About me...

Well here I am, starting my very own blog.  I thought I would make my first post an introduction to me.  I have a friend who likes to stay in contact via "Top 10" lists, so I thought I would start out with a "Top 10 Things About Me" list, so here goes...

1. As you can tell from my title, I consider myself "An Oklahoma Girl."  I was actually born in Maryland, right outside of Washington, D.C., and while I love my east-coast heritage (and visit as often as I can), I have been in OK far too long to have not planted some roots here too!

2.  When I was a sophomore in high school, I met a boy in Mrs. Rooks' Trig class.  We did an outside activity one day (something about shadows and angles - who knows - I never did see the life-applications of Trig) and he loaned me his jacket because I was cold.  Over the next three years, we grew to be great friends, and finally (just in time for Senior Prom) we started dating.  Here we are 6 years later, and I am happily married to that sweet boy from Trig class (and sadly, I must admit, he still owns the jacket!)

3.  We are AVID Oklahoma State University fans.  I love all things Pokes - tailgating, football season, the Strip, basketball games, the Greatest Homecoming Celebration in America, Stillwater, Barn cokes, Joes' and of course, Country music.

4.  I went to college with the intention of being a poly-sci, economics double major, and about a dozen majors later, my parents sat me down and said "pick something." I thought it through and decided: "Hey, accountants always have jobs, right?" so thus, a major was declared.  Well, as graduation got closer, I really I was not sure what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, so I thought, "I guess a masters' degree never hurt anyone."  Finally, still not positive that being an accountant was going to be it for me for life, I decided to finish things up by sitting for the CPA exam, again, to make sure I was note closing any doors.  After graduation, I took a job with an international public accounting firm, as an auditor.

5.  I have a crazy dog named Maggie.  She is a 2.5 year old shih tzu, who at about 7 pounds (shih tzus mind you should be 15-20), just decided to stop growing.

6.  I love to cook - unfortunately my work schedule has me out of town quite a bit - so this hobby has been put to the back burner quite a bit lately, but baking, and making dinners, especially when D and I get to cook together is one of my favorite activities.

7.  I adore my family - despite our craziness and frequent distance from one another, we all love each other and try to see each other as much as possible.  My parents moved us out to Oklahoma in 1996, but are definitely native east-coasters, and look forward to moving back to MD some day.  I have an older brother, who is some-what of a vagabond (or nomad if you prefer).  He is currently off in Europe attending the Rainbow Gathering.  I also have a little sister (I probably should stop calling her that, as she's not that little anymore).  Biz (as I have affectionately called her most of my life), just graduated from OSU, and has moved to Alabama for two years to be a member of Teach for America (I could not be more proud of her!)  In addition to my immediate family, I married into a wonderful family with two great in-laws and a "little brother" who is at OSU studying Accounting (I am very excited he'll be working at my firm next spring!)

8.  I have terrible luck with all things having 4-wheels.  My high-school car (affectionately referred to as the Bat Mobile) was a 1996 4-door Dodge Neon in bright teal.  She was a wonderful car, right up until the end, when the doors wouldn't open (yes, I got in the one functioning door behind the driver's seat and then climbed over the console - and yes, it was as funny as you are picturing in your head), the gauges often all quit working, the front driver's window would not unroll, you had to hold the steering wheel at approximately 2:00 in order to drive straight down the road, the stereo was stolen, and the passenger side window was shot out with a BB gun, and then finally, the kill shot - the power steering went out.  All the rest I could handle, but no power steering made it almost impossible to drive.  My sweet dad did let me take it for one last joy ride down our street (made all the more thoughtful as he then had to muscle it around the block to get it back home).  We ended up donating the car to charity, and I inherited my little sister's Chevy Cavalier.  After starting my "big-kid" job and learning about the frequent drives I would be making to Tulsa and Wichita, D and I decided I needed something a little more reliable.  We went out and bought a 2009 Honda CR-V.  Two days later (while driving my co-workers to lunch) I was rear-ended on the highway in Wichita, KS.  The car was in the shop for a month.  Then just a few weeks ago, OKC was hit by a very severe hail storm.  The car is now back in the shop for ANOTHER month.

9.  I love to craft - I am not very good, but I give it my best attempt.  I really enjoy scrap booking, and decorating, as well as quilting and making curtains.  My newest project is an attempt at re-upholstering a chair D and I found at an estate sale (I'll try to post some before and after pics, though no promises, I always seem to get half-way through a project before it occurs to me I should have taken "before" pictures.)

10.  Oh, and also, I am very clumsy. I mean I fall down...a lot...and I get random bruises...probably from running into things...or people...just thought you should know.

Well I guess that is about all, I make absolutely no guarantees about the frequency with which I will update this thing.  And hopefully, I'll start to figure out how to do pictures, and prettier posts, but for now, I hope wish ya'll a fabulous, wonderful weekend!

Peace,

Katie M.