List #1 - About Me

1. I used to have a blog and for some reason when I abandoned it last August, I tend to suffer bloggers-block whenever I look at it. I had to keep an educational blog for a class I took this year and now that the class is over I decided to keep a personal blog again.

2. I am unsure of the reasons that I'm writing this blog in list-form, but the idea came to me while lying in the sun in my backyard and I found it to be very appealing.

3. I have two children. My daughter Halle is going to be eight in June and my son Ari is going to be six in two weeks. Actually, 9 days. I've been married to Rich for 13 and a half years. We have two dogs, a black Border Collie Mix named Fenway and a Chocolate Lab mix named Coco. I think most of the beings who live in my house suffer from ADD at some level. Maybe not my daughter... but the rest of us (especially the dogs), definitely.

4. I am a special education teacher at a local high school and I am lucky enough to absolutely love my job. I am 100% serious when I say that if I won the lottery I wouldn't quit my job. I like my school, the administrators, my fellow teachers and my students. My sister recently started working at my school which has doubled the amount of fun I manage to have while I work.

5. Which brings me to the fact that I am an identical twin. Her name is Lissa, and (naturally!) she's adorable. She has two fabulous boys that I often forget belong to her and not to me. Lissa is my confidant, my co-conspirator, and the person I turn to when I need help being crafty. She helps me out a thousand ways and she's fabulous.

6. I love to cook, and bake, and read. I don't cook or bake enough anymore, and need to make more time for healthy cooking and baking with my kids. I do read all the time, often carrying books with me in the car so I can read at red lights or any other time I get a few extra minutes.

7. I am addicted to reality tv, and the trashier the better. I watch crap-reality tv on VH1 and MTV all the time, and even DVR the shows. I also love American Idol, The Amazing Race, and 24. I have also been watching Roseanne in the mornings while I get my kids lunches and bags packed, and I love it.

8. This is the end of my first post. I have to bathe my kids, because they are filthy. I am going to try to work out on my new Wii fit tonight, and have lunches to pack, folders to unpack, etc. Thanks for reading!