- I am a mother of one (3, if you count dogs). I refer to her as “TLK” (the little kid) anywhere I write about her.
- My husband is from the UK. He’s talented on many levels too numerous to mention.
- I have a “sister” who lives in the UK, too.
- My pets: a golden retriever, Ginger, and a schnauzer named Molly. Oh! and a betta (chinese fighting fish) named “Bubbles”.
- I like lighting candles all year around.
- I am American.
- I was born in Peoria, IL
- I am a computer specialist. I know a few computer things, like hardware and how to troubleshoot, and I have a knowledge of networking, wireless connectivity and interacting with people/training.
- I hope to be retired or maybe a barista some day. Or maybe I’ll be an artist in the park drawing landscapes. Something.
- I like to draw.
- I enjoy art of all kinds, and used to take classes like drawing and pottery in summer school.
- I would like to take a creative writing class, and perhaps a salsa dancing class or two.
- I know some Spanish (un pequito espanol)
- I enjoy cooking and baking. It gives me a creative outlet.
- I played alto sax for a short period of time, about 10 years ago.
- I was born in 1964.
- I am a moonchild/cancer.
- I was baptised Catholic (I am non-practicing)
- I like animals of all sorts.
- I do not like spiders or other misc. bugs, but I no longer kill them, either, if I find them inside. I capture them and set them outside. This is Ian’s fault.
- I don’t mind rodents, but not loose ones in the house.
- I am developing a penchant for white wine.
- I was born in Illinois, US
- I have 2 younger brothers, 2 sisters-in-law and 8 nieces and nephews (I think I counted correctly)
- I have a goddaughter. She is my niece.
- I once designed flowers for a wedding (even my own wedding!)
- I went to university for 3 years
- I went to nursing school for one of those years. I really disliked microbiology and dissecting my fetal pig. Seeing that I dislike icky things, I would have made a terrible nurse. Instead, I do computer support for nurses.
- My last university major was English. My first major was Business Info Systems.
- I enjoy water/swimming/laying on the beach. It’s very calming. I so miss the hot sun during the winter.
- I worry too much sometimes, but I’m starting to outgrow that.
- Last year was one of my best Christmases ever, because Ian was here and we had a lot of fun showing him around Omaha and spending time with him.
- I used to teach driver’s ed. Once I had a student run a red light and was too shocked to use my instructor brakes or steering wheel. Now I’m teaching it to my husband. It makes for some interesting journeys.
- My car has nearly been totaled thrice.
Once was my fault. - I like animals of all sorts… I’ve owned an iguana, macaw, 2 Quaker parrots, a guinea pig and 2 hamsters, a couple of cats and several dogs. I have been known to talk to geese. They seem to understand “guinea pig”.
- I’ve been to England twice. I love it there, not only because my family is there, but also because the sea and the food and the architecture are very cool.
- I have eaten blood sausage. It doesn’t have much of a taste. I have not tried bangers, though.
- I love to bake. I used to decorate cakes. I may invest in some equipment to do cake decorating with. It’s artistic, so I like it. I make some really good chocolate chip cookies (do you know they only sell mini bags of chocolate chips in the UK? Chopping your own chocolate bars is better anyway).
- I used to actually enjoy going to school in the summer. I took art classes, driver’s ed and foreign languages, including french, german and spanish.
- I enjoy cooking. I find it relaxing. My favourite things to cook include curry, pasta, pizza and putting together various salads.
- I didn’t know I could ice skate until 2 years ago. I like skating fast.
- I have eaten ostrich. It tasted like … meat.
- I can crochet, but often mess up my rows, and don’t notice until I’ve gotten quite a bit done. The only project I ever completed was a poncho for my child.
- I like all kinds of music, except I’m not that fond of the techno stuff from the 80’s.
- I never understood the fascination with the Beatles. I guess you “had to be there”, eh?
- My child’s school is forcing me to re-educate myself. They sure do teach math differently these days.
- I used to watch horror movies, but don’t like them anymore. I’d much rather watch something funny.
- I took Jujitsu classes… briefly… when I was 11′ish.
- I like growing things. I have just restarted my herb garden. This time, I will pay attention to the watering.
- I have a secret desire to write a book. I read that non-fiction sells well, but I think I’d stick to fiction, really.
- I got really bored in American Government class and ended up dropping it.
- I used to call myself in sick in high school (just a few times… until I got caught, that is)
- I have started picking out clothing by what they have the mannequins wearing in the store.
- I am terribly afraid of heights and afraid, to a lesser degree, of closed in spaces.
- I wouldn’t mind having a small girlish tatoo on my right shoulder/back. It might be a heart or butterfly with Ian’s and TLK’s name in. Not entirely sure.
- Sometimes I type dyslexic. It drives me nuts.
- I have perpetually bad sinuses. I am allergic to dogs and just about everything else.
- I want to start working out. I just need to be motivated. Ages ago, I used to get to the gym by 6am, but that’s been a LOT of ages ago.
- I love seafood. I make a decent fish and chips, but my favourites are: sea scallops and crab.
- I have to have a pop every day, or I start craving pop. It has to be some sort of cola. I’m not sure what that’s all about.
- Every Friday, my work allows dogs into the office. I think it’s a good stress-reliever. I never take my own dogs in, but I commonly see two shih tsus named Oscar and Toby.
- I am learning to do stuff with cars, like check oil. I can actually change a tire, but haven’t done that in ages.
- I colour my hair. At least we are colouring it near to the colour it should be now: brown
- I have brown eyes with a vague ring of green that only I can see (apparently… hehe)
- I love my LOL Cats email every day!
- I am an Etsy addict. I mostly window shop, but have bought something (soap) before.
- It’s been since last October that I had a haircut (6 months ago). I decided today that I’m on haircut strike until I see Ian again.
- I like taking photographs, but sometimes it’s nice to just look at things and enjoy them.
- I like reading self-help books.
- I know more about Skype than I need to, at this point, but I thank God for it every day.
- I use Facebook, Twitter and, of course, Wordpress. I also have a Drupal site to play with, but it’s dormant right now (too much of it at work, I guess!)
- I don’t really care for painting walls, but I like the after-effects. I like colour.
- I’m not the only one in my office who flies overseas. Several people have been to the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy and other places.
- I’m going to have a new sister-in-law/nephew. So exciting!
- I love to garden, especially vegetables and flowers. I’m going to try tomatos at the apartment this year. I’m not sure they will survive the boys playing outside.
- I cannot drink rum straight (nor do I drink straight any hard liquor), and do not prefer it in anything, except occasional fruitcake. I will take tequila instead. I have never been sick after drinking tequila, IYSWIM.
- I have travelled to: Iowa, South Dakota, Illinois, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, Washington State, Virginia, South Carolina, Florida (en route somewhere else), California, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, The Bahamas, Mexico (real Mexico; not just a border town) and England (x2).
- I am addicted to peanut butter. Especially Whole Foods Market peanut butter, which says “creamy”, but actually has lovely little peanut chunks throughout. I DO toss in some Splenda, though. I am part FLY afterall.
- My favourite place to be is with my hubby.
- We were married on November 29, 2009!
- I have lots of friends from VisaJourney.com
- I get up really early in the morning… 5AM! It’s rare for me to sleep longer, but if I have a week of vacation, I can usually manage sleeping in at least once (7:30am or so?)
