Okay, here it goes--
1. I don't think there are 100 things about me that people would be interested in
2. I live in a cold, rainy climate and I dream of warm, sandy beaches
3. I have 4 children that make me very happy
4. I have 4 grandchildren that make me happy in a whole new way
5. My role models for being a grandparent are my parents
6. We're building a house
7. It's a huge task and sometimes I feel overwhelmed
8. But, it's rewarding at the same time. Who knew I could pull wire?
9. We've been living with Julie & Jay for a year now. How many parents/grandparents are so blessed?
10. I'm reading lots of home building/designing books right now, planning Larry's workload for the next few years
11. I work for the university. This year will be my 14th aniversary here
12. The older I get, the more I appreciate my family. Not just my husband and children, but my parents and siblings, as well. They are a really nice bunch of people.
13. I have lots of questions about why God does certain things. I'm becoming more curious all the time.
14. Like, why does he have this particular group of people attending church at STAC right now?
15. How will he use Joy's short life in our lives? Because, I know he will.
16. Am I going to recognize when he does?
17. I like chocolate, a lot
18. And, I'm truly thankful that they've discovered the health benefits of dark chocolate because I'm going to be VERY healthy.
19. I'm terrified by the very thought of rodents. Katy is my hero because she wages war with them.
20. I like dogs and abhor cats.
21. I'm staying with my mother this week and I'm rediscovering her wonderful sense of humor.
22. I'd like to take a bike tour of Ireland some day. Anybody going with me?
23. I'd like to go on an extended white water rafting trip even though I'm a chicken and will probably close my eyes a good deal of the time.
24. I don't dress up very often but I always admire well-dressed people and wonder why I can't be like them.
25. I like to read mysteries and romance novels but lately have questioned the value of spending my time on them.
26. I like Francine Rivers' novels and somehow having my heart ripped open and stomped on by a Christian author seems more worthwhile.
27. I get a vanilla iced coffee from McDonalds practically every day. I like it better than Starbucks.

Here it is mom... 100 things by Katy

1. my name is Kathryn but my family calls me Katy.

2. I didn't realize my name was Kathryn till I was in 3rd or 4th grade.

3. I don't look like anyone else in my family.

4. my mom says I was the only baby in the hospital when I was born so I couldn't have been swapped.

5. I hate going to the doctor.

6. I don't mind the dentist.

7. I do mind the dental hygenist.

8. When I was younger I tried to bribe one not to grind that nasty gritty business on but it turns out she was above bribery.

9. I took care of all three of my siblings during their wisedom tooth removal recovery.

10. I made Julie cry by reading to her from a cook book when she could only eat soup and jello.

11. I fed Jimmy a little over 3 dozen eggs worth of egg salad sandwhich during his recovery.

12. I was pretty nice to Christy because she cried all the time on the pain killers.

13. I can still picture her suctioning out the tooth holes.

14. I still have my wisdom teeth but they aren't all the way in.

15. I have never had surgery.

16. I have had stiches twice- once in each leg.

17. My favorite color is greenish blue.

18. My hair is about a quarter gray.

19. I like it.

20. I have 7 piercings. Yes mom, they are all on my head.

21. I have no tatoos.

22. I want one.

23. I have been to only three other countries. Canada, Mexico and Russia.

24. I really want to go to India, Africa and Scotland.

25. I hate snakes.

26. When I lived in Texas I was scared to death that there would be a snake under the car or in the back yard.

27. I loved the winter heat in Texas.

28. When I moved home I felt confused by the weather and never really warmed up.

29. My sister in law stole my name. I am Kathryn Jolene Parrott. She is Kathlyn Jo Parrott.

30. I still like her.

31. I have 3 nieces and 2 nephews with one more on the way.

32. They keep me and the "other" Katie apart by calling me KK and her JoJo.

33. That is a serious name upgrade for me because Elizabeth used to call me Aunt Sheesh, as in the noise one makes when you are seriously irratated.

34. I have provided nanny services for all of them except Grace.

35. I own Crocs. The black mary jane ones.

34. I was embarrassed of them for a while but I love them.

35. I am my mother's favorite.

36. When I was in high school I had this seriously crappy summer job in a curio/fudge store.

They made me put on a blueberry costume and wave at tourists. I had on a stem hat, a gynormous blue lycra berry shaped top that made it difficult to walk and black gloves that were perfect for jazz fingers.

37. I also worked on my grandparents trolling boat for a few weeks a couple of summers.

38. During the 5-6 day trips we were not allowed to shower so as to conserve on water. On the first day out my brother Jim rubbed jellyfish and salmon eggs in my hair. No exception to the rule was made.

39. Whitney Houston was my idol growing up.

40. I used to walk around singing "I Will Always Love You.".

41. I still believe Bobby brought her down.

42. My favorite teacher in high school took a sudden dislike to me half way through my senior year. Years later Jim confessed that when I had left her christmas present , a box of candies, on the counter he and Matt cut the box open took bites out of them and sealed it back up. I gave it to her the next day and never knew. Our relationship soon soured.

