| 1) I am the baby of the family
2) I have two older brothers making me not onlyl the baby but the only girl :-) 3) I also have three children though in reverse order, two girls then a boy 4) My children's middle names are all named after a family member 5) My oldest daughter Emily Grace was named after my maternal grandmother Eleanor Grace, and her paternal Great Aunt Hazel Grace 6) My second daughter Madison Elizabeth was named after me, Amy Elizabeth 7) This name has proved very fitting so far as she is just like me in so many ways! 8) My son Jacob James was named after my father James Robert, my brother David James, and my brother in law, Jason James. 9) Both my husband, son , and brother in law have double "J" names, Jesse Jay, Jacob James, and Jason James 10) I dropped out of High School in October of my Senior year. 11) I have no regrets about that. 12) On my 18th Birthday, I was on a plane to London to visit my boyfriend 13) Four years later we were married with a three year old daughter. 14) When my 1st husband and I finally got married, I no longer really wanted to, but felt I had no choice or other options. 15) It was one of the dumbest things I ever did, we were divorced in two years. 16) I have an unusual birthmark, and that's all I'm sharing about that!!! 17) I am a hopeless romantic and dreamer 18) I am an Aries, but have many Pisces planets in my astro chart. 19) I am very stubborn 20) When in high school our youth group once went on a french fry critique which was great fun. 21) I have been to London,England, Edinburgh, Scotland Leeds, England and Paris, France as well as Canada and The Bahamas 22) My favorite place out of those mentioned was Paris 23) My mother died of cancer when I was eight years old 24) I still hold a grudge against her Doctors for not revealing the truths they knew since she never really got to say goodbye. 25) Incidentally, she passed away on my 1st day of third grade, the intercom phone beeped and I knew it was for me before anyone said anything 26) My oldest daughter entered the third grade this year and I was trying hard not to think too much about how I was just her age losing my mom. 27)I love Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream (Chubby Hubby is one of my favorites, but I recently discovered Uncanny Cashew too!) 28) I can sit down and demolish a whole container in one sitting! 29) I enjoy writing poetry but only when inspired, and find the best writing comes when I am sad. ??nm vv 30) My grandmother was a manic depressive and I have worried at times that I might have inherited it too. 31) The counselor I saw when going through my divorce assured me I do not have it. 32) I find it strange that I don't remember more about my mother but how certain things will trigger in my mind an association with her, such as Yellow Roses and Lavendar Sachet fabric softener... 33) In high school I had very bad Mono and had to have a tutor at home while I was out sick. 34) My dad upon learning I had mono teased me that it used to be referred to as the "Kissing Disease" 35) My Dad was the one who sat with me most often when I was sick. 36) I still have a note he left for me before going to work when I had mono, telling me he didn't want to wake me... 37) I am sentimental (big surprise) 38) My Dad and I have become a lot closer as I have gotten older 39) One thing I will always regret and feel terrible about is that once when I was a teenager, my Dad & I had a big fight and I told him he wasn't my Dad anymore along with other hurtful things, and I made him cry, and I left the house and didn't return until the next morning. 40) I get choked up thinking about it, and I'm sorry Dad 41) My teenage years were not the greatest 42) My oldest brother is an excellent musician but does not keep in touch with our family much. 43) I always looked up to him but now get sad thinking about how distant we have become. 44) My family never really talked much about my mom's death and I think we should have or still should. 45) When I was little I had huge crushes on Tom Selleck and Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid) along with Michael J Fox! 46) I really don't have many close friends 47) I have one best friend who I have been friends with practically my whole life 48) Our moms were pregnant at the same time and lived on the same street where we grew up together 49) She & I have gone through a lot of the same things together from losing a parent young(her dad died 2 years before my mom) to getting divorced to giving birth within 2 months of each other! 50) People used to think we were sisters, and in a way we are since we've been together so long! 51) I have fibromyalgia, and am tired of researching it. For more info on it just do a web search and you will come up with all kinds of info 52) I am pretty hard on myself at times, never feeling that I am good enough 53) I worry that I am not a good enough mom 54) Somtimes I think that being a mom is not enough, though I know it is the most important job I could ever have 55) I think I have only ever had 7 different jobs 56) They were childcare at a summer camp, waitressing/food prep at a Ponderosa, working at a retail store, working for a Chiropractor, working at a local resort at the front desk, working at an insurance agency and becoming a licensed agent, and cleaning offices and houses. 57) I would like to own my own store one day 58) I am a shop-a-holic 59) I am addicted to yard sales and Ebay! 60) I am a "clothes horse" I love clothes! 61)The woman we bought our house from had the same name as my mother, Judith Ann 62) Both her and her father went to Penn State just like my dad 63) Her dad was a trombone player like my brother. 64) I thought these were kind of neat little coincidences, that were a sign the house was meant to be ours. 65)I love fall and the changing leaves, but I prefer the red and orange ones over any other colors. 66)I love art and had thought of becoming an art historian 67)I would like to take a creative painting class 68)My great Aunt was an excellent painter who taught me a little when I was 8 or 9, I still have the oil painting I did. 69)I love thunderstorms, but prefer to be with company and not alone! 70)I am looking out our living room window right now at our neighbor's tree whose leaves have turned orange and red 71)It looks like a huge ball of fire 72)If you have ever eaten a "Mr. Pastie" you might find it interesting that they are made right down the street from us. 73)I enjoy cooking very much and am trying to find more time for it. 74)My favorite holidays are Thanksgiving and Christmas 75)I think it is sad how commercialized Christmas has become 76)I also think that most people do not realize how much they have to be thankful for, and should give thanks more often. 77)It's getting harder to think of things to write~can you tell? :-) 78?)I use an e-mail program called Incredimail, that lets you have all kinds of background stationary~I have over 600 different backgrounds (I thoght I only had 200!) 79)I am very unorganized! 80)I am pretty laid back about most things 81)I love to take long baths... it is a treat. 82)A friend and I used to hang out at Perkins until all hours of the night. 83)We would often eat in reverse, we would start with dessert and wind up finishing with an appetizer sampler. 84)I consider my mother in law to be one of my close friends (thought that might be a rare thing!) 85)My feet are almost always cold 86)So are my nose and hands 87)My favorite perfume to wear is Elizabeth Arden's Red Door 88)On my hubby I like a variety of colognes, right now he has Gray Flannel, 212 by Carolina Herrera, and Eternity for Men 89)I love sappy movies and often cry watching them 90)Ten more to go... 91)I love looking at old pictures 92)My pictures are not at all organized! 93)I talk to my parents at least once a week as they are across the country (sometimes more!) 94)I love football~GO PACKERS!!! 95)I can be very impulsive at times 96)My husband and I balance each other out very well~usually! 97)I like to sing and dance goofy with my kids when no one else is around 98)Geocities is making me mad right now! 99)I am very grateful for everything I am, everything I have, and everyone in my life 100) I'm done!?? 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