Where There's Wonder, There's a Way: Tell me more!

Woo hoo for blogging two days in a row! This evening as I listen to the thunder rumbles and waiting for the storm to pass, I am linking up with Amy over at Step into 2nd for her Tell me more linky party. Maybe this will help me get some more followers. :)

So here are some fun facts about me that you may not know....

1. My minor in college was studio art. This combined with my elementary ed major, made my roommates constantly angry, especially since one was learning every bone, muscle and organ in the body for nursing and the other was an accounting major. ;)

These are two of my paintings from my final portfolio.

2. I LOVE to eat and would probably eat five or six meals a day if I had the time. I will try just about anything new (as long as it isn't seafood.)This is one of my most recent favorites. Seared duck with a summer vegetable medley and a sweet potato puree from The Admiral in Asheville, N.C.

3. I'm allergic to shellfish, but will occasionally dope myself up on enough benadryl to sedate a small elephant and eat the bang bang shrimp at Bonefish. Daredevil enough yet for you?

4. No? Not yet? Well how about this....

I also LOVE going fast, be it roller coasters, boats, cars, or motorcycles. There is nothing like a good old fashioned adrenaline rush.

5. I have one brother who is seven years younger than me and an avid blog reader ;) so I am sure he will thoroughly enjoy number six.

6. Our mother use to make us dress up, occasionally in matching outfits and take our Christmas pictures EVERY year until he was 18, which means I was.... 25. That's right. Last year was our last year of Christmas pictures. Now, I am positive these will elicit me some sort of endearing hate mail.

7. If you know me in person you will already know this about me, but the bloggity world doesn't sooooo.... Number seven is my favorite band of all time (I mean behind the Beatles of course, because who doesn't love Johnny boy) is the Avett Brothers from right here in NC. If you like ~~bluegrass~~ music and ever have the chance to see them live, do it! You will not be disappointed.

8. I HATE to cook. Okay, I don't really hate it. I am just REALLY bad at it.

This pretty much sums up any cooking experience I have ever had.

9. My first full teaching job was with KIPP or the Knowledge is Power Program in Texas. Before I started, they sent me to a conference in Vegas where I met the founders.