100 things about me

1. My favourite colour is Red
2. I was born in Montreal
3. I was raised in Nelson BC by my mom
4. My mom has been married twice
5. My mom has been widowed twice
6. My Dad is still alive
7. My mom’s first husband and the first man that I saw to be my dad was gay… he died of Aids in 97
8. I met my dad when I was 9
9. I met Simon through a BBS
10. I got married in 1999 at 21
11. I wore my “Docs’’ sandals under my wedding dress
12. He wasn’t my “style” but I fell in love with him instantly
13. I never wanted to get married when I was younger
14. I have never thought I could feel so comfortable with someone
15. I hate when he is not home
16. I have two amazing little boys
17. I am Tandem nursing the boys and will nurse them until they self-wean
18. I feel sorry for kids that have never been breastfed
19. I was never breastfed because my mom needed to take meds and was told that she couldn’t breastfeed me
20. I want to have 4 kids
21. I am an only child
22. I have a half brother and a step-brother
23. I have always wondered what it was like to have a real sibling
24. I have always wanted children
25. I want to adopt
26. I want to homeschool
27. I want to have a hobby farm
28. I would love to live in a communal setting
29. I hate crowds
30. As a child we lived in a house without electricity or a bathroom
31. I also lived in a ‘62 ford Econoline
32. I also lived in a tent for about 6 months
33. I have attended 11 schools, 6 of them before grade 6
34. I was in Foster care twice
35. My mother is/was a drug addict/alcoholic (and denies it)
36. My godmother used to shoplift meat by stuffing it into my coat
37. I have a love/hate relationship with my mother
38. I Have never had a ‘boys are yucky’ phase
39. I took 3 years of figure skating
40. I was in a choir for 4 years
41. I was in Air Cadets for 6 years
42. I was a officer for 2 years and taught drill and music
43. I hate Cadets and military
44. I played Trombone for 8 years
45. I was in two plays in high school
46. I did two musicals in College (Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar)
47. I designed/drew a poster for a play in College
48. I started College in Liberal Arts, I graduated in Creative Arts
49. I went half way across the country to study Native Studies and stayed only one semester
50. I graduated with a degree in Religion
51. I learned Hebrew
52. I am an Atheist
53. I have never believed in a god
54. I went to many different churches when I young
55. I don’t know what I could do with my degree
56. I love a good debate
57. As a child I was addicted to Archie comics and Judy Bloom novels
58. My favourite books are: The Pillars of the Earth, Wicked, Harry Potter, Narnia,
59. My favourite kid books are: The Butterfly Ball & the Grasshopper’s Feast, No Kiss for Mother,
60. My favourite movies: The Big Lobowski, Oh Brother where art thou?, Ghost World, Amadeus, Harold and Maude ( and well almost anything by Tim Burton)
    
61. My Favourite music: Barenaked Ladies, Great Big Sea, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Chris de Burgh,
62. I don’t wear make up
63. I don’t dye my hair
64. I only have 2 pairs of pants that I wear for days at a time
65. I only wear PJ’s at home
66. I hate having things (socks and shoes)on my feet
67. I get insulted if someone doesn’t take off their shoes coming into my house
68. I always remember the smell of people's homes
    
69. I have always wanted to write a book
70. I have worked as a cashier, receptionist, office temp, at a vet, grocery store sample lady, portrait photographer.
71. I am lazy
72. I bake bread every 1-2 days
73. I like window shopping
74. I am very sensitive to scents
75. I get offended if someone smokes close to me or my kids
76. I am a Leo
77. I was born in the year of the snake
78. I once saw a Lion up close at a sad little Cliffside “zoo” in Monaco
79. I have 2 tattoos : a sleeping lion cub on my ankle and a dove on my back
80. I love to travel
81. I have long strawberry-dirty blond hair & blue eyes
82. I am not afraid of getting older
83. I have two cats “Nelson” and “sparky”
84. 15 year old Nelson pee’s everywhere but I can’t imagine “putting him down”
85. I would start woodworking but don’t have money for tools
86. I want to make toys
87. I watch too much TV
88. I love to sew
89. I love to knit (Nelson peed on my last project though)
90. I have Asthma
91. I have had several operations: Tonsils and adenoids (removed), Appendicitis (removed), ruptured ovarian cysts, bleeding polyps in my gall bladder (removed) & a Spitz Nevus (Juvenile melanoma) on my cheek (removed)
92. I was once attacked by an army of ants
93. I was once attacked by bees (I had about a dozen stings)
94. I once came face to face with a bear
95. At 5 years old I persuaded a teenager to put me on his back while he dove off a 100 foot cliff into a swimming hole
96. I almost drowned in a lake at 1 year old, after a friend of the family dove three times and finally found my foot and brought me to the surface I squeeled ‘encore!’ (more!)
97. I don’t go to the doctor
98. I am scared of Dentists
99. I love staying at home
100. I would like to have more friends IRL