100 things

I made this list a couple months ago, copying Mrs. Snack, and never got around to blogging it.
1. I’m from a town of 600 people on the border between North Dakota and Montana.
2. There were 8 kids in my 8th grade class.
3. Back home, sometimes we ride our horses to town.
4. I have never eaten meatloaf.
5. I think it’s weird that my real name and my stage name have the same, similarly placed, consonants: Shannon Leigh Schlothauer and Strippy LongStocking.
6. I have giant fishtanks, with giant fish.
7. My first best friend and true love was my horse, Buck.
8. He died with his head in my lap when I was 13.
9. My best friend and true love now is John.
10. We met at work.
11. My life changed forever in the first 5 minutes we spoke.
12. One of my favorite things to do is to hang out in a small town country bar with a jukebox and sing along.
13. I was born without a natural graceful bone in my body. The dancing I can do, I can do because of years of practice and hard work.
14. I think that’s why I’m a good teacher.
15. I love my class at Vega.
16. I am the oldest of 3 and my brothers are 2 and 4 years younger than me.
17. I believe in karma.
18. and fate.
19. and ghosts.
20. I’ve known from a really young age that I didn’t want kids.
21. If that ever changed, I would adopt.
22. But I’d probably rather get a goat.
23. I had an eating disorder for about 5 years. My metabolism was messed up for about that long afterwards.
24. I hate when people assume that because I’m thin, it must be easy for me to be thin.
25. I love to go on road trips with John, one of my first favorite things about him was how much fun we had traveling together.
26. and that he lets me stop to meet horses on the side of the road when they are next to the fence.
27. Speaking of fences, they are my favorite photographic subject.
28. I mostly shop at second hand stores.
29. I have tons of clothes. They are all organized and gone through regularly to make sure I want everything in my closets. If I don’t, or if it doesn’t fit, I get rid of it.
30. Sometimes, I don’t know what to wear.
31. I like to tell people that red and black is my natural hair color. And the red is because my dad ate so many maraschino cherries.
32. I get my hair cut by John instead of going to a salon.
33. In my adult life, I have never lived in a place with a dishwasher.
34. In case you didn’t know, number 31 is a lie.
35. My fishtanks have flooded. Twice.
36. My favorite soda is Mountain Dew.
37. Our wedding was fantastic. I wish some of the friends we have now could have been there, but would never go back and change a thing.
38. One word you could never use to describe me is “lazy”
39. I have chewed my fingernails my whole life.
40. I typically don’t wear panties unless they are going to show.
41. I was an A student, with rare exception.
42. The only time I got detention is because I was late for band.
43. I played the bells.
44. I can also play piano, but I’m out of practice.
45. I wash my hair 2 or 3 times a week.
46. I think my favorite “real” job was being a museum guide at the dinosaur museum.
47. I made $5/hour and that was good.
48. I hated college. Both times.
49. I only went back because John and my mom made me.
50. It got a little better when I discovered the Supply and Logistics program.
51. My degree is in Supply and Logistics Management.
52. I have the best girlfriends ever.
53. I was born with the personality and characteristics of my father but was raised to be more like my mother.
54. I’m glad for both parts.
55. John proposed to me on a four-wheeler. The first thing I said was “are you serious?” We were on a ditch bank in North Dakota and the sun was setting on one side of the sky and the moon coming up on the other. Perfect.
56. Now its not like I did it every day or anything, but I’ve had 9 years of various types of “permanent” hair removal done on my face.
57. Something that’s weird is that when I talk to my sisters in law, some of the things they complain to me about my brothers are the same things John says about me.
58. I’m a horrible liar. In that I can’t do it.
59. The first song that ever made me cry was “The Unicorn Song”
60. If you get into my car, you will most likely see the cds of Meatloaf, SuperSuckers, or Bare Naked Ladies.
61. My car is a Hyundai Accent and I love it.
62. I’m an Aries.
63. I love to do cartwheels.
64. and somersaults.
65. I’ve been known to do both for comedic value in situations where they are not appropriate.
66. I could go for a turkey sandwich and a beer.
67. A lot of people when they meet John and me think that we are swingers or somehow a sexually promiscuous couple.
68. We’re not.
69. I didn’t drink until I was 20.
70. Ever since I saw a real life Mahi-Mahi, I will not eat Mahi-Mahi
71. I won’t eat lobster either because I had a pet freshwater lobster names Charlie.
72. I had a pet cow named Jenny too, but I will still eat hamburgers and steak.
73. oh, and jerky.
74. I wish I could do something more creative for a living.
75. When I was 10 or 11, I got my foot caught in the stirrup and was drug across a field. I lost all the skin from my neck to my butt and got banged up a little on the inside.
76. When you get drug by a horse, you don’t necessarily drag. Apparently I bounced.
77. The worst thing my body has ever experienced is Shingles.
78. The best thing my body has ever experienced was being 27.
79. I taught Vacation Bible School for 7 years.
80. I was third runner up at Ms. Dancer International.
81. I have very bad vision.
82. The worst place I’ve ever been is Oklahoma.
83. oh wait, number 83 is a secret. You’ll have to ask about that one.
84. I can’t sing, but I really wish I could.
85. I lived in a tent on Lake Sakakawea in NoDak for 6 weeks in the spring before the campground opened.
86. I have not had my wisdom teeth removed.
87. The dentist said my mouth is big enough to keep them.
88. Have I told you about that time I got my crotch cut in half?
89. I used to have a pet goose named Gus. He would meet me on the porch every morning and we would have breakfast together.
90. I do good with what I’ve got, but sometimes I wish my body was different.
91. When I was young, I wanted to be a truck driver when I grew up.
92. I was asked to join the World Cheerleading Council in high school.
93. I was also the yearbook editor.
94. Even though it’s a lot of work, I keep photo albums.
95. I don’t like gravy. Or donuts.
96. Its important to me to have something alive in every room of the house, so we have lots of plants.
97. The anniversary we celebrate is when we first got together, not when we got married.
98. That anniversary is Memorial Day, which we picked because it was easy to remember and there is always a three day weekend.
99. John and I have wedding rings and honeymoon rings
100. John is the best thing that’s ever happened to me.