Twenty-Five Things About Me

Poor little Ephraim has been a sick little boy for a couple of days now.  His fever spikes in the evening, and he's been staying up and whining and fussing all night long.  I haven't had the presence of mind to compose a blog because I am so sleep deprived.  So ... I'll post a list about myself that I was asked to create for Facebook.  It was HARD to come up with twenty-five unique things about myself!  I guess I'm a pretty boring person. 

1.  I was adopted.

2.  I have four children who were adopted.

3.  My children were born on three different continents.

4.  I belonged to the Auburn skydiving team in college.

5.  My husband, Ben, and I met because I had the measles while in college.  Because of an outbreak, all the infected students were placed in isolation in the infirmary, and I missed the last two weeks of class, including finals.  I called Ben's mother, who is a math professor, to tutor me over Christmas break.  The rest is history! 

6.  I am left handed.

7.  I have twelve children.

8.  I have home schooled since 1986.

9.  My husband and I have been married more than half our lives.  We met when we were 18 years old and married when we were 20 and 21.

10.  I was named for my parents' high school principal.  While growing up, I knew several boys named Stacey, but I didn't meet another girl until college.    

11.  Several of my grandparents' great-grandchildren are older than me.

12.  My oldest daughter and I were pregnant at the same time.

13.  My youngest son is 4 1/2 years younger than my granddaughter.

14.  I was on the gymnastics and diving teams in junior and senior high school.  

15.  I am addicted to the show, "Brothers and Sisters".

16.  I love to read and can't put a book down once I start it.

17.  I wanted to be a veterinarian when I grew up.

18.  I have a bachelors' degree in business education and a minor in English.

19.  I have traveled to five countries:  Canada, Guatemala, Russia, Vietnam and Aruba.

20.  I have never lived out of the south: Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.

21.  I love to bicycle and ride about 30 miles a week in good weather.

22.  I go to yoga class twice a week.

23.  We haven't had either cable or satellite for over ten years.

24.  Once the TV signals convert to digital we won't have any TV reception.  Yea!!  

25.  I have one child in graduate school and one who is too young for preschool.