I'm feeling a little pressure here, so here's the first twenty-five:
1. When I was little, my parents (yes, both mom and dad) were in the Marine Corps. My first memories are of living in the Philippines. We had a maid named Fili, went scuba diving, and rode motorcycles with our parents. There was a big river that we called the "Stinky River." I believe it was raw sewage.
2. When I was 7, we came back to the US. We ate at a McDonalds in the airport. I remember thinking it was the most disgusting thing ever.
3. We moved to South Carolina and bought a farm. We had goats, cows, pigs, ducks, chickens, geese, donkeys, ponies, and horses. My mom has a soft heart for animals and does not know when to stop....so we were always busy. My older sister and I used to play in the pig pen and have mud wars. (There are pictures to prove this unfortunately.)
4. When I was eight, I got my very own horse. I named her Dawn's Maagic. She was a pure-blood Arabian. I raised her from a colt. She was pretty stubborn. She would only let me ride her. I remember riding her and when she thought she was done, she would nip my foot when I tried to kick her to make her go. When she was two and a half, she got spooked and pulled a post that she was hitched to out of the ground and broke two of her legs. I still remember how traumatic it was to have her put down.
5. My childhood seemed to go down hill from there, so we'll skip a lot of that....I'll tell you funny stories that I remember. I remember finding my mom's razor in the shower one day. Being the brave person that I am, I proceeded to shave my legs, arms, and eyebrows. I just remember being proud of this accomplishment, not the aftermath.
6. When I was a teenager, I finally became active in the LDS church. I owe my activity to some wonderful Young Women leaders and some great friends that fellowshipped me. Our branch's boundaries were so big that we lived 45 minutes from the church building. I was the only church member in my high school of 1000.
7. I was pretty geeky as a teenager. I listened to classical music and studied....I was a nerd. I was constantly aware of my class ranking.
8. I played church basketball. I was not nice.
9. I ran track all through high school. I went to state finals three out of the four years.
10. My first job was at Taco Bell. I worked so I could buy clothes at K-Mart and my own eyeglasses. (My mom thought I just 'wanted' them.)
11. When I was 16, my family moved to Clay Springs, Arizona. I was scared that I was going to get abducted by aliens (Snowflake was 20 miles away). This was my first experience living in a little Mormon community. It took some getting used to.
12. I finally started dating in AZ. My first date was target shooting.
13. I worked at Burger King in Show Low, AZ. I still have a hard time eating there...
14. My first kiss was on Valentine's Day of my senior year. I was thoroughly disgusted and avoided the boy from then on.
15. I converted to 'hickism' the end of my senior year and went to prom with a cowboy.
16. I went to BYU from 1995 to 1997. It is the only college I applied to.
17. My room mate Susie Eagar taught me a lot our Freshman year. We are about as different as two people can be, but we had a lot of fun. There was always an invisible line down the middle of our dorm room--I am fanatically clean and she was not so much so.
18. I have OCD. I believe my father had it also. I remember how our house ran when he was alive and he definitely displayed classic signs. I am now medicated for it and everyone is a lot happier.
19. I met Jeff at an off-campus BYU homecoming dance. My roommates and I had just done home perms, so we stank. Jeff's group was dancing by ours and I asked him if my hair stank. Later, his roommates left him at the dance so that I would have to give him a ride home. He asked for my phone number and was pretty sure I gave him a fake.
20. After our first date, I went home to help my little sister with her High School homecoming. On the way back, I got in a head-on collision 45 minutes outside of Blanding, UT. Jeff's parents came and picked me up from the clinic. I had a busted lip, cuts all over my face and body, and a leg brace on. That is how I met my future in-laws.
21. Jeff is the first guy that I had ever dated that I could totally be comfortable around. I used to be so nervous on dates that I would not eat. He cooked me dinner for our first date.
