100 Things About Me

1. What can I say…I haven’t had a lot to blog about lately
2. Which is unusual, because usually I have so much to blog about that I can’t find the time to blog it all
3. The reason I can’t find the time is because I’m so busy chasing my 10 month old son and my 3 year old daughter
4. My kiddos are the cutest kiddos on the planet (except yours, of course)
5. But there are times I want to set my “cutest kiddos” on the curb with a “free to good home” sign
6. Fortunately those moments are fleeting, and I bring them back inside before someone takes me up on it
7. I love being a 75% SAHM
8. I also love being a 25% professional mental health therapist
9. Sometimes it’s hard to love my career and love being a SAHM at the same time
10. I can’t believe people PAY ME to listen to their problems (you probably can’t believe it either)
11. I have taught college courses as an adjunct professor
12. I decided to let go of that position when my son’s birth was near
13. I really miss teaching college
14. I once used the word “ass” in front of my college class
15. Since it was a Christian college, I had one student who accused me of cussing
16. I don’t consider “ass” a cuss word. Fortunately, neither did the chair of my department
17. I continue to be asked to come back and teach in spite of the “ass” incident
18. The two best places I've lived are in the wilderness of Northern Idaho at the Canada border and near the Oregon coastline
19. I don’t care much for the scenery of the Midwest, but the houses cost a lot less
20. I have a bachelor’s degree in classical piano
21. I rarely find time to play the piano much anymore (see number 3)
22. I also have a bachelor’s degree in creative writing
23. The only writing I find time to do is on this blog (see number 3)
24. I also have a master’s degree in clinical psychology
25. I was granted the award of “Outstanding Graduate Student” for the year 2002 by my college
26. I didn’t know the award existed until I was granted it
27. I was also granted the award of “Outstanding Psychology Graduate Student” for the year 2002 by my region’s Psychological Association
28. I didn’t know that award existed either
29. I didn’t study psychology in undergraduate school
30. Not a single class—not even general psychology
31. I had a cat that lived to be 19 ½ years old
32. He was getting really sick from cancer, and I had to put him to sleep
33. His name was Frederick
34. I really miss him
35. I’m really independent and relatively antisocial
36. That’s why I don’t have many friends
37. And why I don’t really care
38. I watch Lifetime movies when I run on the treadmill
39. It’s really irritating
40. I can't stand it when I get sucked into one and have to miss the ending
41. I don’t have enough time to watch a movie all the way to the end (see number 3)
42. I have a kind and tolerant husband that will record the end of really stupid Lifetime movies for me to watch later
43. The only network television show I ever watch is ER
44. I don’t have time to watch television (see number 3)
45. I hate hot weather
46. I hated hot weather even more when I was pregnant (both times)
47. I gained 48 pounds with my first pregnancy
48. I lost it all
49. It took a year and a half
50. Two weeks later I discovered I was pregnant again
51. We hadn’t exactly planned to get pregnant again just yet
52. I gained 50 pounds with my second pregnancy
53. I gave birth to my second child 10 months ago
54. I had lost 35 pounds last time I checked
55. I was recently diagnosed with hypothyroidism
56. That explains why I can’t seem to lose the last 15 pounds
57. I’m not giving up
58. I started running again
59. And lifting weights
60. I fear being fat
61. I ordered my husband to hide the scale because I obsess about things
62. One time I obsessed about the Duggar family after seeing them on The Lifetime Channel
63. It was all I talked about for several days
64. I couldn’t let it go until I knew WHY they have 16 children
65. I could never have 16 children
66. Two children is just right for me
67. My body doesn’t know how to give birth
68. That’s why I had to tolerate two c-sections
69. My two c-sections were the freakiest things I’ve experienced so far
70. I thought I wanted two girls
71. I don’t know what I was thinking
72. My husband and I accidentally met in an internet chat room
73. Three months later we met face to face
74. Six weeks later he asked me to marry him
75. I said, “Yes”
76. Three and a half months later we got married
77. Some people thought we were crazy
78. Our 10 year anniversary is February 2007
79. Apparently we made a good decision to marry each other
80. But I still I wouldn’t recommend for others to do what we did
81. It really was a little crazy
82. But I know a good man when I meet one
83. I had met a lot of bad ones before
84. I moved 6 times between 1994 and 1997, including one cross country move
85. Frederick came with me every time
86. I also changed jobs 6 times between those same years
87. I was really tired after that
88. I don’t have any addictions
89. Except chocolate
90. I also love popcorn
91. I used to be addicted to Diet Coke
92. I gave up soda pop of all types 6 months ago
93. I don’t miss it
94. I also gave up sugar
95. I missed it at first
96. I don’t anymore
97. My favorite color is red
98. If I could go anywhere in the world it would be Alaska
99. I would live there in a log cabin on a mountainside where the moose and bears run wild
100. That’s the only thing I would change about my life