100 things

1.  i am quite a free spirt

2.  but i tend to look pretty conservative

3.  i have 6 tattoos

4.  i used to have my belly button pierced, but took that out in my early 20’s

5.  i only have my ears pierced now

6.  i played the violin for 10 years

7.  i grew up in los angeles

8.  i did gymnastics for 8 years

9.  i was on the swim team in high school

10.  swimming is my favorite sport

11.  i think boys who play soccer have the best bodies

12.  i love music and listen to all kinds

13.  i grew up going to concerts and have been to over 50

14.  my most favorite concerts were duran duran, oingo boingo, lalapalooza ‘94 and blink-182

15.  i used to be really into Disney, worked at The Disney Store and had an annual pass to Disneyland for several years

16.  i haven’t been to Disneyland in over 10 years

17.  i love to read and am always in the middle of at least one book

18.  i recently joined a book club

19.  i am going to have my first baby this august

20.  i am going to have a midwife deliver my baby at the hospital

21.  we haven’t decided on a name yet, so we’re calling her little miss peanut until we do

22.  i have never been close to my mother or my father

23.  so i am really thankful for all the wonderful girlfriends i have in my life

24.  and of course my husband, too

25.  i take anti anxiety/depression medication that helps me tremendously

26.  i have a mini heart murmur

27.  growing up, i spent 4 summers in germany

28.  the last time i was in germany was in 2002 with hubby, before he was my  hubby

29.  i have never been anywhere else in europe, unless you count heathrow airport in london, which i don’t

30.  i have always wanted to go to the french riviera

31.  i have been to many of the states in the us

32.  i especially like the southern states

33.  new orleans is my favorite city

34.  i have also been to mexico and canada several times

35.  i have never been to new  york, but would really like to go

36.  hubby and i go to scottsdale for the giants spring training every year

37.  i am an alcoholic and have been sober since september 21, 2005

38.  this year i will celebrate 3 years sober

39.  hubby will celebrate 12 years sober this december

40.  i don’t always like aa because a lot of the people are really judgemental and fake

41.  hubby says that the aa where we live is different than other places he has lived

42.  neither hubby or i like where we are living and want to eventually move

43.  we live in a mini farm house that was built in 1920

44.  we rent so we can save to buy a house one day

45.  we have a veggie garden and a memorial garden for our beloved kitty, finn, who died last year

46.  it took me 8 years to get my undergraduate degree because i had such a good time in college (read: liked to party too much)

47.  i went to several different schools and finally graduated from san francisco state university

48.  one day i would like to go back and get a master’s degree

49.  i work in the hospitality industry and i hate it

50.  i worked in politics for 8 years and it was crazy

51.  i still have a lot of friends who work in politcs so i’m still am in the know

52.  we have two cats, atticus and sawyer, who we love dearly

53.  we rescued both cats when they were kittens from the animal shelter

54.  this year i traded in my 2000 saturn (that i had since 2000) for a 2004 volvo cross country and i love it

55.  i feel like a grown up in my volvo

56.  i tend to have a dry sense of humor

57.  i love inside jokes

58.  people who are intelligent go far with me

59.  people who write well go even further

60.  i don’t like people who are pretentious, passive agressive or bible beaters

61.  i respect that everyone has their own religious view, but i don’t like their views pushed on me

62.  i am spiritual but do not follow any particular religion

63.  i grew up roman catholic

64.  i was baptised, had my first communion, was confirmed and was married in the church

65.  i am a big believer in free will

66.  i also belive in karma and what goes around comes around three fold

67.  i have an interest in wicca

68.  i love watching law & order but don’t like the new cast so i mostly stick to reruns or watch ci & svu

69.  on the weekends i like to catch up on smut tv on e!, mtv and vh1

70.  i read us weekly, the new yorker, self, vanity fair and reader’s digest each month

71.  i can no longer read cosmo or glamour because i can no longer relate

72.  i love getting pampered at the spa, though i rarely go

73.  i was humbled the other day when i fell off a step ladder and sprained my ankle.  i know realize i need to slow down and ask for help when i need it.

74.  german was my first language

75.  i was adopted on halloween when i was 6 weeks old                                                  

76.   both of my parents are in their 70’s

77.  i am 40 years younger than my mother and 37 years younger than my father

78.  my biological mother was 19 when she had me and my biological father was 21

79.   i don’t know anything about my biological history

80.  but not for a lack of trying, either

81.  i love going to sporting events especially soccer and baseball

82.  i grew up a dodgers fan but now i’m a giants fan

83.  i like guys with dark hair and colored eyes

84.  i’ve never been attracted to blondes

85.  i like guys who are in shape but who aren’t beefy

86.  hubby and i will be married 5 years this summer

87.  we have been together 8 1/2 years

88.  if i could live anywhere, i would live at the beach

89.  i grew up going camping but haven’t been in years and i miss it

90.  i love getting together with girlfriends for brunch or a long lunch

91.  i like to hike in the redwoods

92.  i don’t really like the snow.  i can handle it for a weekend, but i wouldn’t want to live in it

93.  i’m a big stickler on good grammar.  it drives me nuts when people have poor grammar.  there really is no excuse.

94.  i’m a really bad speller.

95.  i like to write short stories, but am always too nervous to try and get them published

96.  i would rather publish a book of short stories than a whole novel

97.  i used to be really good at swing dancing and even competed a few times

98.  i did all kinds of tricks and flips with my partner

99.  i wish i could dance again like that

100.  i hate long fingernails