adrienne
- Gender: Female
- Location: Indiana : United States
About Me
Wow, there's nothing like autobiography to create complete writer's block. After a decade of marriage, we decided to disrupt a life of ease and have children (long after our parents had given up hope). Our quirky engineering-minded son arrived in 2005 (with a tornado following quickly on his heels). Though I wasn't ever a joiner, I now find myself a member of Tuesday Mommas (a laid back parenting group), a co-leader of a book group, a periodic 5th grade volunteer in my mom's classroom, and the volunteer director for a small English as a Second Language program for Japanese women. BabyGeek and I also try to regularly attend library storytime and visit our local YMCA. Before we moved to Southern Indiana, I greatly enjoyed work as an academic advisor at Ball State's Honors College. This enjoyable work left me with an instinct for offering advice that could easily leave my friends and relatives overwhelmed and annoyed. To keep my well-intentioned smarty-pants bossiness in check, I blog.
Interests
- reading
- simple living
- games
- recycling
- soup night
- using research to combat evil
- public libraries
- sewing
- food
- travel
- driving
- kayaks
- kick scooters
- swimming
- water exercise
- thrift stores
- successful problem solving
Favorite Movies
- The Imposters (Oliver Platt
- Stanley Tucci)
- The Fog (original)
- The Donner Party (PBS American Experience)
- Avalon (Barry Levinson)
- Devil's Playground (documentary)
- Little Miss Sunshine
- Six Degrees of Seperation
- Delicatessen
- Shallow Grave
- Shaun of the Dead
- Con Air
- Princess Bride
Favorite Music
- Dan Zanes
- Sara Hickman
- Keb Mo
- Chris Smithers
- Lyle Lovett
- the Waifs
- Some Girls
- Justin Roberts
- ABBA
- Moxy Fruvous
- Sam Bush
- Nickle Creek
- Domestic Science Club
- Cheryl Wheeler
- and many
- many more
Favorite Books
- Any cookbook by Robin Robertson or Mark Bittman
- "The Underpainter" by Jane Urquhart
- Peter Carey's "True History of the Kelley Gang"
- "Three Martini Playdate" -Christie Mellor
- Anything by Malcolm Gladwell
- early Louise Erdrich books
- "Project X" Jim Shepard
- Dave Sedaris
My Blogs |
Team Members |
| The Fitness Game | Jim |
|---|---|
| A Few More Pages: Life With Books | |
| Dispatches From Wherever You Are | Jim |
| Baby Toolkit | Jim |