100th Post!

100 things about me

1. I have the most wonderful two year old little boy.
2. I know this sounds corny but I truly believe God made Jason for me.
3. I love candy, like kiddy candy. Some of my favs are sour patch kids, gummy cherries, and gummy cokes.
4. I have no cousins.
5. I hate to make my bed.
6. I have a half sister who lives in California.
7. I’ve lived in 7 different states and Georgia is my favorite :)
8. I can be a little too honest sometimes and it can get me trouble.
9. My husband can make anyone laugh but me.
10. I took 8 years of French.
11. I always sleep in the left side of the bed.
12. I sleep on my tummy and like to cuddle with a pillow while I sleep.
13. I’m a freak about washing hands!!! I always have sanitizer with me.
14. Diet Coke is my favorite thing to drink. I need one at least a day.
15. I didn’t start drinking diet coke until I was 24. I used to like the leaded stuff.
16. I hope to have more children, God willing.
17. I have double jointed arms and hands.
18. I need it to be very quiet and dark to fall asleep.
19. I’m a very light sleeper.
20. I have a very strong sense of smell. I can tell if someone is smoking like 50 feet away.
21. I strongly dislike smoking.
22. I danced in Super Bowl XXVIII.
23. I saw OJ Simpson. (before the murders)
24. I met my husband when I was 19.
25. Our first date was on Valentine’s Day.
26. I don’t camp. EVER.
27. I hate being late for things. It drives me crazy!
28. I love to bake.
29. I love the color of my eyes.
30. I’d like to be able to run long distances one day. I don’t know if I’ll ever reach that goal.
31. I broke my collar bone when I was around two. I fell jumping on a bed. My parents didn’t realize anything was REALLY wrong until I didn’t want to eat my McDonald’s.
32. My favorite song is “With or Without You” by U2.
33. I don’t like coffee. The only thing I like at Starbucks is caramel apple cider.
34. I loved being a teacher.
35. 2nd grade was my favorite grade to teach.
36. My favorite season is the fall.
37. I love trashy reality TV. My husband hates this!
38. The only make up I wear on a regular basis is eyeliner and lipstick.
39. I’m very competitive when I play board games.
40. I LOVE anything Clemson.
41. C-L-E-M-S-O-N, fight tigers, fight tigers, fight, fight!!!
42. I don’t mind watching football.
43. I’m a horrible speller. Thank goodness for spell check!
44. I stay up too late almost every night and regret it every morning.
45. I hate going to bed mad, and I try to avoid it at all costs.
46. My favorite holiday is Christmas.
47. I knew Jason was going to be the man I marry very shortly after meeting him.
48. My husband cleans more than I do. I think that this a great thing!
49. I’m a dog person, I hate cats.
50. I’d like to go to Maine one day.
51. I’m not fond of knick knacks. I don’t collect anything.
52. I have a great sense of direction.
53. I never have cash on me.
54. I’m a Republican.
55. My view on abortion changed after having Ben.
56. I tend to want to fast forward during really scary parts of movies.
57. I don’t like the Harry Potter books. I was teaching when they came out and tried to read the first one and hated it.
58. My neck will flush when I get upset and sometimes it will for no reason.
59. My toenails always have to be painted.
60. I’m not a very adventurous person.
61. I have gotten migraines since I was about 5 years old.
62. I’m scared of roller coasters.
63. I love to read magazines, especially the ones like US weekly and People.
64. I love the Food Network, though I don’t watch as often anymore.
65. I have a horrible singing voice.
66. I love to snuggle.
67. I’ve had the same best friend since I was in 4th grade.
68. Growing up I was always a “good girl.” I never got in trouble and followed the rules.
69. I’m a picky eater.
70. If I could only eat one thing for the rest of my life it would be bread and butter.
71. My sign is Aquarius, I am nothing like it.
72. I love office supplies.
73. My high schools years were good but college was GREAT!
74. I laugh at my own jokes.
75. My middle name is Michele.
76. I’m not good at decorating. I wish I was though.
77. I never write in cursive. My print is much better.
78. I wore bangs for too many years.
79. Most perfumes give me a headache.
80. I didn’t start wearing my contacts until my senior year of college.
81. I love to swim.
82. I just started to enjoy reading after not being interested for years.
83. I have recently been reading 2 books a week.
84. I need to go to church more but Ben is not really loving the nursery.
85. This is harder than I thought.
86. I have many ODC tendencies.
87. I can play the flute or I could.
88. I watch Young and the Restless everyday.
89. I’ve thought about going to culinary school. Specifically, pastry.
90. I don’t mind doing laundry just putting it away.
91. I don’t know how to ride a bike but rode a tandem bike with Jason a few years ago at Hilton Head.
92. I was born in Chicago. Most of my family is from there.
93. I tend to take on leadership roles when I join any kind of group or organization.
94. I LOVE the Twilight series. Love, love, love Edward.
95. I don’t’ have any tattoos or weird piercings.
96. I spend too much money at Target.
97. Flip flops are my favorite type of shoe. I didn’t like them until about two years ago.
98. I love breakfast for dinner.
99. This took a lot more time than I thought!
100. The little things in life make me happy.
     

Copy Cat

A friend of mine is writing down things that she is grateful for and I thought that I'd do the same. It is helpful when you think things aren't going well or just need a reminder of how lucky you are. I'm going to try and do this everyday and go through the whole alphabet.


Applesauce - It is one of the few things that I can always get Ben to eat. Meal times are not always so fun around here. (see here)

Air Supply - I love their music! Just makes me want to sing out loud.

Acceptance - Something I'm thankful that I have from my wonderful husband :)

Our Family on the 4th

Wordless Wednesday

I may not eat a lot of things but I LOVE donuts!!!!

Terrible Twos

We have officially entered the Terrible Twos. My sweet little boy has moment where he can turn into this.....





Crying, screaming, hitting, and biting are just a few of the lovely things that my child will do during a "fit."

I understand that this can be considered as normal behavior during the Terrible Twos but it doesn't make it any easier to handle.

My biggest struggle is that he WILL NOT eat. I mean anything. Right the ONLY things that he will eat most of the time is yogurt covered raisins, applesauce, and pretzels. Forget about real vegetables. Any kind of protein, not a chance. Thank god he still drinks his milk twice a day. After each meal time I feel like throwing a "fit!"

I know that I'm extra sensitive about his food intake because he was a preemie and has always been low side of percentages for his weight. He is also a thrower upper. I mean a slight gag and his entire meal comes up. He also (occasionally) throws up during bedtime or nap but that is a whole other post.


If anyone has ANY advise on how to weather the storm I'd gladly take it!!

Foto Friday

Here are a few things we've done in the last two weeks.

Strawberry picking
(more like Mommy picks and Ben runs up and down the rows!)

playing in the fountain at the near by town center

Can't wait until November!!!!!