I can't believe I came up with 100 things.. it took me probably a total of 4 hours! Here it goes!
1. Almost every member of my family lives in a different state: April – Northern Cali, Shannon – Utah, Dad – Florida, Mom – Texas.
2. I’ve never been in a real relationship with a “white” guy. Haha
3. I’ve been best friends with Jandi since 2nd grade. The first thing she ever said to me was “Are you a boy or a girl?” haha when I said “I’M A GIRL”.. She said.. ok, do you want to be friends.. and we stuck together ever since! (I wasnt very "girly" back then)
4. Jandi and I played dolls til we were probably 12 or 13 years old. I’m surprised that neither of us have kids yet!
5. Rich and I own a six foot red tail boa named Izzy. She’s bitten me once, and almost did a 2nd time… I have a hard time trusting her now.
6. Today was my 3 year anniversary at my job.. I look at peoples criminal records all day long.. it’s kind of annoying now!
7. My sister Shannon lost her 2nd son Mikah to a genetic disease called Gaucher’s Type 2 when he was 11 months old. This was the hardest thing that I’ve ever had to deal with. I can’t believe how strong my sister is!
8. When I was in 11th grade at Weber High, one of my best guy friends, Zane Jensen, committed suicide.. I sobbed uncontrollably for at least a week.. after that incident I never went back to Weber.
9. Jandi and I used to roll “cigarettes” out of paper and then we’d stuff them with toilet paper and burn them like we were smoking.. I’m surprised that neither of us turned out to be smokers.. or that we didn’t burn the field down that was behind her house.
10. In high school at Box Elder, right after I got my license I was taking all the girls to lunch and as I was pulling out of the stall I hit the car next to me.. I was scared so I just left… No one ever said anything about it ever again. LOL
11. I taught all my friends how to drive stick in my Geo Storm Hatchback that had many names.. The Bird, The Almond Joy, Etc… needless to say, my mom had to replace the clutch after only a few months… oops!
12. I have quite the extensive music collection.. I pretty much LOVE any and all music.. Except for scream-o.. I can’t really hang with that kind of stuff!
13. When I met Rich (I was 17) he had a girlfriend.. a few years later we ran into each other again and he was still with her (had been with her for 5 years)… but not for long.. He decided loved me instead… We’ve been super happy ever since.
14. I moved to Cali to live with Rich 2 months after we decided that we wanted to be together.. I still cant believe that I did it.. but it couldn’t have worked out any better!
15. I dropped out of 2 different schools in 11th grade.. I went back to Box Elder my senior year and graduated early.
16. I have a 3.87 GPA in college.. I’m pretty damn proud of myself.. not to mention I’m paying for it all out my own pocket!
17. I sleep with a special blanket every night.. I can’t sleep without it… and I don’t share it with Rich.. It’s mine and only mine!
18. I could watch Investigation Discovery or A&E all day long! I also love to watch Discovery Health, and sometimes TLC.. but I Love Love The Food Channel Nighttime!
19. My mom knows how to do just about everything! She was always the “Handy Man” around our house!
20. I used to have “parties” at my house when we were in intermediate/middle school with all the cool girls and boys and we’d play spin the bottle, or truth or dare! Truth or Dare would turn into.. you kiss him, or you kiss her! Haha… we were so lame! I love it!
21. I love food! But I’m not very adventurous when it comes to “new” or “weird” foods.
22. I ate my first piece of sushi last year! I was 22 years old
23. My first time at DisneyLand, I was 21 years old! My parents never took us to California even when we were growing up.
24. I used to spend most of my summers in Texas with my grandparents, up til I was about 12 or 13 years old.
25. I lived in Las Vegas for 5 months in 2005 until my nephew got really sick, then I moved back to Utah with my sister and the family. I loved living in Las Vegas… I made a lot of really neat friends!
26. When I was 2 years old, our neighbors down the street chow dog bit my arm, and almost took it off at the elbow.. if the dog would have yanked or shook my arm probably would have been mangled.. instead I just have a scar.
27. Even though #26 happened.. I still loved dogs so so much! I cant wait til we live in a place where we can have one of our own.
28. I love baking! It calms my soul when I’m having a bad day/week.. I get ALL my baking recipes from my mother/grandmother.
29. I am obsessed with kitchen stuff! When I have my own kitchen.. it will be packed with the coolest gadgets and appliances!!
30. I’m also pretty crazy about anything baby… be that human babies, baby animals, baby clothes, etc.. It freaks Rich out! He’s not ready for a baby… I’d say I am (but I’m really probably not!) lol
31. I have a tattoo that runs from the top of my ribs, to my hip bone… It’s a trail of stars.
32. I love anything that has to do with stars and space.. and I think its pretty cool that my dad works at the Kennedy Space Center as part of NASA and ATK Thiokol.
33. I don’t have a very good sense of style; I usually just copy of best friend Kathy when I need to go shopping! Haha
34. My parents were divorced when I was 12; my dad remarried when I was 13, and my mom remarried when I was 16. Mom is still married; Dad is back in the dating world! He’s such a ladies’ man!
