This site showcases the life of one very unique, lovely, lucky, happy, absolutely charming girl — me. 
Call me Annalise here. It’s not my real name, but an alias I been using for several years. If you happen to know my real name, good for you! If you don’t, it’s okay. I adopted “Annalise” as an online alias when I ran into a few troubles with a few nosy, sensitive, real life people plus a few stalkers.
I am the girl in the picture to the right. As you can see, my husband John and I are newly weds! We just got married in April, 2009, in a winery in Temecula, California. At this point I can’t be happier with my life, my hobbies, my family, my dog, my job, plus just about anything else in my life.
I have lots of hobbies, painting being my favorite, and singing comes as a close second. Although, since 2008 I’ve chosen to … focus on painting and therefore I haven’t been singing much. I am a big patron of the arts. Despite my busy schedule I still go see performances and art shows often.
I am incredibly adventurous and often times, too much so, therefore I have done more than my share of silly things in the past… but my life is always fun. There’s never a dull moment. Besides art and music, I love travelling, camping, hiking (at a moderate to slow pace), doing community services, reading, baking, cooking, watching movies, taking too many photos, and spending quality time with my family and husband.
Two bachelor degrees plus one master degree have lead me to a full-time, government job as a urban planner. In the past I was also a ballet dancer (long long past), a figure skater (long long past), a pianist (long past), a beauty queen (2006), plus a princess (still is and always will be!!!).
There are two very easy ways to contact me: 1) Leave me a comment on my posts. 2) Email me at wakinghour@gmail.com. I’d love to hear from my readers, so please don’t be shy to make my day!