25 things

1. My favorite color is green.
2. I am a big Wright State Raiders bball fan. I have no attention span for any other sports, but the Raiders get me all fired up.
3. My favorite meal of all time steak, mashed potatoes and corn.
4. I love to knit. I am curently attempting socks, 2 scarves, dishtowel, and a toolholder.
5. Number of people that I have taught to knit: 3 My goal is to teach the world to knit.
6. I am no artist; but I like to get out my watercolor paint set and paint every now and then. I frame them and hang them up in my house as "sunset" paintings if they don't turn out as anything distinguishable
7. My brother and I are only 11 months apart in age, but years apart in maturity
8. I bought my house and my Honda Civic all in one year 2008. I am currently putting myself on a no big purchases budget.
9. I love my job with the IRS. Every part of my job satisfies a different need in my personality. For example, I like to make lists and after every audit I send the taxpayer a detailed list of all of the things I still need. God is wonderful like that; he knew what the perfect job was for me.
10. I work for the IRS, but I let my dad do my taxes for me.
11. I like to visit metroparks at take pictures with my digital camera
12. I have an affection for large water birds and want to catch a heron up close on film.
13. I like to try new recipes and cook for other people
14. I only buy new clothes when they are on sale.
15. My favorite subjects in school were math, spelling, and art
16. I was in the county spelling bee 3 times and lost on the words tobacco, there, strength
17. I love yellow and green together. My kitchen is decorated in lemons and I love it.
18. I'm 25% irish and 75% german, but you would think it was the other way around with how excited I get about St. Patricks day.
19. I love to go the art museum and look at Impressionist paintings.
20. I do not think pets should be given people names like Sammy, Annie, etc.
21. I love the smell of dry erase markers
22. I like limericks and other things that rhyme. Here is one I wrote myself
I went to the fish docks
to find my lost socks
They were dirty
but yet they were purdy
I found them at the fish docks
23. I believe God has answered my prayers, just not in the way I always envision.
24. My favorite season is fall. I just love the red, brown, orange, gold color scheme. It inspired me to do a leaves theme in my bedroom.
25. I love to sing along to oldies in the car (ABBA, Elvis, Beach boys)

People I admire most & why

My mother- her motherly qualities & common sense and pretty much everything else.
Maya Angelou-her humor and her personality
Jane Austen-her writing- especially Pride & Prejiduce
Reese Witherspoon- her versatility as an actress
Paula Deen-Her friendly quality and cooking abilities
Julia Roberts- Her infectious laugh and smile
Colin Firth- His portrayal of Mr. Darcy
Krystle Long- Her ability to make me laugh in every situtuation
Amanda Henry- an unfailing friend to all

Christrmas card photo

This is the picture I would liked to have sent out with my Christmas cards...if I had remembered to charge my camera battery and had a good hair day before today. :) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year fans!

3 lists

My Christmas list
Paula Deen cookbook
can strainer
bread machine
black sweater

Things I wish for in 2009
closer friendships with people in my Bible Study
to finish my Bible in a year reading program (ETA Nov)
to lose 20 lbs
learn to make socks that are not too big or small for the intended recipient
to do something out my comfort zone for someonelse
to wait and listen for God's voice and his answers to my prayers
to pray more often

To do to my house
hang ceiling fans
hang rest of blinds
to paint kitchen yellow and bedroom gold
plant blackeyes susans in my front flower bed
to paint a watercolor for my kitchen and bedroom

Thought for the day:
Why do Catholic priests have to stay single?
Every person longs for a special connection with another person. The Catholic religion asks priests to deny that part of themselves. I would think it would be a lifelong struggle to not form an attachment to a parishoner when they spend so much time serving the community/congregation.

New addition to the family

I got a cat. Norma Jean is the best cat in the whole world! It is only day 3 and we are getting along so well. Here is a picture of my sweet cat.

Training, and a wonderful 4 day weekend.

I am finally back from training for a month. Usually I am able to stay at a hotel with free internet capable computers. The garfield charged you by the hour, so my whole goal of updating more than I usually do was killed rather quickly.
It was sooo much fun to be together with the 2007 hires though. We are pretty much family (minus a few black sheep) and spend alot of time together. I had great food, saw my first soapbox derby, and got flowers sent to me for the first time. :)
So, this weekend was my first weekend back to Columbus. It was WONDERFUL to sleep in my bed again. Garfield is definetly not the Hilton when it comes to bed quality.
I got my haircut Friday and I really like it. I have had the same hairstyle since I started with the IRS a year ago and although it looked great on me, I just wanted a change. Pre IRS I would change my hairstyle every couple of months.
Saturday, I went to the zoo with Carl. I got some great pictures and am so glad that I got a better digital camera last year. My favorites were the prarie dogs, pheasants, moose, and cardinal. My dislikes were the crazy bees that wouldn't leave us alone when we stopped to eat lunch! I was really worried about getting stung they were so persistent.
After the zoo, we went back to my house and Carl made me homemade pizza. Very Cheesy. I had fun watching him make it, but I don't think he is going to get his own cooking show anytime soon. He needs a catch phrase like "Yum-O."
Sun we went to church and came back to make pumpkin rolls. I used to make them every year with Krystle and Josh, so I thought I would be an expert. .... I messed up measuring the sugar, my pumpkin roll broke, but at least that gave Carl the opportunity to learn from my mistakes. =) Regardless it tastes delicious and I gave one to my neighbor for taking care of my house while I was gone.
Today I got my first allergy shots and they don't hurt too much. I have to go once a week 2x if possible. At first I was like 2x a week would be horrible, but since I have already paid my $300 deductible for the year I now only owe 10% on all medical procedures. So it would be cheaper for me if I went twice a week till the end of the year before my deductible starts over on 1/1.
I also went on a hike today to take nature photos for my room. I want to do a red, orange, yellow leaf theme and I thought it would be nice to take some pictures with my digital camera. I think I may have missed the perfect time while I was at training, because I didn't see much red out there. It was also really sunny out today, so I think maybe I need to try a different metropark in Columbus. I wish I was in Dayton still. They had wonderful shady trails to walk on.

Oh yeah, the highlight of my Cincy trip was the Redbull Soapbox Derby in Mt. Adams. They had some of the funniest cars ever and the place was packed with people. It was a really cool event.
Pictures from my recent adventures are below:

Pictures from a coworkers wedding. She made a beautiful bride. I also made a purse for a charity that my Bible study leader was involved with. It is so cute!

The little black bag

My latest creation. The perfect little black bag to go with your "little black dress."
Things are busy. I have to go out of town for a month for my job. Knowing me I will probably blog more while out of town than I do when I am home.
Some pictures of recent happenings below:

new couch, alaska, knit finished objects, coworker wedding, etc