100 Things About Janet (according to Marilee and Julie who wrote them unbeknownst to Janet)

Marilee and I have had so much fun reading and writing 100 things about everyone that we decided to hack into Mom's blog and write 100 things about her. ps to mom--mix up your passwords a bit! Hacking this was way too easy!

1. She is Nana to her grandkids
2. She has 22 grandkids
3. She has gone under the knife for a little nip and tuck a few times (with quite fabulous results)
4. She has new boobs (smaller, not bigger)
5. When she was 16 she was in a serious car accident
6. She broke her leg and had to be in a body cast for 6 months (we think)
7. Her boyfriend's name in high school was Bill
8. Strangely enough, her father's name is also Bill
9. Her husband's name is Donald
10. She's lived in California, Utah, Milwaukee, Calgary, Haiti and back to Calgary
11. She had a house in Arizona
12. She sold her house in Arizona to buy one in California
13. She likes it there a lot
14. She is super talented
15. She did everyone's hair for Julie's high school musical every night for 5 nights.
16. She did Julie Fraser Miller, Julie Brinkerhoff and Heather Empey's hair for their weddings
17. She made Julie Fraser Miller's wedding dress
18. She made Julie Brinkerhoff's grad dress
19. She makes THE BEST stuffing at Thanksgiving and Christmas
20. Thanksgiving before last she entered a contest against her sister to see who makes the best stuffing. Janet won!
21. Her passion is travel
22. She's been to China
23. Australia
24. New Zealand
25. England
26. Scotland
27. Ireland
28. Italy
29. Greece
30. She goes to Hawaii twice a year
31. She sucks (just kidding)
32. She is the best post pardum helper around
33. She was an AWESOME teenager mom
34. When she was an early morning seminary teacher she slipped and fell walking across the gym and landed on her butt with her skirt up around her waist.
35. Julie wanted her to go away when she was in labor with Brady cause she was 2 inches across from Julie's face trying to get her to breathe "properly." Janet would say this is an exaggeration on Julie's part and that she was about 2 feet away from Julie's face but Julie knows this is a lie. PS--Marilee, who was there, will vouch for Julie on this one.
36. She went to BYU
37. She didn't finish the first time she was there but later went back to finish her degree.
38. Her best friend from BYU is Marjane Ellison Christofferson
39. Ryan and Marilee married 2 of Marjane's kids, Nicole and Adam
40. She met Don at BYU
41. He told her that even if she was the last woman alive he wouldn't marry her
42. Those were famous last words.
43. Even though she's lived in Canada for over 30 years she still HATES the cold.
44. She used to consider our friends when grocery shopping. She would buy our friends the food they liked.
45. She has had acrylic nails for 30 years.
46. She's had variations of the same hairstyle for over 30 years.
47. In the last few years she has successfully kept off about 90 pounds that crept up on her slowly, would go away for a while and then would come back again. Good job Mom!!!!
48. She tries really hard to not be like her mother but sometimes it doesn't work. Good thing we love her mother
49. Her motto for hotels is "if its not as nice as my house why would I want to stay there."
50. Janet's idea of camping accomodations starts with an 'Mar' and ends with an 'iott'
51. She's a GREAT interior decorator
52. Sometimes she overdoes the plants though
53. She signed up for an interior decorating class but was diagnosed with Breast Cancer so she couldn't do it.
54. She is 6 years cancer free!!!! WOO HOO!!!
55. We learned during her chemo that she has a perfectly round head
56. She also has white white hair.
57. She thought she looked like a q-tip when her hair was growing in after her cancer treatments.
58. We talked her into finally dying her hair after it grew back in so she did and then felt like a dirty q-tip.
59. Her hair grew in curly and she said in addition to looking like a q-tip she felt like Nana and Una after a fresh perm.
60. She has neither confirmed nor denied that Heather is her favorite child.
61. When Dad's in a foul mood she knows just what to say.
62. Every vacation we've ever gone on there has been an argument about what direction we are travelling between her and dad. Mom is usually right. Perhaps Julie gets her poor sense of direction from her father???
