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Monica

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About Me

~I used to care what people thought of me, but anymore I could care less as long as I can live with myself.~ I grew up in a small town called Waterford PA.~ I got married pretty much right out of high school. We moved to Pittsburgh in the Early part of 1998. I hated it here at first, but Pittsburgh grows on you...We've survived the all-american divorce rate and will be married for 10 years this July. My husband is everything I could hope for and then some.We have 3 smart,(and smart mouthed at times :*) beautiful daughters, ages 10, 7, and 27 months.I went to business school after we moved to Pittsburgh, but business isn't for me I guess. There was nothing there to be learned that I didn't already know or could not learn for free on the internet or at the library. Somehow 5 years down the road I ended up becoming a counselor for an agency that helps people who have mental retardiation live as independently as their abilities permit. Never in a million years would I have pictured myself in a job like this, but I can honestly say that I love it. (most of the time- every workplace has an employee or two who are a waste of air, y'know?!) I have been there for almost 4 years now, and still enjoy going to work more or less. I help people with Down's Syndrome, Autism, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, & many other birth defects and the diseases/complications that come with them. These people are some of the best! There is so much you can learn from them about how to appreciate the simple things in life. I finally started taking classes at Community College of Allegheny County. I am pretty sure I want to teach special education eventually. Purple Rings myspace layout

My Interests

With 3 kids, a husband, a full time job, and part time school it's hard to find time for my "interests"!Is this where I say Long walks on the beach at Sunset, candlelit dinners and bubble baths? Yeah right! In my dreams maybe! Long walks on the beach? ME? WALK? Hell, most of the time I even drive my fat ass the 75 yards to the bus stop to get my kids off the bus, especially if it's cold or raining. Candle lit dinners? Sure, if we want one of the kids or the dog to knock the candle over and burn the house down. Bubble baths? Yeah right, I'm lucky if I can get a 3 minute shower without somebody barging in with the classic "Mommy, I need to go pee!" irrigardless of the fact that I just made them go right before I got into the shower and that there is a toilet that works just fine downstairs.... Otherwise, I would have to say that I like art, music, horses, nature, traveling, learning about psychology and strange medical conditions, and last but not least surfing myspace for interesting blogs to read, only the latter of which I seem to find time for lately. (and that is when I am stealing the time from something else I should be getting done around here...)

I'd like to meet:

Interesting people, NOT just additions to my friends list, and NOT looking to "hook up" with me!

Music:

Aerosmith! This used to be followed by a long list of bands, but I'll just sum the rest up to "Most Any other band that had Big Hair and Make-up in the late 80's" I don't stop with my music taste there though...I'll give almost any genre a chance, except rap- that just annoys me!

Movies:

Vampire Movies~Documentaries about just about anything!Gross-out make you pee your pants comedies~Cheesy Horror Flicks~Almost anything directed by the Cohen Brothers or Oliver Stone~Indie films~Meaningful movies such as: I Am Sam, Forrest Gump, The Other Sister, Rain Man, Simon Birch. (And anything else that will make me cry!)

Television:

Heroes~Survivor~American Idol~Nip Tuck~Early to late 90's SNL~~Cold Case~Judging Amy~Will & Grace~Days of Our Lives~South Park~The Simpson's~Medium~House~Ghost Whisperer Pretty much anything on the Discovery, Discovery Health Channel, and TLC- whenever they are not doing marathons of babies being born....Been there done that three times myself so I guess I don't like watching non-fiction that I am not going to learn much from!

Books:

The only books I have time to read lately are the ones that I am obligated to for college and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (to my 7 year old). At this point, it is more of reciting than it is reading. Ask my friend "Eve" about the book that she's writing...It's the first (non-fiction) book I have read in ages, and it is addictive! Hurry up and write the next chapter already! sighs I always knew that she would be a famous author someday! I know she'll never be above reminiscing about cruising down the fartway though!

Heroes:

My husband, for the life he had to overcome to get to where he is today, and for letting me help him along the way... I Love you Brian and I am so proud of who you are today!

My Blog

Pretty Prince of Parties

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Posted by Monica on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:42:00 PST

Sorry ladies, he’s taken

To what lengths should a Dad go to for his little girl? Sure, he should be a good provider. He should be loving, yet give discipline when needed. But we all know that it takes a little more than that ...
Posted by Monica on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:46:00 PST

Back to blogging for today at least...

Howdy how boys and girls! I know, I haven't been a very good myspace buddy lately!  There's always about 50 things that I should be getting done instead, you know how it goes. Grandpa passed away...
Posted by Monica on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:59:00 PST

Look mom, no hands!

Not to brag or anything... Current Students Transcript ..> ..> ..> ..> Monica Nickles ..> ..> Transcript Information Course/Section and Title Grade Credits CEUs Repeat Ter...
Posted by Monica on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:45:00 PST

Thoughts and stories..

A tornado is a violently rotating column of air, pendant from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, and often (but not always) visible as a funnel cloud. Hear the hypnotizing whir of ...
Posted by Monica on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 05:23:00 PST

Sweet Perfection!

Yay for me!  For the first time ever, and with less pain than I expected, I am a 4.0!  Human Exceptionality: Over and done with, 103% total for the course.  (Gotta love extra credit!) ...
Posted by Monica on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:10:00 PST

Update

Hello to all!  What a long time it has been!  The myspace novelty wore off for quite a while.  I am not sure why.  After all, there is always something interesting to read on here ...
Posted by Monica on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 03:01:00 PST

Blog and undie stealing gnomes hard at work...

Howdy How Boys and Girls! I know, I have been missing lately, and will be missing again soon! I have had lots going on...One heck of a vacation for one thing, and since I am too lazy to tell you about...
Posted by Monica on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 11:20:00 PST

Did I Ever Tell You about the time I met Richard Gere? The long awaited conclusion..

Before you scroll down any further, this was a two part blog. Click here to read the first installment if you did not do so before or need a refresher. At last, the moment you've all been waiting for ...
Posted by Monica on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:21:00 PST

Sore To The Core But Worth The Pain!

I was so happy the weekend finally got here.  I sit here Saturday night approaching midnight and the fact that I have less than 24 hours to go before it's over annoys me slightly, ...
Posted by Monica on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 08:24:00 PST