Friends and Fun

We were so excited to be able to visit our dear friends the Malletts this past weekend. We arrived late Friday night and stayed up much too late talking. On Saturday, Harmony, Scott, the kids, and I trekked out to the Fort Worth Zoo (Leland had a UIL meet). It was awesome! That is a really great zoo. It was a great time to go because most of the animals were out and about and not just snoozing in the shadiest spot they could find like they were in San Antonio when Will and I went this summer. We got to see lots of primates, big cats, elephants, giraffes, rhinos, kangroos, birds, fish, and snakes. A fun time was had by all! I made the comment that it will be nice when our kids are older and we can actually stop and read all about the animals. Right now they just have such short attention spans and get tired so quickly. There was a whole section of the zoo that we didn't get to see because we needed to get the kids home to nap.

Sunday was a big "extra events" day at the Malletts' church. So, Harmony and I went to a "Ladies' Tea" that afternoon. It was really fun and gave me some good ideas for women's ministry that I'd like to share with my sisters here. Sunday about wore us out, so we had pizza for dinner and conked out early. On Monday, Scott went on to Abilene for school and my kids and I stayed with Harmony and her girls. We got out early and went shopping. Harmony's having Christmas/Thanksgiving all at the same time with her family next week, so she got several gifts and I also picked up a couple for my kids. It was a good day. Later, after naps, we loaded up and headed down I-20 to meet Scott and go home. Thanks, Malletts for having us...we can't wait to see you again!!

On the way into the zoo
The huge silverback gorilla...king of the mountain!
Giraffes
Elephant
Smiley Will at the zoo
Claire, Will, Raylee and Reese in their Mickey & Minnie matching outfits!
Will turned two in May and Raylee will be two on Friday!
Reese was born on May 30 & Claire on July 8.
The four of them :)

Four Months

Claire is four months old today! Wow! She is growing so much and is such a good baby. Here are some new happenings with Claire:

1. She loves to smile and talk. She is so loud! It seems we'll have yet another loudmouth kid who won't be quiet in church!

2. She has started laughing more. I missed it yesterday at work, but evidently my co-workers had her cracking up for a while.

3. She's a sweetie and loves kisses.

4. She loves her brother and he can always make her smile and laugh. She likes it when he "zlerberts" her belly.

5. She is teething and slobbering all over the place! Her favorite thing to chew on is her finger.

6. She is noticing things a lot...like her hands. She love to look at her hands and watch herself touch things. She loves to try to grab my nose.

7. She is big enough to enjoy the ExerSaucer and really does well in it.

8. She is well into her 3-6 month clothes.

9. She never wants to be lying down..."Sit me up, please!!"

10. She also loves to "stand" in our laps. She also loves to stand up and look at herself in the mirror after I change her clothes. She has to admire all her cute outfits!

A Rite of Passage

Last night when the kids and I got home from church, I was getting Will ready for his bath. Imagine the scene: the shower is running, Claire is in her carseat in the hall, looking into the bathroom and screaming to get out, Frank (the dog) is trying to stick his nose in every one's business, Will is naked and has just gotten an M&M candy for going pee in the potty. Then, somehow, he manages to trip over my foot and smacks his face on the bathroom floor. Yep, we've got a busted lip, and it isn't pretty! The above picture does not do it justice. I need to try to get him to take another one today.

Anyway, the poo really hit the fan. It was a scream-fest for several minutes. Since he was eating an M&M, I couldn't tell if the little white pieces in his mouth were un-coated candy or tooth. I wasn't sure how big the cut was or if he'd gotten both his top and bottom lip or just the bottom. I called Scott, who was at an elders' meeting in the melee and asked him to please come home and help with damage control. Thankfully, we live pretty near the the church building! What an adventure. Also, we are glad that Will just got his bottom lip and he's fine today...acting as if everything is normal.

Crazy Halloween!

