100th Post

I can't believe I'm to my 100th post already. I have only been blogging for 4 months. Actually, I have been dreading this post because I always think of things that would have been better to publish after the fact.

I am curious to see what ends up on this list when I am done.

Just for fun, if you comment on this post, please share things that you have in common with my list. It would be fun to get to know my commenters better.

Where to start...

1. I am 34 years old
2. I was born in May around Memorial Day
3. When I was younger, there was a tornado watch on my birthday every year for, like, 5 years in a row
4. My sister still teases me about it
5. I lived with my aunt and uncle for two years
6. I had four other roommates throughout college
7. One of them is still one of my best friend (Deb)
8. The others I don't even remember their last names
9. I am the youngest of 3 kids
10. My husband is the youngest of 4
11. We both sometimes feel like the black sheep
12. It keeps life interesting
13. I am raising two little boys
14. I always wanted a girl
15. I think God knew what he was doing when he gave us two boys
16. I don't think I could have handled a girl
17. Most of the time, I don't think I am handling boys all that well, either
18. I began playing violin in 3rd grade
19. I began playing piano in 5th grade
20. I played in community and school ochestras all the way through high school
21. I chose to major in piano in college
22. I haven't touched the violin in at least 15 years
23. My first job was at Fuddruckers
24. I loved it...it still remains my favorite part time job I ever held
25. There have been so many others that I keep losing count
26. I have taught in 4 different schools
27. I have worked in a music field in 7 different locations (churches and schools)
28. My first music job was a dance school accompanist
29. I was in high school
30. The dance teacher gave me a fruitcake for Christmas that year
31. It was the only one I have ever received
32. I threw it away
33. My parents divorced when I was 7
34. My dad remarried when I was 8
35. My mom remarried when I was 9
36. My dad's took...my mom's didn't
37. My step-mom is one of my closest confidantes
38. I went to college to escape life
39. As a result...I found life instead
40. I never went to church when I was little
41. I started in high school as a way to develop friends
42. I became active in campus ministry
43. I finally made REAL friends there
44. I met my husband through campus ministry in college
45. All of my close friends to this day were also made through the same campus ministry
46. I struggle with my faith every day
47. I wish I didn't have to admit it
48. But this list is bringing that out in me
49. Noah is my oldest child
50. I worry about him all the time
51. Too much as a matter of fact
52. He is the carbon image of me
53. I worry that he will struggle the same way I did
54. He is smart, opinionated, and talks WAY too much
55. Just like me
56. I hope he can work through it better than I ever did
57. I need to let go
58. Aaron is my youngest child
59. He is the social one
60. He will be on stage someday
61. He has a way of charming anyone he meets
62. He also has a way of bringing out the worst in Noah
63. I think little brothers are just like that
64. Steve and I dated for about a year before we got engaged
65. I fell in love with his voice before I fell in love with him
66. We were married at Christmas time
67. We were married for six years before we had our first child
68. We moved to Wisconsin two weeks after we got married
69. We lived FAR away from all of our family and friends for the first two years of our marriage, due to Steve's internship
70. Then we moved back so our kids would know their grandparents
71. I think these are the things that make our relationship so strong to this day
72. We learned to rely only on each other
73. I have only had two pets in my life
74. The umpteen goldfish that I've killed within a week of purchase don't count
75. Steve and I had a pet rabbit named "Thumper"
76. She was spoiled rotten
77. She was littler trained and had full rein of the house
78. She came when called and thought she was a dog
79. I wrote a whole book about her, complete with scrap booking picture techniques and rhyming text
80. Amazing what dumb things we had time for before kids, doncha think?
81. We got rid of her when Noah came along
82. We don't know where she is today
83. Minnie the cat came along a year ago
84. She loves all three of the boys in the house
85. She'll come to me if no one else is available
86. She is VERY mean to grandmas and babysitters
87. We think she sees them as a threat.
88. I have had 6 cars
89. My first one AND my current one are both discontinued
90. My favorite was a Ford Escort my step mom found for me for student teaching
91. She liked the stripe on the side
92. I liked the sunroof
93. It was a stick shift
94. Steve never learned to drive it
95. His legs couldn't fit under the steering wheel
96. He is 6'4"
97. I am 5'4"
98. We don't notice the difference
99. Others Do
100. I am very interested to go back and see what facts I actually just wrote.

Well, it probably isn't very good reading but I am making the commitment to not go back and change them. If these were my first instincts, then I think they must be print worthy.

Let me know if you actually made it through the list.