1. I was born in Iowa, some say we’re Idiots Out Walking Around.
2. I’ve lived in 2 states, Nebraska & Missouri and in 3 cities Rock Port, Omaha and E-town.
3. I was napping one time when I was 3 & my brother stuck a key up my nose.
4. I have an older brother and a younger sister.
5. I have a step sister I never talk to.
6. I’ve never talked to my father’s mom.
7. My dad made me quit girls scouts in first grade b/c the troop leader cheated on the cookie sales b/c she wanted her daughter to win.
8. The first time I saw my dad cry was when I placed in the top ten percentile on the MMAP tests in 1st grade. I’ll never forget that day.
9. I threw up in class when I was 7 & that was the most embarrassing day of my life.
10. I’m a tomboy through & through. God made dirt and dirt don’t hurt.
11. One of my most precious memories of my Grandpa was when we spent two weeks at their house & we were out in the garden. He pulled a radish out of the ground, whipped his pocket knife out, cut the ends of it off and handed it to me. You should’ve seen his face when I actually ate it
12. I miss him every day, he died in 2001 of cancer.
13. The same year my other Grandfather died of a heart attack.
14. 2001 was the year I graduated HS, it was the worst year of my life.
15. I have weak ankles, I tore every tendon & ligament around my ankle in 1995 & in the summer of 2008. Now if I barely tweak it, it’ll swell & hurt for days.
16. I love to read. ALOT.
17. I went on my first road trip this year, with my dad.
18. In the 8th grade I won a trip to Washington D.C. & New York.
19. Then when I got back I left with my neighbors to go to the East Coast.
20. I never missed my parents so much.
21. I’ve never been over seas.
22. I really want to visit Easter Island though.
23. 4 is my favorite number, 23 is my second fave number.
24. I love the smell of fresh cut grass.
25. I hated the color pink until I was 18 then I had an epiphany.
26. I’ve wanted to be a teacher since I was in the 5th grade.
27. I fulfilled that dream in May of 2006.
28. It was also the same year my sister graduated HS.
29. I was the first college graduate in my immediate family, second in my entire family.
30. Christmas is my favorite time of the year.
31. I loved getting “mean and green” with my dad when I was little. My brother and I would wrestle with my dad for hours.
32. My brother is responsible for the two times I’ve split my head open.
33. I often meditate.
34. I was blond when I was born, but it slowly turned to auburn.
35. I broke my thumb by slamming it into the corner of an old floor stereo when I was sixish.
36. I’m the klutziest person you’ll ever meet.
37. I once ran into the support post of a garage and blacked my eyes in the process.
38. My favorite author is Jane Austen.
39. I dislike Stephen King books immensely!
40. I’m naive in some ways, I always think people are good and it takes a lot for me to see someone in a bad way.
41. I’m hopelessly optimistic
42. I tend to befriend people who care only about themselves. I cut a lot of them out of my life this year.
43. I once ate dry dog food on a dare from my brother.
44. My worst injury was when I decided to show the boys in my neighborhood that girls could do anything that boys could do and I jumped a bike off a ramp. Long story short I super-maned through the air and I had road rash on my arms and legs. By the way I was supposed to be grounded when I did it.
45. I got bifocals when I was 23.
46. I love old westerns, especially ones with John Wayne in them.
47. I could listen to Hank Williams Sr. all day every day.
48. I love country music.
49. In elementary school I got made fun of for not wearing a long enough shirt to cover my booty, til this day I make sure it’s covered.
50. I was never very popular in school.
51. I always had friends, but I was different.
52. Maturing fast makes it hard to fit in.
53. I was always deemed “The trouble makers sister” in school.
54. My brother was ornery obviously.
55. At the beginning of every school year I went through the same routine. The teachers realizing my last name, thinking I was a trouble maker, ignoring me. Then realizing I wasn’t my brother.
56. My sister’s 5 years younger than I am, the complete opposite of me and I love her to pieces.
57. I once took a bite out of a gingerbread ornament that was actually wax.
58. In HS I was a library aid during seminar because my seminar teacher wasn’t nice.
59. I once got in a fight. With a boy. In the library. He started it.
60. I also had a teacher grab my arm in English lit class, she left bruises. My parents left an impression on her after finding out.
61. I love the sound of rain, it’s the most peaceful thing you can listen to.
62. I once gave myself 3rd degree burns by fishing with my dad on a “Red” ozone alert day. It was one of the best days of my life and I’d do it again in a heart beat.
63. Red hair + freckles=use sun screen as much as possible. I tend to forget it as much as possible.
64. I’m 5′3″ I’ve always been short, so is my mom.
65. The first car I owned was a 1983 Chrysler E-class. The muffler fell off repeatedly but I loved it!
66. It once caught on fire. Leaves got into the heater and started spitting fiery pieces at us.
67. It also talked to you, “Your door is a jar” “You need to visit the convenience store soon” etc.
68. My dad & I both got a new car @ the age of 23.
69. When I was littler my brother and I would slide through mud puddles after it rained & then afterwards dad would hose us down.
70. My brother, sister & I all got the chicken pox 2 weeks apart. We were all miserable together
71. I mined for gems at Pike’s Peak and loved it. I’d like to sky dive one day.
72. I love pets. My first dogs name was Axle, he died last year.
73. It took me forever to talk my dad into letting me get a cat, I’ve had one off and on since then.
74. I now have a Lhasa Apso/Poodle mix named Beethoven, who goes with us everywhere.
75. I’ve always kept a diary, writing soothes my soul.
76. I’m part Osage Indian & Irish.
77. I want a tattoo of a dream catcher feather, with my Grandpa’s initials in it. To celebrate who they were & to remember them.
78. It’ll probably never happen tho, I’m chicken!
79. My food on my plate cannot touch each other.
80. I love my moms homemade noodles @ Thanksgiving.
81. My Grandpa Porter used to come to our house for Christmas & on his birthday (the 23rd) mom would make him oysters. I use to hate the smell, after he died in ‘01 I now sometimes smell oysters baking on his birthday.
82. I was in the National Honor Society in HS, that was the 2nd time I’d seen my dad cry.
83. Buck O’Neil was the guest speaker at my College graduation & you couldn’t have asked for a better person to speak.
84. Twister is one of my favorite movies and one day I watched it over and over all day.
85. I once got poison ivy/oak so bad that it got into my eyes and they swelled shut.
86. I got it for the next three summers in a row.
87. I had a puppy that instead of going down the stairs on the deck that it walked off of the top stair and hit the ground. Twice in a row.
88. I threw myself into school work to cope with all the trouble my brother was causing.
89. I’ve always been blunt, some people take it as me being nasty.
90. I’m OCD about my room, everything has a place & it’s in its place.
91. I can’t seem to keep up with bills. They get forgotten in the frenzy of my daily life.
92. I have two middles names, as does my brother and sister. Also all of our first names begins with the letter T.
93. My dad is my hero.
94. When my Grandpa died, my Uncle Charlie was rude to me. I’ve never looked at him the same since then. I’ll probably never get over that.
95. What’s crazy about that is that I’m not one to hold grudges at all.
96. I was so focused on not tripping and falling on stage @ both of my graduations that I completely forgot to flip my tassel to the other side.
97. I’ve stayed friends with a few people long after I should’ve, I was so concerned about not hurting them that I didn’t consider what the relationship was doing to myself.
98. I have no patience w/people who act immature and stupid. It annoys me beyond belief.
99. I have high standards for myself & therefore for the people around me.
100. I cannot stand lying & I don’t expect myself nor anyone around me to do so.