It is just my opinion that Halloween should never be held on Wednesdays. I know that can't be helped, but really, Wednesdays are just the worst for Halloween. That said, it was a good one despite being on a Wednesday!


Will went to "school" and Scott and I attended his little "party" at 2:15. I then went back to work while the boys went home. Then we headed out to trick-or-treat at 5:15. We hit three church friends' houses before church started at 7:00. I ate my dinner on the go from a ziplock baggie since I work til 5:00 on Wednesdays. Claire didn't nap hardly at all at work yesterday so she crashed and completely slept through the first two houses. We didn't even get her out of her carseat. At the third house she woke up, so she wore her costume for about 25 minutes and we got a few pictures of her in it then.


Will got so much candy...he'll never be able to eat it all himself! When we got home he was so exhausted, but still so excited. He didn't want to take his "costune" off. Finally we got him bathed and in bed and he slept late this morning (yea!). Here are a few pictures from our evening:

My two kiddos together

Scott and Claire

Will, the Astronaut

Claire, the pea-pod

Just for fun, here's a pic of Will in the same pea-pod costume when he was a baby! He's five months old in this picture (on the same couch, by the way!)

Halloween Fun

Tonight we attended a birthday party for a friend who was turning 50. For the big Five-Oh, they had a costume/Halloween themed party. Fun times!

The Prather Family (snap, snap!)
Princess, Pea, Astronaut, & Fireman
The Princess & the Pea
Fun with the smoke machine Birthday Boy Steve (aka--Herman Munster)
The Cake

Russell (Uncle Fester) & Debbie (Grandmama)

After the party, Will came in and got on the computer :) (Please ignore the mess!)

Little Trickster

My son is so smart. I try not to brag on him too much because I don't want to seem like an annoying mom who brags on her kids all the time...but...he really is.

I started giving him M&M's as an incentive to use the potty. He's been pretty interested, but I just wanted to jump start it a little more. Well, I told him he can have one M&M when he goes pee, and two when he does the other. After he goes, I let him pick what color he wants. Of course, he wants more immediately after he goes, but we remind him that he has to go pee in order to get another piece of candy. So, what does my son do? He has figured out that if he only goes pee a little bit and says he is done, he will get an M&M. Then, a few minutes later, he'll say he needs to go again and will pee a little more so he can get another candy. He thinks he's so tricky! But, I can't necessarily "make" him go all he needs to at one time. And, I did tell him he could have one M&M every time he goes pee in the potty. Funny.

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On a much more serious note...my dad, Tim, is having back surgery tomorrow morning. He has an extremely herniated/ruptured disc in his lower back. Please keep him and his surgeon and surgical team in your prayers. We are hoping this will relieve over two months of extreme pain! Thank you.

News and Such

Yea, the gas meter debacle is over! It only took a week for our neighbor to get his hot water back. It ended up being quite an ordeal with all the plumbing...I won't go into the details, but let me just say I am SOOO glad we have auto insurance.

Scott has been sick now for about a week. As long as he's taking Tylenol, he feels okay, but when he doesn't he's running about a 100 degree fever. We were suspicious of mono for a while, but he was tested on Friday and it came back negative. Hopefully he's just got an ultra-tough virus who will be moving on soon (hopefully not to me or my kids!).

In spite of sickness, we travelled to Lubbock on Friday night for a wedding in which Scott officiated. It was his first and he did great! The bride was in our youth group when we first moved to Big Spring for all of about four months (she was a senior that year), and the groom was a freshman at LCU when we were seniors. So, we actually knew some of the wedding party and guests as we went to school with them. We stayed with Scott's best friend, Jake, and his wife Cheri and two girls. I had not seen them in two years, though Scott had. It was fun catching up and seeing how their girls had grown. Unfortunately, because of the wedding schedule and children being children, we couldn't see any of our other Lubbock friends. But we thought of you and love you all!

Our kids are doing well...Will is just so cute. He says the most wonderful things like, "I love you so much, Mommy," and "I love Claire so much!" He also likes to ask us "How's it going?" He's at a fun age.

