100 Things About Me

I know it's my 128th post and all, but I didn't do this on my 100th post so I want to do it now! Maybe you'll find out something interesting about me...here we go!

1. I was saved in Junior High...waited that long because I wanted it to be real and not just because all my friends did it.
2. My husband, Stephen, and I have been together for over 8 years now. Married for over 5.
3. I have a gorgeous 2 1/2 year old daughter, Paige Allison.
4. She weight 8 pounds, 6.2 ounces and was 22 1/2 inches long at birth.
5. She might have done me in in the "more kids department". She was HUGE to me.
6. My husband and my Dad are coaches.
7. I was basically raised in a basketball gym or on a football field.
8. I love sports!
9. I was a cheerleader for 5 out of 6 years in Junior High/High School.
10. I was captain my Senior Year. LOVED IT.
11. I'm a control freak...see #10.
12. My husband's brother (my brother in law now) was my 10th grade World History teacher and track coach.
13. He told me I didn't want to date his "fat football player" brother.
14. Stephen wanted to date me in High School, but because he was about to graduate and I was only a Sophomore, he waited until I graduated to ask me out.
15. I was the 2000 Fair Queen in my county.
16. Stephen and my first date was to TCBY...he ate my leftover ice cream. I should have known better than to marry him! ha!
17. I worked at a bridal shop after High School.
18. I had my entire wedding planned before I was even engaged.
19. I got just about everything for my wedding at cost because I was an employee!
20. I love for my kitchen to be clean.
21. My mom made me that way.
22. I'm 5'11''...no joke.
23. I should have been a good basketball player.
24. Much to my Dad's dismay, I was way too clumsy for that.
25. I did play basketball through the 7th grade.
26. My Dad made me practice shooting free throws with one hand behind my back.
27. I got to shave my legs in the 5th grade because I scored double digits in a basketball game.
28. I had Mono in 5th grade.
29. I missed MANY MONTHS of school.
30. My teacher was one of my best friends moms and she passed me.
31. My Dad was my Sex-Ed teacher in 7th grade.
32. That was tons of fun. Right.
33. Stephen's High School and my High School were bitter rivals when we were in school
34. They still are.
35. Stephen coaches for the district that I graduated from.
36. My Dad changed jobs after 18 years one year after I graduated.
37. It was one of the hardest things ever to swallow.
38. He's now coaching at his alma mater and LOVES it.
39. I feel more at home in his gym now than I ever felt for 18 years
40. Stephen wouldn't be coaching and teaching where he is if my Dad hadn't changed jobs.
41. Stephen teaches the exact same thing in the exact same room that my Dad taught for 18 years.
42. God works it out, doesn't HE?
43. Since I've moved out of my parents house, we're all much closer to each other.
44. I miss my Papa everyday.
45. He died when I was almost 11.
46. It makes me very sad to know he didn't get to see me graduate, get married, or have Paige...his first great-grandchild.
47. Stephen would have loved my Papa.
48. I still smell my Papa every now and then.
49. It's mainly on t-shirts.
50. They smell like his bed sheets.
51. Stephen thinks I'm losing my mind when I smell him because I just stick my nose in my shirt and cry.
52. My build is very similar to Papa's...tall and lanky.
53. I gained 55 pounds when I was pregnant.
54. NO LIE.
55. My favorite season is Fall.
56. I love red, orange, gold, green.
57. I don't mind to fold laundry, but I hate to put it away.
58. I run my dishwasher at least every other day.
59. I love purses and bags.
60. Especially if they are monogrammed.
61. My favorite perfume is Ralph Lauren Romance.
62. My favorite cologne is Curve for Men.
63. Hershey's with Almonds is my all-time favorite candybar.
64. I hate mayonnaise.
65. I love mustard.
66. One of my favorite snacks is Original pringles dipped in mustard.
67. My all time favorite food is popcorn.
68. I eat popcorn one piece at a time.
69. I dip each piece of popcorn in Coke.
70. If I can't drink a coke with the popcorn, I won't eat it at all.
71. I enjoy cooking.
72. My mom taught me how to cook.
73. I still want to learn how to make her homemade biscuits.
74. They're the BEST!
75. I can drive a standard.
76. My parents bought me a standard Chevy Cavalier at the beginning of my Senior year and I had no clue how to drive it.
77. I learned quickly because I didn't want to drive my mom's car anymore.
78. I wish I still had that car!
79. I tried to teach Stephen how to drive a standard and failed miserably
80. I taught my sister how to ride her bike without training wheels.
81. I was just about the only person that could understand my sister when she was little.
82. I love pageants.
83. I'd love to judge Miss Arkansas one day.
84. I was born while Miss America was on the tv.
85. I'm convinced that's why I love pageants so much.
86. I teach Pre-K at my church's Parents Day Out program.
87. I have 12 4 year olds packed into a tiny room for 6 hours a day, 3 days a week.
88. I love teaching them and seeing them "get it".
89. My older cousin (he's a boy) and I are 9 days apart in age.
90. My mom was convinced she was having a boy and my aunt just knew she was having a girl.
91. They switched closets when it came out the other way!
92. Stephen and I are die-hard Yankees fans.
93. It's nearly impossible to find jeans that really fit me.
94. I have to have at least a 33 inch inseam on jeans
95. Boston's "More than a Feeling" is my main ringtone on my cell phone.
96. My cell phone goes everywhere with me.
97. I'd rather text than talk on the phone.
98. Paige is the only girl's name that Stephen and I could agree on.
99. Paige's middle name, Allison, is after my sister...Leslie Allison.
100. Whether she realized it or not, Leslie now owes me a child named after me!

WOW. That really wasn't as hard as I thought it would be!