100 108 Things About Me

  1. I grew up in the Mojave Desert in Hesperia, California
  2. When I was a teenager, I hated Hesperia and the desert.
  3. Now I think it is a beautiful place.
  4. I still do not want to live there again.
  5. I rode horses when I was younger.
  6. I was really good at pole bending and barrel racing.
  7. I was once in a pageant: the Little Miss Hesperia Pageant.
  8. I was in the fourth grade.
  9. I hang on to the knickknacks and trophies for no good reason.
  10. I knew Eric for seven years before dating him.
  11. He says we dated before that.
  12. I do not remember that.
  13. I do not think I was drunk either.
  14. I was an EMT after high school.
  15. I drove an ambulance for a couple of weeks.
  16. I passed out because an old man had a bloody nose.
  17. My job told me to come back when I had more experience.
  18. I cried.
  19. I was a foreign exchange student in high school.
  20. I went to France.
  21. I stayed with a host family and went to a private Lycee or High School.
  22. When I was in college, I went to the University of Paris.
  23. I still speak pretty fluent French.
  24. Please do not quiz me.
  25. I have always been athletic.
  26. I love running.
  27. I used to live in Pacific Beach in San Diego.
  28. I do not remember some of that time living there.
  29. I spent a lot of money I did not have to spend on alcohol.
  30. I tend to think I am a lot cooler than I really am.
  31. I was born in Houston, Texas.
  32. I do not remember living in Houston.
  33. I was six months old when we moved to California.
  34. When I was a kid, we lived in only four different houses.
  35. When I was in college, I moved at least four times a year.
  36. I went to UCSD for my undergrad.
  37. I thought this made me very smart.
  38. Really, it made me very broke.
  39. I went to SDSU for my FIRST Master of Arts Degree.
  40. I thought this also made me very smart.
  41. It made me really broke.
  42. I went to Azusa Pacific University for my SECOND Master of Arts Degree.
  43. I did not want to be really smart anymore.
  44. I really just wanted a decent job.
  45. It made me very broke.
  46. It also made me a teacher.
  47. I taught kids with Mild/Moderate Disabilities.
  48. I taught English, Math, Science, and Reading.
  49. I taught middle school.
  50. I am not cut out for middle school teacher status.
  51. The kids ate me alive.
  52. I did not do so well when I was a middle school student either.
  53. I liked teaching high school.
  54. We were not planning to have children.
  55. Imagine my surprise when we came up pregnant.
  56. Allison’s middle name is Kate.
  57. She was named after one of my favorite professors.
  58. I never knew I would love to be a mom so much!
  59. I hate the sound of a fork scraping someone’s teeth.
  60. I really like Starbuck’s coffee.
  61. I was a Sigma Kappa in college.
  62. I never thought I would be a sorority chick.
  63. I did it well.
  64. I have an unnatural compulsion to organize EVERYTHING.
  65. I have a brother and sister.
  66. I also have a half sister that I have not seen in years.
  67. When drinking, I often peel the label off of the bottle.
  68. My favorite color is purple.
  69. Things come pretty easy for me.
  70. I have broken my shoulder twice.
  71. Once I fell off my horse riding backwards.
  72. Another time, I was roller-skating and tripped over a rock.
  73. I fractured my growth plate in my knee trying to mount my horse from behind.
  74. You have a dirty mind; you know what I meant.
  75. My horse kicked me square in the knee.
  76. I wanted to be a lawyer, not a teacher.
  77. I thought becoming a teacher would be a cheap, easy, temporary career.
  78. I was wrong.
  79. I love teaching.
  80. I have an uncanny ability to lose track of topic.
  81. I am unable to sit still.
  82. I like to call it multi-tasking.
  83. When I was in high school and college, my nickname was “Luscious Laura.”
  84. It was not because they thought I was particularly sexy (even though the rumors are true that I was ;-) ).
  85. I never had a cavity until I was 30.
  86. I never had braces, but my teeth are perfectly straight.
  87. I was born with two last names: Laura Lynn Campbell Schroeder.
  88. My parents changed their last name just before I was born.
  89. They chose their last name from a can of soup: Campbell’s Soup, to be exact.
  90. When I was little, my dad used to call me “Laura Lore.”
  91. I married Eric Lohr and now I am actually Laura Lohr.
  92. I am extremely gullible.
  93. One of my favorite things to do is to write.
  94. When I was little I won the San Bernardino County Writing Celebration contest for my age group.
  95. When I was 10 years old, I saw a psychologist.
  96. He told my parents I was too religious for my age.
  97. I am now not religious at all.
  98. I am incredibly spiritual.
  99. I believe religion and politics has no place in conversation with family.
  100. I have been engaged in many conversations with family about religion and politics.
  101. No one had their eyes poked out in said conversations……YET.
  102. When I was in college I told someone that I would not date Eric because he was too hairy.
  103. Eric overheard that conversation.
  104. I do not remember having that conversation.
  105. I was a royal bitch if I really said that.
  106. When I was in college, I thought I was far too cool for Eric.
  107. I was wrong.
  108. I am lucky to be married to Eric.
Thursday, February 1st, 2007 at 1st February 2007

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