A Bit About Me

Hello, I’m Allison.  I’m originally from a very tiny midwestern town where gun racks, big trucks and country music (I must admit that country music stuck with me) ruled the land.  I endured the humiliation of wearing a shirt that proclaimed “Hot Eats – Cool Treats” while working at DQ in high school, and left the experience with a slight aversion to ice cream and the acute awareness that I never wanted to work in fast food again.  After graduation, I headed south to the charming campus of Western Kentucky University.  While there, I acquired many lifelong friends, a keen interest in climbing hills and a practically useless B.A. in psychology.  I next headed to the University of Kentucky for a Masters in Social Work…not one of my better decisions as I was to painfully learn after working just a mere year in the field.  Following my interest in bank reconciliations and tax returns, I took accounting classes at night while maintaining my full-time social work job.  Somewhere along the way, I happily acquired a handsome, smart and caring husband (Name: Matt, Occupation: Counselor).  I eventually finished my classes, and now work as a CPA in public accounting.  My husband and I have a 2 ½-year old imp.  She is the proverbial apple of my eye, and I can’t imagine a world without her in it. We also have an 8-year old pug named Zoe.  She is extremely tolerant of the imp’s pushing, pulling, tugging and taunting.

In my spare time, I like to hike, bicycle, canoe, hit the gym and read.  Jane Austen is my all-time favorite author, but more recently I have enjoyed The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.  My prized possession is the complete collection of Trixie Belden mystery books (similar to Nancy Drew, only better.)  I don’t watch TV very often…but when I do, I like to watch NBC’s The Office and TLC’s What Not to Wear.  I see movies even less frequently than I watch TV, but I try to make time a couple of nights a year to re-watch my absolute favorite movie, The Notebook *swoon*.  Matt and I enjoy game nights and dinner with an extensive and eclectic group of friends.  Some of our favorite games include Cranium, Taboo, Loaded Questions, Trivial Pursuit, Password and Pictionary.  We also enjoy date nights by ourselves, thanks to our great babysitters…authentic Mexican restaurants are our weakness (think queso dip.)  Our church rocks (literally.)  Speaking of my husband…he’s certifiably crazy and I encourage you to peruse his blog world to see for yourself.  

I like to write a little bit about everything- work, family, cooking disasters, people at the gym, etc.  I’ll even draw a picture if inspiration strikes.  Comments are always appreciated- they let me know that somebody actually reads (and has an opininion about) what I write.  Thanks for stopping by!

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” Albert Einstein