Who am I?
Hmmmmm....
I was born in Menlo Park, CA, grew up in Vancouver, WA, and now live in Seattle. I have two degrees (one from Carleton College in Minnesota and one from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon), but alas, am not currently employed or working in my fields of expertise (English & Elementary Education)! I did teach 1st grade and kindergarten for 3 years, loved some of it and hated a lot of it (I think it was the extreme multitasking). I still enjoy hanging out with kids and teaching reading though, which is why I volunteer in a couple of schools and with a literacy organization. I also make art, something I have have always been passionate about. I take pictures and paint with wax, which is called encaustic painting. Sounds toxic, but its not! I've been in a few group shows, sold some pieces, and hope to have an individual show at some point in the future. I suppose I am a bit of a hippie at heart, though I am getting old and my habits are rapidly becoming yuppyish. Damn.
I am also married. To a boy. We got married in July, 2002, though we were, admittedly, high school sweethearts. He is a computer geek (i.e. software engineer) and very good at what he does, though I can't really describe it to you (nor can he, unless you are also quite geeky)! A few years ago we bought a house, and it seems we have been filling it with stuff ever since. We love to work in the garden and (when we are not sitting at our computers IM-ing each other from across the house) have made a lot of progress in being able to distinguish a tomato from a pumpkin, an aphid from a slug, and other useful things.
We also have a dog, a black lab of unknown origin. She is not the most well behaved you've seen because we are too lazy to train her properly. We love her despite her occasional baddogness. And then there's the baby thing. After more than three years of infertility madness, I gave birth to a baby girl in May, 2006. Holy smokes! She is a doll and we love her to bits....
Here's my blog
Here's my Art Website