If You Really Knew Me

If you really knew me, you'd know that...

• I love specialty coffee
• I am very sarcastic and can be very funny
• I like to play jokes on people...poor Mom
• I watch a lot of action TV shows...like Discovery shows
• I love to get free things
• I come up with my best ideas when I exercise
• I love makeup and beauty stuff...even though I don't wear makeup every day
• I have struggled with my weight since college, but especially since Jar's birth and my miscarriage
• I love camping
• I love to go hiking
• I love to go on vacation
• I love to get mail
• I love to get packages
• I love handwritten notes
• I love cute cafe's
• I love taking photos
• I love suspense movies
• I love romantic comedies
• I love Survivor and Amazing Race
• I love cheesecake
• I love to receive presents...for no reason especially
• I HATE to clean...dusting and cleaning the bathrooms especially
• I HATE to cook
• I love gardening
• I like a good bargain
• I speak my mind...I used to hold everything in
• I like to do special things for people
• I like to buy gifts for my family...really thoughtful gifts
• I am a good driver
• I had my wisdom teeth removed at the age of 41
• I have trouble falling asleep
• I am a very light sleeper
• I homeschool the boys...always have
• I am a CEO
• I am a SAHM
• I never ever wanted a career...unless it was a SAHM
• I tan easily
• I can curl my tongue
• I like to laugh...a lot
• I am NOT patient
• I am very organized
• I WON'T be late
• I can't stand it when other people are late...it is like Michelle Tanner said on Full House, "How wude!"
• I am really good at interior design
• I am a good painter...rolling only, no cutting in
• I am handy...I have built almost all of the furniture we have owned over the years
• I don't like to drive far to anything
• I don't like confrontation
• I love to journal
• I love to read
• I clean up behind people before they are actually done
• I get frustrated easily when things don't work
• I love my own pillow and my sound machine
• I don't like to exercise, but I do feel much better when I do
• I would like to redo my kitchen, diningroom, and livingroom
• I love to be at home
• I love Trader Joe's best...I wish we had one closer to us
• I love the sun
• I love the beach/coast
• I love to stay in a motel
• I love a nice, fancy restaurant
• I love my 3 boys
• I love having a little dog...crazy I know
• I love to drive a big, tall vehicle...I love my SUV
• I love music...I have a huge collection
• I love movies...really good movies anyway
• I love big, open spaces
• I love swimming
• I love the country, but I also love having conveniences
• I HATE large cities
• I love brick 2-story houses
• I love to throw things away/give things away
• I like to cheer for the underdog
• I get really emotional when I hear a moving story
• I cry when someone else cries
• I don't like to sleep without Michael here...I am glad he does not travel any more
• I am a very quiet person...until you get to know me
• I lack self-confidence
• I suffer from anxiety...it is so annoying
• I am a conservative
• I really wish that I could make friends easier
• I HATE mouth noises
• I am pro-life
• I can be very stubborn
• I cannot stand bullies...really makes me mad
• I DO NOT like snakes
• I have a fear of flying
• I love to sing...loudly...drives my 3 boys crazy
• I love a really good cream cheese danish...the restaurant I worked at had the best ever
• I love small coastal towns
• I still think of myself as in my 20's...even though I'm twice that age
• I like bananas, but not banana flavor
• I HATE the Dentist...probably more than anything
• I have always cut my own hair
• I have always cut my 3 boys hair
• I used to bite my nails when I was a kid
• I am a great cook and baker, but I hate to do it
• I have had the hardest time with my miscarriage...sometimes I still lose it when I think about it
• I was a really good cashier and waitress
• I make a great friend...it is getting the friend that is hard for me (because I am shy)
• I am really great with kids
• I am very athletic
• I had a very serious bike accident when I was 11 years old
• I broke one of my front teeth when a boy threw a ball at me during kickball...fell on asphalt
• I was a nanny...and really good at it
• I HATE to shop
• I like some country songs, even though I really don't like country music
• I really love ice cream...but it makes me sick
• I could eat a BLT every day for the rest of my life (as long as it has thick cut bacon), but I only have one about once a year
• I have always dreamed of owning my own bookstore/coffee shop
• I don't like repetitive tapping (clicking sounds)
• Drunk drivers make me SO mad