This is what blogging is all about right?
Here we go:
- I have been married for 9 years.
- I was 33 when I got married.
- We got married in Middlebury, Vermont.
- We honeymooned on Martha's Vineyard.
- I have two daughters ages 8 and 4.
- I had my first child at 34 and my second at 38. Both via C-section.
- I made many attempts to have another child. After multiple early miscarriages I gave up.
- I'm sad I couldn't have another, but the miscarriages were not debilitating and I am fine.
- I love my dogs and cats more then I should. (hence 3 days of scrubbing a carpet to save my cat)
- I was born in Jersey City, NJ in a hospital that now looks like a war zone.
- I am the oldest of 3 daughters. I'm a year and a half older than my first sister and five years older than my second.
- I talk to my youngest sister everyday.
- I've always known I wanted to have children.
- Like my husband, my dad never had sons, so he played sports with his girls. (And wasn't afraid to plow us into the dirt during a friendly game of touch football.)
- I was a Tri-Delt in college.
- I didn't like being in a sorority. Not my thing.
- I'm not anti-social, but I very much enjoy my "alone time." As a matter of fact, I NEED it.
- My husband put together a very nice custom walk-in closet for me. He is very insulted and annoyed that it looks like a bomb went off in there.
- I constantly remind him that it's nothing personal.
- I am, and always have been drawn to nice things. (Some say it's because I'm a Taurus) I have to fight my desire to buy clothes, shoes, cosmetics and home goods every single day.
- I buy lots of gossip magazines.
- One of my very close childhood friends died 4 years ago. I think about her everyday.
- I used to "party all the time" (Eddie Murphy). From the time I was 15 until I was 30 I went out at least four times a week.
- I got it out of my system and now I'm kind of a homebody, although once or twice a year I have a wild night.
- Another reason I don't drink much is I can't stand having a hangover, especially with kids.
- My husband and I love to go to the movies together, and we have the same taste in movies.
- I have an addictive personality.
- We belong to an expensive beach club and I feel very guilty every summer day that we don't go.
- My oldest daughter saw me smoking a cigarette at a party a few years ago. She won't let me forget it.
- My father had an aortal dissection two years ago. He came within a millimeter of dying. It's a miracle that he's alive.
- I think I have adult ADD.
- I read the O.J. Simpson book (yes I'm a loser). He is guilty as sin and attempts to make Nicole Brown Simpson look like she drove him to it.
- Tennis is my only form of exercise. I've vowed for twenty years that I'm going to start running.
- I love golf but don't have the time to play.
- I live near Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi and see them around town all the time.
- After years of blood, sweat and tears, my husband has trained me to be a pretty good housewife. (But there's always room for improvement!)
- I sell Southern Living at HOME and Arbonne products. I will never get rich doing this.
- If you live near Central New Jersey I want you to have a Southern Living at HOME party with ME as your consultant!!
- I'm realizing that 100 things about me is a hell of alot of things.
- The first car that I bought for myself was a Volkswagon Golf. I absolutely loved that car.
- I played lacrosse and tennis in high school and then switched to cheerleading. (WHY???)
- I used to get in trouble all the time in high school. I was voted "Most Likely to Get Caught."
- I'm from New Jersey and my husband is from Vermont. We have very different styles of communicating.
- My kids are not phased when I yell.
- I love candy. Twizzlers, Swedish Fish and Peanut M&Ms are my favorite.
- I love pasta and have a very hard time on the South Beach Diet.
- I have to urinate immediately after consuming any beverage. This is a nightmare on long car trips.
- I have dark circles under my eyes. My daughters inherited them from me.
- I like to stay up late and sleep until 9. My kid's also inherited this from me.
- I'm usually not thrilled to go to parties, but I always have a good time when I force myself to attend.
- I love to blast music in my car when I'm alone.
- I love to listen to "Dr. Joy Browne" in my car when I'm alone.
- I used to listen to Howard Stern every morning, but can't anymore because I don't have satellite radio.
- I used to get sunburns all the time when I was young. Now I have to go to the dermatologist every few months because I had a borderline melanoma.
- Now I get spray tanned. They are working on improving the formula so it doesn't look so orange.
- I was raised Catholic, but now go to an Episcopal church because my husband is Protestant.
- I yell at people who speed down my street.
- My 25 year high school reunion is next year. I'm going.
- I like gardening.
- I like to floss my teeth.
- I don't pluck my eyebrows enough.
- I have to shave my legs everyday.
- My fingernails and hair grow really fast.
- I like the taste of Slim-Fast. (Chocolate Royale)
- I love all my neighbors except the bitch who lives next door.
- I am very close with my mother. She moved to Florida last year and I miss her terribly.
- I am competitive.
- I like going for drives.
- I would very much rather be the driver than the passenger.
- I try to go look at the ocean once a day.
- I'm working on being a better listener.
- I like to talk on the phone during the day, not at night.
- My favorite ice cream flavor is Rocky Road.
- I love sushi, especially tuna.
- I went to public schools as do my children.
- I'm of Irish-German descent
- I wish I could play the piano.
- I keep in touch with many of my high school friends and very few of my college friends.
- We have a trampoline in our backyard. It's ugly, but the kids love it.
- The neighbor that lives behind me illustrates children's books and put my oldest daughter on the cover of one of them
- I still do voice-overs a few times a year. Mostly boring corporate stuff.
- I have green eyes. My husband and daughters all have brown eyes.
- I have never said "use your words" to my children.
- I have EZ Pass and I love it.
- I live in the NY suburbs. Most people in my town commute into Manhattan.
- I love New York City and wish I could go in more often.
- My kids and I love to go to bookstores and browse.
- As much as I love Dunkin' Donuts, McDonald's, 7-11 and The Gap, I'm really glad my town doesn't have any franchise stores or restaurants.
- When people talk too slowly or quietly I get bored.
- I curse in front of my children. Yes, I now it's wrong and I'm working on it...STOP JUDGING ME DAMMIT!!! oops :)
- My dachshund and cat sleep in bed with us at night. The lab has her own special sleeping chair.
- I have lots of little hobbies like needlepoint, making ribbon belts and knitting.
- I used to think blogs were stupid. Then I started lurking and "got it." Now I absolutely love having my own blog!
- Right now I should be doing housework because we have company coming over. I don't feel like it. What else is new??
- I work very hard on giving other people the benefit of the doubt.
- I drive a Toyota Sienna mini-van. I used to like it, but now I'm getting sick of it.
- I feel very lucky to live in the United States of America.
- I want to do more to help those in need.
- My youngest goes to kindergarten next year and my husband wants me to get a job.
- I count my blessings everyday.
6 comments:
Fab list! I've been blogging since 2002 and STILL cannot commit to doing a 100 things list. I am impressed.
Great list! Now I want to do my own. You're so inspiring! ha ha.
BTW, today is my 1 month blog anniversary, though it feels like I've been blogging a year. Happy Anniversary to me!!
It's STAGGERING how many things we have in commong. :)
Bruce and Jon Bon. I should just stop reading now. . .I think I would melt of I had to see Jon Bon on a regular basis.
Thanks for sharing this on the things about you. We have some similarities on some things here. I'm glad you share what you are.
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I fell in love with your blog when I read about the Black Eyed Susan party-- and have been obsessively reading it all night. You got married in the town where I went to college. My love has reached new heights. Seriously, though, thanks for the blog-- so, so, so funny!
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