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b.m.k Posted - Dec 03 2011 : 09:27:19 PM
Everyone has a story to be told. These stories are about dedicated sugar glider owners whose lives and hearts are full, often to bursting, but have found a tiny nook between the ventricles for their sugar gliders to climb into and snuggle up to stay.
So if you think that you won't be able to have a life with sugar gliders, or, to put it another way, that "if you have sugar gliders you have no life," read on, my friend, and be enlightened.
  
kyro298
Thought it was about time I put myself out there. I've been accused of so many things because of my stupid post count. Surely, I must have "no life" and be a "fat slob that sits home alone with my cats". Yes, I've been called quite a few things here and just want to let the crap talkers know they're right about one thing. I have a cat.
I also have a husband of over 18 years, almost 13 year old son, 16 1/2 year old daughter, a dog, 5 sugar gliders and my own successful Home Staging and Interior Redesign business since 2006.
www.StageItRedesignIt.com
www.Facebook.com/StageItRedesignIt
I don't sit behind a computer all day, usually. As a matter of fact, most of the time, I'm posting while waiting...from my phone...which I do A LOT. My daughter is a competitive dancer and dance instructor/choreographer. I've been a dance mom for 12 years. (Not the show "Dance Moms" kind of dance mom, by the way) However, up until she recently got her driver's license, I was driving her back and forth to dance EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK and Saturdays. I had lots of time to wait for her to be done and post from there. We currently spend lots of weekends at dance conventions and competitions which gives me endless time to kill. I post from hotels and convention sites and dance halls and theaters and ballrooms and hallways and lobbies and dance studios.
I'm also a soccer mom. I have lots of time waiting for my son's practice to be over or for games to start.
I'm a volleyball wife. I have lots of time waiting for my husband's games to start and for him to pack up when he's finished.
I also grocery shop and go to the bank and the gas station and post office and everywhere else normal people go. Imagine that. I wait in lines where I post to waste time if I so feel the urge.
I wait for clients, who think their time is more valuable than mine, so I post to waste time until they show up. Some days, I have a lot of computer work to catch up on so I have GG up at the same time. Sue me. I like it. Damn me and my 8 post per day average.
My husband owns his own business as well, which I help him out with quite often. That's almost all computer work for me so guess what site window I have open most of the time? You're so smart! :)
Let's see...what else? I love black olives, Italian food, Coke in a bottle, footie pj's, traveling (a lot), custard desserts, cold weather, good music, the color green, animals, Christmas time, family dinners, aquariums, Alex O'Loughlin, Dave Matthews, the movie "August Rush" and the author, Robin Cook.
I hate green peppers, BBQ, seafood, grape juice, diet soda, dressing up, clutter, heat, people that can't replace toilet paper, bad drivers, bad customer service, drinking, smoking, bad spelling/grammar, mud, crowds and more than anything, liars.
I can wiggle my ears. My eyes water (OK, POUR) when I laugh. I'm 5'1". I suck at re-telling jokes or stories. I get giddy over Christmas lights.
We live in our dream home we built with our hard earned money in 2008 and there's nowhere else I'd rather be. I love coming home. I hate leaving.
I have 5 brothers and sisters. We range from 41 to 16 and go boy, girl, boy, girl, boy, girl. I'm 38 as of 5 days ago.
I grew up with a drug addict, bipolar father that sometimes thought he was a prophet of God and we even lived in a cult community when I was 12. He passed away 10 years ago of a heart attack at age 52. I could make a living writing books about my childhood if I so desired.
My mom is awesome but suffers horribly from Systemic Scleroderma. There's no known cause and no cure but she isn't one to feel sorry for herself and is a modern day Wonder Woman. No one has gone through more in their life or is more amazing...in my eyes, anyway. She's always been our mom and dad.
I do have a college degree and worked in a medical lab for quite some time. I left in 2000 when my husband needed help at his office full time. I couldn't stand my boss and the timing was right for me to leave. I decided then I'd never have a boss again. We've worked very hard for what we have. When my daughter was a baby, we had food stamps, WIC and other state aid. I'm neither ashamed nor proud of that. We did what was necessary and worked our butts off for all we have now. I don't regret a second of the hard times. It made us both work that much harder and that much more grateful for what we have.
So, that's actually only the tip of the iceberg. As far as I'm concerned, those who deserve to know more, do. Those who don't care...never will. I'm perfectly content with that. I don't apologize for who I am. I'm the same online as I am in real life. People usually either love me or hate me. I'm picky with who I let close. I feel I'm am eerily good judge of other people's characters and am rarely wrong when I get a bad feeling about someone. I'm more of an observer than a talker. I AM ME. A REAL PERSON.
P.S. I think we all look pretty normal too:
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khigh
I'm a 25 year old divorced mother of one daughter. She's 4 years old and wants to be a jockey when she grows up. If she gets too big, she wants to be a "horse doctor". As you can see, she recently started English Horseback Riding lessons at a local stable.
I got married at 20 and was married for 4 years, but like a lot of military marriages, it didn't work out. On paper, we were married for 4 years, but in "military wife time" (subtract time when they are gone for training and deployment), we were married for 1 1/2 years at the most.
I currently work at a local pet store and do nutritional counseling on the side. I also take the odd grooming or pet sitting job to supplement my income. I am a Certified Animal Nutritionist, but it really isn't my calling in life. It's just another certificate to have until I am able to afford and finish school. I want to be a Physical Anthropologist "when I grow up".
I spend my "free time" (what there is of it) firing handguns, doing Schutzhund, going to temple, belly dancing, and volunteering. My current volunteer position is at the county morgue doing clean up. It's not the most fun I have ever had, but it is an experience that is indescribable for what I want to do with my life.
I own 17 sugar gliders, 2 dogs, 2 birds, 2 snakes, and 3 rats. My German Shepherd is my best friend in my whole life. If it came down to him or my boyfriend of 1 year, my dog would come first. He is SAR (Search and Rescue) qualified and we go to Schutzhund tournaments a few times a year. Wrangler is 120lbs of muscle and stamina. Flirt, on the other hand, is my 3 year old rescue poodle and she is dumber than a box of rocks. I love being able to dress her up and style/dye her hair, but she is the last poodle I will ever have. I have a Black Headed Caique (Tweedle Dee) and a Cockatiel (Muse). The BHC is loud and slightly annoying, but a hoot. He brightens my day. Lizzy Borden, Elizabeth Bathory, and Ebola are my 3 rattie girls. The snakes are standard colored corn snakes named Precioussss and Kaa (from the Jungle Book).
I am very involved in politics and love going to political events. I spent last August in DC at the 8/28 rally and can't wait to go to the next one! I love Indian Movies, the Hindi Language, India, and being a Hindu.
