Tidbits.

I was perusing some blogs while *ahem* bored at work and I stumbled across some friends I haven't seen or spoken to in years (isn't the blogging/internet world great for catching up/spying on people?). All of your blogs are so cute!! It almost makes me want to have kids so I can have more fun stuff to talk about... almost!

So a few of you have cute lists of things about yourselves that I enjoyed reading and I thought since I am *ahem* bored at the moment, I'd try one, too. Here is a list of random things about me that you may or may not know.

1. I don't have a middle name but my other 3 siblings do!! I was always jealous growing up that I didn't have one so some elementary school friends (Angela and Lindsey) gave me an "L" middle name so my initials would be "B.L.T."
2. I still wear my bottom retainer at night... it stresses me out when I don't wear it because I am convinced my teeth are getting crooked.
3. I could eat cereal for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
4. I rarely cook a 'real' meal for only myself... see #3.
5. I have 2 black cats. Their names are 'big kitty' and 'little kitty.'
6. I'm obsessed with the idea of buying a house and am saving ALL the money I can to buy within the next year... in Utah, of course.
7. It took me 10 years to finish college.. with a 4 year hiatus in the middle.
8. I am finally an R.N.
9. I do NOT have cute feet. And I don't like people looking at them!
10. I got my first 'mani/pedi' only just last year.
11. I was a vegetarian for over 7 years but ate steak while in Argentina. Hello? It's Argentina.
12. I now eat beef occasionally from sustainable and local farms. Ask me about my argument of why eating beef is environmentally better than eating fish.
13. I kind of hate working night shift but I love the pay increase from day shift.
14. Sometimes I don't think I know enough to be a nurse.
15. I've never lived in a house with a dishwasher.
16. I can't stomach the idea of going back to school but I someday want to get my Doctorate in Nursing so that I can be a professor... and be Dr. Terry.
17. I don't dye my hair.
18. I hated my hair color in elementary, jr. high, and high school. I made my mom buy me brown-tinted shampoo to lessen the red. Now I love it and people ask me, " Who does your color?"
19. I have no self-control with candy.
20. I am a little obsessed with recycling and being environmentally friendly... I am anti-plastic.
21. I drive a car that runs on biodiesel... fuel made from vegetable oil. No, I do not make it myself. Yes, it smells like french fries when I turn on my car.
22. My car isn't a 'hippie' car but a cute 2002, red TDI Jetta. No modifications to make it run on biodiesel, either!
23. I am now coming to terms with the fact that I do, in fact, want to have kids someday.
24. I love draft beer... I do not discriminate when it comes to beer. If it's from a tap, I love it.
25. I cut my own bangs when they start to get too long. Sometimes they don't turn out so cute.
26. I listen to NPR pretty much every day.
27. I just bought my first 'Real Simple' magazine and I loved it. New subscriber.
28. Go Obama.
29. I am too impatient for yoga.
30. After my next marathon, I am going to try Pilates. I hope I'm not too impatient for that!
    
31. I drink a lot of caffeine at work. A LOT!
32. I really want to have my own garden. The book 'Animal, Vegetable, Miracle' is changing my life. Seriously.
    
33. I enjoy a Starbucks latte but I can't support that company!
34. Same with McDonalds. LOVE their breakfast but don't love the company.
35. I wish I could travel for a living.
36. I get defensive pretty easily.
37. Now that I work nights, I can pretty much fall asleep whenever, where ever.
38. I wish I could eat whatever I want without the 'food guilt' or the fat ass!
39. I totally envy my sisters for SO MANY reasons: Kristen for her amazing creativity and ability to look good in ANYTHING she puts on and Amanda for being one of the funniest people I know and for being 22, done with college, lived in Brasil for a year now living in San Fran... and both of them are kicking ass. I wish I were more like both of them.
    
40. I love watching the presidential debates and, in fact, I love to debate as well... but only with people who aren't sore losers when they feel like the argument isn't going their way. I like to argue for arguments' sake... not to win or lose.
41. I secretly TiVo 'the Hills' and I watch it every week. Why is that show so addicting? (I hope I'm not the only one!)
42. I'm not that computer savvy at times... like right now, I can't make the spaces equal between the numbers when it was working perfectly 5 minutes ago.
43. Sometimes I wonder how all of you moms have kids, manage a household, and still manage to look adorable. I don't have any of those things and sometimes I don't look even marginally cute.
44. I only buy cereal that is on sale.
    
45. If I have candy at work, I usually won't share it. I hoard my candy like it's crack... well, it pretty much is my crack.
46. I'm debating having liposucton/lipo-zap on my inner thighs. Thoughts?
47. I think #46 stems from living in L.A. for 7 years.
48. I really want to move home but I really am not excited about the pay for nurses in Utah. I think I got paid more when I worked as a make-up artist at Saks 5th Avenue in Beverly Hills.
    
49. Seeing service dogs, such as seeing-eye dogs, always gets me choked up. Something about seeing an animal selflessly doing something like helping a person with everyday stuff is such a tear-jerker for me... Hallmark commercial style.
50. I can't believe that I actually rambled on for 50 numbers. I hope I didn't bore anyone to tears.
    

So anyway, if any of you are inclined to make such a list, I would love to read it so that I can know a bit more about my wonderful friends.