Jennifro

My Birthday 100

I love reading "100" posts. My turn.

1. I love being an American; I'm a huge fan of patriotic programs and music.

2. I was born in '70 so it's always been easy to calculate my age.

3. I am the oldest of six kids

4. I have very wonderful parents--two of the best.

5. My two front teeth were out for over a year. The dentist finally slit them with

a razor and they were down the next day.

6. One of my dear friends, Karim, shares my birthday. He's French and we take turns

calling most years. We say, "Happy Birthday and I include, "Happy Bastille Day."

7. I have had big crushes on Joaquin Phoenix and Russell Crowe.

8. I have really long toes. Really long. I can pinch like crazy with them and

clean my room with only my toes if I want.

9. I married a hottie who I sometimes call my "wife" cause he's so domestic.

10. I have really bad calluses on my feet that I used to chew off as a kid.

11. I got married in Vegas but not on the strip. (LDS Temple)

12. I weighed 83 lbs. when I was a junior in H.S. Not a pretty sight.

13. English roses, peonies and lavender are my favorite flowers.

14. Gladiator is one of my top three movies. I love the layers of meaning.

15. I almost always prefer a drama to a comedy.

16. My proudest grade was getting one of two A's in Barta Heiners Acting Class at BYU.

17. I really hate it when people move away. So few people stay put these days.

18. I am very close to all of my brothers and sisters.

19. I love the sound of the vacuum and the blow dryer. I'd sleep to them if

I could.

20. I have Reynaulds Syndrome which means bad circulation in my fingers. They

turn pure white when I'm too cold. I'm told they could fall off it they're white too long.

21. I love fires inside and out; I especially love singing around a campfire.

22. I'm a pretty decent rock climber when I'm practicing.

23. I never played a team sport in school.

24. I made first cuts (out of 500) to the Broadway traveling company of Les Miserables. (great story but very depressing for me)

25. I have been asked "Girl whatchoo mixed wid" at least 20 times in my life.

26. I have over 200 letters from Nick on his mission in Holland (he loved me)

27. I am a very loyal friend but stink at keeping in touch long distance.

28. I hate gum popping, ice crunching, popcorn chomping and any sloppy mouth noise.

29. I live within one mile of five of my best college friends.

30. I have been kissed wetly on the lips by a drunken Englebert Humperdink.

31. My sister Jill has always been my "Ed McMahon" and I love her for it!

32. I love to be tan, but have wised up a lot over the years.

33. I had braces my Senior year of high school.

34. I majored in English Education and taught for two years before I had kids.

35. I live near DC but have little idea of what goes on politically.

36. I think the news is too depressing to watch. I probably only see it once a year.

37. I love uplifting church meetings.

38. I am almost never suprised; I fake surprised when people have tried really hard.

39. I have a very good sixth sense and used to say I had ESP when I was young.

40. I love broadway musicals and would do anything to be in one, but I don't sing

well enough.

41. Les Miserables is the book that made the biggest impact on me as a teenager.

42. I taught early morning seminary at 6 am my entire fourth pregnancy.

43. My legs and pits are almost always stubbly.

44. I got my curls from my dad who got them from his mother.

45. Depeche Mode is my all time favorite band.

46. I miss my grandparents houses in Springville and the one on Torrey Pines. If

I think about it, I can remember how they smell.

47. I am a Cancer-- I oppose change. (true horoscope observation)

48. I am exactly 1/2 blue and 1/2 red in the Color Code book.

49. I am constantly thinking about homeschooling one or more of my kids.

50. I have been to Mexico, England, Italy, Canada and Spain. France is next I hope.

51. I am bossy with my husband but he likes it.

52. I will never get implants--but it'd be nice.

53. I am scared to death of crickets. Fine with other bugs and spiders.

54. I am often sad about places and times I can never go back to.

55. I have a great mother in law.

56. I was the worlds scaredest baby sitter. I used to send the kids to the door in

scary situations.

57. I give lots of compliments and am sincere in giving them.

58. I am not much of a crier.

59. I love the four seasons and look forward to each one before they come.

60. I have two boys and two girls, but I wish I had six kids.

61. I am horrible at directions. More than horrible. Every time I leave a hotel room I

turn the wrong way. I can't read a map and feel like I'm spun in circles even on very

familiar roads.

62. I have a dog named Lucky who has really grown on me.

63. I have a neighbor who hates my family--even though they know they shouldn't.

64. I struggle with swearing.

65. I am pretty funny if I'm with the right people.

66. I am good at impersonations and faking accents.

67. I used to be a very, very good prank caller.

68. I had the best college years of anyone I know.

69. I wish I could sew better.

70. I am always wishing I would discover I am gifted at something.

71. My 10 year old will soon pass me up on the piano.

72. I missed 32 days of school in the 5th grade. I had lots of anxieties and an angel

mother who helped me get normal and stay normal.

73. I am a friend to many. I love my friends past and present and think of them often.

I am still in contact with my friend I met at age two.

74. I consider myself to be pretty outdoorsy, though Nick's brothers would probably laugh to hear that.

75. I love to buy clothes and have new clothes in my closet at all times.

76. I wish I would ever dare to take a risk with my hair. I've always wanted a bob.

77. I would love to skydive and bungee jump but will probably never have the guts

to do either one.

78. I love water and rarely drink anything else.

79. I love ethnic food. I prefer a "hole in the wall" to a chain restaurant any day.

80. I enjoy teenagers and love being around them. I prefer teaching them over toddlers.

81. I like salty more than sweet, most of the time.

82. I would love to write a children's book but fear I am too lazy to do it and too scared of being rejected.

83. I wish I would have minored in interior design. I would love to decorate houses.

84. I am already really sad about my kids growing up.

85. My life would be perfect if all my family were near.

86. I would adopt a baby from another country if it was easy and cheaper.

87. I love that my kids are growing up with camp. I never knew what a summer camp

was--except in Parent Trap.

88. If I could do one year over it would be June 1988-June 1989.

89. I know that most of the happiness in my life is due to my religion.

90. I love living near so much American History, and I wish I took more

advantage of my location.

91. My first car when I was married was a Le Car that Nick's brother gave us. Sweet!

92. I love music but cannot stand it turned on when the kids are crying in the car. (note to Nick)

93. I think I am really persuasive and figure I can usually talk people into doing what

I think they should do. It must be an oldest child thing.

94. I am perfectly content in a very slow movie if it's meaningful and real.

95. I love to fall asleep with ear plugs in my ears but I never do it at home.

96. I am a worrier but have gotten a lot better over the years.

97. I have loved talking on the phone my whole life. One of my best Christmas presents

as a teen was my own phone line. I used to keep Jill up, mad at me, till the wee hours

of morning.

98. The best sleep I've ever had was in the hospital after having Nicholas. They gave me two percocets and I was in and out of sleep delirium for two days.

99. I am a very impulsive shopper and spend money like I am rich. Subliminally, I

must know my limit, because I am never in debt.

100. I have an aversion to certain words. (munch and munchie, being two). I also hate

words spelled wrong on purpose (girlz, krispy kreme, tastee) and...messing around

with the traditional spelling of a person's name.

What did I miss?