Well, this is it. We've all been on pins and needles. I know you have just lay awake at night anticipating when Melanie would post the big one- 100. Boy, I know I have.
I jest.
In the spirit of Ye Ole Bloggy Traditions, I shall post 100 Facts and Attempts at Funnies About Me. I will try to make this as quick and painless as possible.
Hold still. This may sting a bit...
1. Chapter One: I'm Born
To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I recall that I was born.* (What movie? What book?)
I was born and raised in Albany, Georgia.
2. Chapter Two: I rolled over.
3. Just kidding. Couldn't resist.
4. I grew up in Albany as an only child
5. with loving parents, wonderful grandparents, cousins
6. a dog, a cat, and a rabbit, but not all at once.
7. I loved to make mudpies,
8. play Charlie's Angels
9. and watch Fat Albert every Saturday morning.
10. My favorite kid food was Spaghetti-O's and Roller Coasters.
11. I remember Vacation Bible School and Backyard Bible School.
12. Our VBS didn't have any cool decorations or wacky themes.
13. We ate cheap cookies and drank Kool Aid for snack.
14. On Friday, we had hot dogs.
15. Middle School (known as Junior High) was pretty uneventful, except for the Jordache jeans and add-a-beads, and Mr. Rick Springfield. Notice the "Mr."
16. High School was full of 80's drama, teen angst, Molly Ringwald, "Farmer Ted," and the Brat Pack.
17. I think I was in love with Kevin Bacon and Ralph Macchio.
18. I had a lot of perms, blue eye shadow, braces, and Bill Cosby sweaters.
19. Dare I say "acid wash?"
20. I always knew I would leave Albany.
21. I went off to college and met my wonderful husband.
22. He is a gift from God.
23. My first "real" job out of college was as a social worker,
24. managing about 500 AFDC and Food Stamps cases.
25. Pretty good for someone who hates lists and organization.
26. That job taught me a lot-
27. To plan well,
28. prioritize,
29. always be empathetic
30. but not naive
31. and always aware that one day I could be sitting on the other side of the desk,
32. needing help for whatever reason- the loss of a job, sickness, or personal problems.
33. That job taught me about compassion.
34. I married my sweet husband after living on my own for a while.
35. I think every woman should be independent before she gets married.
36. Some of my other opinions and not- so- valuable advice are:
37. Treat others as Jesus would treat them.
38. Never go anywhere you wouldn't take Jesus.
39. Because He is with every believer all of the time.
40. Expect a gentleman to open the door,
41. But thank him when he does.
42. Learn how to change a tire.
43. Keep some things to yourself.
44. Make friends and keep them.
45. The world can never sell you what God can give you.
46. Keep your chin up, and your knees bent. Pray, pray, pray.
47. I am Southern by birth and saved by the Grace of God.
48. Now, on to some of my favorite things... like Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream
49. Drug store make-up
50. The smell of Noxzema
51. Raw cookie dough
52. Old linens and fine china
53. Having my hair washed at the salon
54. Looking for worms in mud puddles after it rains with my daughter
55. Playing and getting dirty
56. Then getting all clean again with good smelling soap.
57. Giving a gift to someone when they didn't expect it
59. Watching Seinfeld reruns with my husband and Spongebob with my daughter
60. Listening to Aretha Franklin on a road trip
61. Catching up with an old friend.
62. Some things I hate are- going to the post office,
63. Libraries (but I love book stores!)
64. Loud women
65. Rye bread
66. Broken promises that could be avoided
67. The usual stuff like evil, cruelty, bad manners and vinegar in potato salad. :>)
68. Did I mention my love for mayonnaise?
69. Some things I do pretty well are- removing strange stains
70. Encouraging others
71. Starting mission projects
72. Whimsical, toll painting
73. Doctoring boo boo's
74. Washing socks
75. Changing the cat box
76. making chicken salad
77. (all things that SOMEONE has to be good at- why not me?)
78. Things I am not so good at- anything athletic
79. Like snow skiing (note to self- must post that story!)
80. Remembering notes to self
81. Staying on task and organized
82. .... now what was I writing about???
83. Oh Yeah! Stuff I am not good at! Like following rules of grammar
84. and not having run-on broken sentences with no punctuation at the end
85. Misc. stuff- I have always wanted a Wooden Cigar Indian
86. I hope to go to Greece.
87. I performed on the drill team of my college band at half time for the Atlanta Falcons.
88. I consider myself anaerobic.
89. I am an auditory learner and rarely took notes in school.
90. Coming up with 100 oddities about myself has proven difficult,
91. and since you are still reading this,( goodness knows why), I will just
92. drag it out until one of us falls asleep
93. or runs from the monitor screaming...
94. By the way, you are either really tough or really bored.
95. I had planned on posting a photo of myself for this post,
96. but Tom said we had just finished that photo spread in Vanity Fair.
97. Oh, did I mention I loved Top Gun?
98. And Dawson's Creek?
99. I just hope that the tradition for 200 posts doesn't include 200 things about me.
100. I am so done. ;>)
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I just wrote a really long comment, but don't see it. I'll have to call and tell you what it said, because I don't type that well and it's late.
I forgot to say that I loved the way it flowed from number to number within the sentences. Clever.
Fun list! (And I don't think you'd be a true Southerner if you didn't love mayonnaise. ;)
It's a lot harder to come up with 100 things than you'd think, isn't it?
I love your list. We have more than a few things in common for sure.
I just wrote mine today in anticipation. I'm on post 96. Yours was very entertaining to read. It's hard to do, isn't it?
I loved your list! They're hard, aren't they? It took me over 3 weeks of adding 2 or 3 things every now and then. I also hate rye bread, always wanted to go to Greece, don't see the point in actually cooking cookie dough, and love the smell of Noxzema - it makes me think of my mother. Here's to the next 100 posts!
I watched Fat Albert too! Take a deep breath, you did it! You hate libraries but love book stores. Intriguing. You're really going to have to tell that story!
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