39

It's that time of year again. The one that seems to come faster and closer every year. Yes, today I am 39. (That means I'm almost 40! Aaaahh!)

To keep in tradition with years' past, I decided to do a list of things you might not know about me. (My best friend loves these posts, so this is in honor of her. You know who you are.)

1. I ran 1 3/4 miles this morning.
2. I gained 3-4 pounds after Sawyer weaned himself this year.
3. Since starting to run, Joe has said that my thighs are "as tight as when we were first married."
4. I didn't realize my thighs weren't tight. Hmmm.
5. I guess six kids can do that to you.
6. I need a new mattress.
7. We bought our last mattress when I was in labor with Carter.
8. That was ten years ago.
9. We also bought a set of bunk beds that day.
10. I want a new sofa.
11. Actually two new sofas.
12. I'm waiting until Sawyer is potty-trained.
13. I'm planning on training him as soon as school lets out in June.
14. Sometimes I plan ahead.
15. Sometimes I procrastinate.
16. Mosquitoes love me.
17. I think it's because I'm so darn sweet.
18. I am joking about that.
19. Not about mosquitoes.
20. I killed three yesterday in my house.
21. Two were actively biting me at the time.
22. I have a fever blister on my bottom lip.
23. I get them after I've been sick or stressed.
24. Only about 2-3 times a year.
25. I was both last week.
26. Sick with a stomach bug.
27. Stressed over Pit Bulls.
28. I got a tan this summer on vacation.
29. It's the first tan I've had in years.
30. I try to stay out of the sun.
31. I had a pre-cancerous spot removed on the back of heel several years ago.
32. I've also had many bad cases of sunburn.
33. I had sun poison twice.
34. My lips blistered.
35. My face swelled up.
36. My family called me Elephant Man.
37. I looked terrible.
38. I refused to leave the house.
39. My brother's friend told me that I looked better than his sisters do every day.
40. That made me feel better, but not enough to leave the house.
41. I do not subscribe to any magazines.
42. I no longer get our local newspaper.
43. I still haven't finished my quilt I started over a year ago.
44. That is my goal.
45. I will finish that darn thing before I turn 40. Do you hear yourself, Self?
46. I still haven't learned to knit.
47. That's another goal of mine.
48. I don't know if I'll stress myself out with trying to learn before I turn 40.
49. I don't have a favorite TV show.
50. I used to watch Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy.
51. During the writers strike, I stopped watching them.
52. I haven't missed them since.
53. They started to get too trashy for me.
54. I don't have a favorite movie either.
55. Or a favorite song.
56. Or a favorite food.
57. I'm not picky.
58. I like almost anything.
59. I eat liver.
60. Cow, chicken or turkey.
61. That grosses out everyone I know.
62. This list is harder to write than I anticipated.
63. I've only had two bloody noses my entire life.
64. Both times I was pregnant with Taylor.
65. My boys get bloody noses all the time.
66. It makes me gag a little.
67. I wish I had a maid to clean my house.
68. I like to cook.
69. I usually don't measure unless I'm baking.
70. I can crack my back.
71. And knees.
72. And toes.
73. And ankles.
74. And fingers.
75. And sometimes my wrists.
76. I don't like the sound of it, but sometimes it's a necessity.
77. I have arthritis in my back.
78. I did a few weeks of physical therapy this past spring.
79. It helped a little.
80. I should go back.
81. I'm a soccer mom.
82. I bet that none of my friends from high school or college would believe that statement.
83. I'm finally starting to understand soccer.
84. I get being "off sides."
85. I only like sports if my children are playing.
86. While I love to watch my kids play soccer,
87. I'm always happy to see soccer season come to an end.
88. It's usually a very cold ending, with the last games being playing the second week of November.
89. I need a hair cut.
90. Or just a trim.
91. I haven't decided which yet.
92. Joe's birthday is tomorrow.
93. We have no celebratory plans this weekend.
94. Saturday's lineup includes: soccer, soccer, and soccer.
95. And a few other things in-between.
96. Mostly chauffeuring duties. (Like archaeological dig, Taylor's school band playing at the high school football game, kid's birthday party, Boy Scout popcorn sale.)
97. Joe has been out of town this week.
98. I'll be happy to have him home for a three-day weekend until he leaves again Tuesday morning.
99. Joe and I are planning on going out to lunch on Monday.
100. None of my children wished me a "happy birthday" before leaving for school today.

These are some of my favorite photos with my older sister, Lisa. My father's mother (another "Mom-Mom,") made us matching Easter dresses in 1972.