Along time ago when I first started at Bravejournal it was popular to have 100 facts about yourself. I had always wanted to do mine but never got around to it until now so here goes.....

1. I have lived in Missouri my whole life long
2. I LOVE being a mother
3. I weighed 5lbs at birth
4. I got saved when I was 18 years old
5. I am 4’ 11” tall…my hubby is 6’ 1”!!!!
6. I love anything that sparkles
7. I failed the written and drivers test each once before passing in order to get my driver’s license…..YIKES!
8. I have only had 1 speeding ticket in my life time.  I did get pulled over once for running a red light but cried my way out of that one.
9. I have had two surgeries…..appendectomy and cesarean
10. I LOVE cake icing
11. I read every night before going to bed
12. I love Boxers (dogs)
13. I have broke both of my arms and one ankle (can we say…clumsy?)
14. My hubby and I went to the same high school; however, we never met each other until we were in our 30’s.
15. I love to clean
16. My favorite female actress is Reece Witherspoon
17. I have one younger sister
18. The only person I have rode on a motorcycle with is my dad
19. My favorite candle smell is pumpkin spice
20. I have no credit card debt and haven’t for 10+ years….YEAH!
21. I typically have my nails polished in red
22. I brush my teeth three times a day
23. States I have traveled to are: Kansas, Tennessee, Florida, Arizona, Nebraska, Kentucky, Illinois, Iowa, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Colorado.
24. I have never tried any drugs and NEVER will. 
25. I love to take pictures
26. I sleep with socks on….even in the summer time….my tootsies get cold!!
27. I have one tattoo of a daisy on my ankle
28. I can say the alphabet in French
29. I do not eat mushrooms
30. I have done the rip cord
31. I can’t water ski
32. As a child/teen I took tap, jazz, and ballet
33. I used to play the clarinet
34. I have never been on TV
35. But I have been on the radio as lucky caller number 14
36. One of my favorite household items is my label maker
37. I LOVE to organize (hence my label maker)
38. I do not like to shop in crowds as I have no patience…so I will shop at the gas station instead to avoid lines and family reunions on the vegetable aisle.
39. My dream car is a 68 Camaro
40. I like to stay up really late at night
41. I don’t do mornings well at all
42. I never leave the house without at least putting mascara on
43. I get all my Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving (refer to #37)
44. I put notes in my husband and daughters’ lunch boxes whenever they take a lunch from home
45. When driving I do not like making left turns …. I will take the long way around in order to avoid them…….once again it is that patience thing…I don’t like to wait for the traffic to clear.
46. I like the warm weather of summer but prefer the beauty of fall and winter (snow)
47. I have been involved with PTA for so long I can plan a Halloween or Christmas party in my sleep
48. I have 34+ nicknames for my daughter
49. I rarely go barefooted….I usually wear socks and shoes until I go to bed….and then I still have the socks on (see #25)
50. My favorite color is pink
51. I terribly miss my granny who passed away when I was 6 years old
52. I am a sucker for costume diamond jewelry
53. I am a huge celebrity gossip follower
54. If I had a choice I would pick a farm house with lots of farm animals over a huge mansion with a pool in the back yard.
55. I regret that I did not enlist in the Army when I was younger
56. When my daughter was a baby I took a roll of film a week of her
57. So now I scrapbook and love it!
58. I make dolls using the “reborn” technique in which they look like real babies when completed
59. I can beat anyone at the card game “Rummy”
60. I do not cuss
61. I love to sing although I sing off key
62. I still talk to my very first friend that I met when I was 3 years old
63. I lived on a long cul de sac growing up and on that street were 60 children.  It was never hard to find a playmate.
64. I tan very easily
65. I have been up in the St. Louis Arch
66. I have toured Graceland (Elvis Presley’s house)
67. I once saw Ray Ramono’s stand up comedy act.  Sat in the front row and was given his bottle of water as a souvenir.  I still have it to this day.
68. I have been to Loretta Lynn’s ranch in Kentucky and have an autograph from her.
69. I have had Vertigo before…..I thought I was going to die!
70. Concerts I have been to…(most will make you laugh)  Rick Springfield, The Jackson 5, Corey Hart, Cyndi Lauper (love her!), Cher, Dixie Chicks (not sure why??), Wynona Judd, Sawyer Brown, John Mellencamp (several times….he is my fav), Alanis Morrisette, Styx (too many times to count), REO (once again too many times to count), Jessica Simpson (once again, why?….they were free VIP tickets), High School Musical (with Hyllie Bean), what were those boys called…uuumm..oh yeah, New Kids on the Block…(a big why?), a few others but I can’t remember what their names are. 
71. I have never had the chicken pox
72. I have lived in 4 different houses in my lifetime and they have all been on a cul de sac street
73. I am a diabetic (however, I control it with medication, diet and exercise….my doctor is always so proud of me and how well my blood sugar levels are
74. I get compliments on how pretty my handwriting is
75. If I ever won the lottery I would have some cosmetic surgery done
76. I love make-up
77. I can’t do hair worth a hoot.  Mine always looks like crud.
78. I do a cartwheel once a year just to prove I can still do one
79. I make the best white gravy in the world….it is yummy!
80. I can wear a size 4.5 in little girls shoes….I have little feet
81. I never get up the first time when the alarm goes off
82. I have donated over a gallon of blood
83. My blood type is 0+
84. I can type around 75 words per minute
85. I always vote
86. I can’t drive a stick shift
87. I would rather be a housewife and clean toilets, dust, and make dinner than have a career
88. I visit tmz.com frequently everyday
89. I used to sell Mary Kay cosmetics
90. I love the smell of coffee but do not like the taste of it
91. I love babies
92. I require about an hour of alone time everyday so that I can gather my thoughts
93. I don’t trust many people’s driving so I usually offer to drive where ever we go. This includes my husband….I do 99% of the driving when we go somewhere.
94. I always wear my seatbelt and make sure all of my passengers do the same
95. I use two pillows when I sleep
96. I know all the words to songs from the first High School Musical thanks to my daughter playing it over and over and over and over
97. I am technically challenged when it comes to anything electronic
98. I hope to someday have 2 Babydoll Southdown lambs….one white and one brown
99. I have to have a fan on all year long while I sleep

