Monday, February 17, 2020

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My birthday was this past weekend and in anticipation of having a fun family weekend I prepped this post sharing 36 things you may not know about me.  Now... this was HARD for me because I do feel like I've been an open book on here for so many years but I'm hoping the majority of this list will be things most of y'all don't already know. ;)

1 - Cereal is my favorite dessert.  Seriously.  I'll take a bowl of Cap'n Crunch or Froot Loops over a cookie pretty much any day of the week.

2 - I HAVE to have a heavy blanket on when I sleep.  Dave can sleep on top of the covers with no problems which I just don't understand.  I need everything to be covered by sheets and a blanket except for my face and MAYBE a foot.

3 - I had a cat growing up named Snowball the Snow Queen Snow Princess.  And she wasn't completely white.

4 - When I get stressed out I clean/organize.  Making one area of my life feel "together" somehow makes the rest feel more manageable.

5 - I'm a "sympathetic blusher".  If something happens to someone else that's embarrassing my face will turn bright red.

6 - In the third grade my mom and I sponge painted my bedroom and I don't think I've ever been so happy with how a room makeover turned out.  It was purple and turquoise and pink and SCREAMED 1993.

7 - My favorite chips are salt and vinegar.  I'll eat them until my tongue hurts :)

8 - In the 8th grade I went to Hurricane Harbor (a local water park) and my bathing suit bottom got caught on something on a slide and RIPPED.  I hit the water at the bottom and the lifeguard kept blowing his whistle for me to get out.  I had to wait for a friend to bring me a towel and still have a hard time going down a waterslide without shorts over my suit.

9 - The only team sport I played growing up was soccer when I was about 5.  My team was The Fraggles and I loved braiding grass on the sidelines :)

10 - I have a really hard time eating eggs that other people have prepared.  Buffet eggs are a definite no.

11 - I won an art contest when I was young (like 4/5) and the prize was an armoire (seriously).  That white armoire was in my room almost through high school :)

12 - My locker in 7th grade was #711

13 - I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn no less than a dozen times in middle and high school.  Cried every time.

14 - My mom and I used to knit scarves and sell them at craft fairs.

15 - I attended the '86 Olympics in Calgary (I was 2)

16 - My least favorite noise in the entire world is sniffling/snorting.  JUST BLOW YOUR NOSE!!!

17 - When I lived in NC I used to ride horses and I competed in hunter jumping.  I rode an ex-race horse who was almost 18 hands tall and loved every minute of it.

18 - As far as I'm concerned the only gum anyone should be chewing is Spearmint :)

19 - I'll pick a mechanical pencil over a regular pencil all day every day.

20 - I don't like ice in my water.  I like it chilled... but not icy.

21 - I went to year-round school in NC and would switch to year-round school in a HEARTBEAT if it was offered here.

22 - I had no idea that tea could be "iced" until I moved to NC

23 - I don't eat anything that comes from the ocean.  I've tried it all and I'm sorry... but it all tastes fishy.  All of it.  Everyone always raves about fish and I really wish I liked it, but I just can not.

24 - After an unfortunate "exorcist-style" incident my Freshman year of high school I can no longer drink red Gatorade.  Even the smell of it makes my eyes water a little bit.

25 - I stink at bowling.  Also, my thumb hurts every time I bowl.

26 - I had my appendix removed in the 5th grade.

27 - I went to a sleepover with a new friend in 6th grade and didn't realize until I showed up that her dad was the surgeon who had removed my appendix the year before.

28 -I once ate chicken foot stew in Jamaica.

29 - In college I got a job as a hostess at Rock Fish... I quit during training because it smelled too much like fish.

30 - I love the smell of coffee but can't stand the taste.

31 - I got banned from kayaking at camp after multiple tipovers and rescues :)

32 - I use the seat warmer in my car every day.  Even when it's 100 degrees outside. 

33 - I had my ears pierced when I was around 5 and they grew over.  I had them repierced by a friend in the bathroom during a middle school dance.  I know. 

34 - I spent over a week on a boat on the Amazon river during college - the sky at night was UNREAL and is something I'd love to experience again.

35 - My middle name is Jean after my dad's grandmother Nana Jean who, from the stories I've been told, was a PARTY ;)

36 - I once made a model of the Colosseum out of a cheese wheel box.

HAPPY Monday, friends!!!

42 comments :

  1. Happy Birthday! I enjoyed reading your extensive list! You're so young and accomplished! Happy President's Day!

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  2. Happy belated birthday, Andrea!!! The funny thing is I could actually relate to a lot of this list!

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  3. Love it! How fun your list is.

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  4. This was so much fun!!
    I’m with you on the seat warmer :)
    Happy birthday - you are in a fun, busy, and influential season of life!

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  5. Nothing like a giant piece of furniture as a prize for a kids art contest! I am cracking UP!!!

