me

I’m many things, like …

… mother (Finally! Yippee!), daughter, sister, wife, aunt, dog mom, niece & friend.
… Catholic, and working on developing my faith. It’s been a long road, but is one I’m walking more frequently as of late. I love it.
… marketing guru & small business owner.
… scuba diving diva, photography fanatic, starving artist, recipe risk-taker & caged creative.
… listener (unofficially known as the “office therapist”).
… family backbone.
… blonde.
… chicken.
… one tough cookie (I hatched a child with no drugs, and admit to wanting to do it all over again. Seriously, I can handle a lot.).
… music enthusiast.
… endless dieter, workout warrior.
… night owl (Argh to mornings!).
… caffeine addict. I’ve tried giving it up several times, and while I succeed for a while, I eventually go back. Hey, it beats smoking, drinking, and many other addictions, right?
… blogger.
… lifetime student – currently marketing, photography, scuba diving, yoga, and cake decorating.
… giraffe & husky lover.
… speeder.
… spring & fall kind of gal.
… fiber freak (I eat Fiber One as a snack. It’s like eating woodchips, but is heaven to me. Yum.).

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Randoms …

Yes, I’ve been perusing blogs again. I found one in which the author made a “List of Things.” What an idea! Her rationale was to let people know random things about her without having to read paragraphs of text. Yes! Here’s my list … it’s short for now, but I’ll be adding to it as I think of things.

[last updated on 07.24.09]
Psst … new posts are in orange!

1. In addition to working full-time in the marketing field, I’m trying my best to be a professional student. I’m finishing up work for my master’s, working on a certificate in photography, taking scuba classes on a regular basis, and filling in downtime with cake decorating classes.

2. When I grew up, I wanted to go to UCLA and become a lawyer. Ha!

3. I’m married to an amazingly wonderful guy, Justin. We’ve been married for 4 years and together for 6 years. I couldn’t ask for more. (Awww …) He’s the great down-to-earth stasis to my high-strung character.

4. I love the Pink Panther. He’s so sleek! I’ve seen all the movies and love the cartoons!

5. We have a Siberian Husky named Cody. He was adopted on August 7th, 2004 and after a few weeks of torturing me with the use of his bowels in his cage, he was a day from going back to the Humane Society. Lucky for him, his behavior turned around just in the nick of time, and he’s been our couch-lounging, big mouth dog son for more than 4 years. He’s been cage free since October of ’04, and now spends his days lounging on the couch and eating trash we may leave behind. Thanks, Cody.

6. I am NOT a morning person. It’s so much easier for me to stay up late than get up early. I hate mornings, yet I get up between 5:00 and 5:15 for work. Ha!

7. I believe Firefox is the superior web browser. I also own a Mac and refuse to go back to the wicked world of Windows.

8. I love giraffes.

9. If I could bring anyone here from heaven for just one day, it would be my grandma – my dad’s mom. We only got to spend six years together, and I don’t remember most of those six. I do know, however, that she was an amazing woman, and there’s not a day that passes that I don’t think of her. According to my mom, I used to call her “graham cracker,” and she hated it. Sorry, grandma!

10. My favorite time of year is spring, followed by autumn. I love the changeover from barren desolation to a state of vivid radiance. Second on the list is autumn, because nothing beats the artsy appearance of the landscape on a cool fall morning.

11. I have a fear of hair, also known as: chaetophobia, hypertrichophobia, trichopathophobia, or trichophobia. I know it sounds strange, but it drives me crazy. I don’t mind it when it’s attached, but all heck breaks loose when it’s free. I can’t clean the drain or my brush – thanks, Justin! Let a piece of hair get stuck to me and I’m going crazy. Ridiculous, I know.

12. I hate being half wet, unless I’m at home or near a shower and change of clothes. Don’t come at me with a water gun or water balloon, and don’t spray me with the hose. I hate being caught in a serious downpour … and then having to deal with being soaked as well as flooded out of my shoes. Light rain is okay. Walking on the beach is fine as long as my clothes don’t get wet.

13. I love surprises, yet I rarely get them. I always find out!

14. I’d rather be hot than cold.

15. I love cucumber water. I know it sounds strange, but if you like cucumbers, you’ve GOT to try this! Just a few slices (English are best.) in your glass or bottle will do.

16. I am against space heaters at work. I know it’s cold, but wear a sweater and stop wasting electricity, people.

17. I enjoy all types of music except those that could be confused with television static. Pop, r&b, classical, jazz, blues, rock, 80s, 90s, country … you name it, I like it.

18. Color and I get along very well.

19. I’m a new mom and am loving every second of it, though I have to admit that it’s exhausting! Our little Peanut is the sunshine in my day, and I cherish every moment that I get to spend with her.

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And my “bucket list” …

Okay, this isn’t so much a bucket list as a fluid extension of my 30 by 30 post. The more I think about it, there are a lot of things I’d like to do soon. Maybe not exactly by 30, but in the next few years. Here’s my expanding list:

1. Graduate from grad school. Translation … finish the daggone thesis, slacker.
2. Take a trip to NYC. It’s been far too long since I’ve been.
3. Log 50 dives. This is a stretch, but I’d love to get as close as possible.
4. Finish rescue diver certification.
5. Start painting again.
6. Take a pottery class.
7. Take a cooking class.
8. Continue to blog … a lot.
9. Spend more time with my family.
10. Find my inner-self.
11. Show my sisters how much I care about them.
12. Play in the rain with my nephews.
13. Renew my faith.
14. Volunteer.
15. Reach 2,000 del.icio.us links … I’m at 1,479 as of today!
16. Go to a hockey game.
17. Reconcile with those I’ve abandoned.
18. Figure out what to do with my currently “caged” creative energy.
19. Try a buffalo burger.
20. Begin growth of our family … from 2 humans and dog to 3 humans and dog.
21. Read and review 30 books. List TBD soon.
22. Go on a vacation with my husband and only my husband.
23. Take a fun train ride!
24. Tell a certain someone to go fly a kite.
25. Fly a kite.
26. Care less. Let go. Be free.
27. Expand my reggae library.
28. Allow my business to take flight.
29. Find & buy the ideal big Coach.
30. Learn to plan less … be more spontaneous!
31. Finish a second quilt … I’ve completed one and started two more, but neither are finished!
32. Learn to knit and/or crochet.
33. Find a particular lost friend.
34. Travel to France again. It’s been far too long.
35. Road trip from Maryland to Vermont in the fall.
    

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my wordles …

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This is my “me” wordle …

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