Claire is just growing and growing. She thinks she is so big and wants to sit up already. She tries, but she's just not quite capable yet! She also loves to smile and chatter and the other night, Daddy made her have her first belly laugh. It was great!

For those who have asked how to make your own playlist...just click on mine where it says "Create a playlist" and it should take you to that website (which is, I think, www.playlist.com?) and it will be pretty self-explanatory. When you're done making the list, it should give you an option to embed the html into your myspace, blog, etc. Copy the html and go to your layout page for blogger and choose where you want to embed the html. If you have any questions, you can always ask!

Happy fall...yea, a cold front is coming tomorrow and it's supposed to be in the 60's!!

106-200

Okay, I thought of a few more things I felt the need to share...

106. I am addicted to Bath & Body Works "flavors" (yes, that's really what they call them...remember, I used to work there!) :)
107. My current favorites are Coconut Lime Verbena (probably my all-time favorite), Black Raspberry Vanilla, and Wild Honeysuckle.
108. The first flavor I ever got was Flowering Herbs, which you can only get at certain times when they re-issue "classic" scents.
109. My new favorite perfume is Pure Turquoise by Ralph Lauren.
110. I always like buying things by Ralph Lauren because my name is on there somewhere.
111. Since I had Claire, I hardly wear perfume, though, because I don't want it to aggravate her senses.
112. I have always loved the name Claire, ever since I was in high school.
112b. Claire is also the name of one of my favorite book characters, but I didn't name my daughter after her.
113. Elise (Claire's middle name) has always been a favorite also. My mom told me once that she thought of using it as my own middle name.
114. William is a family name, mainly on Scott's side, but I also had a great-great grandfather with that name.
115. Will was born on his great-great grandfather's birthday (my grandma's dad).
116. Claire was almost born on 07-07-07, but missed it by 10 hours.
117. I am a major list-maker and love to cross things off the lists.
118. Sometimes I feel like I can't function or accomplish things if I do not have a list.
119. When I was little I would write stories all the time and wanted to grow up to be an author.
120. I also had a natural gift for artwork, but I feel that I have lost that ability over the years because I hardly ever practice that skill.
121. I still enjoy doing artwork, but feel I never have the time and space to be able to really do it.
122. I took private art lessons for a couple of years and really enjoyed it.
123. I took only one art class in high school and really liked it, too.
124. However, I couldn't do art every year in high school because of drill team (it counted as a fine art).
125. One of the best things about being in drill team was that I didn't have to take P.E. in high school; it counted as an "athletics" period.
126. My first concert (besides the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo concerts) was Reba McEntire.
127. I remember that she changed costumes 18 times.
128. My first CD was also by Reba.
129. My favorite Disney princess is Aurora/Brier Rose/Sleeping Beauty.
130. I know just about all the words to all the songs in The Little Mermaid.
131. One movie of Will's that I've seen about a hundred times and am still not tired of is The Incredibles.

132. My favorite movie of all time is the 1960's version of The Parent Trap with Haley Mills.

133. When I was younger, I wasn't ever allowed to wear shorts to church.

134. And I definitely wasn't allowed to watch an R-rated movie until I was seventeen.

135. My dad wouldn't let me play with Barbies until I was seven.

136. My first secular music cassette tape was Tiffany.

137. I thought Tiffany was cooler than Debbie Gibson.

138. I wore Electric Youth perfume in junior high.

139. My favorite singer for a long time was Mariah Carey.

140. When I was little, I was swimming in Lake Livingston with my mom and we were chased by a water moccasin. Somehow, she swam away from it fast enough and neither of us were bit.

141. I have worn glasses since I was seven years old (the second grade).

142. My second grade teacher was very mean and stopped letting me sit on the floor in the front of the classroom (my desk was in the back) so I could read what was on the overhead.

143. She scared me so much that I was afraid to ask her to go to the bathroom in the middle of a spelling test and peed my pants.

