I wrote one of these a few years ago… but it was a bit out of date… so here we go again 🙂

1. I was born in Verdun (Montreal)
2. I was raised in Nelson BC
3. I want to go back there to live and raise my family
4. I was raised by my mom
5. My mom has been married twice
6. My mom had been widowed twice
7. My dad is still alive
8. My first step dad was gay and died of aids in 97
9. My second step dad died of liver cancer/cirrhosis in 2004
10. I met my bio dad when I was 9
11. I am now starting to get closer to him
12. I am an only child
13. I have both a step-brother and a half brother whom I don’t see or talk to
14. I love being a mama
15. I have three great boys
16. I love being a stay-at-home mom
17. I live about an hour out of Montreal
18. I wish I had more of a community in my area
19. I would love to live on a property with another family or two
20. I met Simon through a BBS
21. I was married at 21
22. Next May (2008) will be our 10 year anniversary
23. I wore ‘Docs’ under my wedding dress
24. We got married at Montreal City Hall
25. We are both Atheists
26. I have never believed in a religion or a god
27. I have a degree in religion
28. I have always wanted kids
29. I would like another child
30. I have always known that I would homeschool
31. On our first date I told Simon that if I had kids I would homeschool
32. We are unschoolers
33. I find Quebec to be a very unfriendly place for homeschooling
34. I advocate Natural parenting and living
35. I don’t wear make-up
36. I don’t use products in my hair
37. I have two tattoo’s that I got when I was 16
38. I have a tongue stud
39. I like seeing women and men with grey hair
40. I dyed my hair red one time at the end of pregnancy with Xavier
41. We co-sleep most of the night
42. I love breastfeeding
43. I have “triandem” nursed
44. Xavier weaned himself just before his fifth birthday
45. I am Tandem nursing Colin and Khéna (4 and 2)
46. I was a peer-to-peer Breastfeeding Counsellor
47. I was not breastfed
48. I was sick often as a child
49. I avoid doctors now
50. I have asthma but I have not had many problems the last few years
51. Being around smokers triggers my asthma
52. Perfumes do the same
53. I am very sensitive to scents
54. I get seriously offended if someone smokes close to me or my kids
55. Almost all of my Family and Simon’s family are smokers
56. I hate wearing socks and shoes
57. We have a no shoe “rule” in the house
58. My first birth was a hospital birth
59. I was transferred from the birthing center for failure to progress (49 hours in all)
60. I refused the C-Section the Doctors were trying to scare me into
61. I have had two back labours with posterior babies
62. My second birth was a birth center birth
63. I haemorrhaged after giving birth to Colin because of a managed 3rd stage
64. I had an Unassisted Pregnancy with Khéna
65. I had an Unassisted water birth with Khéna
66. I will UP/UC again
67. I loved birthing in water
68. I find people reactions to UC a bit funny sometimes so I don’t hesitate talking about it.
69. We don’t do “well baby visits”
70. We don’t vaccinate
71. I love to cook
72. I hate bland food
73. I make most of our food “from scratch”
74. I bake bread every few days
75. We avoid artificial colouring and flavours for allergy and behaviour issues
76. I love Sushi and make it as often as I can
77. Most of the cookbooks in my home are Vegan
78. I am not a Vegetarian
79. I don’t eat enough vegetables
80. We never did “baby foods”
81. I am trying to lose weight
82. I am lazy
83. I lost 50 pounds with weight watchers before I got pregnant with Xavier
84. I try to swim 3 times a week… but usually only go twice
86. I am addicted to the internet
87. I write many blog posts in my head in the shower
88. My best friend lives across the country (we met on the internet 😉 )
89. I used the name “paxye” for the first e-mail account that I made about 12 years ago. A hotmail account that I still have and use for junk and MSN.
90. I love to sew
91. I hate patterns
92. My favourite colours are red and Orange
93. I love taking pictures
94. I hate cleaning
95. I like to wash dishes but hate drying them and putting them away
96. I listen to talk radio
97. I go to bed way too late every night
98. My hair is really long
99. I don’t use products in my hair besides Baking Soda and Apple Cider Vinegar
100. I love the smell of Patchouli