100 Random Things About Me

1. It grosses me out to watch people eat on TV.
2. My hands laugh.
3. I have bangs again.
4. I have picked up and moved to another city just to start over.
5. I want to walk on the Great Wall of China.
6. I don't have a middle name and I really wanted one when I was young so when I was in 4th grade I added "Diane" to my name and wrote it on all my papers.
7. I have read almost every Nancy Drew book.
8. I still have most of them.
9. I can't stand it when people chew with their mouths open.
10. Or chew ice.
11. 3 words - bend and snap!
12. I love 5 o'clock shadows.
13. I can remember all my phone numbers...well most of them.
14. I am a master catsitter - call me! 867-5309
15. My sister and I were ball girls at BYU basketball games...oh, no we weren't! Ask April.
16. I hate the heat more than anyone I know and I moved to Las Vegas without a/c in my car.
17. I can't eat meat if I think about it too much.
18. I think the dumbest movie ever made is "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen".
19. I want a man who isn't actually wicked but who could be wicked.
20. My roommate in college was mad at me and got cow eyeballs from the biology lab and put them on my bed.
21. I pretended I never found them.
22. It made her crazy.
23. I am afraid of natural bodies of water.
24. I still jumped off a cliff into the ocean in Hawaii.
25. I have freakishly large big toes.
26. I have broken both of my baby toes.
27. Chocolate milk is always my beverage of choice.
28. I love hiking.
29. I hate when people treat their pets like humans.
30. Clowns creep me out.
31. Especially Ronald McDonald
32. Snakes also creep me out.
33. I have never seen all of the Princess Bride because I fall asleep every time.
34. My friend just told me that my sarcasm sometimes stuns her.
35. Dark chocolate is superior to milk chocolate.
36. People who feel the need to explain everything annoy me.
37. So do people who must always state the obvious.
38. I hate the words rubric and pedagogy.
39. I get road rage.
40. I'm realizing there are many, many things that annoy me.
41. I hope my mom's dream comes true.
42. I love to sing.
43. I love to travel.
44. I don't get to do it as much as I'd like.
45. I want to visit all 50 states.
46. I've been to 26 so far.
47. I love to organize stuff.
48. I hate clutter.
49. I love to throw stuff away.
50. I'm addicted to my snooze button.
51. I love karaoke.
52. I spend too much time and money at Wal-Mart.
53. I so want/need to buy my own home.
54. I so want/need to finally unpack all my boxes.
55. I love dining room chairs that don't match.
56. I play the viola.
57. I play the piano.
58. I don't practice either one much anymore.
59. I wish I did.
60. I got hit by a car in college.
61. I got thrown from a horse in college.
62. I love my family.
63. I have the cutest nieces and nephews - seriously, I'm sure they're cuter than yours!
64. I'm glad my name is not Melva.
65. I got an award for being "freakin' awesome!".
66. My red hair (actually it's strawberry blonde or something similar) is natural.
67. I'm a teacher in the public school system and I do not belong to UEA.
68. Every year someone tries to guilt me into joining.
69. I love peanut butter and creamy honey sandwiches.
70. I am the oldest child in my family.
71. I always hated being the oldest.
72. I do my best work under pressure.
73. I once a wrote an entire research paper in one night.
74. I got a B+.
75. The next one took 2 nights to write.
76. I got an A+.
77. I love watching home decorating shows.
78. Someday I'll have a home to decorate.
79. I hate soda.
80. I've never been skiing and I live in the state that is home to the "Greatest Snow On Earth".
81. Green is my favorite color - it makes me happy.
82. I love musicals.
83. I just answered (or asked) a question correctly on Jeopardy.
84. My head got sunburned and now my scalp is peeling...gross!
85. I recently returned from girls camp.
86. It was FREEZING...and this from a person who is rarely cold.
87. I'm glad to be home with my modern conveniences.
88. This list has taken entirely too long to write.
89. My roommate wants me to write stuff about her on this list.
90. I told her to make her own list - this one is all about ME!
91. My most commonly repeated phrase as of late is: "I can't see it, where are my glasses?"
92. I wonder if mosquitoes are beneficial in any way.
93. I don't think so.
94. I saw the most ridiculous thing EVER the other day - reusable maxi pads.
95. Don't get me wrong - I'm all for being green and saving the planet but seriously...REUSABLE maxi pads?!!!
96. I took my first trip where I needed a passport last summer to Guatemala. Awesome!
97. I've been on a jury twice - once was for a murder trial.
98. I've been to The Price is Right.
99. I'm almost done.
100. Now I am!

Viva Las Vegas

Dorian and I took a trip to Las Vegas for a few days at the beginning of May and I finally have the pictures from the trip to post so now I can blog it. After church on May 4th we drove down to Vegas. Before checking in at the hotel (we stayed at the Stratosphere) we drove around and visited our old neighborhoods. Dorian lived in Las Vegas for 4 years in high school and I of course, lived there from September 1993-April 2001.

We had a lot of fun walking up and down the strip, touring all the casinos and people watching. We even gambled $4.00 in the penny slots. We are such high rollers!

My old apartment in Henderson.

This is the house Dorian lived in during high school.

Here I am at the drive-thru wedding chapel - how romantic!

Kathleen, the one-armed bandit!

Oh, naughty!!!

Dorian and Kathleen outside the Luxor. These are the kind of animals I like-inanimate!

Inside the beautiful conservatory at the Bellagio.

Dorian on top of the Stratosphere tower. Can you tell he's afraid of heights?

Kath and Dorian at the top of the Stratosphere.