About Me

Vital Stats:

Born in Arkansas; resident of Georgia.

Occupation:

Homeschooling mother since 1993; web designer; amateur photographer; blogger.

Dream Job:

Chief Mom Officer for NAPP

Education:

B.A. in Russian from Emory University; also attended Dartmouth College and University of Arkansas, Ft. Smith.

Last Book(s) Read:

The Moment it Clicks by Joe McNally

Currently Reading:

Adobe Photoshop® Lightroom Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby; Photoshop User magazines

Next Book I’ll Read

maybe Educating the WholeHearted Child

Favorite Films: (In no particular order)

While You Were Sleeping, Emma, A Knight’s Tale, The Legend of 1900, Pure Country, Happy Texas, Kate and Leopold, Moonstruck, The Manchurian Candidate (original, not remake), North by Northwest, The Philadelphia Story, Pride and Prejudice (A & E), The Princess Bride, Ray, Sabrina, Say Anything, Spiderman 2, The Terminal, That Thing You Do, Facing the Giants, Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Thirteen. I’m partial to period films and what my husband terms “lovey-dovey suspense.”

I love this movie quote from Alfred Hitchcock: “The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder.”

Favorite Bands/Musicians: (In no particular order)

Alison Krauss, Sting, Ray Charles, Harry Connick, Jr., The Cars, Chris Isaac, Boston, BNL, Crowded House, Faith Hill, Frank Sinatra, George Strait, Gin Blossoms, The Greencards, Montana Skies.

Favorite Restaurants:

Chili’s, Carrabba’s, Backyard Burger, Swallow at the Hollow, On the Border.

Interests/Hobbies:

Photography; Photoshop; web design; blogging; collecting, organizing, and utilizing fonts.

Favorite Foods:

Mexican, mushroom & Swiss burgers, pasta & chicken in Alfredo sauce, chips & salsa, brownies, cheesecake, GUMMY BEARS, sweet tea, barbecue, pizza.

Latest Projects:

Learning everything I can about digital photography and my Nikon D80, and how to enhance my shots in Photoshop.

Accomplishments:

Catching a hunk of a guy who still think I’m as hot as he did when I was 18; giving birth to 8 of the cutest kids I’ve ever seen; somehow convincing some really nice people to let me design their sites.

Favorite TV Shows: (in no particular order)

24, Smallville, (I really don’t watch much TV).

Computer Setup:

20″ iMac, OkiData C5150n color laser printer, HP Photosmart 2575xi All-in-One printer/scanner/copier.

Favorite Software Programs:

Photoshop, Lightroom, Dreamweaver, Firefox.

Favorite Diversion:

Taking pictures of my kids, hiking with the family, letterboxing, dates with my hubby, going out with my girlfriends.

Personal Philosophies:

No one person is important enough to make everyone around them miserable (got that from my mother); the things you really dread are never as bad as you think they’ll be; what goes around comes around (you reap what you sow). I’m basically an optimist, the kind of person who doesn’t expect the worst-case scenario (I never read the emergency C-section chapters in the childbirth books). The good Lord and my faith in Him are what get me through each day, because I really don’t have a clue what I’m doing on my own. I am thankful for a God who “is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think” and a wonderful church family.

Visit my 100th post, 100 Things, for more useless trivia about me.