100 Things You Might Not Have Known About Me!
100. I once ate half a caterpillar. I was like 3 so don't judge me.
99. I can't spit. I pretty much look like Mulan, from that hit movie Mulan, when I try to spit. It's just gross.
98. I like carrots more than chips....I know it's weird.
97. My eyes change colors. This I think is a pretty common occurance among the general population. They go from blue to green depending on what I'm wearing.
96. I once had an almond stuck in my lung. I put it there on purpose.
95. I didn't really learn how to drive until I was 18....I learned in one day and then went to get my license...they didn't even make me take the driving test because it was almost closing time and they were lazy old ladies.
94. When I was a baby I could projectile vomit 4 feet.
93. I've performed in Disney World...it's not that cool. What was cool was seeing Mickey with his head off!!! Now THAT was cool.
92. I went through a whole winter in Utah with my bedroom window open...partially because I didn't know how to shut it and partially because it was broken....I was very cold.
91. I've met Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary General.
90. I learned how to drive a stick shift in a porsche on the Auto Lot in Georgia (where I worked one summer).
89. I love flip flops, but my feet hate them. I get blisters on the sides of my feet everytime I try to wear them. It's pretty annoying.
88. My first name is Racheal....that's right look at the spelling people....you'll probably never see it again.
87. I hate lima beans....and I mean hate....like bitter dark intense hatred that makes you recoil in fear.
86. I've been in the tunnels under the BYU library. They're dark and moist, and not all that exciting. But they're bigger than you'd think they'd be...because they have to fit a golf cart down there to transport important church authorities.
85. I've shared a cab with Kristi Yamaguchi. Ok, not really "share" but she got into the cab as I was getting out of it..but it was totally the same cab.
84. I took a class at BYU, we'll call it a Cowboy class, where I rode horses and branded cattle, and then read books about cowboys and wrote papers on it....it was pretty cool.
83. I've met Hugh B. Nibley. He came into the BYU library all the time...cause thats where his office was. He was a cute little man, about 5'5 and always wore a sky blue cardigan that reminded me of Mr. Rogers.
82. I'm going to be married to Gregory J. Hawes, forever and ever and ever, and am still pretty excited about it.
81. I've never won anything on the radio...ever. I suck at winning random drawings or anything call in.
80. I slept on the floor my entire high school career...by choice. I liked sleeping on the floor better than in my bed.
79. I love cats but will never be able to have one because Greg is allergic.
78. I tend to take medicine in high quantities. This isn't necessarily a good thing.
77. One year at girls camp I got in trouble for telling a pianist joke. They said it was crude.
76. I love chinese food...especially egg rolls....I could live off those things.
75. Another thing I could live off of is salad.
74. I once owned a Lisa Frank trapper keeper, and it matched my Lisa Frank backpack. I thought I was pretty darn cool.
73. I have cut myself with children's scissors before. Don't ask me how thats even possible because I still can't answer that question.
72. I bought Titanic..the movie...not the ship... and never watched it.
71. I've stayed up all night just to watch the sunrise.
70. I really love Cold Stone....the ice cream place...I should live there.
69. I don't like frozen pizza at all....probably due to the fact I threw it up once. Of course that might have been because I had a piece of pizza followed by a helping of sweet potatoes...which might not be a good combination.
68. I've seen a colt take it's first steps...they were wobbly but they totally counted.
67. Baby Ruth candy bars!!! Heaven!!
66. I can't ice skate, but every winter olympics I wish I could.
65. I used to want to be a jet fighter pilot like Maverick on Top Gun, then I found out you had to join the Navy...and go through boot camp....I figured that was a bad idea.
64. Every school morning when I was little I would watch Mr. Wizard whilst eating my breakfast...I thought it was the coolest show EVER.
63. I had the nickname Squeakers for quite some time because one day I was talking to my roommate and I all of a sudden looked at her and said "My bra squeaks like a barn door." She thought that was the funniest thing she'd ever heard of.
62. I love milk...I drink a whole gallon a week...by myself.
61. I haven't been stung by a bee in over 20 years.
60. I've only been fishing once in my life.
59. I graduated from High School with the same kids that I went to Kindergarten with.
58. Whenever I have a bad dream I hum church hymns to myself....The next time I sing that hymn in church I remember that bad dream. (it's a vicious cycle)
57. I'm not sure if I'm smarter than a 5th grader....I tend to miss some of the questions on that show.
56. However I'm a wiz at Trivial Pursuit Pop Culture Edition...LOVE IT!
55. One of the goals in my life is to learn the entire Animaniacs "Nations of the World" song....listen to it....I'm sure it'll become one of your goals as well.
54. I'm the only person in the entire world to have seen The Spice Girls movie 3 times in the theater....Twice on dates with guys where they were allowed to pick the movie and the third with a friend where we mercilessly ripped it apart. I'm not proud of this....but its true and theres nothing I can do about it.
53. I've been stepped on by a horse...he stepped on my foot....I had a very blue foot for about 2 weeks.
52. I know a very little Latin. It's truly a dead language....
51. I had a professor die during a semester at BYU....it was a little awkward...they canceled the class for a day and then the next time we came to class we had a new teacher....we didn't know she had died until somebody asked.
