25 Random Things About Me

I just posted this on facebook, so I thought I would post it on my blog too. I have been a little MIA lately in the blogging world and on facebook due to some crazy circumstances. Our computer died, our brand new flatscreen TV died, and our dishwasher died and sprung a leak and destroyed our new kitchen floor....all within one week!!! You know, just a few more things to add to the financial drama lately. I think I have cried myself to sleep all week. Our new kitchen floor is now in a broken heap in the backyard due to the water damage. I decided to finally sit down and write this list so I could take a break from my stress. Creating the list helped me remember some fun times and some fun people who have been a part of my life!
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1. When I was younger, my dream was to start a 'healthy eating' camp for overweight young girls.
2. I went white water rafting on the Snake River AFTER the bottom of the raft was ripped off. Talk about adrenaline rush! I thought my life was over. (Thanks Ang!)
3. One year at Girls Camp, there was a huge bell the camp leaders rang to wake us up every morning. Well, myself and a few accomplices pushed the bell off the stand and rolled it down a hill full of poison ivy. Needless-to-say, our mornings were more peaceful for the rest of the week. (I'm a little embarrassed about this one! What a brat!)
4. The 2 most rewarding and amazing events in my life are also my 2 most challenging events: being a missionary and being a mother. I wouldn't change either of them for anything!
5. I have had over 25 jobs. My first job was corn detassling at 13 years old. I discovered that there is boy and girl corn. I guess even corn has to find a way to procreate. Very interesting.......
6. Ben is my 60th roommate. I have had 47 roommates, 12 missionary companions and 1 husband.
7. I was picked out of a crowd to kiss a seal at LORO Parque in the Canary Islands.
8. As a child, I used to live next to drug dealers who shot a bullet through my bedroom wall right above my bed.
9. Against the advice of my Dad, my sisters and I put our boy and girl hamsters together for 60 seconds and ended up with lots of baby hamsters a few weeks later.
10. I miss fishing in Minnesota with my family.
11. I still have all the pieces to every board game I owned as a child. Sorry, Battleship, Gotcha, Memory, checkers, Don't Spill the Beans are just a few of them. I was a little psycho about keeping my things looking nice and in perfect condition....but yet I hate cleaning my house as an adult.
12. I have kept a journal since I was 8 years old. (I will have to make sure to add this list!)
13. At a haunted corn maze, one of the workers chased me with a chainsaw and pretended to saw my legs off. Let's just say...my 2 year old isn't the only one to occasionally pee her pants! I was 25 years old!
14. 2 pet peeves: I hate watching the same movie twice and I hate walking around in wet socks.
15. My ability to speak Spanish has helped me get more jobs than my college degree. (Although I need to brush up on hablando espanol!)
16. I, unlike the rest of the world, actually loved the FREE airplane food they used to give you on the airplane.
17. I love to travel and see new places for the first time. It's such a thrill to me.
18. I got braces when I was 26 years old. I worked at an Orthodontic office and thought, "Hey, FREE braces-why not?" It was one of the best things I have done. I love having straight teeth and I can't go to bed without flossing.
19. I have always loved palm trees & islands. My room as a teenager was full of posters of islands and palm trees. I even asked for a palm tree for my 17th birthday. I ended up receiving a 'palm plant' instead. (I lived in Minnesota-what did I expect?)
20. If I ever got a tattoo (even tho' I never will) it would have to be a palm tree.
21. I passed out during a job interview when I was 27...needless to say....I didn't get the job.
22. Greatest weakness: Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies.
23. I didn't know I could draw until 2005 when I tried to sketch a picture of my baby boy. A month later I started taking drawing classes.
24. When I was 15, I was in a car with my sister and 2 friends. Our car veered off the road, rolled down a hill and landed upside down in a pond. I still consider it a miracle that all of us survived with minor bumps and bruises.
25. I have never seen Friends, ER or Seinfeld. I didn't have a TV for 10 years and I didn't care or miss it at all.