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A lot of people do 100 Things About Me.  Here are few things to help you get to know me.

1. I am a Christian,
2. a wife,
3. and a mother.
4. I am the oldest of 14 children.
5. I am 1/8 American Indian, Tlinket to be precise.
6. I have had all of my children at home with a midwife.
7. I was homeschooled from the age of 10.
8. I love to read, but rarely make time.
9. Consequently, I collect books that I know I will probably never read.
10. It makes me feel good to be surrounded by books,
11. and I rationalize my collection by convincing myself that my children will read them all.
12. My hubby and I met at church when we were 12.
13. Our fathers teased and tormented us as young teens by saying they were going to arrange a marriage for us.
14. When we were engaged at the age of 17, our parents were thrilled, but
15. others had dark suspicions that the marriage was being arranged.
16. Having 8 9 children convinced everyone that we really do like each other.
17. I have an irrational fear of ticks and leaches.
18. I’m ok with rodents, snakes, tarantulas, cute little lizards, and other creepy-crawlies.
19. I love math. I think in numbers. Numbers are my friends. I was a math geek in school, doing 2nd year algebra when I was 10.
20. I have a mole low on my left cheek. My children like to touch it.
21. I hated my stick-straight hair when I was a teen, and constantly permed it. Now I love having low-maintennance, shiny smooth hair.
22. I have big feet. I won’t name a size, but they’re bigger than yours.
23. I have big hands for a woman.
24. I don’t worry about the numbers on the scale because I know I’m big boned.
25. I weigh the same as when I was married, though I strongly suspect the weight isn’t quite distributed the same way.
26. I despise exercise, but
27. I force myself to do some hard work every now and then so I don’t turn into a slug.
28. I am slightly obsessed with chocolate,
29. and with coffee - especially if it’s chocolate flavored.
30. I am a procrastinator, which is why…
31. …there are only 31 items on this list.  I’ll work on it soon someday eventually maybe.

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