25 random things about me

Ok...it's bad. REEally bad. I am turning into a blogging/facebook skitzo. I was "tagged" on facebook to write 25 random things about me and I did....and I spent so much dang time on the thing, I figured I might as well include them on my blog. I think I will have to stop turning on my computer. I have two wee ones, a house to run, places to go and things to do -- what the heck am I doing online every hour of every day? I need help.

Anyway, here are the 25 things....if you have all the time in the world to be reading this never-ending list....

1. I am obsessively compulsively frugal. I HATE to spend money. I hate shopping.
2. I really love to eat, especially at a good restaurant with friends.
3. I love chocolate more than is normal.
4. I love to cook and bake....a lot. I don't prefer one over the other.
5. I adore my children now more than I ever have since they were born. I just LOVE the ages/stages they are in right now (2 and 4). I think it is because I never left that age. I never wanted to grow up, and I'm starting to think I achieved that in a few too many ways....
6. I love snow. I think it is absolutely beautiful and I love to play in it (yes, even on days like today where it is keeping everyone home...although I don't like playing in icy wet snow...).
7. I love to snowboard...and I haven't done it in way too long (since my 4 y/o was born).
8. However, now that I have children, I don't love winter as much as I used to. I HATE dressing them up in all the layers...and layers and layers of stuff they have to wear...and they don't keep most of it on (esp. the mittens...and then the WHINING when their hands -- or feet -- are cold....oh man....).
9. I really hate whining. In any form and from both adults and children. I have very little patience for it. I think God wants me to learn patience with whiners because Anna Clara deserves an award for the amount, and quality, of whining she does. That girl sure knows how to whine. A lot.
10. I like doing pretty much any outdoor activity (ie: hiking, walking, sledding, swimming, etc.). I love fresh air and space.
11. I prefer being in the mountains over the beach, but that doesn't mean I don't love being at the beach....cuz I most definitely do. Especially tropical beaches. White sand. Clear water. I think I prefer beach over mountains right now since I haven't felt warm air in a reeeeeeally loooooooong time.
12. There are very few things I don't like about my parents. They are truly amazing people in every way.
13. I am a much less patient mom than I thought I would be.
14. The only thing I miss about life before motherhood is the freedom. And I do miss that. A lot.
15. I am not a girly girl at all...but I really stink at sports. All of them. I wish I didn't though. Name a sport, and I suck at it.
16. My favorite thing to do is spend quality time with old friends. I miss them. I'm hoping I will continually meet people who will become my "old friends".
17. The most difficult part of motherhood (at this stage of my mothering) is dealing with other mothers -- not all of them, just the ones who annoy the heck outta me and I feel incredibly sorry for their children. Luckily, none of my friends are these kind of moms.
18. I can easily eat a half gallon of ice cream (as long as it has chocolate or caramel in it) in a sitting....I don't do it, nor plan on doing it, but I've done it. Once. Or maybe twice.....
19. I was sent to an AA meeting for a "detention" in high school. Looooong story...and no, I hadn't been drinking....
20. If I haven't been there, done that or seen it, I want to go there, do that and see it.
21. I really hate to dust.
22. I like to do anything creative, but I'm not a crafty kinda gal.
23. I am having a really hard time thinking of 25 random things about me. I think it's because I am including about 3 or 4 things in each item. I'm realizing I have a problem with being concise.
24. I love to snuggle up in my bed at night with my hubby and/or two kidlings. It's my fave time of day....and it's just about here.....if I ever stop writing in this list....
25. My brain works very, very, very slowly (it's taken me all friggin' day to fill out these 25 random things about me....).