The 101st Post

I've seen it done on other blogs. It's not a bad idea. I'm going to do it here.

One hundred one things about me:

1. I am named after my grandfather.
2. My mother, my oldest daughter and I all share a middle name.
3. It's Kaye.
4. I am 5'10".
5. I wear a size 11 shoe.
6. Buying shoes is hard.
7. I love shoes.
8. My parents have been married nearly 34 years.
9. I am the oldest of 2.
10. My brother is 9 years younger than me.
11. Today, I am 31 and a half.
12. My parents still live in the first house they ever owned.
13. Brian and I have moved 7 times since we've been married.
14. That includes out and back in after Hurricane Rita repairs.
15. We have been married nearly 6 years.
16. We met on the internet.
17. My friend, Kellie, suggested I place an ad on Match.com.
18. We married nearly a year to the day after our first date.
19. Eloped, really.
20. To the Caribbean.
21. On a cruise.
22. My mother didn't speak to me for 2 months.
23. We were married on a Sunday.
24. I was barefoot in the sand.
25. It rained that day.
26. They said it was good for fertility.
27. We have 3 girls.
28. All born within the first five years.
29. The oldest is Lillian Kaye.
30. We call her Lily.
31. She was 3 weeks early.
32. She weighed 9 pounds, 11 ounces.
33. Fifteen months later, Darcy Suzanne.
34. She was 2 weeks early.
35. She weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces.
36. She was born during our Hurricane Rita evacuation.
37. In another hospital.
38. In another city.
39. By another doctor.
40. Third, Reagan Elizabeth.
41. Also 2 weeks early.
42. She weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces.
43. All babies delivered by C-section.
44. By 3 different doctors.
45. In 3 different hospitals.
46. In 3 different cities.
47. I was also a big baby.
48. I weighed 11 pounds, 3.5 ounces.
49. We expect there will be a 4th at some point in time.
50. In college, I was an English major.
51. I didn't finish.
52. I lived with my parents for 5 years after I didn't finish college.
53. I slept on a folding camping cot the whole time.
54. So long, that sleeping in a regular bed made my back hurt terribly.
55. Now we have a TempurPedic.
56. In the real world, I discovered I was good with numbers.
57. Especially numbers associated with dollars.
58. I want to be a forensic accountant when I grow up.
59. Except I'm already grown up and a stay-at-home mom.
60. Pre-SAHM, I was an executive assistant for engineers.
61. I loved my boss I worked with in Abilene, TX.
62. He gave me free reign to do what I needed to do.
63. I just didn't love Abilene.
64. I love magazines.
65. Especially Texas Monthly.
66. My guilty pleasure to read when I'm stuck somewhere are celebrity magazines like People and US.
67. I love Beverly Hills 90210.
68. And E/R.
69. Also NYPD Blue.
70. I watch/listen to them on DVD while I work.
71. My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving.
72. I love the food you can't/don't get any other time of the year.
73. Fall and spring are my favorite seasons.
74. I do not like cold weather.
75. I love the beach.
76. Except I don't get real excited about the water.
77. Unless it's in a pool.
78. I love to lay out in the sun by the water and feel the wind all day.
79. A pool on a beach would be the best thing ever.
80. I am very fair so I burn.
81. I used to think I was olive-complected.
82. Before I was married, I used to spend my days off alone on Galveston beach.
83. I miss those days.
84. I smoked Marlboro Lights for 8 years.
85. It's been 5 and a half years since I quit smoking.
86. I don't start again becasue of the effect it would have on my girls.
87. There are many days I miss smoking.
88. I have 3 tattoos.
89. One is a peach.
90. I like fine jewelery.
91. Especially diamonds.
92. My birthstone.
93. I am a Taurus.
94. Another of my tattoos.
95. Once I was engaged, I stopped reading my horoscope.
96. I am extremely emotional and get my feelings hurt easily.
97. Most people don't know that about me.
98. I love brownies.
99. And Coke.
100. After years of never having any "real" hobbies, I now have several that I have no time to do.
101. I have been a Christian since I was 8 years old.