2. The smells of sawdust, drywall, and hardware stores makes my heart flutter.
3. I love woodworking and using tools so much. Everytime I go into a home improvement store, I have to stop and pay homage to the compound miter saws. Every time.
4. I think kids are a LOT wiser about the world than adults think they are. They are also more understanding. And they laugh with their whole bodies. The way God intended it.
5. I love teaching. I always hesitate to say that I love kids, because teaching is way more than loving kids. I love seeing kids "get" things. Plus I still take advantage of playtime during recess.
6. When I was little, I tried so hard to fall asleep looking as mean and terrible as I could. That way, if anyone broke into our house, they would want to take my sister instead of me.
7. I am very close to my dad and I wish I could see him every day. I can't think of anything in my life that he doesn't know.
8. I worried all the time when I was a kid. Travis was also a worrier when he was little. Our kids are going to be panic-stricken freaks.
9. When she was in junior high, my sister (she's 3 yrs. older) told me that she french-kissed a boy at a church lock-in and I FREAKED OUT. At the time, I thought it was a sure thing that, one, if you french-kissed anyone, you automatically got mono and, two, if you got mono, you automatically died. I told my parents and my mom was really upset with her but my dad just told me I needed to go see a shrink if I was going to get that upset over everything. My sister no longer shares secrets with me.
10. One time, I smacked Monique's new Taylor guitar into a doorknob and it left a mark. I will forever feel terrible about that for the rest of my life. Sorry Mo!
11. I love naming things and giving nicknames to people. I just named our cars Red and Andy after the two main characters in The Shawshank Redemption. Of course, there is also Fred Fred the Fold Out Bed and Rudy the Loveseat. I wanted to name our first pet Captain SmoochiePants. Glad I didn't.
12. I really wish I could fly.
13. My friends are my oxygen. I care about them more than they know and probably more than I tell them. I miss my friends from Missouri terribly but I am very thankful for the friends I have here in Iowa. They are the only reasons for my sanity.
14. I love being around people. I never get tired of having people over to my house. I feel like Monica from friends. I always want to be the best hostess. I still think it would be awesome to live in a neighborhood of all my closest friends. If life were only that simple.
15. I was once on top of a train when it began to move. Ben was there, too, and for about a minute we contemplated riding it to wherever it was going. We decided that it was probably headed nowhere cool and jumped off. Then we tried laying flat on our stomachs and getting as close as possible to the tracks to see if we could stick a penny on the tracks between the wheels as it was moving. It was moving pretty fast by then and we abandoned the effort. Okay, maybe my dad doesn't know that story...
16. I like decorating MY house the way I want it to look. I don't think very many people would want me as their interior decorator. But I love my house the way I have decorated it.
17. Travis makes me wear mittens to bed because my hands are so cold. I also wear one piece footie pajamas. I basically look like a Muppet at night.
18. I never knew I would be this happy being married. I only knew my parent's version of marriage and didn't think people could ever really be happy. I think allowing God to rule the roost in our house was the best marriage decision ever.
19. God also rules the roost in my heart.
20. Travis is my favorite person ever. He is so smart and fun and knows everything about me and still loves me. I never thought I could trust someone as much as I trust him. He is one of the most servant hearted people ever. And he NEVER talks bad about anyone (which is annoying when I'm tempted to). Plus, I think he's pretty fine. And kinda hairy.
21. I CANNOT hear or say the words "knobs" or "fart" or "duties" without cracking up laughing. I'm sure there are others but I'm laughing too hard now just thinking of those three.
22. One time Sarah and I started jumping in puddles after a heavy rain in Springfield. We ended up about five blocks away from our house jumping around like 8 year-olds. About an hour later, we begin wandering back to "The Blue House" which was where we were living at the time and we decided to stop by CCH because we heard music coming from there. We walked inside to find our friends Moose and Geno playing guitar. When they looked up, their eyes got really big, began laughing and said, "Nice bras." We didn't even realize that we were wearing white shirts and we were both wearing colorful bras! We had been ALL over the place parading around in our brightly colored under-things!
23. I don't care what people think of me... as long as they like me.
24. I have never looked like any of my family members until Ethan was born. He and I look a lot alike. Okay, he's not as dorky and he doesn't have the SWEET, huge blue and pink glasses that I had in fourth grade, but other than that--carbon copy. I have always loved that I finally have someone that resembles me.
25. I really, really love Dr. Pepper!
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