My name is Misty and I am a wife to a great husband and proud mother of two wonderful toddler boys (DOB: 1/2005 and 6/2006). I am friends to many great people I have met over the years through school, work or common interests. Daughter to two great parents (married since 1975) that never stopped preaching the college and work hard mantra. Sister to 2 younger siblings. Aunt to 3 nephews and 1 niece on my side and Aunt to 2 nieces on my husband's side. Hard worker in everything I do especially my career. CPA (thank goodness I got that out of the way years ago).
I have been married over 9 years (the big 10 next year - doubt I get my Italy trip like we talked about 10 years ago) to a wonderful husband that I met my Sr. year in college through a close friend. It was a reluctant blind date that turned out to be an instant connection - our 3rd date was a family Christmas party if that tells you anything. On our 1st date we won a trip to French Lick at a Fast Eddy's party and said that we would go in 6 months if we were still together. We were engaged a year after our 1st date in December 1998 at Opryland Hotel (we were there for Chris's birthday) and married in September 1999. We have had an eventful beginning - we started out remodeling a small house, built 2 houses (2000 and then in 2006), and continued our schooling while building our careers as Accountants. I obtained my Bachelors and Masters in Accounting, while my husband received his Bachelors in Accounting and a 2nd Bachelor's in Computer Information Science (he doesn't use this one).
We got through the first 6 years without killing each other and now have two wonderful boys that keep us on our toes daily! The youngest was born 2 weeks after moving into our newly constructed house in 2006 - while pregnant and the home was under construction I had taken on a new role at work, we were living in temporary housing with Connor, and hoping that the timing of the house completion and Brady came in that order. I think we are FINALLY settled into a routine around our careers, our boys, and our home. Wait - settled and routine might be too strong of a word.
Life is good right now. I'm happy with who I'm with, I'm happy with where my life is, I love spending time and making memories with my family, and I look forward to what every tomorrow brings.
I always love reading my friends "About Me" postings, so here is my listing of Tidbits about Me that you may or may not know.
1. I am the oldest of 3 siblings and live a completely different life than they do. It is hard for me to understand how siblings growing up in the same household with the same set of parents can turn out so differently, yet still have a sibling bond.
2. I lived in the South for 5 years (Alabama and Louisiana). My southern accent still comes back every once in awhile. My best friend in Alabama was from Michigan and believed my Indiana accent was southern. I never understood why she called Coke or Soda "Pop".
3. I have an obsession with Days of Our Lives. I have watched it since I was in grade school and have been taping it religiously since college days. Granted, I do a lot of fast forwarding through story lines I don't care about or story lines I can recite without watching.
4. I wish I could be more motivated to fit an exercise routine into my schedule like my co-workers. I feel like my time is limited between work, hubby and 2 boys. My co-workers have decided to give up extra sleep for their morning workout - I haven't convinced myself that it is worth it. (Okay - this is not entirely true. See #16)
5. I have always been very proud of the fact that I was the first one in my family that went to College (on both sides of my family) and obtained a Bachelors and a Masters in Accounting. A few years ago, I was gathering family history info and learned that my great-grandmother was a graduate of Lockyear Business College and was a bookkeeper for many years. Apparently, it was in my blood and that I am not the first.
6. My entire family (and my husband's) is located in my hometown with the exception of my Grandfather that has lived in Las Vegas since the early 70s. Anyone who has left (usually for military reasons) has returned. My mother likes to point this out to me regularly and threatens that we aren't allowed to take her grandbabies anywhere.
7. My mom is a twin and my dad had siblings that were twins. However, we have not seen any twins in the generations after that. We keep wondering when it will happen again...not sure if I am going to be the one to test it next.
8. I found out when I was 15 that I have an older sibling. I was so excited to drop from the oldest to a middle child, until I got to know her better. She lived with us for one year and I quickly realized that she was not someone I could relate to...I still consider myself the oldest child.
9. I have never owned a car outright - I have had a car loan since 1992 when I purchased a grandma car for $2,000 (this was my 3rd car by the way). Since then I have traded in and started over with car loans and new vehicles every couple years. (My co-worker recently pointed out to me that I have had more cars than his 70 year old uncle).
10. I went to 3 proms - 1 with a friend, 1 with a boyfriend, and 1 with a friend that became a boyfriend for a week. I had the most fun with the friends.
11. I have been working full-time since my senior year in high school and some years I had multiple jobs. Early retirement is looking very attractive, but who am I kidding. I am a spender and I like to work!
12. I joined concert band in 5th grade playing the clarinet and proceeded on to marching band geek status in high school. It was actually a lot of fun and a lot of hard work. I think we spent more time on the field than the football players. Band camp was the best..but as they say in Vegas "What happens at Band Camp, stays at Band Camp."
13. I have pencil lead (or at least the stain) in my right palm from 3rd grade. I had just sharpened my pencil and it snapped off when I got back to my desk. I am sure there was some clumsy stumble involved somewhere in there.
14. I decided to get braces when I was in college as preparation for the job interviews that would come later. During the consultation visit, I got really flushed and ended up fainting on the walk to the vehicle. My dad said the bill must have put me into shock - that is the only time I have ever fainted in my life. I actually had the braces during the interview processes and got them out the DAY BEFORE my wedding. Luckily, there were no markings from where the braces were for the pictures. That was my biggest fear to have white squares on all of my teeth like when you remove a piece of furniture and that is the cleanest carpet in the room.
15. As I am reading this to my husband and asking him if I failed to mention any critical tidbits, he said that I didn't mention my obsession with making lists. This of course is a list that I could go on and on about...I also make grocery lists (yes-plural because there is one for walmart, target, and Sam's), I make to do lists at work that end up being the same to do list on more than one notepad, and let's not forget the honey-do list. Hubby gets so upset with me if I take away his privilege of crossing off something he accomplished on the list.
16. Back in 2000, I was introduced to a new form of "exercise" that had came to Evansville - Hot Yoga. For those not familiar with this, this is a usually an hour and half of stretching and holding poses in a 101 degree room. The heat is supposed to allow you to go a little further with the exercises and also introduce cardio to the routine. I have been going off and on since 2000 as I have always let my "life" get in the way of going regularly. I am proud to say that since September 2008, I have been going every Sunday (or another day if Sunday was a conflict). I would love to go more than once a week, but I am proud to say that I at least have been going regularly.
As I was having Chris take pictures of me doing poses, so that I could see where I could improve, Connor decided that he would join in. He was also making comments of "that is easy - I can do that"
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