Daisy, circa 1985
I know, right? I write a blog all about my life and now I’m going to write a post all about me. I’m just that self-centered! Perhaps I’ve done this before but frankly, I’m too lazy to look into my archives so here we go again. New readers: enjoy! Old readers: I hope I’m not boring you. Mom: hush.
1. I’ve lived in: Washington, Idaho, Arizona (twice), Virginia, Alabama, Utah, Dallas, New Orleans and Chicago. I also spent eight years overseas, living in England and Germany. My Mom and & Dad both grew up in California but my Dad’s family was from the South (Georgia) which is where we spent a lot of my summers as a kid. Now my Dad’s family is spread out all over the South while my Mom’s family is in California.
2. While I consider myself to be from the South, I live in Chicago and I’m married to a man who was born and raised in Detroit which is where my desire to make pot roast in December comes from. They don’t really make pot roast in the South, but my husband definitely endures a lot of grits for breakfast. He’d never had grits until we got married. Blasphemy. My point being: we love both cheese curds & cheese straws.
3. I have one birth mark, it is on the bottom of my right foot.
4. I have blonde curly hair but tragically didn’t really realize it was curly until I was about 16. That explains why my photos from age 10 to 16 are so……awkward. And poofy. I want to reach in with a straight iron and fix all those yearbook shots.
5. In high school I was on the cheerleading squad and the debate team. (I think this is where my Gemini personality comes in.) I was a better debator than cheerleader, which is why I’m now a lawyer and not in Dallas dancing for the Cowboys. Nothing shouts “cool kid” like showing up 5 minutes late to a football game and tying your ribbons in your hair as you run on the field because your debate tournament ran late. Nothing.
6. I moved to Chicago from New Orleans 2 months before Hurricane Katrina hit. That storm is one of the defining moments of my life and I still cry when I see images from it.
7. I started blogging in law school when I needed an outlet from the absurdity of the gunners, the library, the final exams from hell and people with Supreme Court Justice aspirations (hint: it isn’t going to happen, idiot). After I became a grown-up lawyer I moved to this space, where I like to think I’m slightly more mature. In reality, I think I just swear a little bit less.
8. I cook, a lot. My baking skills are mediocre (I’m not big on measuring) but I’m slowly working on that as well. My husband’s most requested meal is pork tenderloin, goat cheese mashed potatoes and veggies. My favorite meal to make is risotto & I think that I have finally perfected the art of a roasted chicken and a homemade cheesecake. Typically not for the same meal. 
9. I live in the city of Chicago but I work in a suburb 29.6 miles from my house. This means I spend about 3 hours a day in the car commuting, even though I leave my house at 6 in the morning and I leave the office at 3 in the afternoon to try and avoid peak traffic times. In other news: when I’m wealthy, my first splurge is going to be on a driver.
10. I have an obsession with dishes and china that you can read about here. I make no apologies, but if I invite you over for dinner, please feel free to request a certain pattern. I’m happy to oblige.
11. One day B and I will have kids, but right now we are enjoying our newlywed life. We got married a year ago in October in Savannah, Georgia. (10-10-2009) It was everything we wanted and more, especially the food. We served heavy appetizers and had food stations instead of a plated dinner and it was easily the best decision of our wedding. Bonus? I didn’t have to create a seating chart. Win-win! 
12. We have a beagle, Rhett Butler, who makes coming home from work even more fun. His hijinks are featured regularly here. We also have a nephew, Baby Z, whom we love dearly but don’t get to see nearly enough. 
13. I have one brother and B has no siblings which means our future kids will not grow up like I did, with 12 aunts and uncles and cousins galore. This makes me a little sad, but I have no doubt I’ll assuage that guilt with extra trips to Disney World.
14. I’m a klutz, I often speak before I think, I chatter aimlessly when I am nervous and I have a constant case of foot-in-mouth syndrome. If you can get past these things, we will probably be good friends.
15. I am training for a 109 mile bike race that I’m riding in November of 2011. I am reminded daily of what a silly decision this was, normally when I’m putting on my compression fit biking shorts with the padded ass.
16. I monogram everything. It is how I do things.
