I never do memes. But feeling otherwise uninspired I thought I would do one. So here it is 100 things about me in all of its randomness and quirkiness!
Oh, and cause I'm long winded make sure you're comfortable, because this is a long read!
1) I'm right-handed 2) but left footed. 3) I'm a twin born on leap year. 4) I often crab about sharing my non-birthday with someone. 5) I forgot my twin brother's birthday until the last minute last year. 6) I'm one if the most generous people you will meet (except, apparently, if you're my twin) 7) I'm generally always happy. 8) My twin for years forgot my birthday and Christmas. 9) I do his birthday and Christmas shopping for his nieces. 10) I generally "assign" the gifts I want to people for Christmas.
11)I'm easily entertained. 12) Seriously, I am the first one to laugh at something and the last to stop. 13) I've recently learned there is a time and a place for everything. 14) I'm still working on putting that into practice. 15) I still need to learn that patience is a virtue. 16) I'm a mostly sarcastic, quick witted person 17) but I also have a tendency to overthink everything. 18) I love to talk. 19) It is an informal policy at work not hire some that talks more than me. 20) I enjoy my "temporary" status as favorite manager at work.
21) I understand most things in life are fleeting. 22) It's probably why I'm always the life if the party 23) and have stopped stressing when things aren't great. 24) I truly believe in the power of positive thinking. 25) I also believe that exercise makes you happy. 26) I try to run at least half of my mornings. 27) I went biking a lot this summer in the evenings. But now it gets dark too early. 28) I used to weigh close to 350 pounds. 29) When I lost the baby weight from my second daughter, I weighed less than half that. 30) I have yucky "grandma arms" and a flabby stomach because of it. Those are my reminders to never let it happen again!
31) I'm an avid photographer. 32) I own six cameras 33) and only use four. 34) My digital point and shoot is almost always with me. 35) The digital SLR I bring often and use for portraits and other "artsy" stuff. 36) I am eternally fascinated by my iPhone camera. It is SO BAD! But it produces some unique results. 37) Which is why I love my Holga, a medium format toy camera. 38) A return to film photography has gotten me excited for this medium again. 39) I'm too scared to get my Holga photographs developed. 40) I want more cameras!
41) I love blogging. 42)This is the third blog I've had since my oldest daughter was born. 43)My uncle's caring bridge page was the inspiration for my first blog. 44) He assumes his liver transplant was his anniversary present, but really it's the best birthday present I've ever gotten! 45)I've had surgery three times. Sinus surgery twice, jaw surgery once. 46) I used to get pnueminia every spring. 47) I've never broken a bone. 48) I've been in two car accidents. 49) The last when I was in was eleven years ago. 50) I haven't gotten a traffic ticket in over 8 years.
51) I'm very easily distracted. The last ten items were only supposed to be about blogging! 52) I forget things easily. I can't remember what I was going to write about blogging in the previous section! 53) I absolutely suck at returning phone calls. This is due in large part to items 51 & 52. 54) Talking on the phone is one of my least favorite forms of communication. Due to the afornentioned distractibility on my part. 55) If we've talked for an extended length of time on the phone...you're aces in my book. 56) I'd rather email 57) or better yet, let's talk over drinks. 58) Most people in my family are generally introverted. 59) Until recently I hadn't known where my extroversion came from. 60) One of my lifetime goals is to learn Spanish. Mostly, so I can increase the amount of people I can talk to.
61) Until I had girls I did not like the color pink 62) now I love pink! 63) I do not have a favorite color. 64) When I was a teenager I used to have reptiles for pets. 65) All my pets were named for cities where the Olympics took place. 65) I went to the 2002 Winter Olympics. It is one of my favorite memories. 66) I am planning on going to the 2010 Winter Olympics. 67) I prefer the Winter Olympics over the Summer Olympics. 68) Hockey is by far my favorite sport. 69) I went to the NHL All-Star game in 2004. 70) I also played hockey when I was a freshmen in high school.
71) Asked to skate now, I would probably fall on my face! 72) I swam for a season as well. 73) I still spend as much time as possible by the pool in the summer. 74) I live in flip flops in the summer. 75) I live in Ugg's in the winter. 76) I keep the feet pedicured year around. 77) I gave up on my hands years ago. 78) Because of a car accident when I was 16 my left hand is bigger than my right. 79) I have attached earlobes. 80) It is the only body part I wish I could change.
81) I own twenty pairs of jeans. 82) Most are wide leg jeans. 83) Denim is my trademark and I rarely wear anything else. 84) I have been wearing cardigans for far longer than they have been "fashionable." 85)In the summer I'll trade my jeans in for a sundress. 86) I find the four distinct seasons in Minnesota very stressful. 87) I have never liked Minnesota winters. 88) I travel west as often as possible. 89) My favorite city is Boston. 89) I could never live in Boston again because of it's winters. 90) Except for Boston, I prefer the west coast over the east coast.
91) My favorite food is fried rice. 92) I drink 6-8 cups of coffee a day 93) and believe tea can cure most illness. 94) I'm lactose intolerant 95) and I rarely ever drink soda. 96) I add crystal light to most of my water. 97) In a restaurant I always order water with a slice of lemon. 98) I've been working on this post for the last two days. 99) I've written this post entirely on my iPhone. 100) After I got my iPhone I didn't turn on my computer for a month!
