100 Things
So I thought I'd finally do the obligatory "100 things" for bloggers to get to know me. I can't imagine I will be able to come up with 100 things but I will give it a shot.
1. I'm 34...it just snuck up on me. (I'm now 41...gawd!)
2. I had my first child at 31.
3. He is the most amazing child on the planet...yes, he really is. (continues to be amazing!)
4. I had a very difficult delivery
5. I still want more children (I'm 41 now...I DO NOT want more children)
6. I was ready to have more in the recovery room after having this one...Crazy?
7. My child had to be in the NICU for 3 days after his birth.
8. I had an emergency C section
9. By the time I left the hospital I couldn't even tell I had had surgery...guess I am just a fast healer.
10. My husband is 5 years older than I am. (I've been divorced for 7 years now)
11. I met my husband on the internet. (should have known better)
12. I have been married 7 years. (Not married anymore...Yay!)
13. My husband sometimes works 90+ hours a week. (no husband...who knows how many hours he works now)
14. I worked with my mom for 10 years in interior design
15. We didn't kill each other.
16. We wanted to many times.
17. I miss my job everyday (I have a new job that I love but no where near as much as I loved that one)
18. We closed the business the same week my son was born.
19. I made custom floral arrangements, did all the floor display, and performed in-home consultations mostly for decorating Christmas trees.
20. I bought for and decorated 9 Christmas trees a year just in the store.
21. I often did this for clients so the number was higher than 9 most of the time.
22. I LOVED my job.
23. I also did all the books, the scheduling, and sat in on all buying appointments.
24. I want my job back. (This is still true!)
25. I went back to school and got a 2 year degree in Medical Records and Coding after we closed the store.
25. The store was called Elegant Accents
26. Before finishing my degree my husband accept an offer to be relocated to South Carolina
27. I had lived in Indiana all my life
28. I had lived 5 minutes from my mom all my life (now I live even closer!)
29. I love South Carolina! (eh...it was okay)
30. I would never move back to Indiana (I moved back to Indiana)
31. My husband works for a company that makes gas tanks for a bunch of different automobile manufacturers. (he's not my husband and I don't even know where he works now!)
32. At his plant they make tanks for Hyundai and BMW (my boyfriend works where I work)
33. He is a supervisor or something like that. I don't know what his title is (I have a new title for him...that I won't put on here)
34. He was recently given a promotion and a raise...atta boy! (he quit or got fired and has had too many jobs since for me to recall)
35. Sometimes he has to go to Germany for his job. (he should have stayed there)
36. I have never been to Germany. (wouldn't want to go if he was there)
37. I recently got my first stamp in my passport when we went to Playa del Carmen Mexico for vacation
38. I used to hate the beach
39. I like the beach now that I have my son to take (I still hate the beach)
40. We go to Las Vegas every fall for a long weekend with my dad and step-mom. (I haven't been to Vegas in over 12 years)
41. I don't gamble.
42. My husband does. (not my husband...not my problem)
43. I shop and see shows
44. and shop some more. (I hardly shop at all now...and don't really care for it when I do)
45. My parents were divorced when I was 5
46. They were both remarried when I was 6
47. My step dad is a real estate developer
48. My mom works for him and takes care of her mother. (my mom works for me now...as my assistant/babysitter and my grandmother has passed away :(...)