22. On January 19, 1997, Jeff proposed to me in the play area at McDonalds. My ring was in a chicken nugget box.
23. We got married on May 1, 1997 in the Salt Lake City temple. There were snowflakes falling during our pictures.
24. We went on our honeymoon to the Bahamas. We had plane trouble in Florida, so we flew really late into the Bahamas. The flight was really rough and we thought we might die that night. When we finally got to our motel, the airconditioner was not on in our room. Jeff went to turn it on and leapt backwards into our bed. He got me in the eye with his elbow. I had never seen stars before. Needless to say, I looked like a battered wife for our entire honeymoon.
25. The first three months of our marriage, we camped in a little travel trailer we called the "Love Shack" on their family's ranch in Colorado. We had no running water or indoor facilities. We used an outhouse. I am squeamesh about swimming in lakes, so I would not bathe all week until we would go in to his parents' house for the weekend. His little brother Greg slept in the same room with us for most of the three months. (Welcome to Marriage!!) I am no longer a die-hard camper, not that I ever was.
Wow, this took forever!! Thumbs up to all of you that can do all 100!!
Someone (Autumn) keeps bugging me to finish this. So, here goes:
26. I was a tom boy when I was younger. I got suspended off of the school bus two different times in elementary school for fighting with a boy.
27. My dad's nickname for me was 'garbage gut.'
28. I have three sisters. I am the second. Everyone always thought I was the oldest.
29. My dad died when I was 11. He committed suicide.
30. My mom has never been proud of me.
31. I have naturally curly hair.
32. I broke my wrist when I was 9. I told my mom that I fell off of the top of the swing set. I fell off of a horse jumping fences while my mom was at work. I finally came clean the night before I went through the temple.
33. I am a perfectionist. I will not leave something alone until it is perfect. I took my acrylic nails off three weeks ago and I am trying to let them grow out. I can't stop chewing them because the edges are ragged and not perfect. Today, I went to Walmart and got the $3 glue-on nails. Superglue is going to be my best friend for a while.
34. I hate it when people act like they are victims.
35. I believe Heavenly Father has a sense of humor. I hope I make him chuckle every now and then.
36. I think 'elective surgeries' are the best things as long as you don't think it will change who you are.
37. I have ribs that tilt outwards at the bottom....hence one of the reasons I love 'elective surgeries.'
38. When I was younger, I never dreamed of being a mother. I did not want to have children.
39. I have never been 'baby hungry.' Heavenly Father makes me feel real guilty and then I finally give in.
40. I have tooted out loud in yoga class and then whispered "Excuse me."
41. I like to make people laugh. Sometimes this world can really suck without a little humor.
42. I have a tattoo. I was the instigator when we went on a Mother's Day trip to Vegas this year. Jeff did not talk to me for two days when he found out.
43. Back to #40, I tooted in front of Great Grandpa Fred and most of the Halliday clan when I was pregnant. I was so embarrassed that I started crying.
44. I like to sing. When I get tired, I have been known to serenade.
45. I hate to workout, but I love the way my body looks when I am in shape. I have some really obese genes that I am constantly fighting.
46. My theme song is "I'm A Bitch." Sorry if it offends any of you. It is on my blog now.
47. After my father died, our home was disgusting. Any time we turned on a light, cockroaches would scatter.
48. I hate snakes. My mom got fascinated with them when I was a teenager. She thought that she could "raise" them. She had 3 boa constrictors--one that was six feet long. She started breeding her own rats to feed them. They lived in our enclosed sun porch. Every now and then a rat or two would escape, but we could not see them for the clutter. When we packed to move to AZ, one of my mom's snakes had been missing for a little while (she did not tell me because she knew I would flip out). We found it dead on the sun porch engorged with rats that it had caught.
49. I have lived in a house that has had calves, kids(baby goats), puppies, and kittens all living in it at one time or another.
50. I have lived without power, phone, and running water because the bills were not paid.
51. I do not like to be close to birds. When I was little, I got chased by a mean goose. I think birds are beautiful from a distance, but I have anxiety if they get too close to me.
52. My favorite church calling of all time thus far has been as Primary President. I never thought I would grow to love it....but, something happens when you teach such sweet spirits the principles of the gospel.
53. I cried when each of my children were born. We are so lucky to get just a glimpse of how Heavenly Father feels about each of us.