144. Thankfully it was at the end of the day, so not many people knew about it.

145. When I was in high school I got sent to the principal's office for violating the dress code--my tunic shirt wasn't long enough over my leggings.

146. I thought my mom was in school that day so I didn't call her to have her bring me other clothes and I had to spend the rest of the day in ISS.

147. She ended up being at home all day that day. I was pretty upset when I got home!

148. I was a student choreographer for the drill team training class my senior year.

149. I was also an attendance office aide during first period my senior year and I was was tardy almost every day. Ironic that I worked for the attendance office, yet, didn't get in trouble for being tardy. Hmm...

150. My first car was given to me by my mom's best friend. It was 10 years old when I got it and I had to learn how to drive a standard in order to drive it.

151. We sold the car shortly after we moved to Big Spring and I still see it driving around town sometimes. It was a good car.

152. I was so nervous the first time I drove that car to school by myself that I made my mom drive behind me the whole way.

153. I tried to teach a friend of mine how to drive a stick-shift and she ended up stepping on the gas instead of the break/clutch and ran through a chained off area of a parking lot and it broke my windshield.

154. I drove around with that broken windshield for about three years or so.

155. Scott and I have only bought one car in our married life; the rest were given to us.

156. I have never owned a brand new car and probably won't any time soon.

157. I currently would like to own a mini-van.

158. I both hate and love mini-vans.

159. My favorite one I've seen so far is the Toyota Sienna.

160. I'm currently waiting for someone to give us a mini-van (hint, hint).

161. The last movie I watched was One Night with the King.

162. Esther is one of my favorite Bible characters.

163. For a long time I wouldn't wear polo-shirts because my boss told me she thought they looked manly (she wasn't talking about me--just a blanket statement).

164. I enjoy wearing green because I think it brings out the green in my eyes.

165. I love jewelry, but I wear the same few pieces almost daily.

166. I have an iPod but I hardly ever use it.

167. People always ask me if I play the piano because I have long fingers, but I don't.

168. I took lessons for about a year and a half in junior high.

169. I wish I hadn't stopped.

170. I don't know how to play any instruments.

171. I can't stand to sleep with socks on my feet, much unlike my mother!

172. One of the sure-fire signs that indicate I am pregnant is nose-bleeds.

173. I never had a nose-bleed until after I was married.

174. I love to decorate for Christmas and often want to start around this time of year!

175. I have two full size Christmas trees; one for each of my living rooms.

176. When I was little, I would switch which end of the bed I put my head on so I could look down the hall and see the Christmas tree while I fell asleep.

177. I have thought about going back to school and getting my masters in Organizational Management through LCU.

178. I once had my belly button pierced.

179. I probably wouldn't do it, but if I was ever going to get another piercing I would get a tiny sparkly stud in my nose.

180. However, I think my nose is big enough not to draw any more attention to it than it already attracts!

181. One of my very favorite songs is Smooth by Rob Thomas and Santana and I don't have it on my playlist.

182. I also don't know all of the words to it.

183. Another one of my favorite songs is Counting Blue Cars by Dishwalla and I don't even know what it's about.

184. I am really bad at math and one of the ways I got to know Scott and get him to fall in love with me (wink, wink!) was getting help from him for college algebra.

185. I always said one of the requirements for the man I married would be that he would have to be good at math so he could help our kids with their homework.

186. I gave birth to both my kids "naturally."

187. I had epidurals with both also.

188. I gave birth to both kids in the same hospital room and had the same doctor deliver them.

189. I nursed Will until he was one year old.

190. This morning I hit our neighbor's gas meter with my car.

191. I could hear the gas hissing out and smell it immediately.

192. I got Claire out of the car and ran into the house while calling Scott on the cell phone.

193. The fire department came and shut the gas off. Nothing blew up.

194. We had not met our neighbors until today (they moved in at the same time Claire was born)...what a great way to meet them.