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  6. Happy Birthday! Love the list. And my middle name is Jean too! :)

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  7. I remember when my mom sponge painted my room too!!! What a fun list!! I loved every single thing about it! Hand me a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and I'm a happy girl :) .

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  8. I LOVE this list!! But...#5 is my FAVORITE thing about you!!!! Every time you do this, I LAUGH. So instantly there's someone who's embarrassed, you who's also blushing, and then me who's just laughing at you blushing. We're a MESS!

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  9. SO FUN! I could probably comment about at least 1/2 of this list. I too sponge painted my room. It was pale blue and white AND I LOVED IT. I love Frosted Flakes, but I never buy them, and I ate them for the first time in college. I was raised on Grape Nuts and Raisin Bran. The seat warmer every day? I can't. Chris and I do however like to turn each other's seat warmers on in the heat of summer and see how long it takes the other to notice. ;)

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  10. Happy Belated Birthday, Andrea!! Love this list! I hope you enjoy your President's day!! :)

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  11. haha Love it! Such a fun post!!! Happy belated birthday!

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  12. Happy Birthday!! #24 cracked me up! My son had the same kind of incident but with chicken & dumplings in the mix.....he won't even look at chicken & dumplings now. LOL

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  13. I need more info about this week on the Amazon River in college!! Sounds like a good blog post to me! Loved the list!

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  14. My middle daughter has the middle name Jean after my Grandma and let me tell you my daughter will 100% be the life of the party for the rest of her life. She brings the fun all day every day and into the night (because apparently she needs no sleep).

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  15. What a great share. I also refuse to eat anything from the ocean or drink coffee. My only other quirk is I wont eat eggs (unless its battered in bread and called french toast). Love this post. I hope you had a great birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  16. Happy Birthday! I didn't know you lived in NC. I live in Apex, NC- where did you live? Also sniffling is the WORST!!!!

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  17. Such a fun list! And I am totally on board with cereal for dessert.

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  18. Happy birthday!!!

    What a fun post! Totally with you on avoiding anything fishy smelling.

    I'm intrigued by the year-round school. Would love to read more of your thoughts in a future post.

    Also, would you consider a future post on aging and wellness? You look so much younger than 36 -- and more importantly, you appear to be such a joyful, grounded, in-the-moment mom. I'd love to read some of your thoughts on this! Here's to the young at heart!

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  19. Love this post. So many items I was saying yes girl too.

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  20. Happy birthday!! I had a sponge painted room too!! Yellow and white :)

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  21. Happy birthday !!! So many fun things you shared ! I love your insta and you inspired my Bogg bag love !!!

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  22. Love reading quirky things about other people! One about me, I danced in high school and college and will randomly bust out the dances for my husband and boys.

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  23. I was born in a small town with only 2,000. The hospital I was born in shut down in the late 80s and is now a small library.

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  24. Love this post! And also a lover of mechanical pencils - 0.5mm lead only :-) Happy Birthday!

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  25. I was a marching band member and Varsity cheerleader in high school. I also do not like coffee...but love all the other drinks at Starbucks!

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  26. Welp- I sniffled literally AT your sniffling part 🤣! Whoops! Happy Belated Birthday 🎉!

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  27. I am the self proclaimed queen of tripping and falling. I have fallen publicly more than I care to admit! 🤣

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  28. Happy Birthday, Andrea!
    Random fact about me...If I had one last food to eat on this side of Heaven, I would choose homemade vanilla ice cream with canned Dole pineapple mixed in.

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  29. Happy Birthday, Andrea!
    Random fact about me...If I had one last food to eat on this side of Heaven, I would choose homemade vanilla ice cream with canned Dole pineapple mixed in :)

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  30. Loved this! I played softball for seven to eight years when I was young, but never for the school team.

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  31. Happy birthday! This is fun! I hate birthday cake so I always had (and still do for my kids) donuts, cookies or ice cream for a birthday treat instead.

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  32. Happy belated birthday! Love this post!
    My random fact is that I absolutely love Brach's cinnamon jelly hearts that are out at Valentine's Day. So good!

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  33. Happiest (belated) birthday, Andrea! When I was younger I fell off a high dive and landed on the ground. My mom always told me I squished all my guardian angels that day, but I think I've still got a few looking out. :)

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  34. Happy belated! Random fact: I hate socks and rarely wear them, even in the winter.

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  35. Happy birthday! My random fact is I love scrambled eggs with grape jelly. It's this salty sweet combo that's so weird it's good! My mom ate it while pregnant with me and I still love it!

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  36. Happy, happy birthday! My fun fact is that I learned to write left-handed after breaking my right elbow in a playground "dare" in elementary school. I won the dare and also a pretty useful skill!

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  37. Happy, happy birthday! My random fact is that I learned to write left-handed after breaking my right elbow in a playground "dare" in elementary school. I won the dare and a pretty useful skill!

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  38. I've been reading your blog since GG was tiny and I didn't know most of these, well done! I'm right there with you on #16...Just get a dang tissue!!

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