1. Love the color PINK – even when it was not cool to do so
2. Have an AMAZING husband
3. Jonah & Micah = the cutest little boys EVER
4. Am blessed to have my super Mom so close (both in spirit and proximity)
5. Love to sing – anything
6. Plan to enter Perkins School of Theology within the next 3 years
7. Think the 80s are awesome (for movies and music)
8. Never want to relive high school
9. Am the youngest of 6 by 9 years
10. Have the same birthday as my sister, Zina – she received ME for her 9th birthday
11. Love Disney – everything about it
12. Speak French
13. Have a Honda Odyssey. . .yes, the mommy-mobile
14. Love the sound of my boys laughing and playing
15. Hate the sound of my boys crying
16. Know the Lord has plans for my future. . .a future with HOPE
17. Am grateful for my church family
18. Think my family is crazy, and I love them for that
19. Enjoy rainy afternoons
20. Wish Houston was not so darn hot
21. Am fairly crafty
22. Am currently obsessed with Facebook and MySpace
23. Would like to be closer to some of my family members
24. Miss my Aunt Kakar and Grandma Epps on a daily basis
25. Am sad my boys will not know their Paw-paw
26. Used to read all the time
27. Miss reading
28. Am addicted to TV – have been my entire life
29. LOVE that someone invented DVR
30. Think contemporary Christian music is great
31. Want to learn German and Portuguese
32. Am too judgmental of others
33. Know spandex is a privilege, not a right (thanks Paul V)
34. Miss the Tate family terribly
35. Want to teach my boys French
36. Wonder why people are so mean
37. Love to listen to Jonah have conversations with everyone
38. Shipley’s Donuts
39. Chips, salsa, guacamole and a tasty margarita
40. Wish I could travel more
41. Am so happy I did a study-abroad program to France
42. Love France
43. Think Chicago is a totally cool city
44. Am so thankful for Steph & Jenn and the years of memories we have
45. Know Brenda P. and I will have a ROCKIN’ VBS in June of 2009
46. Want to learn to play piano
47. Want to take voice lessons
48. Love to speak in front of large groups – just give me a topic
49. Am searching for the perfect kitchen
50. Enjoy cooking
51. Wish I had more time to cook
52. Want to be healthier
53. Do not know how to ride a bike
54. Think the Big Wheel ROCKS
55. Love true-crime stories (Patricia Cornwell, James Patterson)
56. Am a Ranger Babe
57. Am so thankful for the University of Houston Honors College
58. Think Dr. Ted Estess is the coolest man in academia
59. Sometimes miss life before kids
60. Would not trade a SINGLE moment of my life with my boys
61. Over think a lot of things
62. Love fresh flowers
63. Am so thankful for the gift that was my Walk to Emmaus
64. Used to be a florist
65. Have given 100s and 100s of tours of the University of Houston campus
66. Cannot wait to see my boys experience Disney World
67. Would like to take my Mom to France
68. Hope I can be accepting to the partners my boys choose as they get older
69. Think about having another baby daily
70. Know it is very hard to make new friends – esp. as an adult
71. Pray daily
72. Have super, super straight hair
73. Used to have blonde hair before having kids
74. Love pedicures
75. Miss teaching high school French
76. Keep in touch with a fair number of my former students
77. Think women like Marie Beezley, Adda Beisl, and Jane Poindexter are inspirations
78. Love costume jewelry
79. Have an addiction to purses, especially small evening bags
80. Wear sandals year-round
81. Hardly ever wear shoes inside my house
82. Eat out way too much
83. Have been married for 13 years
84. Knew my husband was “the one” about an hour into our first date
85. Enjoy Kraft Macaroni & Cheese
86. Would name Mary Poppins and Out of Africa as my all-time favorite movies
87. Miss really good movies (they are few and far between these days)
88. Am a pop-culture junkie
89. Can spend an hour looking for just the right greeting card
90. Hate getting messy (a real problem with two little boys)
91. Miss bathroom privacy
92. Enjoy a good argument
93. Love a plan of action
94. Wonder if I have enough “positive” things on this list
95. Am a grammar FREAK – seriously, my biggest pet peeve. . .people who do not proofread (even an email)
96. Wish some of my friends lived closer
97. Love seeing my boys run around in their “jammie” shirts before bed time
98. Thank God every day for my husband, my sons, and our families
99. Hope I never stop learning
100. Cannot wait until the next funny thing my boys do