Monday, November 26, 2012

Welcome to my blog. Always being on the cutting edge of technology I determined 2012 to be the year of the blog - ha! Is this a diary? Journal? Newsletter? I really have no idea. I see this being a medium for 'thoughts I'm pondering' and true stories on my journey. Some of them will be sad, most of them will be funny (I hope) and when it says *true story* it will be.
Now the hard part. It isn't coming up with ideas, it's lassoing a few of the slow ones while they race in my head so that I can make them a thought and expound on them in verse.
All comments and suggestions are welcome.

A synopsis of me:

  • I grew up in a small town located in SE Iowa. It wasn't until my early 30's that I realized how much I appreciate this. 
  • I've struggled with hmm, let's say "direction" but that has led to a bevy of career choices that I think make me pretty unique. I may be the first Realtor/Trucker/Banker/Security Guard/Retail Professional/Phlebotomist/Writer you've came across. 
  • After 28 years in Iowa, I packed my car and headed West for my own manifest destiny, in Las Vegas. *I LOVED Las Vegas* and it is this time of year I really start to miss having a glass of wine on the patio and watching  the snow fall very very far away.
  •  After a few years in LV, I moved back to Iowa to a small town I had never been to, Dallas Center. Dallas Center is the quirkiest, most bizarre small town and I adore it!
  • While in Dallas Center I met my husband and we now live in Des Moines. Our days are pretty docile and homey - My husband telecommutes for a large bank and works in their IT department; I've sold more than one article this year so I fancy myself a freelance writer and Lily the golden retriever sharks about the home letting us know she is here and when we forgot to put something away. 

I hope you enjoy my blog and again, all comments and suggestions are welcome!!

Crazy Fact - I place 2nd place in a Demolition Derby! (My drive shaft broke or else I'd be #1 - I was a contender I tell ya)