63. Her favorite desserts are Key Lime Pie and anything Chocolate.
64. She has 2 sisters and 1 brother
65. Growing up her family had a foster boy named Jamerson. He was Native American (gotta keep it p.c.)
66. When she's with her girls she likes to shop (and we do too)
67. When she's alone she likes to shop
68. Nothing beats a good day at the spa as far as she's concerned
69. Wait, that's wrong...nothing beats a good morning at the spa, followed by a day by the pool with a good book and a lava flow. To make the day complete, just throw in a trip to the outlets and dinner at Roy's. (please refer to #30)
70. She is taking her daughters to Hawaii for a girls week in November!!!!!!! We can't wait!
71. She is the most generous person we know!
72. She LOVES the Town and Country she drives when at her house in California (please refer to #48)
73. She does not love animals, except for Ruffles
74. When Ryan was on his mission, his mission president called home and talked to the housekeeper Gemma. Gemma told him to call back in 15 minutes and called mom to tell her to get her booty home. While she was scurrying out of the bank, she fell down the stairs and broke her ankle but didn't know it until hours later.
75. She blew out her knee skiing in vail
76. She LOVES her some BYU football
77. Actually she loves all football
78. When Marilee was the coach of a Junior High basketball team, Janet and Ryan came to a game where Janet yelled so loud she almost got herself booted out. Ryan actually DID get himself booted out!
79. She loves basketball
80. She cried her fool head off for hours when her and Dad got their mission call to Haiti.
81. She thought she was going to be called to France.
82. She was actually hoping for Tahiti
83. She planned, with the help of Jenny, 7 weddings in 6 years.
84. The day she got her driver's license she crashed the family station wagon right in front of her high school cause she was driving by and waving at everyone.
85. She loves her family more then anything in the world!
86. She always wanted a big family and got her wish when the Fraser kids joined our family.
87. 9 out of 10 times she will order buffalo wings and a ceasar salad when she goes out to dinner.
88. She was engaged, long distance, for 8 months.
89. Her and Don are going on 37 years this August
90. She shares her wedding anniversary with Ryan and Nicole.
91. She turns 60 this August
92. As teenagers we would pile on her bed every Thursday to watch Beverly Hills 90210
93. When we were growing up and would be out she wouldn't go to bed until we were all home and tucked safely in bed.
94. After she got home from her mission her and Julie took a trip to visit Marilee in California. We decided to go to the mall (of course we did) but had to go in seperate cars. When we got to the mall Marilee drove one way in the parking lot and Janet and Julie went the other. While Janet and Julie were at a stop sign in the parking lot, Marilee drove by and was vigorously waving at Janet and Julie while telling Spencer to wave at Nana and Julie! Janet, not realizing it was Mar and Spencer who were driving by and waving said in a very snotty voice, "hmmm, seems THAT girl thinks she knows us!" To which Julie replied, "Mom, that's Marilee." Needless to say we've laughed very hard over that one!
95. She's got 2 grandkids named after her. Marin Janae and Reece Annelynn.
96. She's got beautiful penmanship
97. Julie's friends Brooke and Alaina call her Janae Millae
98. When she farts she waits forever before admitting it was her.
99. When we call her for advice about our own kids she usually laughs at us and then when she figures out we're seriously frustrated she will give us good advice.
100. She's the best mom in the whole world and we're lucky to have her as our mom. LOVE YOU MOMMA!!!!!!!!


A few honorable mentions that Julie and I have been giggling about tonight are:
1. When mom starts to laugh really hard she sounds like she has Emphysema. Refer to #94 for an example of a time when she got her emphysema laugh on!
2. Mom is, hands down, or up, if you will, the best person to sit next to or in front of on a roller coaster because she laughs like a hyena throughout the whole ride!