49. My dad is a retired school teacher
50. My step-mom is a retired school teacher and principal
51. We had a big retirement party for them last summer.
52. My mom visits us in SC every-other-month (My mom visits every day right down the road)
53. I have 3 step sisters
54. I have one SIL (ex sister in law)
55. I wish I had had siblings to grow up with.
56. I LOVE animals (I'm old enough to know I don't want to clean up their messes anymore)
57. I have 7 dogs (2 dogs who are each 16 years old...The Senior Citizens)
58. I have 3 cats (2 cats...not the same ones. The ex left those poor cats at the house he moved from)
59. At one time I had 10 cats and 7 dogs (I needed to be locked away)
60. I have one beta fish named Dorothy by my son (this fish didn't last long)
61. I had a bird
62. I had a hamster all at the same time as the 10 cats and 7 dogs
63. I did not live on a farm
64. I will never have that many animals again (smartest thing I said back in 2007)
65. I love to scrapbook (I no longer have the patience or time to scrapbook)
66. I love my blog (it's something to do now and then)
67. I may be addicted to both (i'm now addicted to sleep)
68. I like crafts in general (I don't have time for crafts and I'm okay with that)
69. I keep crazy sleeping hours (I go to sleep the same time and get up the same time every night/day)
70. I'm on a more normal schedule now but I'm sure it will go awry again soon. (It did...along with my entire life)
71. I'm still friends with my best friend from kindergarten. (STTILL!!)
72. All my friends got married and had kids about 8 years before I did.
73. It used to bother me
74. It doesn't anymore
75. I just joined a Mom's Club to make new friends (I joined a soccer club...well, my son did and made a lot of new friends)
76. I am beginning the search for a good pre-school (Jayke just started 5th grade)
77. I'm running out of things to say about myself (didn't know that was possible)
78. I love old Cary Grant movies (still do when I catch them)
79. I also love Judy Garland (yep)
80. I have a weird obsession with reading about mountain climbing expeditions...don't ask because I don't know why. (my new obsession is reading about vampires...weird, I know)
81. I also like to read chic lit (puke)
82. I also like Stephen King's old stuff (not as much as I like George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones!)
83. My favorite place to shop is Target (I rarely go to Target...but still like it)
84. I also make weekly trips to Pier 1 and Hobby Lobby (haven't been to Pier 1 in years...it's been a while for Hobby Lobby too)
86. I desperately want to open my own store here like the one we used to have. (would do it in a hearbeat)
87. I would call it the Blue Pineapple or the Purple Palmetto (still good names)
88. I LOVE Hello Kitty (I just learned Hello Kitty is supposed to be a little girl...rocked my world)
89. We are into some random crap now.
90. 10 more... I don't know if I can make it!
91. I often get obsessed with whatever I'm into at the moment.
92. I'm not scrapbooking right now for that reason. (it's been years)
93. I wish I hadn't started this list. (updating this list 7 years later has been interesting)
94. I want this to be my blogskin but am afraid to change for fear of losing everything.
95. In an attempt to get my friends to blog I made blogs for two of them. (this didn't last long)
96. One of them is using hers...sparingly.
97. I hate when I go to a blog and there isn't a new post to read. (I never read blogs...just Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram)
98. I
99. am
100. done!
1. I'm 34...it just snuck up on me. (I'm now 41...gawd!)
2. I had my first child at 31.
3. He is the most amazing child on the planet...yes, he really is. (continues to be amazing!)
4. I had a very difficult delivery
5. I still want more children (I'm 41 now...I DO NOT want more children)
6. I was ready to have more in the recovery room after having this one...Crazy?
7. My child had to be in the NICU for 3 days after his birth.
8. I had an emergency C section
9. By the time I left the hospital I couldn't even tell I had had surgery...guess I am just a fast healer.
10. My husband is 5 years older than I am. (I've been divorced for 7 years now)
11. I met my husband on the internet. (should have known better)
12. I have been married 7 years. (Not married anymore...Yay!)
13. My husband sometimes works 90+ hours a week. (no husband...who knows how many hours he works now)
14. I worked with my mom for 10 years in interior design
15. We didn't kill each other.
16. We wanted to many times.
17. I miss my job everyday (I have a new job that I love but no where near as much as I loved that one)
18. We closed the business the same week my son was born.
19. I made custom floral arrangements, did all the floor display, and performed in-home consultations mostly for decorating Christmas trees.
