OK, after being a member for almost a year, I finally figured out where this thread lives... LOL. I guess I didn't get the FlyerTalker Map in the mail with my welcome kit...

Xinerevelle comes from my first and middle names: Christine Revelle. Friends started calling me "xine" in email about 12 years ago, similar to calling Christmas "xmas"... Revelle is a family name.

I'm married to a former frequent flyer who has been extremely jealous that my jobs over the past few years have included travel. His position (paper mill superintendent) is pretty place-bound. We are expecting our first little traveler just after Thanksgiving. Therefore, my traveling has been reduced to the round-trip to the grocery store and the gas station lately.

I am currently working from home doing some consulting work so that I can stay home with the baby. Not a lot of travel on the horizon for me, except for visits to family.

In my professional life I've held a variety of related positions, most surrounding some form of marketing, proposal generation, and training. I'm a certified trainer for DDI and AchieveGlobal management products. These days I am doing some subcontracting work for a company that does Visioning for communities and other organizations.

I've been an American Cancer Society volunteer for about 5 years, sitting on my local unit board of directors and chairing the income development and patient services committees as well. I just finished a state-wide leadership program for ACS. Additionally, I was the president of my local Junior Achievement board for 2 years and am still a JA classroom volunteer, too.

My undergrad Economics degree is from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and my graduate degree in Corporate Communication is from Florida State University.

I grew up in Grand Rapids (GRR), Michigan, went to college in Cleveland (CLE), then lived in Columbia, Maryland for 7 years (BWI or DCA), before moving to Panama City Beach (PFN), Florida about 8 years ago.

Mr. Xine and I use our hotel points mainly for trips to Spring Training in central Florida each spring. He's a big Cleveland Indians fan, so we spend a long weekend in the Orlando/Tampa area watching as many games as we can while settling into the free Hampton Inns at night. Maybe now that I'm switching from a Skymiles Amex to a HHonors Amex for next year maybe we'll be able to splurge on Hiltons instead of Hampton Inns.

Oh, and I love this place! FT has given me the power and the confidence to stand up and demand what is coming to me when I get bumped, or to figure out how to squeeze the most out of my lowly Delta Silver status (or to even know to call it FO status when on the Delta thread...). And who could forget all those bonuses I got from the Priority Club board??? Again, thanks for all of the help, everyone!