100 Things About Leah

1. I live in Calgary, Alberta. I moved from Guelph, Ontario in May.

2. I work in social work, although I am not a social worker and never will be.

3. I work with mental health and some days I think dealing with my clients will make me go crazy. It happened today. They drove me crazy, and now I have problems

4. I feel bad for you, because if all of us do this then you will have to read 500 things about Five Blondes.

5. I am “living in sin” with my boyfriend, and despite my Catholic family and Catholic upbringing, my entire family is okay with it. Even my grandparents – thank you!

6. I love skinny jeans.

7. I secretly love Hannah Montana.

8. I am not a morning person, but I wish that I was.

9. I love to get mail, but I am really bad at sending it.

10. I felt that I had to do this, because sometimes when I am just living my life and I do something weird that I realize is actually a habit, I think to myself that I would totally write that on my 100 things list.

11. All of those aforementioned weird habits? I forget them now.

12. I don’t need music or noise when I drive. I can be driving for an hour and not realize that the radio is off and I am just happily thinking about nothing or singing to myself.

13. I am supposed to be picking up beer for my boyfriend right now, and this is my way of procrastinating.

14. I accidentally just wrote husband instead of boyfriend. WHAT!

15. I am a very perceptive person.

16. I am very bad at keeping secrets. Very, very bad.

17. I like to wear non-matching bathing suits.

18. I drink either beer, or rum and cokes at bars.

19. I’ve never had a job I have hated, and I think it speaks to my ability to make any situation a good one for myself. My motto? “Fun is what you make of it.”

20. I dated a lot of duds before I found Tim.

21. I am not a very tidy person.

22. Hershey’s Hugs are my favourite type of chocolate or candy.

23. I love, love, love reading.

24. One of my eyes is slighty smaller than the other, a trait I inherited from my father. (Leah are you sure dad doesn’t just always squint one eye when he smiles and that’s what makes one look smaller? Because I think he does, haha. -Lau)

25. I am a total wino.

26. I have control issues, and get in a state if things aren’t done the “right” (aka my) way. I am working on this.

27. I don’t get homesick very often, but when I do I get it really bad.

28. I get in food phases, where I will only eat one thing for a really long time and then get sick of it really quickly. Most recently, bacon and egg sandwiches.

29. Throughout University I paid the bills by working at a Pub, a job I grew to love.

30. I want to get a Blackberry, but I love my dinky old cell phone so much that I can’t bear to part with it.

31. I am terrified of horror movies, and even scary tv shows. I like to watch them with my eyes closed and ears half covered with one of my sisters sitting beside me telling me what is happening (hahah like Ghost Whisperer!-Lau)

32. Cuddling is my favourite thing in the whole entire world. It can fix anything.

33. I love to cuddle with either Tim or my sisters.

34. When I was younger and people used to give me the whole “FIVE girls? Your poor father…” I never knew what they meant. I loved my life, we had it great. Now, I get it. Poor, poor daddy-o.

35. We have a big fireplace in our kitchen on the farm and it is my favourite place in the whole house to stand. (Mine, too! -Eri)

36. Tim and I were too poor to buy a mattress when we got to Calgary, so we slept on a suped-up air mattress for four months when we got the best mattress known to man. I sleep like a baby every night.

37. I love the feeling of putting on a new pair of socks.

38. My favourite smell is that of clean laundry.

39. I won the midget MVP for track and field in gr. 9, and I didn’t even go to the awards ceremony because I didn’t think I won anything. Apparently I underestimated my skills.

40. Running is still my favourite form of exercise.

41. I applied for Canada’s Next Top Model this year, it was an amazing confidence booster when they called me to request that I re-upload my video because the audio wasn’t working and that they really wanted to see the video.

42. I l buy my sunglasses at Value Village and they never cost more than $2.50.

43. I am an extremely optimistic, positive person and it is often my saving grace.

44. My favourite form of candy/chocolate is Hershey’s Hugs.

45. I can read my favourite books over and over and over again. These books include “Summer Sisters” by Judy Blume, “Practical Magic” by Alice Hoffman and “The Time Travellers Wide” by Audrey Niffenegger.

46. Sometimes I like to go out wearing crazy outfits because it makes me feel more me, even though I am not the worlds most adventurous dresser.

47. Three years ago I bought a long black coat from Jacob for $60 which to this day remains my favourite item in my wardrobe. Mic bought the same one, and it is impossible to go out in public without getting at least one comment on it.