54. I was born in Columbia, South Carolina.
55. When I was 3, I went out onto our porch and the door slammed and knocked the light fixture off of the ceiling. It cut my left arm's muscle so severely that the doctor never thought I would have full use of it. It also cut my eyebrow, lips, and forehead. I had to have a blood transfusion because I lost so much blood. Right after it happened, I went and found my Aunt Dixie(who was living with us at the time). She passed out when she saw me. Then I went to find my mom to tell her that "something was wrong with Dixie. She died." I have full use of my left arm. I just have quite a few pretty ugly scars. I used to be really self conscious about them.
56. My favorite color is red.....all of the personality tests always categorize me as red??
57. I only have a couple really good friends. Doing this list makes me feel naked.
58. I love bathroom humor. It will crack me up every time. If Jeff slips the word 'dookie' in while we are arguing, I will always laugh.
59. I love getting pedicures. It is the one luxury I can't give up regardless of how many bills I have.
60. I sleep with my mouth open because I am paranoid about snoring.
61. I love my pug Gizmo. I have always been an animal lover.
62. Emmy is my second 'baby.'
63. I love watching my kids grow up. I just hope they grow up as well-rounded as possible and that they never go without the necessities.
64. I am sarcastic.
65. I have to take Beano when I eat a blooming onion at Outback Steakhouse or else we can not get home fast enough.
66. I get food poisoning every time I eat at a buffet style restaurant.
67. I like to work on my yard. I like how perfect it looks after it has been worked on.
68. I am a clean freak but I hate to dust. I will faithfully clean bathrooms every week, but I put off dusting until about every other week.
69. I am terrified of road rage. When Kaleb was an infant, I was run off of the road by a psycho.
70. I love to read.
71. I am always hot....and I hate being hot.
72. I probably use more Secret than anyone else. I am paranoid about body odor.
73. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
74. My favorite song is "Only Hope" by Mandy Moore. I love it!!
75. I have a testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. I have been offended several times by others, but I can never deny my testimony....so I keep going back.
76. I am far from perfect.
77. I say bad words at my husband when he makes me really mad. I have never cursed in front of my children.
78. I have no desire to do genealogy right now.....there is so much....and it is overwhelming to me.
79. I think having my little girl has made me more sensitive.
80. I am like a mother bear....I will kill if someone hurts my children.
81. I'm a complainer....I wonder where Garet gets it from??
82. I can see some of my best and worst traits in each of my children.
83. I was nicknamed "horse" in junior high school. I had huge gaps in the front of my mouth. Kids can be so mean!! Kaleb has the same dilemma now. He will be getting braces in January.
84. I am fanatical about teeth. It is the first thing I notice when I meet someone.
85. My biggest fear is dying before my children grow up.
86. My side of the family lives in Arizona still. We never see them unless we go down to them. My mom has never met Maddie.
87. I have learned the greatest of life's lessons from bad examples.
88. I often say what I think because I think it needs to be said.
89. I hate clutter. I do a D.I. run every month. Out with the old, in with the new.
90. I hate to waste food. I always think of the starving Ethiopian children when I throw out food.
91. I think honesty is the biggest asset in a friend. I strive to be as honest as I can.
92. I love to eat dessert. I will skip meals and only eat dessert when it is something I really like.
1. When I was little, my parents (yes, both mom and dad) were in the Marine Corps. My first memories are of living in the Philippines. We had a maid named Fili, went scuba diving, and rode motorcycles with our parents. There was a big river that we called the "Stinky River." I believe it was raw sewage.
2. When I was 7, we came back to the US. We ate at a McDonalds in the airport. I remember thinking it was the most disgusting thing ever.
3. We moved to South Carolina and bought a farm. We had goats, cows, pigs, ducks, chickens, geese, donkeys, ponies, and horses. My mom has a soft heart for animals and does not know when to stop....so we were always busy. My older sister and I used to play in the pig pen and have mud wars. (There are pictures to prove this unfortunately.)