100. Someday I hope to have a home organization business where I teach small seminars at mom’s groups at churches and/or night adult education classes.

Is it really Monday already?  

On Saturday morning we left the house around 11:15AM and besides stopping for lunch and going by the house at dinner time (where I made dinner, we ate, cleaned up and then headed back out again) we didn't get home from Christmas shopping until 12:15AM!!!  I am approximately 90% done so it was a success.  I even had thoughts on Sunday of wrapping but decided to wait for now.

I am also happy with the amount of cleaning I got done. I cleaned from floor to ceiling in the entry way, kitchen and upstairs bathroom.  I am about 85% done with the living room.  I need to do some rearranging in there in order to accomodate the Christmas tree.  I will be putting the kiddos on cleaning duty of their rooms this weekend.  So we should be in pretty good shape by next Wednesday when I drag out all the decorations and the tree. 

I do have to mention a funny story from when we were out shoppping.  It actually all began when we were at home while I was cooking dinner.  Since I was in such a Christmas mood I wanted to listen to Christmas carols.  Since I became the "super organizer" last year I had packed up all my Christmas CD's in Christmas tubs which are not easily accessible.  I signed onto the internet and started looking for a Christmas CD that I would like to have.  I LOVE Christmas carols ....I probably have more Christmas CD's than I do normal CD's.  I finally decided upon LeAnn Rimes "What A Wonderful World" Christmas CD.  So when hubby and I were at Walmart later that evening (not to mention for the 3rd time in one day!) I went into the music department to look for the CD and could not find it.  Then right outside of the music department was a display of Christmas music so I went through each and every CD and still no luck.  I then went over to the area where they sell Christmas candy and found another display only to come up empty handed again.  I was feeling down on my luck and really wanted the CD that night (yes I can be impatient) so I decided I would go look near the Christmas trees to see if there were CD's over there and if not I would drive to another Walmart since by this time it was getting late and most stores were closed.  I found a display of Christmas music near the Christmas trees that had 10 bins of Christmas CD's.  My husband started going through them with me and finally when we got through the 8th bin he told me that I was not going to find it.  Being as determined as I was I wasn't going to give up.  The last two bins were near the ground so I got down and started going through those bins.  As luck would have it I FINALLY found one in the 9th bin!!!  I praised God for having the CD there for me! 

I also want to recommend a good Yankee candle if you are looking for one this holiday season.  It is called Holiday Home Sweet Home....not to be confused with Home Sweet Home.  It is a green candle.  I love it!  It has scents of pine, vanilla and spice in it.  It is a real lite scent - nothing overpowering.  I put it in the entry way so that the aroma will filter up through the living room.  Then I bought a small Glade candle called Glistening Snow for the kitchen.  The two compliment each other so well and makes my home smell very Chistmassy.

On Friday evening we watched Mike's game from Wednesday evening on TV.  The game got selected as the game of the week so it was televised on TV.  It was really neat to watch him play on TV.  It was even more exciting to hear his name called out when he did something really good.  There were also several times where the camera would zoom in on him after a play and the announcers would talk about him all the while as he was walking back to the line for the next play.  My husband and I were so giddy.  We DVR'd it so that we can watch it over and over...which reminds me I need to lock it so that no one accidentally deletes it.  Tonight is the quaterfinals game.  Rain had been in the forecast for this evening up until this morning.  We woke up to it being 68 degrees outside and no rain!  Talk about weird weather.  Hopefully it will hold out and tonight will be bearable.  Wish us luck!

Have a great day!