Ok, Lady – who the heck are you????

1. I’m a Child of God.
2. I’m Zack’s wife.
3. I’m a mother of five.  FIVE.  Yeah, 5.  You know, one more than 4, one less than 6, and almost headed into Duggar territory.
4. Speaking of which, I absolutely adore Michelle Duggar.  I wish I could have half the faith, patience, and love that woman shows to 19 children, a husband, a daughter-in-law, grandchild, and extended family on any given day.
5. I am a stay-at-home mom. 
6. I used to be a Business Analyst/Systems Analyst/Programmer, specializing in SAP (CRM/TPM) with multiple implementations under my belt and over 10 years of software development expertise.  If you need an awesome PMO candidate, Analyst, or just a downright awesome coder, but want to let me work from home full-time, let’s chat about the possiblities.  Heheh.  (That will NEVER happen.)
7. I am a neat freak who is in remission. 
8. The remission is a survival technique.  Have I mentioned nearly half of my household is male?  And of those that aren’t, some of them aren’t so great in the cleaning-up department?
9. I live in the middle of the country.  Pretty much smack dab in the middle.  Go Huskers!
10. I am married to a die-hard Texan.  Longhorn logos and burnt orange make me twitch.
11. Longhorn vs. Husker day is a touchy one around here.
12. My husband is one of the best cooks I have ever met. 
13. Thankfully, I can hold my own in the kitchen.
14. When we were first dating, my husband used to call me the “Queen of the Box Mix”, because I used a lot of convenience items to make dinner.  At the time, it was just Cheesecake (our eldest) and me.  When you’re only cooking for two, sometimes those meals make perfect sense!
15. I adore animals, but am about to punt our pug, who cannot grasp the concept of NOT “marking” things in the house.  We even made him wear a belly band at one point.
16. Speaking of which, our pug is allergic to most commercial dog foods, so we try to make their food as much as possible.  Usually this consists of brown rice, a protein (beef, chicken, or pork), and whatever frozen vegetables were on sale.  We should be supplementing with a vitamin as well, but I admit, we haven’t been good about that.
17. I am closer to 40 than 30.  I thought it would bother me more.
18. My husband is a newly converted Christian.  I cannot tell you how amazing it is to have Bible reading and praying together be part of our nightly routine. 
19. I like peas fresh – but cooked peas?  They squick me out, man.
20. Yeah, I’m a Jesus Freak. 

Oh – My cast of characters:  (No, my children are not ACTUALLY named after food!)

    Cheesecake – My 16 year old daughter
    Lemon Drop – My 14 year old Stepdaughter
    Peeps – My almost 12 year old Stepson
    Pez – My almost 10 year old Stepson
    Baby BonBon – The baby - presently 14 months

My husband is part of the cast as well, but since he’s already spilled his name on here, I guess we’ll just call him Zack.