100 Things About Me:

1. I was born in 1966.
2. I’m the oldest of 3 children.
3. My middle name is Rae….it’s grown on me.
4. My parents divorced when I was 5.
5. For a long time, I didn’t know anyone else who’s family was broken.
6. And, then it seemed like no one’s family was still together.
7. I loved purple as a child.
8. I still love purple.
9. I am a Christian.
10. That doesn’t mean I’m perfect, just forgiven.
11. The first book I remember reading was Nancy Drew.
12. The last book I read (6/2006) was “BFG” by Roald Dahl.
13. I knit.
14. I used to crochet.
15. I used to cross-stitch.
16. I would still like to try and quilt.
17. I have a phobia about sewing - thanks to a jr high teacher.
18. My (future) DH took me out on my twentieth birthday.
19. I’m going to wonder if twentieth is spelled right now!
20. We were engaged 2.5 mos later.
21. We’ve been married for 19 years.
22. My first job was at Baskin & Robbins.
23. I worked as a candle-maker for awhile.
24. I cleaned a dr’s house.
25. I worked fast food.
26. I was a receptionist for serveral years.
27. Most recently I worked in a Community College library.
28. Now, I’m a WAHM.
29. I homeschool one of my sons.
30. But I also work for a homeschooling magazine.
31. I have Sleep Apnea.
32. I have PCOS.
33. Due to that we did not have children for many years of our marriage.
34. We looked into fertility treatment but realized very quickly that we were uncomfortable with the decisions we’d have to make.
35. We looked into foster parenting and adoption via the state we lived in.
36. We started the adoption process in the Spring of 1995.
37. Our first son was born in January 1995.
38. But he didn’t join our family until May of 1996.
39. Then our next son was born in Sept 1996. Surprise!
40. He joined our family in December of 1996.
41. We had two sons in less than 8 mos!
42. We talked about adopting again, but didn’t do anything about it.
43. On our oldest sons’s 6th birthday we got a phone call that they had a brother!
44. He joined our family in May of 2001.
45. I got very sick in Oct of 2001. I thought I had ovarian cancer.
46. I was pregnant!
47. It was a very difficult pregnancy.
48. But a very easy delivery.
49. My DH resigned his ministry position one week after Joshua was born.
50. We moved back home in August 2002.
51. No job - living with my mom. It was wonderful!
52. Joshua died on February 22, 2003.
53. He was 8.5 mos old.
54. He’d just started to say “Momma”.
55. I still cry when I see his picture.
56. Putting his picture on my blog was a very scary thing to do.
57. That picture was taken two weeks before he died.  (you'll have to visit my other blog to see the picture)
    
58. I’ve had doctors and the coroner tell us we did nothing wrong, but I still feel guilty.
59. I think I always will.
60. My sister is Elizabeth - we all call her Beth.
61. Unless she’s a stinker and then she’s lizardbreath! lol
62. I’m probably in trouble now!
63. My brother is Brett - most of us still call him Brettsy.
64. When he was a kid - we called him “Brett the Brat”.
65. Yes, we were mean big sisters.
66. I was starting to think this list was going to be easy - but I just got stuck!
67. I’m turning 40 this year. (2006)
68. Two years after we got married, we moved to Portland, OR.
69. Dh attended Western Seminary up there.
70. DH pastored a church in The Dalles, OR.
71. And, a church in Reedsport, OR.
72. He now doesn’t believe he has the right temperment/gifts to be a pastor.
73. But he still loves to preach and teach.
74. He is the funniest man I know.
75. We are total opposites.
76. He likes to be in a crowd…I like to stay home.
77. He likes to talk…I like to be quiet.
78. But we are a pretty good team.
79. Pretty soon I’ll have spent more time married to him than I was single.
80. I think that’s something to be proud of!
81. I wear emerald earrings everyday as a tribute to Joshua.
82. But I want to get a tattoo.
83. Or maybe I just want to talk about getting a tattoo.
84. I love Christ…but I really struggle with the American church.
85. I hate to cook.
86. I think the world needs more love, less anger.
87. I would describe myself as conservative.
88. I do crossword puzzles.
89. I love to work Logic puzzles.
90. All my grandparents are dead.
91. We are blessed to live in the same town as my mom and inlaws.
92. In fact, we live right next to my inlaws.
93. It’s a good thing.
94. But we like to call them Marie and Frank (Everyone loves Raymond) to tease them.
95. They started it!
96. I’ve been collecting teacups for 18 years.
97. My Grandma gave me a new one every Christmas for years.
98. But I’ve only recently started to drink tea.
99. I’m ok with not having any daughters.
100. I look forward to Heaven.

Yeah!! I did it!!