending me Hockey karma, because all of a sudden my oldest wants to play. I don't even know if it's legal to play hockey in Texas.
85. I have stretchmarks all across my stomach. I try to hate them, but my kids gave them to me. They remind me of a macaroni necklace that mom's wear proudly, not because it's pretty but because it means something more.
86. I had one job where I dealt directly with the public. In my employee file there were numerous letters and noted phone calls from people who thought I was amazing. There were also just as many letters and noted phone calls from people who thought I was the rudest person they had ever met. My boss asked me why I thought this happened. I told him it was easy. Some people have real problems and I am happy to help them, some people have stupid problems. That's when I got moved to the accounting department.
87. Sometimes, I don't like to stick to the planned menu and I make what I like to call "Mommy Surprise." For the most part, it turns out really well, but the few failures have been so horrible, that people in my house wince when they hear those words.
88. My favorite kids show is Phineus and Ferb.
89. I read to my kids' classes. I love to act out all the characters and I love getting to a tense part and closing the book and saying "see you guys next week."
90. I like feeling the warmth of the sun sink into my skin after being in a cold air-conditioned building.
91. I don't mind cleaning house, but it bugs me to pick up after people.
92. When I was a kid, i used to love watching my mom and her 4 sisters-in-law doing dishes after a holiday dinner. They laughed and talked and had the best time in my grandmother's tiny kitchen.
93. I have flat feet
94. I have a secret joke with my brother. When I get a text from him, I can't read it unless I'm free to laugh out loud.
95. I was hit by a car when I was 3 years old and I never heard the whole story until a month ago.
96. I wonder what this list would look like if my kids wrote it.
97. I have a secret plot involving marathons and saying hi and it makes me giggle to think about it.
98. I love to play Clue.
99. I sometimes compose stories for EP as things are happening to me.
100. I hope I didn't bore you too horribly. Thanks.
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MaryP5
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