195. I broke the gas line that goes to their house, so now they have no hot water.

196. The reason I hit the meter is that my car was not parked in its normal spot and I didn't even know the meter was there.

197. I was already late to work and it made me an hour later.

198. I wore a top to work today that is really supposed to be a pajama top.

199. I don't think it looks like a pajama top.

200. It is almost impossible for me to go to bed before midnight!!

Daddy's Little Pumpkin & Mummy's Little Boy

The kids together (this is the best one we got...Will was not in a cooperative mood!)
The kids with Nana


Our Little Pumpkin


Mummy's Boy

Chorus Reunion

We had such a great time this past weekend at the LCU chorus reunion. Friday night was a little nutty because we had our kids with us, but it was still good. Scott and I had to tag-team parent during the dinner, so I missed some speeches and he missed some presentations. Oh well. My mom arrived during the first rehersal session to take the kids and after we got them squared away, things went much more smoothly! Thanks, Mom, for taking care of our kiddos!

We enjoyed getting to see lots of old friends and singing with a choir again. Dr. Hinds directed us in six pieces, Dr. Camp directed two, Eddie Cox (Brother Cox's son) directed two, and Dr. Rogers directed one. So, we sang a lot of music! I think we did pretty well for only rehearsing a total of six hours. We recorded a CD on Saturday afternoon and then held a performance on Sunday morning after worship. I was bad, as always, and didn't think about taking pictures until it was pretty much too late. Here are a couple that we did get:

Mom took this one of the whole chorus

Me, Jen, April, and Marla after the performance on Sunday morning

Home to Harmony

No, I'm not going "home" to Harmony's house, I'm talking about a fantastic book! Home to Harmony was on a booklist for Scott's Introduction to Christian Ministry grad class at ACU and he read it and gave it to me to read. It is a fiction book written by a Quaker minister about a Quaker minister and his "flock." The author, Philip Gulley, is very funny and tells great little stories about the town, Harmony, and it's quirky inhabitants. If you've had experience with ministry of any kind, it's even more funny and poignant. Just thought I'd share!

As this was the first book in a series, I took Will to the library with me on Tuesday to get the next couple of books. It was the first time I'd taken him to the library, so we picked him a few books, too. When I went up to the check-out counter to borrow the books, the librarian scanned my library card and asked to see my ID. It seems I hadn't been to the library since 2005. Wow! I knew it had been a while, but two years!? Of course, I have read plenty of books in the past two years, but I guess they were all either borrowed from friends or bought. Well, I've been twice in the past three days, so maybe I'll make up for it soon :)

In other news, we are headed up to Lubbock tomorrow for the LCU Friends and Family, or Family and Founders (or whatever they're calling it) weekend. We're planning on doing the chorus reunion thing, so hopefully that will be fun! My mom is flying in to Lubbock tomorrow night and will be with us for the weekend to help us out with the kids. Then she'll come home with us and stay until Tuesday. In preparation for her taking care of Claire, we have been feeding Claire from a bottle once a day this week. Or I should say Scott has been feeding her. On Monday night she screamed at him for 10 minutes before she would finally eat. He almost gave up, but he persisted! Tuesday night she took it with no fuss. Last night, she did fuss a bit, but it was a different type of bottle, so that may have been the problem. Hopefully, she will eat well for my mom this weekend!

We are very much looking forward to seeing a lot of friends this weekend...if you're going to be in Lubbock, we hope to see you there!

For Tracey and Shannon

Claire in the dress that Tracey got her.

Claire in the Minnie Mouse outfit that Shannon got her.

Monkey Bathroom & Shower Boy

Diaper Cake II, Etc.

Another friend of mine is having a baby shower tomorrow, so I just couldn't resist making another diaper cake! And of course, I had to take pictures and show you :)

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Thanks to Bethany and Kelly for the positive feedback on my playlist! I was a little worried because my mom said it didn't work on her computer, so I'm glad it's working for everyone else :) These are just a few of my favorite songs. I've thought of so many more since I made it!

