a zillion factoids

Me: Parkingathome
Hubs: My husband
Cody: Girl cat, the tortie (muticolored)
Jackson (also, buddah boy): The tabby, boy.
Tux: Girl cat, Black and white, rescued from a gutter by our house
4cell: The fetus gestating
MM: The baby 4cell became
CiL: The Crazy-in-Law, Hubs’ mother
AiL: The Angry-in-Law, Hubs’ father

Thoughts I’ve had, facts about me, and other various things.

1. I am in my 20s
2. I am married, I refer to him as Hubs but that is not his real name
3. I have two cats, Cody and Jackson – now three with tuxie
4. My husband and I like to make up and sing silly songs to the cats and each other
5. I live in Utah, non-mormon
6. I was  attacked by an evil biting horse
7. One of my biggest fears is that I will be walking next to a fire hydrant, it will explode randomly, and I will be killed by the rush of water coming out of the spouts
8. I tend to get obsessed about other people’s online journals
9. I say “So’s your face” too much
10. I say awesome too much
11. If you ask me where something is I will probably say “Up your butt”
12. I have no idea where half of the States are
13. I had a brother die when I was 17. That was the worst time of my life
14. I rather enjoy zip-on hoods on jackets
15. Mint. Chocolate. Together forever
16. I have business cards, and have given out like…2 and I never have them when I see those “Drop your business card in for a free lunch” things.
17. Ironing sucks, I much prefer the whole spray-with-febreeze-and-put-in-dryer technique. I seriously consider throwing away the shirts that that doesn’t work on.
18. I am utterly obsessed with my cuticles, and they always look horrible
19. I can go for months without shaving my legs. Good husband there.
20. My short term goal is getting a bed that does not leave me in horrible back pain upon waking
21. My long term goal is fulfillment and joy in life
22. I have had experience with screaming spiders
23. I know all the words to the Sesame Street theme song, and was very angry when it got “modernized” to a mock-rap song with hip shaking New York Towers
24. I believe that if you think you’re going to have sweaty cleavage, the best thing to do is put a spritz of perfume in between so that as you heat up the good smell gets a little stronger
25. The sound of nails being clipped=AAAAAARRGHH
26. Shaking the cat food container and using the laser pointer to get the cats to come inside is not torture, it’s creative solutions
27. I constantly check with my thumb to make sure my wedding ring is still on my hand
28. I collect things that are totally unnecessary thinking they should be filed. Then I’ll go through a purge and throw everything away, including that one receipt I needed
29. One of my eyelids is more droopy than the other, but only I notice
30. I can lift only one eyebrow in a questioning way
31. I am very uncomfortable with the word “Moist”
32. I enjoy pretending that letters on license plates are words or acronyms, and I often say out loud “four ninety-two MLUUH” etc.
33. I was, at one point, obsessed with very easy crossword puzzles
34. I can knit (poorly) and crochet (well) but I have no idea how to read instructions for them because I am self taught
35. Update, I learned how to read the crochet ones when making my baby a blanket
36. I don’t like ice. I like how cold it is, but I hate when it touches my lips or teeth. Straws are where it’s at
37. Also, about ice. I always say “no ice” when getting a beverage at a fast food place. They fill the whole damn cup with ice and you don’t get any tasty beverage! ICE, psh.
38. Update on that one – I stopped doing that when I was pregnant because nothing could be cold enough
39. I talk a lot of talk, and pretend to be an expert about stuff I know nothing about
40. I can convince people of the most ludicrous things, and do so for fun
41. I was born in Texas, and only lived there for 4 months. What a crap state. Kidding, I remember nothing, I was an infant
42. Before Hubs, it was all pussy all the time. Take that as you will
43. My mother is a teacher. She is responsible for the sponge-like minds of 4-year-olds
44. I hate beer. It reminds me of being under 21 when that was all that was available. It also reminds me of when I didn’t know what I wanted in any aspect of myself.
45. I watch my television on a computer
46. Speaking of computers, we will soon have 5 in our home. 5 computers for 2 people, ludicrous, no?
47. I have a piano, as soon as I pay piano movers to take it out of my mom’s house.
48. We got the piano here, but the only place it will fit is in the dining area. Buy my piano.
49. I would be a foster parent to animals if I had a bigger home and didn’t think I would end up adopting them all.
50. I am a little obsessed about “things I can make with the standing mixer” that was sitting in our garage unopened and waiting to be exchanged for a different color until we gave up and said White Is Just Fine, Thank You.
51. I love boa constrictors. I would carry one with me everywhere and pet it and look in its freaky eyes all the time if I could
52. I’m learning the joys of horrible hormone related crappy emotions
53. I’m the kind of person that will cut you if you ruin a book/movie/tv show for me
54. I hated being pregnant, but as soon as I had the baby my hormones said “get pregnant again immediately!!”
55. My husband and I think a crazy fun night is a night with a puzzle
56. Sometimes I have a contest with myself to see how long the booger I get out of the baby’s nose will be
57. My cat can balance on my shoulder like a parrot
58. I was born in Dallas, moved away when I was 4 months old, and would be fine with never going back
59. I have perfect eyes, but always insisted I had horrible ones because I wanted to be “cool” and wear glasses.
60. I’m starting to think that I’m better at simple math done in one’s head than Hubs. The asian. Sleep deprivation makes asians bad at math, who knew?
61. I am in love with baby clothes that are teeny versions of adult clothes. Polo shirts! AH
62. I go through food cycles, where I’ll only eat one thing for months. I’ve had honey nut cheerios for breakfast the last 3 months, and this chicken pita meal thing for dinner for like three weeks.
63. When someone tells me how many calories something I’m eating is, I immediately get nauseated
64. I love rain. LOVE
65. I hate when the back of your pants drags on the ground in snowy weather, and it gets this half-moon wet spot, and then you sit down with one leg under you and your ass hits the freezing half moon.
66. Crunchy leaves. So satisfying to me, so horrible to hear for Hubs
67. I have a really hard time not being the over-hostess when people are at my house, I can never relax. God forbid someone comes to HELP me. I don’t know how to do that, accept help in my own home
68. I get the same thing every time at restaurants. Whenever we go somewhere, it’s the usual. French toast, the club sandwich, chicken, all very boring white girl things
69. Hubs has introduced me to many new foods that normal people eat and I had always refused to eat. Have I mentioned that already in this list? Such foods include peaches, onions, 9 grain bread, peppers.
70. Mah thyroid no work
71. I research products endlessly and obsessively and almost always wish I had chosen the other one I didn’t get
72. I like daisies
73. I hate “I’m sorry flowers”
74. I think that those badge things that you just hold your security badge up against and it beeps and you can go through the door are MAGIC. I always go, wow, no magnetic strip to swipe…the technology! Bonus points if you can scan it from the other side of the wall.
75. I didn’t ever get fake nails til my wedding. Meh, my nails are quite nice on their own
76. We get an ornament every year on clearance after the holiday. The ornament reflects the past year. My favorite is the one with two travel coffee mugs, because that was the year I drove Hubs 600 miles home to live with me
77. Hubs and I are ridiculous sci-fi freaks, one of the first things we talked about over IM was our love – Stargate SG-1
78. I have a difficult time talking on the phone. I find it awkward and the pauses seem too long so I use a lot of filler like “so…” and “good times” and I tend to interrupt just as the other person was about to speak because I felt like they were pausing too long. God, I hate talking on the phone, just thinking about it makes me so anxious. And to think! I’ve had SO MANY jobs where I work on the phone ALL DAY.