Blog Challenge: 20 Facts

1. I cannot go a year without a vacation that requires me to fly somewhere.

2. My middle name came from my Great Aunt.

3. I always knew I would marry somebody younger than me and somebody from a different state.

4. I cannot remember about six years of my life, just one or two things from those years.

5. Husband and I have lived in Illinois for four years.  I am still not used to everything here.

6. I LOVE knowing about my heritage.  It is so fascinating to know where your ancestors came from.

7. Saying that, I would love to visit where my families began.  Husband and I will eventually make it to his birthplace, Germany!

8. I am crafty.  I grew up doing crafts and working with my hands.  Sewing, drawing, and painting are the things that I do most often.

9. I have two scars on my face because my brother and I would race in our house, and two times I ended up cutting my head open.  I actually remember going to the ER when I was three years old for stitches, including what I was wearing.

10. I also have three birthmarks.  1 brown and 2 white.

11. Husband and I married on our five year anniversary.

12. My favorite color is green.

13. I love watching husband and our pup interact.

14. I have yet to finish our wedding album.  Seriously, when you hire a photographer that should be included in the package so you do not have to do it yourself.

15. I hate that "'Merica" is a thing right now!  Men and Women have not died for our freedom and our country to have it called 'Merica.

16. I have always wanted to live near the mountains.

17. I am super excited to be a homeowner one day.  Everybody complains about hidden costs coming up and always having to fix things.  I grew up watching my dad fix things around the house and helping him with them, he still has to teach me more but I am excited for that day I get to use what I have learned.

18. The first concert I ever went to was Matchbox 20.  The opening bands were Old 97 and TRAIN!  Train before they were this big band was the opening band!

19. I cannot watch the movie My Girl.  It came out the about the exact time that I had lost one of my best friends in a car accident.

20. I LOVE LIFE!  I have learned at a very young age to never take life for granted.  Enjoy each day and strive to make somebody else's day even if it is just smiling at them.

21. I am astonished that I was able to write 20 things!