- I have red curly hair.
- My birthday is in
. I am [sigh] in my 30s. - This means my sign is
. Who thought of that? It’s a disease. Man. - I live in
. (Don’t worry, I’ll run out of buttons soon, and then I won’t have any more inspiration for this list.) - Unlike most Minnesotans, I prefer
over Caribou. It’s the mochas. They win me ever time. However, this preference has weakened since I gave up caffeine. - I gave up caffeine in September 2008. Life without it isn’t all that bad.
- I am at least
. Probably more. If you know me, you vote. - I currently work for the government doing website stuff and administrative support.
- When I first started working here, they sent me to a class to learn
, because I only knew FrontPage. Now I’m a pro (relatively speaking). My newest skills involve CSS. PHP confuses me (yes, that is what Wordpress is written in). - I worked in youth ministry in several churches for 10 years, and left my last job at the church in May 2005, after almost three years. I’m waiting a while to get back into the church thing, and even longer to get back to volunteering with a youth group. It’ll just suck me in otherwise. I love it so much, but can’t do it as a job anymore.
- My new career goal is to be a junior high social studies teacher. This will involve more schooling, but will something I find fulfilling. Yes, I love junior high students. They don’t scare me.
- I have lived in Illinois, California, Michigan, Arizona, and now Minnesota.
- I lived in 6 different apartments in Minnesota in my first 6 years.
- That’s a lot of moving. Hopefully no more moves. We bought our dream house May 1, 2009. We’d like to die there.
- I take the bus to work. It takes about 45 minutes.
- I own one cat,
. I also own some random fish, who live and die at whim. 
also owns a cat, 
. They’re both crazy. - I met my husband online.
- I have one sister. She’s married (2003) to a youth pastor. They live here, which is the reason I live here.
- My first nephew was born December 2007, and he is just adorable! My second nephew was born March 2009. I adore both of them.
- My dad lives in the Chicago area. My mom recently moved up here to the Twin Cities. Grandchildren, you know.
- I have worked for 5 churches and 2 missions organizations.
- I speak halfway decent French and very bad Spanish.
- I “own” a borrowed car from some friends who moved to Korea for a few years.
- I’m tall compared to most of my friends.
- I have been in love before. And I am in love right now. To an amazing, wonderful man.
- I own a lot of CDs. Some movies, too.
- I like pink.
- I have my BA from Judson College (now “University”) in Youth Ministry and Adolescent Studies.
- I have a 3.96 GPA (and I’m really upset about that missing .04) at Metro State.
- I get sunburnt easily.
- I have 11 piercings in my ears, but no other piercings or tattoos. (I only wear one earring in each ear – kinda grew out of that rebellious stage.)
- I think that bellybutton piercings are gross. My sister had one and I could hardly look at it, but thankfully she took it out when she got pregnant.
- I think I would like a tattoo, but I can never figure out what I want.
- I have played the piano since I was 7.
- My piano now lives at our house, which makes me very happy. I haven’t looked for the serial number for an exact date, but it was manufactured between 1865 and 1885. Whoa.
- I am very particular about what pens I use. I do not like pencils, except in my planner, where it’s a necessity.
- I have big hands and feet.
- I have PCOS.
- I like things in alphabetical or chronological order, or both.
- People at work think I’m a computer genius.
- Maybe I am. No, not really.
- According to my IQ, I’m an underachiever.
- I try not to have heroes.
- I really enjoyed my four years as a vegetarian, but am no longer. It got too hard. Or I got bored. Or I just kept cheating so that I thought I’d be honest and drop the title.
- I played church softball for a summer, and only hit the ball once in the whole season. They didn’t ask me again (it was, however, a game-winning hit).
- My current passion is crafting. Quilting, embroidery, sewing clothing, and occasionally knitting (though it aggravates my tendinitis, so I only do it rarely).
- I hope to spend lots of time each summer laying in a hammock.
- My out-of-state friends are all married with lots of babies. My in-state friends are all single. Is that weird?
- I have been fired from a church before, and almost from a missions organization.
- I didn’t do anything wrong. Just didn’t live up to people’s expectations.
- I try to be honest and represent myself “as is,” but sometimes others just don’t get it.
- I was once asked out while waiting at the bus stop. I gave him a wrong number.Does that make me a bad person?
