25 Things You Don't Know About Me

I thought I would take a break today from the pretty things I love and share a few things about myself. Yep, it's a pretty long list but why not go all out if I am going to make a list, right?! I hope you enjoy...and hey, why not do the same-I would love to know more about my blog friends!

• I am obsessed with technology and Apple products. I have owned every version of the iPhone on launch day. For the iPad 2, I waited in line nine hours to get my hands on it. Luckily my mom had volunteered to wait with me, so we camped out with our chairs and had a blast!
• I started carrying a purse at age two. And, I am still obsessed with purses.
• I miss my Yorkie Harley incredibly. She was with me for 16 years and she passed away two years ago this September. It is one of the hardest things I have gone through...I think of her everyday. That's her in the photo above.
• I have lost 35 pounds since May eating only lean meats, fresh vegetables and low-sugar fruits. I have completely cut out sugar, oil, artificial sweeteners, soda, alcohol, caffeine and frozen or canned food. I did take some time off around my birthday though. :)
• In December, I took a sewing and screen printing class and had a blast! Around that time, the idea for Viola Pearl was born. Since then I have started this blog and opened an Etsy store. 
• My favorite "color" is leopard. 
• Those pet commercials featuring Sarah McLaughlin make me cry. I have to mute them and can't look until they are gone. 
• I am extremely talkative but can be extremely quiet and focused. Usually when I am quiet, my family thinks something is wrong with me. 
• My favorite food in the world is my mom's lasagna. Every Christmas she makes it instead of a traditional holiday meal. I look forward to it every year because it's the only time she makes it!
• One night when I was living in San Francisco we had bad rain and hail-my building on a rock cliff ended up having a landslide {rock came out from UNDER our building crashing down below} and I was evacuated by police at 3 a.m.! I was in Red Cross housing for two weeks. The crazy part...I was already moving back to Texas in a few short weeks.  
• I can't stop watching BBC shows. It started with Sherlock, then I bought the whole modern Dr. Who series. Then Survivors, Torchwood, Whitechapel and The Fades. I also just finished the second season of Downton Abbey. 
• My obsession with photo apps is intense. I have 45 photo-related apps on my iPhone and copies of those plus more on my iPad. 
• I drive with my sunroof open 99 percent of the time, even if it is 110 degrees outside. I just turn my a/c up all the way. 
• My parents bought me a Honda Spree for my 12th birthday. At least six of my friends had them as well and I'm pretty sure we looked like a moped gang driving around the neighborhood. 
• I have been in the public relations field since 1998 and worked/lived in three cities during that time...Houston, Austin and San Francisco. I am lucky to love the field I am in.
• I started a Facebook page for my most recent employer back in 2008. I grew that page to be the largest Facebook fan page among real estate brands, with 40,000 fans. That page was my baby {besides Lola}!
• My signature look since college has been wearing a flower in my hair. 
• I think my favorite place to be when relaxing is on a beach sipping pina coladas...which is exactly where I was in the beach photo above in Aruba last year!
• Movies I could watch over and over again: The Goonies, Serenity, Escape from New York, Fight Club, Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jumanji.  
• I was born in an Indian hospital in Oklahoma and am a tribal member of the Osage Indian Tribe. 
• I've done the YMCA at three a.m. in Austria, while on my seven countries in two weeks European tour. My friend and I decided to make the most of every moment so we stayed up really late every night for two weeks...and had to be on the bus at seven a.m. I was *really* tired by the time I got home.
• At the end of January, I quit my job, sold my condo outside of downtown Austin and moved in with family in Fredericksburg (1 1/2 hours from Austin)...all in the same week. I needed time to reassess and refocus. I recently started looking for a job again and am applying all across the United States. But, I truly have enjoyed this time with my family-they are amazing. 
• My favorite season is fall...I love the clothes, cold fronts, festivals, decorating for Halloween...everything!!!
• I am currently reading 11/22/63 by Stephen King. This is my first book to read of his and it's all about history and time travel. I am a {total} science fiction geek.
• I feel like I am finally figuring it all out in life...but I am guessing in five years I will look back and think that I had no idea what I was doing!