Well, I guess I will give this a try. I am new to blogging so you'll have to be patient with me while I figure it all out :)
Most of you who read this will probably already know me, but there may be some that don't, so i will tell you a little about myself to start. And those who do know me may learn something new :) I was born June 15, 1967 in Millersburg, Ohio. Until I was 5 years old, we lived on a farm near Wooster, Ohio and I have only a few memories of those years. I do remember my older brother hanging me from a nail in the corn crib by one of my braids and leaving me there! I managed to get myself free, but left some hair behind......thank you Rodney! When I was 5, actually on my first day of kindergarten, we moved to Orrville, Ohio.....the home of Smucker's Jelly!! In the summertime, we always knew what kind of jelly was being made because the whole town smelled like it. I have two brothers, one older and one younger. My younger brother was injured at birth and has cerebral palsy. He is now 38 years old and my parents care for him at home. He has always been a bright spot in my life and loving him has taught me many things. I learned at a young age to play with someone who couldn't play back, to talk to someone who couldn't talk back, to give love and affection to someone who couldn't return it. I've often wondered, especially since I've left home, if he really knows who I am.....but I am content with the fact that I know who HE is and that is all that really matters. My older brother is Rodney and he has two years on me. I can say that I am glad he went first because I also learned a lot from him! We had a love-hate relationship for most of our growing up years (did I mention the braid thing??). Like most siblings we grew up irritating and annoying each other as much as we possibly could, but loving each other all the same! Today, he lives near my folks and has two daughters, my lovely nieces, Lisa and Amy. They are both grown and married and I was recently notified that Amy is going to make me a great aunt in March and that makes me feel REALLY old! But it is exciting all the same! I graduated from Orrville High School in 1985. I had spent my junior and senior years in a practical nursing program at a career center, so when I graduated I was ready to sit for my boards. I worked for 13 years as an LPN in long term care and then went to Penn College of Technology and graduated in 1998 as an RN. I married Jeff on October 5, 1996 and moved to Pennsylvania.....300 miles from home! That was hard.......I'll just leave it at that! I began working full time at The Williamsport Home and went to part time after we had our daughter, Sarah, in July 1999. She is now 9 years old and in fourth grade. We expanded our family in Jan 2003 with our son, Thomas. He is now 5 and is in kindergarten. So now I am adjusting to not having any children at home during the day. I miss them, but am beginning to appreciate some time to get groceries, clean the house, etc... But they grow up so fast once they go to school, so there is sadness in that reality. But that is life I suppose. Jeff is still working in sheet metal. This week he is working at Geisinger Medical Center. He works through the union hall so he is never bored with his job. He goes a lot of different places and works with a lot of different people. We have recently adopted three kittens and the kids are very happy about that. I was outvoted!! So now they are in our garage and growing like weeds. Jeff found them wandering around his shed and took pity on them. The mother comes around some, but she is pretty much wild. I suppose we'll have them in the basement this winter and wil let them loose outside in the spring. Let's hope they are good mouser's! Other than that, we have 4 goldfish! Sarah tries hard to convince us she needs a horse, but so far she hasn't sold the idea, especially seeing as we live in the woods! So, these are some of the moments thus far in my life. Maybe you've learned something new about me and maybe I've bored you to tears. But there it is :)
