100...

So...It's just been announced that a new Bearden will be joining the family...extended family, not immediate (that means it's NOT me). We are way excited! I also discovered that another family member is successfully working on a goals of self-betterment (?). I find that motivating! Now, as promised, my 100 things:

1. I recently learned that I not only "hear" music, but I "feel" music deep within.


2. I play the piano.


3. I love being a mom.


4. I love (mostly) teaching children.


5. I like to learn about history.


6. I enjoy traveling.


7. My favorite color is purple (ask my kindergarteners)


8. I enjoy eating (no veggies).


9. I like to be outside in good weather.


10. I find great pleasure in riding mules.


11. I have been on a bear hunt (nothing caught).


12. I have been on a lion - mountain lion - hunt (big one caught).


13. I love to play video games.


14. I want to be a good wife and companion to my husband.


15. I need friends to enjoy laughing at myself.


16. Sometimes I like to be by myself for an hour, just to regroup. Too much alone-time is detrimental to me.


17. I tend to be very impatient (especially at the end of the day).


18. I like to have things go my way, sometimes I can get a bit off-kilter when things don't quite happen as I imagined.


19. I like to be comfortable in my clothes - even when I dress up.


20. I love to spend money - that's something I'm working on...daily.


21. Being TOLD what to do makes me cranky; being ASKED to do something makes me feel needed.


22. I love to spend other people's money (i.e. shopping for Christmas for Mom from Dad, etc.).


23. Following The Spirit is difficult for me, but I'm learning to listen one step at a time.


24. When I think about something more than once, it's usually something I need to follow through with (calling friends, sharing a thought, going somewhere, NOT doing something).


25. I really like Johnny Depp...in all forms (waiting patiently for Sweeney Todd to be shown on an edited TV channel).


26. I love to laugh with my son! When he laughs, I laugh; when I laugh, he often laughs...what a cycle!


27. I am sentimental...no, no. I am extremely sentimental!


28. I still have my blanket from my childhood (only recently did it go into the cedar chest).


29. I still have my "teddy" from my childhood (It's a monkey...don't tell my husband I admitted this)...he lives in my son's room.


30. I enjoy cooking for a group...I find cooking for 2 1/2 to be tedious.


31. I enjoy cooking outdoors, especially in a dutch oven with all day to prepare.


32. I take pride in completing something challenging (recently put together a 1000-piece puzzle for my son's room - 3 days!!)


33. I love to see other people have an "aha" moment - it can often be rewarding and/or motivating.


34. I have a short attention span for things other than a good challenging puzzle.
35. I love to see my son playing and learning...he makes me laugh every day.
36. Oprah can be fun to watch...not ALL the time.
37. Right now...Oprah bugs.
38. I enjoy reading other people's blogs.
39. I can't wait to go riding with my dad.
40. I can't wait for my son to go riding with his grandpa!
41. I love hymns - they are my testimony.
42. I tend to lose sleep over silly things (contests at school...)
43. I love to laugh...ha ha ha ha (Mary Poppins)
44. Tea (on the ceiling) anyone?
45. "Enchanted" is my new favorite movie: oh, oh...I'm, I'm angry!
46. I'm finding myself short on words...rare.
47. Can you say, speechless?
48. 100 things...about me? things I like? not sure.
49. I'm not good at long-term goals...
50. I'm working on it...
51. tomorrow.
52. I love to squish mud between my toes.
53. I love to lay on the grass and watch the clouds make shapes.
54. Fruit roll-ups are my friend.
55. I love my friends.
56. Hurray Ronda!!
57. I miss my friends.
58. Hurray Ronda!! (this one counts, right?)
59. I don't enjoy adult reading (not "adult" just grown up)...too much thinking.
60. Did I mention that I could become addiction to Guitar Hero...if I owned it.
61. (Don't tell Rich).
62. Wow...I'm on #62!
63. I survived Parent-Teacher Conferences...
64. I almost enjoyed Parent-Teacher Conferences...
65. I'm SO glad Parent-Teacher Conferences are over.
66. My class won the contest at school that I lost sleep over...
67. A book for the winners! (Me, too.)
68. I could live in the mountains.
69. I love to go camping in the summer.
70. I would love to live in my jammies.
71. I'm tired of doing dishes.
72. Laundry is wearing on me (not my clothes...it's wearing me down mentally).
73. I can count back change.
74. I can stick out my tongue and touch my nose - who can't?
75. I have a mischievous son! (he's slightly sneaky)
76. The couch is my friend.
77. The recliner is a pal.
78. I'm lovin' my bed!
79. I have the best parents!
80. My husband is the only person who keeps me balanced and sane (although, there are moments of insanity with him, too!)
81. Settlers...need I say more?
82. I'm having a shallow moment...me me me!
83. Sunshine makes me smile.
84. Sunshine, on my shoulder, makes me happy...go John!
85. Sometimes I want a binkie to make me feel better, too.
86. I wonder if a BIG binkie would really work?
87. Sleep-deprivation does strange things to the mind.
88. I want to Ballroom dance...with my husband.
89. TV commercials suck!
90. Oops, I mean, TV commercials are lame!
91. Spit bubbles from a 13-month-old are funny.
92. I great fitting pair of jeans make the day perfect (at least the beginning).
93. I enjoy laughing...even if I'm laughing at myself.
94. I believe in the Cleaning Fairy...she hasn't visited for a while.
95. Five more.
96. 99 bottles of root beer on the wall, 99 bottles of root beer,...
97. 98 bottles of root beer on the wall, 98 bottles of root beer...
98. LOL!
99. I guess you had to be there.
100. I like me.

Wow! That actually took me 2 days to finish. What a shallow look at myself...digging deep is hard when it's going to be posted for anyone to read...I'm not ready for that yet.

Love you all!