100 things...

This was a very difficult task. I've been working on it for over a week now, and here it is finally....really, I have been working on it:
1. I have three cats - Beastly, Freeway, and Waldorf.
2. Five cats have called our house "home" since 1998.
3. We have a Halloween witch doormat at our front door. It has been our welcome mat since October of 2003. And at two different homes.
4. My mother is a red head.
5. So are my husband and best friend.
6. I had two college roommates that were red heads.
7. I have a red car.
8. And a red quilt on my bed.
9. I think I might have a slight affinity for red.
10. I collect pigs.
11. I love to cook.
12. I hate cleaning up after I cook.
13. I have 2 younger brothers.
14. I have had three last names in my life but only been married once.
15. My husband and I were married at his parents' house.
16. My in-laws rock.
17. I am an engineer (small "e" because I am not licensed yet).
18. We do not shop at Walmart.
19. I have a scar on my left thumb from when I cut it open with a box cutter one summer.
20. I hate roaches, but will not personally kill them. That is what husbands and cats are for.
21. I have three grandmothers.
22. There are 12 pine trees in our backyard.
23. I attended four elementary schools....
24. ....and 2 junior high schools.
25. I broke my wrist when I was 5 after falling off a jungle gym (which I wasn't supposed to be on).
26. The first pets I remember having are a German Shepherd named BB and a cat named Applesauce.
27. The first car I owned was a Chevy Corsica.
28. The first car I drove was a two-tone brown Chevy truck with a camper.
29. My first job was waiting tables. I hated it.
30. I worked as a cocktail waitress for one semester in college - I hated that, too.
31. My right foot is one-half size smaller than my left.
32. Movies and commercials can make me cry at the drop-of-a-hat.
33. When I was very young, I went to France and Spain - I don't remember much.
34. My college roommate cjh and I went to Grand Cayman one summer - I do remember that.
35. We also went to Disney World the next summer.
36. I have been to Disney World 3 times.
37. I would love to go back to college just to learn more.
38. I love Mexican food - especially Taco Cabana.
39. I took 5 PE classes in college. I think we were only required to take 3.
40. I have a hard time telling time on an analog clock.
41. I once made my mom buy me shoes with laces because I was afraid if I bought another velcro pair, I might forget how to tie my shoes.
42. I have never owned a slip 'n slide.
43. My cousin and I used to "design" pillows and blankets for our dolls out of Kleenex.
44. I once skipped school in elementary school and got caught because I answered the phone.
45. I could eat breakfast food any time of the day.
46. Breakfast food must be the first meal of the day.
47. Once I had a bad hair cut experience that left me looking like one of the Hanson brothers.
48. I was in college for seven years.
49. I earned two degrees in that time.
50. My wedding ring belonged to my husband's great grandmother.
51. My favorite flower is the Gerbera Daisy.
52. My favorite flower that I can grow in my garden is rudbeckia.
53. I was named after a series of French novels that I would classify as smut but others seem to find inspiring. There is apparently some historical relevance to them and the heroine likens the Reba McEntire song "Fancy".
54. I was severly traumatized during the softball/baseball unit of PE in 4th grade and therefore do not participate in team sports voluntarily.
55. At one point I had 27 place setting of my wedding china.
56. I have an "eye" for photography but lack the ability to capture those images on film.
57. I have issues with giant bunny rabbits (which makes Donnie Darko especially disturbing).
58. I collect childrens' books.
59. Mosquitoes consider me a gourmet meal.
60. I prefer "y'all" to "ya'll" because the former is slightly more grammatically correct than the latter.
61. I enjoy old lady sports such as crochet, cross-stitch, and solitaire.
62. Favorite episodes of Friends: "The One With All the Thanksgivings" because of Joey's reaction to Monica at the end. And "The One That Could Have Been Part 1 and 2" because Monica and Chandler still end up together in the end.
63. I was on the dance team in HS for one year.
64. I wanted to go to UT but was forced to go to A&M. I am now a die-hard Aggie.
65. I met my husband while I was in college. We weren't very fond of each other the first few years we knew each other. We are very fond of each other now.
66. I love maps.
67. I have a box of 16 crayons in my desk drawer at work. (See also 17)
68. I can often type faster than I can write.
69. I have mad EXCEL skilz.
70. I get cold very easily and my nails turn blue.
71. I have done the MS 150 1-3/4 times.
72. I have not been on a bike much since the last MS 150.
73. I have a history of bad food experiences at restaurants. Including, but not limited to: hair in food (as often as 2x in as many days), chipped tooth (Oh, but I got a $25 gift certificate for it), and trying new things rarely works out in my favor.
74. I was bald until I was 2 years old.
75. I easily get obsessed with books I am reading. So much so that it's all about what sacrifices I can make so that I can get back to reading.
76. I am a tree-hugger.
77. I love catalogs and sales papers (catalogs more probably because that means I've gotten mail).
78. I love napoleans...
79. ...and tomatoes.
80. I try to be barefoot as much as possible.
81. I always take a list to the grocery store.
82. I have to make lists so I don't forget things...or is it that I forget things because they aren't on the list?
83. The Friends character I am most like is Monica.
84. My husband would be Chandler.
85. My celebrity look-a-likes are Lecy Goranson (the original Becky from Roseanne) and Debbie Gibson.
86. I am a Coca Cola, Pizza Hut, cable TV kind of girl.
87. I have never had a cavity.
88. I played the clarinet in JrHS for 1 year then quit because I hated practicing.
89. I was first or second chair for most of that year.
90. I can count the number of times I have seen real snow on one hand.
91. I used to the be the tallest person in my family - now my brother is.
92. I have always wanted to be a teacher on some level.
93. My wedding cake was lopsided - on purpose.
94. I hate using public restrooms.
95. I love to dip my grilled cheese sandwiches in tomato soup.
96. I love to put Nacho Cheese Doritos on my peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
97. I love the smell of Cheerios in warm milk.
98. I once bowled a 152. My league average is 90.
99. I use the word "super" the same way some use "awesome" or "great".
100. I do not like the word "supposably". I think you should use "supposedly". Then I get frustrated with myself because I tend to play word games and will inadvertantly use "supposably".
101. I prefer childrens' literature to adult literature - it is much more adventurous.