About Me

  • About Me: "So shall we come to look at the world with new eyes" Emerson

College

  • School Name: Texas State University - San Marcos
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 2004
  • Degree type: Masters
  • Major(s): Special Education
  • Minor(s): Early Childhood

More About Me

  • Nicknames: My siblings call me Sister, My dad used to call me Sugar, My friends call me Tam...
  • Religion: Christian
  • Heroes: My Dad and others like him that lead by example and with integrity
  • Interests: Growing in my relationship with God, Hanging out with the people that are important in my life, Doing the whole "newlywed" thing, Remodeling our awesome house, Pilates, Cooking and inventing new recipes, Reading really good books, Goodwill hunting, Ecology, Learning something new everyday, NPR, Exploring Austin, Hummingbirds, Watching squirrels steal our pecans, Live music, Traveling the countryside and beyond...
  • Expertise: Loving Jake
  • Occupation: Helping children and families of children with disabilities
  • Industry: Early Childhood Intervention
  • Website: www.myspace.com/thisistam

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Thai, French Bistro, Vegetarian, Italian
  • Favorite Dishes: Sandwiches...but not your everyday, run of the mill deli meat or pb&j. I mean a really a good prosciutto with fresh basil & mozzarella panini or grilled veggies, avocado, sprouts, and pepper jack on toasted french bread. I could go on and on... I'm really not terribly picky. I like pretty much anything with fresh ingredients and some sort of carbohydrate
  • Favorite Desserts: I'm not much of a desert person. I'll pick something salty over something sweet any day but I won't say no to some triple chocolate ice cream or a piece of coconut cream pie between meals. Oh, and I'm a sucker for really fresh, warm Cotton Candy!
  • Favorite Drinks: I'm a ginger ale addict! Fresh lemon aid (or even water with a squeeze of lemon) runs a close second.
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Oreos, although it takes me about a month to finish a bag...too many loaves of bread and soft cheeses competing for consumption
  • Best meal ever: My grandmother's smothered chicken with rice and gravy. Yum Yum Yum!!
  • Favorite Restaurants: This changes on a regular basis but right now I'm really into Shady Grove, La Madeline, Mongolian Grill, and Taco Express all in Austin. Oh, and I'd kill for Aloha Mixed Plate or Fish Express in Maui!
  • Foods I hate: Tomato, but strangely enough I like tomato sauce, tomato juice and other tomato based products. It's the just the raw, slimy, seedy, drippy tomato I can't stand!

Music

  • Favorite Artists: I like the kind of artists you would find in a local music scene or playing a small intimate venue. REAL musicians that sound the same recorded or live. Singer/songwriters.
  • Favorite Genre: I recently converted to National Public Radio during the day and I pretty much like all types of music although I find myself downloading mostly laid back, indie or folk type music.
  • Favorite Songs: I think I have a new favorite every week! This week is Heavenly Day by Patty Griffin

Travel

  • Places I love: Wherever Jake is! The Beach
  • Places I've been: Maui, Kauai, Honolulu, California, Cancun, Colorado, Kansas, Florida, New Mexico, All over Texas

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: In no particular order: Little Miss Sunshine,Stranger Than Fiction, Napoleon Dynamite, Garden State, Spanglish, Annie, A Walk to Remember, Barefoot in the Park, Cat Ballou, Star Wars (IV-VI ONLY), Indiana Jones, Tombstone, Little Women, A Letter to Three Wives, What's up Doc, Roman Holiday, My Fair Lady, It's a Wonderful Life, Casablanca...pretty much anything where I can laugh a little or have a really good cry!
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "That's a hell of a thing for you to say to me"
  • Movies I can watch over and over: All of the above!
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: My best friend says it would have to be Mandy Moore