100 Things About Me July 25, 2007

1. I spent most of my growing up in a small town in Iowa- Marshalltown
2. I briefly had a summer job detassling corn- I lasted 3 days
3. My favorite job ever was working at Taylor’s Maid-Rite in Marshalltown
4. I crave those Maid-Rites every time I am pregnant (and you can order them online)
5. I went to Augustana College in Rock Island, IL
6. I was a biology major
7. In college I studied abroad in Asia (Japan, Taiwan and China)
8. When I stayed with a host family in Japan they asked me what I liked to eat. I said, “Nothing out of the ocean.” They replied. “Not even octopus?” I was very frightened as to what they were going to feed me.
9. I almost threw up off the Great Wall of China after catching a nasty stomach flu
10. I also used to frequently take rickshaws to McDonalds in China because I couldn’t stomach the food.
11. When I got back I got a tattoo of the Chinese symbol for love on my hip
12. I went to graduate school in Philadelphia
13. I lived next to the art museum where Rocky runs up the stairs in Rocky 1
14. You can see my apartment building in the movie
15. I have a master’s degree in physical therapy
16. Before having kids I was a pediatric physical therapist working mainly with kids 0-3
17. The hubby and I have been married 6 years
18. We got engaged after knowing each other 4 months
19. He proposed by painting me a picture
20. Now the hubby and I teach marriage preparation at our church
21. We met at church in Chicago and realized we lived in the same apartment building
22. From the time I left home at age 18 until I was 30 I moved every year
23. Growing up I always thought I would have 3 little boys
24. Now we want 4 kids; already have 2 girls, will have 1 more and adopt 1
25. I gave birth to Hannah with no drugs
26. It wasn’t on purpose
27. I color my hair because I am horribly gray
28. I started going gray in college.
29. I recently pierced my nose
30. My favorite food is anything peanut butter and chocolate (heaven)
31. I also love Mexican food, especially guacamole
32. I am a steak snob and only like filet mignon
33. I LOVE Broadway musicals and am trying desperately to get my husband to also
34. In high school I was in the musical Oklahoma
35. Lily did some baby modeling and is on a package of CVS diapers
36. My favorite movie is Gone With the Wind and I also loved the book
37. I think it is appalling someone wrote a sequel so I never read it
38. I don’t know how to pick a favorite book, but growing up it was “Diary of Anne Frank”
39. Anne Frank and I share the same birthday
40. I have a really hard time not finishing a book that I started even if I don’t like it
41. I don’t remotely have the same problem with movies. I will turn it right off.
42. I once saw Milli Vanilli in concert
43. I believe there in only 1 correct way to load a dishwasher
44. I believe I am the only person who knows how to do it correctly
45. Growing up we called carbonated beverages pop, but after living in Philadelphia I call them soda and think pop sounds silly
46. I started singing solos in church when I was 10
47. I sang “Arms of Love” by Amy Grant
48. Now, I lead worship at my church
49. I took piano lessons for 9 years and still play
50. I grew up in a Christian home, going to church since birth
51. In high school, I was president of FCA despite not being an athlete in any way
52. I tried cross country in high school and faked an injury in my first meet to get out of running
53. I was usually in the bottom 5 runners in the race
54. In high school, I weighed 98 pounds despite eating everything in site; I had great metabolism
55. My New Year’s resolution every year was to reach 100 pounds
56. I finally reached it my senior year in college
57. What an ungrateful fool I was
58. I hate that I love reading People and US Magazine
59. I don’t like coffee or beer despite people telling me that I would grow to like each
60. In high school I saw the movie “Silence of the Lambs” and had to sleep with my parents afterwards (I was in high school people)
61. I hate camping, but my hubby keep trying to change my mind. It isn’t working.
62. I have a black thumb. Not literally, but I kill all plants.
63. I don’t have any living grandparents. I miss them.
64. I love to sing karaoke.
65. My favorite songs to sing are Respect and Why Haven’t I Heard From You
66. I don’t like touching people’s feet. My hubby likes to torture me by putting his feet near me.
67. I used to suck my thumb hence…
68. I had braces
69. I had glasses/contacts
70. I have since had Lasix
71. My biggest pet peeve is women who squat at public restrooms to avoid germs on the toilet seat. Then they leave pee on the toilet seat which begins the vicous cycle. Just put toilet paper down people!
72. I have a large capacity to store useless infomation in my brain making me a formidable competitor in Trivial Pursuit
73. I rock at useless pop culture trivia
74. I was always in advanced math in school, but I still sometimes use my fingers to add
75. My favorite dog is a pug and I long to own one someday. I will name her Pugsly.
76. I love “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Dancing With the Stars” and would love to take a tap or hip-hop class
77. My favorite flower is a hydrangea
78. I love pedicures and massages
79. My cell phone ringtone is “Shackles” by Mary Mary
80. I don’t like amusement park rides, they make me sick
81. I love cooking
82. I love eating out more
83. My dad used to call me Willy growing up
84. My hubby calles me Jill E. Bean
85. Autumn is my favorite season cause I love the changing colors
86. I am not much of a cat person. My hubby is allergic so that solves that problem.
87. I love the mini series the Thorn Birds so much that everyime I have a girl I want to name her Megan so I can call her Meggie
88. I don’t really know what my favorite color would be, but if I had to pick I would say yellow
89. I am also all about the color combination chocolate brown and robin’s egg blue at the moment
90. I am not scared of needles or blood, but sometimes I faint when having blood drawn
91. The first CD I ever bought was C & C Music Factory “Gonna Make You Sweat”
92. When my husband met me, one of our first dates was going wine tasting. At the time I was regularly drinking White Zinfandel out of a box
93. Now I think there are few things better than a glass of rich, dry red and some dark chocolate.
94. I never miss and episode of Lost or Grey’s Anatomy
95. I don’t like pepperoni pizza.
96. I prefer sausage and mushroom.
97. I love going to football games and talking trash to the other team
98. My husband does not like it when I do that
99. I organize my closet by type of clothes and color and sometimes it bothers me that my hubby doesn’t

And finally……(is anyone still reading this)

100. I sang back up for Barry Manilow in college