We have a neighborhood email group and I have been encouraging all the members to introduce themselves so we can learn more and meet some more people who have things in common…  Anyhow, I have been running this group for over 3 years now and I just sent my introduction and wanted to post it here as well so that my kids will know what I was like in 2008!  : }

I have lived in Cortina for almost 4 years.  It was a very empty neighborhood when we first moved in and wondered when the dirt would go away!  It is amazing to see all the growth!  We have a fantastic group of people here in Cortina and I am excited about all the people that I hope to eventually meet.
Let’s see…  what do you even care to know about me???  I love organization (don’t roll your eyes, I know, it probably is a sickness!)  I love to be outdoors.  I love reading (for all those people in book club-they never thought I would say that!)  I love shopping but with my new and improved 2008 budget, shopping has become not so exciting anymore.  I love spending time with friends.  I love to laugh. I love naps.  I love to swim, ride my bike, and I don’t love to run.  I love to eat yummy food-especially when I didn’t have to pay for it (you great cooks know who you are!).  I love SPANX.  I love date night with my handsome husband and it is the only time we can finish full sentences when we try to talk to each other.  I love small purses.  I LOVE "lounge" pants. (I call it that so I am not in my "pj’s" all day.)  I love my kids-a spunky and sassy 5 year old always putting me to the test to see if I really can handle all that she is, and a sweet 2 yr old who is just the opposite.  I love to admire all of your many different skills and talents and wonder why I can’t do more of them! 

I don’t have a job that pays me monetarily, I suppose my profession is something like a domestic engineer but I have not made it up to the engineer platform yet!  I am still in training…  A more appropriate title is "Apprentice," or "Aspirant" or even "Wannabe."

My resume needs to include some of my accomplishments…    ; )

learned how to make bread last year for the first time in my life–better late than never

completed a marathon in 2007 (I won’t tell you how much I cried or how long it took–just know that I did cross the finish line)

completed many books for the first time in my life over the last 2 years–I do mean I read them cover to cover

completed 2 sprint triathlons and learned my new love–hope to do more in the near future

conquered a chocolate chip cookie dough recipe

learned that I actually do like to cook?!?!?!?!  Crazy, huh!

OK, enough is enough!!!!  That pretty much covers it– not exactly short and to the point but since I was in my own spotlight, I just kept going.  AND if you are still reading this and didn’t delete after 1-2 sentences, then I will tell you a secret… I am from Mesa, AZ.  Yep, born and raised here in good ‘ol AZ.  Not many of us stick around but as boring as it is, I am here to tell you that I am a true DESERT RAT.  If I ever move again (lived in CA for 2 yrs) I might wither up!   Good secret, huh?!

So, that was me in a nutshell sending it to about 250+ women.  I have had some replies from people who said they enjoyed confirming things they already knew about me.  I guess I pretty much am who I am.