50. I have 3 pictures on my living room wall above the TV, one of the pictures is perpetually crooked and I can't fix it because I'm too short...and Greg doesn't really care.
49. I tend to leave boxes and packets and ties around the milk caps on the kitchen shelf. This really annoys Greg....so I'm working on that.
48. I like to keep my shoes under my bed....and not in the hall closet.
47. I'm a little OCD.
46. So little in fact, that I used to have horrible visions of my siblings and parents being killed in the middle of the night so I would get up and check to make sure they were all breathing...I would do this by holding my hand near their nose to see if I could feel their breath.
45. The bedroom door HAS to be shut for me to fall asleep.
44. I love watching scary movies with my ears plugged....it's the music thats really scary anyway.
43. I have a scar on my leg because my brother decided it was a good idea to put a flaming hot pan in the dishwasher and I leaned against it when I went to put my own plate in the dishwasher.
42. I have a scar on my chin because I fell up the stairs when I was young. It didn't hurt and I got a cool snoopy bandaid because of it. Oh and I swear to this day that they used a paint brush type thing to put the orange iodine on my chin.
41. I once lost my wedding ring in the grass while playing softball. (Greg found it though) Moral:Don't wear jewerly whilst playing sports.
40. I've been in one car accident in my life while I was driving. A girl hit me while I was waiting at a stop light. (ummmm she didn't know red meant stop)
39. I've gotten one speeding ticket in my life....I was going 92 in a 75 on the highway in a small town in Utah on my way to California. Beaver, Utah....don't ever go there.
38. I've never had a horrible haircut in my life.
37. I don't bite my nails....I tend to rip them off when they get too long.
36. My feet are apparently too small for my height. My sister says I look funny.
35. I don't think I look like myself in pictures.
34. I can get ready for work in the morning in 15 minutes. (this is only if I absolutely have to...so I rarely actually get ready in 15 minutes)
33. I love reading.
32. I want to write a book. But I don't have any good ideas for a Best Seller yet.
31. I hardly ever wear jewerly besides my wedding rings. My sisters say I need to learn to accessorize.
30. I almost burned my face off at Christmas trying to make Andes Mint chocolates. Don't worry I still have my eyebrows. (and just so you know there were actual flames)
29. I hate fruit flies. I have no idea why God created them. They are perhaps the most annoying creatures on the planet....especially when they're in your kitchen for 6 weeks and WON'T DIE!
28. I have a very odd resume. I've worked as a waitress, a librarian, a driver at an Auto-Auction, an International Bio-photonic Scanner Calibrator, a Staffing Manager, a Marketing Manager, and the Director of Operations.
27. I think my body is a funny shape...and therefore shirts fit funny....my mother tells me it's hour-glass figure....I don't believe her.
26. I rub my eyes way too much and people are constantly telling me to stop it.
25. I rub my eyes because I have this OCD fear that I have eye boogers in the corners or am about to have eye boogers in the corners.
24. My mouth is the size of a 3 1/2 yr. old. This makes the dentist hate me.
23. My wisdom teeth are never going to come in.
22. I've had 10 cavities at one time once....my mother believes this is because they put sugar in the mouthwash they gave us at the Dentist's office.
21. I can read a book more than once and not be at all bored.
20. When I used to swim in meets I would imagine there was a shark after me and I had to swim for my life. (that was the only thing that motivated me to go fast....I didn't care about the person next to me)
19. I once bruised my heels doing a flip turn. I hit them so hard I blacked out for a second and people had to jump in and pull me out. I thought that was very ironic.
18. I like to think I can dance....but I'm pretty sure I can't.
17. I hate to run. Hate it with a passion.
16. I like that feeling I get when I put on a pair of jeans that I've worn a couple of times (without yet washing) so they're all stretched out and comfortable. It makes me feel like I've lost weight. Of course this feeling vanishes when I try to put them on after washing and drying them.
15. I have fat cheeks....I'm pretty sure I don't even have cheek bones. Greg likes to call me Chubby Bunny....even when I don't have any marshmellows in my mouth....
14. I hate marshmellows.
13. I can only sing soprano....I'm not smart enough to sing anything but the melody.
12. I'm pretty sure I have the smelliest feet on the planet.
11. I hate feet in general. (probably because mine smell)
10. I always forget to lock the car door.
9. I used to fall asleep in Calculus class every morning. (and I sat in the front row so it kind of annoyed my teacher I think)
8. I didn't really care that it annoyed my teacher because she couldn't teach anyway.
7. I'm pretty much MacGyver....I once fixed a running toilet with dental floss....ok maybe not MacGyver but like his first cousin.
6. I hate driving in traffic, at night, in the snow, or any other condition where I might die.
5. I get really bored when I take days off from work.
4. I am now an early riser....though genetically I'm predisposed to sleep in.
3. I love Jelly Belly Jelly Beans and can tell you what flavor the bean is just by looking at it. (oh and I love the buttered popcorn flavored ones....there are two types of people in this world...those who like buttered popcorn flavored jelly bellys and those who don't.)
2. I love board games. Scrabble is my favorite.
1. I know for a fact that I can't lick my elbow.
