100 Facts About Me.

1. I'm 29 years old.
2. I grew up in Oklahoma
3. I live in Texas.
4. I still consider Oklahoma my home, and Texas my home away from home.
5. I can't eat milk products.
6. They make me sick.
7. I sometimes eat them anyway.
8. I'm a glutton for punishment.
9. I have 5 kids.
10. That wasn't my first plan.
11. I went to college.
12. I taught eighth and ninth grade briefly.
13. Teaching is hard.
14. Eighth graders are more mean than ninth graders.
15. The ninth graders I taught are in college now.
16. Except for a few who are in jail.
17. That's not my fault.
18.I've written several children's books.
19. I've only sent one to one publisher.
20. They didn't publish it.
21. I sort of gave up.
22. I realize that's dumb.
23. I'm dumb.
24. I've been writing my own stories since I was five.
25. The early ones needed work.
26. The latest ones do, too.
27. My family means everything to me.
28. Good and bad.
29. I am not the world's greatest mommy.
30. If you read any post in my blog, you'll figure that out quickly.
31. I hate laundry.
32. So I try not to do it.
33. Ever.
34. My family has to go around without clean clothes.
35. Frequently.
36. I love to bake.
37. I'm good at it.
38. I hardly ever have time.
39. I like to scrapbook.
40. I've never finished a scrapbook.
41. I like to quilt.
42. I rarely quilt.
43. My quilts have character/flaws.
44. I'm a writer.
45. No,really, I occasionally get paid for writing.
46. It still sounds made up to me too.
47. I don't like animals very much.
48. So the teacher got us a dog.
49. I have to take care of the dog.
50. I hate reptiles and amphibians.
51. So the teacher got our son some frogs.
52. I make the teacher take care of the frogs.
53. I cry at Hallmark commercials.
54. Because they are really moving.
55. You should cry too.
56. What are you a robot?
57. I have really gross feet.
58. They are too big.
59. I rarely take care of them.
60. The teacher makes fun of them all the time.
61. I'm not a morning person.
62. And yet they make me get up.
63. I'm anemic.
64. That sounds pathetic.
65. I never remember my iron supplement until I feel badly.
66. I'm a PTA president.
67. See number 8.
68. I spend way too much time on PTA stuff.
69. I'm a Cub Scout den mother.
70. See number 8 and 67.
71. I don't spend enough time on Cub Scouts.
72. I don't call my family enough.
73. Even though it always makes me happy to call.
74. I love Jane Austen.
75. Not so much her, but her books.
76. I sometimes pretend in my head that I'm Elizabeth Bennett and my husband is Colin Firth.
77. I see nothing wrong with that.
78. Well, not much.
79. I like to dance.
80. I don't dance well.
81. My kids like it, though.
82. I went to France when I was a teenager.
83. It was awesome.
84. I want to go back.
85. I probably won't.
86. I don't make friends easily.
87. I'm not very trusting.
88. I don't like that about myself.
89. I have no plans to change.
90. I love the Lord Jesus Christ.
91. He's done a lot for me.
92. Every time I've ever cooked a whole chicken, I've cooked it upside down.
93. It would be easier if they marked the stupid bird.
94. I've never done a cartwheel.
95. I can't dribble a basketball.
96. I write poetry.
97. Some of it is good.
98. I'm biased.
99. As a mom, I mess up a lot.
100. I've learned that sometimes it's okay.
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