Success!!!!

1. I am 40 years old.
2. My birthday is in December.
3. I am quite artistic.
4. I'm not very self motivated (atleast not all the time).
5. I'm not extraverted.
6. Sometimes I wish I were...but most of the time I'm ok with it.
7. I can play the piano.
8. I can "spot compose" pieces of music.
9. I cannot read music very well.
10. I play a lot using chords and my own ear for music.
11. I'm not a city girl.
12. I don't like large crowds.
13. I prefer peace and quiet.
14. My neighborhood is a bit too noisy for my liking.
15. I dream of having my own art studio in my home.
16. I've sold some artwork.
17. I've painted 2 different murals.
18. I decided that I prefer smaller pieces of artwork.
19. I wish I had someone to do artwork with on a regular basis.
20. I used to take a painting class.
21. I'd like to again some time.
22. My friend Claudia has given me some watercolor lessons.
23. I think I really could do well at it.
24. I've been very busy lately.
25. I don't care to be too busy.
26. Down time is very important to me.
27. I'm a home body.
28. I don't plan ahead very well.
29. I am very forgetful at times.
30. I must keep lists and pay close attention to my calendar.
31. My house is cluttered and I hate it.
32. Deep down inside, I know I'm really a neat and tidy person.
33. I don't care for asparagus.
34. I like most other vegetables.
35. I'm willing to try new foods.
36. I try to be polite.
37. Quite often, I root for the underdog.
38. I hate to see people being picked on.
39. I tried to be nice to the very unpopular kids when I was a school kid.
40. Sometimes this made me very unpopular.
41. Looking back, I think I could have done more than I did.
42. I'd like to be fluent in another language.
43. I studied Spanish for 4 years and German for 1 college semester.
44. I did well at both of them...but was never immersed in using the languages, which is key to fluency.
45. Someday I will go on a mission trip. Probably to a Spanish speaking country.
46. I am very contemplative.
47. Sometimes my heart rules my head...but not always.
48. I am a melancholic.
49. Sometimes I embarrass my children.
50. I feel that this is my job as a parent.
51. Sometimes I make up silly songs or rhymes to make my children laugh.
52. I am pretty conservative.
53. Strong perfumes really bother me.
54. This past Sunday, I changed my seat in church because someone's perfume was bothering me.
55. Modesty is important to me.
56. I am trying to instill this in my children.
57. Sometimes I still miss my brother. He passed away in 1983.
58. I was 16 when he died.
59. I would have like to get to know him as an adult.
60. I don't feel like we knew each other very well.
61. I was 9 years younger than him.
62. I have another brother who has severe autism.
63. I've never been able to really get to know him either.
64. I am so thankful for the Christian sisters I have (both blood and not).
65. I enjoy watching "Little House on the Prarie" episodes.
66. I especially like the funny ones with Nellie Olson in them. (and Mrs. Olson)
67. I have absolutely no desire to get a tattoo.
68. Multiple body piercings really gross me out.
69. I enjoy studying history.
70. I just finished reading "Foxe's Book of Martyrs." A difficult read, but very powerful.
71. I just checked out a book on local history from my library yesterday.
72. It is probably the 3rd or 4th time I have checked this book out in the 14 years I've lived here.
73. I wish I knew the history of this house. Like who lived here in the 1860's when it was built?
74. I do know that a family from Italy lived here at one time and raised a family of 4 children.
75. I wish the walls could speak (not really...that would be a little scary). Maybe they would speak in Italian and I wouldn't understand anyway.
76. I stay up too late.
77. I prefer dogs over cats.
78. I do like cats though.
79. I've only ridden a horse a few times.
80. The last time I rode one I was 17 years old.
81. Sometimes I create pieces of art and then have no idea what to do with them...but I can't get rid of them.
82. I sometimes make up recipes.
83. They usually turn out pretty good (just a few blunders).
84. One of my recipes was published in a magazine (County Extra) and later it was put into a book (The Best of Country Cooking 2001, pg 61)
85. I'm somewhat of a perfectionist.
86. This causes some problems in doing artwork. I need to losen up!
87. Sometimes I lack confidence.
88. I don't like doing major construction-like sanding, staining, drywalling, etc.
89. In fact I just groan at the mere thought of it. Ugh!!!!
90. I day dream about hiring someone just to come and do all of the construction work on my house...and having an unlimited budget with it!
91. I hate grocery shopping.
92. If I have extra money, I'm more likely to blow it on art supplies than clothing.
93. I've been spendig too much money lately and need to stay way from Michael's.
94. I think Heberews 13:5 was written just for me. Go ahead and look it up!
95. I enjoy taking a good nap now and again.
96. I once had an opportunity to be an exchange student to Australia. (Rockhampton, QD)
97. I still regret that I didn't do it.
98. I'm not sure what the abbreviation for Queensland is.
99. I've never been much of a risk taker and I've shortchanged myself because of it.
100. I did it...and now I need to go to bed because I am going on a field trip with my daughter's class tomorrow! (I need adequate sleep to function well)