75 things
March 11, 200901. i randomly whistle “if i only had a brain” from the wizard of oz all the time. it’s constantly playing in my head and i’m sure there’s some deep psychological something behind it… but i could care less. it makes me smile.
02. i like things simple and neat
03. i’m 28 and STILL afraid of the boogeyman that lives under my bed.
04. i’m an impulse shopper and a firm believer in a return policy
05. i always read a book with a pen close by… so i can underline. i’m also firm believer in underlining.
06. i’m constantly cold. i live my life as a block of ice and it makes me moody and miserable sometimes.
07. i despise my thighs. yuck.
08. married to my high school sweetheart. Loves him!!!
09. but i’m head over heels in love with a boy named boone.
10. i’m a big, ball of neurotic mess – and some days, i kinda like that about myself.
11. i luv all things photography
12. i have unrealistic expectations of other people and myself. it’s a problem.
13. LOVE, love, love the feel of uncoated paper
14. my life is ruled by what others think of me. sad, i know… but not exactly something i can turn off like a lightswitch. i’m working on it.
15. i sing in the car and dance in my kitchen
16. i {heart} boyshorts and would wear them every, single day if i could
17. i’m a people watcher
18. if i could live my life in a perfect pair of worn-in jeans, a tank and a pair of flip flops, i’d be a happy girl, indeed-y.
19. i over-analyze absolutely everything – and even when i’m totally aware i’m doing it – can’t stop. it’s tragic.
20. i don’t crave sweets the way others do…. and it makes me feel a bit abnormal.
21. love getting in the car and just going… anywhere, nowhere, in circles, to the end of the road and back – let’s just go.
22. i believe in miracles
23. my first dog’s name was Nietzie (mom’s pick… like I know who that was at age five?!)
24. my name was almost Rewa Colette. almost. thank god mom came to her senses and named me something semi-normal…although, let’s face it…i don’t think i’m the ‘kimberly’ type, either.
25. i’m an imperfect perfectionist
26. barnes and nobel is my MECCA. i make religious pilgrimages there.
27. loves the sound a pen makes as it scratches across the page
28. nothing cures anything like a steaming, hot bath and a bottle of wine
29. love the old smell of library books
30. i remember my dreams vividly and constantly dream about people in my life. friends, family, coworkers, random people i bump into. if you’ve ever met me, i’ve probably dreamed about you. it’s weird.
31. i wish i could live in new york for a year. i wish, i wish, i wish.
32. i used to think i was interesting, but the older i get the more i realize maybe i’m just weird.
33. i miss college. i’m one of those people that would be a lifelong student if i could.
34. i hold grudges. my good graces, once lost, can never be recovered.
35. i’m very emotional and nostalgic. it’s the pisces in me, i guess.
36. crave peanut butter and honey sandwiches sometimes. hey – don’t knock it till you try it.
37. loves the smell of freshly cut grass in the summertime
38. the song mouth, by the nineties grunge band bush is THE song. love that song. such a sexy song.
39. fried potato sandwich and a glass of lemonade in a mason jar = home
40. i’m moody and unpredictable sometimes.
41. can’t wear color on my fingernails. it freaks me out.
42. love mythology.
43. i get lonely sometimes on purpose
44. i’ll never be the ‘thin’ girl
45. sometimes i carry a small, squishy fake grape in my pocket. tiny little stress ball you can carry with you at all times. weird. i know. but i’ve been doing it since high school.
46. i get tickled sometimes at the smallest things
47. i don’t ever want to grow up
48. i believe that good and bad things always come in threes
49. others think i’m more innocent and sweet than i really am. hehehe
50. sister hazel is the one band from the nineties that changed my life.
51. i’m not as good a person as i’d like to be. but being better requires a good deal more effort and i’m just not so sure i’m willing to give anymore. so… bad person it is, then!!
52. hopeless romantic in love with everything that she sees.
53. love the rain, gets scared of lightening.
54. some books have been better friends to me than some of the people i know. Tragic.
55. i’m fiercely proud that i’m the first in my family to graduate college
56. i’m a very giving person trapped inside an incredibly selfish body.
57. i’m the perpetually late girl
58. i have a really small life, but really big dreams
59. i will always look a little disheveled. wrinkled. hair a mess. a little un-put-together.
60. i am vehementlyopposed to mondays. it’s a horrible way to spend 1/7th of your life.
61. i want to BE samantha brown!!
62. favorite movie is love song for bobby long
63. i lack self-control most of the time
64. wish i could sing like julie roberts
65. when i’m sick i need a good dose of jane austen
66. i have excellent ideas and very little follow-through.
67. i am very shy, but most people never realize that about me because i force myself to be approachable and outgoing. it’s painful sometimes though!!
68. HUGE fan of deadliest catch on discovery channel!!! watch it EVERY tuesday night with hubby. love the theme song and opening credits – it’s the main reason i tune in! (bon jovi makes EVERYTHING cooler!)
69. speaking of which – FAVORITE 80’s song – shot through the heart, by bon jovi – sad, I know. *L*
70. my goal in life when i was in 9th grade was to be a flight attendant and learn to speak french so i could spend my days flying to paris and back. silly girl.
71. i cry everytime i ready ulyssess, by alfred lord tennyson. every single time. it’s my fav. other fav – robert frost, stopping by the woods on a snowy evening. *sigh*
72. fav. childhood book – jacob have i loved by katherine patterson. changed my little 5th grade life!
73. i make a mean pot roast and a pretty delicious lasagna… other than that – you’re on your own.
74. i’m a lazy martha stewart wanna-be.
75. reality t.v. show junkie – what not to wear, real housewives (every season except atlanta – HATED that season – made me ashamed to be from GA for a min!), project runway, america’s next top model, tori and dean home sweet hollywood (LOVE, LOVE LOVE tori!), the hills (okay – so this one isn’t so ‘real’, but it’s sadly addicting) and pretty much anything else I run into….. john and kate plus 8, it’s me or the dog, extreme makeover home addition, DEADLIEST CATCH, ax men, ice road truckers… you name it, i watch it! i’m pathetic, aren’t i?? :(
