1. I went on my first plane ride at age 12 and I flew alone.
2. My parents named me Ann-Marie with a hyphen because they thought it sounded so Hollywood (my mom just recently told me this).
3. Because of the craziness of my work schedule, I can eat a full meal at any time of the day or night.
4. I have had 28 roommates since leaving home for college.
5. I lived with 5 of them for multiple semesters.
6. 7 of those got engaged while I lived with them.
7. I hate the colors red and pink and never wear them! (Except for when my sister-in-law chose pink for her bridesmaid dresses and I had no choice).
8. I am starting to get over my hate for red and now have red curtains in my house.
9. I guess that I just don't like to wear red or pink. I see other redheads wearing pink and I don't think that they look bad, I just think that I look weird wearing pink.
10. Often when I say my name over the phone people think that my name is Emory. They also think that is a pretty name.
11. I don't ever correct them when they think this, because it is usually someone that doesn't really need to know my name at all...let alone what my name really is.
12. I am the president of the VL club and probably will be for eternity!
13. I have incredible friends. (oh wait, you already knew that!)
14. I supervise 4 students at my BYU job.
15. One of my students calls me Ms. Marchant after we talked about nicknames and I told him that I didn't go by Ann.
16. I love the fall season.
17. I hate being cold!!!!
18. 2 of the most lifesaving purchases last winter were a space heater and an electric mattress pad.
19. Sadly now that I have a full size bed, I can't use my twin size electric mattress pad this winter.
20. I am going on a Mediterranean Cruise next Sept. with all of my aunts and uncles and my Grandma on my mom's side of the family.
21. Most of my cousins don't know that I am going yet.
22. The ones that do are jealous.
23. The ones that don't know yet will be jealous.
24. That's what you get for being the oldest non-married girl cousin.
25. There have to be some advantages.
26. I almost never have cash on me.
27. Whenever I do have cash it seems to disappear very quickly.
28. I am currently addicted to Gilmore Girls.
29. I love pumpkin pie.
30. "Elf" is my favorite movie! I could watch it all year round. And I do!
31. As a librarian, my list of books to read never shrinks. It only grows.
32. I am currently reading 4 books at a time.
33. I often read multiple books at a time.
34. No, I don't get them confused with each other.
35. My favorite trilogy of the summer is written my Scott Westerfeld.
36. The books are "Uglies" "Pretties" and "Specials".
37. Read them today! (Ask me if you want to know more about them).
38. I don't like seafood.
39. I will have my car paid off this month!!
40. Quite a few of my best friends either have kids or will soon.
41. I love the TV show "Boy Meets World"
42. My roommate and I currently don't get any TV channels because we don't want to pay for cable and for some reason our rabbit ears don't' even pick up basic.
43. As a kid I took gymnastics lessons and ballet lessons; in college I took a swimming class. I am still not a very good or confident swimmer.
44. I looked like a princess when I went to my junior prom. (My mom just told me this the other day. Apparently someone said that about me and my mom overheard)
45. The first car that I drove was called "The Death Trap" by my mom. It was an old AMC Spirit that my brother bought before his mission.
46. My best friend Sariah named the same car the "Shortcake Mobile".
47. I learned some basic car repairs that were specific to that cars' problems and could get the car running in less than 30 seconds in the dark, when it decided not to start.
48. The repair had something to do with the butterfly valve and shoving a screwdriver into that valve before turning the car on.
49. I have never broken 100 when bowling, but think it's a fun game anyway.
50. I would like to like running, but I just can't. I hate running.
51. My mom tried to teach me to play the piano when I was younger. I didn't want to and so I never really learned.
52. I played the flute in junior high and high school, but was never great at it and didn't really care to be good at it.
53. Often during parades and football half time shows, I would pretend like I was playing my flute, but really just be looking to see what was going on around me.
54. I loved building the sets for the highschool musicals.
55. I enjoyed being in the musicals, but going to build the sets on Saturday morning are some of my favorite highschool memories.
56. I don't like pets. I don't plan on having pets, but if I ever do they will have to be outside pets.
57. I can't stand pet hair being all over a persons house. It just grosses me out.
58. I have never taken out a student loan.
59. I broke my arm in 1st grade. My brother and I were playing circus. I was the human cannon ball. I flew into the air, and then hit the wall. I wrote left handed for a while until my other arm healed.
60. I have a scar on my forehead from when I cracked my head open. I was probably 3 or 4 because we were living in Provo. Someone rang the doorbell to our apartment. I was running around the corner to see who it was an misjudged where the wall was. I had several stitches.
61. I have one freckle on my bottom lip.
62. I don't like roller coasters. I just don't like feeling out of control.
63. I am a Capricorn.
64. My favorite shape is a star.
65. I still haven't had my wisdom teeth removed.
66. I wear a size 2 shoe.
67. I get the majority of my clothing in the children's section.
68. My favorite Disney movie is "Little Mermaid"
69. I have never been to Disneyland or Disney World.
70. I don't know what my blood type is.
71. I have never snow skied. But love to waterski and wakeboard.
72. I don't remember the last time that I went to the doctor for a check up.
73. I love looking at city lights!
74. I think that I look funny in hats, even though I have been told otherwise.
75. I have 5 brothers and 2 sisters.
76. Both of my grandpas have passed away.
77. I can't whistle.
78. I have visited 18 of the 50 states.
79. I have been to Mexico once and Canada twice.
80. I will be getting my passport in a few months! (After I apply and do all of that stuff)
81. Then I will be able to escape to another country when ever I want to!!
82. I like stargazing, even though I don't know very many of the constellations.
83. I think shooting stars are the coolest and it is fun to see a meteor shower.
84. I went to my junior prom, but not my senior prom.
85. I have worked in a library for the past 7 years.
86. I have decided that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love to eat the delicious foods!
87. I like going to Rodeos in the summertime.
88. I've never donated blood. I'm not big enough.
89. I didn't like country music until my junior year in highschool.
90. Now I listen to country most of the time when I am on my own.
91. Although I like all different types of music.
92. I have lived in various housing situations throughout college and after college.
93. I have lived in an apartment, condo, townhouse, and house.
94. I think that living in a house is the best!
95. I have lived with 1, 3, and 5 roommates.
96. Living with 5 roommates was way too much for me! Too many girls and too much drama!
97. I have been white water rafting and kayaking on the ocean!
98. In my family I am the second oldest.
99. I will probably be the shortest.
100. I love the smell of fresh baked bread! And cookies!
I have reached the end of my list and hope that you have learned some new things about me!
Our Ship the Voyager of the Seas
That afternoon we went to Florence. The first picture is one the church in the middle of Florence and then a replica of the "David" statue. The real statue is in a museum that was closed the day we were there. Grandma and I spent hours looking for this statue and that's pretty much all we did in Florence. Florence wasn't my favorite stop since all we did was walk in circles and we were separated from the rest of our group!
On Tuesday we went to Rome. We had the best tour guide that day! She was just awesome!
The next day we went to Naples. We went on a drive along the Amalfi Coast which was just gorgeous! We ate an authentic Italian meal at a restaurant in the mountains and then went to Pompeii. It was another incredible day!
