This is my 100th post and blogging tradition is that on your 100th post you list 100 things about yourself.
So, here I go...
1. I was born in Provo, UT on July 29, 1971
2. I have six siblings, five sisters and one brother
3. My oldest sister, Stephanie, passed away of Melanoma in November of 2006
4. I love my family dearly and thoroughly enjoy spending time with them
5. My parents have been married for 54 years
6. I will be 87 years old when Kiley and I celebrate 54 years
7. I had a WONDERFUL childhood filled with lots of great memories
8. My mom is my hero
9. I hope I can be that kind of mom to Gabbie (and my other kids if we have them)
10. She is the most Christ like person I know
11. I absolutely love my sisters Amy and Janet, but fought with them ALL the time growing up
12. I was a total shit (sorry, but it is warranted) when I was a kid
13. I think I have grown out of it!
14. I love my girls weekends with my sister, mom and nieces. They are some of my favorite memories
15. I lived in St. Louis with my family from 83-86
16. It was an incredible experience and greatly contributed to who I am today
17. I really like who I am today
18. I absolutely hated high school
19. I wish I had gotten more involved, but refused to once we moved back from St. Louis
20. Yeah, realize that although I thought I was proving a point to my parents, I was the one who paid the real price
21. I was 18 before I kissed a boy
22. Didn’t have a serious boyfriend until I was 23
23. I married Kiley Brannon on July 20, 2005
24. We met on match.com
25. He is my best friend
26. I was 33, 9 days shy of being 34, on our wedding day
27. We lived in separate states with our parents for the first 9 months of our marriage… I wouldn’t recommend that to anyone
28. I NEVER thought I would end up in rural Nevada working at a gold mine, but here I am
29. And I am happy
30. We had our first child, Gabrielle Grace, on January 21, 2009 when I was 38
31. She is the light of my life!
32. My favorite part of the day is when I get Gabbie out of bed, she is absolutely thrilled to see me!
33. Then we get to snuggle while she has a bottle… I enjoy every second of it
34. I don’t feel guilty for being a working mother, sometimes I think I should, but I don’t
35. I don’t think I could be a stay at home mom here in Spring Creek, I would go NUTS!
36. Correction – I KNOW I couldn’t be a stay at home mom here in Spring Creek!
37. I didn’t really fear death until I had her… Now I don’t want to miss out on her growing up
38. I am glad I was older when I had her
39. It allowed me time to really focus on and enjoy my nieces and nephews. I feel I have a special relationship with all of them
40. I was never a dog person until I got Dallas and Stella
41. Now I get it!
42. I participated in “Project Read” in my early 20’s and taught a 62 year old man how to read
43. I am grateful I know how to read and have been given the opportunity of a good education
44. I use to be REALLY REALLY bad with money
45. I am now REALLY good with money
46. I need to save more, but am grateful to have no debt outside of my home and 1 car
47. I love my friends… getting married later in life made me rely on friends much more
48. I lost a couple of friendships and it makes me really sad when I think about it
49. I don’t like it when friendship dynamics change, but that is life
50. I choose to focus on the wonderful friends I still have!
51. I use to be a Republican Mormon
52. Now I am a Spiritual, but not religious, Democrat
53. I worked on Obama’s campaign here in Elko and actually saw him twice!
54. I was on CNN with him! (Okay, I was just in the background, but still, I was on CNN and Obama was in the shot!)
55. I voted for him and am absolutely thrilled he is our President! I had never felt that passionate about politics before
56. And, YES, I still feel that way
57. Wind chimes scare the crap out of me! I blame it on the movie, “In the Still of the Night”
58. I totally predicted my sister Janet’s baby Anna… I knew before she told anyone she was even preggers that she would have a girl on my birthday
59. That is the only time I have done something like that
60. I love my job and think I do a good job
61. I take a lot of pride in my work, always have
62. I will finish my bachelors degree in Organizational Management this fall… it is about freaking time!!!!!
63. I am going to have a big party… Yes, Kiley, because it took me 20+ years and it only takes most people 4
64. I have switched my degree like 4 times
65. I was only 2 classes and my student teaching away from a Elementary Education degree
66. I stopped because I don’t want to teach and didn’t want to quit my job to student teach. They don’t pay teachers enough!
67. I will graduate with like 165 credits… usually it only takes 120
68. I view myself as highly educated due to the above fact!
69. I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up
70. I fell out of a 2 story window when I was 3 (I have heard all the wisecracks, “Oh, that explains a lot!”)
71. I have a thing for Steven Tyler… it is the attitude, I can’t help it!
72. I am totally addicted to reality tv, it is my guilty pleasure
73. I struggle with my weight … always have
74. I have a ton of clothes in my closet that don’t fit me, but I believe that one day they will
75. If they ever do, they will be so out of date!
76. I hate to exercise
77. I ran a half marathon ONCE! And really, I ran the whole time!
78. I think I was like 4 to last in finishing, but I freaking finished!
79. I have had back surgery (herniated disk) and probably won’t run again
80. But that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t do other exercise
81. When I was in my late twenties, I had a total crush on my dentist and was always worried I would say something to him when I was under the influence of gas… I don’t think I ever did
82. If I won the lottery, I would hire a hairstylist to do my hair everyday
83. And a cleaning person
84. I always wished I could sing
85. My favorite tv show of all time is Sex and the City
86. I secretly want to be Carrie Bradshaw, or maybe not so secretly
87. I am also currently addicted to Dexter… seriously, I have to wait until September for the next season?
88. I think tivo is one of the greatest inventions of all time!
89. I love facebook and have reconnected with so many old friends!
90. I have 2 tattoos and I don’t regret them
91. I don’t regret much in my life
92. Looking back, yes, I would do things differently, but if I had done them right the first time, I wouldn’t be where I am today
93. It is all a lesson
94. I believe in the power of forgiveness
95. And in Karma
96. I am incredibly stubborn
97. Don’t tell me I can’t do something!!!
98. I once went an entire evening, from like 4pm on, not saying one single word while on a family vacation. My sister Janet said I couldn’t do it, so I did!
99. I am headed to Baltimore and then NYC tomorrow morning, 2/12. I love to travel and wish I could it more
100. I am very blessed in life and realize this almost everday!
