Janne 101

1. I am a perfectionist
2. I have the need to have my surroundings aesthetically pleasing
3. I am a planner and a list-maker
4. I do much better with the planning and the list-making than with the actual “carrying out” of plans
5. I have an obsession with books
6. I like to read – so many books, so little time
7. I love animals
8. Siamese cats are my favorites
9. I am a cat person (don't tell my dog, she just wouldn't understand)
10. As a child I liked snakes — now they freak me out!
11. I like other reptiles though – lizards and turtles are cool!
12. I have 2 cats, a dog, and a turtle
13. I love children
14. I love to listen to Classical music
15. I love the smell of chlorine
16. I like the smell of lemon
17. I like the smell of popcorn
18. I like the smell of coffee
19. I love photographs
20. I like country and bluegrass music
21. My favorite place is the mountains
22. I love old houses
23. My biggest vices are chocolate cake and peanut butter cookies
24. I like felt tip pens
25. I love word games and puzzles
26. I like to play board games
27. Baseball is my favorite sport
28. I love Yankee candles
29. I love the beach
30. Prior to moving to Florida, I had only been to the beach four times in my life
31. Now I go to the beach at least once a week — I find it very relaxing
32. My first teaching job was teaching Spanish to second-graders
33. I used to be tri-lingual (you lose it if you don't use it for 17 years)
34. My grandmother was my very best friend, ever
35. I would like to visit Italy
36. I have a pen pal in Italy…and we've been corresponding for about 21 years
37. I hope to one day own an African Grey parrot
38. I have no desire to ever visit NYC
39. I used to have a great deal of artistic talent
40. I spend too much time on the computer
41. I used to be afraid of computers
42. I need lots of sunshine
43. I have only been out of this country once (to Canada)
44. I get headaches often
45. I was twice told by doctors I could never have children (I now have nine – Praise the Lord!)
46. My “car” is a 15-passenger van named Lazarus
47. My best feature is my brown eyes
48. I always wanted blue eyes — and even had blue contacts at one point in my life
49. Speaking of contacts, I am supposed to wear strong prescription glasses — but don't
50. The reason for my not wearing glasses is not VANITY, but rather…I hate the feeling of anything on my face
51. Relating to the above, I hate to have my face touched
52. I rarely carry a purse or wear makeup
53. I have trust issues, which makes it difficult for me to get close to people
54. I am more of an animal person than a people person, because of the above
55. All of my girls (5) have French names
56. I am a night owl
57. I am about 40 pounds overweight – something I never thought I'd be
58. I'm a kid at heart
59. I still need a daily nap
60. My college major was education — I now teach my own children
61. I am a big organization person – a place for everything and everything in its place
62. I am a Monk fan (the tv show)
63. I am an ultra-conservative
64. I am Baptist
65. I was raised in a non-Christian home and occasionally attended a Lutheran church with my neighbors
66. My brother is a Lutheran minister
67. For reasons I don't quite understand, I haven't seen my brother since 1994 (over 11 years) – I miss him
68. I do not have a green thumb – I do best with fake plants and flowers
69. I would love to learn to play an instrument
70. Even if I don't learn to play the piano, I would like to own one
71. I am ultra-sensitive to noise
72. Because of the above, I would be a much better mother if I were deaf
73. I live in a very large city, but am a country girl (fish out of water)
74. (Shhhh) I am actually enjoying, to some extent, living in the city
75. I cloth diaper – something I said I'd never do
76. I homebirth – something else I said I'd never do
77. Other than Florida, I have lived in three other states: Indiana, Tennessee, and Alabama
78. Before I die, I'd like to go skydiving
79. When I lived in Alabama, I had a little goat farm – I miss my goats
80. I married young. I have been married nearly half my life.
81. I am thirty-something…but am told I look much younger
82. I love Jesus and am constantly amazed at how God blesses us
83. I was saved as a teenager and rededicated myself to the Lord in 1994
84. I have a very difficult time controlling my tongue – God is still working on me…every day
85. I sew and cross-stitch
86. I do not like to cook
87. I have a fear of enclosed spaces – elevators freak me out
88. Spiders REALLY freak me out
89. Germy public surfaces (cart handles, door handles, pay phones, faucet handles) REALLY REALLY freak me out
90. I am grossed out to handle money
91. I think eating mushrooms is DISGUSTING
92. I do not like to talk on the phone
93. I have a fear of water
94. I have a fear of bridges
95. I am strongly opposed to vaccinating children
96. I strongly oppose abortion – it is murder, plain and simple
97. I strongly oppose laboratory testing on animals
98. I can't stand carpet.
99. I don't allow shoes to be worn in the house
100. I don't do well speaking in public (big phobia)
101. I don't like to drive and will only do so if I absolutely must
102. I greatly enjoy the outdoors

Strange…when I did it in notepad, I only counted 101. Maybe there is a repeat somewhere. I guess this should be re-titled Janne 102.