Welcome to Closing Time's 100th post! Last week I was feeling quite overwhelmed at the prospect of doing this post. How on earth could I come up with 100 things about me, or something along those lines? I asked for advice from my readers, and you came through!
My favorite idea was to turn this into a MckLinky celebration that you can take part in too! Thanks so much to Stacey from Tree, Root, and Twig for giving me this idea!! So once you've read my post, please link up your 100th post, or your list of 100 things about you. If you don't have one of those, then feel free to get creative! You can post a photo of 100 things, page 100 of a book your are reading, or whatever you can think of, and then link up below! I am really looking forward to visiting all of your posts!
In honor of this post, M & E built a robot out of 100 Mega Bloks. Here he is!
As I said, I was overwhelmed at the thought of listing 100 things about me. Terri Lynne from Pleasing to You gave me the idea of dividing the list into categories. I thought this was a great idea too! In the end I had a hard time thinking of enough categories, I did a combination of random and categories. So here I go...
100 Things About Me
The Basics
1. I am 32 years old.
2. I am married to an amazing man named Phil.
3. He is from Australia.
4. We have been married for 9 years.
5. We have two little girls, ages 5 and 3.
6. I love Jesus with all my heart.
7. I am a new blogger...just started in March.
8. I am extremely fond of coffee.
9. One of my childhood dreams was to be a writer.
10. We have a kids music business called Here We Go Productions.
The Random
11. I really, really like tofu.
12. I am very picky about my meat.
13. I could easily become a vegetarian.
14. I could not, however, easily become a vegan. I am way too fond of dairy!
15. I played the tenor saxophone in high school marching band.
16. I tend to over-analyze most things.
17. I am really not gifted at sports.
18. I would rather read a book, or watch a movie, or blog.
19. In elementary school, I was usually the next to last picked for teams
20. I am okay with that now. :)
21. I don't mind doing laundry, but I hate folding and putting it away.
22. There are usually numerous piles of clean laundry waiting for me.
23. I don’t like to iron. This plus #22 are a bad combination.
24. My favorite espresso drink is a cappuccino.
25. I used to prefer the latte, but converted a few months ago.
26. My second hot drink of choice (after coffee) is a soy chai latte.
27. I like my coffee STRONG.
28. I have a strong aversion to fruitcake.
29. I also do not like my raisins mixed in other foods. Raisins alone are fine, but please do not
put them into muffins or cookies or the like.
30. My girls are almost exactly two years apart.
31. I am homeschooling them.
32. I never thought I would homeschool my kids.
33. Then I had kids.
34. I have rarely slept through the night for the past 5 years.
35. Both of my girls are very verbal. They have a lot to say, and they say it well.
36. I love that my girls ask lots of questions.
37. They both love hummus.
38. They think that the "pizza Mommy makes" is the best kind. (They mean frozen pizza.)
39. I do actually make homemade pizza from time to time. They like that too.
40. The girls really want a puppy, as long as we can get one that would never lick them.
41. We have no plans to get a puppy anytime soon.
42. My favorite kinds of ice cream are chocolate chip cookie dough and mint chocolate chip.
43. I once wanted to be a vet, but changed my mind when I found out I might have to put very sick animals to sleep.
44. I dream of having a vegetable garden someday.
45. For now, I grow herbs in pots on our deck.
46. I love windows and sunlight.
47. I also love dreary, rainy days.
48. I almost burned the girls’ pizza while writing this post. And no, it was not frozen pizza. It is
reheated “real” pizza from yesterday.
49. I switched from a PC to a Mac in 2003.
50. I have never looked back.
51. I always want to improve things.
52. Because of this, I wonder if I should switch from Blogger to WordPress.
53. I am rather indecisive (along with the over-analyzing).
54. So I am still with Blogger.
55. I can type well, but I write incredibly slowly by hand.
56. English was my favorite subject in school overall.
57. I never really was a fan of poetry.
58. I love international foods such as Indian, Thai, Chinese, Mexican, Greek, and Lebanese.
59. I love traveling by train, though I have not done so in several years.
60. I am an only child.
Favorite Places (in no particular order)
61. Budapest, Hungary
62. Sydney, Australia
63. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
64. Nashville, TN
65. Lake Bled, Slovenia
Favorite Television Shows
66. Lost
67. Chuck
68. Heroes
69. Fringe
70. The Closer
Favorite Children’s Books (in no particular order)
71. Richard Scarry’s Good Night, Little Bear
72. Home for a Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
73. Corduroy by Don Freeman
74. Richard Scarry’s The Bunny Book
75. Green Eggs and Ham By Dr. Seuss
Favorite Classic Movies (in no particular order)
76. Casablanca
77. Holiday Inn
78. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
79. North by Northwest
80. The Shop Around the Corner
Favorite Desserts
81. Cheesecake
82. Brownies
83. Apple Pie
84. Ice Cream
85. Caramel Cake
Favorite Modern Movies
86. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
87. The Bourne Trilogy
88. Pride and Prejudice
89. You’ve Got Mail
90. Conspiracy Theory
Places I'd Like to Visit (in no particular order)
91. Prague, Czech Republic
92. Venice, Italy
93. Alaska
94. Hawaii
95. Thailand
Favorite Bible Verses (in no particular order)
96. “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39
97. “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Romans 15:13
98. “For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.” Isaiah 11:9
99. “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.” Psalm 34:8
100. “Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the Lord is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.” Psalm 100
Now it’s your turn! You can link up your post below! Thanks for joining me!!
- Erin
