1. Hello my name is Esther and I am a Coke addict. Coca-Cola that is.
2. When I was four years old, my dog bit me. I shook my little finger at him and told him that I would never play with him again, and I didn’t. My dad had to get rid of him.
3. At about that age I also liked to eat dirt. I have since been told that when a person craves dirt they are iron deficient, which was probably true of me at the time.
4. Some of my favorite childhood memories include going camping with my dad. We’d make breakfast. Ride horses all day. Then come back to camp and cook supper.
5. I also spent hours on my swing where I pretended I was a queen and owned all the pickles in the land. Who cares about gold or jewels when you can have pickles!
6. Once I found a half eaten pickle on the play ground and I dared my friends to eat it. We split it three ways. Yum!
7. I had friends in the “chola” gang in junior high. They protected me when a girl wanted to beat me up.
9. I went to a boarding high school my freshman year. I cried myself to sleep every night for the first whole month, but didn’t tell my parents because I didn’t want to worry them.
10. I still sleep with a big stuffed teddy bear.
11. I was “Lordship” when “Lordship” was uncool. It’s possible a few of you might get this one!
12. I love to sing, but rarely listen to music.
13. Laughter is my best medicine. I love, love, love to laugh.
14. A daily goal of mine is to do or say something that’ll make Jason laugh. Then my day is complete.
15. I rarely get jokes. Something must be wrong with me. I want to laugh. I really do. I just don’t get it. In fact I told a joke for years because everyone laughed when I told it, but never really got it myself.
16. I hate house plants.
17. My favorite snack is potato chips with cayenne pepper and lime squeezed on them.
18. I am craft challenged.
19. I used to think homeschoolers were crazy. Now I know they are!
20. I don’t enjoy talking unless someone is REALLY listening. So if you think I’m a quiet person that probably says more about you than it does about me. 
21. I would love to travel everywhere and maybe someday I’ll have that opportunity, but if I don’t I know that someday I’ll walk streets of gold…
22. Celebrations at my house growing up meant a big meal at Thanksgiving, a cake and your favoirte meal on birthdays, a big meal, tree and a present or two at Christmas. That’s it. I think maybe that’s the reason that I over do it, just a little!
23. My dad is my hero.
24. I think it’s so fun to hear people talking about me in Spanish when they don’t know I understand. The best is when they’re being rude and I wait till right before I walk away and say something in perfect Spanish. Priceless!
25. I said I’d never make a list like this. I also said I’d never start a blog…
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Hilarious! Queen of pickles, huh? That’s great, you dream whatever you want to dream! I admire someone who can write and be funny doing it. I try, but I’m just not a funny writer. Glad I found you on the UBP!
~ Ferly
Gifts We Use {to grow, love and serve}
I can attest to the fact that HSers are crazy and it is all good.
Been doing it for 17 or so years. 
Swinging by on the UBP tour. Have fun!
Love your list – some of it made me laugh out loud! Love the pickles comment, brings back memories of my little sis and I… we were thrilled to each get a Costco jar of pickles for Christmas one year! Stopping by to say hello from UBP12 – come visit if you have a chance.
http://apalousemom.blogspot.com/2012/04/ultimate-blog-party-2012.html
the chonga gang made me spit out my water! so funny
i think i might love you… especially since i never get jokes either!!
Stopping by from the UBP and laughing hysterically at your list! I’m a Pepsi addict. I don’t like pickles and the thought of someone being a pickle queen cracks me up. I like houseplants but they tend to die in my very presence. It’s sad, really. Glad to get to know you a little and looking forward to reading more – and getting my daily ab workout in!
I too had tiny barely celebrated holidays as a kid and am now trying to overcompensate for them now that I have a kid!
Loved your list! Enjoy the UBP!
Here from the ultimate blog party. So you like food then whatever its for. Dirt is full of iron so you go girl.
Carolyn
Love your list, especially #20! Happy partying.
So glad to meet you! I am following along. Love your list. Can’t wait to read more of your blog. Would love for you to stop by and say hi.
Danielle @ Blissful and Domestic
http://www.blissfulanddomestic.com/2012/04/ultimate-blog-party-2012.html
Hi found you through UBP12! I love this list, especially #20 about being quiet… very good point!
Oh my goodness! I love love love your list! I can relate to quite a few, these are the ones that I related to the most;
1. Hello my name is Esther and I am a Coke addict. Coca-Cola that is.
I totally need an intervention!!
6. Once I found a half eaten pickle on the play ground and I dared my friends to eat it. We split it three ways. Yum!
I was always THAT girl that would do strange things that I got dared to do, even if it was completely unsanitary!
13. Laughter is my best medicine. I love, love, love to laugh.
I do not know where I would be without laughter! I love to laugh too!
Hope you are having a good time at the UBP 2012! Be sure to stop by and say hello. http://www.forgetthedognotthebaby.com
Thanks for commenting on my page! Did you see the new footloose? I did review for it, I really enjoyed it. http://www.mormonmediareviews.com/2011/10/footloose-2011-mormon-movie-review.html
I absolutely love your list! We have a lot in common and you’ve inspired me.
Really fun list AND you made me laugh.
I am hopping over from UBP. Happy party week.
Fondly,
Glenda
#84
Thanks for stopping by from the UBP! I am a Coke addict too. Don’t know what I’d do without it. Probably kill someone…
LOL! I love your list.
