25 Random Things

I did this on facebook and thought it would make a good post. If you read this then leave your blog address in the comment area and list your own 25 random things- I'd love to know more about you too! I thought I couldn't do it but once I got started it was fun!


Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I don't think I'll be able to do 25 of these things.

2. I always wanted to have 6 or 7 kids, until I went through pregnancy- now I love the number 3.

3. I took a 90 minute ferry ride to Canada with my niece, Linzy, and we were surrounded by "Red Hat Ladies"...it completely freaked me out- there were about 75 of them- all in red and red hats!

4. I wonder sometimes if I have any half-brothers or sisters out in the world somewhere...my father was a wanderer.

5. I'm completely addicted to raw sushi- thanks Amy!! ...and I got my son to love it too! Reed will steal it off my plate when I'm not looking.

6. I keep in touch with all my old boyfriends.

7. I didn't know how to really love someone until I was really, truly loved- that kind of love hurt.

8. One of the things that tips me over the edge is people who drop their ill-behaving children off at birthday parties.

9. I'm the middle child of 5, my older sister and brother were 14 1/2 and 12 when I was born. So throughout my family's changes I've been: the baby, middle child, the oldest and then finally after the second marriage- #9.

10. My kids and I have a goal to visit every state in the continental US- we've checked off: Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Colorado, Delaware, & Washington. This spring we'll add: Massachusetts, Rhode Island & Connecticut to the list. Only 26 more to go!

11. My maid-of-honor was my best friend from Georgia Southern and in turn I was her matron-of-honor, we had our first babies, our sons, 3 months apart. It was perfect. I haven't heard from her in 9 years.

12. All my life I told myself that I would not be happy if the man I married was shorter than me, if he was smaller than me in the waist and if his mother hated me- I was completely wrong. Did you hear that? I admitted to being wrong!!

13. I rarely admit when I'm wrong.

14. I've secretly wanted to be a lawyer.

15. I adore my relationship with my heavenly parents- it's a personal joy of mine.

16. When I turned 30, a light switch went on- I don't have to deal with certain kind of "crap" anymore. It kept going over and over in my head- "I'm friekin' 30 years old- I'm done with all that!"

17. The worst things you can do for the ones you love are the things they could and should do for themselves. -John Wooden

18. When I'm angry about something....I clean.

19. My kids know that I can't stand it when my DVDs aren't in alphabetical order. We have over 300 and all three of them know where they go.

20. The thing that hurts me the most is when people disappoint my kids- that breaks my heart.

21. I fold sheets really well. My husband, who managed the bedding dept. at Macy's even thinks so. King sized, fitted- you name it. I can fold it into a perfect square!

22. I'm afraid of heights but I would love to go sky-diving.

23. I got really pissed the day they took "Free Fall" down at Six Flags. That was the first ride I ever went on at 11- and the only reason I did was because my 8 year old sister, Emily, was going on it and I didn't want to look chicken.

24. I drove from Salt Lake City, UT to Atlanta, GA alone when I was 19. It took me 3 1/2 days and I was delirious most of the way because I had no cd player, no phone, only money for gas and a car that wouldn't go over 55 mph. Now I can only drive about 2 hours at a time or I get flashbacks.

25. I didn't know what happiness was until I met Bryan.