call me a copycat if you want...

i have a dear friend, becky, who is so funny and creative..she is very talented as well...some of her talents i did not find out about until after she had children..for example sewing and crafts...anyway she did a blog post that listed 101 things about her that some people may or may not know...the cool thing about it is there were some things that i did not know about her and we were college roommates...the other cool thing is that i have met so many people through this virtual cyberspace world we live in and hopefully they may follow the lead of listing 101 things about themselves that will allow me to get to know them better through our blogs...so i have said all of this to say here is my 101...these are in no particular order...they are listed as they come to me...

1. i am 33 years old
2. married for 11 years to the most wonderful man in the world
3. have two children - jamie is 16 and jacob is 9
4. there is nothing better than being a momma- not a mom, not a mother but a momma
5. my children are as different as night and day - both are dramas but are different
6. i had a very unique childhood..some parts better than others..but i always knew i was loved
7. i know more off the wall songs due to the music i grew up with - peter, paul and mary, arlo guthrie, johnny cash - need i say more - my hubby calls me the human karoke machine
8. i grew up in lincoln, al - very small town in talladega county
9. my momma is a school teacher - so she knew what i had done before i did
10. have the greates momma in the world - she is the forever optimist - pulls the good out of everything but she will tell you when enough is enough
11. had a great and wonderful grandma that i really did not appreciate until i was older
12. have another granny that is insane - in a good way - she wears tennis shoes and blue jeans and before she lost her sight drove sporty cars
13. i have a bachelors degree in social work from uab with a minor in biology and psychology - a combo huh
14. i am the director of social services at a skilled nursing facility
15. i have worked many areas of social services but long term care is where i belong and where God called me to be
16. i work great under pressure - i have often been told i work my best when everything blows up
17. i care to a fault about my job and my residents
18. my hubby is a web server engineer at blue cross blue shield - computer nerd
19. he graduated from troy university with a bs in information systems and criminal justice and minors in accounting and business admin - more degrees than a thermometer
20. miss my father in law more and more each day
21. have the greatest sister in law ever - i love you cathy
22. love to clip coupons and send them to friends in a card - especially those friends with children - at least it is not another bill in the mail
23. love surprises - not like you becky - i guess that is why i loved it when you rearranged our dorm room
24. love to read - i deal with so much sadness, disfunction etc that i escape through my books...go somewhere entirly different
25. am an insulin dependent diabetic with an insulin pump
26. i have coded three times - that means quit breathing - never seen "the light" - don't want to see it but it did change my view on life
27. strange things happen to me - got any questions or want to know email me
28. totally dependent on my cell phone
29. played trumpet, clarinet, french horn and mellophone in band - of course not all at one time
30. my motto is "failure is never final unless it is the last time you try"
31. want to have a clean and organized house...the Lord knows i am trying - miranda can testify to that
32. always striving to be a better Christian and sometimes, more often than not, feel like a complete failure
33. love clearance racks anywhere - home depot, dollar tree, shoe store it does not matter
34. love coffee - anytime
35. very opinonated - if you don't believe it just ask me about something- but if i am wrong i will be the first to admit it and apologize if necessary
36. probably know more about long term care, federal and state regulations and useless stuff than the average joe- but hey i may be on jeopardy one day
37. have the best friends in the entire world
38. love comedy movies
39. live for the show clean house, intervention and extreme home makeover - that is my social work show
40. admire my momma - if you don't know her story - email me
41. am partially ocd - only about some things - my office at work
42. i take great pride in my work and am very maticulous about how it looks, it is written etc...
43. try to be the voice of those who do not have a voice - elderly, disabled, children
44. have strong political views - believe it or not i am a republican and a social worker...usually it is a democrat and a social worker
45. love animals - my dad used to call me ellie mae
46. have hundreds of great ideas in my head they just never get out
47. if i pick up a book and read the first page i have to finish it - just a quirk
48. love mary kay products
49. should own stock in kirklands
50. addicted to blogging and reading others blogs - i think beck calls it "stalking"
51. my momma did not name me - my dad and sister did - momma was not happy with the name - she was knocked out
52. have more than i deserve
53. very goal oriented
54. i am a nerd - i love to learn - i am never satisfied
55. was involved in just about every club you could be involved with in high school and was president of most of them
56. will one day be heard in montgomery on my soapbox about adult services in alabama
57 will send out an email in a heartbeat if i have a bone to pick - ie the newspaper, a company, the governors office, state agencies
58. admire school teachers - i subbed for two months and let's just say that is not my calling
59. my dad is a dreamer and a gypsy
60. love to travel
61. from the time i was 12 years old i wanted to be a flight nurse
62. went to nursing school but my health just did not allow me to finish
63. happy i chose medical social work because i use all that i learned in nursing school everyday
64. love to throw things away - it is refreshing
65. love to mark things off my eternal to do list
66. read the obituaries - morbid huh? - this goes back to my grandmother - also because i have worked in long term care so long - i usually find out about former patients
67. love football - especially ALABAMA football
68. love the fall and the spring - not too hot not too cold
69. loathe coats - they just do not fit me right
70. don't wear heels - my daughter says, "if momma has on hose or heels somebody has died"
71 am not a morning person - never claimed to be
72. usually only watch informational, documentary or medical shows on tv
73 read just about anything in print
74 read the wedding announcements in the sunday paper every sunday - this is comic relief for me because some of these announcements are so sappy - good grief
75. agree with beck - i hate those forwards that say if you don't forward this you don't love jesus
76. love surveys...most of them
77. could eat "thanksgiving ham" everyday of the year
78. just gave my bedroom a facelift - for the first time in my life i have a bedroom that is coordinated - curtains included
79. cannot sleep on my back
80. have no veins - so if anyone ever tells you i am an iv drug user you know they are lying
81 accepting of the fact that i am fat...God made me that way...will not try to gain weight but will not obsess over losing it either
82. am a fan of hot wings with good blue cheese dressing
83. gardenias are my favorite flower
84. have never bought my husband any clothing that i picked out - he is so picky - he will not allow me to buy clothes for him
85. have a horrible fear of having to go on dialysis one day - remember i am diabetic
86. passionate about finding a cure for cancer, particularly childhood cancers, and alzheimer's disease - both have touched my life very closely - my daughter and grandmother
87. love to give hugs
88. love to leave funky stickers on coworkers workspace so that when they come back they will smile
89.must have a tv in my room
90 must read before i go to bed
91. have had more surgeries in my 33 years than carter has liver pills
92. hate to go to the doctor because he usually puts me in the hospital like 5 out of 10 times - then i have to listen to people say, "you're back in the hospital."
93. miss riding to work with my hubby - adult time is precious
94. miss having lunch with my hubby
95. wish for a beautiful yard that people envy
96. wish i had a new pair of socks for every day of the year - yes that means wear them one time and throw them away
97. have dreamed and still dream of writing a book about my life experiences both personally and professionally - it would be called "it's a good thing" - there is a story behind the title
98. elvis is my hero - not for his lifestyle but good grief how could someone sing so beautifully - can you say "blue christmas"
99. have some family that should be in bryce - they may say the same thing about me but hey....
100. cannot eat something hot and drink something hot...it must be something cold to drink
101. that i actually have friends that read this whole list...

bonus - just like beck said that my Jesus loves me even through ALL of my MANY faults and issues

hopefully you know more about me now than you did before...i hope you will still talk to me!!!!!!!!!!!!