43. I am allergic to random metal things. Belts, rings, earrings and buttons on some jeans.

44. I love the "would you rather" game.

45. My niece, Elizabeth, is better at it than me.

46. I love to cook.

47. When I feel really stressed I like to turn on music and make up a recipe.

48. But if I am only cooking for me I will most likely eat macaroni and cheese. Sometimes with canned peas.

49. I will only eat Kraft macaroni and cheese.

50. I just became the leader of the missions board at our church.

51. I had to agree to be in Ketchikan for at least a year to get the position. That was really hard for me because having to be in one spot for to long makes me all antsy and itchy.

52. In one week I will head up my first meeting being in charge.

53. This makes me a 50-50 mixture of excited and wanting to blow chunks.

54. My dream is that everyone in our church, especially families, would go on a short term missions trip.

54. I think that americans, especially our kids, are spoiled.

55. I hate the mcdonalds toys in happy meals.

56. I don't let kids have them when we go to there becuase they have fifty million toys at home and don't even like the happy meal toy most the time but they always say they have to have a new one. It makes me upset because there are how many millions of kids don't have anything and our kids act entitled to more. Mcdonalds how you vex me!!!

57. I feel passionate about some things.

58. I am thankful to be an american.

59. I used to mock people who put on flags on their cars or houses but the older I get the more seriously I think about doing the same.

60. I am becoming an activist. The more I learn and see the more strongly I feel about things.

61. I believe in "to those much is given, much is required". I think this is true about both material things and spiritual things.

62. I some day want to run orphanges and community aide programs.

63. I think that my love for children came from my mom. I think that God put the same passion in both of us.

64. My perfect mate would be a 6'7" christian vicking who speaks 3-5 languages, loves cooking mexican food and speaks with a scottish brogue.

65. I haven't found him yet.

66. My favorite tv shows ever are as follows; That 70s show, Arrested Development, The Office, CSI and Antiques Roadshow.

67. I can't have cable because it's a glue trap and I'm a fly. I have NO drive to get anything done if it's on.

68. I am a sponge for accents. When I lived in Texas with the McDonalds I would tease Danny by always talking to him with an exaggerated version of his accent. But within a few weeks I wasn't purposely doing it any more. Y'all, it got embarrassing.

69. I had a roommate in Skagway for three years that was from Michigan. She permantely ruined a few words for me... mom and box still come out with a twang.

70. I haven't warmed up since I left Texas. I actually miss the heat.

71. I still have trouble referring to myself as a woman but cringe everytime I say girl.

72. Your mom jokes are always funny to me. Always.

73. Some people love chocolate. I love cheese.

74. I am quasi-lingual. I kind of speak spanish, I know a sprinkling of russian and five extremely useless phrases in french.

75. On the up side I am freakishly fluent in pig latin. My cousin Darcy and I used it all one summer when we were working at a summer camp and we got so fast that not even people who understood pig latin were following. No brag just fact.

76. I don't like animals.

77. I discovered that by working at a vet clinic for 3 months.

78. The only pet I would ever consider would be a fish but even then it would probabely be

under duress.

79. I am the favorite child in our family.

80. I like to feed people. I find a sense of fulfillment in cooking for my family.

81. My favorites smells are vanilla, peppermint and coconut lime.

82. If I could have any car in the world it would be a Rav4.

83. My favorite joke is: Why do hippies wear petuli? So even the blind can hate them.

84. I don't like holidays. I like to get together with family but I don't really like the holiday part.

85. I get that from my mom.

86. I like all music expect techno. I despise techno.

87. I lost steam for this some where around #32.

88. I'm so close to 100 that I have to keep going.

89. I don't like clutter or knick knacks. If there is to much in a room it makes me feel claustraphobic.

90. I don't like heights.

91. When I was little I had this reoccuring dream where I was standing by the railing on the second floor of the mall looking down and the floor would start tilting and I would start slipping towards the edge. Suddenly the railing would be gone and I would fall.

92. I wish I had my own private indoor pool. I love to swim but I am grossed out by the public pool.

93. I hate football. I used to hate it because I didn't understand what was going on. I now get it but I just don't like it.

94. I loved the Lord of the Rings and saw all of them in the theater with my Dad and sister Julie.

95. I have a low tolerance for sugar coating. I want the truth and often feel like anything else is a waste of time.

96. This leads to frustration in church alot of time.

97. I wish our sister christy would stop being lazy and move to Ketchikan.

98. I want our family to all go on a mission trip together.

99. I look forward to this christmas when everyone will be here together and we will get to meet baby Rueben.

100. I like my neices and nephews better than anyone else in the world.

Okay this was not as easy as I first thought but I liked reading mom's and I would like to read everyone else's too! So DO IT!!!

Sigh....

Where have all the Parrott fam bloggers gone?