Jessteronimo

Sister, wife, mother, friend, coworker, classmate...and much more!

More Than You Ever Wanted to Know

1. I've always wanted to build my own website about me. I don't know why I feel the need to share myself with complete strangers, but here ya go.
   
2. I found a chicken pox scar on my stomach a few years ago that I never realized I had!
   
3. You cannot believe how unbelievably fantastically destructive my children are.
   
4. I really like super balls. Do you know those tiny rubber balls you get from vending machines in Wal-Marts all over the US that bounce really well? Love 'em. See, I'm a kid at heart.
   
5. I'm addicted to Spider Solitaire. Damn good at it too!
   
6. My sense of smell is underdeveloped. People say that memories are connected to smells and intensified by them. If that's true, it's a wonder I remember anything at all.
   
7. I yell at cars. I talk to other drivers all the time, even when people are in my car. My kids have started doing it too, which alarms me, so I try to talk to my kids instead when I'm with them.
   
8. I can go from naive to cynical in a heartbeat. Sometimes I'm both simultaneously.
   
9. I wear socks almost all the time. I hate having cold feet. I hate being cold, period. Living in Utah sometimes makes me feel frozen from September to March.
   
10. I love hot tubs. I don't have one.
    
11. When I'm home, I take all my jewelry off. But in public, I always wear my jewelry. When I type, I take my rings off.
    
12. I have a fascination with words and an obsession with grammar and communication. Some words I absolutely love to spell. And I have strong feelings about appropriate punctuation. In short, I was born to edit. (Editing jobs in Utah are hard to find.)
    
13. I love chat abbreviations and emoticons.
    
14. I started a karate class this year, and I absolutely love it! My goal is to make orange belt by the end of the year. That's pretty aggressive, but I think I can do it.
    
15. I think one of God's cruel jokes on me is that I love music so much but can't sing or dance. I do it anyway.
    
16. I like to eat big breakfasts, especially on weekends. In fact, I wake up starving most days.
    
17. Sometimes I forget to eat lunch. People remind me all the time.
    
18. I'm an identical twin. We have twin moments a lot.
    
19. I miss my mother desperately.
    
20. I listen to a lot of melancholy music. Probably not good for me. Don't care.
    
21. I often leave the "I" off my sentence beginnings (e.g., Hate being late).
    
22. Hate being late.
    
23. Easily overwhelmed.
    
24. I have some really, really good friends whom I'll keep for life. I make friends easily.
    
25. I have a good heart, but it's been bruised quite a lot and has lots of scars. I'm a little too careful lately. It's holding me back, but I don't know how to change that. I'm gonna get hurt again. And soon.
    
26. I'm in love.
    
27. I'm a perfectionist who has a problem with cleaning things all the time. Still, my life remains a mess.
    
28. I have little faith in our government, but I hate people who criticize them all the time. It's not easy flying this plane with a dead elephant strapped to the top. If you don't know what I'm talking about, LISTEN to the news, don't watch it.
    
29. I love hot chocolate.
    
30. I have a sweet tooth and a bland palate. I currently trying to cut down on my sugar intake for health reasons. It sucks.
    
31. Love to bake. Hate to cook. Yes, there is a difference.
    
32. I'm insecure to the point of crying sometimes.
    
33. My kids are the greatest on earth. Sometimes I have to run from them.
    
34. I like to drive too fast. I'm good at it. Only one stupid ticket. *knock on wood*
    
35. I had a tumor a few years ago and have subsequently lost some of my parts. I'm glad that the fertile part of my life is over. Love my kids. Hated being pregnant because I had more than my fair share of medical problems from it. My hubby will back me up on that.
    
36. I hate it when a woman calls her husband "hubby." In fact, "pet names" bother me. So does PDA.
    
37. I'm a Mormon but taking a break from organized religion right now. I'll be back but not soon.
    
38. I was taught to have an open mind and be accepting of all types of people with different viewpoints and upbringings. This has helped me learn many things about myself and my world. One of them is that I don't have to like or agree with everyone to learn from them.
    
39. I have trouble trusting people who give gifts. In fact, I usually only accept gifts from my sisters.
    
40. I start projects and then don't finish them. I've started a family photo website. The project is way too big for my psyche to grasp.
    
