A different kind of life list

Kaci is a variant of Kacie (from K.C. and Casey), which is of Irish and Gaelic decent meaning “alert” and “vigorous.”

Johanna is of Hebrew origin and means “God’s grace.”

Clearly, these definitions are a crock of shit.

If I had it my way, I’d sleep twice as much as I do and zone out in front of the TV more than that. (I’m only half kidding here, people. No really. NEWSFLASH: I’m lazy.)

And as far as this “God’s grace” business goes… well, let’s just not even go there.

Regardless… I love my name. You want to know who I am? I am Kaci Johanna.

I’m a daughter, a sister, an aunt; I’m a girlfriend and a best friend; I’m a mother to the cutest springer spaniel in the world, the weirdest cardigan corgi in the world and the three bitchiest cats in the world. (We also have a shitload of kittens at the moment, but I do not want to talk about that.) I love them all.

I feel like there’s a lot to be learned about me from the things I enjoy most in life: small-town/country life, county fairs and rodeos; Mountain Dew, Coors Light and iced tea; shopping in all shapes and forms; journalism – especially newspaper design and copy editing – and proper grammar/spelling; movies like Footloose, Grease, Moulin Rouge and Aladdin.

So there’s that.

I graduated from high school in 2004 as class president and salutatorian. I went to Washington State University, during which time I worked at the Daily Evergreen, and am a Coug, through and through. I left Pullman with a bachelor’s in communication in 2008. After that, I ran a weekly summer newspaper, then worked as the paginator for a daily until I started at my current job in January 2010. No, I don’t talk about my current job here… except to say how much I love it and how lucky I am to have found it. And no, it’s not related to journalism at all.

I like to dance. I cuss too much. I hate creepy/crawly critters but love the cuddly/fluffy ones (hence the zoo in which I live). I can’t keep up with the house work so if you ever come over, just remember the animals far out-number me and it’s a losing battle. I dream of traveling the world and of one day owning a matching bedroom set. I’m not afraid to cry or to tell you how it is.

_____________MEET THE FAMILY_____________

The Boy and I have been together going since the spring of 2007. We moved in together in 2008 and bought our home in March 2010.

Callie (short for Marlin Heights’ Small Caliber) is our English springer spaniel. She was born September 11, 2008, and has destroyed more shoes of mine than I can count.

Velvet is our Welsh cardigan corgi. She was born July 31, 2007. I bought her from my sister-in-law, who shows/breed cardigans. Velvet is a sweetheart, even if she is a little “special.”

We also have way too fucking many some cats, including Sable, Grey One and Long Tail. There are kittens, too, but I don’t want to talk about that.