1. One of my very favorite foods is peanut butter and bacon on toast.
2. I go through at least three 2-Liters of diet Pepsi Jazz (black cherry and vanilla) every week.
3. Tuna is the last food I would ever put in my mouth. I would probably let myself starve before putting tuna anywhere near my mouth.
4. I eat my steak rare.
5. I like ketchup with my french fries. Unless they are from McDonald's -- McDonald's fries are perfect plain.
6. When we were in Malaysia, we could get food for our whole family for under US$5 -- including happy meals and a McFlurry.
7. I have never read a Harry Potter book or seen any of the movies. Just not my kind of thing.
8. I hate all fantasy, science fiction, and otherwise "totally not possible" books and movies. I didn't even like the Chronicles of Narnia.
9. I majored in psychology and am one class shy of a certificate in youth ministry.
10. I transferred colleges after my freshman year...so glad I did.
11. During my freshman year at college, I never once learned the name of my R.A.
12. I love cemeteries.
13. When I was in high school, I used to talk about my funeral all the time.
14. My favorite book is A Chance to Die by Elisabeth Elliot.
15. A close second is No Compromise by Melody Green.
16. For a novel, Lords of Discipline by Pat Conroy gets my vote. It is the only book that I have ever finished and then immediately read again.
17. I like washing dishes by hand but for some reason always put it off.
18. I would rather do cleaning than straightening up. Clutter overwhelms me so I avoid it.
19. I don't really like music. I don't mind it, but I rarely choose to listen and almost never purchase it. I like quiet too much.
20. I always wished I knew how to play the piano.
21. I have only had bangs (or "fringe" for you non-Americans) for four years of my life -- from 2nd - 6th grade. I can't imagine ever having them again. I hate having hair in my face.
22. I am allergic to most soaps. I use shampoo to wash my body and I try to always have anti-bacterial gel with me so I can avoid using soap in public restrooms.
23. I got Amoebic Dysentery when I was in India. It was the sickest I have been in my whole life.
24. The hospital I went to was by far the worst place I have ever been. I won't even begin to describe how unhygienic it was. Not all hospitals in India are like that...I gave birth to Alaina two years later in a wonderful Indian hospital.
25. We didn't know the sex of any of our babies before we had them.
26. I was 95% sure I was having a girl with Alaina.
27. I was 75% sure I was having a boy with Caleb.
28. I was 85% sure I was having a GIRL with Levi. Whoops. Good thing I didn't shop ahead of time.
29. I wear a size 8.5 shoe.
30. When I was little, my mom told me that when my feet stopped growing I could own more than a few pairs of shoes. I think I went a little overboard. The highest count I remember from high school was 53 pairs.
31. Now I own seven or eight pairs, at least 5 of which are flip flops.
32. When I was in college, my dad bought me a car as an early graduation gift. To his dismay, I chose a flair-sided Ford Ranger pick-up. It was black and I LOVED it. We sold it when we went to India.
33. I love roses but I think baby's breath is tacky.
34. In India I could by roses for 10 cents a piece. Gerbera daisies were only a few cents more. I always had fresh flowers in my house.
35. I have to sleep with one foot out of the covers.
36. One of my most embarrassing moments was in the first grade and I wet my pants during snack time (someone forgot to switch the STOP sign on the bathroom door to GO and so I was waiting and waiting). The kids starting laughing and I told them my apple was leaking. Not apple juice, my apple. LOL!
37. We always eat spaghetti on Christmas Eve. I've done it since I was a little girl.
38. I don't remember every believing in Santa.
39. I CANNOT eat without having a napkin in my hand. I think it comes from years of table training and not being able to start eating without a napkin in my lap.
40. I have never gotten a speeding ticket. I have been pulled over three times, none of which were really deserved. I haven't been pulled over in 10 years.
41. I have been in two car accidents, but I wasn't driving either time.
42. I love driving a stick shift (manual transmission).
43. The first thing I do when I get up in the morning is put my hair into a messy ponytail.
44. I used to collect frogs (figurines, not real ones).
45. I did catch real ones one time -- I caught like 50 of them and had them all in one tank. It was gross -- there were eggs everywhere. Then they started disappearing. I finally found at later my brother (boy that he is) was playing a game -- 101 ways to kill a frog.
46. I shoplifted in elementary school.
47. I also got caught smoking a cigarette in third grade.
48. I don't swim in water that is less than 80 degrees F.
49. After seven years I still don't know my parents phone number by heart.
50. I get to eat at Fazoli's today :)
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Sorry I didn't return blog comments yesterday. I was trying to stay off the computer. Thanks for making me feel better about my sill indulgences. And LOL to all those trying to put baby #4 in my arms :)
Happy Wednesday!
Lots of interesting info Janet. You've led quite a life! :-)
Posted by: Mish Gasser | August 15, 2007 at 10:07 PM
ALL of these were a suprise to me in one way or another! I love all the facts - I do not know how you come up with them. I am jealous of the fazolis today - LOVE IT!
Posted by: MandaKay | August 15, 2007 at 10:52 PM
I love reading about you Janet :) I can totally relate to some things! I would love to sit down and make a list like that but I am the world's biggest procrastinator ;)
Posted by: Michelle Filo | August 15, 2007 at 11:50 PM
I love your "betcha didn't know" entries - great fun to learn more about you! Have a great day!
Posted by: Jacki | August 16, 2007 at 07:50 AM
Wow how very random! LOL! But interesting too! I will have to try doing this sometime, but I'm really horrible at those kinds of things, so we'll see. I think my favorite is: you don't like music but then you wished you had learned to play piano-LOL! That sounds like something I'd say-haha! Although I do actually like music (good thing since I majored in it!).
Posted by: Hollie | August 16, 2007 at 10:02 AM