I've become a blogger

I've decided to join the blogging throng. I'm terrible about writing in a journal, and contacting friends and relatives, so.... maybe this will kill two birds with one stone! Since I have no idea what I'm doing, I'll start out small and simple. Maybe I can find a computer guy that will teach me more?! My cousin just blogged 100 things about herself. I enjoyed it, and decided that sounds like a good place to start.

1. I love Cheetos
2. I volunteer during math time at my daughters school
3. Big spiders terrify me
4. Snakes and mice don't bother me
5. I like to bake bread
6. I like to eat home-made bread
7. I am trying to grow a miniature lemon tree in my bedroom
8. My lemon tree only has 2 leaves left
9. I do all the bookkeeping for our home computer business
10. I tend to be a neat-freak
11. I like to read during my free time
12. I like jazz and country music
13. I don't like music that "vibrates through me"
14. My favorite movie/book is Gone with the Wind
15. I like cats
16. I just got a little black kitten and we called him Pepper
17. I like gardening and growing things
18. Each year I try to grow something new
19. Last year I grew eggplants
20. I learned that I don't like eggplant. No one in my family does
21. This year I am trying to grow blueberries
22. I like blueberries. So does my husband
23. I've been married for almost 16 years
24. I got married in the Logan, Utah temple
25. During my first year of married life I lived in a garage infested with spiders (see #3)
26. I have 2 sons and 1 daughter
27. Both my boys have autism
28. I speak to school groups and community groups about autism
29. My favorite color is green
30. I painted the exterior of my house
31. I will hire someone to paint the exterior of the house in the future
32. I like to paint inside
33. My home is painted with deep, bold colors
34. I have no sense of fashion
35. I usually wear jeans
36. The only bone I have broken is my toe, twice
37. I've had my wisdom teeth removed
38. I love being a mom
39. I hate it when my kids whine and fight
40. I teach sunbeams in church
41. I am the ward Girls Camp leader
42. I worked in the Tetons for a summer
43. I've traveled in 42 of the United States
44. I've never been to Hawaii, but plan on going next year
45. The foreign countries I've been in are Mexico, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, and Macau
46. I want to travel to Scotland
47. I didn't own a cell phone till 2 years ago
48. I drive a Chevy Venture mini-van
49. I live in the same town I grew up in, where my parents and grandparents live
50. I have an Associates degree in Sociology
51. I use a lot of post-its
52. I learned how to make quilts, and I try to make one every year
53. I like antiques - stuff with stories
54. I don't enjoy shopping, unless I have a lot of money to spend
55. I'm a stay-home Mom, although I'm seldom at home
56. I have 4o cousins
57. Can you tell that I'm a Mormon? :)
58. My favorite show is The Office
59. I have auburn hair
60. I always paint my toenails
61. When I was a kid I took two years of piano lessons
62. Chocolate is my friend
63. I had gestational diabetes when I was pregnant
64. Although Tony and I both have dark hair and eyes, our daughter is blond and blue-eyed
65. I like to watch hummingbirds
66. Mopping the floor is my least favorite job
67. I don't like scrap-booking
68. I can't seem to screw jar lids on straight
69. I look forward to the mail every day
70. I like to give presents to people
71. I like to get presents from people
72. My family is the most important thing in my life
73. I enjoy going to plays and shows
74. I can fix my own plumbing
75. I had tick fever when I was 9
76. I want a motorcycle some day
77. I like to go fishing, but don't like to kill the fish, so I let them go
78. I once dated a guy named Robert Redford
79. Strawberries are my favorite fruit
80. Green beans are my favorite vegetable
81. I don't really like ice cream
82. I love watching summer thunder storms
83. I am not a very good swimmer
84. I like to organize and sort things (give me a messy closet, and I'll whip it into shape)
85. Letting my kids go as they grow up is difficult for me
86. I'm terrified of sending my boys on missions
87. Horses scare me, but I want to learn to ride and overcome my fear
88. I like trying new foods
89. I tend to get myself into unusual (often comical) situations
90. I worked at KMart when I was a teenager
91. I sometimes dream about my high school days, and they usually turn into nightmares
92. I sleep on my side
93. I have every Louis L'Amour book
94. I live two block away from a level 4 biosafety lab (There are 8 in the US)
95. I just hope if I catch some flesh-eating disease, I'll go quickly! (See #94)
96. I like to watch people... we are all so absurd
97. There are wa-a-a-a-y too many remote controls in my house
98. If I don't write down appointments I forget them
99. I think I'm a happy, well-adjusted person
100. Everyone else thinks I'm a fruitcake