Here is my attempt at the 25 facts thinger-a similar one is on my facebook
#1 I didn't learn how to tie my shoelaces until my kindergarten teacher took me aside and taught me. Velcro saved my life. I wear velcro shoes currently, but I do know how to tie my shoes.
#2 When I was little I loved to play in dirt. Whenever my mom couldn't find me I was in the dirt pile behind our house. I was dirty a lot.
#3 On the first day of first grade I fainted when I came home from school. I think it had been a traumatic experience and I almost didn't get off the bus coming home. I went three blocks past my house and had to have the bus driver let me off at an undesignated stop and I ran home. I don't know why my older sister and brother who were on the bus didn't tell me to get off. So when I got home I was tired and sweaty. I walked to the top of the stairs and I fainted.
#4 In the past year I have developed appreciation for fruits I did not like before. They are cherries (Ranier are the best), strawberries and tomatoes. The strawberries and tomatoes have to be hidden in things like salads and sandwiches. But I feel good because I am getting a lot more vitamins and antioxidants.
#5 I love the smell of citrus flavored dish soap. And also the macintosh apple candle from Yankee Candle Company. I do not handle many women's fragrances well. They give me a headache.
#6 I have been to Disneyland twice and Disney World once. I have also swam in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. I am blessed.
#7 I broke my right femur jumping on Jenna Barrowes' trampoline when I was a freshman at BYU. I had to drop out of college and move home. Then followed two months of physical therapy. I have a pretty sweet x-ray and a rod and two screws in my leg. I like to tell people that I am a college dropout.
#8 I can remember facts and events really well. But I try not to creep people out by remembering things too well. This helps me remember movie lines that I quote a lot and geography which makes me a very good navigator.
#9 I like to mow the lawn. My family did not have the whole "boys mow the lawn" thing and we were always expected to do part of it. I think it soothes me.
# 10 My dream jobs include being a roller coaster tester or becoming a TV talk show host like Ellen. It looks like a lot of fun.
#11 For some reason I have developed a fear of fish in my latter years. I was fine with them when I was little even after I saw The Little Mermaid. I also used to love kissing dogs. Now I am semi-afraid of them.
#12 One time when my brother Stephen and I were driving to zero hour in the really old Izuzu Pup (it's a really ghetto truck) it was so cold outside and the windows were so foggy that we couldn't really see. At all. I rolled down my window and tried to tell him when to turn but we ended up crashing up onto a sidewalk for a second. Good times.
#13 I aspire to visit every continent, so far I have one done. North America. I also aspire to go skydiving.
#14 When I was little I was scared that my house would catch on fire and I'd have to jump out my window on the top floor. This was after we watched the fire safety videos at school and practiced in the little house that the fire department takes to schools. I think this was one reason why I switched rooms to downstairs.
#15 I love books. I will spend money on books before anything else. I usually get a Barnes and Noble gift card every year for Christmas and have it spent within a week. I have a bookcase in my room at home, have outgrown it and now stack books on top of it.
#16 I think I have a pretty good sense of humor and I often laugh at things other people don't.
#17 I miss all the girls I used to live with: Jenn, Jenna, Jules and Monica. Not Marissa because I still live with her. Jenn and Jenna are married. Jules and Monica are on missions. I miss them with all my heart even though I still see Jenn and even Jenna on occasion.
#18 I think I have an obsession with blogging. But hopefully it's helping my writing skills.
#19 I do not have wisdom teeth. Not because they were taken out but because I never had them in the first place.
#20 I don't have a favorite color, I tend to switch what color I like depending on my mood. If you look in my closet I mostly have jewel tones but that's what I look good in.
#21 I adore James Morrison and Adele. I could listen to only them and often do.
#22 I wish I knew how to play an instrument but sadly I do not. If I did it would be the piano or guitar, and then move on to others. I did play the trumpet in 6th and 7th grade band but I quit. One of the best things I've ever done.
#23 My mom used to have to bribe me to go to ballet class. I would hide behind my bed and only come out if she promised to stay the whole time and watch or buy me stickers. Maybe this was a good thing because I ended up doing ballet for eleven years.
#24 I tried softball in first grade. Once I got mad at a girl on my team and threw a bat at her. I didn't play softball after that year.
#25 I work in the HFAC ticket office which is a pretty sweet job. I get to study when it's slow or work on my blog. I have been at work for 6 1/2 hours today and not done any studying at all. Plus all the girls have blogs and we read each others. Now we even have a ticket office blog.
#26 I want to make the world healthy. I study Public Health and I think it's pretty sweet.
#27 I use post-it notes as a planner. They are all over. I have a habit of remembering things right before I go to bed and I can just jot them down. I have a planner but don't really use it.
#28 I want to have my own dance crew and audition for America's Best Dance Crew (ABDC). Fanny Pak is my favorite crew from both seasons.
#29 I am awkward around boys, especially boys I like.
#30 I know the Spanish language, enough to understand pretty much everything but I can't speak it at all.
#31 I like homemade cake-like brownies better than gooey box brownies. My mom makes the best.
#32 The American Girl's doll I own is Addy; it was mostly because she was the new one when I wanted to get one. My racist grandma couldn't understand why a white girl would want a black doll.
#33 I love hosting dinner parties or parties of any type. I think I could make a good party planner someday.
#34 During President Hinckley's Book of Mormon challenge I was still in Ether on December 31st, but I finished it.
#35 The human body facinates me and I love learning about it.
#36 I'm the only child in my family that doesn't have a middle name that starts with "m." The others are Marie, Michael and Michelle. Mine is Leigh.
#37 I don't like using the optional comma before "and" in a list. For example, I like fruit, pasta, bubble gum and cookies. I think it's because of laziness.
#38 My major is helping me to become more health conscious. I eat healthier than I used to and I exercise more. I want to be the healthiest I can be so that I can: enjoy life, be a good mother and be able to bear children, be able to do any physical activity and not be held back by physical limitations and stave off any chronic diseases that may come my way.
#39 Sometimes I feel guilty about not eating enough vegetables so I buy a bag of salad at the grocery store. It then goes into the refridgerator only to stay there until it goes bad because I usually forget about it. Basically it's a waste of money. But somehow, buying it makes me feel better.
