100th Post - Part 1

Wow!  Can't believe I've made it to my 100th post.  Who knew I had so much to talk about?  I've heard that it's customary to list 100 things about yourself for this milestone, but even I don't want to read 100 random facts about my life in one sitting, so I'm breaking it up into 4 posts.  Here's #1:

1.  My favorite color is red.  I hadn't given my favorite color any thought in years, but settled on red when Reese insisted I have one.


2.  I first kissed a boy 6th grade.  In 5th grade, I opted to kiss the ground rather than the boy (truth or dare)!


3.  I make salsa every summer with tomatoes/peppers from my own garden.  T won't eat any from the store anymore.  For a man who hates tomatoes, he sure loves my salsa!


4.  My first conversation with T was on the phone and lasted 5 hours.  We went out that weekend!


5.  I don't think I have an accent, but get comments about it when I talk on the phone to people from other states.


6.  I'm left handed, but use scissors like a righty.


7.  I have one brother and one sister...but never hear from my brother.


8.  I was born in Guam - so I have dual citizenship (even though Guam is a US Territory).


9.  I'm the middle child.


10. I was the catcher on my softball team even though I was the smallest girl on the team.  I quit when the coach decided he wanted to try someone a little heftier behind the plate.


11. I played basketball in high school.  Back then, girls played half court and I was a forward.  That sentence sounds pretty dorky!


12. Growing up, we occasionally had hide-and-seek casserole for dinner.  My Mom would say that our dinner was hidden somewhere in the kitchen - whatever we found was what we were having!  At the time I thought it was lame, but now it's a cherished memory.


13. I don't eat blueberries.  I got sick on them once as a kid and haven't had one since.


14. I do eat hotdogs even though I got sick on them once as a kid too.


15. I like to try recipes with names I think are cool:  paella, ratatouille, cioppino - you get the drift - I secretly think saying I made xxxxx for dinner makes me sound like a gourmet chef.


16. Our cross country coach lied to us before our first "meet" and told us we just had to run 1 mile when in actuality the course was 3 miles.


17. I went to a park to tan (in college)...got my car stuck in the mud trying to drive across the park to the tennis court so I could listen to the radio while I "tanned".  I was by myself and cell phones didn't exist yet, so I had to run 5 miles to get back to campus.  It was the 1st time I ever ran 5 miles.


18. I've lived in Oklahoma since I was 10 years old.


19. I am not a collector of anything.  At least I wasn't until T came along.  I innocently bought a dragonfly once and now my kitchen is full of them (I get one EVERY Christmas!)


20. I chose not to find out whether Reese was a girl or boy before she was born.  Everyone at work was convinced I was having a boy...fooled them didn't we?


21. I ran a half marathon in November 2009.  Didn't stop to walk one time (not even at water stations).


22. I can remember where I was when Elvis died (even though I was too young to be a fan).


23. My parents got divorced in 1981 - back when it wasn't common for parents to do that.  My 7th grade English teacher wanted to interview me for her Master's thesis - "Kids of Divorce" - I declined the invite.


24. I had never been to a circus before taking Reese last year.


25. One of my favorite books growing up was "Are you there God, It's Me Margaret" by Judy Bloom.  Taught me a lot that my Mom never did.


Any interest in knowing more about one of my first 25?  Let me know and I'll expound.