Thanks so much to Carol and to Janie who gave me these awards! As most of you know, while I'm very honored to receive awards and do express my gratitude, I don't usually participate. But I'm making an exception today. I'm supposed to make a list of seven things about me to share with readers. Of course with my big mouth, there's very, very little that you don't already know about me. But just in case you missed something, here goes.
1. I was born in Texas, graduated from the University of North Texas in Denton. I have always been stubborn, hard headed and determined to make my life as wonderful and as exciting as I could. I was 76 this past August.
2. While I was married to an officer in US Air Force, we lived in Spain and Germany. We traveled to Italy, Switzerland, France, Austria, Portugal and Greece.
3. I have four children, two girls, two boys scattered over the country. And they are the light of my life and my greatest joy! I live with my youngest son -- primarily because he felt I needed a keeper, but mostly because he's not married, travels a great deal and has a dog who gets very lonesome.
4. I finally retired at 67-- and then only because the company I worked for had gotten caught up in the Japanese financial crisis of the 1990s and had to shut down it's brand new, unfinished plant in Oregon.
5. Unable to find anyone willing to hire a 67 year old broad, I moved to San Miguel de Allende in Mexico where I lived for a year, traveling, learning the language and generally having a terrific time.
6. Returned to the states in the spring of 2000 spent a year in Dallas, Texas, revisiting old haunts, spending time with my oldest son.
7. Returned to the northwest in 2002 and after moving from Portland to Seattle in 2006, I got into blogging and have no idea how I ever existed without it! It's been the most fun ever. Then as part of blogging I got into photography although I had never used anything but a disposable camera before. That opened a whole new door. So, I'm very happy, busy and life has never been so good!
And that's me!
