Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen!

It's been a productive and quiet week.  Little one is in Iowa with her grandmother, visiting her great-grandparents.  Hubby is in Estonia, and the oldest is in school 7 hours a day...

So I've made myself complete some tasks that are more difficult with the normal interruptions of life.  I've put together my welcome packet (printing as I type), assembled one of two sample Asuka books, and next on the list to make my business cards and appointment reminder cards.  I hope to be done today, so that tomorrow I can fix the little details left over from home renovation projects.  But I was tagged by Christie, and while I'm not sure which "tag" I'm supposed to answer, I'll take a stab at both of them... 

"8" Interesting Things
  1. I'm adopted.  I spent almost 6 years as foster child.  My older brother and I are siblings adopted together.
  2. I've been to every state except for Alaska.  I will get there.  
  3. We move a LOT!  My oldest daughter has lived: California, Texas, California, Hawaii, Florida, California, Rhode Island, Florida, Hawaii and now Virginia.  My youngest joined us in Florida the first time.  
  4. I home school my youngest daughter.  I've home schooled the older one as well, for 5th and 8th grades.  We play it by ear each place we move. 
  5. I'm a gourmet cook.  I love to bake and cook.  
  6. My birth family has been briefly written about in a book by Peter Coyote.  
  7. I'm very mechanically inclined.  The best compliment my extremely talented older brother once gave me was "You'd be a better mechanic than me if Mom hadn't taken the time to teach you all that girl stuff."  I lived in the garage with my dad as a little girl.
  8. I told my mom that I was going to marry my dad when I grew up.  When she mentioned that she was already married to him, I told her she could live next door.

"4" of Everything

Jobs -
  • Manager of the Business Center at Office Depot (back when it was called Office Club), 
  • Recruiter for Physical/Occupational Therapists,Supposed to be sales for Canon Copiers, but really I just made color copies for artists and graphic designers.  I think it's were I developed my eye for color.
  • Sales @ Macy's
  • Sales @ Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma (twice - the discount is hard to ignore!)
Places I've lived - We'll go with the last four...
  • Virginia
  • Hawaii
  • Florida
  • Rhode Island
Favorite TV Shows - 
  • Law and Order
  • Scrubs
  • The Daily Show
  • Gilmore Girls
Places I've been on Vacation - 
  • Okinowa
  • Canada
  • Maine
  • The Big Island of Hawaii
Movies I Can Watch Over and Over Again
  • The Princess Bride
  • The Princess Bride
  • The Princess Bride
  • The Princess Bride
Favorite Dishes - This is harder than Movies...
Places I'd Like to Be - 
  • Camden, Maine
  • Salem, Massachusetts
  • Sonoma, California
  • San Francisco, California
Musicians You've Probably Never Heard of but Really Should Know -