In other news, Scott has been in Abilene since Thursday morning for the second weekend of his two-weekend class. We are very much looking forward to having him back tomorrow afternoon!

Have a wonderful weekend!!

Spooning

You've heard of "spooning" right? It means when something or someone imitates the curve of another thing or person...like spoons nestled together in the silverware drawer. Well, I like my spoons to actually spoon each other. I was asked to elaborate on this and include a photo, so here you go :) Enjoy!

Disclaimer

Dear friends,

In reference to my last post in which I referred to my mother as a hoarder and/or pack-rat, I would like to offer a disclaimer. My mother, a hoarder though she may be, is a secret hoarder. The house is very clean and presentable, however it may be in those dark, unnoticed corners of the closet that the school projects from 1986 may lie. She informs me that since their house was flooded by a pipe burst in May and all the floors had to be replaced, she was forced into a major purge and I would be (and I quote), "...lucky to find any semblance of [my] being raised in this house, in this house."

So, friends, please note that my mom is not a bad housekeeper. She is phenomenal at keeping things tidy where others can see. Just don't look in the cabinets beneath the wet bar.

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I have also replied to several of your comments in the comment section...so if you commented on any of my last few posts, you might want to check :)

One Hundred...

1. I’m twenty-eight years old.
2. I got married on my twenty-first birthday.
3. I was born on my dad’s twenty-sixth birthday.
4. I gave birth to my first child seventeen days before my twenty-sixth birthday.
5. He was due on the date that my mom was due with me.
6. I gave birth to my second child this past July.
7. Both my babies were born in the ten o’clock hour of the morning.
8. I am not a morning person.
9. I would rather sleep than eat if given a choice.
10. When I was little, I quit ballet and tap lessons because I had to get up too early on Saturday mornings to go.
11. I was in drill team in high school.
12. I tried out for officer but didn’t get it.
13. I co-founded the drill team at LCU—Spirit.
14. I don’t know how to “couple dance.”
15. I’ve been married for seven years.
16. When we got back from our honeymoon, we were homeless because our LCU apartment wasn’t finished yet.
17. We lived with Bob and Brenda Cass and in the Mabee Living Center while we were homeless for a month waiting for our apartment to get done.
18. Our apartment really never got done and we moved in anyway.
19. I got my first cell phone because our apartment didn’t have phone lines yet.
20. I don’t like talking on the phone.
21. I do like writing emails and letters.
22. I like to fill out surveys and stuff on MySpace even if no one reads them, because it’s fun.
23. I love to sing.
24. I sang in choir n junior high and in college.
25. I didn’t sing in high school because drill team took up too much of my time.
26. Scott tells me I should be a soprano, but I’ve sung alto since I was in junior high.
27. I sometimes would rather sing soprano in church, but I feel I need to sing alto because hardly anyone does.
28. I feel like altos have more of a challenge.
29. I like to have things very organized.
30. At work, my desk has to be completely clean before I leave.
31. At home, my desk is a complete wreck most of the time.
32. I’m a hoarder and a pack-rat, but not as bad as my mom (love you, Mom).
33. All my DVDs are in alphabetical order.
34. I like it when books, etc. are in ascending and descending order.
35. In my silverware drawer, all the spoons and forks have to nestle each other.
36. I like the thought of drinking coffee and the smell of it, but I rarely finish a whole cup when I pour myself one.
37. I like the flavored creamers and lots of sugar when I make a cup of coffee.
38. My favorite “coffee,” though, is the Café Vienna flavor by General Foods International (the powder that comes in a can).
39. I love hot tea.
40. I love iced tea.
41. I used to like sweet tea, but now I prefer the unsweetened version.
42. My favorite soft drink is Diet Coke.
43. I have read the infamous Diet Coke emails and have thought about quitting, but I decided oh well…if I get a disease because of it, I’ll just get to go to Heaven sooner :)
