Tagged & Irritated

My dear daughter tagged me for this silly game... 100 things about myself. I don't know if I can come up with 100 things about me that anyone will care about reading.... but because I love my daughter, and I am a sucker for a challenge... here we go.

1) I hate being tagged, but I play because I’m a sucker.
2) I love Mexican food.
3) I could eat it all the time
4) I hate tomatoes
5) I eat salsa, ketchup, and pizza sauce
6) I detest tomato soup
7) My middle name is Dawn.
8) I gave my daughter my middle name.
9) I love my July 25 birthday… it’s right in the middle of the year.
10) I believed in Santa Claus for a really long time.
11) I love getting presents, but it embarrasses me.
12) I love my cats.
13) I love fish. All kinds of fish. :)
14) I was born in TX and am darn proud of it.
15) I have two sisters.
16) I still like both of my sisters.
17) I like both of my brother-in-laws.
18) I have great in-laws on the ex-husband’s side.
19) I miss them.
20) I am divorced.
21) I’m ok with that.
22) I miss my son and his family. I haven’t seen them in over a year. That is way too long.
23) I have 5 grandchildren.
24) I don’t feel old enough to have 5 grandchildren
25) I love them and miss them very much.
26) I read like crazy.
27) I am in two book clubs.
28) I love God.
29) Worshipping on Sunday relaxes me.
30) I have good friends every where I go.
31) I try to stay in contact with all my friends.
32) I love music and I like to listen and play online solitaire.
33) I love green….a sage green, not shamrock green.
34) I have blue eyes.
35) I love blue eyes, or hazel eyes. Brown eyes are nice too.
36) I have loved two men in my life besides my dad.
37) I love my parents.
38) I love to decorate rooms.
39) I collect things that are sentimental… but I am particular.
40) I don’t like clutter.
41) I don’t like to eat fish, but I love crab legs, lobster, and shrimp.
42) Salads are just ok…. I eat them when I want to think I am eating healthy.
43) I prefer meat and potatoes
44) I have a love affair with hot, fresh bread and fresh butter.
45) I use to belonged to food co-ops.
46) I breastfed both of my children past 12 months.
47) I loved being a mom and being pregnant.
48) I would have had 4 children
49) I wanted 2 boys and 2 girls.
50) A cabin on a lake is my idea of a dream get-away.
51) I always wanted an older brother, so I adopted John.
52) I still have a necklace charm from my childhood sweetheart.
53) I love water… I could stay in it all day long.
54) I think I may have been a fish in another life time.
55) I have 2 cats, one cream (Miss B) and the other black (Gabby)
56) I have a beta fish named Old Blue.
57) My other 2 fish died…. (Joey Peeps and Leotardo – names were from The Soprano’s)
58) I love going to movies.
59) I have been known to go to the movies by myself. I love it.
60) I used to cross-stitch… but not any more. I’m done.
61) I used to sew – but not any more. I’m done.
62) I used to be a photographer with Olan Mills, but not anymore. I'm done.
63) I used to be a school teacher at a Christian school, but not anymore. I'm done.
64) I worked for attorneys.
65) I have worked in a hospital.
66) I have worked at a bank.
67) My grandmother had full blooded native American uncles.
68) I know what a swamp cooler is.
69) My sisters and I used to bring horned toads from TX to MO
70) I have been to almost all of the states in the US. (Missing 7 states)
71) I have been to Canada and Mexico
72) I have snorkeled in the Carribean
73) I have snorkeled in Hawaii.
74) I have seen Pearl Harbor
75) I love history.
76) I have been to Plymouth Rock.
77) I have been to the top of Little Round Top
78) I have been on a subway in Manhattan
79) I have a picture of myself on top of the World Trade Tower
80) I have been on Wall Street.
81) I have been to Boston.
82) I saw the Liberty Bell, & the Statue of Liberty
83) I have been on a ferry boat.
84) I have been to the Outer Banks in NC.
85) I have touched both oceans, Atlantic & Pacific.
86) I journal, both online and in books.
87) I had a bird as a pet when I was little.
88) I have frozen my son’s turtle and then brought it back to life.
89) I froze a crab… and didn’t bring it back to life.
90) I froze the turtle again. It didn’t make it a second time.
91) I went to Girl Scout camp with Kristen and loved it.
92) I talk to Kristen at least 2 times every day.
93) My parents love each other. I want to be just like them.
94) I crack jokes when I’m nervous
95) I love my Crocs and would wear them every day if I could.
96) I think that people who dress alike are strange.
97) My daughter makes me laugh - I love people who make me laugh.
98) My son is as good a writer as my daughter… but he doesn't believe me.
99) I have a stuffed bear collection – Brandon bought me the last 2 of the collection.
100) I did it! I made it to the end.