100 things

100 things about me
 

1. I sure do love my littles. I have a blessed life.
2. I enjoy good coffee in the morning.
3. I never watch a DVD more than once.
4. Unless it's the original "Pride + Prejudice."
5. I can appreciate fashion but prefer to dress simply, t-shirts and jeans on most days.
6. I shared an elevator with Luciano Pavarotti.
7. The Bronx Zoo gorilla exhibit is my fave.
8. I still beg my mom for homemade pies.
9. I'm cold at night, even in July.
10. Facials are my ultimate luxury item.
11. I sing in the car.
12. I have zero musical talent, as proven with attempts at violin, piano, clarinet, and chorus.
13. Favorite colors: Grey, brown, black, ivory, and all shades of BLUE.
14. Fall is definitely my season.
15. I'm the only one in my immediate family without a tattoo.
16. I have a wallet that smells like my grandmother.
17. I wish I could ride my bicycle every day.
18. I'm a meat and potatoes girl.
19. I have hundreds of handbags but only use one.
20. Favorite book: "Flowers for Algernon" (4th grade).
21. I eat super late at night.
22. Daniel Craig is my favorite 007. Yes, even more than Sean C.
23. Favorite blooms: Purple lilacs, white peonies and blue hydrangeas.
24. My dad has always called me "Jaybird."
25. I had a sea urchin pulled out of my foot on the beaches of Puerto Plata, D.R.
26. I shy away from confrontation.
27. I don't like to follow recipes.
28. I don't need much sleep.
29. I can't calculate tip in my head.
30. I was admitted into a legendary Studio 54 party with a VIP pass.
31. Favorite trips: France, Ireland, and Spain.
32. I was a teenage diplomat in France at age 15.
33. I was the first female "trapper boy" at a gun club at age 16.
34. I was a reporter chasing senators around the U.S. Capitol at age 19.
35. I sat in the State of the Union press box during Clinton's 2nd term.
36. I fought off a mugger on 14th street. 
37. I sat at the guest counter with Tom on "Emeril Live."
38. My dream was to work as a magazine editor, and I did so for 11 years.
39. I commuted 4 hours a day when I was 9 months pregnant.
40. I have a love story with Tom of which I wouldn't change a single moment.
41. My daughter came into the world fast and furiously.
42. I still have the itty bitty worry dolls that my dad gifted me.
43. I knew the night I met my husband that I would know him forever.
44. I believe in jinxing.
45. I don't believe in horoscopes.
46. I landed on crutches after snowboarding just once.
47. I will not eat mayonnaise or sour cream.
48. I crave baked goods 24/7.
49. I worked at the best fashion magazine in the world before it folded.
50. My nose is crooked, but it wasn't always.
51. I love the smell of fresh-mowed grass.
52. I'm not good at long-distance or high-maintenance relationships.
53. I love photography and what it does for my visual memory.
54. I get so frustrated with computers.
55. I did not go to church as a child.
56. I enjoy church as an adult.
57. I delivered three 8+ lb. babies vaginally and nursed them each for 12-22 mos.
58. I'm a game-night junkie.
59. I begged for glasses and braces in 7th grade -- thought they were cool!
60. I am a middle child and the only girl.
61. I have a middle child who is the only girl.
62. I almost drowned while body surfing the Ottawa River during a rafting trip.
63. I can't read in the car.
64. I love where we live.
65. I became a much better driver when I became a mom.
66. I swam in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Saint Tropez.
67. I'm horribly indecisive about small stuff.
68. I have the BEST in-laws.
69. I experienced complete no-contrast vision lost in both eyes for 8 minutes on a subway train. 
70. I've been collecting rocks my whole life.
71. I was a sardine in Times Square during the Millennium Ball Drop (Y2K).
72. I still have my first diary (under lock + key).
73. I'd rather picnic under a shady tree than dine in a fancy restaurant.
74. I enjoy an organized home.
75. I get creeped out swimming in dirty lakes.
76. I have a competitive spirit.
77. I'm more INsensitive than overly sensitive.
78. I laid over the edge of the Cliffs of Moher with My Sweets in Ireland.
79. I can't sew but appreciate all things crafty and handmade.
80. Tom is the better cook (by far!).
81. I got to meet one of my heroes, Jane Goodall.
82. Languages come very easy to me.
83. Which is weird because I was in speech from ages 3-12.
84. I am fascinated by people and pretty sentimental about life's simple pleasures.
85. I slept on a Chelsea sidewalk during the Northeast Blackout of 2003.
86. I climbed to the top of the Eiffel Tower after three goblets of Bordeaux Rouge.
87. I pay no attention to my nails.
88. I have three nephews and three nieces who I adore.
89. I think guys are (often) easier friends than girls.
90. My pre-k teacher recognized me when I was home from college.
91. I danced on a pool table with My Sweets in front of a cheering crowd.
92. I experienced 9/11 as a New Yorker and it broke a piece of me forever.
93. I don't like jelly beans.
94. I suffer chronic migraines. Damn those migraines!
95. My special talent (according to the kids) is speed riddling.
96. I saw James Brown's last performance at The Apollo.
97. I forget things. I lose things. I run late for things.
98. My mom and I are super close, though we live so far away.
99. I cherish my role as a wife and mother.
100. I love being IN love with the coolest man in the world!