My 100 Things About Me

Can you believe this is my 100th post?! I know it would have been more had I not deleted all the stuff from before I moved lol Still I know it is customary to do the "100 things about me" but I don't know if I can think of 100! I will try but trust me my life is pretty boring;-)

1. I hate Elvis...I will just get this one out of the way but he is nails on a chalkboard to me
2. I am the youngest of 7
3. I was named after a song by The Temptations called Barbara and not Barbara Ann by the Beachboys;-)
4. I was born and raised in Florida
5. My oldest brother named me
6. He died when I was 10
7. I miss him
8. He was 27 yo
9. It was a hit and run
10. They never found the man but I have forgiven him
11. I have been on my own since I was 16
12. I still lived on the same street most of my life including the last ten years of my marriage
13. I didn't mind living 3 houses from my Mom because she is a good cook
14. I miss her cooking
15. I don't miss Florida
16. I love Oklahoma
17. I graduated from a private school
18. I was 3rd in my class...hard to believe huh?
19. I was a cheerleader and played several sports
20. I graduated "Most Christian Leadership"
21. Yet two years later I married an unbeliever
22. That lasted almost 18yrs
23. We lived in West Palm Beach for 3 years
24. That was the only place other than Jacksonville I have lived
25. My children were all born at the same hospital with the same Dr
26. I was pregnant 5 times and lost 3 babies..I have 3 and that isn't creative math. My middle son was a twin
27. I took fertility drugs for most of my pregnancies
28. and Progesterone suppositories aka "slime bullets" to stay pregnant
29. Pregnancy was hard on me
30. I had hyperemesis with all of them
31. Labor was easy
32. I believe it was my trade off for vomiting 15+ times a day
33. My longest labor was 3 hours
34. Shortest was 1hr 45 min
35. I spent 30 weeks in bed on a heparin pump with the last one
36. I had a DVT from my groin to the back of my knee
37. That is why she is the last one
38. I wanted a "quiver full" but apparently my quiver is small;-)
39. I had natural childbirth with the last
40. I was induced with all three
41. pitocin stinks
42. I nursed all of them
43. I didn't want to nurse the first one and was stocked up on formula
44. He wouldn't take a bottle and I was too tired to fight him
45. He had colic
46. I think he stayed latched on for 3 months
47. He was 25lbs at 6 months
48. He is only 100lbs at 13
49. I didn't even own a bottle with the other two
50. I LOVED nursing
51. I also cloth diapered
52. We didn't use babyfood either
53. We coslept so the crib was for decoration;-)
54. Did I say I loved having babies? I did!
55. I am now a single Mom
56. I never thought I would be
57. I should have gone to college before I got married
58. I did go to Liberty University when it was still Liberty Baptist
59. I only stayed a couple of weeks
60. I couldn't stand that I couldn't listen to my own music
61. My music was contemporary Christian
62. It still is:-)
63. Music is a very important part of my life
64. even if I can't sing
65. I was still in chorus in highschool and choir in church
66. I can't dance either
67. I didn't wear pants for years
68. I still can't wear them to church
69. I went to a church with a lot of rules
70. Now I believe it is about a relationship and not rules
71. I was a bus kid so I went alone
72. I am thankful for my Sunday School teacher who introduced me to my Savior
73. I still talk to her 25yrs later
74. People who work in childrens ministry change lives and I am so thankful for them
75. It isn't my gift
76. My gift is compassion
77. I never thought it was a gift till I needed it
78. My life has changed drastically in the last year
79. I moved 1284 miles from my home
80. only to find my real home
81. God called me here...I am sure of that!
82. It was a HUGE leap of faith
83. One I am glad I made even if it was outside my comfort zone
84. I still don't feel grown up
85. I wonder if I ever will lol I am just a big kid with a lot of adult responsibilities
86. I love to laugh
87. but I would rather hear others laugh
88. I used to not have women friends
89. I thought all women were catty
90. now I really enjoy them
91. when I love someone they know it
92. I love with my whole heart
93. I do like that part of me
94. most of the time
95. sometimes I think I love too much
96. trying to think of 100 things is making my head hurt:-P
97. I know I have mentioned this but I am running out of things to say. ..I hate black ink.
98. I drink a lot of diet coke and I prefer it out of the can
99. I don't like ice
100. I did it but I'll bet you quit reading so I can put anything here and you wouldn't know lol

Well, that wasn't easy but it sure took my mind off my day...maybe I will share that tomorrow lol Nahhh but I will give you the brief version

dd had surgery
she took nap and woke up with a swollen eye
called Dr who did surgery and she said to bring her in
middle son decided it the perfect time to stick his tooth through his lip
oh the blood!!
and the screams
did I mention the massive amounts of blood??
Dr decided my hands were full so she called in a script for my dds reaction to whatever made her eye swell
I didn't know if he needed stitches and the blood was making me woozy
threw a washcloth on his face and jumped in car
called a friends dad freaking out and drove him over there
almost hit the same green van turning into their community that I almost hit this morning
did I mention I drive fast?
he went with me to the ER
the tooth went all the way through but didn't look too bad once the bleeding stopped
I still haven't cried but I am too tired to do that lol