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Alison

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About Me


You Are An ISFJ
The Nurturer
You have a strong need to belong, and you very loyal.
A good listener, you excel at helping others in practical ways.
In your spare time, you enjoy engaging your senses through art, cooking, and music.
You find it easy to be devoted to one person, who you do special things for.
In love, you express your emotions through actions.
Taking care of someone is how you love them. And you do it well!
At work, you do well in a structured environment. You complete tasks well and on time.
You would make a good interior designer, chef, or child psychologist.
How you see yourself: Competent, dependable, and detail oriented
When other people don't get you, they see you as: Boring, dominant, and stuck in a rut What's Your Personality Type?
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Alison
Birthday: August 18, 1977
Birthplace: Pittsburgh
Current Location: Pittsburgh
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: average
Right Handed or Left Handed: right
Your Heritage: German-Irish-Italian
The Shoes You Wore Today: flip flops
Your Weakness: chocolate and puppies
Your Fears: too many to mention
Your Perfect Pizza: tomatoes and italian cheeses, on the grill
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: who knows
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: right - so I almost use IM
Thoughts First Waking Up: let's go back to sleep!
Your Best Physical Feature: puh-lease.
Your Bedtime: 10pm
Your Most Missed Memory: Kennywood on July 4th, 2000 with mom
Pepsi or Coke: Diet Coke
MacDonalds or Burger King: Oh yuk
Single or Group Dates: no dates
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: neither
Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate!
Cappuccino or Coffee: Cappuccino
Do you Smoke: no
Do you Swear: like a sailor
Do you Sing: in the car, at work!
Do you Shower Daily: you bet
Have you Been in Love: I sure hope so
Do you want to go to College: Been there, done that, 2x
Do you want to get Married: Been there, done that too
Do you belive in yourself: sometimes
Do you get Motion Sickness: after riding the bus for 45 minutes
Do you think you are Attractive: I guess I could pass for such
Are you a Health Freak: absolutely not
Do you get along with your Parents: yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: YES
Do you play an Instrument: not anymore
In the past month have you Drank Alcohol: sure
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: no
In the past month have you gone to a Mall: Actually, no
In the past month have you eaten a box of Oreos: What? what kind of question is this?
In the past month have you eaten Sushi: Goodness no.
In the past month have you been on Stage: What?
In the past month have you been Dumped: No - and I don't intend to.
In the past month have you gone Skinny Dipping: You must be kidding.
In the past month have you Stolen Anything: Oh right.
Ever been Drunk: Of course!
Ever been called a Tease: No.
Ever been Beaten up: No.
Ever Shoplifted: No - didn't we cover this already?
How do you want to Die: In my sleep.
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: I'm still figuring it out.
What country would you most like to Visit: Italy!!!
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: Blue
Favourite Hair Color: Blond or light brown
Short or Long Hair: short short short
Height: At least 5'10"
Weight: At least 210
Best Clothing Style: Conservative
Number of Drugs I have taken: What? None!
Number of CDs I own: Um, something pathetic like 45
Number of Piercings: Just my ears, 2x
Number of Tattoos: None.
Number of things in my Past I Regret: That's too depressing to answer.
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My Blog

Photos

You know those storage boxes you can get to store your photos in?  They usually have some pretty motif and they have dividers so you can label and organize your pictures.  And the beauty of ...
Posted by Alison on Sun, 18 May 2008 10:15:00 PST

Learning over and over and over

So I'm trying to use this blog as a motivation/accountability tool for my Weight Watchers journey.  The journey is, so far, lousy.  Last week, I learned that I must plan ahead of time to hav...
Posted by Alison on Wed, 14 May 2008 02:09:00 PST

Weight Watchers, Volume 3, Meeting 3

So I knew I did pretty bad last week, and it showed on the scale.  I gained .6 of a pound.  But I ate cake 2 days in a row...along with chocolate chip pop tarts, and chai tea latte...
Posted by Alison on Wed, 07 May 2008 08:04:00 PST

Weight Watchers, Volume 3, Meeting 2

Went to my meeting last night and lost 2.4 pounds!  Yay!  (If we were on the old doctors' scales, it would have been 2 1/2).  I think I did pretty well, especially considering that I d...
Posted by Alison on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:28:00 PST

Almost through week 1

So I'm almost through my first week back on Weight Watchers, and to switch things up a bit, I've been doing the CORE program.  Honestly, if I ever have to count another point, I think I'll yak, s...
Posted by Alison on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:17:00 PST

Weight Watchers, Volume 3, Meeting 1

I joined Weight Watchers for the 3rd time last night.  Well, I didn't actually "join," as I'm a lifetime member.  But I started going to meetings with a significant amount of weight to lose ...
Posted by Alison on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:54:00 PST

Monte update

Now that tax season is over, I have a chance to update you all on the dogs, particularly Monte. About two weeks ago, we had a pretty scary episode with Monte.  We are pretty used to his seizures,...
Posted by Alison on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:33:00 PST

Vanity

One of the few things I'm vain about is my hair.  Having survived the big-permed-hair of the '80's and early '90's, I'm dedicated to keeping my hair healthy and strong.   It helps to ha...
Posted by Alison on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:05:00 PST

Medical research

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has just received a grant for the largest-yet study of patients with myositis, which is a very rare autoimmune disease.  http://www.pittsburghli...
Posted by Alison on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:16:00 PST

My boring life

So I realize I haven't posted much lately (or at all, for that matter).  Right now, I have some stuff going on in real life, so I haven't had much time to think of anything interesting to post.&n...
Posted by Alison on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:20:00 PST