About Me

I thought I would do my list of 100 things about me.  Not sure if I’ll find 100, but I’ll do my best.

1. My name is Rhea (REE-ah)
2. I’m married to Bob
3. I am the mommy to three sons (aka:  The Monkeys)
4. Mr. A is the oldest (2004)
5. I have twins (2006).
6. I call them Dennis and Eddie (or BoBo and NayNay)
7. Yes, I have twins in my family.
8. I didn’t know about the tendency for releasing multiple eggs until it was too late.
9. I know my hands are full.
10. It’s better than having an empty heart.
11. I wish people would stop feeling sorry for me and my hands being full!
12. Twins are not a curse.
13. I delivered surrogate triplets in 2007.
14. You did the math right, I delivered 6 babies in 3 years.
15. I have 1 brother
16. I have 2 step sisters and another step brother
17. I always refer to my step-dad as “dad.”
18. My father died when I was 9
19. I lived in Oklahoma when he died
20. He had a heart attack.
21. He was only 30 years old.
22. I’ve outlived my father
23. I used to work in banking
24. I was a licensed investment representative
25. I could sell life insurance, annuities and mutual funds
26. I hated it
27. Except I did earn a trip to New Orleans because of my sales
28. I LOVE New Orleans!
29. I would live there
30. I would be drunk all the time!
31. I also worked in casinos
32. I hated the casinos
33. My husband still works at a casino
34. I won’t say whether he hates it or not
35. I used to have to count 100’s of millions of dollars in cash every night
36. cash is dirty
37. I used to work in an animal hospital
38. the animal hospital was my very favorite job ever
39. animals don’t talk back
40. animals don’t argue
41. they are cute and furry and sweet
42. when I was young I went to Alaska and worked in a cannery
43. cannery’s are dirty
44. and stinky
45. and slimy
46. I lived in a tent on the side of a hill for 3 months
47. I took showers at the laundry mat
48. It rained every day
49. I left my (ex) husband at home when I went
50. I went with my 2 best friends
51. we had a life changing time
52. I would not do it again!
53. I love to drink
54. I love vampire stories
55. My favorites vampire show is True Blood on HBO
56. I watch Grey’s Anatomy every single Thursday
57. I DVR my ER
58. I’m sad that ER is going to be over
59. I haven’t watched the last 5 recorded episodes because I don’t want it to be over
60. I’ve probably watched the movie Armageddon 100 times
61. I secretly love Titanic, too
62. I love to watch real life Titanic explorations on TV
63. I don’t much care for the beach
64. it stinks
65. I would rather be in the mountains
66. I love to go camping
67. My family camps in the desert all the time
68. I love to go off-roading
69. I wish I had a quad
70. I would settle for a car. LOL
71. My family of 5 only has one car that fits 4 people
72. That really sucks
73. Since I don’t work, we can’t justify a car payment
74. We’re working on a solution for that
75. I can’t believe I made it to #75!
76. I’m addicted to Twinstuff
77. I visit their forums 20 times a day (at least)
78. I am trying to get insurance approval for weight loss surgery
79. I’ve come across a few road blocks
80. I’ve always struggled with my weight
81. The only time in my life I was thin was after a car accident in 1991
82. It’s amazing how much weight you lose with your jaw wired shut! lol!
83. I hit a U-haul style truck head on
84. I lost
85. I don’t remember the accident
86. Probably a good thing
87. When I married my husband, he’d had a vasectomy prior to meeting me.
88. He had it reversed so we could have our children
89. It took us 2 years to become pregnant
90. I spent my entire adult life longing for a child
91. I was 32 when I finally had my wishes answered
92. Now I wonder what was I thinking?!  HA! Just kidding!
93. I love pugs
94. I have a black pug named Angus
95. I had a fawn female named Madeline that died 2 months before I found out I was pregnant
96. I think God spared her the heartbreak of taking the back seat to a baby
97. I can’t believe that I am almost done.
98. WTH was I thinking to list 100 things?!
99. I love to blog!
100. I love to mess with my templates, so expect things to change, often.

YAY!!  I did it!!  There you have it, 100 things you didn’t know, probably could have gone with out, about me.  I’m really glad you stopped by!