As I celebrate my 35th birthday this week, I thought I would post 35 things you may or may not know…

1. I am a natural blonde. I have never colored my hair – even in my rebellious teens!
2. I love the C has the same hair as I do, although, as he gets older, he’ll probably not like it…
3. I am a hard person to be friends with – I can be moody, stand-offish, or competitive at times.
4. On the other hand, I am also loyal, I know how to have fun and I love to make people laugh.
5. I like to send people “real” mail.
6. I love dogs. I really want either a cocker spaniel or bulldog someday.
7. I still miss my Moo. I think about her almost everyday.
8. I love being a mom, I seriously love being a mom to 2 boys.
9. The hubs and I have been together 13, married almost 10. He is still my best friend.
10. I love to scrapbook. Capturing the memories for my kids makes me happy.
11. I have a strange addiction to scrapbook paper.
12. I love to read. Currently, I am addicted to teen vampire novels.
13. I love to take photos.
14. I want to improve my photography this year.
15. I set goals for myself each year, but I don’t talk about them very often.
16. I secretly love to go running if I feel like I have been sitting around all day or cooped up in an office. The act of pounding the pavement with my tunes is such a stress-reliever.
17. I never thought I would think that about running.
18. This is another one of those secret goals that I don’t talk about – I want to improve my running distance and skills this year.
19. But I won’t run if it is rainy or too cold. I’m not that into running (yet).
20. My favorite wine right now is Pinot Noir.
21. A great night to me would include wine, chatting and laughing with friends.
22. I love the spring and summer.
23. I would rather be hot than cold.
24. I wish I could work part time in the summer so I would have more time to play with the boys.
25. I love to take walks with them.
26. I am determined this summer to get us out hiking around MD. ((secret goal alert))
27. I think my son is pretty smart and am so glad that he is (finally) settling into school and working well in his class.
28. I think my friends are pretty cool. I wish I lived closer to some!
29. I am not the best of saying this to my far-flung friends, but I hope they know how much we miss them!
30. I love Athens. I am glad J doesn’t mind taking me there when we visit Atlanta.
31. I can’t wait to finish the basement and make it a GA room – A UGA room filled with my UGA pics, actually…
32. There will be some BLUE in it somewhere.
33. I still can’t believe I am in my mid-30′s. I thought it would be different than this somehow, although, now that I am here, I wouldn’t change a thing.
34. Well, maybe a few things – more time, less work, but overall, love the spot I am in.
35. I love to sleep.

Welcome 35, I guess I am ready for you!