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October 2014 Moms
Saragoeswest
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GTKY: Bragging Rights
Saragoeswest
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What are you awesome at? Let's brag a little.
If it pleases you, post one work-related brag and one random brag.
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Re: GTKY: Bragging Rights
And my second random brag is that I can type 90 WPM with 100% accuracy (at least I could when I last took a typing test, which was about 1.5 yrs ago).
Non-work brag: I am actually a pretty talented musician. I have played in ensembles at some pretty prestigious concert halls, including Carnegie Hall. I love music for hobby, but when I tried to turn it into a career it lost some of its appeal, which I hated so I completely switched gears. I still love to play and wish there were more low key ensembles in my area that I could participate in. Now DH and DD are the only ones to hear me play.
Stay at home mom work...I feel it's worth bragging that I can get our 12week DD to grin up at me pretty much on command (she doesn't do that for other people, not even Dad to much)
Non Work Brag... I love photography and crafting and feel I am pretty decent at both
\:D/
Non work brag: l can cook like a professional chef and my fave thing to do is hang out in the kitchen with a glass of wine and cook a meal from scratch.
(My husband is the cook in the family, but I'm dying to learn how to cook so I can actually have dinner ready for him when he gets home at night)
TFMC 08.02.13 at 19+ weeks. Everyday I grieve for my little Olive.
Random: I am doing a pretty damn good job at being motherly. I really was concerned that maternal instinct wouldn't kick in and everyone always joked DH would be more motherly than me.
Currently I work in a rather slow and boring office where most of my talents are wasted
Random brag: I'm a pretty good artist. I don't do it often enough but I love painting and drawing. Nowadays most of my artwork is digital. I love editing photos and designing photo books and cards and things like that and I'm good at it.
TFMC 08.02.13 at 19+ weeks. Everyday I grieve for my little Olive.
Random. When I taught swim lesson back in the day I could make anyone float. It's a gift.
Life: I'm really good with scrapbooking and other crafting.. its my favorite hobby and ive gotten pretty good
Personal: I can make a pumpkin caramel bread pudding that people still talk about a year later. It was that good.
Eta: I can't spell anymore and autocorrect comes up with random word choices.
Married 10/06
Baby Girl "C" arrived on 10/07/14 (39 weeks, 6 days)
I'm really fucking good at drinking.
Random brag: I can write. I'm the go-to person in my family when high school seniors want to write personal essays for college applications, I write all my grandparents' business correspondence, and when I was in school for my BS, I used to get paid by other students to write their papers. Never got less than a B. I've also done NaNoWriMo three times, but that's just for fun.
Random brag: @pnwlover12 spinoff of your FFFC; I'm a top notch horseback rider. I started riding when I was 7 and traveled up and down the East Coast until I was 18 showing in the a circuit. My trainers got mad once because I decided to jump on my sisters horse and ride a equitation class and beat all the girls they'd trained for months.
Personal: I'm good with words which is why I can always sound intelligent in writing. I think it's my excessive reading. I can cook anything. Play a music piece by ear and I can shoot the middle out of a target.
Non-work: Just like my LB, @crawford411, I can make anyone laugh. I find humor in most things, and it makes me a happier person all around. I love laughing and making people laugh. I also like singing and was outstanding choir student in HS. :-B
Non-work: I'm a good planner. My type-A side makes me great at planning travel itineraries, parties, just life in general... I have a lot of lists and spreadsheets.
Personally: I'm a great gift giver and put a lot of thought and detail into every aspect, including card and wrapping/packaging.
O14 January Signature Challenge: Snow Fails
Personal: I'm great at directions. After I've driven somewhere once I usually can do it again from memory. This means I usually drive more between DH and I because it's just easier than explaining it to him.
Work: I am typically a rock star at work... Very analytical which is good because I am a market Analyst, but i also have great negotiation skills and when our office moved to a new location, i negotiated close to $600k in concessions. I was pretty proud of that one. I pride myself on getting shit done. Nothing is impossible in my eyes.
Personal: I love to cook, and pretty good at it I think. I also have mad skills when it comes to baking amd cake decorating... I love working with fondant, I wanted to open my own bakery for the longest time.
Married 8/27/2011
BFP #1 9/28/2011 DS born 5/22/2012
BFP #2 4/24/2013 m/c 4/25/2013 at 4w
BFP #3 1/31/2014 DD born 10/14/2014
BFP #4 1/20/2016 m/c 2/12/2014 at 7w2d
BFP #5 8/19/2016 DS2 born 4/29/2017
BFP #6 3/7/2018 EDD 11/18/2018
Nonwork: I am a pretty good pianist and even considered going to school for music before ultimately deciding on pharmacy.
Personal: I'm fantastic at swimming butterfly. Like olympic good even when I was skipping practice to go to Taco Bell for cinnamon twists. That is, I was until my shoulder injury...
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Personal: I'm a decent cook.