100 things...in the making....

1. I just turned 40 years old.
2. DH and my best friend, Teresa (and her hubby), planned a surprise weekend for me which I knew nothing about.
3. It made turning 40 much easier!
4. I work a full time job plus a part time job.
5. I love both my jobs and don't want to quit either.
6. I love saving money and hoard it until I have enough to buy something special I want...right now it is a dining room set and a hutch.
7. DH and I love to travel.
8. Each year we spend at least two weeks in Bandon-By-The-Sea, Oregon.
9. We hope to retire close to the ocean.
10. We have a bichon frise named Daisy Mae.
11. She is spoiled rotten and runs the house most of the time.
12. We love her to death!
13. Hopefully this year we can start the adoption process.
14. I am really scared but excited too.
15. I never wanted just one child but it may turn out that way depending upon money and the time it takes.
16. We have two nephews, one on each side.
17. They are both only children and spoiled rotten.
18. We love them to death.
19. I have a brother who has a traumatic brain injury.
20. I love that guy more than anything.
21. He is so loved by everyone!
22. Sometimes I get teary eyed thinking about him.
23. He has taught me so much!
24. I have had my best friend since 7th grade.
25. After high school, we went back to NY to be nannies.
26. It was a great experience.
27. Even after 27 years, we are still best friends.
28. I talk to her more than I talk to my sister.
29. I am closer to her than my own sister.
30. Some day I want to live next door to her.
31. Our Husbands get along too!
32. My best friends kids call me their aunt.
33. I love it!
34. I am very close to my mom.
35. I am sad that we don't talk more on the phone.
36. I miss not being closer to her.
37. I was adopted when I was six weeks old.
38. Sometimes I cry when I think about it.
39. It all seems so surreal.
40. I found my birthmother about 8 or so years ago.
41. It has been an interesting ride.
42. I haven't talked to her since September.
43. I think I know why but out of respect for her, I keep it private.
44. I have pretty much decided to not have anymore contact with her.
45. It is too confusing, even at 40 years old.
46. I am at peace with it.
47. My parents were very supportive when I told them I had found her.
48. Sometimes I wish they would ask me more about her.
49. I get stressed very easily.
50. Death freaks me out.
51. I read obituaries every day but am trying to break this habit. (Its depressing!)
52. If someone my age has died, I think about it all day.
53. I really need to quit thinking about it.
54. I want to be skinny.
55. I am starting a new diet program that is very successful. (Ask me about it in a couple of months, I think I may become a life coach for it!)
56. When I lose a lot of weight, I am going to cut my hair short.
57. I can't wait!
58. WHen I got married, I moved to Northern CA.
59. DH loves it here---in the mountains, close to fishing.
60. I do not like it here at all.
61. DH promised me that when we retired we could move wherever I want.
62. I really want to move back to Oregon or Idaho.
63. Sometimes I miss being back home so bad, I cry.
64.I think I have some OCD tendencies.
65. I have to check and recheck the doors every night to make sure they are locked.
66. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night to check them.
67. I am deathly afraid of the dark too.
68. I have a hard time cleaning my house because I am so anal about how clean I can get it.
69. The same with organizing because I become obsessive about it.
70. I really should go to the Dr. and get some meds for it.
71. I am afraid of Drs. though because of needles.
72. I have an unnatural fear of needles (shots).
73. I physically get sick and cry if I think I am going to have to have one.
74. I really don't cry much though.
75. DH and I met on the internet.
76. Our first phone date lasted 11 HOURS.
77. When we met, we instantly hit it off.
78. We long distance dated for two years but saw each other at least once a month.
79. He almost died and had to postpone asking me to marry him.
80. I didn't know this until just a few years ago.
81. He wanted a short engagement so we got married six weeks later.
82. We had a very small wedding-27 people.
83. That is exactly how we wanted it too.
84. We went on our honeymoon to Montana and Wyoming since I had never been to either.
85. Dh tripped and broke his foot at Old Faithful.
86. I am extremely allergic to cats.
87. I can tell in about one minute if a cat lives in a house.
88. I am afraid of them too because of not being able to breath when I am around them.
89. I love to scrapbook and make cards.
90. I think I am borderline obsessed with it.
91. DH is very supportive though and helps me find scrapbooking stores whenever we are traveling.
92. I have my own room dedicated to crafts that is packed to the brim.
93. People always want to buy my cards but I am not confident enough to let them.
94. I love to sleep but can't sleep in anymore.
95. I want to go back to Hawaii but to a different Island.
96. I have to be cold in order to sleep.
97. It was so hot and humid in Maui that I couldn't sleep.
98. I was grumpy from lack of sleep and get grumpy when I don't get enough sleep.
99. Dh says I can snore pretty loud sometimes.
100. I can't believe I did it and will probably edit and revise.