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Dpatters28
I'm 30-years-old and was born and raised in Cincinnati, OH, where I still live. I am not a fan of Cincinnati and would love to move somewhere more exciting (I fell madly in love with Boston when I visited there a decade ago), but money hinders me.
I work part-time as a sales associate at Macy's in the fragrance department. I may not be changing the world or saving lives, but I'll be damned if I don't you smell great! This is my second foray into retail. When I was 16 I worked at K-Mart for 2 months. I was a naive kid at the time and, as one manager put it, I was more interesting in "standing around looking pretty" than I was in actually working. I lost my job after the manager accused me of stealing $200 from the register. I found out later that all the people I was hired with were fired in similar fashions the same time I was let go. When I was 18 my dad got me an internship with the Clerk's Office and thus began a decade-long career with Hamilton County. I started in Domestic Relations (divorce court) when I turned 21 as a file clerk. I was hailed me as a Godsend by my boss. I quickly moved up the ranks until, a week after turning 28, I respectfully resigned. My new boss equated me to a caged monkey, which was the straw that broke the camel's back. I've been at Macy's for three years and it's decent work, but I'm not a huge fan of the general public so it gets under my skin a lot. Especially around the holidays. I often joke that Macy's murdered my Christmas spirit.
I'm openly gay, but I don't let that define me. I've only had a handful of relationships, and I always seem to pick the biggest losers out there. I came out of the closet when I was 23 and had my first boyfriend when I was 24. It lasted less than a month and ended because my beloved met a trucker at a gay bar and went off to California with him. My second relationship lasted 6 months. However there was a big age difference (he was 20 and I was 28), and he was just way to immature for me. Plus he had no job, no car, no ambition... and I wound up going from $18,000 in the bank to -$500. He also had a habit of humiliating and embarrassing me at every opportunity he got. I dumped him unceremoniously over Facebook and haven't dated anyone since. Sometimes I think I'm ready, but most of the time I'm quite happy being single. I did have one girlfriend in high school. We went to homecoming and senior prom together and dated for over a year. I kissed her on the lips once. I had lunch with her over the summer and found out she spent time in her early 20's in a mental institution. Do I pick winners or what???
My dad worked for the Clerk of Courts for 36 years, and when he retired last year he was 4th in command (and the office consists of over 200 people). He now works part-time at Sears. My mom was a homemaker as I was growing up and now works part-time in the Clerk's Office herself (she worked there in the 70s, which is how my parents originally met). They are still married and have been for 32 years. I have one brother who is 8 years younger than me. There was never much sibling rivalry and, in fact, he extended my childhood well beyond what it should have been. I like to think we're pretty close now.
I do not like children, but I adore my little nephew, Carson. He's not actually my nephew. He's my cousin Rachel's son, but Rachel is the closest thing I've ever had to a sister - and she wants Carson to think of me as "Uncle" Doug, so I call him my nephew just the same. He's a wild child, but for some reason he behaves for me and always gives me a big hug and lots of kisses when he sees me.
I have a golden retriever named Rocky and two sugar gliders name Chester and Dixie. I am a huge animal lover and two years ago my mom got me a free pass to the zoo for Christmas. Since I was only working at Macy's part-time, I had a lot of free time so I went several times a month. I was introduced to sugar gliders during these visits. I would force myself into the nocturnal house to confront my biggest fear - BATS - and wound up falling in love with suggies. I found out they could be pets, found this site and the rest is history.
I am for all intents and purposes an artist. Growing up I wanted to be an artist professionally. Then I had a teacher in 7th grade who told me I was only average and would never be anything but. I continued taking art through high school - even taking weekend classes - and all my other teachers told me how fantastic and talented I was, but I never forgot what that teacher in 7th grade told me and art has been a hobby ever since. I still love to draw and find it can be very therapeutic.
My favorite animals are giraffes. My favorite color is blue. My favorite number is 2. My least favorite number is 3. My all-time favorite show is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I loved anything 80's (except the fashion). I have a huge heart and will do anything for anyone. I prefer to give gifts than receive them. I hate how commercialized Christmas has become, but I still love the togetherness it brings. Did I mention I like giraffes? Not sure anyone knew that.
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BlackDrappa
Bear with me, it starts out sad, but then gets happy. Here's the story of my life:
I'm Tiffany, 23 years old, and I was born in Buffalo, NY to my 23 year old mother and my cheating father. He had an affair with a woman from work while my mother was pregnant with me and then left her when I wasn't even 2 yet. I share his middle name, Lynn, but all I can think about is the wh*re he is STILL with because guess what her name is? Yep, you guessed it, Lynn. I see my father and Lynn about every 2 months. We get along ok and I think both my parents are better off without each other, but I still hate the fact that it happened.
I have 3 older half-sisters by my father. The one closet to my age, Sara, had her first child before she was 16. The middle one, Jenna, is a recovering crack addict with an abusive boyfriend. And the oldest, Jessica, is a shut in who is afraid of being out in public. All my sisters dropped out of High School. I am the only one of my father's children that has graduated High School (let along college). Sadly, they get the most support and attention, but I'm starting to think it's because they are more needy than I am.
My mother raised me by working 2 or 3 jobs at a time. Even though she was barely home, she took me everywhere she could with her and spoiled me to no end. I was never left with a babysitter outside of the family until I was 6. She would even take me to work with her if she could. I would get her in trouble by eating the cherries and other fruits at the bar that were meant for the cocktails or turning the little swords they use for drinks into blow darts using a straw. After my father, my mother dated some abusive a**holes to me and her. One time I even had to call the cops at the age of 4 because her one boyfriend was beating her so bad I thought he was going to kill her. He found out I called and beat me unconscious and when I work up, the jerk was being taken away by the cops in handcuffs. I still have nightmares about that night...It went on for quite a while, my mom dating jerks, until she finally met my current step-father, Doug. I call him my savior because he is the sweetest guy ever and everything got better when my mother met him.
They married when I was 11 and had my half-brother. I had some hardships in those years, but NOTHING compared to my childhood. We are a happy family now. My parents have a huge 2 story house now with my brother, 2 dogs, beautiful yard...they are living the dream. I moved out last year into an apartment with my wonderful boyfriend almost 3 years. We just upgraded recently to a better apartment, right around the corner from my mother. I have a 4 year college degree under my belt, Major in Criminal Justice and Minor in Sociology. I work for a highly regarded consulting firm and LOVE my job as a Library Information Specialist. Unlike many of my friends, I have a full time job with benefits at a company that is expanding in this horrible economy. My friends annoy me sometimes, but I love them. My boyfriend and I love to entertain. I also help my mother out at home when my step-dad gets called out for work (he works for an electric company) and I babysit my many cousins. I love my suggie babies, so much so that we are fostering a special needs duo right now. I'm a little in debt, but I am very happy with my life where it is right now. 
