My First 100

1. I am not a night owl.

2. I actually like mornings.

3. I write, eat, golf, and think like a left-handed person. Everything else I do right handed. BUT, if the need presents itself, I can do anything with either hand. Guess in the end I am just confused.

4. Coke and never, ever Pepsi.

5. I feel more powerful, taller, stronger, and more svelte wearing black. Nothing else compares.

6. I am a Conservative. Deal with it.

7. I usually do the opposite of what others want me to do- on purpose.

8. I am flexible- physically speaking only.

9. I could do the splits until I was 8 months pregnant.

10. I don’t eat hard candy.

11. My eyes are green.

12. Secondhand smoke instantly makes me crazy.

13. I am terrible at first impressions.

14. I am like my mother in many ways and I find great comfort in that.

15.  I am fiercely independent.

16. I am much nicer than you might think just looking at me.

17. I hate talking on the phone.

18. I like to remind the government periodically that they work for me. Not the other way around.

19. I worry way too much.

20. I don’t care what you think of me. Okay, that’s a lie I try to tell.

21. I am a horrible liar.

22. I am an only child and I have always enjoyed being one.

23. I hate doctors.

24. I daydream- a lot.

25. I have 10 independent thoughts going simultaneously through my head always. Makes formulating my thoughts into words difficult at times. Explains why I’m often tongue-tied.

26. I’ve only just begun.

27. I feel my best when I’m near big bodies of water.

28. I have a paper fetish. Blank, beautiful paper holds such potential…

29. I like the journey, could care less about the destination.

30. I get my best ideas in the shower.

31. I hate people touching my feet.

32. I won’t eat any dessert made with fruit.

33. Bananas should be eaten as a fruit and stay far away from bread.

34. I swear in spanish a lot.

35. Love songs sound better in spanish than in english. The words are more romantic.

36. I don’t know where I’m going but I will never ask for directions.

37. I will never stop learning.

38. I studied piano for about 15 years.

39. Despite my facial expression, I’m generally pretty happy.

40. Sunshine makes me eternally happy.

41. I love the smell of the barn.

42. I get choked up with emotion watching my husband interact with animals. Feel in the presence of someone performing miracles.

43. When I was a kid, I broke my arm wrestling. With my grandpa!

44. I once traveled from Houston to Kalamazoo in my little Mazda Miata convertible with my then-fiance, my cat, her litter box, and my purse!

45. I hate listening to spanish news.

46. I am absolutely in love with my mattress.

47. I am shocked by how many adults do not know how to properly use a fork and knife.

48. I never order chicken at a restaurant.

49. I cry for every single Olympic medal ceremony.

50. Hellman’s always- Miracle Whip, never.

51. Tell me I can’t do something and then watch me do it just to piss you off.

52. When I’m nervous, I yawn excessively.

53. I got lost in a market in Tunis, Tunisia and thought I might never be found.

54. My favorite artist is Picasso as a young man.

55. I love kids who have nice manners.

56. Written directions usually confuse me even more.

57. I love bees.

58. My first crush was Ponch from Chips, followed by Cha-Chi from Happy Days.

59. Someday I hope to publish something more than a blog post.

60. I have so much to say, but so much I have to censor.

61. I never touched a horse until I met my husband.

62. I am neither an optimist or a pessimist.

63. I am very honest. Too honest. Painfully honest.

64. I wear my heart on my sleeve.

65. I have a lace hanky collection.

66. I am amazed at how many people in my life are Libra’s.

67. I believe in angels.

68. I pray a lot.

69. Television is a wonderful distraction.

70. I have a fetish for clutch purses.

71. My hair has been so many colors I am not sure what the real one is anymore.

72. My best friends are scattered across the world. Thank God for Facebook.

73. It doesn’t get much better than chips and salsa and a pitcher of margaritas with my girlfriends.

74. I wistfully watch runners and want to become one of them.

75. I am instantly at ease in any school gymnasium.

76. I once solicited President Reagan to buy girl scout cookies from me.

77. Nothing good happens after midnight.

78. Most of the lullaby’s I remember as a child were in French.

79. I stopped biting my nails at 33.

80. I have stopped trying so hard to be heard and have started listening more. I like it much better.

81. The worst part of grocery shopping is loading the items onto the conveyor belt.

82. I cannot sleep in long sleeves, or sleeveless anything. Short-sleeves or bust!

83. Being cold is akin to torture.

84. I never liked flowers at all until I started photographing them. Now I am obsessed.

85. Same with birds and butterflies.

86. Wearing necklaces gives me a headache.

87. I love dangly earrings but think they look ridiculous on me.

88. Same with ruffles.

89.  Scary movies make no sense to me. Pay money to be scared to death? No thank you.

90. I have a double-jointed hip, jaw, and 8 fingers.

91. My tattoo is a Chinese character that means “truth”.

92. My reason for being here was not clear until the day I became a Mother.

93. I have to be careful what I wish for because I usually get it. And it is nothing like I had anticipated.

94. Favorite sandwich will forever be a grilled cheese.

95. Dream in color. Always.

96. First thing I notice in others is their hands. Then, their smile.

97. Symmetry rules.

98. Squares first, then circles. Never rectangles. Circles first only when choosing dining tables.

99. My hands are so steady I could have been a great surgeon.

100. I love lists. Can’t you tell?