Here It Is!

2005-11-25T21:39:00.000-08:00

1. My name is Shelli
2. I am married.
3. I married my high school sweetheart.
4. We have three children. Ashley, who is 19. Emily, who is 13. Samuel, who is 10.
5. I am a grandma to Isabelle, who is 2.
6. My dad died of pancreatic cancer almost 6 years ago.
7. I have two brothers and a mom who are all still very much alive.
8. I have two dogs, Sydney and Cala.
9. I have two cats, Tigger and Liberty.
10. My favorite color is purple.
11. I am a die-hard fan of the Minnesota Vikings. I am waiting for hell to freeze over so that we can win the Superbowl.
12. I love chocolate. This greatly interferes with my weight loss plan.
13. I hate drinking water. This also greatly interferes with my weight loss plan.
14. I hate exercising. See #12 and #13. **Updated 2/12/06**I have all but given up chocolate, I love water and I love exercising! I am losing weight. How about that?!
15. I love reading and writing.
16. I don't like driving anywhere by myself.
17. I hate sweating.
18. I love Minnesota.
19. I love snow.
20. I like cold weather better than warm weather because you can always put more clothes on and only take off so much.
21. I burn really easily, so being naked on a 100-degree, sunny day is not a good idea for me.
22. I love cereal with marshmallows in it, but I only like the marshmallows.
23. I believe in God.
24. I love Country music.
25. I love watching real crime shows on TV. For example, Cold Case Files , American Justice, and City Confidential.
26. Conan O'Brien makes me laugh hysterically. I can't watch it at night because I wake up my husband with my laughter.
27. I was born and raised in Minnesota.
28. I never went out of the 5 state area (Minnesota, N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin) until I was 35 years old.
29. I never flew in an airplane until I was 35 years old.
30. I am terrified of June bugs. I will cry if one ever gets on me.
31. I am an in-home, family child care provider.**Updated 2/12/06** My last day of family child care providing is 2/17/06. My new career will be as a pharmacy technician at our local CVS pharmacy.
32. I used to be a pediatric nurse for 13 years.
33. I love ice cream.
34. I love cake, but mostly I love the frosting. Especially buttercream frosting with almond flavoring.
35. I love dolphins.
36. The highlight of our trip to Florida for me was when I got to pet the dolphins at SeaWorld.
37. I broke my arm once when I was 9 while I was jumping on the bed at my cousins house.
38. My childhood best friend died of leukemia when I was 15 and she was 14. I was there when she died.
39. My daughter is now best friends with what would have been her niece.
38. My favorite comfort meal is pork chops with cream of mushroom gravy and mashed potatoes.
39. I love broccoli.
38. I love most vegetables.
39. I love fruit, too.
40. My best friend is my husband.
41. This is really hard for me.
42. My favorite movies are The Princess Bride, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.
43. Sidda's story (in DSotYYS) is very similar to mine.
44. I love to sing.
45. My kids say they hate it (but they secretly love it) when I sing. Especially when I sing like an opera singer.
46. I am a leo. I was born in July.
47. My house is usually messy.
48. I hate to cook, but I can if I need to.
49. I like old people, little kids and babies.
50. Big and Rich, Garth Brooks and Martina McBride are my favorite country music artists.
51. My favorite Christmas song is and always will be The Little Drummer Boy.
52. I like to cross stitch.
53. I like to sculpt with polymer clay.
54. Last year I made a whole nativity scene out of polymer clay for my mom.**Updated 2/12/06**I made another one for the mother of one of my friends who happens to collect nativities. She cried when she opened it.
55. If I had more hours in the day I would probably just use them playing and not cleaning or doing anything useful.
56. I love soup with lots of crackers in it. I mean so many crackers that there is barely any liquid left.
57. My husband makes the best chicken and dumpling soup and I don't put any crackers in it at all.
58. I like live theater but I don't get to go enough because it is too expensive.
59. I am so over Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.
60. I drive a suburban.
61. I love to play computer games.
62. Some of my favorites right now are Fireworks Extravaganza and Bistro Stars. Both are on RealArcade.
63. I am honest to a fault.
64. I hate it when people lie to me.
65. I was named after my dad, Michael (my given name is Michelle) and his mom--my grandma, Marie.
66. I spent a lot of time taking care of my brothers when we were little.
67. I still feel the need to look out for them.
68. I have six nieces and one nephew. My SIL is due any day and I am hoping for another nephew. **Updated**I have a nephew! He was born a week before Christmas.
69. Family is very important to me.
70. I hate the new Texas Hold 'em trend.
71. My husband drives me crazy when he watches Texas Hold 'em on TV.
72. I intend never to learn how to play Texas Hold 'em, but will probably succumb to peer pressure.
73. I don't drink alcohol very often and I hate beer.
74. I used to smoke but haven't for about 6 years.
75. I suffer from depression but am being managed well by medication. Take that Tom Cruise.
76. I am afraid of heights.
77. I don't like very many scary rides at amusement parks.
78. I get motion sick sometimes.
79. I am afraid of birds if they aren't caged.
80. I don't like spicy food.
81. Eric Perkins makes me laugh hysterically.
82. I hate meth for many reasons, among them are that I know too many people who are either currently using meth or are recovering meth addicts.
83. I have brownish-green hazel eyes.
84. They are exactly the same color as my husbands.
85. Of our three kids, one has blue eyes, one has green eyes and one has dark brown eyes.
86. I like coffee with a lot of flavored creamer in it so that it mostly tastes like the flavor of the creamer. It is like a flavored milk drink on steroids.
87. I love peanut butter.***Updated. 02/12/06*** I have totally given up peanut butter. I quit cold turkey. I have not had any in almost 2 weeks. I am a recovering peanut butter addict.
88. I have longish, brownish hair with some gray throughout (but you really have to look for it).
89. I like to sleep.
90. I like to color. Especially geometric designs.
91. I like it when my husband suprises me with a gift, but it doesn't happen very often because he can't keep secrets from me.
92. I wear slippers all the time in the house. They are my work shoes.
93. I used to hate cats but I love them now.
94. I used to sell MaryKay cosmetics.
95. I still use them almost exclusively.
96. I have almost all of the Precious Moments Snow Village.
97. I am so glad that I had Lasik eye surgery 2 years ago.
98. I like some rap music.
99. I take care of my granddaughter almost all of the time.**Updated 2/12/06** Since Ashley lost her job a week before Christmas, I haven't been watching Belle as much. Unless you count when Ashley is sleeping until noon or when she is out with friends or when she goes to the Venue.
100. I have done it! I completed this 100 list in less than 24 hours.

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