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I turn 32 in just under an hour, and I an excited for the future “me”. I thought I would share more about “me” with you.

With no further ado, I bring you 32 things about me that you may not know:

1. I lived most of my early years on a farm in Eastern Iowa. Yes, we had Pigs. And Cows. And Chickens. And Corn. Lots and lots of Corn.
2. I am on only child; but if/when I have kids, I want to make sure my kid has a sibling.
3. The most interesting job I have done is air traffic controller at a small airstrip in NE Iowa. With 1 day training.
4. My favorite food in the universe is crinkle cut french fries. Bonus if you add melted shredded cheese to them. mmmmm….
5. I would not know how to function on weekday mornings without my Grande, non-fat, 2 pump mocha, with whip hot chocolate from Starbucks.
6. When I was little, all I wanted was long, straight, blond hair.
7. Also, a wheelchair, braces, crutches and glasses. I have braces and glasses, and sometimes have straight hair like right now).
8. I have over 1,000 ‘Winnie the Pooh’ Piglet collectibles. It’s a sickness.
9. I don’t know what I would do without my Tivo.
10. My big orange cat, Mr. More, weighs 26lbs and is as long as a 2 year old.
11. I really, really dislike everything that has to do with celery.
12. Most of my friends from Jr High and High School called me “Anne” and had (and still have) no idea my real name is Andrea. (yep, my name is not AJ, it’s Andrea- I just outed myself! Hi Interweb!)
13. My favorite past time is to take photos and scrapbook.
14. My last name was changed by a few letters when my ancestors came over from Europe.
15. While I have lived my whole life in the Midwest (except for a recent 6 month stint in GA) and traveled to Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, many of the 50 states and Guatemala, I have never been to Canada.
16. I like fountain Coke products and can Pepsi products.
17. I loved being Editor In Chief of a magazine before being laid off Oct 31st.
18. I tried once to learn to drive a stick shift, but failed.
19. My favorite movie of all time is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
20. My favorite book of all time is She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb.
21. I suffer from Barometric Migraine Headaches: every time a large front heads in to the area, I get massive headaches until the front passes; then I am fine.

22. The weirdest job I have ever had was a waitress in a sale barn. (I sold coffee and pie to farmers as they bought pigs and cows for slaughter about 50 feet away from me)

23. My travel wishlist includes: India, Thailand, Europe, and Ethiopia. Oh, and Canada.
24. I always watch TV and movies with the closed captioning on. Always.
25. I love my Invisalign braces though will be happy to be done with them in 5 months.

26. If I had to pick one chore I hate to do around the house, it would be vacuuming.

27. I have a huge girl crush on Janet Jackson.

28. My IRL friends call me to find out what the cool new products are- chances are, I have it in my house before the commercials are even on TV for “it”.

29. I have only smoked a cigarette 5 times in my life and they were all for theater performances. Otherwise, I hate cigarette smoke.

30. I cried at 5 out of 7 performance reviews at work– I hate “bragging” about myself and am uncomfortable to tears to have to do it. I also have a very hard time reading birthday cards and goodbye cards. I can handle criticism fine, though.

31. I have 5 friends that all have the same birthday week and we try to celebrate together each year. it is fun to share the spotlight!

32. I have amazing IRL and online friends who have already made the entry to my 32nd year amazing! Thank you!