25 Random Things

I posted this on Facebook and thought I would add it here as well:

1. I got my nickname Nellie Pigs from my boss Scott at Discovery Zone in high school. He asked me if I had any nicknames and I told him that my parents called me Nellie. Then he asked if I was ever teased about my name and I said that every once in a while the Goodro boys would call me Janelle Pigs. So he put together the two and would call me on the overhead speaker all the time, “Nellie Pigs, please report to the office, Nellie Pigs!”
2. I am not a baby person. I love it more and more the older my kids get and the more interactive they are. I am still looking forward to the day that I can play board games and card games with my kids.
3. I had 2 boyfriends for a year and a half each and didn’t marry either of them.
4. My favorite color is red but I really like pink and if I could have my own room again (not that I intend to!) I would decorate it in pink. It is such a bright and happy color!
5. My daughter’s room is the first thing you see when you walk in our house. It is not conventional at all and is supposed to be a front sitting room or office but I didn’t want to move Tim downstairs when he is so young so we turned the room into a bedroom. Since we only had 2 bedrooms upstairs, this was the best solution we could come up with and I was surprised Justin went for it! Tim did spend one night downstairs in the room we prepared for him, but I hated it and he ended up in our bed by 3 AM.
6. I have 3 different degrees from 3 different schools. An associate’s degree from UVSC, my bachelor’s degree from BYU and my master’s degree from Walden University.
7. I prefer to do these types of ‘get to know yous’ when they ask specific questions. It is a bit of a pain for me to think of 25 random things and then I always think later that I should’ve added something different and I analyze it too much.
8. I have lived in 4 different states and Justin and I might move to L.A. for 1-2 months this summer for a little rotational program. I think it would be awesome!
9. I love to travel and I have been to many states, especially since we lived out of state for 2 years. I would really like to travel to Europe but it will probably happen when my kids are grown.
10. I had a sister die of SIDS when she was 2 months old. She was just younger than me and I don’t really remember her.
11. I really enjoy playing the piano and because of my musical abilities, most of my callings have involved music. I have been the Sacrament pianist, R.S. pianist, Enrichment night pianist, choir director, choir pianist at least twice, primary pianist and primary chorister. I am currently the choir director and teach the sunbeams. I would love to be in Young Women’s.
12. I like milk a lot more than soda and usually order milk at restaurants. If they have chocolate milk (not just milk mixed with chocolate syrup) I order that instead.
13. I met my husband in December 2000 and we went on our first date in November 2001 and nothing ever happened. We then started dating October 2002 and were married in 2003. He was definitely my good friend before my boyfriend.
14. I lived in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. We evacuated on Saturday afternoon to Austin, TX and stayed there for a week before flying home to Utah for 5 weeks. Justin still had to work and was relocated to Virginia so we weren’t around each other much during that time period. Our apartment was fine and was the apartment complex that faired best of all of the complexes the company owned. We let some people stay in our apt while we were gone. I never went back although Justin went back for 1 day to get our stuff. I loved moving home and having my mom take care of me because I was very ill with my 1st pregnancy.
15. I am not a great decorator, but I believe I am getting better at it!
16. I absolutely love Disneyworld and Disneyland. When I lived in Orlando for 6 months, I went 13 times!
17. Planning food storage is such a big task that I have a hard time getting started on it. I have a little bit, but nothing like I should. Rotating food just seems like a pain so if I do decide to really do it, I will probably just buy things that will last for 20+ years and then just throw it out and buy more at that time and so on. Tacky I know but it just seems a whole lot easier!
18. I love getting 9 hours of sleep at night, it is the best!
19. I have bizarre dreams every night about places I have never seen before and I’m usually on some sort of adventure. Justin is often in my dreams but my kids are rarely a part of them. If it involves a place I have been before, then it is usually greatly modified.
20. I love $5 holiday t-shirts from Target. I have at least 10 of them, probably more!
21. I love holidays and traditions.
22. I love amusement parks and would go several times each summer if I could. I especially love going during the off season when they are not crowded and not so hot!
23. I would love to live in Bountiful. I just love it there!
24. I can’t wait for my husband to be done with school and be around more often. Only 1 ½ years to go!
25. I love any open type vehicle like scooters, motocycles, dune buggies, convertibles etc. I don’t love going really fast, I just enjoy riding with the wind blowing my face and hair. I do have a little scooter that’s red and I really enjoy it during the summer.