35. I wish I knew how to do my hair super cute, like all my girls in Utah do.. I just don’t have the knack for it.. so it usually looks the same all the time (unless I get a little adventurous)
36. I remember A LOT of people from grade school to high school; But I always feel like they wont remember who I am.
37. I love any kind of Lillies; Especially the orange ones Rich got me for my birthday last year!
38. When Jandi and I were probably 9 or 10 we would walk around Brigham City holding hands and singing the song “Lean on Me” to each other. Ahhh… we were so cute!
39. My mom did nails the whole time when I was growing up, and I probably spent half of my childhood sitting in the salon watching her! I still see and smell it all so clearly. She now works at a prison in the admin office, and does nails on the side. I love her!
40. I cant watch movies in bed.. If I do, there is a 99.9% chance that I will fall asleep; ok, if its anytime after 8 pm.. I’m bound to fall asleep no matter where I watch the movie.
41. My Granny died last year, she was 99 years old! My other Great Grandma is in her early 90’s I think.. she still lives on her own, and is very competent! I think I can look forward to a long life.
42. I only have 2 cousins on my dads side; and only 9 on my moms side. Not a very big family at all!
43. I had a babysitter that lived around the corner, that would let her kids lock me in the closet and they would eat in front of me but wouldn’t feed me.. my mom didn’t let that last for long!
44. I was allergic to dairy when I was a kid, I was in a constant state of stuffy nose for years.
45. My sisters used to make fun of me cause when I was little I couldn’t hear and would say “what” all the time. My mom finally took me to the doctors and found out that I needed tubes in my ears.. bad! I really couldn’t hear, and now they feel bad for making fun of me.
46. My sisters used to chase me around that house saying “Heather’s a weed, Heather’s a weed”; I would cry and cry L Being the baby sister sucks sometimes.
47. I had a cyst on my lip that I would suck and bite on, I had to have it surgically removed, twice; I think I was probably 4 or 5.
48. I almost drowned right in front of my moms face at Belmont Springs.
49. When I was 2 or 3 we went boating with my moms uncle; we had been floating around in the lake with our life vests on when my mom made us get back in the boat for lunch. She asked me if I was done swimming and I said yes so she took off my life jacket.. well after 2 Doritos I decided I wanted to get back in and splash… I was back in without telling anyone; I remember the greenish color of the lake water, and the tiny bubbles rushing past my face. My grandpa saw from the other side of the boat so he jumped over the ladder, ripping his swim trunks, and saved my life!
50. To this day, I am deathly afraid of swimming in the middle of a lake, or even dipping into the Ocean.. I now consider myself to be a hydrophobic, but only of large bodies of water.
51. I’ve always loved my feet.. I think they’re pretty cute!
52. In 5th grade at Lake View Elementary the school was putting on the play Cinderella. I tried out to be either the fairy Godmother, or a step sister.. I did not want to be Cinderella.. plus all my best friends were trying out for that part so I didn’t want it.. Needless to say, they cast me as Cinderella…and Barry Boyce had to kiss my hand at the end.. I was so embarrassed!
53. I hate my nose.. I always have.. if I could I would get a nose job.. but Rich loves it, so he wont let me. Darn it!
54. I have never broken a bone. *Knock on Wood*
55. I am deathly afraid of getting into a serious car accident. One of my best friends, Amy Peterson died in one almost 2 years ago, and it only intensified my fear! I get so mad at Rich when he drives like a crazy person.. I’ve been known to start crying if I’m in a certain state of mind.
56. I already have baby names picked out for a boy or girl.. I dunno if Rich likes my boy name.. but I’ll talk him into it if it ever comes to that! But I’m not going to tell, because when I was 17 I told my sister I wanted to name my little girl Myka if I ever had a girl. As soon as she had her next baby, she went ahead and named in Mikah.. RUDE! But he is such an angel to our family now that I don’t mind at all.
57. I have a crazy sense of smell, I can smell everything and I’m famous for saying “it smells like*insert random thing here*”. My sister Shannon does the same thing.. we always laugh when we’re together cause we both end up doing it.
58. I fear that I take way to much Motrin. I’ve been trying to “wean” myself off of it for a little while.
59. I have freckles.. My boyfriends have always said that they like them.. but I think I have way to many.. Thanks dad!
60. I had a whole bunch of mini frogs when I was a kid, that I fed crickets too. They eventually all died; well when my dad was preparing to sell the house, he found the skeleton of one in the vent. SICK
61. If I were to ever receive a ring from someone, I wouldn’t want a huge brand new ring. I want an antique, beautiful ring. I think antique engagement rings are much more beautiful than the newly designed jewelry.
62. I love techno music, I also love country. Who woulda thought?!
63. When I grow up (hehe) I want to live in the country, and own a goat, a sheep, a horse, a cow, dogs, cats, chickens.. I love that stuff! Oh Oh and I want a huge garden! I love growing my own stuff!
