100 Things About Me

Oh no, she didn't!

Oh yes, she did!

I came up with 100 things about me that you may or may not know and that you may or may not WANT to know. I thought I'd document them for... er...uh... posterity's sake (and for the lack of not having anything else to blog about.) I found that it's really quite easy to talk about yourself.




my full name is clarissa

i have spelled my nickname many ways- clare- claire-and now clair

i don't have a middle name

i like using my maiden name as a middle name- it's a way to show i'm proud of where i came from without using a hyphen which is too feminist for me

i have 4 amazing children

women would fight over my husband if I wasn't married to him

i am 35

i am 5' 9"

my once perfectly sized 8 1/2 feet are now a whopping size 10

there is no way I'm posting my weight

one of my favorite places is the library

i love to swim and am working on getting child care so I can do it once a week

i love photography and get so excited when I look at my pictures and find "the one!"

my favorite all time painting is the watercolor Evening Star, III by Georgia O'Keeffe.

i love the smell of vanilla

i like to add extra lemon and/or lime to lemon-lime soda

i love to laugh

i need naps

i wear black and brown a lot

i like earrings with just a little dangle

i have no interest in sewing, gardening, or gourmet cooking though i admire those who are good at these things

i am about to quit scrapbooking and just go all blog

i make mountains out of molehills, especially when I've forgotten to take my prozac for a couple of days

i want to make a wall of children's portraits including all my nieces and nephews

i am not a good disciplinarian by nature but am working on it

in my young adult years i loved teaching swimming lessons and saw success

i taught art in a jr high for two years and hope to never do that again

if i ever go back to teaching (which I doubt) i will aim for younger or older kids

i taught "gifted" classes for one year part time at a jr/sr high and liked it

it takes me awhile to make friends, so i really treasure them

i wish i lived closer to my family

i served a full-time mission in Salt Lake City (not temple square)

i used to love flipping through catalogs but now i just throw them away

in high school i would paint my nails once a week, now I paint my toenails once a month and don't bother with the fingernails

i love to be around funny people

when I laugh too hard i pee my pants

i love reading with my children

i like having a cat now and it reminds me of my childhood friend Muffin

i love icy drinks like slushes and smoothies

i love mexican food

i love easter- the celebration of Christ's resurrection, the Spring weather, the Cadbury candy

fall fondly reminds me of falling in love with my husband

i mostly listen to country music

i like to watch "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" with my family

i like to watch chick flicks by myself

i try to do a load of laundry every day

i prefer slip-on shoes

i love seeing what my kids come up with when they play together (recently they each made a collar for a stuffed animal and made a list of what each eats for breakfast, snacks, and dinner)

i really like mustard and always prefer it to ketchup

i check my email/google reader at least 5 times a day (unless I'm not home)

i hope to visit Germany one day with my husband

i hope to take the kids on a "real" vacation someday- Disneyland and the beach

i like to sing my kids to sleep (when I don't fall asleep first)

i love capris

i love hot pink and yellow roses because they remind me of my wedding day

i love babies dressed in light yellow

i love hugging my kids when they are fresh and clean out of the tub (and at other times too)

i try to be organized and stick to daily routines and schedules

i'm not one to babysit a lot of kids (I can barely handle my own)

i used to love rollerskating and my mom made me a shiny red skating dress (think 6th grade and the Go-Go's "We Got the Beat.")

i went to byu

i spent my freshmen year in Helaman Halls and the rest in Raintree Apartments

i majored in art education

i though i'd marry someone "artsy" like a photographer, musician or an architect

the lord had other plans for me and I happily married a soldier

i broke my arm when i was five (fell from the monkey bars at school)

i had my tonsils and adenoids removed when I was about 11

i had some sort of orthodontic appliance or braces in my mouth from 2nd grade to my sophomore year

i fractured my elbow when i was 21 (skating backwards and ran into a ramp i didn't know was there)

i broke my foot when i was 33 (skipped the last few steps when walking downstairs)

in the pre-teen years i seemed to be "not quite good enough" being the 7th person in
a musical sextet and the "alternate" for cheerleading

i waste time on the computer surfing the net, reading entertainment gossip, and
writing 100 things about myself

it took me awhile to catch on to making pancakes but I have it down to an art now

when i was little i wanted to be a dolphin trainer when i grew up

i like the actor mark ruffalo from 13 going on 30 and just like heaven (wish I could see more of his movies but many are rated R)

i used to have crushes on ricky shroeder, bo duke, eric estrada (C.H.I.P.S), and
billy hufsey (FAME)

i once made up a dance routine to Dolly Parton's "9 to 5" with a childhood friend

cheerleading camp with my bff Janet was one of the funnest times ever (not the cheerleading part)

i like lima beans

i don't like heights

i had a drawing of a bear published in the friend magazine when i was four (i really wanted to submit a drawing of snuffleupagus but it didn't turn out)

i had 15 seconds of fame on the "60 minutes" show where Mike Wallace interviewed President Hinckley (I was a SLC missionary)

i love virgin pina colodas, chips and salsa and guacamole

i like toffee stuff- heath bars, ice cream

i rarely iron anything

i wear make-up on Sundays to church but during the rest of the week it's optional

i should be wearing make up to cover my under-eye circles and my pregnancy mask (melasma) which should have faded by now

i have seasonal allergies

i sometimes speak too soon

i am doing better at not yelling

i like to watch american idol

i think everybody loves raymond is hilarious

i need to buy some new shoes

i am so lucky in love (now, certainly not during the high school and college years)

if i had one more daughter i'd name her camilla or anna

i am most likely done having kids

i am savoring seth's babyhood and feel so grateful that he is a part of our family

my favorite musical artist is martina mcbride

my hubby and i have been married for ten years

i need to get off the computer and pick faith up at the bus stop