About Me

I’m a stay-at-home mom of one. Plus one upcoming, if we can ever get him out of the NICU.

A wife.

A dog-owner x 2.

I used to do a bunch of other stuff but no one cares about any of that anymore.

Not that I’m bitter.

This is my attempt to change that.

I am Toulouse.

And this is my tonic.

COMPLETELY RANDOM FACTS

1. I was born with a Olympic-level talent in parallel parking. I’ve never practiced. But I can parallel park my SUV in a parking space the size of a postage stamp.

2. One of those things I used to do that no one cares about anymore was manage a rock-n-roll band.

3. I twirled the baton competitively until I was in high school. Haven’t touched one in a long time, but I can still do the sugar-bowl.

4. Tearing pictures of beauty products out of magazines is a major compulsion, even though all I do is collect them in drawers for 3 years then throw them away.

5. I am both a perfectionist and terribly, terribly impatient — two such opposing personality traits that I often end up nothing but frustrated.

6. Even though I complain about them the whole time, I still watch beauty pageants on TV. Awards shows too.

7. I think you really can tell something about people from their shoes.

8. Despite what my first resume out of college may have said, I am not really a people person.

9. I spent almost 3 weeks on complete hospital bed rest and then delivered my son at 29 1/2 weeks gestation. That saga has been going on since January 15. We are ready to get baby Meyer home and get hospitals out of our lives!

10. I think everyone needs to get and keep their own life. Even mommies.