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I'm turned 46 on June 17th (Go Geminis!! WOO HOO!!) I'm a wife of a great husband who just so happens to be my bestest best friend. I'm the mom of (are you ready?) FIVE kids (Three daughters and one son are mine, one son is Rand's from another marriage.) My kids range in age from 26 down to 8...LOLOL. Yeah, its a trip. I homeschool my kids, but we tend to follow the calendar for our area because so many special events and such are scheduled for the local school's down time. We live in the great little town of Athens, TN (which is alot like living in Pleasantville...and no, I'm not exaggerating.) Its been wonderful raising the kids here because there is always something for us to do as a family. The kids are active in scouting and other community things on a regular basis. I'm personally involved with Free Tibet campaigns (have been for years now), wildlife concerns (from local to international), gardening, travelling, acting, music (singing and playing various instruments), designing websites for businesses and companies, I also run a wholesale log home company which is becoming more popular due to economic factors of late. Soooo....between just my stuff and the kids stuff we tend to be super busy most of the time. Then you throw in Rand's job, as well as the fact that he is a city commissioner involved in several projects and it gets to be a mad house at times. We like to get away for spontaneous family hikes in the nearby mountains, camping trips to Indian Boundary (I LOVE that place!!) as well as dive trips to Mexico a couple times a year. Other than that we have made our home a true sanctuary where we all love to hang out and play and relax (we love to play billiards, video games, board games, play on the trampoline or on the tree swing....family stuff.) We also live two blocks from the skateboard park, the city pool AND a playground so we aren't lacking for things to amuse us. The best news yet is a few months ago a four star chef bought a little restaurant that is also just two blocks from our home and the food completely kicks immortal butt and at an affordable price (so we can just walk to dinner if we want.) Sami and I have regular Chick Flick day, and me and the kids have a weekly trip to Athens Regional Park (a fantastic place to fly our various kites...it also has a killer nature trail and access to a cold water creek that is awesome to wade in when it gets hot.) I love to have fun and I adore meeting people who are crazy and intelligent and spontaneous.

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The Dalai Lama, Jesus, Hunter Thompson, Jacques Cousteau (I would settle for Jean-Michel), Da Vinci, Dave Brubeck, Robert Plant, Cat Stevens, The Buddha, Mozart, Jim Morrison, Carlos Castaneda, Tolkien, awesome cuddly people that are fun to talk to and like to play, John Muir, Henry David Thoreau, Kahlil Gibran, you know, I could go on and on......

My Blog

Singing Kitty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiuEA2eOpHE I love this video
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:22:00 GMT

My Birthday Rocked

My birthday completely rocked this year.  I got some awesome presents: a remote control dragonfly, money from two different people, a Buddha plaque which I've wanted for a year, a happy Buddha wi...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:53:00 GMT

A Truly Stupid Someone

Okay, enough time has passed that I think I can share this with everyone without losing it completely.  Here we go: The family had just gotten back from planning Mariah's funeral, and as you can...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:34:00 GMT

Learning something new

Every summer I pick something new to learn.  Last Summer it was to learn blues riffs on my guitar...which I happily accomplished before August.  The year before that it was to learn how to d...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:19:00 GMT

Losing a Child

It has been a month since Mariah died, and I've faced Mothers' Day and her 27th Birthday without her.  Both days I spent remembering my pregnancy with her, funny little happenings during that tim...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:19:00 GMT

A Layout Maker Ate My Page

I decided to use a layout maker to change the look of my page.  It looked pretty nice, but it took forever (and yes I DO mean forever) to load (clue number one).  Then, it would lock the who...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 16:36:00 GMT

Across The universe - Let It Be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQNpEET9WqQ In memory of my daughter Mariah, shine on baby!
Posted by on Mon, 12 May 2008 18:17:00 GMT

THE BEST PLACE TO GO FOR GOODIES

We travelled to the Bahamas a little while back.  Freeport and Nassau specifically.  I will tell you that the markets are a great place to pick up some fantastic deals on things like designe...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:42:00 GMT

Snorkeling in the Yucatan

Back from yet another snorkeling trip to the Yucatan of Mexico.  It was in the mid to high 80s and simply gorgeous.  Chankanaab was a bit rough this time so it was a little freaky getting in...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:17:00 GMT