Monkeying around...

100 things about me...I have seen lots of people do these lists and I thought it would be fun so here goes...

1. I am 35

2. I am 25 in my mind and 65 in my physical body

3. I love being a mom 99.9% of the time

4. I still can't believe I have 5 children

5. I wish my brother and I were closer

6. I only have 1 sibling

7. My mother died when I was 23 and she was 44

8. I wish I could afford to live more naturally

9. I love organic food

10. My oldest child is 13 and my only boy

11. My oldest daughter is one of my closest friends

12. I am married to a Naval officer

13. I have lived in 6 states in the last 13 years

14. I had 5 babies in 6 years 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, and 2000

15. I used to be thin and now I am well...fluffy

16. I like being in my 30's but am a little scared of my rapidly approaching 40's

17. I am still amazed at my life daily

18. I am a poor house keeper and don't care

19. I am shorter than my oldest child

20. I have a love/hate relationship with my computer

21. I like to think I know more than I really do about computers

22. I never graduated high school but still recieved my diploma

23. I graduated college with honors

24. I have only worked for about 6 months out of the last 14 years, so much for the degree ;)

25. I was in the US Navy

26. Sometimes I miss the Navy

27. I sometimes wonder what I would have done with my life had I not had 5 children

28. I like having 5 children and often wish that I had at least one more

29. I have had several miscarriages

30. I don't like to move but love living in new places

31. I am overly ambitious with my digital camera and have thousands of pictures I won't delete

32. A lot of those pictures are of almost the same shot

33. I like to cook some of the time and some of the time a abhor it

34. I like brussel sprouts, asparagus and lima beans

35. I used to be very religous

36. I let myself get too sucked into religion for the sake of religion alone YUCK

37. I have a short temper

38. I have more patience than I did when I was younger

39. I smoke and I wish I didn't

40. I have curly hair and of course wish it was straight

42. My hair was bright red when I was younger now it is auburn/brown

43. I straiten my hair when I can

44. This number reminds me of my Mama and I miss her so much

45. I had my last three children after my Mama died

46. I sometimes feel like I am the only person in my little world that has any manners and/or common sense, even my children behave better

47. I am ridiculously proud of my husband and how far he has come since we married

48. I am also ridiculously proud of my children's accomplishments

49. I have had back surgery and done time in a wheel chair

50. I have had a prescription for glasses since I was a child, but only now do I wear glasses

51. I despise pretentious people

52. I can't stand a copy cat

53. I have had melanoma and had a egg sized chunk cut out of my arm to remove it

54. I have had more minor surgeries than I can honestly remember

55. I don't carry the breast cancer gene, but my Mama died from the disease

56. I love really long sleeves and jeans that drag the ground

57. I love pasta, garlic, basil and italian bread

58. I am only Italian by marriage

59. I have 8 tatoos (2 of which cover surgery scars) and my nose is pierced and I don't have any regrets

60. I miss having a pregnant belly and feeling a wee one inside

61. Popcorn and chocolate are my favorite foods and a combination of both is heavenly

62. I don't drink soda anymore and don't miss it one bit

63. I am so glad that my children don't go to school

64. I think regimented learning sucks

65. I think grades suck

66. I think my children are the best people I could think of to hang out with

67. I have a love/hate relationship with my appearance

68. I like to knit and to crochet

69. I have sometimes paid my children to rub my feet

70. I am very sensitive to how others treat my children

71. I wish I lived in the mid 1800's

72. I used to make bread and think I may do it again some day

73. I love to look at photo albums of my family

74. I have a St. Bernard and he is sooo cool, and yes he drools

75. I love watching movies with my kids that I watched when I was a kid

76. I love slow dancing with my husband

77. I like to drink hot tea on cold nights

78. I love snow

79. I learned to watch and enjoy football last year

80. I can't see what people find so fascinating about golf and racing

81. I hate that my body hurts all the time, it makes me depressed

82. I have bipolar disorder type 1

83. I talk too much sometimes

84. I have come face to face with a porpoise in the ocean

85. I love to walk on the beach

86. I went to the Carribean last summer and loved it

87. I have extreme fears of getting lost while driving and don't do directions well

88. I love blogging even if no one but me reads it

89. I am a true procrastinator and also start many projects that I don't finish

90. I always jump into life with both feet, with me there's no such thing as testing the water

91. I like to stay up late and then sleep in and all but one of my children are the same

92. I have a fascination with extreme weather

93. Tornado warnings scare the crap out of me

94. I hated school as a child but made excellent grades

95. I dropped out of highschool twice and have no regrets about that

96. I wish I could live on a farm and have horses, cows, chickens and goats.

97. I love to lounge in my pj's all day long

98. I love to go out for coffee with my hubby

99. I like scary movies but don't want to watch them alone

100. I can't wait for my husband to retire so we can have a normal life

101. I did it! I honestly didn't know if I could come up with 100 things about me, but it was easier than I thought. I should do this about ever 6 months or so and compare lists. If you have never done it, you should. It was really kinda cool.