Alot of people that have recently met me and started reading my blog can only define me as “Kim whose husband Gregory died.”

Even though that is unfortunately a HUGE part of who I am now, there’s a lot of other things about me that make me who I am as a person. Many of them I like, many of them I don’t. But all in all, it’s all me.

So here’s kind of a bullet list of things about Kim…..

* I was born in Mississippi but grew up in Singapore, because my dad was in oil.

* My dad also grew up overseas. In Liberia. He had monkeys, elephants and such for pets. What a life.

* I was born two days after Camille, lived through a tornado tearing my parent’s house apart in 2004, made it through Katrina, was in a boat that was struck by lightning and have survived a monsoon or two. If the weather gets bad you may want to get away from me. Far, far away.

* When I was 3 I fell off the roof of our house and almost “PUT MY EYE OUT.”

* I loved Singapore and am so thrilled to be reconnecting with friends from there thru the interwebz. Yay interwebz!

*Upon moving back from S’pore I lived in Poplarville, MS until 2005. I miss my friends but again, the miracle of the interwebz is bringing us together !

* My mom is deathly afraid of animals but has always let me have a dog. Thanks Mom.

* When I was 13 I walked through a sliding glass door and had 182 stitches in my legs and face. Oh and plastic surgery.

* I have trekked in Nepal, camped in the Australian outback and walked along the Great Wall of China.

* I have also been to about every country I can think of.

* But I’ve never been to the Grand Canyon.

* My dad played pro football for the 49ers for a few years.

* I have always struggled with weight – up/down/up/down. But I’m ok with that now.

* I have an older brother whom I adore – Hi Alya !!

* I used to be a cop. Near the end, I HATED IT. I wasn’t actually thrilled with the circumstances of my leaving law enforcement but it was the best thing that happened to be professionally.

* I am now a computer nerd and I LOVE IT. I LOVE going to work. Except when I’m in a funk, and getting there usually alleviates that.

* I am obsessed with the weather. I wish I was a meteorologist.

* I miss my grandparents now more than ever. I wish my Papaw was here to guide me.

* Speaking of my Papaw, he didn’t speak english until he was 12. Only french..and my dad was born in NOLA…so technically I’m a cajun girl.

* I have no musical talent whatsoever. I can’t draw, I can’t sing, I can’t dance. Somewhere in the gene pool I lost out.

* I love t-shirts. Any cool restaurant, bar, visiting place, if you’ve got a cool t-shirt, it will be mine.

* At Mardi Gras and parades in general, my friends used to call me the bead whore. I never flashed for any, but I was good at getting them !

* I love jello shots.

* I am having a hard time watching my Daddy fight cancer but I can’t stand to not be around him.

* I am mad at God and the world in general, but especially me, for taking my Husband away.

* I am trying very hard to deal with the thing above. Not so easy.

There’s alot more that I am sure I will add, but I’ll leave that for another post.

Happy Wednesday everyone.

Oh and one more thing.

* I love my husband.