41. I love graphic design but have no formal education.
    
42. I sometimes believe I'm magic. I often WISH I were magic.
    
43. My superpower of choice would be to read people's minds selectively. It would be shocking at first but really, really useful. Second choice would be to fly.
    
44. I used to be addicted to caffeine. I've never tasted coffee or alcohol, but caffeinated soda has been my Achilles heel for years. I finally quit caffeine as a habit in 2005, one of the hardest things I've ever done. I would go back and forth between Mt. Dew and Diet Coke as my favorite drink. For anyone who's ever tried to kick a habit, way to GO! It's harder than anyone thinks it'll be.
    
45. I'd love to travel all over the world. I married a homebody.
    
46. I have trouble spending money. Although I love shopping, I feel guilty whenever I spend even a few dollars. I only recently paid more than $30 for shoes, and they were specialty shoes for my karate class. Some would say I'm frugal. Some would say I'm cheap. I'm leaning toward the latter right now.
    
47. I haven't cried enough. I've cried too much.
    
48. I love my king-size bed. Even little people need room to stretch.
    
49. I'm passionate about a lot of things, but I try to hide it.
    
50. I try to immitate other people too much. I have trouble being myself. I want to be stronger, more organized, better, prettier, sexier, smarter, more toned, yadda yadda. My need for constant reassurance bothers some people, which bothers me.
    
51. I'm a night person.
    
52. I lie sometimes to avoid being embarrassed. Sometimes I lie for no apparent reason, and I find myself thinking afterwards, "Where the hell did that come from?"
    
53. I used to play the violin and the piano. I still have my violin and play sometimes.
    
54. I trust people too easily, especially about big things, and then I get suspicious over stupid little things.
    
55. I live near a small city but grew up in the country. Every once in a while, I need to get back to the country, even if only for a few hours. I find the most peace in the mountains. I could never live anywhere that didn't have mountains.
    
56. All my life, I've thanked God and my Mom for my great metabolism. Until very recently, I honestly didn't know what it was like to diet. In the past year, I've learned, and I hate it with a passion. I may just get liposuction to get back to my comfort weight! (jk, sorta)
    
57. I started wearing glasses in the fifth grade. I was so blind by that time that I couldn't see the "E." Doc said, "See that 'E'?" I said, "Where?" Mom started crying. I've worn contacts since eighth grade. Love them. But I still have plans for laser vision correction since my best friend had it done and loves it--plus, my flex spending plan allows it. It's still expensive, though.
    
58. I have lots of interests that I haven't had time, money, or energy to pursue. I hope to some day start ticking them off my list of things to do before I die. One of those interests is to jump out of a plane.
    
59. I hope to die relatively young. Old age scares the shit out of me.
    
60. It's been a hard year.
    
61. I've had a tumultuous and stressful life; I'm always surprised that other people have calm, quiet lives.
    
62. I have some dark secrets. They aren't as dark as most people's, but I'll keep them just the same.
    
63. I love rain and thunder. I like the first light, fluffy snowfall of the year--before the snow gets dirty and the valley gets icy cold.
    
64. I love skin, but my own torments me. (Besides obsessive complusive scratching, I have to deal with sun poisoning.)

65. I talk a lot to fill awkward silences. When I'm nervous, I get worse. During these times, rest assured that if you've noticed this, I'm screaming in my head, "Shut up, Jess!"
    
66. A demonstration of the conflicts within: I don't like sleeping, but I like dreaming.
    
67. I love commercials but hate TV.
    
68. I sleep on my stomach.
    
69. In high school I was on both the tennis and swim teams. In tennis I played second doubles with my twin sister. On swim team my strokes were back and free.
    
70. My mother looked exactly like Audrey Hepburn. I'm not the only one who thinks so.
    
71. My head aches sometimes, but not nearly as bad as my heart.
    
72. I'm not photogenic at all; I'm much better in person. I'm insanely jealous of my younger sister who has not a single embarrassing rip-it-up picture. Not one.
    
73. I hate stereotypes. Even while I recognize their usefulness and inevitability, I can't stand people who won't see beyond them.
    
74. If I'm asleep during the daytime, it's because I'm really sick.
    
75. I'm due for a good long cry.
76. I'm a workaholic. It's not uncommon for me to work 10-hour days. I gotta stop that.
    
77. I secretly love being me.