Here are some pics!:
Me as a baby
Old pic of my dad, sisters, and I
My mom, step dad, and brother
Me and da boyfriend
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JazzNZoeysmom
Ok, hopping on this bandwagon. My name is Lyndia…pronounced plain ‘ol LINDA…my mother wanted to be creative. While I hated it while I was growing up because it is ALWAYS pronounced wrong and kids are cruel, I’ve learned to appreciate it or moreso the idea that my mother gave it to me and wanted me to be unique. She died when I was 7 and I was raised by my aunt. Since I was so young and had cousins that called my aunt MOM, I just followed suit so I’ve always called her Mom & my cousins have always been my brothers & sisters.
I grew up in O’Fallon MO. before it was a large town but my “dad” was a drunk & abusive so my mom took off to WI. with my younger “siblings” and I stayed since I was 16 and didn’t want to change my life at that point. I did end up heading north when I was 19 at which time I met my husband. We dated for a year and a half then married. January 6th will be 23years. We have 3 children, all of whom aren’t children anymore. My oldest daughter is 22, middle daughter will be 19 on Feb.4th. Our son will be 16 on Jan. 29th. My oldest blessed us with our granddaughter 4yrs. ago and she is the love of my life. I now understand the saying, “grandchildren are Gods reward for not killing your teenagers.”
Shortly after we married my hubby joined the US ARMY and we were stationed at Ft.Campbell KY. He is a veteran of Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield & I was an Army Wife for many years….TOUGHEST JOB IN THE ARMY! Raised my kids, took care of my home & worked college in there… Needless to say, we kind of got planted here and have been in Clarksville Tn./ Ft.Campbell Ky. since 1989.
After I got my little man into Kindergarten I went to college.
I have a college degree in Accounting and Business Management and was the manager of the District Office of H&R BLOCK here in Clarksville for several years until my grandbaby came along. I quit so I could stay home to care for her while my daughter went to college and worked full time. I feel like life is tough and I needed to give her every opportunity to be able to better herself so she can take care of her child successfully since she’s a single mom and gets no financial help from the sperm donor as I refer to the low-life. My little darling will start school next year so I will reconsider my options at that time.
I love photography and hiking in the woods and when I can combine those two things I am in HEAVEN! I am a card carrying member of the NRA and love going to the range and shooting my 9mm XDM. I also have my Concealed Carry Permit.
I have 2 Jack Russell Terriers and of course my 4 babies,…Jasper, Zoey, Kodah & Mala who are hanging off of various areas of my bra at this moment. I’ve never really sewn but have learned quite a bit and am getting pretty good at it since having these little loves.
Well, I guess that’s me in a nutshell. Glad to meet you guys!
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ToughCheeseSmallPaws
Hello, in the fashion of others, I thought I would post a short bio.
I'm Nicole, I live in the Northern part of Cincinnati, and I'm generally weird.
I've lived in the Southern Ohio valley my entire life, but would rather be somewhere as weird as I am, but that's okay because I'm having fun weirding up Cincinnati since I've come to terms that I'm just an odd individual and will never fit in with the societal standards.
I am a full time artist and twilight as a pharmacy tech part time. I really am bothered by how insurance companies are screwing people at my pharmacy and get more peeved when they get angry at me for it (don't shoot the messenger!). The art stuff- I'm sure everybody's seen a bit of my work somewhere on here at one point; I work mostly in pencil mediums at the moment but at heart, I'm a traditional printmaker. I love screen prints, I love dry points, and I love linocuts. I really cold careless for etching, but that's just me. I've been making art ever since I could hold something, whether it was my interpretation of Guernica on the living room wall with crayons (I was quite the muralist as a kid it seems) or just on boring ol' paper, I was encouraged to draw by my parents. Mostly because it kept me quiet and gave me something to do at dog shows.
Speaking of which- my parents. My parents were dog breeders- Newfoundlands specifically. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_%28dog%29
if you don't know). They also showed said dogs, so I was basically raised by dogs on the road at dog shows... so I have a very weird understanding of dogs and other animals, but not people because I'm often confounded by their behavior.
My father is an electrician for a family operated company here in Cincy while my mother is a vet tech. I grew up either at dog shows or at the vet's office helping sick animals or watching the surgeries asking what is what, so at an early age I understood about death and about icky guts.
I am married to the most wonderful man ever. I might be biased. Tim and I have been married for 2 years now (wow, 2 years already?) and have our first house (for 2 years, it was a busy week... seriously). Tim does IT work as a SQL DBA for a company who contracts him out to other big name companies, but he can mostly work from home which is nice, since he has multiple sclerosis and has some issue getting around every now and then.
I am owned by 3 cats (Trinity, Odysseus, and Hedwig- descending age and rank in the feline hierarchy), 1 dog (the most superfantabulous corgi named Ziggy), 2 sugar gliders (Tater and Pistol), 1 snake (Faust), 1 tarantula (Rosey- she's Tim's... I'm not afraid of spiders, but I just don't want to hold her), 3 female beta in a 44 gal. tank with some rosey barbs, danios, and Tim's giant plecco, and a male beta who is alone in his own 5 gallon tank. There are also 3 breeder mice who are living it up making snake food and being fed organic foods and a mix I specially blend for them. No one in this house goes unspoiled. Trinity and Ziggy have horrible table manners and know we're suckers for begging (or demanding anymore), Hedwig goes where she pleases in the house, Odysseus is Tim's best friend, and I'm a suggie slave running to their beckoning barks at 2 am to give chin scratchies and mealies.
I became interested in sugar gliders after (I hate admitting this) going to the reptile show in Cincinnati. There were some breeders there and I fell in love with the large eyes and the extreme cuteness of it all. I knew they existed, as Doug said, but didn't know they could be pets. So I went home armed with pictures of suggies and asked my husband (who has D&D every other Sunday which always landed on the day of the reptile show) and he said perhaps. So I waited for him to secure his job, I did research (holy heck am I glad I did research), and after about 8 months of hemming and hawing and visiting the suggies every time at the monthly reptile show, I got 2 rescues from Craig's list from a couple of really nice college kids who couldn't care for them anymore because of time and money. I figured that if I were going out to get a pet, I'd do rescue because I also help out with SAAP (Stray Animal Adoption Program) and every other animal in this house is a rescue (including the snake and spider).
