1. I’m writing this list by “free association” so the order in which they come have no bearing on what I think about my wife, or does it? No, it doesn’t, but I won’t be able to write this darn thing (this the fifth time of starting it) if I don’t just write it.
  2. She has two cats-- her cats-- to which I began taking care of when she got pregnant because she couldn’t empty the litter-box, and am still emptying the litter box to this day.
  3. She refuses to eat food without a fork because she doesn’t like to get her hands greasy, but likes to pick and prod at gross things (like boogers in the cats’ noses).
  4. Her interest in pop cultural and television, which I once scoffed at, has become something I now appreciate about her. (As it has made me more effective in connecting with the clients I work with.)
  5. She is a natural born mother, and has my complete confidence and respect being a stay-at-home mom.
  6. She is an excellent researcher when she is interested in a topic, and will study, study, and study more, while giving each theory a fair chance.
  7. Due to all her study on certain topics, she becomes very opinionated, but tends to keep these all to herself, giving others a fair chance to share their point. (except when it comes to me, lol)
  8. She is compassionate, caring, and desires daily dialogue rather than conflict.
  9. We ate a lot of fruit popsicles when she was pregnant, we don’t eat them much anymore.
  10. She has a secret infatuation with stuffed pigs, which she tries to make look like a childhood accident. (I often find myself looking in the mirror for the resemblance of a stuffed pig.)
  11. She is addicted to “The Simpson’s”.
  12. She is a great scrapbook artist.
  13. She is a very talented artist, but doesn’t know it, or won’t allow herself to know it.
  14. After 5 years I’m just realizing that she has a gift for financial management, a gift that we just figured out I was not endowed with.
  15. She loves the freedom of computers/internet, but hates, hates, hates when they won’t work the way she wants them to, and is unwilling to figure out how to make them work the way she wants them to.
  16. She loves to play her hand-held solitaire game, and admits several times a year that it’s “the best Christmas present” I ever gave her. (Trust me, I’m not a cheap gift giver, it’s just that she is very easy to please.)
    17. She loves animals, and has had hundreds of foster animals in our home, which she in turn found great homes for after I prodded and prodded her. (If it was up to her she would have kept them all, and let me clean up after them.)
    18. She fought the great battle of breastfeeding a very difficult child for 2 months, and won.
    19. She has never smoked a cigarette in her life, or anything else for that matter.
    20. She proved everything I have ever heard about women during pregnancy wrong.
    21. She is very loyal to her friends and greatly respects their thoughts and opinions.
    22. She likes to be waited on hand and foot, and I don’t mind catering to her.
    23. She blames all her sleeping problems on me, when really she just doesn’t sleep very well.
    24. She is a homebody, and would rather be home than touring Europe, though she fantasizes about going to Europe while watching Rick Steves.
    25. She does not like to vacuum, but I do, so our house does get vacuumed weekly.
    26. She does like to iron clothes, and thank goodness, because I hate to.
    27. She loves to analyze family dynamics, which makes for good conversation, being that I received my degree in family therapy.
    28. Her cartoons not only make me laugh, as does her blog, and I’m a diligent reader of both.
    29. She is an introvert, but does very well in groups, as she has a natural tendency to know what to say to keep a conversation going. This is good for us, because I’m the quiet one that stands in the background and observes, and she always asks after we are out, “Did I act stupid?”
    30. She would rather buy two small fries than a medium fry at McDonalds, a petty habit that lead to our first fight. (She now buys a medium.)
    31. Her #1 current concern in life is her daughter’s safety.
    32. Her #2 current concern is “Am I being a good enough wife?”
    33. She worries, worries, and worries, even when there is nothing to worry about.
    34. She fears that if she enjoys life too much it will become less enjoyable, or something bad will happen to her.
    35. She loves the band Green Day.
    36. She thinks she is too skinny.
    37. She has a difficult time accepting/listening/singing modern praise music used in Churches today.
    38. She admitted to, fought, and beat depression (DSM IV TR diagnosis: 300.4 Dysthymic Disorder), and daily uses her wisdom of depression to help others live happier lives.
    39. She also snores, but you’ll never hear about this on her blog.
    40. She has never mowed a lawn.
    41. She changed a flat tire while stranded on the side of the road, and I often brag to my friends about my “tough wife” who is able “to change a tire in a single bound.” Most of them scoff and say, “I would never make my wife do that.”
    42. She is a better woman because she knows how to change a flat tire, and once had to save her sister who was stranded with a flat tire.
    43. She is fun to travel with, and likes to listen to books on tape on our longer journeys.
    44. She is a Harry Potter fanatic, but tends to keep this to herself. She has read the books several times over, and will be waiting in line for the newest one.
