Happy Birthday to Me!

For my birthday post, I usually like to add another 100 things to my "About Me" list, but this year I could only come up with another 50. I either need to really dig deep or start doing more interesting things. Hmm.

1. I don’t like blog and text abbreviations like LOL.
2. I am more fun than I think I am.
3. I’d like to go to Ireland.
4. I have A LOT of scissors.
5. I love laughing really hard anytime, but especially in movie theaters.
6. I’m learning that I’m a much more loving person than I tend to think I am.
7. My gym closed last September.
8. I hate it when people (even myself) whine. I have a “whiny kids take naps” policy, which applies to me as well.
9. I have “dryer sense” which is a lot like spidey sense. I start to get irritated with the noise of the dryer and decide to go check it always when it’s about to buzz. Weird.
10. I am plagued by phantom boogers.
11. I am my own worst enemy.
12. I really hate driving over speed bumps.
13. My left ankle can pop countless times a day if I rotate my foot around.
14. I still really hate the word “hubby”.
15. I always use my pinky finger when using public buttons like ATMs, debit card swipers and so on. It seems more sanitary since that finger is less likely to end up in my eye or mouth.
16. I have never referred to myself as “mommy”.
17. I love it that our kids have keen senses of humor.
18. I recently realized I mentally assign each month a color. January is grey, February is pink, March is green, April is yellow, May is lush green, June is bright orange, July is yellow, August is yellow/brown, September is a warm orange, October is golden, November is tan, December is red. How about that?
19. I started taking Fish Oil and Feverfew (for migraines) this year and I can tell a difference.
20. I sometimes feel like I’m trapped in a fat suit.
21. I hate it when there’s no eraser on a pencil. This happens often around here because Whitney uses the erasers so much.
22. I’m not a strong bowler.
23. I hope my enthusiasm for singing makes up for my lack of ability.
24. Landon told me I would have another baby before I’m 50, yikes!!!
25. I’m done having babies.
26. I wish I could get a glimpse of my potential (perhaps in a dream) to help motivate me in my life.
27. I enjoy the unpredictability of spring most of the time.
28. Target Brand’s Assorted Berry flavored antacid is a life saver for me.
29. I’d like to go up in a hot air balloon.
30. I really, really, really want to go to Paris with Randy and the kids this fall and am looking for sponsors at this point.
31. I think I’m addicted to chewing pebble ice.
32. I’d like to get a pedicure at least once a month.
33. I keep a Word document with this running list of stuff about myself, but I think I'm running out of details.
34. I almost always have a song running through my mind and often it's triggered by a word in a thought. So I find myself thinking, "Where did that song come from?" and then I'll remember that I said a certain word and my brain ran through its files and produced that song. I'm sure this is brilliant is some way, but thus far has not proved useful.
35. I'd really like to have health insurance.
36. I wish the birds that frequent our bird feeder would let me hold them.
37. I am tired of feeling tired.
38. My reading retention has not improved.
39. I love Netflix!
40. I think the Dyson vacuum is overrated.
41. I love it when the recycling gets picked up and wish it was weekly instead of bi-weekly.
42. I would really like cozier bedding.
43. I've officially reached an age where I fear certain activities will permanently injure me. For example, I'd like to do a backflip off the diving board, but I'm afraid I'll end up in a wheelchair if I attempt it.
44. I'm excessively fond of of the Old Fashioned Chocolate Glazed Donuts from Maceys.
45. I love going to Michigan!
46. I never get sick of watching British period movies (Adam calls them "Oh Mr. Higglybottom!").
47. I'd like to be really good at something.
48. I sometimes wish I could cry more easily.
49. I'd like to be more of an "out of the box" thinker.
50. Apparently I'm 38 now.

**Do you have a hard time coming up
with more items for your list?
Do we share any similarities?**