My 100th post

1. I was born Nicole Francene Young- April 22, 1974

2. I am the youngest of three

3. I have an older brother, Tommy

4. I have an older sister, Kelly

5. I was born with my left knee inverted and the doctors told my parents I was "deformed". Wow. Bedside manner has come a long way. Well, in most cases it has.

6. I'm a mutt. On my Father's side- Chinese and Spanish and on my Mother's side- French, German and Dutch

7. I am married (11-05-05)to the most wonderful man in the world, Nathan Carmines

8. We have a dog, Zeta. She's part Border Collie and part Australian Shepherd

9. We have 3 sweet nieces....Kelsey-10; Lacey 8; and Ashley 6


10. We don't have any children yet but do want a family


11. I love Opera, Broadway, the Symphony just about everything in the theater


12. My favorite Broadway shows are: The Lion King, Les Miserables and Avenue Q


13. My favorite Operas are: Carmen, La Boheme and The Barber of Seville


14. I love to sing


15. I graduated from The University of Texas at San Antonio with a music ed degree in choral conducting


16. While at UTSA I sang. A lot! I took 5 years of voice lessons with a GREAT teacher, Dianna Allan.


17. I also sang in the Concert Choir and the Madrigal Singers and toured all over Texas, a little in Mexico and Brazil


18. I still sing today mostly at church.


19. I taught choir for 2 years before I took my current job.


20. I am a Christian


21. I am the Director of Children's Ministries at Concordia Lutheran Church


22. I am serving in the church where I was baptized, confirmed and married. My parents were married at Concordia and so was my sister.

23. I ran a 1/2 marathon on 2007

24. I'm running my second 1/2 marathon Nov. 16th

25. I have not been training seriously, yet! We're going to get our butts in gear soon!!

26. I played tennis in highschool

27. I'm not very athletic or coordinated

28. I have 2 living grandparents. Both of my grandmas....Irene and Frances

29. I love to travel

30. The furthest I've traveled is to Australia

31. I'm an AOII (Alpha Omicron Pi)

32. I'm an SAI (Sigma Alpha Iota)

33. I love not wearing shoes

34. I wear contacts or glasses and I'm just about blind without them

35. I started wearing glasses in the 5th grade and I hated them!

36. I enjoy scuba diving

37. I enjoy taking naps

38. My favorite thing to do is drink a cold beer on a beautiful beach in the hot, hot sun

39. The job I've loved the most is my current one

40. The job I've loved the least was at West Telemarketing. I made outbound calls to people and tried to convince them to sign up for a new credit card.

41. I tan very easily

42. My hair color is natural

43. I plan the biggest event our church has and it stresses me out- big time

44. I love Hallmark ornaments and collect them like my sister, my Mom, my Aunt Patsy and my Mamo

45. I love getting pedicures and massages

46. I'm getting a massage tomorrow with my good friend, Michelle

47. I'm not a naturally organized person. If you ever stumble on something that's organized in my life, it took a lot of work and effort.

48. I grew up playing Yahtzee and Uno with my family

49. The person I admire the most is a tie between my sister and my Mom

50. I love going to the movies with my husband

51. I severed my ACL in my right knee in college while skiing. My friends told me, "Don't take a lesson, we'll show you!!"

52. Everytime I go skiing now I always take a lesson

53. My husband can ski really well so we don't spend a lot of time "together" while in Colorado.

54. I am blessed to have really great friends

55. My biggest crush was Jon Bon Jovi when I was in middle school

56. I went to New Orleans for my bachelorette party

57. Nathan went to Austin for his and also was surprised with a flying lesson.

58. I've never broken a bone and hope I never do

59. I believe living within your means....very conservatively

60. I just started going to a new chiropractor and TODAY, after going over X-rays with him, he told me that I was born with an abnormality....I have a really long tail bone. I don't know why that makes me laugh but it does!

61. I use a special deoderant (sometimes) because I sweat A LOT under my arms. In fact, when I was teaching I had such a problem with this, I one time used an Always PAD for each armpit and it somehow got out of place. I went to the teacher bathroom to look for it. I ended up taking off my dress in the stall. Couldn't find it! The bell rang so I put my dress back on. Walked out of the stall and there it was...lying right on top of my head. I was doubled over laughing. Thank GOD no one was in there to see.

62. I love taking family vacations with the newer part of my family (my in-laws). They are fun to travel with!

63. My favorite icecream is BlueBell Mint Chocolate Chip

64. I love to play games that take a long time....Phase 10, Rummy-O, to name a couple

65. I love Sushi but only cooked stuff. I'm not that adventurous

66. I wish I'd never quit piano lessons when I was little

67. I want to take dance lessons with Nathan

68. I pick up stray dogs and try to find their owners

69. My favorite alcoholic drink is a dirty vodka martini

70. My favorite regular drink is unsweetened iced tea with lemon. Preferrably in a styrofoam cup

71. My favorite Disney Princess is Ariel

72. My favorite doll was my Tippy Tumbles doll. She did somersaults!

73. I'm totally wierd about my belly button. I don't like for anyone to touch it! I'm afraid that somehow it will penetrate right through to my insides! (Now, I want you to realize that I am aware that people going around and touching each others belly buttons is not a normal thing. I'm mainly speaking of Nathan. Just wanted to clear that up.)

74. I saw the actual OJ Simpson chase in California

75. I auditioned for Deal or No Deal and shared my OJ Simpson chase story

76. I still think he 'did it'.

77. When I was little I wanted to pee standing up, like little boys do.

78. Also, when I was little I used to beg my mom to let me try dog food and dog biscuits.

79. I had a wonderful childhood filled with lots of skating, bike riding, time at the pool and having friends over to play pool and air hockey

80. My first car I drove was a 1967 Buick Skylark and I could fit about 7 friends in it

81. My friends always knew to take me home first because if I missed my curfew, everyone got fussed at by my mom

82. I'm a big procrastinator

83. In high school, sophomore year, I played "Fiona" in our school musical, Brigadoon.

84. My senior year I played "Maria" in Westside Story

85. I sang The National Anthem and our school song for my h.s. graduation

86. I was voted Most Talented in my senior class

87. I was also voted Most Congenial in my senior class

88. I serve on TEAM for our Women's Retreat at church and I love it!!!

89. I hate to see dogs in the back of pick up trucks on highways because I saw one fall out on 281 once. I had to pull over because I was crying and in hysterics.

90. When I give blood, they can never find my vein the first time.

91. I have one tattoo

92. I want to go to Schlitterbahn sooooooo bad but it's a small fortune for a daily pass!

93. I love summertime after VBS

94. I love mushrooms and onions on almost everything

95. At Luby's I always get fried fish, mac 'n cheese and green beans

96. I love to wear dresses and heels

97. My drink at Starbucks is a Grande non-fat Misto with 2 pumps of sugar free vanilla

98. I want to do Yoga but the studio I like is really expensive

99. I love to country dance

100. If I could be any animal it would be a dolphin