It's All About Me!

Baby Alyson--ready to conquer the world!

I can't pull myself out of my funk and blog! I love blogging...but with starting a new company(YIKES...I know)and all the fun stuff that goes along with that, I just haven't had the time. To ease myself back into this, I thought I would throw out some random facts about myself...just a list....no particular order...
 1.  I was born weighing 5 lb 13 oz. (that should have been an indicator of my future shortness).
 2.  I do not enjoy horror movies or books.  AT ALL!
 3.  I once sprayed Tilex in my right eye and was told that I may never have vision in that eye again.  The
      vision was restored and I was blessed with the perfect excuse to never again clean a bathroom.
 4.  I had appendicitis in fourth grade.
 5.  I met my husband when I was 17.
 6.  I've always wanted to live in a highrise.
 7.  I skipped kindergarten.
 8.  I finished college in three and a half years.
 9.  I developed asthma in my thirties.
10. My Uncle John is with me....he turns lights on and off to let me know that. Believe it.
11. I love plain white rice.
12. I have been to Hell.  (it is an actual place on Grand Cayman)
13. Cats scare me.
14. I read every single Laura Ingalls Wilder book at least three times when I was a kid.
15. I probably read Charlotte's Web ten times cover to cover.
16. I have never NOT had at least one book that I am reading.
17. My mom once told me I was born into the wrong family. I will never forget that.
18. Hairy backs gross me out.
19. I hate feet.
20. Publishing a book is on my bucket list.
21.I don't especially enjoy pizza.
22.I am no good at pretending to like someone if I don't.
23.I am brutally blunt, honest and opinionated(see number 22).
24.I believe in the right to bear arms.
25.I absolutely HATE guns. My mom's mother died as the result of a gunshot. Although I believe it is
    every American's(after extremely thorough background checks) right to bear them, I do not like them and
    they scare me.
26.I take a bubble bath at least four times a week.
27.I just can't make myself drink wine from a box. I know, I know...but it just doesn't seem right to me.
28.Mushrooms make me want to puke.
29.Tomatoes are gross.
30.One of my vices is fried catfish from Attala County, Mississippi. It MUST be from there...nobody else
     knows how to cook it. NOBODY.
31.In college, I was Student Teacher of the Year. Yes, that's correct...I rock.
32.I told my husband(then fiance) that I would never live in Texas.
33.I have lived in Texas since 1994 and can't imagine being anywhere else!!
34.I cried for three straight days  when I found out I was going to have another baby when my daughter was
     8 months old.
35.When my son was 2 months old, I found out I was ill and should not have any more children.
36.I cried when I realized that God's timing is always right.
37.I grew up in the red dirt of a softball field. I still remember the name of the bat that my teammates and I
     LOVED.....The Shady Lady...and then there was a Shady Lady II. Odd how things like that stick with
     you.
38.My first car was a Mazda RX-7. We called it the 'naz because half the "m" was off the word mazda.
39.I am a full foot and two inches shorter than my husband.
40.My eyebrows are two different colors. Yes, I was born that way.
41.I broke my arm the summer before 7th grade while teaching my brother how to properly maneuver the
      monkey bars. Obviously, it was not the success I had hoped it to be.
42.My first kiss was at a church.
43.I could easily be an activist.
44.I have no tolerance for cigarette smoke. I do not hate the smoker---I do hate the second-hand smoke.
45.I think marriage should be a right afforded to everyone. I will not back down from that.
46.What others think of me doesn't make or break me. It just doesn't.
47.I had two imaginary friends when I was little. Their names were Lulam and Doddam and both hailed from
     California.
48.My precious Granny totally made me believe that she saw Lulam and Doddam as well. I love her for
     that.
49.I will never forget seeing my thirty-two-year-old  Uncle John in his coffin. I wish I had not gone against
     his wishes and looked.
50.Uncle John was my first best friend.
51.I don't like peppermint. I do, however, like peppermint lattes.
52.I wish I had long skinny fingers.
53.I once drank from a thermos after someone else had discarded his tobacco drippings into it.I still get a
      little queazy over that one.
54.The fact that I type everything I say in my head shouldn't frighten you.  Really.
55.I learned to whistle before I could talk. I can't whistle now.
56.I love caramel apples.
57.My favorite color is green.
58.I still check under my bed at night.
59.I have never seen an episode of Glee.
60.I never watched Grey's Anatomy.
61.I run the other way at the sight of blood.
62.I talk to my dog all the time. He sometimes answers me.
63.My husband and I play practical jokes on each other at least once a week.
64.I want to go to Italy.
65.I can't think of any other facts, so I am ending this post.