I give you what is apparently a rite of passage for those who have stuck with the bloggy thang long enough to make it to the 100th post:
100 Things about Me.
(audible group groan)
Yes, I know. But it simply must be done.
(Says who? I have no idea… just go with it)
I’ll tell you up front, I don’t think I’m the most interesting person in the world. Nor the funniest… not by a long stretch.
Nonetheless, off we go!
1. I am a mountain girl. Something about the way the Front Range looks at dusk — with the sun setting behind and the shadows in front making the whole scene look like a beautiful watercolor — makes me sigh with blissful contentment every time.
2. Because we live in Colorado, I have the privilege of seeing that panoramic watercolor most evenings. Bliss, I tell you.
3. I am also a mountain girl because my amazing husband is a mountain man. The boy thrives in the mountain air… and longs each year for the two summer months where climbing ridiculously high peaks is possible (and permissible). Boys. Sheesh.
4. I am NOT a beach girl. No way.
5. I won’t even get into ocean water past my ankles because when I was very young (maybe 4-5 years old), I saw on a beach in Florida — from a distance — a girl get her foot bitten off by a baby shark while she was wading in waist deep water. No no surfing or snorkling for me. Ever. I’ll survive. 🙂
6. I also hate intense heat and humidity.
7. And mosquitos.
8. Which cancels out much of the continental United States as possibilities for settlement. Colorado works.
9. I had two successful VBACs after our first wee child was born via c-section.
10. For the life of me, I cannot comprehend how birth is possible without an epidural. Perhaps a combination of baby size, momma’s body shape, and pain tolerance are so different for me than for some other folks that it’s like comparing apples with oranges or something. Because God knows I tried my best to go au naturale with #2 (due to some medicinal complications with #1 that had contributed to our need for a c-section) and I felt like I was being completely ripped apart at only 5 centimeters. God bless you ladies who have done it… you are forever my heroes.
11. I have had a curvature in my hip since I was an infant.
12. If you have ever seen me run, that explains why my left leg goes a little wacky sometimes. Womanly grace and I have never been the best of friends. 🙂
13. I used to be fast. Like really fast. Like in junior high.
14. Alas, my speed went the way of puberty… pushed out of my life forever by my hips. Oh well.
15. Nicknames I have had in my life: Nicolette, Icky-nay (not my favorite), Nickel, Nichel, Superstarr.
16. Oh, and Sparky. Let’s just say there was a little lab accident in Biology class during my sophomore year of high school.
17. If I ever had a week off of any and all responsibility, I frankly would have no idea what to do with myself. I guess I would read… and run… and read some more. Oh, and sleep.
18. I not-so-secretly want our family to be missionaries in Ireland someday. It’s like a joke now between Bryan and me… “oh well, if this doesn’t work out we can just go be missionaries in Ireland.” I’m not sure why, but since watching a syndicated episode of Scrubs the other night where Colin Farrell was guest-starring as an Irish bloke, I have a feeling part of the reason is to get my man THAT accent. Yummy. (the accent, not Mr. Farrell)
19. That, or buy land and build our own little log cabin in the mountains. Depending on my mood.
20. My favorite color is usually green.
21. But pink sometimes makes me really, really happy. Given that I grew up pretty much a tomboy, that fact is a little odd.
22. I am not, however, a girl who loves to receive flower bouquets. In general, I think they’re a total waste of money.
23. Now, homemade paper flowers or a bouquet of dandelions personally picked for me by one of my two favorite little boys, that’s another thing entirely and totally acceptable.
24. I also don’t understand the shoe obsession so many girls/women have. Who knows… maybe I’d be more into it if I had more money. For summer, I have one brown pair and one black pair of sandals; for winter, maybe another four pairs (black/brown shoes or clogs, plus black/brown boots), and running shoes. I recently bought my first new pair of Keens for this winter… to replace clogs I’ve worn for at least the past five years. Heck, I’ll probably still wear the old clogs anyway.
25. Annie, however, seems to love shoes already. She never passes up an opportunity to try on everyone’s shoes in the foyer… and says “pre-y” (pretty without the “t”) each and every time she has on a new pair. Apparently the gene skips a generation. 🙂
Whew… and that’s only 25! More to come…
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