25 Random Things About Me

1. I am expecting my first baby in March, a boy, that we are naming Garrett Michael!

2. I love my stepson, Corbin like he is my own! I wish we had him all the time because it would be better for him to have a consistant routine and his weeks are better!

3. I have been married to my husband, Robert for 2 years, but we have been together for 4 years! We met at school. He teaches PE and at the time I was teaching 4th grade and my room was by the gym. So, he'd stop by and we'd chat and we became friends. We got married in Gatlinburg, TN on December 28, 2006 and had a wonderful Christmas holiday with our families over that week! He is wonderful to me and spoils me rotten!

4. I do not clean house! My husband is a fanatical cleaner and when we first moved in, I tried to clean and he just went behind me and did it his way, so I don't clean anymore! I do the laundry and unload/load the dishwasher. When I wasn't pregnant, I did the bathrooms, but since I've been pregnant, he just does that too!

5. I am originally from Arkansas, and moved to North Carolina 6 years ago with my best friend, Cyndi. We knew no one but each other, but we thought if we didn't do it then, then we never would! I am proud that I tried something new!

6. I miss my family in Arkansas horribly especially now that I am pregnant! Robert and I would move to Arkansas, but due to our custody arrangement, we can't take Corbin at this time! Corbin would love to live there too, but he knows we can't leave his mom.

7. I love being a teacher especially this year! I moved to 2nd grade after 8 years in 4th Grade! I was feeling burned out and now it is new every day and there is so much more you can do in the younger grades due to all the testing in the upper grades!

8. I love NASCAR! I have been to 2 races in Texas, a Busch race in St. Louis, MO, Qualifying in Kansas City, KS, a Busch race in Rockingham, NC, a Busch race in Daytona, FL on my honeymoon, that got rained out, and two races in Charlotte, NC! Living in Mooresville was great because you could see drivers in various places while you were out! I have actually been in the same place as Dale, Jr. (my favorite)!

9. I want to get my masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction and then my doctorate in Adminstration. My ultimate goal is to teach at the college level!

10. My husband and I are complete opposites! He loves the outdoors and I am more of an indoor girl! He is not social and I am extremely social! He is more of a homebody and I want to go out!

11. I want to get pregnant one more time to try for a little girl! My mom says no and my husband says we'll discuss it after delivery! I say I will be ready in 3 to 4 years to try again, but I definitely will not be one of those people who turn around and get pregnant right away!

12. I love Harry Potter, the books and the movies!

13. I love to shop! My husband hates it! We never go clothes shopping together! I go with Cyndi or Mary!

14. Corbin plays soccer, basketball, and baseball and Robert coaches all but basketball, which he will coach next year, and I love to go watch him play! I never knew how great it was to be a "soccer/basketball/baseball" mom until he came along!

15. I love to travel! I want to go anywhere and everywhere!

16. I would live at the beach if I could! My husband would live in the mountains! So, I guess neither of us will get our wish...lol!

17. I love to read! My husband calls me a nerd because I read all the time! I go to the library at least once a month and get 7 to 10 books! My favorite authors are Nora Roberts, Fern Michaels, Patricia Cormwell, and James Patterson.

18. I have not had an enjoyable pregnancy! I love that I am having a baby and to feel him kick in my belly and what a miracle it all is, but it has been a rough road! I was sick until 19 weeks, I had kidney stones over Thanksgiving during my sister, Katie's wedding, and have been so tired! I can't drink milk because it makes me sick. I have had the crud for over a month and am told you just hold on to things longer when you are pregnant. My cheeks swelled and I was told that if I hadn't had the mumps they would think that was it, but it was just an infection and it would go away...which it did...a week later, but no medicine because you are pregnant! Now my feet and hands are swelling and I miss wearing normal clothes! But I wouldn't trade it for anything because in the end I will have a beautiful baby boy!

19. I am afraid of dying and not getting to see my baby grow up! My husband says he would not remarry if something happened to me, which I find hard to believe and he finds it hard to believe that I don't!

20. I would love to have Laser Hair Removal and never shave again!
21. I want to have Lasik Eye Surgery, but am scared my eyes are so bad I would still have to wear glasses!

22. My hair drives me crazy! It is so thick and has natural curl in it! I have to blow dry it with a round brush and use a straightener! I finally found someone that I love to cut it and who knows what looks good and how to make it easier to deal with!

23. I wish I had went off to college because I lived with my dad and stayed in the same area I went to high school! It would have been neat to have experienced a different environment during my college years.

24. In high school, I ran my first car, a gray Chevrolet Caprice, through a barbed wire fence when the accelerator stuck on my way home one day when I was a junior. I drove my aunt and uncle's car to church to pick up my cousins and someone backed into me. In college, I was driving past Ryan's and looked in my rearview mirror and ran up on the curb and it shot me across traffic and I caused a four/five car accident! Needless to say, I get a hard time about my driving when I am home!

25. I bite my nails, but prenatal vitamins have made them grow and I have worked hard not to bite them, so for the first time I actually have some nails!