I don't have a favorite color but have summed it down to everything but yellow. I HATE the color yellow- everything yellow I can think of is icky, and I just don't want to deal with it- so in my art, if something's yellow, it's usually a representation of how I feel about it... I am a coffee addict and they know my orders both at the Caribou Coffee here in Blue Ash and the Alreddy Cafe in Sharonville. I love love love to cook- which is something rather new within the last 3 years since before that it was baked chicken and a can of veggies. I'm also the grill master- if it's edible, I can grill it. I love smoking ribs on the grill and this year for Thanksgiving we smoked the turkey for the tastiest turkey we've ever devoured. I cannot bake for the life of me though, but that's where Tim shines- he's the baker in this household making everything from scratch from ganache to icing to cake and even truffles and caramel. Oh my goodness I've put on weight, but dang, it's worth it. I also have an unhealthy love for Dr. Who, Monty Python, David Bowie, and some other brits... don't know why, but I do. I also love bad movies- Troma films are hysterical, but I'd rather watch really good movies- so either end of the spectrum really. Favorite Movie hands down is Hedwig and the Angry Inch, followed by the mini series Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, and then topped with Labyrinth and Equilibrium.
So yeah... I guess that sums me up.
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JRMMJONES
I first met my husband in high school, though I didn't know that was him until after we were married. I was always too shy to talk to the hot guy from the other school.
Cue college...
I'm a math/physics double major. I start dating an Air Force 1st Lt. We date for 4 years, until he gets orders to go to Langley. I decline to go with him. He is an a$$.
Cue a trip to the bar....
What... a... hot... bartender....
That was Justin. Took me 6 months of super-tipping and cyber-stalking before I got the nerve to talk to him. And when I did, I was drunk... I woke up at a friend’s house with his number in my phone. But I was still too shy to call.
I worked security at a nightclub. I'm at work one Friday, and at 2am, after we close, outside security comes to get me. They say some man is sitting outside saying he's here to see me. It was him.
I moved in 3 days later, and that was a little more than 10 years and 2 kids ago.
I've been pregnant 5 times. We lost 3, at 18 wks, 16 wks, and 12 wks.
We have 3 meat goats that my oldest shows in 4-H. Then we eat one and sell the rest. We have 3 rescue mutts and 1 pure bred border collie. My parents used to breed them. And of course, we have 2 gliders.
I am an accountant. I mostly do bookkeeping for 37 companies and do all their payroll and reports throughout the year, as well as financial statements and tax returns. The other associates do most of the individual returns. There are 3 of us here. We have a total of 700 clients. Bookkeeping keeps me super busy. I love it. It's the first job I have had that I look forward to Monday morning.
I'm stubborn, and always right. Just ask my husband.
I was adopted. My parents told me when I was 4. When I was 16, my birth mother called my parents. It was supposed to be a closed adoption, but this is a small town, so everyone knows what color your turds are. She was going to tell her 3 other girls they had a sister. Turns out, my little sister was my best friend, and I had 3 classes with my older sister. My OLDEST sister is 40 and married to a woman. I look the most like her. None of us know who our father is. Apparently he was in prison for something really bad. My biological mother died on my birthday this past year at the age of 56 from MS. My oldest sister has MS. My chances are between 25% and 50% that I will get it. I worry every day. Every ache, every pain. And I worry about my girls. My husband’s family has MS in it too. Every woman in his family has it. It's a horrible dynasty to have.
My husband has mild Asperger’s. His brother has it really bad. My oldest is also mild. VERY mild.
My house is crazy. My life is crazy.
I am crazy too...
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Prettyinpink5808
Hello all! If you don’t know already, my name is Alicia. I’m just gonna put down some bullet points of my somewhat short life.
Full name: Alicia Marie Wojcik.
- 20 yrs old - mostly french and polish
- Born and raised in Connecticut with my brother who is 22
- Haven’t seen my mom for over 8 years, she’s bi-polar/manic. She cheated on my dad when my brother and I were young. I don’t remember most of this but my brother remembers a lot of it. My dad always wanted to help her get better, but she didn’t want to. She was also an alcoholic and a drug addict. Just to give you guys a taste of how bad she was, she got into several very sever car accidents WITH my brother and I in the car when we were in car seats...she almost killed me when I was 1, she didn’t feed me or hold me and my dad was at work trying to support all of us. The story goes on, but I don’t know where she is (she could be dead for all I know) and I don’t want to know where she is. I'm a better person because she’s not in my life.
- Enough with the sad stuff - I have a great family and several mother figures who have stepped in and raised me. These women are my grandmother, my stepmother, and my 2 aunts. We are all very close because of this.
- Lived next to a farm when I was young, spent a lot of time there. I used to sit with the cows all day and steal baby chicks. The farmer would always chase me off his property because he thought I would get hurt...but of course I never did. I would also bring home sick feral barn cats and my dad would always freak out and make me put them back! I’ve always loved animals, vie raised a few baby birds and let them go.
- I kind of struggled in school, I hate school honestly, and I never wanted to do my home work (and still don’t). I had a lot of friends and I focused more on the social aspect of school.
- I'm an artist, it’s more of a hobby but I first went to college for art because it interested me the most, vie always been bad at math! I'm pretty good at art, I get it from my dad, I enjoy drawing animals and fantasy characters from video games. I decided to pursue an Animal Science career instead of art, because I figured there wasn’t much I could do with an art major other than being an art teacher...and I don’t really like kids that much.
- My dad is a grumpy full-time pharmacist and part-time hunter...and quite the hard ass. I grew up skinning deer and plucking pheasants. Never went hunting myself because I am an avid animal lover, but I do respect him for it. He hunts for food and not solely for sport. When he calls me at college all he wants to know is about grades, and I HATE talking about grades!!
- I work at a small animal lab on my campus, and NO we do not do terrible "testing" on our animals. My job is to make sure all of the animals are healthy and I pretty much clean up after them. We have everything from chickens to ferrets in the lab, and it’s actually quite interesting. The animals are used for education purposes such as animal training/enrichment classes and minor surgery.
- I have a boyfriend named Brandon, been with him for 2 years now. He is half puerto rican and half polish. My dad is quite the racist and would NOT meet him at first. But my stepmother pretty much made him meet Brandon...and he ended up liking him! I knew he would too..
- I look a lot like my real mother, almost a carbon copy they say. And vie lived with the doubts that I will be just like her...and my father gets angry at me easily b/c he thinks in her sometimes. I really want to prove that I will never be like that woman. I may look like her but that's NOT the woman I want to be.
- I'm a pretty big gamer. Also something my dad disapproves of, he thinks I should be focusing more on school....which is partly true. He used to turn off the internet at night when I was in High School, and I would sneak through the house to turn it back on! I grew up with my older brother, and I got the video gaming interests from him. And it just sticks, it’s who I am. My boyfriend is also quite the gamer so we have a lot in common when it comes to that. A lot of people say gamers don't have lives, but I assure you we do!!
- I also went to Ireland and England during the summer of my graduation from high school. It was a lot of fun and really eye opening for me. I would like to do more traveling.
And that is me in a nut-shell...didn’t think I’d have that much to write: Here's a few pics as well.
There's my big brother, my dad, and me - senior prom 09'
And just me, with a friend from college:
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sjones5254
Well most of you know my name is Sabrina. I am a proud mother of 3 children. They are turning 17(boy),10(boy) and 7(girl). I am 35 :( I was married for 6 years to my first husband who left for someone else.
