Things You Probably Didn't Want To Know About Me

1. I'm 6'2"
2. It's a curse, really
3. I have a 34" inseam
4. Refer to #2
5. My nickname is Tree
6. No, I didn't play sports in high school
7. I was a band geek
8. I was born on Christmas
9. It wasn't my choice
10. Please don't ask me what it's like to be born on Christmas
11. I love the smell of Play-doh
12. I'm a Respiratory Therapist
13. So is my mom
14. I really did go away to college for two years
15. My original plan was to get my degree in Japanese
16. That obviously didn't pan out
17. My mom was one of my instructors in school
18. No, it wasn't easy
19. I love being a mom
20. I broke my pelvis in two places after being bucked off a horse in 1999
21. I still ride
22. And still delivered my first daughter vaginally
23. I've had two sexual partners in my lifetime
24. Ok, that's a lie
25. There was a one-nighter when I went back to college to visit friends
26. Ryan was drunk and I was paranoid
27. I'm sad when the NFL is in off-season
28. I think the West Coast offense is too advanced for college
29. I still don't like LED Christmas lights
30. I used to weigh 262 pounds
31. I've lost 55 of that
32. Now I'm back up there after Mallory being born
33. I need to work on that again
34. I love my husband
35. I'm discovering Christianity
36. I think I'm a bit OCD
37. And bi-polar
38. And paranoid
39. I like a good German wine
40. Along with a slab of Nebraska beef on the barbie
41. My husband doesn't know how to operate a charcoal grill
42. Therefore, I am the grill seargent of the house
43. I enjoy gardening and landscaping our yard
44. I'm also the groundskeeper
45. I don't really think I'm that interesting
46. I'm trying hard to not become my mother
47. I've made progress in some areas
48. I've always wanted to be a veterinarian
49. I love working for my boss
50. I actually look forward to coming to work
51. I prefer winter over summer
52. I used to play the trumpet
53. I was a DJ at my college radio station
54. My dad committed suicide December 13th, 2004 - two days after my daughter's first birthday party
55. He was dying of lung cancer
56. By the time it was found it had already metasticed to his brain, liver, kidney, and adrenal gland
57. I like to flirt
58. I like to listen to Classical music
59. I like to listen to Eminem
60. I like to listen to Smooth Jazz
61. I've seen Garth Brooks in concert
62. I've met Mandy Patinkin
63. I will see pretty much any movie that has Morgan Freeman in it.
64. I like sushi
65. I love the smell of my girls after their bath
66. I lost a friend in a drowning accident in 1987
67. I was the last one to see her alive
68. I still blame myself for her death
69. I have the memory like a beartrap for pointless trivia
70. Thanks dad!
71. I have one older sister
72. She made the rest of look bad as she completed her PhD
73. I support our troops
74. But I don't support President Bush
75. I'll probably get a wire tap now as I'll be deemed a terroristic threat
76. The Princess Bride is one of my favorite movies ever
77. Monty Python was genius
78. Legos rule
79. Hockey is more interesting to watch in person
80. My dad and daughter look the same at about 10m of age
81. My dad and daughter have the same eye color - grey green
82. I don't punch like a girl
83. I'm stubborn
84. I let my pride get in the way
85. My parents divorced when I was 8
86. I don't think kids ever "get over" a divorce
87. Meredith Brooks' "Bitch" is my theme song
88. I'm glad my 20s are over
89. I have 3 tattoos
90. They are all in non-private areas
91. Two of them are the Blake and Farrington coat of arms
92. The third one is a tree with the Chinese symbol for "tree" underneath it
93. This last one was in the process of being lasered away
94. It really hurts to have it lasered
95. I don't ask for help enough
96. I hit a car full of nuns
97. One of the nuns knows my mom
98. I can't stand a dirty windshield
99. At the pump, the dollar amount has to be in whole dollars, no change.
100. Refer to #34
101. My dream car is a '57 Chevy Bel Aire
102. I was held up by gun point at my part-time job when I was 16
103. I very much remember seeing 6 silver points of the bullets pointed at my gut.
104. I'm a wood worker, of sorts
105. All my shop machines are MINE, not Steve's
106. I make pens and other things that can be worked on a lathe
107. But pens are the main thing
108. I took French, Japanese, and Russian in high school
109. I'd like to learn how to play the cello
110. I'd like to learn how to play the bagpipes
111. I'd like to learn how to fence
112. I think I enjoy Dove Dark Chocolate more than Hershey's
113. My daughter and I were baptised on May 21, 2006
114. I've been bitten by a toucan.
115. I've been peed on by a snake.
116. This list is longer than I had thought it would be
117. I still don't think I'm that interesting, even after this list