100 Things

001. I love and hate thunderstorms because the loud noise scares me.
002. I have a rare respiratory birth defect that has all doctors I have ever seen wonder how I'm alive today.
003. I love walking in the rain and stomping in puddles.
004. I love sunshine, a cool breeze and no humidity.
005. Baseball hats on men turn me on.
006. I love pickled beets.
007. I have played the accordion since I was 9 years old.
008. Myron Floren has been the only famous person I have ever gone out of my way to meet.
009. I cried when I watched him play and got his autograph.
010. My favorite word is "Whatever".
011. I went to a private Catholic school until high school.
012. I finished my first organized inline skate in 1 hour and 3 minutes. I skated 9 miles.
013. I want a Harley XL 883L Sportster 883 Low Motorcycle.
014. I have Congenital Heart Disease.
015. I grew an inch in height at age 27 & my heart disease went from severe to mild. Doctors are baffled.
016. I work in corporate America and sit in a cube all day.
017. I used to drink anyone under the table and now I can barely handle one drink.
018. I finished my first inline skate half marathon in 1 hour and 28 minutes. I skated 13.1 miles.
019. I'm allergic to cats.
020. I used to collect stickers as a kid.
021. I'm not supposed to climb stairs.
022. Afraid of being sued my high school forced me to use the elevator.
023. This is my 3rd personal website.
024. I watched my first movie in a theater when I was 9 years old.
025. I got my very first and LAST tattoo when I was 35.
026. I have to wash my hands when I come in from being outside even if they aren't dirty and I didn't touch anything.
027. I was the first person in the history of my high school to graduate without a P.E. credit.
028. I look up at the stars every chance I get.
029. I've had two Cardiac Catheterizations in my lifetime - one at 16, the other at 28.
030. I value honesty in people but the majority of people are pathological liars.
031. I hate baking.
032. I believe most doctors don’t know much about what they are talking about - get a second opinion.
033. I enjoy remodeling homes.
034. I got my first grey hair at age 19.
035. Girls that wear a lot of makeup and wear all name brand clothes scare me.
036. I have stapled my fingers twice in my lifetime.
037. Learning has never been hard for me.
038. I'm a romantic but can’t stand romantic movies.
039. I think tattoos and piercings rock but I'm too chicken to get one myself. Correction! I have a nose piercing now and soon I will have a tattoo!!
040. Men with facial hair are more attractive to me then men without it.
041. I had a partial hysterectomy in March 2002. I was 28 years old.
042. I wear contacts and glasses.
043. I've been on my own since I was 18.
044. I love the smell of leather.
045. I'm afraid of worms, bugs, spiders and sometimes big ants.
046. I bought my first house when I was 22 years old.
047. I hate doing dishes and will avoid doing them as much as I can.
048. I used paper plates for a year.
049. I was married at 22 and divorced before I was 23.
050. I was told at 16 that I had 4 years left to live if I didn't stop pushing my body so hard.
051. I have Subglottic Tracheal Stenosis.
052. I have Pulmonary Stenosis.
053. I have Hypoplastic Pulmonary Arteries.
054. I like reality TV
055. I have calcified ears. The cartilage has turned to bone.
056. I love to be creative – painting, drawing, writing, sculpting or playing music.
057. I have three nieces and one nephew.
058. My last remaining ovary was taken out September 2007. I'm in my 30'2 and in a full state of menopause.
059. I have two sisters – one older & one younger.
060. My parents are still together after 37 years.
061. I drive a Honda Civic Hybrid.
062. I bought my second house at the age of 31.
063. I like to sing.
064. I like puzzles.
065. I have high blood pressure.
066. I love to rollerblade because it’s the closest thing to running.
067. I own too many things.
068. I flat lined when my wisdom teeth were taken out.
069. My throat is calcifying and I have been told that I will eventually lose the ability to speak.
070. I love the smells of a bon-fire burning, cut grass, BBQ in the summer and garlic cooking.
071. My trachea (wind pipe) is smaller than most infants.
072. I work in the print/mail industry.
073. I am not supposed to exercise.
074. I like New Age music.
075. I taught myself how to play the piano.
076. I hate bars and clubs.
077. I used to smoke!
078. I love the color Red.
077. I volunteered for a psychic at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival for three years.
078. I'm intuitive.
079. I love conspiracies.
080. I want to meet the men in the black suits.
081. I have seen a UFO.
082. I'm shy most of the time.
088. I don’t drink caffeine.
089. I love comedies.
090. I believe touch can heal and laughter is good medicine.
091. I like hanging out having drinks on a sidewalk patio in the city – preferably with a friend that knows how to get there.
092. I think anyone can do what they set their mind to do.
093. I think most people are schmucks looking for an easy out.
094. I lose focus easily.
095. I like to cuddle.
096. I think Tom Cruise is a wanker.
097. I think personality makes the person.
098. Little things mean the most to me.
099. I believe in God.
100. This year I will have outlived the doctor’s diagnosis by 15 years.