Hello friends,
I have been spending a great of time thinking about 2011 and looking forward to 2012. I want to make sure that I am making myself a better, smarter, and stronger person. I have been talking with others, reading, thinking, and trying to plan my next steps in life.
Remember when I reflected on how my life has been brought to you by the letter C? http://catherinegoestofitnessridge.blogspot.com/2011/02/carpe-diem.html
Well, now I just realize that it is so random. Based on @steveinaSpeedo 's website and blog, here are the 100 randomnesses (I know that is not a word) of my life.
1. I can not play any musical instruments - totally tone deaf
2. If I owned a wiener dog, I would name him Relish
3. I was born at 10am
4. I was sent home from elementary school early once for starting a riot on the snow hill
5. I wear glasses and hate it, but do not qualify for laser eye surgery
6. I look and feel better with a tan
7. I am not a morning or night person, I am a 12:35pm person
8. I wish the world wasn't "scent free" because I would be covered in CoCo Chanel
9. I loved the show Beverley Hills 90201 for years and still do "knuckles" with Lennie when we hear the theme song.
10. Lennie will be upset with me for telling people that he watched 90210 and still does the knuckles thing
11. I am addicted to coffee
12. I love the color yellow
13. I love to get mail of any kind
14. I love the smell of Old Spice cologne
15. If I lived in the US I would totally be one of those extreme couponers
16. I am a momma and daddy's girl
17. Knitting is one of my favorite things to do
18. People do not believe that I can knit - see #17
19. I had the best grandmothers ever and a sweet grandpa
20. I take a bath everyday
21. I had skin cancer on my leg and now bathe in suntan lotion
22. I collect seltzer bottles, hat pins, perfume bottles and letter "Z"s
23. I love the smell of bonfires
24. I was suppose to be called Zoe or Lorna
25. I'm cheap
26. Video games bother me
27. I once ate (OK more than once) an XL pizza myself while watching the Biggest Loser
28. I hate everything having to do with snow
29. I get seasonal effectiveness disorder so I lay in the sun on the carpet in our family room Sunday afternoons in February
30. My mom got my ears pieced when I was 6 so that people would stop thinking I was a boy
31. I sucked at school because I am sure I had ADD
32. My dad spell checked my thesis for my M.Ed and it turned into a total rewrite. He says he really enjoyed helping me, I say, never give a grammar expert your thesis the week before it is due.
33. I spend a lot of time and money on my skin so that I will not look my age as I get older
34. I once won a chili cooking contest by using canned chili and adding a couple more veggies and spices
35. I always get my suitcase out 1 week ahead of a trip and start the packing process
36. I give everyone a nickname
37. Plane turbulence scares the crap out of me
38. Lake Louise is the beautiful site I have ever seen in person, I am hoping that Kenya 2014 beats it
39. Skiing sucks
40. I only have 9 toenails - lost one permanently after an accident at the mall where my foot got run over by a wheelchair
41. I having hearing and a sense of smell like the bionic woman
42. Motorcycles scare me as I saw too many accident photos when I was an insurance claims adjuster
43. I don't trust horses
44. ...or lazy people
45. ...or door to door sales people
46. Cancer has changed me
47. ...so has marriage
48. ...and becoming a teacher
49. People tell me they like my laugh
50. ...and that I sound exactly like my mom
51. ..but look exactly like my dad
52. I married a person who LOVES talking on the phone
53. I hate talking on the phone
54. I once found a $100 poker chip on a casino floor and spent it
55. People say that I am bold
56. ...because my fundamental purpose in life is to tell the truth
57. ...so, if you do not want to know, do not ask me
58. I am afraid to swim in the ocean
59. I went to school in Paris and never went up the Eiffel Tower
60. Every December I pay the bill of every person behind me at every drive thru
61. I suck at grocery shopping because I just buy whatever
62. When I am scared or upset I imagine myself sitting on the beach in Cuba when we visited there during spring break.
63. I get a lot of things done while brushing my teeth - big time multitasker
64. Speeding tickets - 2, traffic violations - 1, parking tickets - lots
65. Flannelet pajamas rule
66. I can't leave my house unless my kitchen is clean
67. I golfed 9 holes the morning of my wedding because my mom and I set a goal to be so organized that we could
68. Easter is my favourite holiday because of it being spring, having chocolate, and a 4 day weekend.
69. I have very little body hair - helped when the thyroid meds made the rest of it fall out.
70. I screw up every day
71. Being a baker would be my dream job
72. Slippers are my favourite footwear.
73. Swimming in Potash Lake, Ontario with my family are some of my favourite memories growing up
74. The smell of diesel fuel makes me sick and that is why I always feel nauseous on plane trips
75. I have never been to New York City
76. ...or California
77. ...or the Grand Canyon and I really want to!
78. My dad wrote me a letter every week that I lived in France and I still have them
79. I have never beaten Lennie at Checkers
80. ...or a thumb war but there is still time
81. Losing my thyroid has really sucked because of the side effects
82. Ricardo's Pizza in downtown London was the greatest pizza ever
83. If I am ever mad at you, take me out for dinner and you are forgiven
84. I need validation
85. Someone once said I was tenacious and I didn't know what it meant but I knew I liked being called it
86. I love the idea of social media - perfect for someone who wants to remain close with people without ever having to leave her house
87. I will run a 5:?? marathon
88. I have accomplished 1/2 the things on my bucket list
89. I never thought that I would be happily married
90. ...because I know I am "difficult"
91. ...not high maintenance, but complicated
92. I have never finished a Rubik's Cube
93. I will win a reality show one day
94. It takes me 37 minutes to get ready in the morning and it shows
95. Being a leader is hard work
96. ...and so is being a wife
97. ...and friend, but they are the greatest gifts I have been given
98. Our home gets a ton of magazine subscriptions
99. I hate surprises
100. I can't wait to see what the rest of my life brings
