The Things I'm Learning: The Facts of Me

I have loved getting to read all of the "Facts of Me" posts floating around today and wanted to join, too!

This man holds my heart. He's my best friend, greatest love, and my better half. I hit the jackpot when I met him. I was thinking about our love story the other day and looking at some photos from our wedding and it just hit me (again) how blessed I am to be his and how greatly God orchestrated our love story.

These two little ones opened my life and my heart to a joy unexplainable. The love I feel for them is like none other. I am grateful and thankful each day that I get to be their Anna Belle.

I'm a big sister. My parents weren't supposed to be able to have any other children after me due to complications my mom had shortly after my birth involving a ruptured appendix, gangrene and a surgical sponge left inside of her. Thankfully, almost nine years later, my sweet sister was born. This Saturday marks her 18th birthday.

I have the best parents, in-laws, grandparents, friends and family in the world. They are awesome. I was blessed to not only be born into an amazing family, I married into one as well.

I love to run. I love the way it feels and the way my body feels even when I get sore.

I love my job. I get the privilege of going to work to a job a love, one I went to school for and one that is on my list of "dream jobs" each day.

I love Italian and Mexican foods, but I won't touch Chinese and rarely eat Japanese. I'm not that adventurous.

I really want to be a DIY Martha Stewart-esque woman. I may not decorate all the time, but I do cut the boys' sandwiches into cool things like dinosaurs some days.

I like to read. Really, I love to read, and I don't do it nearly enough.

My husband can surf.

I actually enjoying washing and folding clothes, but the putting up part I despise.

I like to cook and really enjoy making sure my family has a healthy meal each night (you know, except those nights we eat out. Or Chickfila.).

I love holidays. Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Easter. You name it, I love it. I still get excited over Santa and the Easter Bunny even though they don't visit me anymore. Holidays are way more fun with kids.

Contrary to how it appears, I'm really more of an introvert than an extrovert.

I decided to finish high school early near the end of my junior year. That made me 22 when I finished my MBA. I don't say that to sound smart/braggy/nerdy, only to say that I get really confused when I'm trying to figure out how old people are.

I love to have fun. I don't drink, smoke, or go out though.

I am obsessed with photo books. I make them far too often.

I have a list of blog posts that I want to write, but I haven't found the time to write them.

I'm really excited that White Collar starts back tonight.

I love all of you readers and am having a great time getting to know you. If you follow my blog and I don't follow yours, please let me know!

I think I want to have a Q&A type post, so if you've got a question for me, ask away! E-mail me at thethingsimlearning@gmail.com. You ask, I'll answer!