100 things

Well hi! A fellow blogger posted a list of '100 things about me' on her blog, so i think since i am waiting for the husband to get home from his run, i'll make a list of my own. And maybe we'll all learn a few things about me (including me).

1. my favorite fruit is pineapple
2. i have 1 sister and 3 step sisters
3. my parents divorced when i was 5, and i worried a lot about what would happen to my cat.
4. i don't ever want to have kids
5. but i love my nieces and nephews
6. i've played clarinet and piano since i was 12
7. i was in marching band in high school
8. fall is my favorite time of year
9. my husband and i got married in the fall
10. the wedding was also outside. it was cold.
11. i love to grill
12. i have two cats named duckduck and goose
13. they hate each other
14. i love photogpraphy
15. i go through crafty stages
16. i really want to learn how to throw pottery
17. i love the band genesis
18. and pearl jam
19. music and art make me happiest
20. when i was 4, i had my tonsels and adnoids taken out.
21. one of my earliest memories is waking up to the smell of pancake cooking, and eating breakfast outside w/my parents on our deck.
22. i have no patience for stupid people
23. i got my ears pierced when i was 8, and thought i was very grown up because of it
24. i went to italy when i was 17
25. i like to ride my bike and do tae-bo
26. tae-bo kicks my ass every day
27. i had 2 dogs growing up, a dalmation and a german sheppard/daschund
28. i grew up in the country and i miss living there
29. but i like philly too
30. when i was 14, there was a schooting at our graduation dance. a teacher died, and two kids were wounded.
31. the shooter was a classmate
32. my first ever boyfriend is gay now
33. i went to college at clarion university for 1 year and hated it.
34. so i left and went to montco
35. i'd love to go back to school, but i'm still taking donations for tuition
36. my husband makes me happier than anyone else in the world
37. when i'm with him, i feel complete.
38. my other favorite person is my mom
39. my favorite color is green
40. i'm a big fan of sarcasm
41. i once tried to make chocolate covered pretzels for my husband, and they were a disaster.
42. i'm obsessive about fire safety - i check our smoke detectors once a month
43. and we have 3 fire extinguishers and an escape ladder in the house.
44. my favorite flower is the tiger lily
45. i hate snow
46. my middle name is Danielle, after my dad, Daniel.
47. i got the worst heartburn of my life once after drinking mike hard lemonade
48. i used to hide things under my window sill in my room when i was growing up
49. i've always wanted a secret passage in my house
50. it bugs me when people don't use proper grammar in emails
51. i obcess over certain songs, and play them over and over in a row.
52. i miss living near a lake, and i especially miss Lake Erie.
53. i saw the movie Jaws when I was about 3, and was traumatized for several years
54. i got my first speeding ticket ever a few days ago
55. i believe that heaven is different for every person
56. my husband and i went to San Francisco for our honeymoon, and that was the first and only time i have ever further west than Ohio.
57. i think the movie ET is really boring
58. i've only had 1 cativy in my hole life and i cried when i had it filled. that was a few months ago.
59. i'm super terrified of going to the dentist, and have been for as long as i can remember.
60. i think i look better with my glasses on than without.
61. i have 2 tatoos, and i really want another one
62. i like pearls much better than diamonds
63. and i'd rather have my husband buy me something useful than a piece of jewelry
64. but i really love my wedding set
65. when i was a kid, i'd spend hours playing outside by myself, which included hitting a tree with a stick, and piling up acorns for no reason
66. i really really really want a puppy
67. i like vanilla better than chocolate
68. i avoid using words in emails that i can't spell
69. i don't get enough calcium, but i really hate most things that have calcium
70. i used to ride my bike everywhere when i was a kid, and it was so freeing
71. i was once dumped by a boy for not being christian enough
72. my first job was a cashier at a small grocery store
73. i've also worked at kmart and target
74. i now work at a substance abuse rehab
75. when i grow up, i want to start my own business
76. i love to travel, and i'll go pretty much anywhere
77. especially other countries.
78. i love to fly, but i've never been on a train
79. i have a birthmark the size of a nickel on my inner thigh
80. i love horses, but i'm also a little afraid of them
81. and big dogs
82. i used to play dress up with my sister in my mom's old bride's maid dresses
83. Gilmore Girls was one of my favorite shows, and i'm sad that it's cancelled
84. every time i see a tomato plant, i think of my husband
85. i cry every time i get lost driving
86. i also cry when i'm stressed
87. when i was a kid, my friends and i would sneack into the local hotel pool every day during the summer to go swimming
88. i miss seeing a lot of stars in the sky
89. fourth of july and halloween are my favorite holidays
90. i love going to movies and plays
91. i got drunk for the first time on peppermint schnapps
92. i'm still afraid of being outside in the dark by myself
93. my favorite day is the first day i can open my windows in the car
94. i've never been fishing
95. i fake enthusiasm a lot
96. i believe in karma
97. i hate grocery shopping
98. i'm afraid of almost all bugs
99. the color red makes me sick
100. i'm happier right now than i've ever been in my entire life

that was fun! and harder than i thought. you should all do it too.