64. I’ve had the same cell phone number for almost 8 years. I refuse to change it.
65. I would love to live in Costa Rica or Spain for at least a year.. I want to be submerged into the Spanish lifestyle.. plus I really want to learn how to speak Spanish.. what better way than to be forced?
66. My dream car is an Audi S5. I think it is the most beautiful car ever. But for now, Im stuck driving my Scion Tc.
67. I would also love to have a brand new Chevy Silverado 2500 for my hunny! He is defiantly a Chevy Truck man!
68. Rich and I bought a motorcycle last year. Its fun to ride around on nice days!
69. I am just about to start my spring semester and I’m scared to death that it’ll be too hard.. I’m taking Anatomy/Physiology, medical terminology, and health occupations. Please wish me luck! Haha
70. I hate spending money on books for school.. it seems like every time I’ve bought a school book, we hardly ever use it in class. It’s getting harder and harder for me to buy them!
71. I’m a people pleaser, so even though I don’t want too, and will get so frustrated with myself.. I will usually always do what someone asks me too. Especially at work.
72. I’m currently sitting in a prime cubicle, next to a window with a lot of desk space at work, but they are moving my desk across the office to a dark corner. I’m kind of pissed.
73. I love to go dancing with my girls. It’s been far too long because it’s kind of hard to have a girls night when we live 800 miles apart.
74. I’ve lived in OC cali for 3 years, and I still haven’t met anyone that is best friend worthy. Girls here are a lot different than those in Utah.
75. My biggest pet peeve is when someone finishes, or almost finishes eating something, and then puts the empty or almost empty container back into the cabinet/fridge. I get seriously pissed! Finish it and toss it!!!
76. I love love love Iced Tea! But it can’t be sweetened.. that makes it yucky!
77. I love to watch shows about babies, and pregnant girls.. Some day I’ll get to do go through all the joys myself.. probably not anytime soon though.
78. I bought a really nice digital camera that I am afraid of.. I need to take a class to learn how to use it. It really gives me anxiety.
79. My new favorite snack is hummus.. I just started making my own! It’s so easy!
80. Rich is an avid fisherman.. I just barely started fishing with him last year when I bought myself a pink ugly stick (Ugly Stick is the brand of a fishing pole). My first time using my pole, I caught an 10 to 12 pound Bass. Rich is still a little bitter about that day! Haha (He defiantly helped me reel it in and get it into the boat.. so I say we both caught it)
81. We got a Siamese kitten when I was 2. He died when I was 13. He weighed about 25 pounds. That was a fat cat! We say he died of a broken heart after my mom moved out.
82. I spend way to much of my time in front of a computer.. I should probably get my eyes checked.
83. I love the group of friends that I had in intermediate and middle school. Jandi, Angie, Todd, Danny, Brady, Tyson, Etc. I had a lot of fun times with them!
84. When we were probably 14 or 15 we would beg someone to drive us to Ogden so we could go to classic skating, and “meet boys”. If we went when Todd and Danny were there we would pretend we didn’t know them!
85. My sister and Sheena took me to the club “The Bay” when I was 14. I can’t believe I got in!
86. I am a recent huge fan of The Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles (hate the name, love the team).
87. I had a best friend names Becca when I was a sophomore, we hung out all the time and got a long really good. Then one day she stopped talking to me and to this day she still hates me.. I still don’t know what happened. Weird
88. I never liked my step mother; But I’ve always loved my little half sister. She’ll be 9 years old this year! I cant believe it!
89. My first nephew Aizik just turned 10! I still remember the day he was born. We stood outside the door when he was born and I cried when I heard him crying! He didn’t turn pink fast enough so the brought him out on an oxygen cart and let me administer the oxygen to him!
90. My 2nd nephew Eli was a different story.. I guess my mother asked my sister to let me stay in the room while she delivered. Worst experience of my life! I’m surprised I still want to have kids! My poor sister!
91. When I lived in Vegas I was all enrolled and ready to start massage therapy school, then my nephew got sick so I had to withdraw. I’m kind of glad I didn’t go through with it.
92. I’ve had way to many people that were close to me die. It is really hard on a person. RIP: Mikah, Zane, Dan, Amy, Chad, Josh, Sita, Eric, Amber, Aubrey. Tragic deaths are never a good thing!
93. I love my showers to be super hot.. it drives Rich crazy cause he’s “sensitive” to hot water.
94. I have the hardest time finishing bottles of Shampoo, Conditioner, Body Wash, etc. I always end up buying a new kind.. I have a basket full of half full bottles of stuff.
95. I LOVE bagels! Especially jalapeño cheddar ones with cream cheese!
96. My favorite TV show is Grey’s Anatomy.. and I get upset if I miss it! Rich knows not to mess with me at 9 pm on Thursdays!
97. I fear that I am going to be a way to over protective mother. I really don’t want my kids to be unhealthy, or under stimulated.
98. I’m obsessed with Palmer’s Cocoa Butter lotion. It’s the only lotion I use.
99. I have 0 artistic talent. It’s kind of sad.. I think it all got used up on my 2 sisters before me.
100. I really really really HOPE Rich gets him job back in Utah, or on a CalFire team so that we can move!
