I really believe in peace and that one person can make a difference. Please try to do random acts of kindness and senseless beauty every day if you can.
I married a wonderful man named Chuck in Sept 2001. At the time he was the editor of the local newspaper in Allen, Texas. Then he was the editor of the Plano Star Courier and then an editor with the Waxhachie Daily. He was always writing his column there about life and his opinions, of which there is never a lack! Now he is a full-time writer at home and working on his own projects. I have 3 wonderful step-children: Kelsey, Lisa and Robert. Lisa and Kelsey live in Conroe with their mother, Carla. Robert and Amanda Bloom had a beautiful baby girl named Riley Clare in Nov 2006, making me a Grandma! So I have a much bigger family now!!!
About me... I believe that women and men should have equality in the work place, in the home and everywhere else; my religious affliation is Unitarian Universalist; I believe that the Earth is our mother and we should take care of her; I support recycling and environmental issues and action; I'm a pro-choice voter; I believe in volunteering (often); I love my canine & feline children: Blarney 17 yr old one-eyed Jack Russell terrier and Miss Kitty (aka BeeGee) a black cat that we adopted from our alley in 2006, she's approximately two now;I love Celtic music, folk, accoustic, rock, blues and R&B; I love to read; I know how to make pottery; I'm a 5th generation Texan of German, Irish, English, Czech, Bohemian and Spanish/Mexican descent; I am an amateur genealogist; I know how to program my VCR, my theromstat and any other computer devise that gets thrown at me; I love gardens especially roses; I like to travel; would like to speak Spanish better; Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Trinity University; I am concerned citizen and voter; Member of AAUW, League of Women Voters; I'm a graduate of Leadership Plano; I have several good friends that I love as family in Plano, Dallas, Boston, Chicago, Virginia and other places; favorite place I've travelled is Switzerland; favorite movie is The Wizard of OZ; favorite poet and biography author is Maya Angelou; favorite Science Fiction/Fantasy authors are Anne McCaffery and Robert A. Heinlein; favorite mystery authors are Sue Grafton and Janet Evanovich; I love being around water & trees; Earth-based spirituality has a place in my theology; A social & religious liberal; and last but not least... I plan to be a very eccentric old woman who wears bright colors and has an eccentric and eclectic house that is a joy to be inside.
My dad George, passed away in May 1999 at age 77... after suffering from a stroke in 1994. May he, my mother Dorothy, my grandparents Anne, Paul, Mary, Albert and Nathan rest in peace! Also may my Great-Uncle Honore Pellotier rest in peace, wherever he is. I loved him dearly.
PLEASE remember to appreciate your elderly parents, grandparents, other relatives... while they are around (and can still talk and interact with you). If you've had a long term disagreement, GET OVER IT! You will miss your loved ones when they are gone and it's too late to make amends. So DO IT NOW!