100

It seems so soon, but this is my 100th post!  Who knew I would get hooked on the blogging business! 🙂  I thought in celebration of my “100 post birthday” I would attempt to think of 100 tidbits about me.

Here goes!

100 random things about me!

1. I’ve been to Japan twice
2. I’m terrified of bees
3. I like zz-top
4. I play flute (haha)
5. I wanted to play trombone but the teacher said my arms were too short.
6. I always wanted to have 4boys
7. God gave us 3boys and 1 girl
8. My little girls real name is Davie.  Matt and I picked her name while we were dating NOT after our 3 boys.  She has the same initials as my best friend and mom which is a promise I made to my best friend in the 6th grade.
9. I love antiques
10. I used to say I would live CA over my dead body
11. Thankfully I’m alive after living in CA 4yrs
12. I learned to drive a horse and buggy in Chino CA
13. I designed and physically hand drew the  plans to the house we now live in.
14. I like sunflowers and stinky daisies (weeds really)
15. My husband and I met when I was on vacation- we lived 1700 mi apart.
16. My husband and I courted online (yikes!)
17. My first car was a “horse”- my grandpa’s Ford Pinto
18. My third car was also a “horse” a Ford Mustang (I still have it)
19. On that subject my Mustang “introduced” my husband and I.  More on that later.
20. I have lived in Alberta Canada
21. I like to collect rocks
22. I speak some Japanese
23. I understand some Spanish (my husband speaks Spanish)
24. I’m most happy when I’m busy
25. My love language is quality time
26. I am terrible at bowling
27. I hate pink
28. In highschool my nickname was “Nick” (don’t ask)
29. In highschool I played basketball (pretty funny for being only 4’11”)
30. I can play about 10 chords on the guitar (slowly)!
31. I play a little piano
32. I like to write songs on occasion
33. I was assistant band director for 1yr
34. I can’t play violin
35. I taught violin class
36. I’ve never been a bridesmaid only a “matron”
37. I was in a wedding in Tokyo Japan
38. We fit all our possessions and two vehicles in the moving semi when we left CA
39. My sis lived with us when she was 16, I only had one child of my own then.
40. I did Pampered Chef before going gluten free
41. My favorite item of clothing is jeans
42. I have had 4 home businesses since I’ve been married and made about $4! Hehe
43. I had my first son in a hospital, assisted
44. I had my middle two sons in birthing centers with midwives, unassisted
45. I had my daughter at home
46. I was homeschooled when I was a kid
47. I attended public school when I was a kid
48. I attended private school  when I was a kid
49. I only moved once as a kid (you do the math, haha)
50. I went to school to be a teacher
51. I went to school for music
52. I homeschool my kids
53. My kids attend public school (ask me if you care)
54. My husband teaches public school
55. As a kid I couldn’t wait to move away from “small town America”
56. As a grown kid I couldn’t wait to get back to “small town America”
57. I like trucks
58. I think buying a dog is dumb
59. I have a purebred illegitimate Coonhound
60. I’ve had pet rats- two “boys” we were told -they had babies!
61. I’ve had guinea pigs
62. I’ve had pet snakes
63. I’ve had a pet parakeet
64. I’ve had a pet tarantula (really my brothers) he escaped into the wall of our house, my dad had to remove the trim and wait for him to come out.
65. I’ve had a pet hedgehog (really my sisters)
66. Right now I have 18 pets
67. I sponsor a child in Guatemala
68. I worked at McDonald’s (4 different stores)
69. I like to run
70. I hate to ride bikes (my boys love it!)
71. I like motorcycles
72. I am the only one in my family with a motorcycle endorsement.
73. I am the only one in my family NOT to own a motorcycle of my own.
74. My favorite school subject is English
75.  My least fav subject was History (my Hubby’s fav- History)
76. If I hate a food it is probably the texture
77. I can’t help but touch different fabrics and textures when I’m shopping.
78. I don’t really like to shop much
79. I love yard saleing
80. I was going to be a vet when I grew up
81. I don’t consider myself grown up- I’m 30
82. My favorite color is green
83. My real name is Jessie – not Jessica
84. I’m named after Jessie Colter– though my dad recently discovered that her name appears to be spelled Jessi
85. I’ve been a lifeguard
86. I love  backpacking/ camping in the boon-docks!
87. I lived 11mo in a camping trailer with two/three kids
88. I lived one winter with no running water.
89. I lived through one winter with no working potty, pregnant!
90. My favorite time of the year is Autumn
91. I tried learning how to shoe my own horses (I can only do it when the ground is soft otherwise the hooves are too tough!)
92. I have had stitches in my head
93. I could get lost in a round room
94. I love to ride in the mountains alone – yeah that’s smart eh?
95. I used to compete and  jump horses
96. I grew up in the city
97. I don’t have any carpet in my house
98. My favorite wedding gift (besides my wonderful husband) was Fiestaware- thanks Grandma
99. I don’t jump on bandwagons- that’s why I “don’t blog”
100. Most importantly I am saved by grace through faith!

Three Blogs Meme

Karen at Only Sometimes Clever made up this meme quite some time ago but I’ve been thinking about it ever since and just needed a little time before I was “hooked” enough to have an arsenal of blogs to tag!  So, now that I’m fully engulfed, here goes.

Rules Schmules: (that’s my two cents!)

There are no official rules, but if you choose to do this meme, please link back to me out of kindness (and so I can read your response)!  Oh, and try not to name the same blog twice.

Three Blogs I Read Every Day Without Fail:

None, but here are the three I read nearly every time I’m online. This feels like confessions! Ha!

1. Only Sometimes Clever
2. Fire and Salt
3. Pioneer Woman (I enjoy the plain english photo tutorials)

Three Blogs That Have Been on my Blogroll the Longest (to the Best of my Faulty Memory):

1. Pig in the Kitchen
2. Only Sometimes Clever
3. Karina’s Kitchen

Three Blogs on my Blogreader or RSS Feed That Aren’t (Yet) on my Blogroll:

1. Gluten Free Taste of Home
2. Gluten Free Good Life
3. Gluten Free Gourmand

The Three Newest Blogs Added to My Blogroll and/or Blogreader:

1. Gluten Free Easily
2. Celiacs in the House
3. The Whole Gang

Three Bloggers Who I Wish Wrote More Often:

1.  Oh I don’t know
2. I’m not one to talk but in reading other blogs
3. I don’t like it when I can’t keep up! Dumb, I know

If You’re Interested in ________ , You Should Read These Three Blogs:

1.  Living with Alzheimers – Bob’s Blog (Bob is an X-CIA who retired after learning he had early onset Alzheimer’s, he and his wife write about their journey. I began reading his blog after my dad was diagnosed this past Dec.) 
2. Coping with the loss of an unborn child – Moms 4 Life Blog (have tissue handy, Heather candidly takes you through the journey of trusting God after the loss of her unborn son Sawyer)
3. Homeschooling – Sonlight Blog (A homeschooling blog written by a father. No I don’t entirely use Sonlight since in my state we have a “charter” option for homschooling that I participate in but I do use much of the same curriculum that Sonlight recommends/sells)

If I’ve included you here, consider yourself tagged.