I then was married for 10 years until he was killed in a car accident 3 years ago and it left me raising 3 children by myself. I met my husband now and we have been married since May. He is such an amazing man and is a wonderful dad to all 3 of my kids. He goes to every doctor or dentist appt. He's at every school function. He also helps with homework. He doesn’t have any kids of his own but everyone knows my kids are his as he plans on adopting them soon. My kids love him very much.
I work full time at a bank :)I also have my degree in criminal justice just never used it. My husband is a SC state trooper as most that know me know this. We have 5 dogs,4 gliders, 1 rat and a rabbit so far. We own our home which I love. My kids play all sports and dance just depends on what month you ask what they are playing so in always on the go.
My hobbies include: shooting range, 4 wheeling, I am a huge Patriots fan(love nfl season), also love NASCAR(#12)go to Charlotte a lot. I have 2 challengers(2010 & 2009) now that I show at car shows. I am a redneck. I am a home body pretty much when I can be. I don’t have a favorite number or color. And I believe life is too short to ever be unhappy. It can be taken from you in a flash so enjoy it. And Doug is my BFF XOXO
me
my son
my daughter
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Sarah2880
Hey Everyone! Let's see....
I am 31 years old, married to a fantastic husband, Jay, and I have 4 children, Isabella, Victoria, William and Wesley. I also currently have 6 gliders, a red eared slider turtle, a bunch of feeder fish that grew up when my turtle didn't eat them, a dog named Guyus, and a guinea pig named Simba. I am a stay at home mom, most of the time. I am also a Student at our local community college working towards my degree in Early childhood Education. Once I obtain that degree I will be going for my Vet Tech degree at a different community college. Eventually I figure I will get back into the work force, but currently I enjoy my volunteer work at the kids school and my college. I love to learn and am always looking for new information about whatever happens to interest me at the moment. My past was messy before I met my husband, So I prefer to focus on the present and the future. So that's Me :)
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Pixie10
Hi all! Most of you know me as Pixie10. Well anyways, my name is Falicia. I was born on military base in Germany when my real dad was in the army. We stayed there for about half a year, then went back to new york. Then we moved to GA where my brother was born. My mom met my step dad there and got married. We moved up to MI where his family is.
I have two sisters and one brother 21 being the oldest then,19- me,17,and 12. For the most part we get along great. But for some reason, the little one is just not having it!
My whole family shows dogs =) we have 9 of them and travel all over the U.S for them. For anyone wondering, we have american bullies. They have free range of 13 acres. There is also an enclosure for them. They go out when they want and come in when they want.
I will be starting college soon!! Going for a geneticist or a parasitologist. With a business degree for opening a pet store.
I also have an amazing boyfriend who I have been with for two years!
Well, I’m not very good at these things. So I will stop here.
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Hottness
First off I just want to say this is a fab idea and love all the bios! I'm reading them all in between clients, and also to write this, so bear with me!!
-28 yrs old
-lives in Little Rock, AR...born and raised in Jacksonville, AR
-Insurance agent for 6 yrs, before that banking
-I am half Thai and half German. Parents met during Vietnam war.
-My first name is Malalynn, but I go by Molly and I'm sure you understand why
:) my parents tried to get creative so Mala means beautiful white flower in Thai and well Lynn is just Lynn(Dad is from Virginia, born into a huge German family with all super *country* names like Brady, Bertha, Rufus, Vernon, etc.)
-boyfriend Bobby, together 1 1/2 yrs.
I am a very hyper, high strung, goofy person. I am very responsible at work, and in other places where I need to be but outside of that, I act like a 5 yr old...just plain silly! I only have two gliders since I am living in an apartment, but once I get my own house I plan on two more rescue gliders, my fennec fox, two snakes(more for the boyfriend), a bearded dragon, and will prob rescue two dogs with special needs. I have a huge heart for animals and have ever since I was little. Around the age of ten was when I first asked my dad if I could go volunteer at the Humane Society and have done it ever since.
I stay very busy and active. I play softball, help run and play kickball(adult league with around 100 teams, it's crazy!!), and I'm on a bowling team. I scrapbook, and play PS3 in my spare time.
Ok history time, grew up with having a very hard life but I am a very optimistic person so it never really affected me. My parents are completely in love still after almost 40 yrs, but weren't always that way. I'm a hopeless romantic seeing how they are and also a fighter since I saw how they overcame a lot and never gave up. I have no kids, but want 3 when that time comes. I will marry the guy I'm with, just no rush since I have been divorced twice. Yes twice :(
I grew up way too fast and graduated high school two years early so I could marry my sweetheart. Things were great until his dad passed away which lead to stress which lead to pregnant me losing a baby 7 months in, no miscarriage. I was carrying a baby that wasn't alive. Now that did highly affect me. My husband who was a strong Christian now didn't believe in a God that would take away his dad and baby..so that's where our marriage went wrong. I tried for over a year but he never went to the gravesite, never spoke to me anymore, all that was left was coldness...so we filed together. Great friends to this day but we were way too young to handle the problems that life dealt us. Short story on 2nd husband, married for a week, he cheated, got caught, had an STD, I didn't. Divorced.
My dad is a redneck and I am very much a daddy's girl. So yes I fish, hunt, and go on four wheeler rides! I attend a non-denom church and volunteer with that as well. Boyfriend moved here recently from Dallas, TX so we travel there on a regular basis. He's what you call a motorcycle stunter, so we travel for shows on that as well. I hate the cold and I am miserable right now and it's only 55 degrees. I don't watch cable tv but I own over 500 movies. I am a big baby when it comes to anything remotely sad-I cried on the kid's movie BOLT for goodness sakes, I cry on the Lion King and of course all the typical girly movies. I cried when a client was telling me how thankful she was for life insurance when her husband passed. My fav movie is What Dreams May Come, if you haven't watched it, it's AMAZING! ok I'm going to have to force myself to stop...sorry for the long novel >.< and thank you if you actually took the time to read it!!
Goofy me and boyfriend
Yes I’m fishin in heels!
And me with my loves.
