about me

  • My name is Alison
  • I was born September 23, 1975 which makes me 30
  • I've lived in the SF Bay Area for 7.5 years
  • Before that, I lived in Texas most of my life
  • I met my now husband, Timothy, on May 6, 2003
  • We got married just over 6 months later on November 16, 2003
  • I have a BA in Child Development with a concentration in early childhood education
  • I chose this career partly because it will allow me to work from home when we have children
  • We have 3 cats: Wolfgang, Chewbacca, and Merf
  • We bought our first house in September 2004
  • Currently, much of our free time is spent with remodeling
  • I love crafts but don't have enough time to do much
  • The one craft I find some time to do is knitting
  • My favorite color is purple
  • I have two tattoos: a purple seahorse on my left shoulderblade and a blue/green sun on my lower back
  • My belly button is pierced
  • Some of my favorite TV shows are Iron Chef America, Law and Order, 30 Days, and What Not to Wear
  • The first five songs that pop up randomly in my iTunes Top Rated are: Criminal by Fiona Apple, Laid by James, One Angry Dwarf by Ben Folds Five, Take a Chance on Me by Erasure, and Signs by Tesla

interests

a.j. langer, alton brown, amaretto, amélie, animals, architecture, asparagus, avocados, baileys, being girly, billy zane, blueberries, books, bubble baths, bunny slippers, candles, carrot cake, cashews, cats, cherries, cherry lime slushes, chewy, child development, chocolate, chuychanga, cilantro, cinnamon altoids, clam chowdah, coloring books, cooking, crafts, cream cheese icing, creativity, crocheting, daria, daydreaming, decorating, decoupage, dreaming, ethan embry, eucalyptus, fast food nation, faux fur coats, ferrets, fiona apple, fireplaces, flowers, foot massages, fresh bread, fruit smoothies, funky socks, furniture, gardening, geeks, giraffes, glen phillips, going barefoot, good eats, grover, haiku tunnel, hair dye, hardwood floors, herbs, high heels, history, homemade soap, horror movies, hugs, iced mochas, impressionism, interior design, internet, italy, john cusack, kissing, knee-high boots, knitting, laughing, lip gloss, love, lox, making out, manicures, martha stewart, mashed potatoes, memento, merf, monet, movies, musicals, my cats, my so-called life, nick hornby, pajama bottoms, pasta, pedicures, people watching, pesto, phantom of the opera, photography, photoshop, pink, psychology, puddles, purple, reading, red hair, red wine, romance, rubber stamps, salsa shark, san francisco, sarah & vinnie, seafood, seahorses, serendipity, sewing, shiner bock, shopping, shopping online, singing offkey, snocones, sonoma cheese, strawberry ice cream, survivor, sushi, swimming, tea with milk, texmex, thai food, the simpsons, thinking, thunder, tillytollo, timothy, tiramisu, tivo, tori amos, tortilla soup, travel, tulips, vegetables, warm rain, water, waterskiing, wishing