27 years of me

It's my birthday and I'll cry if I want to. And really, I kind of feel like shedding a tear or two. 27 just feels old to me, wah wah. It's an odd, in-between age and I'll admit I like 25 a lot better. Despite all that, I'm so excited to find out what my 27th year of life has in store for me!

In honor of my birthday, I'm going to share 27 random facts about me for your reading pleasure. Lucky you ;)

me back in 1989 at around two and half

remind you of anyone?

one | I like cookies

two | I only wash my hair three times a week

three | cooking and baking have become favorite activities as I've gotten older

four | Public Radio is on nearly all day every day in my house

five | watching my chickens scratch around their yard relaxes me and always puts me in a better mood

six | I play piano, french horn, trumpet, and guitar and I sang in choir in high school

seven | speaking of music, my 'comfort' music that I can always listen to includes Simon & Garfunkel, John Denver, Jewel, Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, Loreena McKennitt, and Ray Lamontagne.

eight | I've never lived outside of Alaska

nine | I've never been east of Michigan (but I want to!)

ten | Alaska, Canada, Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana - all the states I've visited.

eleven | I have at least three times as many books as clothes

twelve | X Files is my guilty pleasure right now and I'm always trying to squeeze one or two in during naptime

thirteen | I may or may not have a crush on Agent Mulder

fourteen | I don't have cable tv, just bunny ears

fifteen | I lived without running water in my cabin for a year in college

sixteen | high school sports: cross-country skiing and cross-country running

seventeen | I spend two to four hours outside nearly every single day

eighteen | bangs are my thing, I've always had them

nineteen | I can't stand when my fingernails are longer than my fingertips and I always have nail clippers with me just in case

twenty | I wish I could draw and paint well but I'm pretty much horrible at both

twenty-one | I love houseplants and am slowly adding more and more to our space

twenty-two | spring, summer, fall, and winter are my favorite season ;)

twenty-three | I lied on my vision test when I was little because I wanted glasses

twenty-four | my favorite books when I was a kid were the Emily of New Moon series by L.M. Montgomery

twenty-five | since having Riggs I'm the lightest sleeper ever

twenty-six | I've never broken a bone

twenty-seven | I still feel like I'm 19 years old, what happened?