Two Hundred!

In honor of this being my 200th post - I thought I would participate in a little blogging tradition and do my "100 Things." It also comes at a time that I've been tagged to share 7 new things about myself. So Laura, there's GOT to be at least that many in here!

1. I was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida


2. But spent most of my growing up in Costa Mesa, California


3. The house I grew up in is just two blocks away from the house my mom lived in as a little girl


4. I went to the same high school as my father, grandmother and grandfather


5. It's also the same high school my husband Matt teaches at now


6. He went there too - we graduated together in 1994


7. He was the football captain - I was kind of geeky, but was friends with lots of different "groups"


8. We went to Winter Formal, our senior year, in the same group but with different dates


9. We have a picture from that night together because we were the only two to finish the drinking game "Hour of Power"


10. Hour of Power is a game where you take a shot of beer every minute for an hour


11. If our children ever play this game before they are 21, I will kick their a**es!


12. In high school, I worked at a novelty gift store in a strip mall


13. Matt worked at a restaurant in the same strip mall from where I would always order lunch


14. It's funny now - to think how many times we must have run into each other before we really "saw" each other


15. He "saw" me before I "saw" him


16. But I said I love you first


17. I knew within a week of dating him, I wanted to marry him. We were 20 years old.


18. In July we will have been married 9 years


19. My middle name was Teresa, but I changed it to Gregg (my maiden name) when I got married


20. I am the oldest of 4 kids - two brothers and a sister


21. My brother Andy and I did some child modeling and were in an add for PJ Kids


22. He totally stole the show


23. I was also quite the child gymnast - A fact my husband loves to make fun of


24. When I was little I wanted to be a Marine Biologist (if I could work at Sea World,) a Pediatrician, or a Mommy


25. Before I was a Mommy I managed a restaurant


26. I liked it, the fast pace and how every day was different - but I do not miss it!


27. Being a Mommy is what I was meant to do


28. I went to 3 different colleges


29. And changed my major 3 different times


30. Pepperdine - Liberal Arts


31. Orange Coast College - Education


32. Cal State Fullerton - Psychology


33. It took me almost 6 years to get my degree - but I did it


34. Matt and I were already married when I finished


35. My diploma from CSUF is the first official document I have with my married name on it


36. I have a tattoo of a green shamrock on my right hip bone


37. My mother and sister have the exact same tattoo


38. It's an Irish thing - obviously - and was my mother's gift to my sister and me one Christmas Eve


39. We made her go first because we couldn't believe she would do it


40. If I could only choose one thing to eat for the rest of my life it would be SUSHI


41. And Brie cheese


42. And White wine


43. And Strawberry Haggen Daaz


44. And DIET COKE - I drink one by 7AM everyday


45. And avocados or guacamole


46. OK - I could never choose just ONE thing to eat for the rest of my life!


47. But I don't like coffee, or chocolate, or peanut butter


48. I have a green thumb


49. Not literally, but I love to garden and can grow almost anything


50. I used to suck my thumb


51. Hence the 7 years of braces and oral surgery


52. And why I let my kids have paci's until they are too old for them


53. I must have a green stomach too


54. Because I love to cook and bake


55. But I love eating out even more


56. I think my best meal is my White Chicken Enchiladas


57. Matt thinks so too


58. I also make a mean Sapphire Martini - which Matt says tastes like gasoline


59. But I LOVE them


60. My birthday is on Monday!


61. I will be 32


62. I don't feel 32....I feel more like 22, but with WAY more responsibilities than I had when I was 22.


63. I think my favorite color is Green- not this Green, but this Green.


64. I really like Pink and this Blue too - but if I buy a new shirt that comes in lots of different colors, I usually pick Green.


65. It matches my eyes


66. I am a Country Music fiend


67. Blame it on my Texan college roommates


68. If it's not country on my iPOD, then it's probably 80's POP or Madonna


69. I saw her in concert and she was FABULOUS!


70. I once said she was the only woman I would ever kiss


71. Random 20-something statement


72. But my husband has never let me live it down


73. I am also an entertainment gossip junkie


74. Us Weekly, MSN Entertainment...I read them daily


75. I have watched practically every episode of Young and the Restless for the past 20 years


76. That last statement is pathetic - think of all those wasted hours


77. TiVo is both my curse and my best friend!


78. I have NO IDEA how this got started...but Matt thinks I used to collect pot holders.


79. Which I DID NOT


80. I did used to have quite a collection of Troll Dolls, however


81. I would keep them in my locker in Jr. High - completely random, I thought they were cute


82. Matt's nickname for me is "Reina," It's my name in Samoan


83. We went to Amerikan Samoa together on a mission the year we got engaged


84. Apparently Reina also means "Queen" in Spanish


85. A fact I would never know since I failed Spanish 1, THREE TIMES!


86. School always came easy for me, so when I actually had to study something, I sank.


87. It's why I chose to get my degree from a State school - you don't need a foreign language to graduate


88. I also took Latin and German


89. Neither of which fared much better than Spanish


90. I learned more Spanish in the kitchen at the restaurant where I worked than in 3 years of school.


91. I love football and would venture to say I know more than your average girl about the sport


92. Such as Will, Sam and Mike


93. These are not names of boys on the team, but positions they play


94. My life consists of about a 3 mile radius


95. Other than the occasional pleasure vacation - I would be happy to stay in this town the rest of my life


96. But I think that is because most of my family is here - all except my sister (Katherine MOVE BACK!)


97. If my kids were to move far away, I would want to follow them


98. My favorite season is whatever one is just beginning - or just around the corner. I am always happy for them to come and then ready for them to change (as much as California seasons can!)


99. Got Hope? Barack the Vote. Obama '08

AND FINALLY - Is anyone still reading this?!

100. My favorite of all favorites is Matthew.....but M, M & W tie for a close 2nd!