Today has finally arrived! The day I turned 40 years old!!! Time really flies when I think that Tim and I have been together since we were 18!!
In honor of turning 40, these are 40 things about me!
1. I was born on 11-20 at 11:20am, my mom calls me every year at my actual birth time, I love that!
2. My favorite time of year is fall when we can all be outside again after being stuck in air conditioning all summer long.
3. I'm addicted to glitter, my glue gun, ribbons, and paper pretties! I love to craft, if only I had more time!
4. I'm so blessed to have wonderful, caring parents who have been married 45 years and have taught me values, lessons, and compassion.
5. I am such a baby, and cry so easily at everything! Commercials, movies, babies, I should just keep a tissue in my hands all the times!!
6. My nose knows, I have a strong detection of scents and I secretly love the smell of skunks! Except, at night if the windows are open if it's cold out!
7. I'm obsessed with Christmas decorating...there has to be a tree in every room (except bathrooms). I have two up so far and have six more to go!
8. My favorite color is hot pink.
9. I have names for my big left and right toes. For some reason Latreca always gets kicked, Rhonda seems to do ok, except her baby toe sister that I kicked on the bathtub by accident recently and has left me limping lately!
10. My favorite scripture is Philippians 4:13.
11. I love to clean, always have! Almost obsessed, have to have it clean before I can enjoy anything I really want to do. I guess that's why I never get anything done, like blog!!
12. I cannot live without Sonic's Strawberry Limeades.
13. Or, Pumpkin Spice Lattes from Starbuck's
14. Or, sweet tea from McCallister's Deli, or any tea for that matter.
15. I love to grocery shop!! Most people can't stand it. I love to look at all the possibililities and take my time strolling along. The sights and smells and samples are the best. I am an HEB snob!
16. I would love to live in the country on tons of land, in a cute little house with a front porch, a picket fence, old wood floors, and tons of antiques, and a sky full of stars!
17. I am an introvert and need my quiet time or I go cray cray! Taken from a fellow Instagrammer (ani_rdz), "Quiet people have the loudest minds!" Sometimes my quietness has come off as snobbiness, which is furthest from the truth, and I can't stand that!
18. I LOVE to cook and bake. That is my time to unwind and chill out, it's so relaxing to me! I love to throw in my favorite jazz music - Chris Botti and Peter White and an occasional glass of wine.
19. Photography is my passion. I'm known to have my camera or iPhone whipped out in a flash! Now, if I could only figure out what to do with all my pictures! I wish I had an iPhone when my babies were little!
20. I love to snuggle with my babies under soft, warm blankets. It's the best feeling ever!
21. My favorite singers are Carrie Underwood, and John Mayer (that voice)!
22. I'm a soupie. I could eat soup all day, every day. I make a mean tortilla soup!
23. I miss the fact that I never grew up knowing a grandpa. One died before I was born, and the other when I was ten. He lived in another state and I have no memories of him. When I see little old guys at Walmart or war veterans, it makes me want to adopt them. It hurts my heart!
24. I love small towns and unique shops and restaurants! I would much rather spend money there rather than chains!
25. My favorite candle is pumpkin spice! Mmm!
26. I am a Real Housewives junkie - Atlanta, Beverly Hills, Miami, New Jersey, New York, Orange County. I have to have complete silence when I watch, no kids allowed, so I can hear every bit of juiciness!!
27. I once had someone tell me I smiled too much! That didn't bring me down, that comment makes me smile 10X more today!!!
28. I am crazy for leopard print! Seriously!
29. I started watching The Young and the Restless when I was in 6th grade, and still watch to this day! Thank goodness for VCR's and DVR!!!
30. I'm weird about numbers and think things are meant to be - our address is 20919 - my birthday is the 20th, our anniversary is the 9th, and the day Tim and I started dating was March 19th. All of our birth years equals 72, 7+2=9 (our anniversary), the kids birth years equals 12, 1+2=3 kids. My birthday and Tim's birthday equals 23, 2+3=5 members in our family! Call me a dork, is it a coincidence all our numbers are aligned?!
31. I HATE, I LOATHE emptying the dishwasher!! So glad that I can toss that chore off to the kids!
32. My favorite movies are Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Home Alone, I can almost do those line for line!
33. I dream to go to Paris one day!! I want to pig out on French pastries, drink coffee, look at antiques, strolling the streets with my love arm-in-arm observing all the sights and sounds! Oh, and kiss under the Eiffel Tower.
34. I had a horrible experience getting four teeth pulled for braces, I felt EVERY bit of the pain as my teeth were yanked. The dentist called me a baby as I kicked my legs and cried. This is when parents weren't really welcome to go back in the room. I hate dentists to this day and rest assured, that WILL NOT happen to my kids!!
35. I'm not much of a drinker. White wine gives me the worst headache, although I love it so much! My drink of choice every now and then is a margarita on the rocks, with salt, of course!
36. I feel there are no coincidences in life, God has placed people in my life at the most perfect time!
37. I'm a history buff, I'm not good with dates though. But, I'm so fascinated at things that have taken place. One of my favorite series that I still need to finish on NetFlix is called America, The Story of Us!
38. My sister Stephanie is my best friend. We get each other, I love being able to lean on her. I love you, Steph!
39. I'm so glad I granted forgiveness to my mother-in-law, Barbara. She chose to not be very involved in my kids' young lives because she was envious of me that her son married me. She caused me many tears and much heartache. I could never understand what my kids did to her. There were no baking days, no shopping trips, no trips to the store, or even lunch or dinner with them, or trips to the playground. They lived five minutes away. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2009 and eventually lost her battle on October 22, 2011. During those years, she tried her hardest to be the grandma that she hadn't been for years. I give her credit for that. Although the hurt never will go away, it gets easier. It was her loss. I was the same person and never changed. She just never got to know the real me. There has not been a day go by that I don't think of her. I'm sad that my husband does not have a mother. I'm sad that my kids have one less grandparent. Thank you Jesus for giving me the strength to forgive her.
40. Creme brulee is my favorite dessert, and I plan on having it tonight at my birthday dinner at my most favorite restaurant, Jaspers!
Hello 40!!
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