20 Things You May or May Not Know About Me

Sorry about the wordy ones. I like to talk . . . a lot.

1. I don't like sweet tea.
2. I've only been camping once in my life. It was in college. I'm still traumatized. I will never go again.
3. I did not dream about my wedding day all of my life. I had it all planned and organized in one week.
4. I was raised to be a strong, loving, and independent woman. My mom taught me, by example, that it is rarely about me. (Even on my wedding day she didn't buy into all the "this is your day" hype. It wasn't my day. It was our day to share with friends and family. Whew . . . sorry . . . not sure where that came from.) I strive to be more like my mom everyday.  A lot of days I fail miserably.
5. When I was 18 my parents drug me to a university four hours from home, tied me up, gagged me, and forced me to stay (okay, I may be exaggerating a little bit but not much). I will forever be thankful they did this. I will do the same thing to my kids (minus the tying up and gagging part . . . you do know that's all a joke . . . right?).
6. My husband and I had a long distance relationship all through college, and it worked beautifully.
7. I lived alone my senior year in college. It was bliss.
8. I love to shop.
9. I'm a good manager of money.
10. I'm a germaphobe clean freak.
11. I'm terribly uncoordinated.
12. I love to read, and I'm not a big t.v./movies person (except for TLC & Discovery . . . I'm addicted).
13. When I was in school, I was good at academics and hated sports (see terribly uncoordinated). However, I do like to work out . . . alone.
14. I'm very hard-headed opinionated and a little on the bossy side.
15. The top three gifts I've ever gotten (listed in no particular order): my Kindle, my gas grill, and my treadmill (all from my husband :)).
16. I would be a professional student if I could. I'm a nerd.
17. If I was independently wealthy, I would buy a motor home and see all of the great big United States of America. I'm 80 at heart. Have I mentioned, I'm a nerd?
18. I dream in color.
19. I could have never fathomed that I would love being a mother as much as I do.
20. God followed by my family are the most important things in my life.