Random Facts About Me

I know it's #MicroBlogMonday, but this is my 200th post, so I wanted to do something a little different to celebrate.  Here's a list of 50 random facts about me:

1.  I am 39 years old, but only for 5 more days
2. I have a Bachelor degree in Exercise and Sports Science
3. I minored in Public Health
4. I graduated from Oregon State University, but attended Western Oregon State University for 3 years before transferring
5. I was a 3 sport athlete in high school, playing volleyball, basketball, and softball
6. I played one year of softball in college
7. I started coaching softball at 19 years old
8. I coached for 20 years before retiring to have my babies
9. I was a Head Varsity Coach for 10 years
10. We made it to the state playoffs 9 out of 10 years that I was Head Coach, making it as far as the State Semi Finals twice and even won a State Championship
11. I sold PartyLite candles for 8 years.
12. I was actually pretty good at it and earned 4 all expense paid vacations to: the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas, Cancun, Hawaii, and a Caribbean Cruise to  St. Thomas, St. Lucia, Curacua, and Aruba
13. I am shy and feel awkward in most social situations
14. But somehow I am very good at giving speeches and entertaining large groups of people
15. I hate to feel dumb, but do quite often
16. I am terrible at math
17. But I am good at reading and writing
18. Tony and I have a goal of seeing all 50 states together in our lifetime. So far we have been to Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Texas, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, Arizona, Tennessee, Florida, and Alabama.
19.  I have no problem sharing my opinion or saying what I think about something, but I hate confrontation.
20. I like junk food WAY too much
21. I always wanted to be able to say I've done a Marathon, and 5 years ago I did complete the Portland Marathon and could cross that off my bucket list
22. I don't actually have a bucket list, other than the mental one in my head
23. I love shopping by myself, but feel awkward when others are with me
24. I was 17 when I started college because I have a late birthday
25. I met Tony during orientation week of college my freshman year
26. We were playing volleyball when we met and I thought he was nice because he talked to me
27. We dated for 5 years before we got married
28. We just celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary in September
29. It took us 14+ years of ttc before we finally got our babies
30. My sister was our egg donor
31. We have 4 nieces and 3 nephews, and my brother has another on the way
32. My sister, my brother, and Tony's brother all had children before us, even though we are the oldest grandchildren in both our families
33. I have never so much as smoked a cigarette, let alone experimented with any drugs
34. Because my mom is a (recovered) drug addict and my dad is an alcoholic, I learned early on what I did NOT want in my own life
35. You could say I'm a goody two shoes
36. Except for all the t-peeing I did in high school.  My friends and I were pros
37. I also had sex in high school, so that might knock me off the goody two shoes status
38. I hate spiders
39. The thought of my kids getting lice and having to deal with that scares me to death!
40. I had lice in the 4th grade and it scarred me for life
41. My hair is naturally curly, but strangely has two textures.  It's kinky curly and very course in the back and underneath, but the hair on top is mostly just wavy and not as course
42. I got a perm my freshman year of high school
43. My hair was so big that it did not fit in the school picture and my nickname that year was Afro
44. I don't wear make up
45. But I did go through the ugly blue and green eye shadow and mascara stage in middle school. 
    Do you remember the colored mascara???
46. I played the clarinet in middle school and started to learn the saxophone, but by high school I was too cool for that (Not!)
47. I am unfortunately just a step down from being a hoarder
48. Not really, but my spare bedroom would indicate otherwise, as well as the clutter around our house
49. I love to read. I'm a big romantic. Give me a good love story any day. But I also like to read biographies, mysteries...just about anything.  I actually haven't read a book in a very long time though, now that I have babies
50. I also love to go to the movies. There is nothing like watching a movie in the theater and being able to escape into someone else's life or story for a few hours. Sometimes when I am upset, I will go to the movies by myself just to get away. Then I hope I don't run into someone I know because I don't want them to think I'm some kind of loner going to the movies all by myself.  This is another thing I haven't done since having my babies!  Although I most definitely am not complaining.

 Well, there you go!  50 random facts about me!  Hope you still like me :)  lol