70 Things About Me...

I've been tagged. 70 random things about me...

1. I am Polish-Czech-English-Irish-American Indian Descent

2. I grew up in Lovelady, TX and New Waverly, TX, so I consider the whole area in between the two my home.

3. I used to hate reading with a passion, now it's one of my favorite things to do!

4. Speaking of...I have way too many books that I'll probably never be able to finish reading.

5. Speaking of...(yes, I'm a nerd) I keep a list of books I'd like to read one day, and it's over 400 long!

6. I love summer, warm or hot weather, and beaches. If I could afford it, I'd move to Aruba!

7. I never imagined being a stay-at-home-mom.

8. I love being a stay-at-home-mom.

9. My favorite foods include pizza, chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes & cream gravy, and fried okra.

10. Although you probably wouldn't know it (LOL) I love to exercise. (I just don't have time to, or the time I have is just used for higher priorities right now)

11. I love to bargain shop...coupons with sales, resale shops, garage sales, etc. I get an adrenaline rush from getting a great deal!

12. I really don't care for theme park rides.

13. I, too, have always been okay with eating various things straight out of a can.

14. I have a major sweet-tooth.

15. I hate taking the trash out.

16. My favorite restaurants are Potato Patch on 1960 and Casa Ole.

17. I am THRIFTY! I believe I should try my best to be a good steward of what I am blessed with monetarily. (Couldn't agree more with Michelle, here!)

18. I'm very analytical and logic-minded (everything has to make since, or it doesn't compute!)

19. My degree is in Economics.

20. As Brent says, "I'm a Pusher". I push people to be their best.

21. I love basketball and March Madness!

22. I finally finished the one-year bible our church was reading through. The second year I tried in like 15 months! LOL But that was always a goal of mine, so I'm excited!

23. I would love to visit lots of different places all over the world, but probably never will. Guess that's what the travel channel is for!

24. I watch Rachael Ray & Dr. Phil.

25. I've written a children's book, but have no idea how to get it published.

26. I'd like to write some adult devotional/self-help books, but every time I sit down to write I have no idea where to begin.

27. I never got my patches for my high school letter jacket...maybe one day. LOL

28. I hate public speaking, or reading aloud in front of people, although I'm working on overcoming that!

29. I want to learn how to sew more, knit, crochet, etc. (whenever I mysteriously come up with an extra 5 hours in a day!)

30. I'm a cat-person.

31. I miss the innocent Saturday morning cartoons...Bugs Bunny, Tom & Jerry, Donald Duck, etc.

32. I love Coffee and can't wait to drink it daily again!

33. I reuse & recycle, and it confuses all our guests! LOL

34. I often don't leave messages because I think I sound like a 12-yr.old on messages!

35. I journal every day, mostly to keep a record of things that happen when my kiddos are little, so when I'm old and senile, I can at least read my memories!

36. I don't blowdry my hair very often

37. I am still driving my second car, a Malibu. My first was a Ford Sable hand-me-down.

38. I'm cheesy. When Brent & I were dating, I decorated his truck with a bunch of signs for his birthday, and a bunch of confetti in his truck bed!

39. Brent and I have the same birthday, I'm actually just an hour older.

40. I have worked at McDonalds, as a telemarketer, at Unique Tan, at TDCJ, and at a law firm.

41. I started out as a pre-physical therapy major. Changed to Agribusiness, then to Accounting, then to Economics. Then started, but haven't finished a nursing program, and personal training certification.

42. As you might guess, I've been very indecisive about my job/career goals. There are too many things I'd like to do and not enough time in my life to do it all!

43. I kept a lot of my toys from childhood, and now Raegan is playing with a lot of them!

44. I love Christmas time, even though it's cold.

45. I could watch Christmas movies and listen to Christmas music in July.

46. I'm not a big fan of the gift exchange, though. I love giving presents, but wish I didn't have to receive them!

47. I love taking pictures.

48. I used to have allergic asthma, and weekly allergy shots.

49. I got pulled over (and given a warning) once for cutting through the DPS parking lot to make a light! LOL (Wasn't thinking on that one!)

50. I would like to learn to play the piano, violin, and guitar. (better get busy, huh?!)

51. I would like to re-learn Spanish, since I forgot most of what I learned in high school.

52. I love movies and shows where there's a lot of coffee-drinking! Like You've got Mail, Gilmore Girls...

53. I love colorful pens.

54. The weirdest thing I've ever eaten was alligator...tasted like chicken.

55. I only eat seafood when I'm in an adventurous mood. I have a mental block against "fishy-smelling" seafood!

56. I cannot live with roaches, either!

57. I've also been stung by a scorpion.

58. *Knock on wood* I've never broken a bone (yet).

59. In the 4th Grade, My head got cut open (only 4 stitches, but lots of blood) by a swing at recess.

60. I get stressed out when there's nothing to do. I have to be busy at when I used to work. If I was caught up, I'd get stressed out!

61. I've flown once, to Washington, DC.

62. I actually got better grades in Woodshop/Ag classes than a lot of the guys in high school. I still like building things.

63. The center stone in my wedding ring came from my mom's ring from my dad.

64. I enjoy learning about my genealogy and hearing stories about people's lives.

65. I still have a pair of jeans that I've owned since the 6th grade, hoping to get back into them! LOL....They're not even in style anymore! LOL

66. I hope to go on mission trips. I've never been able to, and want to when the kids get older.

67. I enjoy cynical, sarcastic humor, like Seinfield, or King of Queens.

68. Even though I love summer & beaches...I love rustic, Colorado-lodge style houses.

69. I have one brother 2 years older than me, and another half-brother 13 years older than me.

70. I love concession-stand/carnival food! LOL Nachos! Yum!

I'm not tagging anyone, because 70 is really hard to come up with! LOL But I enjoy reading these, because you really do learn more about people from them!