{Random Josephiney Facts}

• Burt's Bees is in so many locations between desk and car, not sure of the exact count.
• I am a huge addict of coffee. Every day, first thing. Clockwork. 
• I painfully love music.
• I am scared of bridges and unbuckle almost every time while I am formulating a plan of how to get to my kids if the bridge collapses. 
• I hate spiders. I apologize before I kill them. And then I fear their family is coming after me later.
• I love heels, but I prefer Chuck Taylors.
• I take 1,000 mg of Vitamin C every day.
• I hate dusting and sorting socks. 
• I use Gain detergent. It's the best.
• I have an odd fascination for Egypt.
• I am crazy about Mediterranean food.
• The first real intentional photograph I took was in college for a photography class. I photographed my sister.
• I didn't like that class. It was before digital and I got stuck in the dark room with stinky class creepo. Ruined the entire semester.
• I love spearmint. 
• I love mint in my sweet tea.
• I love the sun. One of the most relaxing things on earth is laying in it.
• I adore heat. I am cold pretty much September through May. 
• I admire confidence. 
• I don't get many things right the first time.
• But I am really determined and eventually, I do get it right.
• I am an oldest child. The responsibility factor of that never really dissipated. 
• I am totally a backseat driver.
• My grandmother has influenced me in so many wonderful ways. She is a dear soul to me.
• I was born in East Chicago. 
• I have lived in a LOT of places - mostly northern Indiana.
• I wanted to be a nun until I was about 12.
• I was brought up Catholic, then Baptist and now I am Non-denom.
• I believe in God. 
• I believe in grace.
• I believe in Heaven and Hell. I am no judge of who's going where, but I firmly believe Hitler has his own special place in the lake of fire.
• I find inspiration in Scripture, Quotes and Authors.
• I believe in forgiveness, even though sometimes it is hard to give, I am reminded that I need it too.
• I don't like judgmental attitudes. I do have opinions of my own. However, they are mine.
• I'm not stuck on denominations. But I attend a Missionary church.
• I am more into spirituality than religion. But I believe religion has a purpose.
• One of my favorite memories is of picking my grandma flowers. How happy she was.
• One of my worst memories was getting bit by a great dane at the age of 5. 20-some stitches later on my face...
• My parents divorced when I was 8.
• I lived with my mom from 8-12 years of age. Lived with my dad from 12-20.
• I have a full blooded brother who lives in Alaska. My mother lives there also.
• I have a dad and step-mom who live locally with their two children, my half-siblings.
• My little sis was 28 when she died in a car accident. I think of Jess every day.
• Jessy had a daughter out of state... who looks identical to her when she was a little girl.
• I don't watch tv, rarely - but sometimes I watch documentaries and movies. 
• I love the History channel best. Food network is a second.
• I would rather read fact than fiction. I love learning. I feel like fiction wastes my time - but I admit I did get sucked into the Twilight series. And I enjoyed my time reading, a little too much rather.
• I have a special thing for butterflies.
• I love antiques and anything vintage or nostalgic.
• I used the play the piano as a kid. I still find the sound of piano soothing and am drawn to it.
• I love to draw. My major in college was Fine Art.
• One of my most awkward moments in life was my first Life Drawing class - aka, nude drawing class. But I found as I drew that I thought more and more of getting it right than the fact that my subject was nude. It made me appreciate the human body as art. 
• I love the color lavender best.
• I love spicy, woodsy perfume scents best. I can't do florals AT ALL.
• Peonies, lilacs, Ranunculus, Lily of the Valley, Grape Hyacinth, Hyacinths, Forget me not, purple Iris and Daffodils are among my favorite flowers.
• I camped a lot as a kid. I can spot sassafras and probably make you some tea if you'd like.
• I have wonderful memories of hunting for mushrooms in the woods as a kid. Not shrooms, mushrooms.. like morel and sheephead.
• I have never done anything illegal.
• My favorite movies are Sound of Music and the Ten Commandments. Both wonderful classics.
• I get told that I look like Cameron Diaz from time to time.
• I am tall. 5' 9" and 3/4 ... don't forget the 3/4. I love being tall.
• I itch my throat in an odd way and it drives my family nuts. They totally mock me.
• I met my husband when I was in the 8th grade. My sister actually doted on him. I thought he was a player. I fell for him however when I was 17. 
• My sister is the reason we are together. She gave him my number. 
• We have been together for 18 years.
• Marriage is the hardest and best thing I have ever done. 
• My kids are my greatest accomplishment. 
• Someday I hope to travel to Egypt to photograph. But I also want to see Europe.
• I prefer Mac computers. I have a bit of detest for PCs. 
• My favorite candy bars are Zero and Milky Way Dark.
• I have a TOTAL sweet tooth. I crave sugar over salt any day.
• I am crazy crazy about baked goods. And... unfortunately, I love to bake.
• I think I am a good cook, overall. 
• I see silly things like 11:11 all the time and joke about being a "star-child".
• 2012 intrigues me. I could watch documentaries about that kinda stuff all day and then be freaked out all night.
• I love donuts and coffee on Sunday morning. 
• My husband's dimples still make me get giddy sometimes. 
• That firefighter can rock a hat like nobody's business. 
• I live in a small town. I love it. I want to live here forever.
• I have a fondness for old, forlorn barns. I want to photograph them and put them all into a book for my state.
• I have always been a Hoosier. 
• My ethnic background is predominantly German, a little American Indian, a little Welsh.
• I have green eyes.
• I have two tattoos. One of an Egyptian ankh on my back. It means 'life'. I have another in honor of my sister Jessica on my left hip. It's a monarch butterfly and under it says, "Jessy". 
• I think I may get one more tattoo on my wrist. One that is spiritual - for me. Not sure yet on specifics.
• I love my nose ring. 
• I have 20/20. But sometimes I rock fashion glasses b/c I like glasses.
• I am All-American in my LOVE for Philly cheesesteaks and Chicago dogs.
• My son looks just like my husband. My daughter just like me. But they are both a good mix.
• I own two boxers and a siamese kitty. I love them and photograph them ridiculous amounts.
• I like to run. Just.. not on a treadmill. 
• I think every Friday night should mandatorily be Pizza night. 
• I am named after my Grandmother. Joanne Eleanore. I never met her.
• I took Spanish and French in college. I don't practice either well enough to be fluent. Most of what I can say in Spanish is naughty.
• I like the smell of sandalwood. Eucalyptus. Mint fields. Fresh cut grass. Banana bread baking. A fireplace. Suntan lotion.
• I started photographing 7 years ago - almost 8 now. My first camera was a Canon Xti.
• I like to sing. Just not.. necessarily on command. :) 
• I love to look at people's photo albums.
• I still love to rollerskate.
• Love to hike.
• Love playing UNO in our camper when it's raining and smelling bbq pork in the crock pot.
• I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE a good campfire.
• Love traditions.
• I medicinally clean my ears every day. It's probably more of a coping mechanism for stress than a method of cleaning my ears. Some people go for a cigarette? I go for a Q-tip.
• I am a little OCD about locks and such.
• My favorite season is Fall. 
• Josephiney is a nickname and has nothing to do with my real name.