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I love to cook, read, play with my
dog and travel (geez, this is sounding like a personal
ad).
I like baseball (the Cubs, even though I live in St.
Louis) and football (GO PACK!). I like interesting
weather--blizzards, thunderstorms, and perfect 76 degree
afternoons on my front porch.
I love finding pants that fit.
I love when I know all my kids are home safe so I can
finally fall sound asleep (on the flip side, I hate late
night phone calls.)
I love settling in with my husband, a glass of wine for
each of us, and knowing we have some time just to talk
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Bio Notes
I grew up moving across the country every four years or so. I was
born in Whittier, California, then traveled to Northbrook, IL
(explains my baseball allegiance), Upper Saddle River, NJ (explains
my passion for Springsteen), back to Northbrook, then to Dunwoody,
GA (where I learned to appreciate the cadence of my favorite
writers). Finally, I landed in Madison, WI for college and
discovered home.
I now live in St. Louis, MO with my husband, our five kids, a really
sweet (but very dumb) golden retriever and a diabetic cat.
Over the years I have worked as a waitress, grocery checker, copy
center clerk, deli clerk, sales clerk, substitute teacher, and
English teacher.
Favorites
Books
This is an ever evolving list, but some of the books I'd need on a
desert island include To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sound and the Fury,
The Things They Carried, The Grapes of Wrath, and Crossing to
Safety.
Music
Well, I'd start with Bruce Springsteen. "Thunder Road" is one of the
most perfect songs ever written, and one of his lesser know songs,
"Book of Dreams" was the first song my husband and I danced to at
our wedding last summer. Then, Sinatra.
Movies
Field of Dreams, High Noon, Out of Africa, To Kill a Mockingbird,
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Man in the Moon, Ed's Next Move, Next
Stop Wonderland, It's a Wonderful Life
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