I know. Another meme. I’m sorry, but I’ve been waiting to do this for practically forever. And, it’s only 100 things, right? I’ve read all of yours…those of you that have done them.

1. I have a tendency to call things as I see them, with very few grey areas.
2. This means I have a rather large mouth, and I insert my foot in it quite a lot.
3. But if you ask me a question, you know I’ll give you the honest to God truth. If you don’t want to know if you look fat in spandex, don’t ask.
4. It’s the Czech in me, but if I were to say my ethnicity, I’d say Mutt as we have a little bit of everything.
5. I am very sarcastic & stubborn, but rather sensitive…a lethal combo.
6. My husband was my altar boy growing up. (see Fun Monday).
7. I told my dad I would marry him when I was 12.
8. As you can see, I tend to get what I want.
9. I still sleep with a teddy bear. Steve is a requirement in bed. Puppy isn’t.
10. You all said it, so: I was a virgin on my wedding night. So was Pup.
11. I am an Orthodox Catholic and love mass in Latin. The more I study the history of early Christianity, the better of a Catholic I become.
12. I’ve always used Natural Family Planning (Hello. Catholic, member?) & it really WORKS!
13. I’ve always been a spender. When Pup asked for my hand, my dad only asked, “Do you really think you can afford her?” Pup’s response was, “No, but I’ll die trying.”
14. When I saved up all of my babysitting money, I would go on crazy big splurges in high school. I had a friend who carried my bags for me. I was known for spending about $500 in about an hour. I can’t do that anymore.
15. I like to think I’m a good friend. Loyal to a fault. And, crazy generous…I always bought my friend who carried my bags stuff, too.
16. The one keg party I attended in HS, got busted. I called my mom crying, & she said, “It’s about time you did something wrong,” Have I mentioned I LOVE my mom?
17. If I had to pick a best friend, I’d say she would be the one.
18. I love to read, in the bath, with a glass of wine or a cup of hot tea.
19. I’ve never gotten a speeding ticket, but I’m forever popping tires for lack of paying attention & random curb checking.
20. I have PCOS, which is a chemical imbalance.
21. It creates lots of hirutism (excessive hair growth). I’ve spent many an hour with electrologists. I no longer have a uni-brow. Thanks, Lisa!
22. I always thought the world had plenty of attorneys. Then I took a Business Law class my last semester in school & wanted to be one.
23. I freaked out during the LSAT, wondered if I should’ve gone into teaching after all, turned down scholarships, and within my first week teaching, decided I should’ve gone to law school. Damn, second guessing!
24. I was a History major/English Literature minor in college. I only took British History. And, my senior thesis compared Braveheart to the real William Wallace. The movie took a billion liberties.
25. But, it started Scotland’s new independence movement, so I overlook the errors. And, laugh when I think this year, for the 300 anniversary of the unification of England & Scotland, the new Scottish Prime Minister Gordon Brown has to worry that Scotland might secede & he would lose his seat in Parliament. HA.
26. If I don’t ultimately go to law school, I’d love to get a PhD. in the origins of common law…basically how the Magna Carta shaped the law system.
27. I love/hate Edward I Plantagenet.
28. I hate US History & find it boring. But, as the schools here don’t realize the value of classical curriculum, I could only find jobs teaching US History & Texas History, which I like more than US, being a crazed Texan.
29. I’m a 4th generation Texan or more on all sides. My Dad’s great-grandfather found a fortune in Spanish doubloons in a hollowed out oak tree in South Texas. But, as he had 8 kids that had 8 kids that…you get the idea….there is no money left. His only claim to fame is he owned the first car in the Corpus Christi area. But, that is the coolest story!
30. I have one brother who is 7 years older than I am. We don’t get on well. He’s only seen his nephew three times. I find that unforgivable.
31. More on family? I cannot stand my father-in-law. He’s the most controlling human on this earth. And, he thinks women should be forever barefoot, pregnant, and cooking. I’m not really that type. So, he hates me. And, tried to force Puppy to break-up with me. I sometimes refer to him as the anti-Christ.
32. I was so afraid of gaining the “freshman 15″ I lost them when I got to college.
33. I made up for it by gaining 80 pounds with SD. He only weighed 7.5, meaning I ate 72.5 worth of crap. That’s a lot of cupcakes, huh? I still have 15 to go. And, I don’t think they are budging.
34. I’m a total perfectionist, but I’m apparently the worst kind, according to some test I once took. I’m the kind that won’t try for fear of failure. Knowing I could do better is reassuring. Trying and not doing it, is terrifying to me.
35. I’m not comfortable being in other people’s messy homes. But, mine is always messy. I have in the past cleaned other people’s bedrooms to make the clean. But, I haven’t made my bed in about a year.
36. I am a rabid list writer. I write lists for lists. And, being so insane about them looking exactly right, I’ll rewrite them 8 times just to get them just so… You should see how many random scraps of paper had parts of this one!!
37. I also have always loved stationery. I have tons of pads of paper, cards, stickers, confetti…you name it. Including fountain pens, which I love but am always losing.