Thanks for visiting our blog during the party!!!!
Thanks for coming by Tales from the Motherhood and Confessions of a Former Child Actress. I love your list of facts about yourself! I loved that God used Footloose for your spiritual awakening. That is fantastic. Sorry about the dog bite. I am tight with my dad too – so I love that about you. I am totally craft challenged too. I think we have a lot in common. Except I don’t like any soda.
Nothing wrong with a good – and slightly dirty – pickle! we used to sneak into my grandma’s cold cellar and open the jars and steal more than a few. Imagine her surprise at family Christmas dinner.
I feel I must share a joke with you – don’t worry, even my kids get it:
knock knock
who’s there?
cow go
cow go who?
no, cow go moo!
Please say you’re laughing?
Hi from UBP!
I’m a homeschooling mama too!
Your post is fantastic! I laughed so much. Definitely adding your blog to my “to read” list bookmarks!
Look forward to reading more!
[Apparently, I am very excited today. Look at all those exclamation marks... hehe]
Bwhahaha the last one cracked me up. If someone had told me years ago that I would be blogging I would have looked at them as if they had grown a 3rd eye. I too love to laugh. Pickles are cool, I like pickles. Coming by from UBP..nice to meet ya
Hi from UBP12! Dirty pickles, huh? I suppose if you’re eating the dirt anyway, might as well have a pickle with it.
Your blog is funny. Glad to have stumbled across it. Hope you’re enjoying your week with UBP,
Shala
I’d love to hear more about your boarding school experiences.
And, a world of pickles sounds super yummy to me (as long as they are dill).
Here’s my post: http://www.clevercompass.com/weblog/2012/4/15/ultimate-blog-party-2012.html
Stopping by from the UBP. From one crazy homeschooling Mama to another…rock on.
Oh my! I said I would never do a list.. haha! New follower from UBP!
Hi Esther! Your list was hilarious!!! I’m popping by from UBP2012 to say hi!
Cheers,
Char
http://1epicmom.com
Just dropping by from the UBP! I always enjoy reading your blog. Have a great week!
Hi, Esther! All hail the queen of pickles! (I am something of a pickle geek myself. In fact, this year I’ll be trying to make my own at home, out of my garden).
I wish I had thought of the list idea when I did MY post for UBP12. Yours is pretty cool, made me chuckle more than once.
Cheers!
Great list! I’ve always wanted to know how to understand other languages so that I, too, could eavesdrop when people thought I couldn’t understand.
We homeschool, also, but I never thought they were crazy, since I was homeschooled for 12 years. SO maybe that just makes me crazy from the age of six?
Stopping in from UBP, and so glad I did. That was fun, but I have to say I’m surprised that you don’t laugh at jokes because clearly, you are a very funny person. It’s really quite ironic. In any case, be blessed in all you do (with or without pickles).
I go overboard on Cmas and birthdays too. Maybe it’s because it wasnt that big of a deal when I was little.
and yes, us homeschoolers are a wee bit crazy. Will have to read your post.
Party hopping.
Hello! From one fellow coke addict to another! Enjoyed your list and your blog! Stopping by from blog party 2012
How fun. It’s great to meet you. I hope you’re having a terrific time at this year’s party!
Hi, I’m stopping in from UBP12 & looking forward to reading more
Grisel
http://www.livinglife2itsfullest.com/
Stopped by from the UBP – great list! I especially love that you were Queen of the PIckles. I have a daughter we nicknamed Pickle. (Her sister is Pepper.)
I kind of adore your name. Seriously. And I loved your 25 confessions. I can never come up with 25 things I think are interesting enough for people to know about me. Great job! #UBP12
Love your introductory post!!! I 2 LOVE Diet Coke, said i would NEVER start a blog and we plan to homeschool when our kiddos get old enough…never ever thought I’d say that! Funny how life changes huh? Happy to find you through the #UBP12!
What a fun blog! I love it. My favorite blogs are the ones that make me laugh…and are real. I’m here from UBP but will be returning on my own. !
First things first. I’m a Pepsi fan. I don’t know if we can be blog buddies because of it.
I do love your blog header picture though.. Cute little kids! We will just have to see! Looking forward to reading more of your posts– this one was interesting, in a good way. 
(Found you through UBP 12)
Thanks so much for visiting our blog! Love your list #24 cracked me up!
Good Afternoon Esther, stopping by from the UBP12 to say hello. I loved reading the 25 random things about you. #24 is great!!! We have all been in that situation and glad to see how you reacted….Priceless.
-Emily, Timedog.com
I am still making my way through UBP blogs and enjoyed checking out your blog. I enjoyed reading your u25 things and seeing how God used Footloose to bring you to Himself. It has been wonderful to meet over Christian bloggers. Keep up the great work.
What a great list… I love #25. That’s terrible that you were bit by your dog… good thing your parents got rid of him.
I went to a boarding school for high school also! Where was your school located? Mine was in Oklahoma and I learned about it from my cousins who were also missionary kids from Mexico.
I need to make a list too!
Loved this! If I had been around for the pickle I would have probably asked to split it four ways! Love pickles. ;o) Love your listening point. It is so true. ;o) Love your blog, glad to have found it. Look forward to reading more!
Blessings
Laura