- Target is my favorite.
- I’m really glad Ikea is at to the Mall of America. I now live 7 minutes away from both. Guess how often we go to Ikea.
- My spine is curved 7%. This caused a really bad limp in 8th grade that took two months of chiropractic work to get over.
- I have blue eyes and freckles, which is because I’m Swedish, not Irish (that would be green eyes).
- And dimples.
- But to see them, you’d have to make me smile.
- I waited for my wedding night.
- I’ve never done drugs, or been truly drunk (although I have been a little tipsy before). (Of course, this depends on your definition of “drunk.” I think mine is different than other peoples’.)
- I almost never leave the house without waterproof mascara (black) on.
- I recently discovered a brand of bottled water that I enjoy drinking cold or room temperature. “Ice Mountain.” And then I decided that bottled water was bad, and switched to carrying my own water bottle around.
- I love camping.
- I like playing Scrabble.
- People annoy me. A lot (see 100 Pet Peeves).
- I am still trying to learn how to bake [yeast] bread.
- I really like stripes, especially on clothing. Don’t know why.
- Finally found a video game I enjoy – Lego Star Wars. Who knew?
- I deleted a few too many things from this list and now I can’t think of anything else to say about myself.
- In my old age, my eyesight is getting poorer (had to get glasses January 2007). But, my feet are also shrinking, so it all evens out.
- The house we bought has tons of garden space, but it’s all covered in about 5 inches of decorative rock, and underneath that is that awful black plastic. It all has to go. I think I need to beef up my arm muscles in order to [help] shovel them out.
- The house we bought also has a basement full of wood paneling. Four different kinds! Sometimes even multiple layers! Guess we’re gonna learn how to hang drywall.
- OK, so it’s not exactly a “thing” about me, but… here’s my Flickr account.
- I think you’re wonderful, just the way you are. Oh, also, I adore comments on my blog, and will love you forever if you make one.
- Here’s that 25 Things meme that made its way around Facebook.
- Now that I’ve deleted 25 things that were no longer relevant, I have no idea what to say about myself.
- I’m a big fan of keyboard shortcuts. Want to learn some? I also know some pretty cool tricks in Microsoft Word.
- I’m kind of addicted to Facebook.
- Google Reader has made staying caught up on blogs so much easier. It’s also easier to add a new blog to my reading list. I currently have 207 subscriptions.
- I lived in Arizona for a summer, but have never seen the Grand Canyon.
- I cannot draw. When I say, “I’m not an artist,” this is what I mean. I realize that the creative arts extend far beyond drawing, but I tend to be fixated on what I cannot do.
- I don’t like scary movies.
- Also, I’m afraid of the dark.
- I’m actually quite OK admitting that.
- I love sci-fi television. I might watch too much of it.
- My grandparents are 96, 90, and 82. Every day I’m thankful for the time I have with them still in my life.
- I am not a morning person. Not at all. Not even close.
- I really hate being cold in the morning.
- I don’t own an iPhone. Not yet, at least. I’m holding out. (For what? I don’t know.)
- I was barefoot at my wedding. My mom made my dress, based on a picture I drew for her.
- In this job, I have learned a lot about accessibility, especially in relation to websites (though I must confess that I doubt this blog is very accessible).
- There are three stalks of bamboo growing on my desk at work. I like that they’re living.
- Everyone who visits my cubicle compliments me on 1) my chair, and 2) my photo collage.
- I am not concerned in the slightest about H1N1.
- I would really love it if transporter technology (like on Star Trek) were invented, so that I could spend time with my friends who live far away.
- I like to keep work separate from the rest of my life. Other than talking about my day, I don’t think about work (or do any work) when I’m not at work.
- People would be surprised to learn how often I snack during the workday.
- I strongly dislike my red glasses.
- I am allergic to the color blue (cobalt dye in eye makeup, specifically), and about a zillion other things that might possibly touch my skin, like sunscreen. Boo on that. I also have undiagnosed seasonal allergies and regular sinus allergies (haven’t been able to figure those out on my own, and they’re not bad enough to warrant getting tested just yet).
- I’m really trying to get better at taking pictures. If you go back through my Flickr account (which has way too many photos in it), you’ll see that I am making some progress.
Updated October 2009
