101 Things about Sarah, by Sarah

I’m not sure I like the idea of doing this, but I always enjoy reading the 100 Things About Me list on other blogs. So, in the interest of sharing some information that probably wouldn’t otherwise come forward in an ordinary blog post about my life with three kids, I am attempting this not-so-unique idea of blabbing 100 things you’re not so sure you wanted to know and I’m pretty sure I don’t need to say.

1. I’m 5’6″
2. I cut my hair maybe twice a year I am proud to say I’m a regular at the hair salon now–this is what dying the gray will do to you
3. I’ve had 2 pedicures in my whole life
4. I drive a black silver minivan (upgraded for 2010)
5. I went to a private, all-girls boarding school, until…
6. I got kicked out in my junior year
7. I shaved my head once and it looked damn good – for a while
8. I ran away to Iowa with a boyfriend at 17
9. I got my GED
10. I never finished college
11. I always thought I’d have a PhD someday
12. I drink wine, and beer, and booze
13. My favorite shot is called a “Sex with an Alligator”
14. I ran a marathon in 4 hours
15. I forget how much I love music
16. I forget to pluck my eyebrows
17. I used to identify with the color red, and now I’m not so sure
18. I’ve had more girlfriends than boyfriends in my life
19. I’m not so great at meeting new people (I tell myself)
20. I have an armband tattoo
21. I first kissed my husband while laying on his kitchen floor
22. My first son weighed 10lbs 3oz at birth – yes, vaginal delivery
23. I love to bartend, but don’t anymore
24. I like to find out about others’ lives; I crave their facts
25. I miss dancing, in clubs, late at night, with total freedom
26. I want to learn to really dance someday
27. I’d love to travel East – India, Nepal, Japan
28. I don’t practice a specific religion, but study them all
29. I miss my dad
30. I don’t tan
31. I love to sing
32. I used to play the piano
33. I have horrible self-discipline
34. I wasted nearly 5 years of my life battling a serious drug addiction…
35. I recovered and it does not define me at all
36. I have a hard time with very opinionated people
37. I am okay with change, and newness
38. My mother calls me Shortcake, and Little Peach, Sally, Sal and *Shaggy…
39. A good friend of mine died at 13 of an asthma attack
40. I have only a handful of friends, but they are true and real
41. I don’t do well with fake, and talking about the weather
42. I definitely have an inferiority complex that sometimes shows up as quite the opposite
43. I smoked cigarettes for many years
44. I think going to a sex workshop for couples would be cool
45. I wish I had a cabin on a lake – right next to my sister
46. I work part-time for the health insurance
47. I played soccer, lacrosse and ran track as a kid
48. I’ve never met my own expectations
49. I dream big
50. I moved into our first house the day before my third baby was born
51. I’ve always wanted to live in Manhattan
52. I’m about 15 pounds overweight (see No. 33)
53. I love bread, in all forms
54. I grew up in the suburbs of Upstate New York
55. I was never truly a part of the in-crowd, but rather just on the edge
56. I saw doctors and nurses try to resuscitate my father
57. I was never a morning person and now I have no choice
58. I like being awake when it seems everyone else must be sleeping
59. My husband tells me I make too much noise when I swallow
60. I believe there is nothing more important than family
61. I always do better one-on-one
62. I’m not afraid to share my life, but…
63. I have learned better what to share and with whom
64. I never felt as feminine as I do at this point in my life
65. I had braces
66. I’ve pierced many parts of my body – they are all gone
67. I like silver, not gold
68. Sometimes it’s really hard to believe I am an adult
69. I don’t like shaving my legs (but I do, not to worry)
70. I don’t like baths
71. I’d like to get to a place where I could meditate every day
72. Every now and then I do a juice fast
73. I love to write letters but…
74. I’m really bad at getting to thank you notes and birthday cards
75. I don’t do enough for the people I love
76. I don’t have enough clothes, or shoes
77. If you saw me yesterday, I was wearing the same thing I’m wearing today
78. I have fabric for curtains and pillows I’ve been meaning to sew for months
79. I often feel like a total failure – to myself and everyone else
80. I like sorbet more than ice cream
81. I love movies – any kind, any time
82. I think 100 things is entirely too much to do in one sitting
83. I was married in a courthouse, and then, more formally, on Cape Cod (same guy!)
84. My first son was a total accident
85. My marriage was completely coincidental, but it’s brilliant
86. My third son was a total accident
87. My second son, the planned one, is as much personality as the first and third boys combined!
88. I desperately want a daughter (actually two) but fear it’ll just never happen
89. I used to lay in the green, green grass and write for hours
90. I’ve never lived for more than a couple of weeks by myself
91. I like to look in the windows of other houses at night
92. I handle all the bill-paying
93. I have a head for numbers which makes me feel dull
94. I did my first triathlon while a two months pregnant
95. I sleep on a king-size bed
96. I hate paper towels
97. There are always spiders in my house
98. I am happy with who I am
99. I want to be more than who I am
100. I have a hard time shutting up
101. I am so totally thrilled with starting this blog

Hmm, I’m not so sure I should have done that all at once.
I can imagine coming back to amend that someday.
But there it is.
A little about me.
Sarah