20. I bought for and decorated 9 Christmas trees a year just in the store.
21. I often did this for clients so the number was higher than 9 most of the time.
22. I LOVED my job.
23. I also did all the books, the scheduling, and sat in on all buying appointments.
24. I want my job back. (This is still true!)
25. I went back to school and got a 2 year degree in Medical Records and Coding after we closed the store.
25. The store was called Elegant Accents
26. Before finishing my degree my husband accept an offer to be relocated to South Carolina
27. I had lived in Indiana all my life
28. I had lived 5 minutes from my mom all my life (now I live even closer!)
29. I love South Carolina! (eh...it was okay)
30. I would never move back to Indiana (I moved back to Indiana)
31. My husband works for a company that makes gas tanks for a bunch of different automobile manufacturers. (he's not my husband and I don't even know where he works now!)
32. At his plant they make tanks for Hyundai and BMW (my boyfriend works where I work)
33. He is a supervisor or something like that. I don't know what his title is (I have a new title for him...that I won't put on here)
34. He was recently given a promotion and a raise...atta boy! (he quit or got fired and has had too many jobs since for me to recall)
35. Sometimes he has to go to Germany for his job. (he should have stayed there)
36. I have never been to Germany. (wouldn't want to go if he was there)
37. I recently got my first stamp in my passport when we went to Playa del Carmen Mexico for vacation
38. I used to hate the beach
39. I like the beach now that I have my son to take (I still hate the beach)
40. We go to Las Vegas every fall for a long weekend with my dad and step-mom. (I haven't been to Vegas in over 12 years)
41. I don't gamble.
42. My husband does. (not my husband...not my problem)
43. I shop and see shows
44. and shop some more. (I hardly shop at all now...and don't really care for it when I do)
45. My parents were divorced when I was 5
46. They were both remarried when I was 6
47. My step dad is a real estate developer
48. My mom works for him and takes care of her mother. (my mom works for me now...as my assistant/babysitter and my grandmother has passed away :(...)
49. My dad is a retired school teacher
50. My step-mom is a retired school teacher and principal
51. We had a big retirement party for them last summer.
52. My mom visits us in SC every-other-month (My mom visits every day right down the road)
53. I have 3 step sisters
54. I have one SIL (ex sister in law)
55. I wish I had had siblings to grow up with.
56. I LOVE animals (I'm old enough to know I don't want to clean up their messes anymore)
57. I have 7 dogs (2 dogs who are each 16 years old...The Senior Citizens)
58. I have 3 cats (2 cats...not the same ones. The ex left those poor cats at the house he moved from)
59. At one time I had 10 cats and 7 dogs (I needed to be locked away)
60. I have one beta fish named Dorothy by my son (this fish didn't last long)
61. I had a bird
62. I had a hamster all at the same time as the 10 cats and 7 dogs
63. I did not live on a farm
64. I will never have that many animals again (smartest thing I said back in 2007)
65. I love to scrapbook (I no longer have the patience or time to scrapbook)
66. I love my blog (it's something to do now and then)
67. I may be addicted to both (i'm now addicted to sleep)
68. I like crafts in general (I don't have time for crafts and I'm okay with that)
69. I keep crazy sleeping hours (I go to sleep the same time and get up the same time every night/day)
70. I'm on a more normal schedule now but I'm sure it will go awry again soon. (It did...along with my entire life)
71. I'm still friends with my best friend from kindergarten. (STTILL!!)
72. All my friends got married and had kids about 8 years before I did.
73. It used to bother me
74. It doesn't anymore
75. I just joined a Mom's Club to make new friends (I joined a soccer club...well, my son did and made a lot of new friends)
76. I am beginning the search for a good pre-school (Jayke just started 5th grade)
77. I'm running out of things to say about myself (didn't know that was possible)
78. I love old Cary Grant movies (still do when I catch them)
79. I also love Judy Garland (yep)
80. I have a weird obsession with reading about mountain climbing expeditions...don't ask because I don't know why. (my new obsession is reading about vampires...weird, I know)
81. I also like to read chic lit (puke)
82. I also like Stephen King's old stuff (not as much as I like George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones!)
