100 things about me....

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1. I was born on May 12, 1967

2. I was born in Dayton, Ohio

3. I was the fourth child out of five

4. I have a sister and three brothers

5. I love having a lot of siblings

6. My dad was an Engineer (not the train kind)

7. My mom was a Speech Pathologist

8. My mom passed away at the age of 53 from Leukemia

9. I will be 53 in 14 more years.

10. I graduated from Ohio State University

11. My major was Speech and Hearing Therapy

12. I have never worked in my field

13. I hate being short

14. I do not like to talk on the phone

15. I like to rub my feet together when I go to sleep

16. I have to have the sheets tucked in or it bothers me.

17. I was a competitive gymnast

18. I can still do some gymnastics

19. I always order the same thing at Taco Bell: Bean burrito with extra cheese, and/or bean tostada with extra cheese, and chips with cheese and jalapenos. I must have at least 10 hot sauces and 10 mild sauces

20. I put ketchup on my macaroni and cheese

21. I wear a 6EE shoe. 

22. I went skinny dipping at the beach on Spring Break in Florida

23. I secretly like to listen to songs from the Bee Gees and Abba

24. When I was little, the song “Seasons in the Sun” would make me cry

25. I love to play Yahoo spades online.

26. My friend and I play Euchre online as partners, but are secretly on the phone discussing our cards

27. I have many phobias that I developed as I aged.

28. I do not like to pass semi trucks.  I always have to speed up as fast as I can.  This drives my dh crazy

29. I had a pet goat named Violet when I was 12.  Some moron poisoned her with bug spray when we were on vacation and she died.  She was pregnant.

30. I have to put my finger in my ear and make this weird noise if my throat tickles

31. I hate when guys call their partner “my old lady”

32. I cannot stand the feel of crayons, chalk, clay, cardboard or wood pencils.   

33. I wear socks to bed.

34. I once ate the worm in the tequila bottle.

35. I have been fired twice from jobs.

36. I used to be a certified boating instructor

37. I wanted to be a zoologist and save endangered species in exotic locations

38. I don’t think clowns are funny

39. I once had to get stitches in my eyebrow, because I walked into a trailer, while playing Helen Keller.

40. I am afraid of driving on bridges.  I will detour rather than drive over some.

41. My husband shaved my legs the first day I met him

42. I climbed the pyramid at Chichen Itza in Mexico

43. As an adult, I have traveled to Mexico, Canada, Bahamas, Grand Caymans, Jamaica, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, Luxembourg, Poland, Ukraine, France. 

44. I wanted to be on “Fame”

45. I love to have my hair brushed

46. The first concert I ever saw was Air Supply.

47. My neighbor and I used to drive his parent’s car places after school without them knowing.  We were fifteen.

48. I like to drink pickle and olive juice.

49. I ate dry cat food as a kid.

50. I loved Melrose Place and saw every episode but the finale.

51. I cried during "The Color Purple"

52. I love Scary books

53. I hate Scary movies

54. My nicknames are Lana, Lana face, Boo Boo, Bear, Bug, Lela and Bumps.

55. The song “Baby Got Back” is playing in my head right now.

56. My brother and I would color together as kids and I would draw houses with people and animals and pretty flowers; and he would always draw weather maps, which was so boring.

57. My favorite candy is “real” gummie bears from Germany (no fake stuff)

58. I once had a pickle come out my nose.

59. My first job was as a cashier at Burger Chef.  We had to wear these awful brown and orange striped outfits with a brown beanie.

60. I wore two completely different shoes to work last year.  One brown flat and one black slip on.  My sister wore two different shoes in black and brown the exact same day to her job.

61. I knocked out my front right tooth three times as a kid- rock thrown by mean school bully, hitting the bottom of a swimming pool and roller skating party accident. 

62. I wore braces for three years.

63. I often get paranoid that I have forgotten to let the dogs back in or not shut the garage door; so I have to turn around and go back home to make sure.

63.  My dog Skye has seen a doggie Psychologist.

64. She is still psycho

65. I always spend too much time and money in the grocery store.

66. I am addicted to blogs.

67. I am addicted to diet pepsi

68. I make awesome lasagna.

69. I am a lousy baker.

70. People who sit in the fast lane going slow really make me bonkers.  I will send ESP “get over messages” via my brain in hopes they will move.

71. I like sushi and raw herring.

72. My parents once hired a man to play Santa who came to our house.  He pulled up in a brown woody wagon smoking a cigarette.

73. We had a red cardboard fireplace at Christmas time (why?).  My brothers and I would always sneak down pre-dawn to see what Santa had left us.

74. My parents once drove us from Ohio to California and back.  We sat in the back of an old Dodge Truck, in lawn chairs, with a truck cap, towing a pop-up camper. 

75. My mom once made me a stone ground wheat cake with honey icing for my birthday.  My cousin who has the same birthday got a chocolate cake and icing.  I cried.  My parents were health food nuts.  That was maybe pushing it a bit too far.

76. I loved the movies Ice Castles.  I wanted to be an ice skater.

77. I hate my husband’s truck.  I have never ridden in it.

78. I was stung by a Portuguese man- o – war when I was little.

79. I have just finished 64 ounces of water while writing this.

80. I got married at 23.

81. We dated four years.

82. I say I am sorry when I pass livestock going to the market in semi-trucks.

83. My son wants to drive a semi-truck when he grows up.

84. My wallet contains five different gift cards that I have not used.

85. I hate to fly

86. I need a pedicure.

87. I never have understood the star trekkies thing.

88. I once caught my son drinking out of the toilet like the dogs.

89.  I once caught my brother peeing in his closet.

90. I still remember my phone number from when I was a kid.

91. I do not know what an IPOD actually is.

92. I can name all of the states in alphabetical order.

93. I like to drive fast

94.  I like the ballet.

95. I wear the same old ugly blue pajamas over and over.

96. I would rather take a bath then shower.

97. My psycho dog always scratches at our carpet tearing holes in it.  Why? 

98. I do not look my age.

99. I would adopt more children if I had the resources.

100. I would die for my kids.