38. I live to personalize things. I sometimes do my name, or initials, but 99.9% of the time I do SDs. He has personalized clothes, placemats, stickers, cups, magnets, stationery…and I’m forgetting some but you get the idea. Imagine if I had a girl! Hells Belles!
39. I lose just everything. My mind is filed under everything.
40. I would be a professional reader if there were such a job. I love books. I have lots. But, I’m a book snob. I won’t buy paperbacks. Some day I’m going to have a big house with the library from Beauty & the Beast, complete with that ladder Belle swung around on.
41. I spend roughly the equivalent of a car payment at Barnes & Noble each month. I blame SD. He loves books, and I told Puppy I would refuse him some things, but books will not be one of them.
42. I was in a car wreck when I was 32 weeks pregnant. A lady in my bible study rear-ended me. I drove myself to the hospital. I thought I’d get the once-over & go home. I ended up almost having an emergency c-section as I was in active labor. I would’ve delivered the baby without anyone else being there. That was a scary moment.
43. I was on “at home rest” after that. I was suppose to stay in bed as much as was possible. I made the decision that this did not include church, so I went to mass every day.
44. The biggest fight Pup and I have ever had is over our location. I want to be near my family, he doesn’t want to be near his. (see #30) This fight has been going on every day
    for almost nine years. I’ll win in the end. (see #7)
45. I have crazy toes. I use them to pick up things. I call them talented.
46. I also have very hairy legs. (see #21) And, I’ve never quite mastered how to shave my knees or my legs, for that matter.
47. In my all-girls high school, we had shaving binges lasting weeks. I always won, when my dark black hair started runs in my uniform tights. I don’t know if this is something I should take pride in?
48. I don’t like gold jewelry. I don’t know why, but I never have.
49. I gave Pup a three year rule: I will date you for three years & then there better be a rock on my finger or I’m out. I’ve known lots of people who broke up after six, seven, or eight years of wasting time on someone who never planned to commit.
50. Pup proposed exactly four days shy of three years, claiming he never knew there was such a rule.
51. It was okay, because I’d already called him and told him I’d been to see a jeweler to design my ring. That threw him for a minute. Then, he realized if I didn’t do it myself I might not be happy with what he picked out. And, then he had the nerve to ask if two months salary was before or after taxes. I laughed out loud. He didn’t see the ring until after I’d already had it two weeks…and he proposed without it.
52. I really love trivia. I was on the trivia team in high school. I once went up to Notre Dame to visit Pup & all his valedictorian friends refused to let me answer the BW3s National Trivia Network questions…until I kept getting them right. Then, they all fought over who would get me on their team.
53. I love Jeopardy. It’s the greatest game show ever. I yell at people when they miss Final Jeopardy as if they could hear me.
54. My favorite classic book is Pride & Prejudice. My favorite modern book is Outlander.
    
55. I could live on ice tea. I once had 11 glasses at dinner on a cruise. I left the table three times to pee. When I was pg with SD, I decided I liked hot tea with milk, ala the Brits. I can’t drink it any other way now.
56. The history major in me is amazing at remembering dates and birthdays. I can remember the birthdays of people in elementary school. But, that thing science proved? That during pregnancy you lose short term memory? IS SO TRUE! I almost sob when I forget, because prior to SD I remembered everything!
57. Puppy was a child genius: reading at 2.5 & went to 1st grade at age 4. SD isn’t reading yet. I’m worried I’ve dumbed down the gene pool.
58. I love ethnic foods. I could live off of Mexican, Chinese, Greek, or Italian. My Puppy would love a burger with a side of prime rib with a side of sausage.
59. I tried to be a vegetarian when I was little. My mother got around it by telling me I was eating “man made meat.” This was also the time I refused to eat off of silverware from Taiwan (?? don’t have an effing clue why) & we carried around plastic to eat out.
60. My husband doesn’t remember what my natural hair color looks like. I’m okay with that. I was dirty blonde until puberty, went dark, realized I looked like hell dark, and never looked back.
61. I love ketchup. I ate it out of the little packets. I then gave it up for Lent and it’s never tasted the same. I’m still hurt God did this to me.
62. I am computer stupid. I still wish everything was Apple II Gs & I could play Oregon Trail. I love Oregon Trail.
63. I only drink sissy girly drinks: margaritas, daiquiris, coladas, grasshoppers, and amaretto sours.
64. I’m also a light weight. For my 21st birthday my friends took me to Dave and Buster’s after three margaritas. I puked all over the floor. And, the bitches just left me there for five minutes crying, until they took pity. These girls were bridesmaids in my wedding three months later.
65. I think Tivo is just about the greatest invention ever made. Who cares we made it to the moon? We’ve got Dora prerecorded and available at all times.
66. My parents still live in the house I grew up in. I always told them when I got married, I’d live in the upstairs. I still want that to happen. I adore my ‘rents.
