Tomorrow I turn 30, 30! I thought it would be fun to share 30 random, and not so well known facts about this soon to be 30 year-old…

1. I have one middle name…. It’s Marie, I had 2 grandmothers named Martha and Mary, so my parents gave me the middle name Marie to keep them happy. It’s cool though, because Agnes is now named after me.
2. I learned to do my own laundry at the age of 10, so that means I have been doing laundry for 2 decades! If I washed 2 loads a week for 2 decades that means I have done about 2,080 loads of laundry. It is probably way more because now I have 3 kids that require a lot of clothes.
3. I have moved 6 times to a new home in my lifetime. We have also bought 3 houses, out of those 6 moves.
4. I have had 8 grown-up jobs in my life. A few of those jobs were: Bank Manager, Exercise Instructor, and Loan Processor. I have the best job now as a Wife and Mother.
5. 20 years ago, I stopped dance classes. I was in Tap, Jazz, Ballet, and Gymnastics, and still clumsy.
6. I moved out when I was 19, and bought my first house.
7. I got my first migraine when I was 10 years old, I still remember it. That also means I have been getting migraines for 2 decades…
8. When I was 14, I became a vegetarian, then I stopped when I was 17. I became a vegetarian again at 19, and then stopped again when I got engaged to my hubby James. I’m now revisiting vegetarianism.
9. I dyed my hair for the first time at age 6. It was pink, and the only way that my mom could get me to go to school.
10. I have one brother, Rob. He is probably the coolest person on the planet.
11. I had my first cup of coffee at age 7, thanks to my Nana and Papa. So that means I have been a coffee drinker for 23 years.
12. I got my Tongue pierced at the age of 17, that one made my mom pretty mad.
13. I don’t have any tattoos, but I want a few.
14. I love Sushi, but I don’t live anywhere close to a good Sushi place.
15. I hope to one day photograph a Super-cell Storm. I’m kinda a weather-nerd.
16. I have a sweet-tooth, a really really really bad sweet tooth.
17. I only really learned how to bake about 3 years ago. When James met me I didn’t even own an oven. Now I’m obsessed with cooking, and hope to one day have a bakery, or a dessert catering service.
18. 15 years ago, I was in my very first band, a little 3-piece rock band. I played bass, and who knew that 5 years later, it would lead me to my hubby.
19. I have a lot of strange phobias… I can’t sleep in a car, and I used to be afraid of kitchen knives.
20. I love to photograph buildings, and I am obsessed with all forms of architecture. I hope to one day live in a big city with lots of skyscrapers, so I never run out of pictures to take.
21. My eyes are two different colors. My left eye is green, and my right eye is brown.
22. I love cookbooks, but I rarely use them. I have a pretty decent collection of them though.
23. I also love to collect coffee cups. My hubby gets to travel with his job, so I always ask for a coffee cup from wherever he is traveling to.
24. I love to play video games… I’m a bit of a gamer-geek.
25. I love Football and NASCAR! That’s what happens when you live in a house full of boys.
26. I’m not a dog person at all, it’s cats only for me.
27. I have this weird habit of growing my hair really long, and then chopping it all off. The last time I did this, I donated my hair to Locks of Love.
28. I love airports, but I’m scared of airplanes.
29. I hope to move to a new location a few more times in my life, I love a change of scenery.
30. I love the fact that in a decade, I’m a completely different person… I wonder what the next 10 years will bring?