29 things you never wanted to know about me for my 29th birthday.

1. Once you're my friend, you're my friend for life. I'm very loyal to my friends and would do almost anything for them.

2. I have no sense of smell. Haven't my whole life.

3. I'm a bone marrow donor

4. I honestly never thought I'd get married or have kids. I just thought I'd go sing opera somewhere and be a favorite aunt. (I'm soooo glad I was wrong!)

5. I can NOT handle stickers! yuck yuck yuck! ::::shiver:::: they give me the heebee jeebies (or as Michael Scott would say "Blech!")

6. I'm a jack of all trades and master of none. I love to figure out how to do lots of different things, but am often off to the next before I've become a master at anything.

7. I have had a life long love/hate relationship with my hair. Mostly hate, but I have had occasional days of glorious hair and they make up for the rest.

8. I am number 6 of 8 kids, and number 4 of 5 sisters in a row. (thus the little middle sister... like my etsy shop says ;)(Here I am, sweet little number 6, with no idea of the chaos that numbers 7 and 8 would bring into my life. ;)

9. I LOVE to travel. I haven't gotten to do much of it in my life (until recent years) but absolutely adore it. 10. I HAVE to sleep with one foot sticking out of the covers. (Courtesy of a college roommate who got a kick out of it... yep, I have no pride)
11. I'm a real "poser" when I was about 5 I started giving what I thought were awesome poses in all my pictures. My sisters say that I still do.....nice.12. I'm allergic to needles. .... okay, so it's all in my mind, but really, I'm allergic to them.
(won't even put a picture here for fear that I'll start convulsing) And sadly I have had to deal with more than my share (see #3) and now with all of the fertility stuff we've had to go through. Someone needs to come up with a better way to take blood and fast.

13. I have a real weakness for anything related to interior design, books, magazines, shopping, paint swatches, etc.

14. I drove a 1977 Mustard Yellow Volvo all throughout high school. (mine didn't look nearly this nice)15. When I was 16 I played Marian the Librarian in a college/city production of the Music Man where I had to kiss a 55 year old gay man in front of my bishop and stake president. (oh yeah, and I had to pretend I liked it..... fun)

16. I was the drum major of my high school marching band.

17. I had 18 pets by the time I was 14. I was convinced I would be a veterinarian when I grew up. (see #6)

18. One of the best compliments I ever received was from Dr. Staheli. He said: "She creates beauty wherever she goes." I don't know if it's true, but I like that someone thought that of me. :)

This is getting hard......

19. I am a total night owl. I consider getting to bed by midnight a real accomplishment. ( I will be forever trying to change this about myself)

20. I like to talk. A lot. If you ever need to chat and want someone to talk to, give me a call.

21. I used to play the French Horn (8years) and the Tuba (2 years). I can't play the piano to save my life.(okay, I can play well enough to teach voice lessons, but never well enough to accompany)

I miss my horn most of all.

22. I want lots of children and am frustrated that our son is still an only child. (note, I think lots of children is like... 5 or 6, just so we're clear)

23. I tend to put things off forever. Doctors visits, hair cuts, maintenance jobs, etc. I have to think things thoroughly out before I can move forward with them. (this really annoys me)

24. I can sometimes be very, very shy. (like, sometimes I'll make Bryan pay for the groceries, or call people, etc. I'm getting better with age, but it still strikes sometimes)

25. I'm not a big fan of dressing up in costume. Maybe I've just had my fair share on stage?

26. I like to work with my hands, I think in my other life I was a sculptor.

27. I love my boys more than life it self.

28. I spent my childhood being driven around in a huge baby blue van filled with airplane seats.

I was that cool.

29. I'm one year away from 30! (which kind of scares me...)