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Omis n Kais g-ma
 My name is Lisa. You all know me as Omis and Kais g-ma. I'm 43 and have three children. My oldest Chris is 22 and a student in community college here in San Antonio. My second is Omi and Kais mama, Natalie. She is 20 and a student at the same community college as my son. My youngest just turned 17 Nov. 9 and her name is Nina. She's an emo-child. Loves to dress in black and cover her beautiful face with her hair. I've been married for 23 years to my hubby. We started dating the very day that my first love got married to the girl that told him she had his kid. Well, years later, come to find out that wasn't his kid. No skin off my nose. I got the last laugh. We'd had such a crazy history. We met when I was in the 9th grade. He was in the 8th. I left for high school and when he got there the next year, he got on the Varsity football team and was one of the captains. Well, we dated for a year or two then. He dumped me, got a girlfriend. I moved on, he came back and said he loved me, I dumped my boyfriend, he dumped me again. We played that game for 4 years. He talked me into signing up for the Navy and I got married to my hubby a week before I did. This fool calls me late one night and asks me why I think he's calling me? Well, cuz I leave for Florida in 3 days. He said it's hard. He was already in basic training. I told him 'Can't you get out?' He told me 'And come to your house?' I told him 'No, You’re married now and so am I.' End of story with that fool. I have two younger sisters that I helped raise. My mother left the three of us with my father for another man. Our daddy raised us and he is #1 in our hearts. We love him dearly. Mom, not so much. Some things are kinda hard to get past like leaving us with dad and a pile of bills to the ceiling (mostly hot checks she wrote). Not paying the measly $120 a month in child support she was ordered to pay for 18 years and saying if she had to do it again, she'd never have had kids. Left a sour taste in my mouth I guess. I chose then to be as best a mother as I could for my kids. I am head-strong. Hubby says hard-headed. That’s okay, I get that from my grandpa. I used to hunt and fish with my dad. I had a right hemisphere stroke December 26, 2002 and it left me left sided hemi-pelagic. I couldn't move or feel anything on the left side of my body. I was in a rehab hospital for 2 months and the second week there, they had me up and learning to walk again. I walk now unassisted. I'm not fast but I get where I need to get. I still have no use of my left hand so all this typing is done solely right handed. Thus being why I have misspelled words. Hubby hears me pecking away at the keyboard sometimes and can't believe I can type as fast as I can accurately. I think he’s jealous. He be hatin'. My kids call me a troll. I am very compassionate. I just lost my long-time buddy of 7 years in June. He was my tiny chihuahua Jackson. He was terribly sick and I had to let him go to Rainbow Bridge on June 23. I cried my eyes out. I had my angel cremated and his ashes sit in an urn in my living room. I had a tuft of his fur put into a little glass ampule and into a small urn I wear around my neck 24/7. He is with me always. Let’s see, pets. We have two cats. Darla is 12 years old and obviously part siamese. She has blue eyes. Indie is an orange tabby. He is the king of our home. Then, we have two dogs. Lily is my two year old tri colored chihuahua. I adopted Bambie from the pound a few weeks after Jackson passed. She is 6 years old. I didn't want a puppy because I felt it important to give an older dog a home. Besides, when I held her the first time and tried to put her back in the cage, she jumped back into my arm. I also have a gorgeous conure named Misora. She/he is 1 year old. She is crazy cool. My youngest has a tiny winter white hamster named Ashes. My other kids make fun of her because she looks like all body. No legs or arms. Just a body with hands and feet and a head. I have a very full life. Did I mention I am also bi-polar which most of you can tell when I get into arguments. I take meds for my mood swings though. One more tidbit. My hubby is a Smgt in the Air Force reserves. He has served in Operation Enduring Freedom twice. I am open and honest and will answer any questions you have.
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Shorty n ClarasMama
My name is Monique (34) and I'm German/Hungarian. I grew up an army brat and have two human kids, Evelyn age 7 and Grayson age 9. My husband is Puerto Rican and I LOVE visiting there...it's beautiful! (I have always been a sucker for spanish speaking men! )
I'm owned by two feathered babies, Delgado who is a 3 year old sun conure and Pipsqueak who is a 2 year old blue pacific parrotlet.
I have four dogs: Liberty (10 year old pit bull), Lucy (4 year old pit/lab), Scooter (9 year old yorkie) and Papi (3 year old chihuahua). I have one cat, a 7 year old name Heaven Leigh Kitty.
I have five suggies: Clara, Shorty, Reilly, Ardennes, and KeKo.
I love to read and my fave types of books include witches, vampires, and dog training books. I had my own dog training business up until a couple of years ago, when my health caused me to stop training.
I went to college for 3 years for bio chemistry, and made the bad decision to marry my first husband, which cost me my grades and almost my life. I never returned to finish my degree.
I have a bad temper, and do not handle stress well AT ALL.
My fave colors are pink and green. I love animals of all kinds. My dream is to one day go to Australia.
My fave movie of all time is Sweeney Todd, which makes my husband very nervous! 
I worked as an optometric tech for several years, and was also an EMT for a short time.
I used to sky dive, and loved it! It was amazing and I miss it but would not do it again now that I have kids. Ironically, I am petrified of stairs (fell down them a few times sober!  ) and my lack of depth perception means I had to be given chute instructions by radio.
I would love to own "a thing" and think it would be much better for me than my Chevy Uplander.
I used to be on a country line dancing team, but haven't danced in years. I find tattoos and piercing beautiful and would love to get more when I can afford it!
I am currently writing a novel that I hope to one day share with others.
My dream is to have a few acres of land that I can grow a lot of my own food with a modest house. I have never wanted a huge house like many people I know.
I'm very close to my parents but not with my sister. Most days I want to knock her out....  but I can't!! I have one brother who I am close with as well.
I do not have many friends, but those that I do have are more like family than just friends. I enjoy sharing a bottle of wine with them once in a while as well! 
Nowadays I enjoy spending time with my kids and animals, sewing, learning to crochet, and reading. I'm hoping to get back into school in the near future, perhaps for psychology.
My fave holidays are 4th of July and Veteran's Day. I'm very proud of the sacrifices made by our men and women of the armed forces.
I love thunderstorms! I love clouds, sitting on the sea shore watching the waves, and taking in all the wonderous works of Mother Nature! I love the moon and have always been fascinated by her. I have been interested in and collecting rocks since I was a little girl.
I'm left handed while everyone else in my family is right handed! I used to write dog training columns for the local paper.
I get my sense of humor from my dad. In fact, I am a lot like my dad. I have his adventurous, fun loving side. I'm also fiercely protective of my family. When I moved to Arizona with my husband, I begged my dad to move with me!!
My love for animals is so great that my husband says he could put a collar on a turd and bring it home and I'd love it...  I have great respect for legit animal rescues, esp those who take the time to educate the public.
Well...I guess that's it for now!!
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jjmurph Posted - Feb 17 2012 : 08:10:52 AM
Nice to meet you Gina, Emma, and Sheree! |
mamahuberty Posted - Feb 17 2012 : 12:09:03 AM
Hello my name is Sheree and I live in NW Iowa. I went back to college and am an older learner I will graduate this December. My husband of 20 yrs graduates from college in May and our middle daughter graduates from college in July. Yes, we all go to the same college just all different programs. Our youngest daughter is 13 and is playing basketball which is interesting considering she is the shortest out of 22 girls by about 6-8 inches (4'6"), but she is a great guard and plays point very well.
