Random facts about me

*I hate fruit pies.
*I was a cheerleader for 5 years.
*I ate my first bite of beef in over 3 years on vacation 2008.
*I walk my husband to the door every time he leaves.
*I have done this since we've been married.
*I've only NOT done it about 4 times in the last 17 years.
*I would rather read about doing something rather than actually doing it.
*For example, I have tons of books about cleaning and organizing the home.
*I also collect cook books.
*And I don't really like to cook.
*My favorite cookbook is titled "Quickies in the kitchen".
*I used to hardly watch any tv at all.
*But lately, I find myself watching often.
*The shows I watch are:
Jon & Kate plus 8
The Real Housewives of Orange County
American Idol
Big Love
The United States of Tara
Entourage
*But I usually have to catch Re-runs of these shows (except AI) Because I'm never home.
*My kids have been studying the Civil War for the past month in school.
*They had 2 days of activities and plays at the school this week
*Local TV stations and Newspapers were there.
*I was running late to get there by the time the teacher wanted me there(I was asked to help out) so I wore a sports tee and jeans and my Nike shox.
*I NEVER go out looking like that.
* And I ended up being both on TV and in the paper.. GAH!
*I recently learned that Mary Todd Lincoln had seances in the White House.
*In high school my class had to do a family tree. I found out I was related to the teacher.
*We were also related to Jesse James.
* I love to play DVD board games.
*I am a sports fanatic
*My love of reading started in 4th grade when our teacher read Pippy Longstocking out loud to us every day.
*I am not an animal lover.
*But my kids are.
*They would love to have a pet, but 3 of us have allergies that prevent it.
*My first pregnancy lasted 5 months.
*My baby died and they had to induce my labor.
*It was so hard to go through that pain knowing I wouldn't be rewarded with a healthy baby at the end of it.
*His name is Cole and he would have been almost 16.
*I can't imagine how different life would have been had that not happened.
*I think I am a better mother because of it.
* I just quit my job in January.
*I am still happy that I quit,
*but I want to start in school in August.
*I am going to the college to talk to the advisor sometime this month.
*I plan on going back to major in Nursing again.
*I was in Nursing school before, but I ran out of money for school when Greg got laid off from work.
* I didn't want to take out student loans.
* I still don't want to go down the loan route.
*I love the Shopaholic series of books.
*But the movie doesn't seem to be much like the book.
*But I plan on watching it anyway.
*I also loved the Twilight series.
*But I didn't really much like the movie
*I was raised in a very religious home.
*But I rarely attend church these days.
*Just because I don't practice religion doesn't mean I don't believe
*I do pray every night.
*It makes me feel peaceful.
*I like to thank God for all the blessings I have in my life.
* We always have season passes to Dollywood every year.
*I used to love roller coasters.
*But since I was in a car accident, I can't ride them like I used to.
*It hurts my neck for days when I ride them
*I really really want to go to NYC someday.
*Someday soon.
*I'm going back to Myrtle Beach SC again this year for vaca.
*I didn't think I would be able to come up with many random things about me
*I guess I was wrong.