1. I was adopted - one month and twelve days after I was born.
2. My parents were going to name me after a relative, but at the last minute (like as mom was calling to say, "We have a baby and her name is ..."), my dad changed his mind.
3. Turns out the name he picked was that of a hottie cheerleader he liked at college.
4. I have a younger brother, also adopted.
5. I learned to play the piano at age four.
6. You'll find a black Petrof baby grand in my living room that I rarely play now.
7. I hate the theory part, so I tend to sight read. (and it sounds better that way, too)
8. I went to college on a music scholarship (vocal and piano), but really wanted to do anything else instead.
9. I buried a clog shoe on our farm once thinking a clog tree would grow. Never did.
10. I've been married for 3.5 years and have a son.
11. I like green apple martini's (really, you don't say!).
12. I am a HUGE book nut.
13. My collection of perfume and candles is just insane.
14. I can bend my thumbs backwards, my elbows out, and my hips ...?
15. I can do a twisty thingie with my tongue and make it look like a "W".
16. I love toe rings and thumb rings.
17. I know how to change the oil in my car.
18. My husband is my best friend.
19. The best thing about my day is going in to pick up my son from his crib - he gets so happy he dances around.
20. I'm seriously disorganized, but I can clean.
21. I hate cleaning.
22. Tornadoes freak the living crap out of me.
23. I've been in a tornado or two.
24. My brother once put rust remover on my toothbrush and I used it (don't know what made me think of this).
25. I watched my brother almost die when he was three.
26. I remember giving him his favorite bear and singing "Twinkle, Twinkle" to him.
27. I have one nephew - he's five. His birthday is 12/15, born at 12:15. Pretty cool.
28. One of my favorite movies is still the Goonies (because Goonies never say die!!).
29. I've been nominated to sing a Carpenters song this Friday night at the neighborhood karoke.
30. I actually know the song.
31. I've chased a burglar out of this house at six-weeks post-partum.
32. I love the weather in Fall, I'd much rather wear sweaters!
33. I broke my nose when I was three - I fell on a cinder block.
34. We lived too far from the hospital, so I never got it fixed.
35. I have freckles.
36. I had my ear pierced (finally) two years ago.
37. I miss my dad.
38. I don't miss my mom.
39. I know all of the words to "I've Been Everywhere".
40. My first job was a busgirl at a local diner.
41. I had a dream I got sucked into the giant dishwasher and then I quit.
42. My next job was working as a piano player for the can-can dancers.
43. While at the saloon, I was featured on a brochure in truckstops and a commerical in France. (nice - let's capture awkward on paper AND film)
44. My hometown has one (blinking) stoplight and a claim to a mass murder.
45. I've met David Hasselhoff, and his breath stunk really, really bad.
46. My neighbor plays on the World Poker Tour.
47. I'm still really proud of a "B" I got on a English term paper in college.
48. I only paint my toenails red.
49. I hate the number 49, really.
Eh. Last one for now ..... how about ....
50. I used to move the clock up in our little church by 20 minutes so we'd get home in time to see the Broncos play. And it worked for quite a while, too.

God, I loved me some Ed McCaffrey! (wait, is that 51??)