Allow Me to Introduce Myself...

Is it weird to be nervous about starting your first blog? Is this the norm? I feel a tremendous amount of pressure to be smart and witty before I click "publish post" and I'm just not sure if I can deliver 100% of the time. Okay, deep breaths....here we go...

I guess I'll start out by telling you a little bit about myself:

Random Stuff About Me

1 - I'm a happily married, thirty-something female
2 - I don't like mustard or spiders
3 - I love rollercoasters
4 - I am addicted to my IPOD-(I think that if I was on my way to work and discovered that I left it at home, I would probably turn my car around).
5 - I like the mysterious feeling of overcast days--especially right before a thunderstorm--it makes me want to sit on a front porch somewhere
6 - I love the melancholy feeling I get when I listen to the song Bell Bottom Blues by Eric Clapton
7 - I've just recently discovered that I like pickled okra
8 - I still remember the list of prepositions that I memorized alphabetically in grade school
9 - Being greeted by a happy dog is one of the greatest things ever
10 - I could spend hours browsing in Target--I love that place
11 - I love Star Wars and everything that goes along with it more than any 30-something female should--I'm a bit of a freak (yes, I've worn my hair like Princess Leia already)
12 - I'm the youngest of 6 kids
13 - Deep down I sometimes wonder if I'm ever going to feel like a "grown up"
14 - I had a pet snake (python) when I was growing up
15 - I love cheap, drug-store beauty products
16 - Most nights, after I turn the light off, I feel the need to turn it back on and check my alarm even though I know I've set it
17 - I don't like drinking out of a glass that doesn't have condensation on it--the feeling of the dry glass against my fingers is like nails on a chalkboard
18 - I am one of the few people I know who takes no prescription drugs regularly--for anything
19 - I used to have a pet goat named Cindy
20 - Shows I watch regularly: 24, American Idol, Lost, The Bachelor, The Office
21 - I love scary movies, haunted houses, Halloween and everything that goes along with it
22 - I have actually had a happy childhood and don't blame any of my problems on my parents
23 - I have 2 dogs (greyhounds) and one of them freaks out and barks whenever "Take Me Home" by Phil Collins comes on the stereo--no other song gets that kind of reaction from him--and I laugh till I cry every time it happens
24 - I was at the taping of the Whitney Houston video "So Emotional" when I was a teen
25 - I love all sorts of magazines and I have trouble throwing them away after I've read them
26 - I'm insecure about a lot of things
27 - I love a good steak dinner and a glass of red wine
28 - I really want to know why God made dinosaurs
29 - I like the way Levi's jeans fit
30 - I love watching people in an airport and wondering what their stories are

Okay, enough about me...for now. However, I am still fearful of clicking "publish"....ok...here goes nothing....