48 random things to know about me...

If you've ever wanted to know more about me, here's how:

READ BELOW AND BEWARE:  I AM THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT CAN'T MAKE HER MIND UP, AS EVIDENCED BY MY ANWERS!! Enjoy!! :)

~ High heels or boots?  Both - I like high heels because I feel more grown up, dressy, stylish, but I like boots because they're stylish too and you can wear them in any season.

~ What time did you get up this morning? 10:00 - I know, really late, but my excuse is that over the weekend, I stayed up until 3 AM both Friday and Saturday nights w/ friends - so I was tired this morning!! :)

~ What was the last movie you saw at the theater?  Soul Surfer - actually twice; once for my 17th bday and again when I took a group of friends to see it.  I really, really want to see Courageous though too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

~ What is your maiden name? Not going to tell...Internet precautions besides, it doesn't define me - well, maybe it does, but I'm still not going to say it. :)

~ What is your favorite TV show? Probably Perry Mason - crime show, black-n-white, lawyer, detective stuff - pretty fun.  Although after I found out there were 8 seasons, 30-40 episodes in each season, and I'd only watched Season 1, my craze dimmed a little bit.  Sing-Off is also one of my favorites - I only see it in school in choir, but it's seriously a really talented show!! :)

~ What do you usually have for breakfast?  Cereal, smoothie (not very often though), oatmeal, toast, bagel...

~ What is your middle name? Esther

~ What food do you dislike?  Brussel sprouts and peas. 

~ What is your favorite CD at the moment?  I'm more of the make-a-list-big-long-list-of-songs-to-download-to-my-mp3-player-that-I-don't-have-yet kind of girl.  And wait 3 months to do it. :)

~ What characteristics to you despise? Procrastination, whining, and self-centeredness.  (I say these three because I feel like I'm that way more times than I'd like to be).

~ Favorite clothing?  Cute tops/sweaters, scarves, and cute jewelry.  Oh, and jeans that fit well. :)

~ Anywhere in the world on vacation?  Europe, especially Austria, England, Ireland, and Scotland; also someplace warm - maybe the Caribbean.

~ Are you an organized person?  Yes, big time.  I love being able to find everything when you need it and with all the cute organizer totes and baskets, it's not hard to make your things look cute. You should have seen me when I was younger - I would re-arrange my room probably once a week, just to see if I could make it look like I didn't have so much stuff, but it didn't always turn out. ;) 

~ Where would you retire to? Probably Colorado because that's where I was born, or maybe the East Coast.  I guess it depends on where my parents end up living after I graduate and also where my hubby's family is located and where we decide to live. 

~ What was your most recent memorable birthday? Probably my 16th - I finally was able to get my ears pierced, wear makeup and nail polish.  I was pretty excited!!  And I got my permit that summer too. :) 

~ What are you going to do when you finish this? Finish my homework.  :)  I know, I should be doing that first, and I've already done some of it, but I wanted to finish this first and see how fast I could type to get it done.

~ Furthest place you've ever been to? Probably Texas.

~ Person you wish you could meet?  I'm trying to think of one right-off-the-bat, probably Esther from the Bible and my birth grandmother, because I was named after both of them.  And Clara Barton and Florence Nightingale because I'm interested in nursing.

~ When is your birthday?  April 25th.

~ Are you a morning person or a night person?  Both - I love to stay up late (as evidenced by this weekend - and I did it one other time too :) but I love the feeling of getting up early (only if I have to :) and knowing that I have more time in my day to get things done. 

~ What is your shoe size?  9-91/2-10.  It depends on if it's dressy shoes or athletic shoes.  And since my foot's narrow and long, it's hard to find cute, affordable shoes without paying a huge chunk of money.

