100 things for a 100th post!

Do you believe it. One hundred posts! And in the same month as the one year anniversary of this blog. Crazy.

One hundred things is a pain in the ass, by the way.

Enjoy.

1. I am blessed with an incredible family.
2. I am a Christian.
3. Some days I'm not a very good one.
4. But I try every day.
5. I'm 5'2
6. With freckles
7. I love to laugh.
8. And when I do, it's a belly laugh.
9. None of this girlie giggly stuff for me.
10. It's taken me 20 minutes to write 10 things.
11. That's pathetic.
12. I hate peas.
13. No exceptions
14. I'll say it again.
15. I hate peas.
16. They are evil.
17. I was a gymnast for 13 years.
18. Six of those years were competition years.
19. I don't miss 7:30 a.m. practices.
20. I can still do a few flips.
21. But I see a lot more stars, and a few birdies, when I do.
22. I'm not a morning person.
23. I prefer to start my days around Noon.
24. I hated high school.
25. I have a reoccurring dream that I'm forced to go back because they screwed up grades for my senior year and I have to do the year over again.
26. I've had this dream off and on for over five years.
27. It's disturbing, but it makes me laugh too.
28. It that healthy?
29. Probably not.
30. My first love was oceanography.
31. I was accepted to A&M Galveston.
32. I didn't go.
33. Turns out I really didn't like biology.
34. I probably wouldn't have made it past the cat dissection, anyway.
35. No, really.
36. I chose communication and PR, instead.
37. I think I made the right choice.
38. I love movies.
39. Sci-fi, Fantasy and Horror top the list.
40. I often see horror movies by myself.
41. The last horror movie that actually scared me was The Ring.
42. I slept with my lights on for a week.
43. My all-time favorite scary monster is the thing on the airplane wing in Twilight Zone: The Movie.
44. The one with John Lithgow, not William Shatner.
45. Whenever I see that part of the film, I still put my hands over my eyes.
46. One of my favorite TV shows is NCIS.
47. I have a crush on Mark Harmon.
48. One of my pet peeves is when people chew their food loudly.
49. Or lick their plates.
50. Or slurp their drinks.
51. I'm an not bad at bowling.
52. But I suck at pool.
53. Spiders freak me out.
54. Although, when I was little, I used to make my Mom show me the tarantula section of the encyclopedia.
55. The man I marry will be able to cook, or be willing to learn alongside me.
56. Especially breakfast.
57. But nothing with peas.
58. Ever.
59. I've had the same best friend since I was 12.
60. She's awesome.
61. I've torn both my eardrums twice.
62. Once while learning to scuba dive.
63. The second time I had a horrible cold and managed a world-class evacuation of my sinuses.
64. Aren't you glad you kept reading?
65. For obvious reasons I can't stand having water in my ears.
66. Or my bellybutton.
67. But the reasons for that aren't obvious, because I don't know them.
68. I like the smell of the ink on magazine pages.
69. My favorite quote is: What we desire our children to become, we must first endeavor to be before them.
70. It's by Andrew Combe.
71. I've had a broken heart.
72. It's made me stronger.
73. I once repelled 300 feet into a cave.
74. It was intense.
75. I'd so do it again.
76. I have small feet.
77. Size 5.
78. Finding shoes that fit is a pain in the ass most of the time.
79. And, no, kids shoes don't work.
80. They are always too wide.
81. I don't like conflict.
82. But life is full of it and I've learned to face it.
83. I don't always handle it well, though.
84. Right this second, Alien vs. Predator is on in the background.
85. Background noise helps me focus.
86. I'm a romantic.
87. I'm also a realist.
88. Sometimes those two don't go so well together.
89. I believe there will never be peace in the Middle East.
90. If I could go back to school, I'd study forensics or archaeology.
91. Or both.
92. The sound of tiny babies crying scares me.
93. Which is why I'm "Aunt Shannon" and not "Mom".
94. I haven't spent Christmas at home in several years.
95. I only voted once. That was the 2009 Presidential Election.
96. I have no tolerance for people who think they are better than everyone else.
97. To me that is ignorance and it will come around to bite them hard in the ass one day.
98. I worry about my family every day. And I know they worry about me.
99. I could really go for some Blue Bell Ice Cream right now.
100. I love writing this blog and I hope all you crazy readers keep coming back!

Comments

[Evil Genius]

Congrats on your 100! Love the new look too. Oh, and even READING the word spider sends chills down my spine. CAN.NOT.STAND.SPIDERS!!!

[Norm]

WoW...sooo...cool

[Laura]

I have a dream similar to yours, only it's about going back to college to take a final I somehow forgot to take. Spooky.

[speaka]

That must've been really annoying to write but I found it really interesting to learn about you so....thanks.

[zey]

I don't remember how I ended up with this page but it was interesting to read.

zeyzey -from turkey