100 things about Don

Since this blog is supposed to be random stuff about the Osborns, here are 100 things about Don...

1. His full name is Donald Edward Osborn, Jr.
2. He was born November 16, 1967 in Denver, CO
3. He doesn't seem to care that he is turning 40 this year
4. He lived in Snyder, TX from the time he was three until he left for college
5. He still has remnants of his once thick west Texas accent
6. He took nine years of piano
7. He now only plays the beginning of "The Entertainer" and a variety of chords
8. He played the drums and was in the marching band
9. He played the washboard last year in a musical skit
10. He had a curly perm in high school
11. He also had a gold chain
12. He HATES when his wife reminds him of that and tells all their friends and shows pictures
13. He is super smart and graduated number three in his high school class
14. He played tennis, basketball, football, and baseball
15. He was a pitcher
16. He was accepted into the University of Texas in Austin
17. He went to the Naval Academy, instead
18. His degree is in Aerospace Engineering
19. He traveled many places playing club ultimate frisbee
19. He was a Naval Flight Officer (NFO) in the Navy for nine years
20. He now flies a desk, rather than in a plane
21. His favorite dessert is Mississippi Mud Cake
22. He always orders Alice Springs Chicken when he goes to Outback
23. He doesn't like peaches
24. He likes his sushi battered and fried
25. He loves chicken fried steak and cream gravy
26. He drinks his coffee black
27. He drinks his iced tea unsweetened and without lemon
28. He grows herbs on the back porch
29. He had a non-malignant skin cancer removed three years ago
30. He is now better about wearing sunscreen
31. He likes to solve Sudoku puzzles, crossword puzzles, and logic problems
32. He used to be able to solve the Rubik's Cube with his feet
33. He wears a size 13 shoe
34. He listens to bluegrass and folk music
35. He learned the Electric Slide on Oprah
36. He learned the Macarena in Ecuador
37. He tests as an INTJ on the Myers Briggs test
38. He has lived in Pensacola and Jacksonville Florida
39. He likes to snow ski and isn't great at waterskiing
40. He loves to golf
41. He has never had a hole in one
42. His writing is so small you nearly need a magnifying glass to read it
43. He is right-handed but holds his pencil like he is left-handed
44. His favorite movie is Raising Arizona
45. He likes to cook
46. He's convinced he does not have allergies
47. He would like to hike the Appalachian Trail
48. He dreams of an exotic vacation to Fiji or Tahiti
49. He will create an Excel spreadsheet on the fly for just about anything
50. He reads the newspaper every day
51. He is in a Fantasy Football league
52. He has been to China twice
53. He was deployed to Sicily once
54. He was deployed to Puerto Rico twice
55. He has been to Greenland
56. He has been to Israel
57. He got in trouble in college for giving his roommate a haircut
58. He paid cash for his first car which was over $5000
59. He made the bulk of his money mowing lawns
60. He is a hard worker
61. He believes sooner or later everyone will have the same last name
62. He is quiet
63. He is generous
64. He can leave Listerine in his mouth for many minutes before spitting it out
65. He does not like the sound of people filing their nails
66. He is a Dallas Cowboys fan
67. He marched in the first President Bush's inaugural parade in 1989
68. He likes to go camping
69. He likes the weather and was once an avid Weather Channel watcher
70. He finished his course work for a Master's degree but not his thesis
71. He does not drink milk
72. He does not like mustard
73. He loves honey
74. He prefers mac & cheese out of a box instead of baked from scratch
75. He picks up money off the ground--even pennies
76. He is strong, yet sensitive
77. He cried during the last episode of M*A*S*H
78. He likes to sing
79. He used to have a BMW
80. He now drives a Ford Explorer
81. He is a fast eater
82. He completely cleans his plate
83. He has dressed up as Greg Brady for Halloween
84. He has dressed up as the Indian from the Village People for Halloween
85. He irons shirts the same way every time
86. He resists change in the way he dresses
87. He will eat Subway sandwiches each day but let lunchmeat rot in the fridge at home
88. He does not like the sides of his knees to be touched
89. He lived under the same roof as NBA legend David Robinson in 1986 and 1987
90. He is patient
91. He is slow to anger
92. He once had a cow named Freddy
93. He sent a single red rose to me after our first date
94. He enjoys spicy food
95. He is 1/8 Italian
96. He loves to watch White Christmas during the holidays
97. He is a GREAT husband
98. He is a GREAT daddy
99. He is a man of integrity
100. He is going to hate that I put together this list!