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About Me

My name is Heather, I'm a mother of 3 beautiful, wonderful, funny, surprising, intelligent boys. I'm a wife to Nicky (who I met in high school). We've been married 8 years. I'm also a Project Manager / Software Engineer. I love being all three and I'm the happiest I've ever been. I'm a little geeky and I think I'm sometimes misunderstood, but who isn't? I don't ever feel like I have enough time to do everything that I love, which is spending time with my husband and kids, therefore I try to savor every moment I have with them. Sometimes I can talk your head off and sometimes I'm very quiet. I love chocolate and pizza and kittens and being outdoors. I hate beets and coconut and cold weather. I love to bake in the sun and dig in the dirt. I love quiet. I love very windy days, but not rainy. Some things I've learned during my life is that anything worth having requires lots of hard work, you can't trust anyone 100%, and to treasure the good moments and the people in your life because they could be taken away at any moment.

Favorite Quotes about being a software engineer:

It's the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous,technical element to it, which I like because you have to do very precise thinking. On the other hand, it has a wildlycreative side where the boundaries of imagination are the only real limitation. ~Andy Hertzfeld

Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live. ~MartinGolding
10 Weird/Random things you probably don't know about me:

I love to code while listening to heavy/death metal/rock - it makes me feel like a bad ass, LOL
I like NPR (National Public Radio) - I know, boring, huh?
I've always wanted to choreograph a dance to the song Solsbury Hill
I don't like listening to music with my kids in the car - too many interruptions
I majored in dance in college for a short time
I've always wanted to be a ballerina/professional dancer and I used to be pretty good at it
I love art in all forms, I love trying to figure out the story it's trying to tell
I've always wanted to dye my hair a crazy color, like purple, red or green, but I'd probably get fired from my job if I do that now
I used to dress in grunge in my early college years
My favorite subject in school was math

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Steve Jobs

Anthony Kiedis

Dilbert

My Blog

You Are a Yellow Crayon

http://www.blogthings.com/whatcolorcrayonareyouqui...Your world is colored with happy, warm, fun colors.You have a thoughtful and wise way about you. Some people might even consider you a genius.Charm...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:48:00 GMT

I want to create my own Karate school and become a billionaire

Being that I'm from a very rural area and not having been exposed to very many new experiences growing up, I always wanted to expose my children to new things in hopes of helping them find somet...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:05:00 GMT

To my kids...Forever Young

May the good lord be with youDown every road you roamAnd may sunshine and happinessSurround you when you're far from homeAnd may you grow to be proudDignified and trueAnd do unto othersAs you'd have d...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:38:00 GMT

People say the nicest things to pregnant women PART 2

Just wanted to add to my collection of off-the-wall things perfect strangers say to pregnant women.... "Your baby is going to be sooo cute!!" .....Wow, that’s amazing X-Ray vision yo...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:26:00 GMT

People say the nicest things to pregnant women....

I've found that the more it becomes obvious that I am pregnant, the more people feel the compelling need to make a comment to me everytime they see me, even if I'm just passing someone in the hall at ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 08:33:00 GMT

fractal?

I think fractals are incredibly cool and I'm fascinated with them so I just wanted to share. This is the best description of fractals that I have found:FRACTAL GEOMETRYA modern mathematical theory th...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:41:00 GMT

prescription for stress

Since I’m pregnant and can’t drink and sooo stressed right now, a good friend recommended this to me. (reminiscent from the old Bengal days)Seems to help!
Posted by on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:47:00 GMT

Morning Sickness - blah

Morning sickness (or should I say ALL DAY sickness) is rearing it's ugly head, I'm 7 weeks and haven't really had any sickness at all until yesterday. I really thought that I was in the clear and tha...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 04:10:00 GMT

Software Development Life Cycle

Software doesn't just appear on the shelves by magic. That program shrink-wrapped inside the box along with the indecipherable manual and 12-paragraph disclaimer notice actually came to you by way of ...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:38:00 GMT

computers are funny....really

Real programmers don't document_ If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.The programmer's national anthem is AAAAARRRRGHHHHH!!'.Adding manpower to a late software project makes it lat...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 12:21:00 GMT