I love most anything with Harrison Ford or Robin Williams in it! My alltime favorites are the Indiana Jones movies, Star Wars, The Bucket List, Goonies, Harry Potter, Bug's Life, Finding Nemo.
My taste in music is eclectic. You'll find Journey, Matchbox 20, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Kenny Chesney, Garth Brooks, Yanni, David Lanz, Zoe Girl, Debbie Gibson, Cher, Tom Petty, etc. I grew up in the 1980's and I have so many great memories of my best friend and I "rocking out" to the 80's music!
Feel free to play my piano here...go ahead and try it!
I consider myself a happy person by nature who loves to laugh! I am honest and hard working (except in my yard!).
My life story: I lived in Rock Falls until I was 11 with my brother, mom and dad. At the end of my 5th grade year, my family moved us to Virginia until I was 21 years old. While living in Virginia, my parents divorced and both remarried. I lived with my mom, step dad and brother until we moved to Arizona.
While living in Arizona, I got pregnant, got married, had a baby, divorced my hubby and struck out on my own with my son. I lived in Tucson, AZ until July 2001. At that time, mom (love2bgram) and my step dad decided to move back to Illinois so that she could be closer to her parents. I decided that as a single mom, I did not want to be out in AZ without my family. My ex-hubby's family was not a close knit family so I chose to pack up my son and move us too.
I bought my first house in November 2001 and my son and I still live here. This is the longest I've ever stayed put in a residence!
My career is Property Management. I am Corporate Administrator of a Manufactured Home Company (which means that as 2nd in command, I run the company). I do whatever needs to be done: Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, HR, Property Manager, Trainer, and everything in between! We sell new and pre-owned homes so that means sales too.
We have 9 properties and I oversee every one of them, including two of my own directly. I have Managers and Maintenance crews that work at different properties and I sometimes have to travel within a 100 mile radius to the different locations. I love my job...I can definately say that my job is different every single day. You never know what the day will bring!
My son is 11, in 6th grade and he loves middle school! Yahoo! He's my pride and joy, and my best friend. He's in band, playing the tuba now for the second year. I'm so proud of him as I never thought he would want to be in band, nor did I think he'd last this long!
He's in boy scouts, too, and striving towards his eagle rank. He has a long way to go....but he's almost got his first class rank done. He'll get there! He does good in school too, mostly A's and B's. He doesn't usually get C's and if he does, he brings the grade back up pretty quick.
My biggest hobby (or second job) would be that I am involved in Boy Scouts & Cub Scouts. I consider it a very rewarding experience, for my son, myself and everyone else involved. My current position is Committee Chair in both the Troop and the Pack. I am trained in all den leader positions and continue on-going training as needed. I have chaired different events ie: Blue and Gold Banquets (for up to 250 people) 3 yrs in a row, the Cubmobile Race the last 2 years, and countless other smaller events whenver they arise. I have stayed up all night with the boys at the Ice Hogs Games 2 yrs in a row and tried to drive back at 6:30 am the next morning with no sleep!
My best friend, her hubby and I started this new boy scout troop and cub scout pack just this year in March. We already have 16 boys in the troop (we originally started with 7) and have about 10 boys in the cub scout pack (and we just formed that in May/June). We come with alot of scouting experience, having been involved with another cub scout pack for the last 4 years.
My son and I wouldn't have done any of the things we've done over the years had we not been involved in scouts! We have had so much fun and have gone so many different places and met some awesome people along the way!
Volunteering is in my blood...it's something very important to me. I believe everyone should get out and get involved in something that you believe in. It makes you feel good to help someone else!
I love the sound of my son's laughter, the sound of him playing his tuba, I love lower 70 degree days with the promise of an afternoon nap in front of an open window & I love the smell of fresh laundry.
I love sitting around the campfire at night with millions of stars in the sky to look at. It's awesome to be camping under a meteor shower...there's nothing else like it!