67. I’m very short: 5 ft. 3. And, now think with the extra weight I’m short & squatty.
68. I’ve been told my eyes are my best feature. They are green with yellow flecks.
69. I don’t think being a bitch is a bad thing.
70. Speaking of, I have always had dogs. Girl ones. I will always own a Cairn Terrier (Toto from Wizard of Oz). They are just like my blog title. Feisty little bitches. Westies are the all white Cairns & Scotties are the all black ones. My next four will be named: Skye, Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen.
71. I always wanted a big fluffy white Great Pyrenees, too. I’d name her Basque (like the region in Spain along the Pyrenees). Puppy says hell no.
72. I have never thought it was bad being a nerd. They usually make lots of money. I say usually, cause we don’t currently have much.
73. I’m deathly afraid of flying. I did somewhat okay with it until my last flight back from Europe in 1993. I sat in the middle of the airport floor in Shannon, Ireland and made my father literally carry me back onto the plane.
74. Despite my insane love of all things British, my only time in the isles was that “largest duty-free” airport in Shannon.
75. Puppy told me he wouldn’t propose until I flew up to see him in South Bend. The first time I tried, I ran off the plane. I tried again the next year & only by sheer desire for that diamond did I make it. I haven’t flown since that return flight.
76. I puke like a maniac on airplanes. If I say the statement, “It smells like an airplane,” Puppy knows I’m about to hurl.
77. We took a cruise out of Galveston for our honeymoon. Who knew I’d also get sea sick? You know it’s love when your spouse is forced to watch the Lindsay Lohan version of The Parent Trap on his honeymoon seven times while you have diarrhea and vomit. He hates LL now.
78. My first love, R, knew I was getting married & sent me my favorite flowers on my wedding day in an attempt to sabotage. I thought they were from Puppy. My mother almost went to go and kick his ass. I waited several years before I told Pup.
79. They were Calla Lilies, BTW.
80. My favorite one-liner of all time was when my dad decided to fly ahead of us to Europe & he yelled back to Mom & I with, “I’ll see you Wednesday in Vienna.” It was our only experience with jet setting. Lots of people stared at us funny.
81. I always wanted girls, until turned 17 and was given the official double standard. My brother was allowed to go to school anywhere he could get in with his awful grades. I had to go to my parents’ choice of colleges as they were paying. I’d always wanted to go to Vanderbilt, and worked hard to get the grades to go there. I was forced to go Texas A&M, although had been a life long UT fan.
82. I graduated in 2.5 years in order to get the hell outta there.
83. I swore I’d only have boys after that. Pup agreed. He has one sister (& 4 brothers) who is given virtually everything while the boys got jack. She still gets everything. And, we get jack. Another reason I dislike my in-laws.
84. I tried very hard to breast feed SD, but after 7 weeks of having to straight pump
    & two bouts of mastitis I realized he was allergic to my breast milk. Lactose intolerance, just like me. I decided it was time for the Medela to go.
85. My all time favorite tv show was Homefront about life back home during WWII. Next would be ties for Alias (seasons 1&2) and Roswell (season 1) before they got ruined.
86. While we were dating, on multiple occasions, people asked Puppy & I if we were twins. We got really paranoid about PDAs after that.
87. Our first date was to an Astros game in the Astrodome. I still have the ticket stub. It’s sad that the Dome is no longer in use. I would’ve loved to show SD around it.
88. And, we went to lots of hockey games and concerts in The Summit, which is now home to the world’s largest church. This makes me sad, too. My BIL proposed to my SIL there, and they are way more sad than I am.
89. I’m not really a feminist. I like the idea that women can go out there and do things, but I love staying at home with my child.
90. I keep thinking it’s time to have another, but it never gets beyond the thinking stage, because I don’t know if we can afford another one.
91. I’m neurotic about which months I am willing to have a baby. I like April & September most as the birth stones for the mother’s ring I’m getting out of this are diamond & sapphire. SD was born in April.
92. An ongoing fear of mine is seeing one of my former students appear on Jay Leno’s Jay Walking segment and missing a question on something I taught them.
93. Or, worst case, having this happen to me. Like failing on Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader.
    
94. I worry like a crazy person. If Pup is fifteen minutes late, I imagine him splat on the freeway somewhere. I don’t know how to turn the worry off. It sometimes keeps me up late at night.
95. I got braces when I was ten. I had all of four brackets until I was 14. I don’t think that did me much good.
96. I type very slowly. This post? Has seriously taken over five hours.
97. I hate winter. I love wearing shorts & sandals, and will sometimes even shave in order to wear them. I was meant to be a Texan. We have warm or hot for about 8 months a year.
98. When I was little I thought I would write novels or children’s books. I haven’t given up on the idea yet.
99. I have always slept on my stomach. This made pregnancy torture. I told Pup it was why I got so many pregnancy massages : ) cause I could lay on that tummy pillow they use. Hey. It sounded good at the time.
100. I’m hopelessly curious. And, that includes wondering if anyone read all 100!

Oh, thank God! That was so difficult. I hope somebody reads all of it!