Time to catch my breath ...

My head is spinning with all the happenings here at our home! My creative juices are flowing, but I will need more time to get it all "Blogged Out"! So here's a filler for the time being - borrowed from Facebook. My apologies if you've already read all about me.

25 Random Things About Me

1. I was born on my Mom’s & Dad’s anniversary.
2. My Dad couldn’t remember what they named me when he went to work the next morning, and he told someone “I know it’s not Cinderella”. My sister named me. Maybe that’s why Dad couldn’t remember. My real name is Cynthia Jean.
3. I was born with a cleft palate that was repaired when I was 1.
4. I wear size 5 ½ shoes and buy all my tennis shoes in the young boys section … there my size is 4 and about $10.00 cheaper!
5. I broke my arm when I was 2 years old by falling down 1 step.
6. I made two road trips back & forth to Hesston College by myself. Before cell phones! YIKES!
7. My husband & I met while cruising Goshen. I had car trouble and he jumped me (with jumper cables). :) And we exchanged phone numbers.
8. One week went by without a phone call, so I called him and asked him out. The rest is history!
9. I had braces for 3 ½ years.
10. I am number 5 of 6 kids.
11. My younger brother and my Dad were killed in a small plane crash when I was 20 and Wendall was 16. Easter Sunday 1985. It’s strange how after 24 years my life time-line is still measured by “before the crash” and “after the crash”.
12. I went back to college while Alli and Mitch were very young. When Kevin was born in July, I still had one college class left, so in the fall I took a Monday evening class.
13. I graduated from Goshen College in1995 with a BS in Physical Education.
14. I am also a proud graduate of Hesston College. “Hesston, it’s the t-shirt I look best in …”. Just a song that Bif and Jen made up while we were students.
15. I have coached volleyball at the middle school and JV level for a total of 14 seasons (I think) since 1985.
16. I have had repair surgery on my heel, knee, elbow, wrist, and shoulder. Each one, except the heel, related in some way to an amazing ski accident in 2004.
17. My two oldest each broke their front teeth 5 days apart. Alli in a freak Frisbee incident and Mitch passed out and hit his face on a canoe on Interterm at Bethany. When he returned home 6 days later, I took him to the dentist, and the dentist reopened the cut he had in his lip from biting through it and found the piece of tooth still lodged in there.
18. I have never attended a public school. In fact every school (1st – college) has been Mennonite. I started 1st grade when I was 5.
19. I grew up in a Conservative church, and wore dresses and my hair up with a covering until I was 16. My friend has repeatedly asked for pictures, and I can’t seem to find any. :)
20. I had my ears pierced when I was at Hesston College and when I came home at Christmas my Mom didn’t look at me for 1 week! When I got my ears pierced, it took longer than I thought, and I was late to volleyball practice. I was with my teammate so we had to run extra after practice. I would never do that to my players! Ear piercing is very important!
21. My parents both spent their younger years in the Amish church. I still have a few wonderful Amish relatives!
22. While I enjoy my longer hair style, my soul is screaming “short and sassy”!
23. No vacation is complete without sand and sun.
24. I love Globetrekker on PBS, Sunday nights late (11:00ish). That’s why I’m a mess Monday mornings!
25. Only one reality show for me – Amazing Race. My Dad always said I was born with wings on my feet!