tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-294517242011-04-21T12:28:56.135-07:00urban mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07076596496050495876noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29451724.post-1149826642783915662006-06-08T20:26:00.000-07:002006-10-15T20:49:33.986-07:001. I have always wanted to get married and be a mom<br /><br />2. I really love coffee<br /><br />3. Only my kids think I have a good singing voice<br /><br />4. I really love to read<br /><br />5. The beach is the most peacfull place to me<br /><br />6. I have moved 9 times in the 6 years I have been married<br /><br />7. I have almost always owned a cat<br /><br />8. I am not much of a dog person<br /><br />9. I have one sister <br /><br />10. I am the oldest<br /><br />11. I have close friends from the 4th grade<br /><br />12. I love to travel<br /><br />13. Mexican food is my favorite<br /><br />14. I have a secret love of the singer Pink<br /><br />15. I have a not so secret love of Gilmore Girls<br /><br />16. I have had both of my babies at home in the water<br /><br />17. I went to one year of Bible college<br /><br />18. I love the library<br /><br />19. I have a weird love of the post office<br /><br />20. I chose to have my kids call me, mama, because I thought it was harder to whine.<br /><br />21. I have a big extended family<br /><br />22. I enjoy giving gifts<br /><br />23. I love to have fresh flowers in the house<br /><br />24. I don't like crossword puzzels and worry that I will grow old and be stupid because they are supposed to keep you smart<br /><br />25. I am not a great cook but I am trying<br /><br />26. I like to go on bike rides<br /><br />27. I get a strange giddiness about farmers markets. I just love all the sights and smells of the fresh food<br /><br />28. People think that I look like I am 16 when I am really 27<br /><br />29. My kids make me laugh the most<br /><br />30. I don't like being a tourist<br /><br />31. I like cites<br /><br />32. I am older than my husband by 2 and a half years<br /><br />33. I like to be organized but it is hard with small children<br /><br />34. I love to swim<br /><br />35. I want my kids to love to swim<br /><br />36. I read the paper every morning and I think that is very "old" of me<br /><br />37. I don't like fancy restaurants<br /><br />38. I don't like book studies very much<br /><br />39. I am not very good at figuring out computer stuff but I am trying to learn<br /><br />40. I think my husband is the cutest guy I have ever seen<br /><br />41. I am getting over my fear of swimming in the ocean<br /><br />42. I really love both of my parents<br /><br />43. I think they are the greatest grandparents<br /><br />44. I just developed motion sickness<br /><br />45. I live in the city<br /><br />46. I love living in the city<br /><br />47. I absolutly have to read before going to sleep or it takes me forever to fall asleep<br /><br />48. I like making new friends<br /><br />49. I love watching kids interact and they way it just comes so naturally<br /><br />50. I like to take naps<br /><br />51. I got a hook stuck in my thumb when I was young and till this day I have an unnatural fear of hooks<br /><br />52. I learned to drive on a stick shift car<br /><br />53. My uncle used to let me drive when I was 12 ( back roads of course)<br /><br />54. I have watch Reality Bites more times than I can count<br /><br />55. I don't like scary movies with kids in them<br /><br />56. My past jobs<br /><br />57. Ikeda's ( hamburger joint)<br /><br />58. Round Table<br /><br />59. Cleaning houses<br /><br />60. Nanny for 2 boys<br /><br />61. Nanny for 1 baby<br /><br />62. coffee shop<br /><br />63. Nanny for my future sister in law ( four kids) and Trader Joe's in San Francisco<br /><br />64.Trader Joe's in Sacramento<br /><br />65. Stay at home mom<br /><br />66. I have a secret love for magazines<br /><br />67. I have never been in an accident<br /><br />68. My grandma made my wedding dress<br /><br />69. I am not good at sewing<br /><br />70. I like to go to garage sales<br /><br />71. I like to learn about other cultures<br /><br />72. I look just like my mom and sister<br /><br />73. I like to play board games<br /><br />74. I wish I was more creative<br /><br />75. I grew up in Auburn, Ca<br /><br />76. I never thought I would end up in Sacramento but I love it here<br /><br />77. I try not to take myself to seriously<br /><br />78. I need to have some alone time or I go a bit crazy<br /><br />79. I helped my husband open a coffee shop three months after having my first baby<br /><br />80. I went to India on a Dicipleship Training School with YWAM<br /><br />81. I have spent three summers in Mexico at an orphanage<br /><br />82. I have been a Chistian my whole life ( or at least as much as I can remember)<br /><br />83. I really enjoy holidays<br /><br />84. I am a big fan of NPR ( National Public Radio<br /><br />85. I do not know much about music but I like to listen to it<br /><br />86. I think Northern California is the best place to live<br /><br />87. I really like being a mom<br /><br />88. People's toenails gross me out<br /><br />89. I played vollyball and basketball in highschool and was not good at either of them<br /><br />90. I think that we should all observe tea time and siestas. I think we would all be happier people<br /><br />91. I like to have people at my house <br /><br />92. My goal is that people would feel comfortable at my house and just stop by sometimes<br /><br />93. I have a birth mark on my leg that is the exact same as my moms on her arm<br /><br />94. I was know as a very talkative kid, just ask any of my family<br /><br />95. One of my best childhood memories is working with my dad<br /><br />96. I have a great-grandma that is alive and I named my daughter after her<br /><br />97. I can make almost any car ride into a road trip with one stop at a gas station ( a big giant coke and some sunflower seeds)<br /><br />98. I like to watch soccer and baseball<br /><br />99. I am incredibly thankful for my life<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29451724-114982664278391566?l=aboutjessiebenkert.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>urban mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07076596496050495876noreply@blogger.com2