4. When I was eight, I got my very own horse. I named her Dawn's Maagic. She was a pure-blood Arabian. I raised her from a colt. She was pretty stubborn. She would only let me ride her. I remember riding her and when she thought she was done, she would nip my foot when I tried to kick her to make her go. When she was two and a half, she got spooked and pulled a post that she was hitched to out of the ground and broke two of her legs. I still remember how traumatic it was to have her put down.
5. My childhood seemed to go down hill from there, so we'll skip a lot of that....I'll tell you funny stories that I remember. I remember finding my mom's razor in the shower one day. Being the brave person that I am, I proceeded to shave my legs, arms, and eyebrows. I just remember being proud of this accomplishment, not the aftermath.
6. When I was a teenager, I finally became active in the LDS church. I owe my activity to some wonderful Young Women leaders and some great friends that fellowshipped me. Our branch's boundaries were so big that we lived 45 minutes from the church building. I was the only church member in my high school of 1000.
7. I was pretty geeky as a teenager. I listened to classical music and studied....I was a nerd. I was constantly aware of my class ranking.
8. I played church basketball. I was not nice.
9. I ran track all through high school. I went to state finals three out of the four years.
10. My first job was at Taco Bell. I worked so I could buy clothes at K-Mart and my own eyeglasses. (My mom thought I just 'wanted' them.)
11. When I was 16, my family moved to Clay Springs, Arizona. I was scared that I was going to get abducted by aliens (Snowflake was 20 miles away). This was my first experience living in a little Mormon community. It took some getting used to.
12. I finally started dating in AZ. My first date was target shooting.
13. I worked at Burger King in Show Low, AZ. I still have a hard time eating there...
14. My first kiss was on Valentine's Day of my senior year. I was thoroughly disgusted and avoided the boy from then on.
15. I converted to 'hickism' the end of my senior year and went to prom with a cowboy.
16. I went to BYU from 1995 to 1997. It is the only college I applied to.
17. My room mate Susie Eagar taught me a lot our Freshman year. We are about as different as two people can be, but we had a lot of fun. There was always an invisible line down the middle of our dorm room--I am fanatically clean and she was not so much so.
18. I have OCD. I believe my father had it also. I remember how our house ran when he was alive and he definitely displayed classic signs. I am now medicated for it and everyone is a lot happier.
19. I met Jeff at an off-campus BYU homecoming dance. My roommates and I had just done home perms, so we stank. Jeff's group was dancing by ours and I asked him if my hair stank. Later, his roommates left him at the dance so that I would have to give him a ride home. He asked for my phone number and was pretty sure I gave him a fake.
20. After our first date, I went home to help my little sister with her High School homecoming. On the way back, I got in a head-on collision 45 minutes outside of Blanding, UT. Jeff's parents came and picked me up from the clinic. I had a busted lip, cuts all over my face and body, and a leg brace on. That is how I met my future in-laws.
21. Jeff is the first guy that I had ever dated that I could totally be comfortable around. I used to be so nervous on dates that I would not eat. He cooked me dinner for our first date.
22. On January 19, 1997, Jeff proposed to me in the play area at McDonalds. My ring was in a chicken nugget box.
23. We got married on May 1, 1997 in the Salt Lake City temple. There were snowflakes falling during our pictures.
24. We went on our honeymoon to the Bahamas. We had plane trouble in Florida, so we flew really late into the Bahamas. The flight was really rough and we thought we might die that night. When we finally got to our motel, the airconditioner was not on in our room. Jeff went to turn it on and leapt backwards into our bed. He got me in the eye with his elbow. I had never seen stars before. Needless to say, I looked like a battered wife for our entire honeymoon.
25. The first three months of our marriage, we camped in a little travel trailer we called the "Love Shack" on their family's ranch in Colorado. We had no running water or indoor facilities. We used an outhouse. I am squeamesh about swimming in lakes, so I would not bathe all week until we would go in to his parents' house for the weekend. His little brother Greg slept in the same room with us for most of the three months. (Welcome to Marriage!!) I am no longer a die-hard camper, not that I ever was.
Wow, this took forever!! Thumbs up to all of you that can do all 100!!