    45. The inside of her car is very messy.
    46. She secretly wants a Minivan.
    47. She can be quite gullible at times, and once thought that most if not all people were virgins before they got married, as she was.
    48. She only kissed two other guys before she got married.
    49. She must drink out of a cup, refusing to drink out of the can.
    50. She doesn’t like to play board or card games.
    51. She was the mascot in high school, and you should see the pictures.
    52. She collects miniature statues of national and international monuments representing places she has been.
    53. She is very uncompetitive, and content with where she has made it, and the direction she is going.
    54. She is very unselfish, always thinking about others before herself.
    55. She gets very frustrated with people that are not considerate and forget that there are others around them.
    56. She would make a good therapist or nurse. She continues to bring up the idea to return to school to become a nurse.
    57. She “does not listen” when she is watching T.V. but gets frustrated at me when I’m working on a personal project and don’t hear what she tells me.
    58. She is a night owl, and would rather stay up late, then get up early.
    59. She likes to sleep.
    60. She likes tomato soup, sushi, and crab legs, not at the same time, just a few of her favorite food items.
    61. She is good at trivia games, and loves pop culture crossword puzzles.
    62. She loves rainbow sherbet, and wants to know what it’s made of.
    63. She is very fearful of failure.
    64. She continues to live in the same town she grew up in, and just recently accepted that she still does.
    65. She has traveled and studied abroad in Europe, venturing out all on her own.
    66. She doesn’t like to camp or hike.
    67. She gave me an airline ticket she had won and told my brother and me to go to Alaska, we did, and it was amazing.
    68. She does not exercise, and doesn’t like to think about it.
    69. She really wants to attend church on a weekly basis.
    70. She really does not want to attend church on a weekly basis.
    71. She will never work for a Christian run company again, well that is if she has any say in it, and doesn’t think that “Christian” and “Business” are a good mixture.
    72. She believes that it’s the irrational and overly emotional women that cause problems in the work setting.
    73. She has written several children’s books that she doesn’t let many people see.
    74. When the toilet paper runs out she doesn’t seem to get the idea that there is a special holder on the wall, and believes the bathroom counter works just fine.
    75. She doesn’t like to cook.
    76. When she is working on a scrapbook project it looks like a tornado has run through our house.
    77. She prays a lot, but doesn’t read her Bible much.
    78. She would rather read a non-fiction book, than a fictional book, unless it’s Harry Potter.
    79. She requests that I bring a cup of water with ice to her bed side nightly, and has a strange obsession with collecting as many of these empty cups as she can in her bathroom.
    80. She is the only person in the world that can kiss her elbow.
    81. She has a very neatly organized library of children’s books, and she won’t let children touch the books. (Ok, I’m lying, she really doesn’t care if the kids touch the books, but they must be highly supervised.)
    82. She starts many projects that she never finishes, but plans to finish someday, so they are all boxed up and taking up space.
    83. She likes to hang out with people that dress up in Star Wars costumes, and had a hay day checking out all the “hot guys” at ComicCon last year in San Diego.
    84. She drinks lots and lots of milk.
    85. She has no secrets; at least that’s what she told me when asking what I would send in if I was going to send a postcard to PostSecret.
    86. Directly after she criticized me for my grammar and spelling, three people pointed out spelling/grammar issues on a blog post she made.
    87. She likes to jump on our bed naked.
    88. She is loyal; once she is on your side, she is on your side.
    89. She hates it when I take the “Simpson’s” steering wheel cover off her car’s steering wheel when I drive her car.
    90. If she won a million dollars I believe she would give it to someone who really needed it.
    91. She hates any kind of monetary debt, it drives her crazy and she constantly worries about it.
    92. She becomes very irrational when she is tired.
    93. She spends more money on “cats”, “baby” and “craft” stuff than I will ever be able to on computer/technology equipment, but she won’t admit this.
    94. She never accepts what’s on a restaurants menu, and always request something special when ordering.
    95. She is not afraid to complain when something is not the way she wants it in the consumer setting.
    96. She really can’t kiss her elbow, but I bet you tried to kiss yours.
    97. She often commits to things she doesn’t want to commit to.
    98. She is very spontaneous and unpredictable, and I never get bored being with her.
    99. She has learned not to interact with me in the morning until after I’ve had a least two cups of coffee.
    100. She is the perfect wife, mother, and friend, and I’m darn lucky that I swept her off her feet when I did.
    100 b. Oh, by the way, she really doesn't jump on her bed naked, but I have a strange suspiscion that she has been thinking about doing it lately. I'll let you know what happens.