This post is #200 since I've started blogging. In celebration, I thought I would do a post all about me. Because, really, it is all about me. I kid. Kind of.

And a while ago, Melissa tagged me on 7 random things about myself and my response to that snowballed into this. Blame her.

1. I have one brother. The infamous Jon-Jon.
2. I met my Hot Hubby in Spanish class.
3. Right after I got back from a semester abroad in Germany.
4. I lived in Jena, Thuringia, Germany for 6 months.
5. I learned a lot about myself there.
6. Mainly that I can do anything I put my mind to.
7. I’ve been to 7 countries.
8. My favorite is Poland.
9. I have a bachelor’s degree in German.
10. Which I do not use anymore.
11. I work for a Venture Capital fund.
12. In the accounting department.
13. I really enjoy what I do.
14. Until I got my job, I didn’t know what Venture Capital was.
15. I have two tots, one girl and one boy.
16. I was told at the age of 16 that I couldn’t have kids.
17. The doctor thought I had endometriosis.
18. I don’t and never did.
19. In the meantime, I was put on Lupron shots.
20. My body reacted like it was going through menopause.
21. I gained 40 pounds.
22. I’m 5 foot 2.
23. And I was a complete bitch.
24. I distinctly remember sitting in Algebra class in high school and having a hot flash.
25. About this same time, I was raped.
26. The combination of two made for a horrible junior year.
27. I became promiscuous.
28. It was easier to give sex away than to have it taken from me.
29. One of my best friends in high school helped me a lot that year.
30. I probably would not have made it through without her.
31. Unfortunately, we don’t talk anymore.
32. I miss our friendship.
33. I was 21 when I got pregnant with Daelyn.
34. I knew before I peed on the stick that I was pregnant.
35. I had one semester left of college.
36. I took 22 credit hours that semester to graduate on time.
37. It was f-ing brutal.
38. I gained almost 60 pounds pregnant. I was a whale.
39. I lost all of it.
40. Then I got pregnant again with Weldon 4.
41. I did not gain as much weight.
42. But I did lose it all.
43. I had serious postpartum depression after Weldon’s birth.
44. PPD is a deep dark hole.
45. With the support of HH, my friends, and family, I got out of it.
46. I tried to be a surrogate mother.
47. Unfortunately, through no fault of my own or the parents, it did not work.
48. The hormones I was on for that caused me to gain a little weight.
49. I am struggling to lose that.
50. If I stopped eating chocolate, I would probably be better off.
51. I love snickers bars.
52. Or anything with chocolate.
53. Except chocolate covered pretzels.
54. Chocolate covered salty things should be banned.
55. I also love cheesecake.
56. We had cheesecake at our wedding instead of the traditional wedding cake.
57. It was topped with chocolate covered strawberries and sugar frosted fruit.
58. HH and I got married *gasp* after we had Daelyn.
59. I’m glad we waited.
60. Daelyn was the mini-bride in our wedding.
61. My favorite wedding picture is of the 3 of us.
62. Daelyn’s name is derived from parents. Dae is from Dave and lyn is from Marilyn.
63. Her initials spell DAD.
64. Little Weldon is the fourth in the line of Weldon Howard Dunstons.
65. I love both my kids’ names.
66. I was not named after anyone.
67. My brother was named after our grandfather and uncle.
68. Both passed away before we could meet them.
69. I love shoes.
70. But prefer to go barefoot.
71. I used to wear heels all the time until I had to carry both tots into daycare.
72. Carrying an extra 60 pounds while walking on pencil tips is not easy.
73. I was raised Catholic.
74. I’m not a practicing Catholic.
75. I am struggling to find my spiritual self.
76. I used to have my navel and eyebrow pierced.
77. I miss my eyebrow ring.
78. I dyed my hair red in college.
79. My mom is one of my best friends.
80. When we found out she had lung cancer I thought my world had ended.
81. She’s the strongest person I know.
82. I wish I had some of her strength.
83. In November 2007, HH and I bought our first home.
84. I love it but home-owning sucks sometimes like when your basement floods and you can’t call someone else to fix the problem.
85. I am also really close to my dad.
86. We can sit and enjoy each other’s company without talking.
87. It drives my husband mad.
88. HH is half black and half white. Therefore, he has this nice caramel-y skin color.
89. I, however, am pale.
90. HH says my skin color is extremely sexy.
91. I love him for that.
92. I grew up in a town of 200 people.
93. I now live in a town of 12,000 people.
94. Everytime I say that, I think of the theme song “Moving on up” from “The Jeffersons”.
95. I cannot sing to save my soul.
96. But I love to rock out in the car by myself.
97. Someday, I hope to do a missions trip in Africa.
98. I’ve also lived in St. Louis; Cape Girardeau, MO; & Steamboat Springs, CO.
99. I learned to snowboard while living in Steamboat.
100. I was born January 7, 1982 in the town I now live in.