A little background not much rattles me anymore. I meet my husband when the oldest daughter was 4 (his) and she has a rare kidney disease. When she was 15 she had a kidney transplant, Dad (my hubby) donated a kidney to her. She is now 24 and has given us our 1st grandchild. Her pregnancy was very dangerous for her and for him(grandson) so she will not be having any more children. Our next daughter was diagnosed with Primary Immune Deficiency among other things and has a port-a-catheter implanted in her chest. She also has some other medical issues. Actually since she was diagnosed with the immune deficiency before the oldest had her transplant it was pretty simple for us when she became immune suppressed as the middle daughter had stricter requirements. We didn't put her in a bubble growing up. She played volleyball, softball, and still breaks and trains horses and barrel races. At 19 she became assistant manager at her employment and is 20 now and lives next door. Then there is our youngest daughter, she is our easy child. She has Attention Deficient Hyper-activity Disorder (ADHD) severe inattentive type and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). It doesn't slow us down. The only problem I have with her challenges is trying to figure out how to get a teenager to do something with out giving her an instruction (or order) because that will kick in the ODD and the argument with start and go on and on and on.
I have been enchanted with gliders since I was 16. When I finally felt like I had time for a glider I met my husband and my step-daughter and was concerned about the amount of time needed for her disease. Then when I felt like I had time then the middle daughter got diagnosed with her challenges. Again when I felt like I had time the youngest came along. So when she turned 13 I said hey family I doing this. And I got my gliders, Tessa and Casey. When my middle daughter was 15 she rescued a wymerauner, and when she moved out we kept him as her fiance and the wymer DID NOT get along. She got rid of the fiance but I still got the dog. We also have 2 cats and 2 hamsters (youngest daughter's). About a year ago my daughters and I started selling aquatic fish and snails on-line and that has blossomed into a small hobby/business (mostly snails). So we have secured all 16 tank lids with child toilet seat locks and the gliders are kept in the two rooms without tanks unless they are in a pouch or a pocket. Gliders are not out when tanks are being cleaned or fed.
Well that is a little about me. |
Anonymous Posted - Feb 16 2012 : 09:49:44 PM
My name is emma
I am 12 years old
in a few months I will be getting 2 female sugar gliders
I and my family curently own 2 cats and a dog
I have had 4 guinea pigs
I am a huge neat freak and clean just about every mess in sight
I love animals
I live in Maine
I am a very patient and dedicated person when I wish to be
I have 3 sisters 1 brother and 1 sister in law
my dad died in 2009
I have loads of free time and absolutly nothing to do with it
I have completely fallen in love with suggies and cannot wait to get my pair.
i excel in school and the homework i do have takes about 15 mins more or less
I love this fforum it is such a good source of info and the people here are very friendly (most of the time) |
Mamag Posted - Feb 16 2012 : 09:10:54 PM
Thank you! |
JazzNZoeysmom Posted - Feb 16 2012 : 09:07:07 PM
Glad to "officially" meet you. You have a beautiful family! |
Mamag Posted - Feb 16 2012 : 08:35:57 PM
Hey everyone im gina.
- im 30 years old
-im puerto rican and italian
-im married to the most hard headed stubborn man ive ever met and couldnt be happier
-i have 3 kids kayla 7, marlena or marley for short 3, and my baby boy dj 1.
- i have 2 dogs, lexi, pit bull, and max jack a poo, 2 suggies romeo and sugar, romeo is 7 mo, and sugar is 5 mo, and a 6 foot iguana named frank.
- i was emancipated when i was 15 so i raised myself.
- im very honest and i will tell you whats up!
- im 4'11 and 106 lbs
- i used to kickbox for 6 years
-im a stay at home mom, but when dj starts school i will be too.
- people say i have little man syndrome..lol
- i love my animals sometime more than people
- i drive too fast, curse like a sailor, and smoke like a chimney( outside of course)
- im a die hard ravens fan, love my football
me and the hubs
marley and lexi
kayla
dj
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JazzNZoeysmom Posted - Feb 16 2012 : 06:53:30 PM
for the newbys. |
Kelly Thompson Posted - Feb 05 2012 : 11:23:46 PM
It looks great! You did a wonderful job. |
jjmurph Posted - Feb 03 2012 : 11:05:45 AM
There have been a bunch of new people since we did this so someone must have something to say. Maybe I'll rewrite mine to get it started... |
sjones5254 Posted - Feb 03 2012 : 10:42:03 AM
I wanted to bump this for the newbies :) So they can tell about themselves |
JazzNZoeysmom Posted - Jan 17 2012 : 12:58:00 AM
for the newbies! |
kaylee21 Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 10:59:04 AM
quote:
Originally posted by JazzNZoeysmom
Beautiful family!
Thank you very much! |
JazzNZoeysmom Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 10:07:11 AM
Beautiful family! |
kaylee21 Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 08:29:03 AM
This is BRYCE, GABE and MYSELF holding my niece :) |
BlackDrappa Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 08:14:57 AM
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Originally posted by kaylee21
Hey everyone. I decided I'd post about myself also.. so here it goes
I am 22 years old. I am a single mom of 2 boys (6 and 7) I work a full time job along with going to school full time. I work at the courthouse in my small town and I am going to school to be an ultra sound tech. I have been single since I had my last child ( i was 16 at that time) Their dad has nothing to do with them and hasnt since then. I am a happy person and try my best to keep my boys happy. I love my suggies they brighten my day when I come home and they are waiting at the bottom of the cage for me :) Also an interesting fact about me. *you know the show on TLC I didnt know I was pregnant* well I should be on there haha with my second child I had no idea I was pregnant I was home alone with my oldest and I thought I was dying when I went into labor. My mom came and took me to the hospital and I laid flat on the table and the nurses pressed on my belly and said nothing felt abnormal and I said I have got to go pee now! and when I went out popped a head and the nurses said I was miscarrying and I had a healthy 6 lb 13 oz. baby boy thats as healthy as can be til this day! I am thankful for everything I have and everything I have accomplished in my life so far! :)
That show scares me to death!! I'm glad your baby boy came out healthy!!!! |
kaylee21 Posted - Dec 13 2011 : 07:50:04 AM
Hey everyone. I decided I'd post about myself also.. so here it goes
I am 22 years old. I am a single mom of 2 boys (6 and 7) I work a full time job along with going to school full time. I work at the courthouse in my small town and I am going to school to be an ultra sound tech. I have been single since I had my last child ( i was 16 at that time) Their dad has nothing to do with them and hasnt since then. I am a happy person and try my best to keep my boys happy. I love my suggies they brighten my day when I come home and they are waiting at the bottom of the cage for me :) Also an interesting fact about me. *you know the show on TLC I didnt know I was pregnant* well I should be on there haha with my second child I had no idea I was pregnant I was home alone with my oldest and I thought I was dying when I went into labor. My mom came and took me to the hospital and I laid flat on the table and the nurses pressed on my belly and said nothing felt abnormal and I said I have got to go pee now! and when I went out popped a head and the nurses said I was miscarrying and I had a healthy 6 lb 13 oz. baby boy thats as healthy as can be til this day! I am thankful for everything I have and everything I have accomplished in my life so far! :) |
Omis n Kais g-ma Posted - Dec 04 2011 : 11:25:15 AM
Awesome job |
b.m.k Posted - Dec 03 2011 : 09:28:44 PM
NayluBaby
So I have been noticing a little trend in the general chat and thought I might try to jump on the little band wagon before it skipped town. There were a few people that had posted about themselves and I thought that it might be good to start a place for everyone to write about themselves.
