Although I have my own website, this blogging stuff is new to me!    My dear sister, (Author Donna on this site) suggested I start my own blog because I enjoy reading hers so much every day.  I certainly do not have the talent for writing that she does, though.  She is a published author.  I have no such credentials, so I will struggle with posting a bit here and there in my basic, boring style.

I am married with two children.  We live on the West Coast of Canada in the beautiful province of B.C.  I am also mom to 3 goats, 2 roosters, 1 hen, 2 Guinea hens, 1 duck, 1 Jack Russell Terrier (or is that TERROR!!??), 1 cat, and 6 birds.  Our animal family has dwindled in the past year due to attrition.  One of our cats was taken by a coyote, and our loving German Shepherd, Aspen, went to heaven on September 12th at an unknown age - unknown because I adopted her from the SPCA 7 years ago and nothing was known about her then.  We also lost 31 hens in 30 minutes when an escaped mink found his way into our chicken coop one morning.

Aside from my human children and my husband, the joy of my life are my parrots.  I have 2 African Greys (one Congo and one Timneh), one Senegal parrot, 1 Quaker parrot, and 2 cockatiels. 

I do not homeschool my own children, as I just do not have the gift of patience for it.  My sister, Author Donna, however, homeschooled her tribe of 3 and I am so very proud of all of them.  They have turned out to be not only beautiful, but highly intelligent, socially well-versed and extremely talented individuals - ALL 3 of them!!  Two of them are on this forum (tinydancer and highlandtoes).  I am so proud to call them my nieces.  I can only hope that my own children turn out HALF as wonderful as these three beauties!  For anyone who questions whether or not homeschooling works, these three young ladies are a glowing example of how all those years of effort by their mother and father (oh, and the most important one - GOD!) has paid off!

And so, I have made my first blog entry.  I'll keep posting little snippits of my life here and there as I get time.

Be blessed in all you do, my friends.  We'll talk soon!