100 Things

Following tradition - here's my 100 things on my 100th post.

(If you have time - click on image at right to view in real size)

1. I'm 40...
   


2. for another month



3. I've lived in NY state my whole life
   


4. early years - Rochester



5. college years - Geneseo;
   


6. post college years - Rochester, Wappingers Falls, Monsey, Nyack, Monroe, Suffern.
   


7. I used to play piano
   


8. I guess I still could if my life depended on it



9. but not well



10. I used to go to church



11. I used to sing in the choir



12. I don't like church anymore



13. actually I don't like religion anymore



14. I still have faith



15. I LOVE MY HUSBAND



16. was that really the 15th thing? It should have been #1!



17. He met me when I was 19 - he was 20



18. I totally did NOT want to get serious



19. He totally DID



20. We totally fell in love



21. Crazy and engaged at 21



22. Crazier and married at 22



23. Still crazy and still married at 40



24. I'm the baby of the family



25. I have 4 older brothers and sisters



26. They are actually half-brothers and sisters



27. Dad was married before



28. Two of them are awesome



29. One is a bit nutty



30. One is .... I have no words



31. My father passed away in 2003



32. I miss him every day



33. My mom is still very much alive



34. We have a deep and abiding love/angst relationship



35. I have no kids



36. by choice



37. I love my friends' kids



38. I love the kids in my family



39. I don't want them full time



40. Luckily Hubby feels the same



41. I seduced hubby in a drunken haze



42. Thank God
    


43. I rarely drink now



44. But when I do - it's some form of cosmo-martini thing



45. mostly cuz they are pretty



46. and they taste yummy



47. I'm a diet pepsi addict



48. I also love all things junk food



49. I was an English major in college



50. I love to read



51. I had to change majors because my average in my accounting classes was about 40%



52. My roommates liked to grade my tests because we would laugh hysterically
    


53. We could go for multiple pages before I got a single right answer



54. It was so sad, it was funny



55. I still keep in touch with most of my roommates



56. They are cool chicks



57. I am glue



58. by this I mean - I tend to keep various people connected



59. I bring them together for reunions, weekends, dinners, etc.



60. Otherwise they'd never see each other again



61. I think (hope?) they like that about me



62. I often feel like a scatter brain



63. I have very little memory capacity



64. My mom says its because of Aspartame poisoning



65. I'm currently enrolled in college again



66. This time for my masters



67. I love/hate it - but as of today (one class in) I have a 4.0!



68. One of my favorite books is Prince of Tides



69. Pat Conroy can write, my friends



70. My current favorite movie is Love Actually



71. Feel good, sweet, great accents, terrific score



72. I am a procrastinator...



73. That's why I work well under pressure



74. I try to make my co-workers put me under pressure early



75. I'd love to write a book someday



76. I'm not convinced I have the drive to start and/or finish



77. I'm still waiting for my 15 minutes of fame



78. I fear it will be in a "fashion don't" feature in the local news



79. My anxieties are many (hence the blog name)



80. But I cover them up pretty well



81. My friends get to hear them though



82. My husband knows them all intimately



83. He still loves me
    


84. Thank God



85. I can be pretty tough to take sometimes



86. Bitchy, whiney, difficult



87. I save all that up for the people who love me most



88. I love chocolate layer cake



89. But in a pinch a ding dong will do



90. I'm a night person



91. I feel like going to sleep early is like giving up...something



92. which is why I can never get up in the morning and get a late start every day



93. its a vicious circle



94. I like my job



95. mostly
    


96. I love the people I work with
    


97. mostly



98. Did I mention I love my husband?



99. and he loves me?



100. Thank God

Whew! Glad that only comes once every 100 posts.