- I think of myself as a girl.
- I was born in the year of the US bicentennial.
- I have dark blonde hair and blue eyes.
- I have one younger sister.
- My parents are still married.
- My parents were married 10 years, one month, and two weeks before I was born.
- I have lived in the same town my whole life.
- I went to southern Virginia for college, but didn’t think of it as “home”.
- I lived on an island for a summer, working as a waitress.
- I couldn’t imagine wanting to live any where but Vermont.
- Just like I can’t imagine being anything but a teacher.
- I have wanted to be a teacher since I was a little kid.
- Before that, I wanted to own a store, just like my parents.
- I majored in psychology in college, because I couldn’t major in education and a lot of my classes were psych anyway.
- I am certified to teach nursery school through sixth grade.
- I love teaching first, second and third grade.
- I have never been a classroom teacher, but I had over 400 students in my first 8 years of teaching.
- In my 10 years of Literacy I have had 14 reading groups over 4 grades (first, second, third, and fifth) totaling over 130 kids.
- I teach computer skills, K-6.
- Sometimes, I feel like I have no idea what I am doing.
- I hope to teach at my current (and only) school until I retire – after June 2029.
- I have a master’s degree in teaching with Internet Technology.
- I have only collected pay checks from 5 different employers, not counting my parents’ 2 businesses.
- My first paycheck was for being a playground and classroom aid at a summer arts days camp.
- My second was my work study jobs at college – tourguide and computer lab assistant.
- Third paycheck was earned at the island.
- Fourth was as a cashier for the town pool.
- Finally, being a teacher.
- My parents owned a small town grocery store until I was 12.
- I was stocking shelves at 6 or 7.
- I could run the cash register by the time I could see over it, age 9 probably.
- The smell of stale beer reminds me of sorting empties at the store.
- I can still picture almost every inch of the store.
- I have always had cats.
- We got our cat from a friend, on 2 hours notice.
- My husband and I renamed our cat so our 3 names would be the name of a singing group from the 70s.
- I love to play games.
- I say I am not competitive, but I really like to win.
- I know all sorts of random trivia.
- I can remember little details.
- I can’t remember the big important things.
- By the time I was 30, I had worked on over 40 theatrical productions.
- At 34, I have worked on over 50.
- I taught myself to knit one weekend when I was nearly 30.
- I like to knit dishcloths and baby hats.
- I have lived in 2 houses and 2 apartments.
- The apartments and one house are all within the same 1 mile of road.
- The second house is less than a mile from the first.
- I don’t deal well with change.
- Moving has been a traumatic experience for me.
- Packing for a week long trip can put me on edge for days.
- There is not one single household chore I actually like to do.
- Just thinking about scrubbing toilets makes me gag.
- I enjoy reading fiction, mysteries, humor, and true crime novels.
- My favorite picture book is Where the Wild Things Are.
- My favorite young adult novel is The Giver, which I didn’t read until I was an adult.
- A grown-up book I could read over and over (and have) is Wicked.
- I also like to read trivia books, like the Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series.
- I am a mom.
- I wanted a girl, but couldn’t imagine a better baby for me than the boy I got.
- We didn’t tell any one (other than doctors) that I was pregnant until I were 14 weeks.
- I didn’t even tell my husband for 4 days.
- My son was born on my 33 birthday.
- I worked all day having contractions, but had no idea that’s what was happening.
- I loved staying home all summer with my baby, but don’t think I could be a full time SAHM.
- I have the same middle name as my mom.
- My son is named after both of our maternal grandfathers, because they had the same name.
- His middle name is the masculine form of my mother-in-law’s name.
- His other middle name is my maiden name.
- We picked out our daughter’s name before we were even married.
- We still intend to have one, so the name is still a secret.
- I have hoarding tendencies.
- I hold on to things “just in case”.
- I have over 900 Facebook friends.
- I think the last three are related.
- I love choosing just the right thing for someone.
- I am disappointed if they don’t have the right level of excitement over what I got them.
- I have good intentions, but poor follow through.
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