100 Things About Stephanie

Here's the original list in it's entirety. It was updated only where the original list contained things that were no longer accurate.

1. I was born in 1967 in central Illinois
2. According to my mother, she chose my name to spite my father who wanted to name me Kimberly
3. I do not like my name
4. My earliest memory is of watching out the window from a neighbor down the road as firefighters were tending to the mobile home we had lived in as it burned to the ground. I was about 3 at the time
5. My parents really sucked at raising kids
6. I have a BA with a speech communications and theater arts major
7. I completed Kindergarden and 1st grade in the same school year.
8. After changing grades, I also changed school districts in the same school year.
9. My grandmother spoiled me when I was little
10. I’m still really spoiled or at least want to be
11. I compare all men to my dad
12. I tried out for the wrestling team in high school
13. I avoided all trends in high school
14. I have an unrequited love
15. I haven’t gotten over my parent’s divorce
16. My parents got divorced when I was 4
17. I only dated 3 men before I was married, including the man I married
18. I’ve been divorced longer than I was married
19. I graduated high school with a class of about 104 and graduated college with a class of about 78
20. I hate to drive
21. I met my husband at a Milwaukee Brewer’s game
22. I thought he was a dork and blew him off
23. I love kitchen devices but refuse to buy them until I have a kitchen big enough to hold them all and still have them be accessible
24. The worst job I ever had was telemarketing
25. The best job I ever had was working with adults with mental retardation and other developmental disabilities.
26. My best friend is more like a sister than any of my biological sisters
27. I am a licensed insurance agent.
28. I don’t like doctors
29. I’m afraid of strange dogs
30. I love snuggling in bed during a good thunder storm
31. I’m finally driving the dream car I described in 1989: A red Ford Taurus
32. My first car was a 1971 Chevy Impala 2 door coupe – cream colored
33. I love the smell of new cars
34. I’ve been really poor before
35. I’m a lot more liberal that I used to be
36. I’m neither a Democrat nor a Republican
37. I’m also not a Communist
38. I desperately want to go to Costa Rica
39. I’ve read millions of books (ok slightly exaggerated but A LOT of them)
40. I smoked a pack or more a day for the better part of 23 years
41. I quit on June 1, 2006
42. I like to iron
43. I’ve never had kidney stones (3 of my friends did though)
44. I’m deathly allergic to aspartame (nutra-sweet)
45. I want to go back to school
46. I’d make a good lawyer
47. I’m not fond of holidays
48. I like all kinds of music, but I am basically stuck on sentimental stuff
49. I love Dr. Pepper
50. I am an NFL football addict - go Pats!
51. I live in a really nice city comparatively
52. I’ve traced some of my family back to the late 1700s
53. My favorite author (today) is Robert Jordan
54. My favorite book of all time is “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
55. I like my boss
56. I quit smoking without gaining weight
57. I want a new computer
58. If I could do anything to make extra money I’d do web page design.
59. I met Timothy Leary
60. I always wanted to be a stay at home mother, until I was one
61. I hate making long phone calls
62. I’ve been to Canada
63. I prefer quality to quantity for many things
64. I wish I was a size 12
65. I wish it was 1989 again
66. I used to be addicted to Yahoo Pyramids
67. I am spiritual
68. I to belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
69. I have been called and have served more than 9 years of 11 active years in Primary
70. I despise winter, but I don’t want to live somewhere warmer
71. I love being near the water (any water)
72. My favorite movies include Armageddon, It’s a Wonderful Life, A League of Their Own and You’ve Got Mail
73. I cannot roller skate
74. I’ve dyed my hair since I was 20 - until recently that is
75. My siblings are all younger than me
76. There is a 23 year difference in age between my youngest sibling and myself
77. I truly believe in what I do for a living
78. I've been pregnant 6 times, but I have only 2 living children
79. I think Nicholas Cage and Orlando Bloom are really hot
80. I would not want to be involved with either Nicholas Cage or Orlando Bloom
81. I have 3 hermit crabs: Shell-E, Journ-E and Rock-E
82. I used to hate computers
83. I hate science
84. I wish I was coordinated enough to play the piano well
85. I’ve had 7 surgeries in my lifetime, 5 of them on my left hand
86. I do not now, nor will ever have a tattoo
87. I don’t balance my checkbook
88. I was an adult before I broke any bones
89. I like to cook
90. My favorite teacher was Paul Studebaker (music)
91. I like classical music
92. I rarely wear makeup
93. I don’t like weddings
94. My favorite colors are green, blue and red (jewel tones)
95. I have been over my ideal weight for 30 years
96. I love crafting, especially needle arts and crochet
97. I have made quilts for both of my children
98. I love to participate in volunteer activities
99. I love lima beans
100. I will never own another hamster (after the current rodent meets its maker)