Someone (Autumn) keeps bugging me to finish this. So, here goes:
26. I was a tom boy when I was younger. I got suspended off of the school bus two different times in elementary school for fighting with a boy.
27. My dad's nickname for me was 'garbage gut.'
28. I have three sisters. I am the second. Everyone always thought I was the oldest.
29. My dad died when I was 11. He committed suicide.
30. My mom has never been proud of me.
31. I have naturally curly hair.
32. I broke my wrist when I was 9. I told my mom that I fell off of the top of the swing set. I fell off of a horse jumping fences while my mom was at work. I finally came clean the night before I went through the temple.
33. I am a perfectionist. I will not leave something alone until it is perfect. I took my acrylic nails off three weeks ago and I am trying to let them grow out. I can't stop chewing them because the edges are ragged and not perfect. Today, I went to Walmart and got the $3 glue-on nails. Superglue is going to be my best friend for a while.
34. I hate it when people act like they are victims.
35. I believe Heavenly Father has a sense of humor. I hope I make him chuckle every now and then.
36. I think 'elective surgeries' are the best things as long as you don't think it will change who you are.
37. I have ribs that tilt outwards at the bottom....hence one of the reasons I love 'elective surgeries.'
38. When I was younger, I never dreamed of being a mother. I did not want to have children.
39. I have never been 'baby hungry.' Heavenly Father makes me feel real guilty and then I finally give in.
40. I have tooted out loud in yoga class and then whispered "Excuse me."
41. I like to make people laugh. Sometimes this world can really suck without a little humor.
42. I have a tattoo. I was the instigator when we went on a Mother's Day trip to Vegas this year. Jeff did not talk to me for two days when he found out.
43. Back to #40, I tooted in front of Great Grandpa Fred and most of the Halliday clan when I was pregnant. I was so embarrassed that I started crying.
44. I like to sing. When I get tired, I have been known to serenade.
45. I hate to workout, but I love the way my body looks when I am in shape. I have some really obese genes that I am constantly fighting.
46. My theme song is "I'm A Bitch." Sorry if it offends any of you. It is on my blog now.
47. After my father died, our home was disgusting. Any time we turned on a light, cockroaches would scatter.
48. I hate snakes. My mom got fascinated with them when I was a teenager. She thought that she could "raise" them. She had 3 boa constrictors--one that was six feet long. She started breeding her own rats to feed them. They lived in our enclosed sun porch. Every now and then a rat or two would escape, but we could not see them for the clutter. When we packed to move to AZ, one of my mom's snakes had been missing for a little while (she did not tell me because she knew I would flip out). We found it dead on the sun porch engorged with rats that it had caught.
49. I have lived in a house that has had calves, kids(baby goats), puppies, and kittens all living in it at one time or another.
50. I have lived without power, phone, and running water because the bills were not paid.
51. I do not like to be close to birds. When I was little, I got chased by a mean goose. I think birds are beautiful from a distance, but I have anxiety if they get too close to me.
52. My favorite church calling of all time thus far has been as Primary President. I never thought I would grow to love it....but, something happens when you teach such sweet spirits the principles of the gospel.
53. I cried when each of my children were born. We are so lucky to get just a glimpse of how Heavenly Father feels about each of us.
54. I was born in Columbia, South Carolina.
55. When I was 3, I went out onto our porch and the door slammed and knocked the light fixture off of the ceiling. It cut my left arm's muscle so severely that the doctor never thought I would have full use of it. It also cut my eyebrow, lips, and forehead. I had to have a blood transfusion because I lost so much blood. Right after it happened, I went and found my Aunt Dixie(who was living with us at the time). She passed out when she saw me. Then I went to find my mom to tell her that "something was wrong with Dixie. She died." I have full use of my left arm. I just have quite a few pretty ugly scars. I used to be really self conscious about them.
56. My favorite color is red.....all of the personality tests always categorize me as red??
57. I only have a couple really good friends. Doing this list makes me feel naked.
58. I love bathroom humor. It will crack me up every time. If Jeff slips the word 'dookie' in while we are arguing, I will always laugh.
