I is for Me, I mean I, BOTH of Us!

Today's letter is I; Introductions

At the Texas Christian Homeschool Prom with Sweet Hubby

Identity is a difficult monster to define. I've had many of them: student, wife, daughter, sister, teacher and now writer. When I left my teaching career, there was a little trouble with this topic. No longer with a full-time "career" it took some getting used to before embracing the role of stay-at-home-mom. Some of my SAHM friends sure had me fooled. I thought this job would be a breeze after teaching twenty-six 5th-graders. HA!

What a serve!

Life is anything but boring around here. My little car flits between volleyball, piano, gymnastics, and coop classes, along with a steady path to and from our church. I love the freedom that homeschooling affords, while still setting my kids up in the same types of activities that anyone else enjoys. My goofy boy even played two years of football for the Home School Athletic Association before going of to college. My precious redhead has played volleyball for four years, now, and the teams are always very competitive against any other home school groups or private schools in the area who will play. This year my dinky twinkies get to play, too. Can you say scrambled schedule? Oh, and in the spring, you can even find me up to my elbows in the Texas Christian Homeschool Prom every year for about two months.

Once August hits, our routine will be pretty set in stone with all of us dragging out of bed early and warming up our bleary eyes with math problems. I'm deeply ensconced in the lesson-planning phase of our homeschooling year, right now. My girls don't want to talk about it. They still have 3 weeks of virtual freedom. 

Li'l Bo Peep look-alike for Easter Egg Hunt

When I'm not writing in every spare moment, I'll probably be enjoying a movie or some games with the family. If I'm actually on my own, digital scrap-booking makes me smile, and of course reading. I spent years not having time to read, so now I inhale everything I can get my hands on. My sweet hubby got me a cool e-reader for Valentine's Day this year so I could keep up with my habit.

Let's see, what else . . . I'm a singer and I love singing worship music in the car with my girls. My boy has a great voice, too, but he doesn't fit in the car. I'm not real keen on country and western music. (I know, an oddity in the south) but I love the dance music of the 80's and the beach music of the 60's. I've done a lot of stage work, usually character roles like Ado Annie that can make people laugh. And I talk in funny voices from time to time. My friends laugh because I interpret my dogs expressions and yes, they both have their own personal voices.

One of my many favorite drivers, Kasey Kahne.

NASCAR holds the spot of my favorite sport, (Yes, it's a sport) but I'm also a Dallas Mavericks fan. I love taking pictures and the dream of a lifetime was when I got to be a photographer for a recent NASCAR race at Texas Motor Speedway. Oh, that was amazing! One of my articles is HERE.

Me on pit road at TMS - so totally cool!

I don't like going to a movie theater (can't stand to just sit and watch) or eating jalapenos, but I do like good movies and great Mexican food.

And the color green makes me happy, even though it tends to make me look sick when I wear it with my coloring.

That's me in a nutshell, as long as it isn't coconut - don't like that either!


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