where i’m from. me born 1985 in las vegas, nevada oldest of four sisters: nicole, gina and talli...
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Where I’m From
Me
• Born 1985 in Las Vegas,
Nevada
• Oldest of four sisters:
Nicole, Gina and Talli
• Husband: Justin
• Pets: 2 Dogs (Thora Scully
and Marty Brodeur McFly)
and 12 fish
• History Teacher
• St. Mary’s College of
Maryland and Monmouth
University
• Undercover Blonde
About MeLikes
• History
• Soviet Propaganda Posters
• New Jersey Devils
• Southern Maryland
• Mexican food
• Avocados
• The Walking Dead
• Stephen King’s The Stand
• Apple Orchards
• Kayaking
Dislikes
• Seinfeld
• Math
• Wasps
• Children playing on
my lawn
Maternal Family (Through Grandfather)• Mom: Joan, born in Casper, Wyoming in
1964 (Sister: Cindy)
*Award winning gymnast,
certified sharpshooter, loves
animals
• Grandpa: David, born in Casper Wyoming
* Has two goats, loves cowboy
boots, and beat up Dick Cheney
in high school
• Great Grandfather: Frank (b. Franz
Hofmann), born in Ragersdorf, Bohemia
* Came to America through Ellis
Island at age 11 in 1913 with
whole family. Moved to WI, then
Wyoming, and married a mail-order
bride, Hazel Nice
• Great-Great Grandparents: Karl Hofmann
(8 Dec 1872 in Bohemia, Austria-Hungary)
and Theresa Schafhauser (b. 10 Aug
1873 in Austria)
Maternal Family (Through Grandmother)
• Lee family can be traced
back to relatives of General
Robert E. Lee
• Can currently trace back
more than 7 generations,
most go back to the
Midwest
• Hiram Lee, born in North
Carolina on 15 Nov 1801
Czech/BohemianGermanIrish/English/Pol-ish
Czech Republic
• Great Grandfather, Franz, came from Ragersdorf,
Bohemia in 1913 (Part of German/Austrian Empire).
• Territory is now Maly Radkov, Czech Republic
• Czech cuisine is mostly meat, potatoes, cabbage
and gravy
• "Co Čech, to muzikant”: Every Czech is a musician.
Music is an extremely popular art form in the Czech
Republic (Bohemian and Moravian traditional music)
Czech Culture
• Traditional Czech Folk Music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6L-RRi9lp8
• Traditional Czech Dancing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpU9_S-8PYg
• Czech Food: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
pDrdJljYUbk