Tuesday, June 26, 2007

100 Things About Me...


1. I am a middle child.
2. I have two sisters.
3. My Dad and little sister, Channing, used to call me “Little Miss Perfect.” I always pretended that it annoyed me but I secretly loved it.
4. I am really close to all my extended family.
5. I am the only member of my extended family to live outside of TX voluntarily.
6. My sister lives in Beaufort, SC with her husband who is a Marine… They prefer TX.
7. I don’t really talk like I am from TX, except when I say the word “night.”
8. When I was little, I sucked my right index finger.
9. I always slept with a very soft stuffed animal.
10. I still sleep with a very soft stuffed animal.
11. Channing gave it to me in my Christmas stocking last year.
12. Sometimes I catch Blake sleeping with it.
13. I like bologna.
14. I had it for lunch today.
15. When I was little, Becky Smith (Evans) and I used to watch “David the Gnome” while eating bologna and potato chips… both dipped in ketchup.
16. Becky and I would play Barbies everyday.
17. I didn’t stop playing with my Barbies until I was in the 6th grade.
18. Packing them up and putting them in the attic might be the hardest thing I had to do as a child.
19. I still love Barbies.
20. Every time I go to Wal-Mart I walk down the Barbie aisle just to look at them.
21. I had a wreck the first afternoon I had my driving permit.
22. The person I hit was my (now) brother-in-law’s older brother. (I was too embarrassed to talk to him at Bevin and John’s wedding.)
23. I learned to drive a standard transmission before I mastered driving an automatic.
24. My first car was a 1966 (red) Mustang.
25. During the summer I had to take an extra set of clothes with me everywhere I went… it had no air-conditioning.
26. I was a member of the Student Council from 6th grade to 12th grade.
27. My senior year I was Student Council Secretary.
28. I was a member of the National Honor Society.
29. My junior year I was Homecoming Princess and Class Favorite.
30. My Senior year I was just on the Homecoming Court. (As Blake says… I peaked too early)
31. I loved high school.
32. I wouldn’t want to do it over again, though.
33. I went pot-luck my freshman year at ACU and LOVED my roommate Cheryl.
34. That same year I went out on at least one date with 12 different guys.
35. One of those guys was Blake.
36. He stood one person down from me during Freshman Sing Song.
37. I thought he was super cute and funny, too.
38. One day he stopped me in the Bean and asked me, “When are we going to have some Blake and Moriah time?”
39. I was so excited I ran to the other side of the Bean to tell all my friends.
40. Our first date was to an Italian restaurant and to Grace.
41. We started dating at the beginning of our sophomore year.
42. I used to cry A LOT.
43. Blake has calmed me down, BIG TIME.
44. I moved into a different house every semester after I moved out of the dorm. (4 houses in 4 semesters)
45. The only roommate that stayed consistent was Kenli.
46. I cooked dinner for at least 4 people most weeknights my senior year at ACU.
47. I loved the club I was in at ACU… Sigma Theta Chi.
48. I was the “Big Sig” (pledge mom) my senior year.
49. The pledges made me cry almost every day. (#43)
50. I wanted nothing more than for Siggies to win Sing Song every year.
51. I am very competitive.
52. I don’t like being Blake’s partner for games because he usually doesn’t care if we win or not.
53. I won’t do something unless I know I can excel at it.
54. My degree is in Secondary Education with an emphasis in Social Studies.
55. I decided during an internship at Abilene High that I did not want to teach.
56. I still don’t want to teach.
57. I’ve thought about going back to school, not seriously, to get a Masters Degree in Electronic Media… or something design related.
58. I love fonts.
59. I am kind of a font snob.
60. I hate it when I see a standard Microsoft font on a piece of printed material or used in a logo.
61. I love to scrapbook.
62. I have only finished 2 paper scrapbooks.
63. I am working on my first digitally produced scrapbook… I’ll let you know how it looks printed.
64. I love taking pictures.
65. I feel bad for people who don’t have fun/good wedding pictures.
66. I could spend hours on Facebook.
67. My favorite is to look at pictures of people I knew at ACU and from high school… weddings are my favorite.
68. I wish more of my friends had blogs.
69. I hate to sing in front of people I don’t know.
70. I cried immediately after the first time I sang in front of Blake without music. I sing really loud around him now.
71. Although I don’t like to sing in front of people, I like to pretend I’m a Broadway star when I’m driving.
72. Right now, Wicked is my favorite musical to sing along with.
73. I love Brad Paisley’s music. As soon as I got his new CD I scanned all the songs trying to pick out my favorite. I couldn’t ever decide.
74. It annoys me when Blake makes up his own part to any song… or when he tries to sing along when he doesn’t know the words.
75. I sometimes get mad at Blake because he won’t get mad at me. How stupid is that?
76. I hate it when I don’t get my way.
77. #76 doesn’t happen very often.
78. I am not ready to have a baby yet.
79. I REALLY want a golden retriever.
80. I love going to the lake with my family.
81. I used to water-ski a lot.
82. Now I don’t because I’m not very good at it. (see #54)
83. I love to sit in the boat while watching Blake ski. He is really good and pretty fearless.
84. In my family, you aren’t really water skiing until you can slalom.
85. My granddad bought me my own slalom ski the day I learned how. It hasn’t been used very much since then.
86. I spent a lot of time with Patmommy and Granddad when I was growing up. I spent most Saturday nights at their house.
87. They always had Mr. Goodbars, Dr. Peppers, and homemade sweet pickles for me.
88. I LOVE Dr. Pepper.
89. I will never stop loving it.
90. I have never tried to stop drinking it.
91. I hate exercise.
92. I tried to like running for 4.5 years and decided last July, that it wasn’t worth being miserable any more.
93. I haven’t run since then.
94. I have walked some… It’s not the same without my walking buddies from ACU.
95. I took “Walking for Fitness” at ACU and was the (self-proclaimed) motivator in the class.
96. I love to cook.
97. I really like having people come over for dinner.
98. I like to sew.
99. I’m still learning though… patterns still intimidate me.
100. I just realized I like to talk about myself. I think my list could go on for days.

I had to come back to my list after finishing it because I forgot some very important things about myself. I went back through my list and picked out all the stupid things. No one tagged me, but I really enjoyed reading all my Otter Creek buddies’ lists, so I wanted to make one for myself. I also wanted all my ACU Blogging buddies to make lists!

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

So...


A long time ago, actually. We closed April 26th. Exactly one week after we closed we left for the Dominican Republic. Work has been crazy and I have been too lazy to blog. Not long after we got back from our trip I started tearing down wallpaper and border in the kitchen. It wasn't fun at all. The kitchen is slowly being finished and I will post before and after pictures when we actually finish. I was going to send out these cute little "We have moved" cards but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe you will see them at Christmas. Summer is flying by. This weekend we are going to TX for a wedding. It has been a really long time since I have seen my family and I've been missing them lately. A couple weeks after the wedding we'll all be meeting in Arkansas for our yearly trip to Lake Ouachita. But before we head to Arkansas... I'm going to New York. While I'm there...


I'm so excited I can barely contain myself. I have the ENTIRE soundtrack memorized and have been dying to see it for months (although it seems like years). I am going with Janet (from work), her daughter, and one of her daughter's friends. I just hope I can keep myself from singing every word. Blake thought it was a great idea that I go on this trip. I also think that he is a little sad he isn't going with me. Every morning I can always count on him to mix up all the words from "Popular" or "The Wizard and I." He sings them more than I do! Anyway... This blog had no purpose other than to share my excitement with my blog buddies. With all my trips coming up, you can bet I'll have lots of pictures to share!