100 49 Things About Me

1. I graduated from Charles Marion Russell High School.
2. I spent a summer on the slime line in Sitka, Alaska.
3. My favorite candy is Dots and Twizzlers.
4. I played the flute in junior high.
5. I have climbed Devils Tower and signed my name in the cammo box on the top.
6. I like to be the captain on raft trips while Joe fishes.
7. Faith Hill's song Breathe makes me gag.
8. The Grateful Dead's Europe 72 album is my favorite.
9. I drink at least 3 bottles of 32oz water a day.
10. I take my dogs for a walk at least 5 days a week if I can.
11. I have worked for Senator Max Baucus in Montana.
12. My school swim team took, or tied for state all four years I was there.
13. Cooked carrots make me gag, still.
14. I have a Bachelors degree in Photography with a Minor in Business Management from Northern Arizona University.
15. I have a Bachelors degree in Business Education with a Minor in Office Systems from the University of Montana.
16. I have a Masters in Educational Technology from Northern Arizona University.
17. I like to think that I tried on photography following my Grandpa Dolderer, and politics following my Grandpa Barrett.
18. I haven’t had lower than a 3.98 since my first degree.
19. I am a true life-long-learner.
20. Purple is my favorite color.
21. My birthstone is amethyst.
22. I brush my teeth in the shower.
23. Someday I will pay to get my tattoos removed.
24. I love Target but get totally overwhelmed with all the choices and end up standing there staring at everything, often times leaving with nothing.
25. I have hiked down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back up in one day, and only cried once.
26. I lived in the same house from the time I was born until I left for college.
27. I never had to ride a school bus except for to swim meets and school field trips.
28. I always loved it when my mom played the banjo on the bus to swim meets.
29. I stink at wrapping presents.
30. I had hip-dysplasia as a baby.
31. I have to wear ear-muffs when it’s even a little breezy or I get an ear ache.
32. My first daughter was almost delivered in the car; I was 8cm walking into the hospital.
33. I like soy sauce on my popcorn and mac-n-cheese.
34. All 4 people in my immediate family are teachers.
35. I badly sprained my arm doing a flip-flop off the top of a swing set.
36. I can still do flip flops but choose not to.
37. I have seen the Grateful Dead in concert 3 times.
38. I also have seen Guns N Roses, Metallica, AC/DC, and Santana in concert.
39. I have never been overseas, but will some day.
40. I have always wanted to know how to fly a plane.
41. The first vehicle that was “mine” was a standard shift Toyota 4x4 truck.
42. My mom’s maternal grandparents parents homesteaded to Chester, Montana and my mom’s dad was actually on a wagon train that came into the Missoula area.
43. I love Taco Bell (double decker tacos yum).
44. It drives me crazy to leave the house when it is messy.
45. I was missing 8 permanent teeth (including wisdom teeth) and have had 12 fake teeth since I was 18.
46. I really enjoy yogurt covered pretzels.
47. I was on the high school golf team for one season and I actually broke the head of a club off by hitting a stake in the ground that was holding up a tree.
48. My dad is an excellent golfer (and was the coach when I was attempting to be on the team).
49. A hair dresser actually once called me “hair retarded.”

.....to be continued