since 30 is fast approaching and most of you darling one’s haven’t known me for the last 29 year and 356 days, i will give a quick overview of the last 29 years of my life, chronologically.

1972 I was born at 6:46pm on June 6th, my mom named me Jodi Ann St. Martin, for no reason other than she liked the name. i was almost a stacy.
1973 On July 7th, my mom married the man i would call dad. i’m sure other stuff happened, i just don’t remember any of it.
1974 Scads of things happened like learning to use the potty, sing the theme to the mickey mouse club.
1975 On christmas eve i became a sister
1976 my cousin colleen died, first memories are of her funeral.
1977 officially became jodi chromey, got tubed in my ears, started kindergarden.
1978 Became a sister again.
1979 Was taller than first grade teacher Mrs. VanHowen.
1980 Became a sister again on my 8th birthday. mom promised i could name her but shot down both Sabrina and Angie. we settled on Kelli and i got my ears pierced.
1981 grew
1982grew, had a crush on aaron cox, bet him a dime that hill murray would win the high school hockey tournament, he never paid up
1983 grew some more
1984 Reached 6-feet tall, was none too happy, aspirations of being a prima ballerina were crushed.
1985 Seventh grade, first hard-core crush on cam anderson, locker combination 0-16-32.
1986 fell in love with glass tiger, forever banished from the indie cred club.
1987 Started high school at 6’3″, by far the tallest girl in the entire school.
1988 Got driver’s license after failing the test 3 times, only to get license and discover they had marked me down as a male– fragile ego forever crushed.
1989 Skipped school for the first time ever to go to lake calhoun only to run into high school dean who was an old drunk anyway.
1990 Graduated high school on my 18th birthday, first kiss from rob hobot, moved to wisconsin.
1991 Freshman orientation on the first day of the Persian Gulf war. James fields told me i should double major in journalism and political science, i told him he was crazy.
1992 Declare double major in journalism and political science, develop gianourmous crush on John the Catholic, write much bad, bad poetry.
1993 lose virginity, begin surfing the web, learn to send e-mail, drink, drink, drink, drink, write, drink.
1994 quite possiblity the cutest i’ve ever been in my entire life, was hip and cool.
1995 not so hip and cool anymore, graduate.
1996 interviews and unemployment
1997 wretchedly brief employment, return home to mom and dad’s, learn the meaning of love when jaycie diane is born in october, i told her, “i’ll always have gum.”
1998 26 blows all sorts of goats, except when max is born, that was cool– except i accidentally let jasper, sister #2’s cat out and he never returns, that was not so good.
1999 start working in softwareland, move into my own apartment
2000 birth of iwilldare.com
2001 a bunch of stuff i can’t really remember, but you can read all about it in the archives.
2002 grownuphood.