As a way to introduce myself (and a way to figure out if you would be wasting your time by reading my blog…or if it’s going straight to your Favorites page and you obsessively check it to see if its been updated..hehe), I thought this would be a good first blog. I present 100 factoids about myself:
1) I am a stickler for grammar and spelling, other than the fact that I constantly use “……..”. (UPDATE — my mom, the punctuation and grammar queen approves the use of this method so I can go on using it without cringing each time)
2) My dog’s name is Kizzie, short for Kismet.
3) I live in the Kansas.
4) My boyfriend, Malcom, lives in Arizona.
5) Birthday – 8/11/81…feel free to send chocolate.
6) My parents own a bait shop and a water garden shop. Link to come soon.
7) I am the oldest of two…my sister lives in KC and is wickedly smart.
I will be moving to Arizona on June 30 when Malcom and I have saved up enough money.
9) I make my decisions based on emotion, while I am in love with a man who is rational to a fault (see #9).
10) I am horrible about managing money and therefore am perpetually broke.
11) I cannot drink coffee without hazelnut creamer.
12) I am a skinny girl trapped in a fat girl’s body.
13) I own a Bowflex that I must force myself kicking and screaming to use.
14) At one point, I walked up to six miles daily. I am working back up to it.
15) I’m obsessed with “crime” tv shows — Law and Order (all of them, except for Criminal Intent, because that whackjob cop drives me crazy), all of the CSI’s, Criminal Minds, Without a Trace, and Cold Case are among my favorites.
16) I work with crazy people to help them find employment.
17) I have two closets and two dressers jam-packed full of clothes…most of which I do not wear.
18) My parents have been divorced since I was very young and I like it better that way.
19) I tend to gravitate toward junk food for breakfast.
20) I am an obsessive, neurotic, control-freak (is there really a hyphen there?). (UPDATE — Mom says there is not)
21) I like to talk on the phone and have my cell with me constantly.
22) I meditate 30 minutes daily…no matter what.
23) I don’t have a favorite food…I like it all. 
24) I don’t care for onions or celery.
25) I will not eat stuffing under any circumstance. Wet bread? C’mon now people.
26) I went to college at an uppity private school in Kansas City.
27) I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.
28) I spoil my dog.
29) I get up super-early but like to take an afternoon nap.
30) My pet peeve — slow/bad/old/young/psycho drivers. I have a touch of road rage.
31) I sing songs to my dog.
32) My favorite blogs are Dooce.com and iprettymuchhateeverything.com.
33) I have inherited an obsession with the weather forecast from my stepdad.
34) I spend too much money on my hair and haircare products.
35) I am growing up to be my mother and it drives me crazy and I’ve been working on that in therapy.
36) I do not want to have kids, but I think I’d make a great aunt.
37) I have a habit of going to bed and waking up in the morning in my recliner.
38) I use a full-spectrum lamp to ward off depression in the winter.
39) I have bipolar disorder and have accepted the fact that I’m still crazy around the edges, even with medication.
40) I have little patience for the elderly.
41) I have been known to call 911 on people that I don’t know…mostly when they leave their children in un-airconditioned cars with the windows rolled up in the summer.
42) I actually used to call 911 quite frequently when I was a case manager.
43) I use my sick-time at work to take mental-health days.
44) I would rather shower than take a bath.
45) I have never sold my plasma and never will.
46) I am annoyed by slow typers.
47) A six-pack of beer might last me two months.
48) My user name means Rosie Smarty Pants, not Rosie’s Mr. Tie Pants.
49) This is my first attempt at a blog.
50) I take 23 pills per day to manage my bipolar disorder/PTSD/anxiety. Yes, I really do need that many. Don’t bother leaving me a comment about it.
51) I enjoy grocery shopping.
52) I don’t like clutter.
53) I subscribe to three magazines and am about four months behind on reading them.
54) I think Walmart serves a purpose, but I don’t like to go there.
55) I have to eat my food in a certain order and it can’t touch.
56) I don’t get to spend as much time with my sister as I’d like.
57) I have gained 50# in the last six months and my doctor told me to lose weight immediately or die. How’s that for motivation?
58) I refuse to sleep naked. What if there’s a fire or someone breaks in?
59) I do not follow the celebrity trauma-drama.
60) My sister and mother are much better at cooking than I am.
61) I am a good pet-sitter.
62) I smoke even though I have to use an inhaler.
63) Malcom and I “kiss” over the phone…every phone call.
64) I have a great unwarranted fear of being fired.
65) I piss people off by calling them too early in the morning.
66) I’m a huge procrastinator.
67) I shave as infrequently as possible. My rationalization — Malcom is three states away and the hair on my legs is blonde.
68) Malcom and I have been together since December 2004 and he left for Arizona in April 2006.
69) I go over my cell phone minutes every month, even though I get 1500/month.
70) My glasses are blue.
71) I’m glad high school and college are over with.
72) I’m a homebody.
73) I haven’t been to the movies since Malcom moved. I have been to the movies once or twice with my sister and her boyfriend, Kyle, since Malcom moved…Harry Potter, I do believe.
74) I always wash my dishes right after I eat.
75) I come home and clean over my lunch hour.
76) I sleep on flannel sheets year-round.
77) I sometimes fall asleep with a lit cigarette in my hand.
78) I put spray butter and salt on almost everything.
79) I don’t like rap in general, but I have several rap CD’s that I like.
80) My favorite, most-underrated band is Everclear.
81) My house is full of hand-me-down and antique furniture.
82) I have never been good at taking pictures.
83) I have no problem with peeing on the side of the road during a roadtrip.
84) I tend to say exactly what I think.
85) I give good “get your shit together” pep talks.
86) I don’t like to drive in the dark.
87) I don’t play the lottery.
88) I have my BA in Psychology.
89) My favorite cookie is white chocolate macademia nut.
90) Malcom gave me a strain of athelete’s foot that will just not go away.
91) Nothing bothers me more than a dirty kitchen.
92) My dog’s food and water are in the living room. This drives my mother crazy.
93) I am constantly drinking something…and I don’t mean alcohol.
94) I have to pee at least once an hour (see #93).
95) I buy expensive toilet paper.
96) I constantly buy more groceries than I can eat and end up throwing a lot of it away because it goes bad.
97) I do not consider myself “green” although I think its a good idea. I’m lazy when it comes to stuff like that.
98) I receive most of my world/political news from Malcom because he is a news junkie.
99) I must have horseradish sauce in my refrigerator at all times.
100) This was hard to write.
Thanks for stopping by my blog…I really like reading your perspective on things, which is why I added you to my blogroll so I can start from the beginning and catch up with you…also I see I am not the only one that gets a kick out of keeping up with the stats page, especially the one that tells you the search terms people used to find you, sometimes they can be really bizarre!!
I found your blog while searching through random blogs, and I like your wit.
I also have bipolar, anxiety, and am on meds…it’s scary knowing you have take meds for the rest of your life but if they work with minimal side effects it’s not too bad.
I haven’t read all of your posts, too many to read in one sitting, but so far I’m enjoying them. And I can relate to a lot of what you’re saying. I started blogging as a way to vent, to figure things out, etc…and hopefully someone will find they can relate to my blog (which is much newer than yours).
I am going to have to check out my stats page now…lol