Actually this is my 113th post. It seems that my 100th came and went but here I am sharing 100 things about me and my family with you all. I love this little blog tradition so I thought I would use this chance to share. I hope you enjoy!
1. I love the Lord.
2. I love my husband
3. And my children
4. I met my husband on match.com.
5. We married 7 months later
6. on the beach in Florida.
7. My husband is my rock and my saving grace.
8. He is a true gift from God.
9. He is everything I ever wanted in a husband (and then some).
10. I have 3 children.
11. The first two are boys.
12. The LAST one is a girl.
13. She thinks she is the boss.
14. I was scared to have a girl
15. but, now I think she is awesome. (I would have missed out on a lot without her)
16. I sort my M&M’s by color,
17. then eat them one color at a time
18. I love to organize,
19. especially for other people.
20. I love to see the look on their faces when the project is done and they realize they don’t have to live with chaos forever.
21. My oldest son is on a swim team.
22. He will be going into 2nd grade this year.
23. He has terrible handwriting at the moment,
24. but is in love with history and reading. (too busy to make his writing look nice!)
25. My second son is 3 going on 20.
26. He is very mature for his age.
27. He still whines when he doesn’t get his way.
28. It drives me crazy.
29. My daughter is 19 months old.
30. She is making herself as independent as possible.
31. No more crib, baby gates or crawling up stairs.
32. She wants to do everything herself.
33. She takes good care of her big brothers.
34. I am an only child (and a little spoiled).
35. I love the happy balance of having 3 children. (for now anyways)
36. We have a fish named Fred.
37. I have odd luck with fish living forever.
38. I won’t get a fish again.
39. We are trying to sell our house.
40. We want to downsize and have a bigger yard.
41. We will move closer to my husband’s work.
42. Then maybe get a Great Dane.
43. I’ve never been out of the country.
44. When I do make it out of the country I want to go to Australia first.
45. Then France and China.
46. I am afraid of heights.
47. I love roller coasters.
48. I hate to clean (but I do it anyways).
49. I never really learned how to cook.
50. My husband is the cook of the family.
51. And I do the dishes.
52. It is the one thing I can do and have no one bother me.
53. My husband is an engineer.
54. He prefers cookies over cake.
55. And I prefer cake over cookies.
56. I have found a new love for dark chocolate.
57. It is hard to go back to milk chocolate.
58. I wake up at 5 am.
59. I am trying to make a new habit of walking on the treadmill for 30 min. before the kids wake up.
60. I also take my shower before they wake up so I can shower in peace.
61. After 7 years of having children I think I just recently started sleeping through the night.
62. Both of my sons woke up in the middle of the night when they were young. (the 3 year old still does)
63. My daughter usually sleeps like a log.
64. Just like her Daddy.
65. I work in the nursery at my church.
66. I love children.
67. I loved being pregnant.
68. I would have a million babies if I could.
69. Then I have to remind myself they grow up and get expensive.
70. I am ready to be back out in the adult world too.
71. I want to grow my business and watch it flourish.
72. I am living my dream jobs… mommy and professional organizer.
73. I think my husband would make a great organizer as well.
74. His dream is to have his own pizzeria.
75. My favorite food is pizza, so I would be fine with that.
76. I turn 30 in 9 days.
77. My husband turns 31 in 9 days.
78. The first gift my husband gave me was a monopoly thimble on a chain. (remember the story of peter pan?)
79. I thought that was the coolest thing ever.
80. We gave all of our guests at our wedding a thimble in a box.
81. My nickname has been Tinker Bell since I was a little girl.
82. My closest family members still call me Tink.
83. I want to have a paperless office,
84. The only problem is, I love paper.
85. I despised mini vans until I became a mom of three.
86. Now, I love my Mazda MPV.
87. I was born in Nashville Tennessee. (wow, I’m starting to rhyme)
88. I moved away when I was 12 and drug my husband here 15 years later.
89. I wanted to be closer to my Grandparents. (my mom’s parents)
90. Family is sooo important to me.
91. I want my kids to have that too, and know who everyone is. (not just a face in a picture)
92. My paternal grandmother died too soon.
93. I wish she were here to meet my youngest two children.
94. I know she is watching over us all.
95. My paternal grandfather is the most giving man I know.
96. I prefer fall over the other seasons.
97. I love watching the leaves change colors.
98. I have a new found love for blogging.
99. I love sharing my ideas with everyone.
100. I look forward to my next 100 posts.
It almost took me a year to make it to 100 posts, but rest assured I have some great things coming your way and will be blogging more frequently as my little ones grow.
Happy Organizing and God Bless!
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I love this!! What a great post! I enjoy all of your blogs, but as kristin said, it’s nice to get to know you a little better. I had to laugh out loud at the “paperless office” and “I love paper” parts. I can sooooooo relate!
Happy birthday! (soon)
CONGRATS on the 100 posts! I never did one of those posts – I didn’t even notice when I hit 100. I am too easily distracted.
BTW – I too wish we had a bigger yard – our kids can barely turn around in ours.
A Million babies?!? Well – I think I wouldn’t want to deliver that many times, but I sure would love to snuggle my babies forever!!!!!!
Thanks Laura! The family and I will be flying out to New York on the day of my birthday to spend some time with my Grandfather. My cousins and our families get together there every summer. I will be sure to come back with tons of pictures!
Congratulations!! The big 3-0 this year, how fun. Do you have any big plans?
I enjoyed reading your list and getting to know you better. I love that you met your hubby on the internet. Very cool!
Here’s to another 100 posts!
Laura
Kristin, my aunt used to pop her popcorn in a large pot with the M&M’s so they melted on the popcorn. yummy!
Thanks Mandy, I enjoyed this post. After it was done I kept thinking of things I could have added to it. It was fun.
I am approaching my 100th post as well. I have been trying to decide what I am going to do. I like your idea! Loved reading it! Thanks for sharing.
Great post; its nice to get to know you a little better! As far as m & m’s go… it seems like everyone has there own method. I don’t care at all about colors, but I LOVE eating plain m & m’s with popcorn. One of each in your mouth at the same time is like heaven!