48. I love the colour of my eyes.

49. I love my body, but for some reason do not have a great overall body image.

50. I am not a very mathematical person, but I loved to study for my statistics classes in university.

51. In a previous life, I think I was a doctor or a healer of some sort.

52. I like watching hockey games, on TV or in person.

53. The perfect mixture between brains and braun is what I look for in men.

54. I am an idea person, but sometimes I have a hard time putting those ideas into action.

55. I am a very creative thinker.

56. I worry too much, a trait I got from my mother.

57. I love, love, love my family and the supportiveness within it.

58. That is also what I love about my boyfriends family.

59. I am always on the lookout for a song that can be the first dance song at my wedding.

60. I am not looking forward to the planning that is involved in a wedding, and a lot of me wants to elope. (Good idea. -Eri)

61. I have very vivid dreams and they can be wonderful but they can also be so scary and so real. It is not uncommon for me to wake up either crying, laughing, or screaming.

62. I love to travel.

63. I surfed when I was in Costa Rica two years ago and fell in love, both with the place and the sport.

64. Often I feel more balanced and comfortable with my feet strapped to board while whizzing down a steep mountain or lazily carving across a hill then I do on my own two feet.

65. The fact that I have no idea where I will be in a year from now excites me greatly.

66. Wherever that place I will be in a year is, I hope it is near the ocean.

67. I love fishing.

68. But I get freaked out if I am fishing and there is the possibility of me touching fish with my feet so I kick really, really hard.

69. On that note, I am not a very strong swimmer.

70. I have been told (lovingly, by my sisters) that I look like a drowning rat when I swim.

71. I love to water-ski.

72. My sisters are my best friends, and I hope it will always be that way.

73. I am a pretty independent person, but I would always, always rather be doing things with Tim than be doing them alone.

74. My favourite sound is the scratch of Tim’s keys on the inside of the lock and he is home from work.

75. When I was sixteen a summer work program in Quebec, I accidentally killed my host family’s pet bird by slamming it in the bathroom door while running away from it in fear. I called home crying hysterically, but they could not stop laughing. Now I can finally see the humour in it. (added by Mic)

76. In second year university, I sleepwalked outside and walked down the street in my pajamas, still asleep. I wouldn’t even have known it except that my roommate had seen me leave and asked me the next morning where I had gone. (added by Mic)

77. I am always the best person to call: for advice, for ideas, for a laugh, or just to see what wild, crazy, horrific, or wonderful thing has happened to me today. (added by Mic)

78. A few years back I worked at my small town’s (only) variety store and I got fired for “flirting with the customers.” In reality, the customers were all of my friends, and the owners were craaazy! (added by Mic – who also thinks there may have been the occasional flirting taking place).

79. One time Micaela and I went on a few dates with two boys just because we liked that they were best, inseparable friends. All of our dates were double dates and they were so much fun. Totally worth it. (added by Mic)

80. I have a fine appreciation for wine. (added by Tim)

81. I am more of a cat person than a dog person.

82. I LOVE babies, but am not around them very often so I am so very awkward when the time comes to care for one.

83. I am terrified of big dogs and horses because I feel like they have personalities and that scared me.

84. During University I accidentally moved in with a girl who was dating one of my ex-boyfriends. Oops.

85. Honeycomb cereal is my favourite kind of cereal. I always have a bag of it with me when I leave the house.

86. Some people tell me I look like Claire Forlani. I take that as a huge compliment!

87. I love to play Spider Solitaire.

88. I grew up in a trailer on the lawn of my grandparents farm with all of my sisters and my parents. I don’t remember living in it, but my Dad has told my best friend that they were the best days of his life. This is her favourite memory of my family.

89. That best friends name is also Leah, and throughout University we lived together and worked at the Pub together. Our saving grace is that we appear VERY different from each other.

90. I am not a very good golfer. I am very inconsistent, I will either par a hole or give up after 10 or 12 swings.

91. If I lend an item of clothing to a friend and it looks better on them I won’t accept it back. If it a favourite item of clothing I have to warn people of this and have to make them promise to give it back before lending it out.

92. I have very original toes. (added by Tim) (I think he means ugly.)

93. I give good back rubs and back scratches

94. I love to be scratched at that place at top of my neck, where my scalp divets. It is an orgasmic feeling, and I could never get enough of it. I think this makes me like a cat.

95. I am not a very organized person, but am becoming more organized as I age. This makes me very happy, because I have often worried for my childrens sake.

96. I am dating a brunette, and I am worried that I will not have any blonde children. Tim reassures me and tells me that his brother was blonde as a baby.

97. I have a perky butt. (added by Tim) (I think by this, he means my butt is out of proportion with the rest of my body. In high school, my nickname was “Bubble Butt” because I was 100 lbs. soaking wet until University but maintained my boot-ay always.)

98. I gained a freshman 25 lbs, and I loved every pound of it.

99. I love to shop at consignment stores; I think it is my way of being environmentally conscious.

100. I don’t mind driving in traffic jams, I secretly kind of like having that time for myself.