 ~ Do you own any animals?  A cat, and her name is Snowflake.  I'll post of picture sometime.  Maybe a collage...:)  Oh, and I always wanted to have a horse.  But now that I'm going to be leaving after I graduate, I'm glad I don't have one.  But they're still beautiful. :)

~ Any news you'd like to share?  I'm planning on taking my driver's license test before Thanksgiving.  I really want to take it before the snow flies.  And besides, it's no fair that the kids who were in my driver's class, who are sophmores, are driving before me.  I think it's time that I get my wheels. :)

~ When you were little, what did you want to be when you grew up?  I don't really remember, except probably a mommy. :)

~ What is your favorite flower?  It's hard for me to pick my favorites of anything - I always have more than one.  Let's see - rose, daffodil, lily, lilac, daisy and gerbera daisy.

~ What is a day on the calender you are looking forward to?  This Thursday (the 27th) because I'm getting together with my photographer and I get to see all my senior pics!!!! :) Yeah!! :)

~ If you were a crayon, what color would you be?  Probably some shade of pink, green, blue, purple, or orange, or maybe yellow.  See?  I can't make up my mind!! :)

~ How is the weather right now?  It's dark outside so I don't really know!! :) Although it was a little nicer earlier, not quite so cold.


~ Last person you spoke to on the phone?  My mom.

~ Favorite drink? Root beer.

~ Favorite restaurant? Arby's, Culver's, Applebee's, and A&W.

~ Hair color?  Medium brown, with a few gold highlights.  I really want to get highlights sometime before graduation...maybe for my bday...:)

~ What was your favorite toy as a child?  Probably my dolls.

~ Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter?  I love all of them, but I really love the start of each season.  There's certain things that remind me that "_____" 's coming soon!! :)

~ Chocolate or Vanilla?  Both.

~ Coffee or tea?  Both again. :) 

~ Wish you were still young?  But I am!!!!! :)

~ Do you want to get married?  If this is any clue, I have about 170 pics from various websites about weddings on my USB drive...my favorite website is  The Knot....and I love thinking about how it's all going to turn out...:)

~ When was the last time you cried? Yesterday...after Mom picked me up from the Bible School.  I was probably just tired, because today the girls in choir said that I was happy.

~ What is under your bed?  Not the usual stuff, dust, my journal, clothes, books....The mattresses from the bunk beds I used to have (and they were red too!! :)  They come in handy when I have friends over.

~ What are you afraid of?  I don't like spiders; I'm afraid of the dark (I always think that somebody's watching me, waiting to scare me or maybe kidnap me - probably too many scary movies, although I don't watch that many); scary movies; Halloween (I HATE it!!  I don't see any purpose for it!)

~What did you do last night? Drove part of the way home from the Cities; put my luggage stuff away and read my emails.

~ Sweet or salty? Both, like a Peanut Nut Roll.

~ Best quality you have?  I love to make people laugh, although I'm not very good at it; being compassionate and listening to people.

~ How many years at your current job? Don't have one...yet...:)

~ Favorite day of the week? Probably Friday and Saturday - it's the last day of the school week and it's the day I can get caught up on all the things I didn't get finished during the week.

~ Favorite movie? Don't even get me started...:)  I have 3 new ones to watch soon too.

~ Have you ever had a crush on anyone?  You should hear the stories...:)  I do have a current one right now; think navy, orange and white, a horse, Denver, guy w/ a beard (I'm not that crazy over it, althought it does look kind of cute...:), 6'3', and boy, does he have muscles!!! :)  And he throws left-handed too...just thought you'd want to know that...:)  Oh, and I'm going to make a T-shirt of his jersey - just because I don't want to spend $100 on a real one.  And he's #15.  Enough clues??? <3 And he's a Christian too, which is pretty cool.

~ Do you like finding out all this stuff about your friends?  Well, it's really fun to read and get to know people better, and I'm a terrible snoop. :P

Hope you enjoyed finding a little more (or a lot more! :) about me.  I should really update my 'about me' page but this is a good start.

I'm off to finishing my homework!! Hope ya'll have a good night!!

~Rachel <3