Introducing...Me!

Other than my bit of information on the right "About Me" and my "Our Story" about TTC, I never really offered an "introduction". I hate talking about myself (um, really? Aren't you blogging??) but I thought that it may be helpful for ICLW! So, here are a few things about me.

My rules are that they aren't TTC related. You can read about that elsewhere here.

1. I just turned 35. YIKES!
2. I'm a high school social studies teacher. I've been teaching for 12 years and love, love, love my job.
3. I'm a HUGE football fan. HUGE. Penn State, my alma mater, pretty much dictates my social calendar for the fall and once into the new year, when I was able to get to a bowl game (Capital One Bowl in 2003)
4. I love to travel but I don't get to do it as often as I like. I'm lucky to live on the east coast, so I've been to NYC, Philly and D.C. more times that I can count. I've only been to Europe once but I'd love to get back. We discovered the Outer Banks this summer (Hatteras Island...do you know the movie "Nights in Rodanthe" and that cool house? It was filmed there) and we hope to get back every summer. Those are just a few places I've been. My wish list? Hawaii and Spain.
5. I love to cook.
6. I have weight issues. Ok, I know that to look at me, some of you may not think so. However, I have hypothyroidism which makes it painfully difficult to lose weight. I pretty much look at food and gain a pound. I'm a size 12 now and would like to see that number go down to single digits. I had an eating disorder in college though (hello, size 2? I miss you!) so it's tough for me not to obsess about the weight stuff.
7. I love to read. The Kite Runner, She's Come Undone and East of Eden are some of my favs.
8. I used to play the trumpet and was pretty darn good. I quit because I didn't want the label of "band geek". How stupid of me.
9. I have two rescue dogs. Lewie is a black lab mix and Nittany is a yellow lab. She's our Dock Dog!
10. I love my husband. He's my rock. I don't know what I did or ever will do without him.
11. I'm huge political dork. One of my favorite nights is election night, where I have on two different TVs in my house and also have returns coming in on my computer. You can get county breakdown maps from individual state AS THEY COME IN! How cool is that?!?!
That's all I can think of for 6am. Perhaps there will be more later.