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While James doesn't
want to give his life story, I don't mind putting in a little more effort.
;)
- I was born in California in
March of 1971. I'm almost never ashamed to admit that I was born
in the 70's! My family finally got me to Texas when I was about
4 years old and have lived in the D/FW area for most of my life.
I graduated from the High School
for Science and Engineering Professions (H.S.E.P.) at Dunbar in Fort
Worth in 1989. I attended
Texas A&M University when I met James during my freshman year.
We actually met over the computer. For those of you who were "connected"
back then, we met over "relay" one night. James was
a senior at the University of North Texas in Denton. After
dating for 3 months, we became engaged and 9 months later we were married.
- In 1992 we moved to Schwenksville,
Pennsylvania (yes there really is a place named that) when
James was transferred within his company, ICI Explosives. After
2 years, I was tired of all the snow, ice, and blizzards and we decided
to move back "home" to Texas. Then,
in 1996, we finally found the perfect house and moved to Valley Ranch.
Shortly after that decision, we decided after 5
years of marriage that we wanted an addition to the family besides our
dog, Snookie!
- In February
of 1997 we were blessed with a gorgeous red-headed baby girl, Jasmine
Grace. To see pictures of her, visit the About
Jasmine page to get your fill.
- James and I own our own business,
Shoffit Information Solutions. James is a computer consultant
specializing in SAP programming. He
currently is working as at Daydots in
Fort Worth, TX. My part of the business is desktop
publishing. I work with several different clients providing
both printed and digital promotional materials and whatever else may
come up.
- We are actively involved in
the Maverick Region of the Porsche
Club of America. I'm the former editor of Slipstream, their 32-page
monthly newsletter. James is the former president of the region.
- We were honored in 2001 with
the National Enthusiast Family of the Year award at the PCA annual convention,
"Parade." We were thrilled.
- This past June (2005), I was
awarded the 2004 National Enthusiast of the Year. Out of 52,000 members
nationwide, I was chosen! I thought it couldn't get better than the
family award. Boy, was I wrong!
- James and I are
avid Autocrossers
within the club. I am the current Ladies Top Driver within the club
and have been for the past 3 years. What can I say? We love driving
fast!
- In addition, I'm Jasmine's
room mom at school, am on the board of the local PTO, and I'm the Girl
Scout co-leader for her Troop 2776 (14 girls!). It keeps me busy, but
I'm having fun!
- I enjoy listening
to pop and rock music, with the occasional foray into other areas, ranging
from hip hop to contemporary opera. My current favorite artist is Josh
Groban.
- I'm enjoying improving
areas of my life. For SELF improvement, I love watching Starting
Over. For HOME improvement, Clean
Sweep on TLC is fantastic! I've been going from room to room purging
out a bunch of junk I no longer need, to the benefit of a local battered
women's shelter. I used to enjoy Trading
Spaces, but that's become a bit boring. Besides, seeing designs
by Hildi and Doug scare me. Vern and Laurie are my all time favorites.
- My favorite movies
are an interesting mix. I guess most of them are romantic love stories,
like The Sound of Music and Jerry Maguire. Like my music, I also tend
to expand my horizons... Pulp Fiction being one of those expansions.
;) Movies like Shrek and Shrek 2 bring me back to center, in addition
to the Harry Potter series.
- Speaking of Harry
Potter, I absolutely love reading the books. It's my favorite series,
followed closely by Robert Asprin's Myth Adventure series. Science fiction
and fantasy seem to be what I enjoy reading most.
- When I'm not thinking
of reading books or watching videos (hardly ever get out to see a real
movie in the theater), I love to dream of traveling. We get to go to
Whistler, BC every year to ski and visit my brother and family. January
2005 yielded our first trip to Hawaii (Maui),
which we were very excited about! We had an absolutely awesome time
thanks to friends, Jennifer and Kenny Hansmire. Kenny is the new chairman
and CEO of Overtime Sports Pacific, the owner of the Hula Bowl. Jasmine
is best friends with their two daughters, Kailee and Kelsie, and so
they invited us to go to Hawaii with them. Spectacular event! We're
hoping this next year's trip to Honolulu (on Oahu) will be even better
now that we kinda know what we're doing!
- We also choose
each year to go to whatever the current site is for the annual Porsche
Parade. We've been to Sacramento, Milwaukee, Boise, and Tampa (other
than this past year in Fort Worth). My favorite location was this past
June... Hershey, PA! FINALLY, I'll seemed to get my fill of chocolate
for the week! It's about time!
- Jasmine and I also
quite often get to accompany James when he goes to trade shows for his
company, Z Option. Las Vegas is a huge favorite, as is Orlando. We had
a great time at the Disney theme parks. We also went to Anaheim, CA
this spring. We went to Disneyland and related parks the week before
the big 50th celebration started. It was a good thing because the parks
were nearly empty and we got to enjoy everything!
- My traveling dream,
though, is to go to Paris (no, not Texas). One of these days I'll make
it there. Other places in Europe like Italy and England would be nice,
too, but France would be the coup de gras.
So, now I hope that's
given you an idea of what things *I* enjoy.
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