V-Dub's 101

I've been working on this 101 post forever. I've loved reading other people's so I wanted to try and put one out there too. But I'm not done, so I'm going to just post the first 41 (random I know) right now and then we'll get the rest out there asap. Whitney tagged me with a "seven random things about you" post; so 41 random things about me should probably cover that: ) Here's for you Whit.

1. At night time I like to pull the mascara off my eyelashes....but I get sad every time I accidentally pull out an eyelash. I don't have a ton to spare: ) The only reason I thought of this is because I was just doing it and pulled out three whole lashes.....and yes, I'm sad about it: )

2. I love to eat good food and get really excited about it, especially if I'm hungry.

3. However, I often put eating lower on my priority chart doing other practical things first, take care of all of Emyri's needs, get ready, clean, etc.

4. When I do eat though, I like to really sit down, get everything organized and in front of me, and enjoy every bite. Chad is more of an inhaling eater. He is usually always done eating way before I am.

5. This "sit down and enjoy every bite" characteristic is just like my brother Blake.

6. Not only do we look the most alike, but we eat the most alike: )

7. I love the way it feels after cleaning my house.

8. I love to vacuum and think the carpet always looks ten times better after I do.

9. I am amazed time and time again with how much junk I find under Emyri's high chair while I'm vacuuming.

10. I never tuck my hair all the way behind my ears. I usually leave a tuft out.

11. Chad always tries (consciously or subconsciously I don't know) to tuck those tufts behind my ears. It feels awkward though, so I un-tuck them right away.

12. Chad was my first and only kiss.

13. I was Chad's ninth.

13.5 I'm fine with that.

14. Our first kiss was in a field on a hill by my house. It was snowing and it took me practically a half hour to get up the courage to go through with it. But afterward, I felt so good and so happy that I couldn't stop smiling through the night and into the next day.

15. "Can't Stop Loving You" by Phil Collins makes me smile every time I hear it. It was the song we listened too before I finally got the guts to kiss the kid: )

16. It took me two years of high school and a year of college to learn that even two people so young can have real love.

17. Chad taught me what real love was.

18. When I was first contemplating liking Chad, I was running around the track during track practice and thinking, "I could never marry a boy like that".

19. I was wrong.

20. The night Chad was set apart as a missionary, I sat in my room and really knew that Chad could come home and be everything I ever wanted.

21. He is everything and more.

22. When I was five I got a hip infection and was rushed to Jackson to have emergency surgery. When I got there, the doctors couldn't explain why everything suddenly looked a lot better and they'd wait until morning to see about doing surgery.

23. I know why.

24. And I never did have to have surgery: )

25. I became an aunt when I was in seventh grade. I was so excited that I wrote "I'm an Aunt!!!" on a piece of paper and hung it on my locker. (The outside of my locker mind you).

26. I'm an embarrassed about that fact......but I have loved being an aunt from day one: )

27. I am amazed at how strongly I love my nieces and nephews. Their happiness means so much to me.

28. I'm glad that list of nieces and nephews now includes Kaylee and Jack and Olly....It surprises me how much I love them too, seeing how they have only been "mine" for three and a half years. But seriously, how could you not love kids that are soo hilarious and cute: )

29. I'm glad I got to be around them so much growing up. It has helped me a ton with being a mommy now.

30. One random but favorite memories of mine with Jenna was when we sat in her basement and cut pictures out of magazines to make a rainbow collage. I don't know why, but thinking of that night makes me smile every time.

31. On a sadder note, one night when we were young we were having a slumber party at Jenna's with our friends and one girl ended up getting her feelings hurt, so she called her mom and went home. We all felt really bad, but Jenna felt so bad she cried until she threw up.

32. I don't know if you remember that night.....but just in case you do, I'm so sorry Laura.

33. I hate feeling scared, but I get scared really easily.

34. I can't handle watching scary movies anymore......wussy I know: )

35. Sometimes when I'm home alone, I turn the TV on so I don't feel alone. I did this when I was younger, and I still do it sometimes.

36. I love the feeling of running, especially the feeling after I have run. I wish I made more time for it.

37. After I lost my Student Body Elections my Junior year, I went straight to track practice and ran a three mile loop by myself. It made me feel so much better to run all of those feelings out of me.

38. Kel was my campaign manager and cried with me after I lost the election. That meant so much to me. She means a lot to me.

39. Running, music, and journaling are my own ways of healing.

40. I love people so much. I love love love hearing people's stories. Seeing how people have dealt with their lives and all they have learned from life.

41. This had a huge impact in why I went into Social Work and want to go into Counseling.