THIRTY things about this THIRTY year old on her THIRTIETH birthday.

1.  I have a recurring  dream that I am out having fun with my friends, shopping or dancing or something, and I realize I have forgotten my kid and wake up in a panic wondering where he is.  He is usually just actually sleeping in his own bed instead of next to me.

2. There are so many things I love about my husband.  One of the main reasons?  He is a huge dork like me.  We are honest to goodness considering our vacation this year to be a 3000 mile road trip through all of the homes and travels of Laura Ingalls Wilder.  (Hey you know who, it goes through Omaha.)

3.  I never let my kid win at Memory or Hungry Hungry Hippos.

4.  My Christmas stuff was all put away on time this year- except for the sad undecorated tree which is still up and in my living room waiting for a new home at my BiL’s.  Next year I will not be spending two days putting the stupid thing together.

5.  I remember my fifth birthday party vividly.  It was at a McDonald’s.   As a rule I pretty much hate McDonald’s now.

6.  I get my feelings hurt really easily.  I saw a couple of Christmas party pictures on facebook, and my feelings were hurt that I was not invited to the party.  INVITE ME PLACES! I am so needy.

7.   I am having a crisis of confidence regarding my photography recently.

8.  My bedroom was yellow and white when I was a little girl.  I did not like it because I wanted pink, but looking back at pictures–it was ADORABLE, especially considering it was the eighties.

9.  I don’t think thehuckablog.com is representative of me.  It is supposed to be, and is in some ways–but I tend to post when feeling melancholy or upset and never when I am happy and cheerful.  I think that you all think I am depressed all the time, and really I am a happy person.

10.  By the end of this year a decision will have been made if  The Son is going to be a one and only or not.  I will either be scheduling a vasectomy for someone, or pregnant, or actively trying.  Not sure which one yet, but one of the three.

11.  We have way more books than we have room for, and yet instead of getting rid of some, we are planning on more book shelves.

12.  I have a huge green wall in my living room and want to have some of my photography printed on canvas and make a cool gallery wall.

13.  I have no idea how to transition The Son from pull-ups to normal underwear for nighttime.

14.  Cold Sassy Tree is in my top three favorite books of all time.

15.  I forget to bring my bible to church EVERY SINGLE SUNDAY.

16.  I like old fashioned names.  Like Martha, Josiah, Ezra, Ruth and Elijah (although that one is getting trendy).

17.  I disliked that my name was so popular, but I love the name itself and the history behind it.

18.  I played in a germy ball pit today.  I had fun and found a token.

19.  I left my mascara in the huckablazer last week and it froze and broke the wand.  I have not yet replaced it and so I have gone sans makeup ALL WEEK.

20.  Are you my Mother is my favorite kids book.  Today anyway, tomorrow it will probably be Green Eggs and Ham again.

21.   I worry about the fact that my grandma keeps losing things from her apartment–for many reasons, but one of which is that some of that stuff will one day be mine.  How horrible is that!?

22.  When I was thirteen I got head lice from sharing a brush with a girl at school.  My hair was super long and it took MONTHS to get rid of.

23.  I have gone from anti-facebook to facebook addict in three months.

24.  What I want more than anything else for my birthday is a clean house.  I mean really, really the pope could come over clean.

25.  I have marked off one of my new year’s to-do list items already.  We have a lovely guest room again and not a storage hole.

26.  You can see the rocket on google earth.

27.   I buy trendy shoes and then only wear my comfy flats.

28.  I swear by consignment shopping.  MOST of my clothes and ALMOST ALL of The Son’s clothing comes from consignment sales.  And you never would have known if I did not tell you.

29.  I need five pillows to sleep.  Two for my head, one on each side, and one for my feet.

30.  I would like you to donate to this for my birthday present.  It is an amazing organization, and all monies go to aid-not proselytizing.  I promise.

thanks for the idea Dr. Ang.

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