59. I love getting pedicures. It is the one luxury I can't give up regardless of how many bills I have.
60. I sleep with my mouth open because I am paranoid about snoring.
61. I love my pug Gizmo. I have always been an animal lover.
62. Emmy is my second 'baby.'
63. I love watching my kids grow up. I just hope they grow up as well-rounded as possible and that they never go without the necessities.
64. I am sarcastic.
65. I have to take Beano when I eat a blooming onion at Outback Steakhouse or else we can not get home fast enough.
66. I get food poisoning every time I eat at a buffet style restaurant.
67. I like to work on my yard. I like how perfect it looks after it has been worked on.
68. I am a clean freak but I hate to dust. I will faithfully clean bathrooms every week, but I put off dusting until about every other week.
69. I am terrified of road rage. When Kaleb was an infant, I was run off of the road by a psycho.
70. I love to read.
71. I am always hot....and I hate being hot.
72. I probably use more Secret than anyone else. I am paranoid about body odor.
73. I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up.
74. My favorite song is "Only Hope" by Mandy Moore. I love it!!
75. I have a testimony of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. I have been offended several times by others, but I can never deny my testimony....so I keep going back.
76. I am far from perfect.
77. I say bad words at my husband when he makes me really mad. I have never cursed in front of my children.
78. I have no desire to do genealogy right now.....there is so much....and it is overwhelming to me.
79. I think having my little girl has made me more sensitive.
80. I am like a mother bear....I will kill if someone hurts my children.
81. I'm a complainer....I wonder where Garet gets it from??
82. I can see some of my best and worst traits in each of my children.
83. I was nicknamed "horse" in junior high school. I had huge gaps in the front of my mouth. Kids can be so mean!! Kaleb has the same dilemma now. He will be getting braces in January.
84. I am fanatical about teeth. It is the first thing I notice when I meet someone.
85. My biggest fear is dying before my children grow up.
86. My side of the family lives in Arizona still. We never see them unless we go down to them. My mom has never met Maddie.
87. I have learned the greatest of life's lessons from bad examples.
88. I often say what I think because I think it needs to be said.
89. I hate clutter. I do a D.I. run every month. Out with the old, in with the new.
90. I hate to waste food. I always think of the starving Ethiopian children when I throw out food.
91. I think honesty is the biggest asset in a friend. I strive to be as honest as I can.
92. I love to eat dessert. I will skip meals and only eat dessert when it is something I really like.
93. I am a closet biker chick. I love tattoos and piercings(only in the ears and belly button). I would have dozens of little tattoos all over if the prophet hadn't told us not to.
94. I still wish I could wear more than one pair of earrings at a time.
95. I once ruined Thanksgiving by forgetting the gravy.
96. "Grey's Anatomy" is my favorite T.V. show. I am trying to finish this so I can go watch it!!
97. I have never smoked or tried drugs. I wanted to try to smoke once just to see if I could do it without coughing, but I resisted.
98. The sight of blood makes me queasy. I have always had to sit with my head between my legs after my children have gotten stitches or staples.
99. I love text messaging. It makes me happy when my phone beeps when I get one!!
100. I like to play blackjack, but I am really nervous to lose money. I once stayed out all night to win back all of the money Jeff and I lost on a trip to Wendover.
Phew!! That gets kind of hard! K, I am buck naked to the world now!
95. I once ruined Thanksgiving by forgetting the gravy.
96. "Grey's Anatomy" is my favorite T.V. show. I am trying to finish this so I can go watch it!!
97. I have never smoked or tried drugs. I wanted to try to smoke once just to see if I could do it without coughing, but I resisted.
98. The sight of blood makes me queasy. I have always had to sit with my head between my legs after my children have gotten stitches or staples.
99. I love text messaging. It makes me happy when my phone beeps when I get one!!
100. I like to play blackjack, but I am really nervous to lose money. I once stayed out all night to win back all of the money Jeff and I lost on a trip to Wendover.
Phew!! That gets kind of hard! K, I am buck naked to the world now!
