Some Stuff About Me

1. Number one priority in life is my baby girl, Madeline.
2. Number two priority is my marriage to high school sweetheart, Jerry.
3. The rest of my family is incredibly important to me, and we are very close.
4. I have one brother, who is about to turn 25.
5. My parents are both VERY young - my mom is 41 and my dad is 45.
6. I work in a hospital.
7. I am absolutely hands-down addicted to rubber stamping.
8. I've started a new obsessions recently - scrapbooking.
9. My parents come to visit Maddy every Wednesday night.
10. We're most likely moving in the next year - building a new house.
11. We built our first house, just three years ago.
12. My husband had an affair with my soon-to-be-ex sister-in-law, while I was pregnant.
13. My soon-to-be-ex sister-in-law committed numerous felonies using my name.
14. I love celebrity gossip news and read the trash everyday.
15. I want to get pregnant again next year.
16. I drive a 2004 black Mazda 6 to work, but when I have the baby I take the 2005 black Explorer.
17. I am extremely organized at work, but my house is an absolute mess.
18. I have a shopping addiction, and spend way too much money on clothes.
19. I dress my daughter a little like me... she wears khakis and jeans a lot, even though she's only 7 months old.
20. I go by "Amanda" at work, but "Mandy" everywhere else.
21. I love Mountain Dew.
22. I eat absolutely NO fruits or vegetables EVER.
23. I don't eat any condiments either (not ketchup, salad dressing, nothing).
24. I'm not very nice to my husband when I don't get my way.
25. I have major issues with my mother-in-law.
26. Jerry and I went through some major crap in high school, that resulted in Jerry being suspended from school and they took us out of the classes we had together... very long story.
27. #26 changed our relationship forever, made Jerry get some counseling and is the reason I am still married to him
28. I still need to lose like 20 pounds
29. I hate cleaning, and never do it.
30. My mom cleans my house a lot, and when she doesn't, I pay my aunt to come and do it.
31. I could spend thousands of dollars and more time I could ever have in a craft store.
32. I had to get rid of my dog a little more than a week ago, and I am very very sad about it.
33. I let my daughter cry sometimes.
34. There are usually dishes in my sink, unless I'm expecting company.
35. We have a hot tub, that gets used almost every night.
36. I let my laundry pile up until the door to the closet where the hamper is can't close anymore or I run out of underwear.
37. I have about a hundred pairs of underwear.
38. I really really loved being pregnant.
39. I cried when I packed up my maternity clothes.
40. I have a master's degree.
41. I have changed jobs a lot.
42. The longest I've worked somewhere is 2 1/2 years.
43. I'm 26 years old.
44. I've never even tried to smoke a cigarette.
45. I've never done any kind of illegal drugs - EVER.
46. I dated a drug dealer though :)
47. I can count the number of guys I've slept with on one hand.
48. My husband was my first, but not only.
49. I've never cheated on my husband.
50. I am a fanatical planner.
51. I finished my B.A. in three years. I was 20 when I graduated.
52. I went to Ohio Northern University.
53. I got my Master's three semesters later from The University of Akron.
54. I got married 6 months later.
55. I used ovulation kits to plan the conception of my daughter.
56. It worked the first time.
57. My daughter was conceived on the 4th of July.
58. My daugther was born on Good Friday.
59. I have pictures of my daughter plastering my new office.
60. I love to read, but never have time to do it.
61. I'm a democrat.
62. I've played softball nearly my entire life.
63. I played volleyball in high school.
64. I'm only 5' 1" tall.
65. I never got to play in the front row :)
66. I was in a major bad car accident about 12 years ago.
67. I broke my femur as a result, and have a metal rod and a few screws in there now.
68. I sometimes think about divorcing my husband.
69. But I don't want to, and know that I won't.
70. I really think about it at night when he's snoring the night away :)
71. My house is painted with really bright colors - yellow, orange, turquoise, lime green.
72. I wish we had money to invest in really great art for the walls.
73. I think my husband has more shoes than I do!
74. My brother and I are complete opposites, but we have a few things in common.
75. I'm a really creative person.
76. I look like my mom, but I'm built like my dad.
78. My daughter looks exactly like my husband.
79. My brother and I look like we should be boy/girl twins - same face, same smile.
80. We are 17 months apart.
81. I have 3 grandparents still living plus one great-grandma still living.
82. My mom's parents are only 61 years old.
83. I have a cousin that is only 4 years old.
84. My mom's sister is married to my dad's brother.
85. My dad has 6 brothers and one sister.
86. My mom has two brothers and one sister.
87. I never wanted a sister.
88. I am the total princess of my family.
89. I started this blog to write about my daughter, never dreaming of the drama that would take hold of my life these last few months.
90. I don't cook, at all really, but if I had time to learn, I would do it more.
91. My mom never cooked at all, so I'm completely clueless in the kitchen.
92. My mother-in-law is the best cook I know.
93. My husband teaches 5th grade, and loves it.
94. I don't have enough patience to be a teacher.
95. I love to write, and really enjoy my work.
96. I am the breadwinner in my family.
97. I love learning and strive to constantly be bettering myself.
98. I am extremely goal-oriented.
99. I was in a sorority in college - Alpha Xi Delta.
100. I value family and friends more than words could ever express.