Blog It Forward – Tammy Powlas, Part 2

This is an update from my last Blog It Forward – Tammy Powlas | SAP Blogs

I am still located in Northern Virginia, just outside Washington, DC (home of the 2019 World Series Baseball Champions Washington Nationals)

Thank you  Ruthvik Chowdary for tagging me

What do you do apart from SAP in your free time?

I have been hiking/walking regularly, everyday and doing as much as possible *not* to drive my car. I have driven less than 300 miles in the past 3-4 months. It’s good for my health and the environment.

Fairfax County Park, a favorite hiking location

I also like to cook though I am not a professional. I used to try (in vain) to make my own chili, following Martha Stewart on DVD but it never worked out. Then I discovered crock pot cooking and there you can make some amazing tasty things. My favorite recipe includes a bean recipe using great northern beans.

I also crochet – on my couch now, I have an afghan crocheted in a similar pattern from the old Laverne and Shirley / Roseanne shows. I have also been crocheting wreaths for the holidays:

My sister taught me to crochet a long time ago. I used to donate her crocheted items to Adopt A Native Elder. Now this is one of the charities I support often.

Similar to my father, I am addicted to sports talk radio; we have such a soap opera with the local Washington DC NFL football team.  Never a dull moment on the radio.

I also try to watch the BBC Soap Opera EastEnders.  Exciting times on this show for the holidays.

If not SAP Career where you would be seeing yourself?

I think I would continue to be a systems cost accountant, which I was doing before I ventured into SAP.

Who inspired you to choose SAP or what made you to choose SAP?

SAP chose me; I was selected to be on an ERP evaluation team at a previous employer many moons ago (Bill Clinton was our US President at the time) and the rest is history.

Fun fact(s) about me

Both my parents were native American, and there’s a street intersection of their tribes (Choctaw/Oneida) in Lawrence, Kansas, at Haskell Indian Nations University, where they met.

Source: Google

Source: Google

I mentioned in my previous blog-it-forward that both tribes were matriarchal. The Choctaws are the fourth largest tribe in the United States; they were removed from their homelands in the 1830’s. They are known to have invented corn/maize.

The Oneidas are known for helping George Washington during the cold winter at Valley Forge, a turning point in the Revolutionary War.

I am also a great-great aunt (my nephew is grandfather)

Last year I got to sit in the Batmobile at Funko Headquarters in Everett, WA – thanks to my sister-in-law who took me.

A childhood dream of mine come true! Yes, I own the original, campy, 1960’s Batman series on DVD. “Da-na-na-na-na-na-na-na – Batman!”

Next blog it forward nominations

Joachim Rees

Mahesh Kumar Palavalli

Patrizia Rossi

Faisal Iqbal

Craig S

Moshe Naveh (just met Moshe in real life this year, aka the father of BIF)

Questions (borrowing from Susan Keohan and others)

1. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?  Please explain how you know.
2. Android or Apple?
3. Besides Coffee Corner, what is your favorite space on SAP Community?
4. What do you do in your free time?