because everyone else is doing it...

Rules:Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1. I hate, hate, HATE Walmart.

2. I was planning to name my daughter Ava, but then I saw the name Madelyn on the back on someone's minivan (you know like one of those cheerleader or sports things with the kids names on them...) and instantly decided that was her name.

3. When I am overwhelmed I make lists. I usually lose them, but it makes me feel better in the moment.

4. I'm afraid of roller coasters. Even watching them on TV makes me a little nervous.

5. I was pretty much a straight A student in high school and almost never studied. Except for math, I suck at math.

6. I've spent more time in the hospital in the past year than I have in my entire life before that combined.

7. I worry about what negative genetics I will pass on to my daughter.

8. I moved out of my parents' house when I was 17 and back in when I was almost 21, back out again at 22.

9. I have a journal that dates back to 2003 and I skim through old entries occasionally to remind myself of how lucky I am to have made it to the life I have now.

10. The song "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan reminds me of my cat Smokey who was had to put to sleep after he had a stroke and went blind....12 years ago. I heard the song the night we had to put him to sleep and its stuck with me ever since.

11. I hate grocery shopping.

12. I love hot and spicy foods and sour candy. I'm talking so hot your nose runs and so sour your face gets all puckered up.

13. I met my (soon to be) hubby on e-harmony after only being on the website for two weeks.

14. My first kiss was when I was 12 years old in the woods behind my house. Then we got in trouble for sneaking off there alone...lol.

15. I danced (ballet, tap, jazz.... mostly ballet) for 10 years and I miss it SO much!

16. I was raised Catholic and now I have very negative views of the Catholic church. So much so that I don't go to any church. I have faith and practice religion in my own way.

17. I hated pretty much every second of pregnancy. But I love love love being a mommy! And I'm lucky enough to be able to stay home with my baby girl!

18. My dream is to live near the ocean with the beach outside my back door.

19. The only scars I have are one on my ankle from shaving my legs, and 4 on my stomach from having my gall bladder removed.

20. I love giraffes.

21. When I was little I would take turns sleeping with different stuffed animals so none of their "feelings" got hurt.

22. I've been on an airplane once. On a field trip. The plane never left the ground, obviously, but I kept asking my mom over and over to make sure we weren't going anywhere. I am deathly afraid of flying and I hate airports.

23. I'm addicted to watching those shows where people search for new homes, and then I get aggravated when they don't pick the one I think they should pick! lol

24. I absolutely love to gamble and for my 21st birthday I spent all night at Harrah's and lost $400. But I had a BLAST!!

25. I am probably the luckiest person alive to have the most patient, understanding, loving, hard-working, caring, funny, loyal, amazing husband that I do. Even though I probably don't tell him that enough. =)


I'm not tagging anyone because everyone has pretty much done it already!