44. I’m not supposed to drink carbonated drinks because I have really soft enamel on my teeth. But I do it anyway.
45. I have two crowns and LOTS of fillings in my teeth. They’re horrible.
46. I do not have any of my wisdom teeth.
47. I had two surgeries to have my wisdom teeth removed and ever since I have had problems with my TMJ.
48. I love chocolate.
49. Two of my favorite things are brownies and chocolate chip cookies.
50. When I was little I was a weirdo and ate around the chocolate chips in c.c. cookies.
51. I don’t really care for peanut butter cookies (except the ones my friend Jen made one time!)
52. I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
53. My favorite jellies are red plum and blackberry.
54. When I was a kid I would only eat white bread but now all I like is wheat.
55. I am eight years older than my brother.
56. My first day of high school was his first day of kindergarten.
57. I grew up in a home without cable TV.
58. I never listened to the radio until I was in the sixth grade.
59. My first cassette tape was Amy Grant’s The Collection.
60. My first video (that was actually mine) was The Sound of Music.
61. I am an indoors person.
62. I played outside as a kid, but I would have rather been inside reading, listening to music, or playing with my Barbies.
63. The outdoors do not like me…everytime I go outside I get eaten alive by mosquitos.
64. I have climbed a 13,900-something ft. mountain in Colorado.
65. I cried climbing it.
66. It was one of the coolest things I ever did.
67. I do not enjoy skiing.
68. I have only been once and it took me two hours to get down the mountain.
69. I would rather sit in the cabin by the fire with a book and cup of hot chocolate.
70. I love to read.
71. I love long books like Gone With the Wind, the Outlander series, and the latter Harry Potters. Books that are shorter than four hundred pages are almost no fun because they get finished too quickly.
72. The only places out of the United States I have been are Cancun, Mexico, and the Bahamas.
73. I went to both places my senior year of high school.
74. I went to Cancun with a friend and her family and I went to the Bahamas with the senior members of drill team on a cruise.
75. Some of the girls who went on the cruise were so bad that our director said she would never take another group again (She had taken every group of seniors for the past 15 or so years).
76. I have been to both Disneyland and Disneyworld.
77. I had never ridden a rollercoaster until I was seventeen years old.
78. My first rollercoaster was the Viper at Astroworld. (Astroworld is now no longer with us :().
78. The first time I rode a plane I was about to turn eight. I went with my grandparents to California to meet my new cousin.
80. I was the only grandchild on both sides for eight years.
81. My youngest cousin is four years old.
82. I have an uncle who hasn’t even started having kids yet.
83. My oldest niece is almost twenty-one (she is my niece by marriage). She is older than my brother.
84. My first “real job” (besides babysitting and camp counseling) was at Bath and Body Works.
85. I liked the discount but hated it otherwise because they never gave me enough hours.
86. I have since worked at the LCU post office and bookstore,
87. a funeral home,
88. a high school,
89. and a flower shop.
90. I love to have my fingernails painted but never have enough time to do it.
91. If my toenails aren’t painted or don’t look pretty enough, I won’t wear sandals.
92. I pretty much never leave the house without make-up,
93. or at the very least mascara.
94. I don't really like cats, but I would like to have one anyway, but I won’t get one until my dogs are gone.

95. I think it’s because they’re lower maintenance and they chase away mice.
96. I love Star Trek: The Next Generation and Voyager but I’m not digging Deep Space Nine so much.
97. I am totally into Lost and Heroes.
98. I also love The Office and 30 Rock.
99. I’m a freak about spelling and grammar and I’m not even an English teacher!
100. I think it would be fun to be a copy editor.
101. I also like doing tedious jobs like filing and other secretarial work.
102. I guess it’s a good thing that I’m doing secretarial work.
103. Yes, I know this is more than one hundred, but I’m having fun.
104. I didn't think I could think of one hundred things about myself...

105. ...and now I'll stop :)