83. My favorite place to shop is Target (I rarely go to Target...but still like it)
84. I also make weekly trips to Pier 1 and Hobby Lobby (haven't been to Pier 1 in years...it's been a while for Hobby Lobby too)
86. I desperately want to open my own store here like the one we used to have. (would do it in a hearbeat)
87. I would call it the Blue Pineapple or the Purple Palmetto (still good names)
88. I LOVE Hello Kitty (I just learned Hello Kitty is supposed to be a little girl...rocked my world)
89. We are into some random crap now.
90. 10 more... I don't know if I can make it!
91. I often get obsessed with whatever I'm into at the moment.
92. I'm not scrapbooking right now for that reason. (it's been years)
93. I wish I hadn't started this list. (updating this list 7 years later has been interesting)
94. I want this to be my blogskin but am afraid to change for fear of losing everything.
95. In an attempt to get my friends to blog I made blogs for two of them. (this didn't last long)
96. One of them is using hers...sparingly.
97. I hate when I go to a blog and there isn't a new post to read. (I never read blogs...just Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram)
98. I
99. am
100. done!
Labels: 100 Things
posted by Wendy at 4:34 PM
12 Comments:
Hey...I am not just ur friend, I am your favorite niece too. A little strange saying that since I always felt like you were my cousin!
Speaking of Judy Garland, There is an exciting and popular new group on Yahoo called THE JUDY GARLAND EXPERIENCE. The group features hours of ultra rare and unreleased downloadable audio files by Judy, great photo's, lively discussion, and more! The membership is the most ecletic gathering of Garland fans anywhere and includes Judy's family members, friends, people who worked with her and saw her perform, directors and producers of Garland related projects, authors of Judy biographies, historians, and more! The only thing missing is you. Please stop by our little Judyville, and check it out, you may never want to leave!
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/thejudygarlandexperience/
nice to meet you! Thanks for stopping by my blog, I am new to blogging and still have a lot to figure out!
Yes you are done but you cheated at the end! LOL
I just added you to my blogroll. I'm guessing you live around Greenville/Spartanburg? I live in Florence. SC is not a bad place to live. I love our state symbol, the Palmetto Tree/Crescent.
Just saw your comment on my daughter's blog (four feet more) and wanted to say hi! We have a few things in common - I also met my husband on the internet, I have ALWAYS loved Judy Garland, and you're the only person I know who has even seen Meet Me in St. Louis which has always been one of my favorites. My mother passed away several years ago, and the song Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas always makes me cry. But the Trolley Song - when John meets up with her - it just doesn't get any better than that!! I just started blogging two months ago so this is all new to me - but I find I really enjoy it. Welcome!
Hey! Yay for SC! I love it, too (most of the time).
Hi, it's jean from the random and odd stuff portrait fridays link. I am overwhelmed by 100 things. how cool that you did this! I think I might give it a try later this week!
ps: your page is pretty!
I went to Playa del Carmen last May..didnt require a passport then..wasnt it AWESOME!! I walked barefoot on the hot cobble streets at night the stones were even hot, ill never forget the smell of all that awesome food, the sounds and all the pushy peddlars tryin to get you to buy their wares...Id go back in a heartbeat..did you stay there too? We stayed on Riviera Maya at the Catalonia right on the carribean im babbling now so ill stop..visit me again sometime!
...great post... just stopped by and I feel like I know you already! We have 3 dogs and that drives me bonkers... you must have lots of patience. And what an interesting career journey... that will be a good thing to get back into with the kiddos once you're ready! You must be super talented... ~ Kim
Hi, I found your blog through Tommiea.We have lots in common!
I'm 34.
My first was a boy.
I've been married 7 years.
I love Cary Grant.
I was born in SC, lived there through high school.
Very nice thank you for sharing.
Just stopped by your blog, have no clue how I got here :)
We just moved to SC. The verdict is still out on my feelings for it. We moved from Florida and I LOVE Florida, so my heart is still there I suppose. Like your post
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