My 101 List

My 101 List

1. I’m 5’4”, with grey eyes, and brown curly hair
2. I smile a lot
3. I like words
4. and books
5. and cheese
6. my husband is my greatest source of strength
7. I talk a lot, and my husband doesn’t—I think that’s perfection
8. I drink a diet coke every morning
9. I don’t have any kids
10.  But I might someday
11.  I have a dog named Buster and a cat named Max
12.  I don’t use their names as computer passwords
13.  I love to have people over to my house
14.  Since I’ve moved to AR there haven’t been many people worth asking
15.  I want to live near a body of water someday
16.  On weekends I sometimes drive around and look at places I’d like to live
17.  I sing in my car
18.  Cheesy pop songs are my favorites
19.  I love Pat Green ( he’s not cheesy pop, he’s country)
20.  I like to pick out recipes and then make my husband cook them
21.  He never cooks the desserts I pick
22.  Being married to one another has made us both fatter
23.  And happier
24.  I’m originally from the New Orleans area
25.  Yes, my parents got water in their house during Katrina—but not too much
26.  I think soup makes a great meal anytime
27.  My favorite adult beverage is rum and diet coke
28.  Nothing goes better with r&dc than skittles
29.  I love buying shoes and purses
30.  I like my whole outfit to “match”
31.  I’m good at taking standardized tests
32.  Since finishing high school this is basically a pointless skill
33.  I don’t like to travel—I like to stay home and rest
34.  If I go on vacation, I want it to be to the beach
35.  I’m scared of flying
36.  Which is funny since my husband is in the Air Force and we have two friends who are pilots. 
37.  I’m probably addicted to carbs—but I’m OK with that
38.  I don’t like to watch movies
39.  I talk through them and that pisses people off
40.  I’m not a big fan of chocolate
41.  But I LOVE it with peanut butter
42.  I want to get my Master’s degree
43.  Most of my friends already have theirs
44.  Actually, I can’t think of a friend that doesn’t at the moment
45.  I’m going to try to start this summer
46.   I work in math and science as an inclusion (a.k.a. special ed.) teacher
47.  This is funny because I used to HATE science
48.  I’m learning to like it
49.  My school is 95% free and reduced lunch, 85% African American, 10% white, and 5% Hispanic
50.  This is the best job I’ve ever had
51.  I could eat at Moe’s Burritos five days a week
52.  The people that work there know me. 
53.  I want to own a convertible one day
54.  When people meet me I come off as ditzy
55.  They learn pretty quickly that I know what I’m doing
56.  I’m good at reading people
57.  Sometimes it’s uncanny
58.  This makes people spill their guts to me sometimes
59.  One time I predicted what my friend would name her baby before she told us
60.  This isn’t a terribly useful skill, either
61.  I’ve just recently started reading the classics
62.  Even if I don’t like them, I feel satisfied when I read them.
63.  It makes it hard to go back to my trashy novels, though
64.  I’ve been known to squawk like a bird when I’m excited
65.  If I had my own restaurant I’d call it Mo’s Café
66.  The kids at school call me Miss Mo
67.  I hate to exercise
68.  But I try to exercise a couple times a week
69.  I can’t speak Spanish but usually I can read it
70.  I used to live in North Texas
71.  I didn’ like it—there were no trees and the wind blew too hard
72.  I have a brother, but my mom says she raised two only children
73.  We’re spoiled
74.  My dad’s a lawyer, my mom’s his bookkeeper, my brother’s in law school, my grandpa’s a lawyer, and my uncle was a lawyer (he’s a professor now)
75.  Most people thought I would be a lawyer
76.  Most people who meet me can’t believe what I do for living
77.  I like my job—it’s tough and it challenges me
78.  I wear glasses and contacts
79.  I hate to be in a place that doesn’t have a dictionary
80.  I think shopping and pedicures count as therapy
81.  I love to dance
82.  I’ve been to Disney World ten times and I don’t even really like the place
83.  I don’t go to church, but I try to live like a Christian at all times
84.  My grandmother was an amazing woman and I’d like to be like her one day
85.  She was an immigrant who raised three children, worked twenty years, and touched many lives.
86.  I didn’t appreciate her enough when she was alive
87.  I talk to my mom three times a week, minimum
88.  We are very much alike, but I don’t admit this
89.  My ears aren’t pierced any more
90.  I hate breakfast food, mayonnaise, eggs, chocolate milk, and anything from the sea
91.  I think I’m a pretty good friend
92.  I like my mother-in-law
93.  I don’t think my brother-in-law likes me very much
94.  But I think his wife does
95.  I like to tell stories
96.  And play board games
97.  I like cities of music—New Orleans, Austin, Nashville.
98.  I’d like to go to Chicago one day
99.  I love art, but can’t really afford it
100.  I like crime shows: CSI, Law and Order, Medium, Without a Trace, and Criminal Minds
101.  My favorite colors are red, yellow and blue

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