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Bec

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About Me

Singer, wife, mother, baker, lover, voice teacher, friend, reader....not in that order .. whateverlife.com

My Interests

Music (all kinds), reading, biking, hiking, teaching, camping, shopping, baking (best CC cookies ever!).

I'd like to meet:

Renee Fleming, Brad Paisley (mmmmm...), Bach, Oprah, C. S. Lewis, the entire cast of Little House on the Prairie, Steve Carrell, Katie, Matt, Ann and Al, and anyone who doesn't take themselves too seriously (maybe I should take Oprah off the list, now....).
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Rebecca
Birthday: 11/15/74
Birthplace: PA
Current Location: WV
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'7
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: mutt
The Shoes You Wore Today: none so far
Your Weakness: chocolate
Your Fears: Drowning in a car
Your Perfect Pizza: cheese, mushroom and black olives, no sauce
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: become an RVP
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: lol
Thoughts First Waking Up: maybe the baby will go back to sleep....
Your Best Physical Feature: hands
Your Bedtime: 10
Your Most Missed Memory: Baking cookies with Nana
Pepsi or Coke: both with lime
MacDonalds or Burger King: MacDonalds
Single or Group Dates: n/a
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!
Cappuccino or Coffee: both
Do you Smoke: nope
Do you Swear: occasionally
Do you Sing: constantly
Do you Shower Daily: yup, as long as the baby naps!
Have you Been in Love: oh yeah
Do you want to go to College: been there, done that
Do you want to get Married: see last answer!
Do you belive in yourself: YES!!!!!!!!!
Do you get Motion Sickness: unfortunately
Do you think you are Attractive: from certain angles
Are you a Health Freak: nope
Do you get along with your Parents: yup!
Do you like Thunderstorms: yes
Do you play an Instrument: yes
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: yes
In the past month have you Smoked: no
In the past month have you been on Drugs: no
In the past month have you gone on a Date: yes, with my husband
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: yes
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: yes, and then got VERY sick
In the past month have you been on Stage: yes
In the past month have you been Dumped: no
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: no
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: no
Ever been Drunk: yes
Ever been called a Tease: yes
Ever been Beaten up: no
Ever Shoplifted: no
How do you want to Die: singing
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: nice
What country would you most like to Visit: Spain
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: blue
Favourite Hair Color: brown
Short or Long Hair: short
Height: 6'6
Weight: 180
Best Clothing Style: casual
Number of Drugs I have taken: none
Number of CDs I own: too many to count
Number of Piercings: just my ears
Number of Tattoos: none
Number of things in my Past I Regret: none

CREATE YOUR OWN! - or - GET PAID TO TAKE SURVEYS!
Your Birthdate: November 15
You take life as it is, and you find happiness in a variety of things.
You tend to be close to family and friends. But it's hard to get into your inner circle.
Making the little things wonderful is important to you, and you probably have an inviting home.
You seek harmony with others, but occasionally you have a very stubborn streak.

Your strength: Your intense optimism

Your weakness: You shy away from exploring your talents

Your power color: Jade

Your power symbol: Flower

Your power month: June What Does Your Birth Date Mean?
You Are Miss Piggy
A total princess and diva, you're totally in charge - even if people don't know it.
You want to be loved, adored, and worshiped. And you won't settle for anything less.
You're going to be a total star, and you won't let any of the "little people" get in your way.
Just remember, piggy, never eat more than you can lift! The Muppet Personality Test

Music:

Everything! Of course opera, but the past few years have led me to early music (mostly Baroque, so not too early!)...I love choral music (singing and listening)...country/bluegrass - Allison Krauss and Union Station, Seldom Scene, Brad Paisley, Sugarland, Nickelcreek, Keith Urban, Little Big Town...any Mahler ...Madonna...Rachmaninoff (Variations on a theme by Paganini)...some musical theatre....big band....crooners....fast jazz.

Movies:

All Indiana Jones flicks, The Usual Suspects, Best in Show, Groundhog Day, Say Anything, Legally Blond, Somewhere in Time, 4 Weddings and a Funeral, Lord of the Rings, The Wedding Singer, The Color Purple, Spinal Tap, A Room with a View, Life is Beautiful, Schindler's List (I like to cry), Finding Nemo, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Wars (4,5,6), 40 Year Old Virgin, Austin Powers....that's just a few.....any Monty Python movies...
REBECCA
Ris forResponsible
Eis forEdgy
Bis forBold
Eis forExtraordinary
Cis forComical
Cis forCynical
Ais forAstounding What Does Your Name Mean?

Television:

Any and All Little House on the Prairie reruns (Hallmark Channel runs 4 episodes a day)!!!!!!!! The Office, Friends reruns, Jeopardy!!!!!!!!!, What Not to Wear, Sesame Street (didn't get to watch it as a kid), almost any Travel Channel show, Discovery Channel is big here and some TLC.

Books:

Anne of Green Gables Series, Harry Potter Series, Farenheit 451, Pride and Prejudice, any C. S. Lewis, The Good Earth, Memoirs of a Geisha, The Bible....

Heroes:

My brother

My Blog

Arizona

We're back from our week in Arizona and do we ever want to go back!  We had great weather and tons of fun!  Let me see if there is a way I can make this into a list...... 1.  Friday - G...
Posted by Bec on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:11:00 PST

Car Accident

I was in my first real car accident Saturday morning.  Not fun.  I am fine, but the car is pretty beat-up.  I was on Rt 230 heading toward Harpers Ferry when my car hydro-planed going a...
Posted by Bec on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:57:00 PST

Uncomfortable!!!!!!!!!!

Had a very uncomfortable moment last night, but I guess I knew this was bound to happen.  I tried to contact all friends and professional acquaintainces who knew my brother to inform them of...
Posted by Bec on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:11:00 PST

Geek

I am such a geek.  I just told someone to knock on my door Mezzo-Forte since my son is napping.  I make fun of people who say stuff like that.  
Posted by Bec on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:35:00 PST

Home Again

We're back from our trip .  It's nice to be home, but it was nicer to be at the beach every day!  We had a great time.  We found something new to get into everyday we were there.  ...
Posted by Bec on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:16:00 PST

Vacation

I'll blog a little while my pictures are downloading..... AMAZING!!!!!!!!!  That's really the only way to put it.  We are having an amazing time!  It is ABSOLUTELY beautiful! We got her...
Posted by Bec on Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:43:00 PST

Another nice one

ANOTHER Busy weekend!  We crammed some pretty fun stuff in, though!  Friday night we decided to go down to our favorite dinner spot in Harpers Ferry and treat ourselves to a little pie, but ...
Posted by Bec on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:00:00 PST

Childrens Choir

Last night I got a really great dose of why I love teaching.  We had a pretty good rehearsal.  They are REALLY sounding good.  At the end of rehearsal, I was outside saying good-bye to ...
Posted by Bec on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:30:00 PST

Life

Things that are bothering me: 1. I'm tired 2. Missed my brother this week.  I used to always call him on my way home from rehearsal to talk about whatever performance I had coming up.  He al...
Posted by Bec on Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:38:00 PST

Stuff

Busy weekend......started Friday night with a Happy Hour party in Ellicot City.  Heather Ann and I went up together and had a blast!  Only had one Cosmo, though, because I was driving Satur...
Posted by Bec on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 05:26:00 PST