100 Things About Me

Once again I succumb to peer pressure...everyone else has one, so...

I have held and fed sting rays in Sting Ray City, Grand Cayman

I’ve had staples in my head

I was in a Pert Plus commercial when I was partying on 6th Street in Austin

I've never been to the circus and I'm a closet fan of Nick & Jessica's "The Newlyweds”

I've never seen any of The Rockies...the movies or the mountains

I'm newly addicted to CSI…ALL THREE OF THEM

I've been to the Rodeo at the Astrodome

I love Pottery Barn but am too cheap to buy the stuff

I love thongs, the skinnier the better (less material "up there" is ideal!)

My first true love was the juvenile delinquent son of a county judge and attorney

My second love was a conservative Volvo driver

My third love, first husband, was an 8 year college plan (for his Bachelor's) fraternity guy

My final love (other than my kids and pets) and second husband is a motorcycle driving, bow hunting, Scorpio who broke my heart in the 8th grade

I've driven under a semi at 60 mph a la James Bond style and lived to tell about it
I love to find bargains

My ideal job would be either a medical examiner or forensic pathologist (and I'm not romantic about either, I realize there are sad circumstances and plenty of blood)

I love down comforters

I hate fire ants, scorpions and drivers who cut off entire lines of traffic when they know their lane is about to end

I love feeling my baby move inside of me

I hate being made to feel guilty

I love Coke with a real lemon, the smell of pumpkin pie candles and eating Necco conversation hearts by the dozens

I'm afraid of getting old

I like The Godfather, Jack & Coke and the feeling of satisfaction when all three laundry bins are empty simultaneously

I love the sound of The Duckling giggling and the color Pale Naples Yellow

In my careers I have taught and learned from 5th graders and spent time babysitting attorneys who should know better

I took 9 years of piano lessons and can now barely bang out "Low-Rider" on my daughter's xylophone

I went camping in college, slept under the stars in a truck bed and made it home the next morning to pee in a real toilet

I have two kids, one Texan, one Cheesehead

I’m an Aggie wannabe, but would be thrilled if my kids went to Texas A&M or UT

I like Eminem but do not listen to his CDs while my kids are in the car

I love the color pink, but used to hate it

I would wear sandals all year long if I didn’t live where it snows

Buying organizational items, like baskets and bins, makes me giddy

I like to make lists of things in alphabetical order just to practice my handwriting

I have one friend whom I only correspond with by US Mail

I would like to learn HTML

The first time I got drunk and threw up it was with my parents

I made it through university in four years

I tend to buy the same shirt, if available, in black and white

I have killed scorpions in my bathrobe

I paid a cabbie $30 to take me home from the Loop (Chicago) on September 11th

If I were untied to family I would be a bartender at Duffy’s Love Shack in the US Virgin Islands

I love the peacefulness of snorkeling and frequently chase Parrot Fish while doing so

I have a fear of freak accidents taking my loved ones

I can’t live without Clorox Disinfecting Wipes, my dishwand or my vacuum

I like to watch the snow from inside, but hate driving and walking in it

I’ve taken a horse and carriage ride on Galveston Island

I took an adult acting and modeling class but didn’t follow through and take my exit review

I find John Belushi hysterically funny and sometimes cry when I remember him

I was in drill team my senior year in high school

My favorite flower is the calla lily

I secretly wish I could work in the front office at Orange County Choppers or be a designer on Trading Spaces

I have an allowance

I’ve only broken 100 bowling one time

I could live on Taco Bell and ice cream

I’ve only have one professional pedicure

I kept my first husband’s surname after our divorce

When I lived in Texas I really missed the changing of the leaves in the fall

Every time I let myself get close to a friend they move away (it started in Kindergarten with Laurie Jenness)

I was on a community swim team in high school

I went on a cruise, climbed Mayan ruins, drank beer and ate nachos in Mexico before I knew I was pregnant the first time

I believe that children should wake up in their own beds at their own house on Christmas morning

I’ve done the Walk of Shame

I love eating beignets and shopping at the market in New Orleans

I laugh when I have a good fart or burp

I believe that Oreos and a big glass of milk should be part of everyone’s daily diet

Being in the sunshine makes me feel better no matter how cruddy I feel

My first wedding was in at Bluebeard’s Castle in St. Thomas and my second one was at the Travis County Courthouse

At a Chinese restaurant I always order the same thing…Cashew Chicken…and at each place it’s a little different

I ate bologna sandwiches for nearly three weeks straight to get through morning sickness when I was pregnant with Peanut

I had a herd of deer that I fed nightly at our first house in Austin

I’ve only lived on my own for four months out of my life

I enjoyed commuting from the ‘burbs to Chicago using the train

I only own jersey knit sheets

My favorite color pens are green and purple

“Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” is my favorite movie

“You’re So Vain” by Carly Simon is my favorite song ever

The first day at my last job I only understood 25% of the conversations I listened to
I think shopping is a sport

I wore a tiara at one of my law firms demanding that my boss sign his pleadings, I also banned him from touching his mail before I saw it

I tend to avoid uncomfortable situations

I didn’t believe in the astrological signs until I had The Duckling

I wish I could be more like Jessica Simpson sometimes…less detail oriented and a bit dingy

I graduated high school in 1991

I got hit on at my 10 year reunion by guys who wouldn’t give me the time of day in high school

I love thunderstorms

Cheese pizza is my favorite and I ordered a large one for myself when I was pregnant with The Duckling

I was an Irish dancer

I ate lunch on Christmas Day at a gas station

I’m afraid of my daughters growing up too quickly

Papa Duck and I met in 7th grade but didn’t date until after we had both had “practice marriages”

I can make my eye fart the way some people can make their armpits fart

Even though I was raised in the North I’ve never been more comfortable with myself and my situation than in Texas and one day I will move back

I only wear white or black socks (currently the only brown shoes I own are sandals)

I’ve lived in three states

I am an only child

Since I’ve started driving I’ve owned eight cars

Between 19996 and 2005 I have moved ten times including four cross-country moves

I had to put Lucky, my bunny, to sleep…it was the hardest thing I’ve had to do

I look forward to FINALLY getting a dog of my own