Facebook Craziness

I am on this crazy thing called facebook. There is a survey thing going around facebook right now. It is called 25 random things you always wanted to know about me. Thought you all might like to know too! Here you go:

1. My husband I met when I was 2 weeks old. Our dads were business partners. The first time we met, he swept me off my feet...literally. Our moms left the room and he came over and flipped me over in my car seat. Boys will be boys I guess..or maybe he had me at hello.

2. I still have a baby tooth and two wisdom teeth. God gave me two instead of four.

3. In the 6th grade, we had to do a biography report. I chose to do Elvis Presley. When it was my turn to give my report to the class, I dressed up as Elvis and lip sang to a song with a guitar. I had bell bottoms, a leapard vest, gold glasses, gold shoes, and sprayed my hair black. My mom came to watch and wanted to video tape it. I wouldnt let her and still regret that to this day. All I remember is laughing and my best friend crying she was laughing so hard.

4. When OJ Simpson was driving in his white broncho being chased by helicopters, police cars, and news cameras, I was sure he was coming to Tempe, Arizona to get me. Still not really sure why I thought that, but I just knew he was.

5. I get hives when I get cold. It started when I was in the 4th grade and the doctors said I would out grow it when I was 12. I guess I am just young at heart.

6. I have been in about 8 car accidents. Everytime the other car hits my side of the car! Doesn't matter if I am driving or the passenger.

7. I am a horrible speller, but won a spelling bee in the 5th grade.

8. I hate change. I grew up in the same house for 20 years. Went to the same grade school all 8 years, then the same high school for all 4 years. I loved every minute of it. I like things the way they are, but they never stay that way for long.

9. I am still scared to swim in the pool at night, especially the deep end. There are sharks in there for sure!

10. I love to go to the movies. I love the entire experience. I love to order an icee half of each of the flavors they have that day and an order of nachos. I love to get there early to chat with whom ever I am with and the movie is always great too!

11. My family (my husband, my girls, my parents, my sister, etc) are the greatest people I have EVER met. Sorry to everyone else.

12. I have friends that I have known for 25 years and some for only a couple months and feel so blessed to call them friends. You would all be lucky to call them friends too!

13. I don't think that there are many problems in life that a bowl of ice cream can't fix or at least make a little better. ( I got this from my mom and grandmother.)

14. I only like to watch "happy TV". I don't like to watch scary movies right before bed or really anytime. I like shows like The Cosby Show, Jon and Kate plus 8, I Love Lucy, Friends, The Food Network, TLC, stuff like that.

15. I have a hole at the top of my right ear that looks like it was pierced, but is never was. I was born with it. God made me that way too.

16. I am a pack rat and know it, but don't really care to do anything about it...sorry Tim. No, I am actually trying to get better and buy things that I only need or will use and clear out some of the stuff I already have.

17. My mom wonders why she paid so much for school and I didn't really learn that much. I just recently learned where all the 50 states go on the map. (None of my friends know where the states go either. I wonder which teacher we all had that year?)

18. My favorite place in the world is San Francisco. It is beautiful and holds so many memories of family trips while I was growing up. There is a long walk that we take and when I was little we would stop and rest in the same place before turning around to go home. My dad and I found a stump there. Every time we go back, we go to see the stump. We can still find it after all this time!

19. I have my mom's eyes and my dad's sense of humor. (At least WE think we are funny.)

20. I love to throw and plan parties. Any excuse to get family and friends together is good enough for me.

21. My birthday is New Year's Eve which is a great day for a girl who loves to have a party!

22. I love to watch a sunset, the ocean, trees blowing in the wind, rain falling, lightning storms, things like that.

23. I never really cried before my girls were born. Just didn't really see the need. Now, I am a sucker for everything. I cry at commercials, movies, stories of failure and stories of success, just about anything. I think I just enjoy life more and really want others (especially the girls) to love it too.

24. I love Christmas and wish it was always December. I listen to Christmas music as soon as they start playing it on the radio and can't get enough of it. I put my tree up at the beginning of November and take it down just before the New Year, only so I don't have to do it the day after my birthday.

25. I am learning more from having kids than I ever thought I would. More about myself, more about life, my family, and the God we serve. What a wonderful time in life right now! I wouldn't change anything.

(one last thing)
26. I prefer to tell the LONG story over the short version any day. Guess that's why I have 26 things instead of 25 :)


Have a wonderful week! Love and hugs from the Newquist's