Has it been one hundred posts already? Some of you are saying, "Lord, yes! And let it end!"
Well in the great blog tradition of the one hundredth post, here are One Hundred Things About Me.
1.) I'm an only child.
2.) I am the mother of five girls.
3.) I wanted eight children.
4.) Want...ED. Now I figure I'll get five sons when it's all said and done.
5.) I bite my fingernails.
6.) I love mystery novels (mysteries, not suspense).
7.) I love mystery movies or TV (again, not horror or scary stuff...just good ole who-done-its)
8.) My favorite dessert is plain Breyer's chocolate ice cream.
9.) I was trained as a classical pianist.
10.) I taught piano lessons for four years.
11.) My husband is my best friend.
12.) I like doing laundry.
13.) I hate cleaning bathrooms.
14.) I have a weird gross-out threshold...it's very long in some areas and instantaneous in others.
15.) Chewed gum is at the instantaneous end!
16.) I won a national speech competition when I was 16.
17.) That speech, against teen suicide, saved a close family members life.
18.) Three of my girls were born at home.
19.) I had an imaginary twin sister when I was a kid.
20.) My Granddaddy was my hero.
21.) I have terrible depth perception...don't ask me how far it is to the nearest Starbuck's.
22.) I would prefer to never drive after dark again...probably the depth perception thing.
23.) My dad tells people, accurately, that I am his child from his first marriage.
24.) He then, accurately, calls my mother his second wife.
25.) Growing up, I had a puppy named Doobie, and a hamster named Toke.
26.) I gave my heart to Jesus at a Billy Graham meeting when I was eight.
27.) Doing the right thing has always been important to me...important, just not easy!
28.) I can bind up other people's wounds no problem, but nearly faint at my own paper cut.
29.) I have not spent one, single night away from my husband in over 18 years of marriage.
30.) I once put an entire cue ball in my mouth.
31.) As the captain of the cheerleading squad, my nickname was the "Mouth of the South".
32.) I have two earrings in each ear, but can not imagine piercing anything else, even though
33.) I've given birth five times with no pain meds.
34.) I thought Algebra was fun.
35.) I have never read the Bible from cover to cover.
36.) I don't like college sports of any kind...no offense, just not into it.
37.) I do immensely enjoy NFL football!
38.) I was a Home Interiors consultant back in the day.
39.) and a Creative Memories consultant.
40.) If I could do anything in the world it would be preach...often.
41.) I don't like milk.
42.) Anything rose scented (except actual roses) gives me a headache.
43.) I'm not a dog person.
44.) I always wanted a son (like John-boy) when I was NOT pregnant
45.) but always hoped for a girl during each pregnancy.
46.) I had one of those "love at first sight" experiences with my husband.
47.) My dad was an alcoholic during my pre-teen/teenage years (he's sober now).
48.) My mom is battling bi-polar/depression issues.
49.) I love to sew, but rarely do.
50.) My mom taught me to use a pattern.
51.) My grandmother taught me to NOT use a pattern.
52.) I feel I talk too much in a group.
53.) I use humor to cover up nervousness.
54.) My ideal vacation is being any place with my husband, no kids, a stack of great books, and a fireplace.
55.) I've never flown on a commercial airplane.
56.) I do not recall ever seeing snow. (I'm told I did as a small child.)
57.) I have lived in Florida all my life.
58.) I sing ALL THE TIME, just not very well.
59.) I think I make the best spaghetti in the world.
60.) My weakest link in life is my inability to admit when I am wrong...to my husband.
61.) More than anything, I want to be perfect in his eyes.
62.) I have adorable feet.
63.) I taught myself to quilt.
64.) I really, really hate to sweat.
65.) Getting wet in the rain isn't high on my list either.
66.) My favorite nursery rhyme was "The Owl and the Pussy Cat".
67.) My favorite children's book now is "If You Give a Pig a Pancake".
68.) I have an inordinate fear of snakes...it's really bad.
69.) I plan to be delivered from it!
70.) I have been delivered from a paralysing fear of heights.
71.) My approach to most things tends to be "all or nothing".
72.) I'm bad about shouting when I'm excited, angry, being emphatic, whenever.
73.) I'm a grammar nerd, but not a grammar snob.
74.) I almost gave birth to my second child on the toilet.
75.) I am organized, but not a perfectionist. Good enough is good enough.
76.) If I could I'd wear PJ's all day, every day.
77.) Wanna make my day? Order Chinese food for dinner!
78.) I'm a gift-giver. I rarely come home from anywhere without something for someone...it's hardly ever for myself.
79.) I do not regret not going to college.
80.) I do wish I had chosen to be ordained along side my husband.
81.) I am a sap. I cry at every tear-jerker movie, ad, song...I'm ridiculous.
82.) I carry an embroidered handkerchief to church every Sunday, and make sure to wear waterproof mascara.
83.) I am a good mom.
84.) I am a good wife.
85.) I think I was born in the wrong century.
86.) Politics make me cranky.
87.) The liberal media makes me homicidal.
88.) I try to steer clear of both.
89.) Sesame Street was born the same year as I.
90.) I cried very hard when I heard that Fred Rogers had died.
91.) I need to read for myself; I have trouble comprehending what others read to me.
92.) I read very fast.
93.) I enjoy learning new things.
94.) I love meeting new people.
95.) I find change exciting, but often get stuck in the comfort of routine.
96.) If I could change one thing about myself it would be my weight. (Hey, I can change that!)
97.) If I could change one thing about my family it would be that they could each see themselves as I see them! Scratch that: that they could see themselves as God sees them.
98.) I miss my grandparents so much it hurts...frequently.
99.) I wish to be so much more Christ-like than I will probably ever be.
100.) I have more than I will ever deserve.
With seven people in one house, six of which are here pretty much 24/7, things get messy. 