My name is Sommer, I am 4'8" 110lb and would be "adorable" if I didn't cuss like the Illegitimate offspring of a drunken sailor and a Ukrainian whore. According to almost all of my friends, I am a laid back closet geek with a slight case of 'Little man Syndrome'.
I have a twin sister named Samantha, we are 24. I have a little brother that's just turned 21 and has probably retired more guardian angels than Evel Knievel. I got married the week after I turned 18 and am still in love with the only man I have ever truly wanted to kill. (To be honest I get to the part where I have to move his body and basically hit a brick wall). I come from a big family, my Father, and paternal grandparents raised my siblings and I. My mother was out of the picture by the time I was 4, literally left my father on my 4th birthday. I have one aunt that has 16 kids, and another with 6. We are all very close. No one is closer to my heart than my Papa Ray, he is the greatest man that has ever lived and there's nothing that can prove to me otherwise. Some days I think I married him, my husband is so similar.
I work for a hotel part time to keep myself from getting bored in between clients. I run an event planning company out of Panama City Fl. We service all of the north east panhandle area and have even done some work with Disney. (A job I dread every year). I also go to school for business and should have my degree in 2 years. I own my house free and clear, it was important to me to OWN the place before my husband and I tried to have kids. Sadly we found out last year that I can't have kids as part of some complications from the treatment of my Addison's disease which wasn't diagnosed until the summer of 2009. Luckily my husband is a very sweet and loving person and told me that it didn't matter. I think some days we have so many fuzzy babies because he's trying to keep my mind off of it. We have a grey hound mix (King Edward), a pittbull dingo mix (Mary Jane), two cats (spades & Raz-ma-taz), a turtle(Lumpy) that someone hit with a car before we got him so his shell is all messed up, a pair of baby raccoons (yin & yang) that we hope to release soon into one of the many wildlife protection parks in our area, and we are now up to four very spoiled gliders (Zoey, Rikku, TuckTuck, & the as of yet not re-named Mr. James)
I love the sun and the way beach sand feels between my toes, I love the smell of coffee, and have abused caffeine and energy drinks since I was 11 years old. I love spicy food and craw-fish. I love chocolate and hide it in the house for emergencies. I love having the house cold so I can bundle up but hate when it’s cold outside. I love D&D & MTG. I love craft projects and anything that I can use power tools on. I love writing, I've done it since I was little. I published my first book when I was 10 and still have a copy. (I sucks but I was 10)
I hate sewing machines but they hated me first. I hate people that are always late, or inconsiderate and think that habitual criminals should be taken care of the old way . I hate morning people. They are an inhuman mutation and should be breed out. I wish that the world had more surprises in it and think that most people are mostly good. I also believe in second chances because I have been given my share.
I hope that I wasn't too long winded and I hope that others will share bits of themselves as well. I love reading this kind of thing. You can thank Kyro for this she inspired me. So go for it, give us the dirt we like it dirty.
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Paislee
My name is Pamela, I’m 30 years old and am from Newfoundland. I am very proud to be a Newfoundlander, it is an amazing and absolutely stunning province, rich in history and character. I don’t know if many of you have heard of us Newfies but we are supposedly very friendly, funny people and I agree with that statement. We have quite an accent and a lot of people can barely understand us, but it makes us unique. And please if you happen to look up videos on Newfies or Newfoundland on You Tube some of them don’t depict us very well, kinda makes me a little upset. Some of the videos depict us as foul mouthed, uneducated drunks which I hate because the majority of us are the opposite like myself. But I guess it's nice to be able to poke fun at ourselves sometimes.
I have studied many things in my life, first starting with Geology, then Geomatics and finally I just became a certified Medical Laboratory Assistant which I am currently looking for work. As for right now I am the assistant manager for Bentley, a retail chain that deals with luggage and purses that kind of thing. I am not happy in retail and highly believe that it can suck the life right out of you having to deal with the general public. Some people can be down right rude and ignorant, I guess Doug can relate lol I can’t wait for the day I finally get into the hospital system here so I can leave my retail career behind. I had a work term in a small hospital in rural Newfoundland and loved every minute of it.
I enjoy hiking, reading and photography. I love animals, especially my four beautiful fuzzbutts. Someday I want to travel and see the world with my wonderful man. I had quite a hard relationship in my twenties and my current boyfriend, David, is a godsend. I never knew guys like him existed especially when you meet later on in life, usually they’re taken. My hard relationship lasted a long time, 12 and a half years to be exact. I was 15 when I started going out with this guy and as we got older he discovered alcohol, the rest is history. I finally had enough in 2009 and we split, and yes it was very hard, he was all I knew, I was lost but did overcome.
My twenties were very hard on me, and even though I was terrified to turn 30 I’m glad the twenties are over. At the age of 22 I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, for those of you who are unfamiliar with the disease, it is an incurable disease of the digestive tract, it causes me pain on a daily basis and can be very embarrassing sometimes, being a disease of the digestive tract and all. At first I was very sick and lost 50 pounds in 3 months, very scary stuff. Being a very outgoing and adventurous person, this certainly put a cramp in my style. I didn’t go anywhere with my friends anymore because I would be afraid I would get sick with no bathroom around, so that lead me to depression. Now I had a mental disease along with a physical disease. I felt so alone in the world at that time and would just cry constantly. I never really had anyone to help me through this time in my life, the guy I was with was more interested in booze and my parents just didn’t understand or know how to deal with their baby being so sick ( I am the youngest in my family, have an older brother) As the years went by, I learned to control my Crohn’s disease and started to get out again, nothing to the way it was but it was a start. My depression started to fade after I broke off my bad relationship and started working full time. To this day I still suffer from panic attacks if things get stressful, but I am learning to deal with things and change my way of thinking from negative to positive. David has helped me so much with positive thinking, and he came into my life at a very bad time and I truly believe he saved me from myself, if that makes any sense.
So b’ys (newfie slang ;) I can keep going but I think I may have bored you enough, but I guess this is me in a nutshell. Thx for reading :)
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mammab
Well, my name is Lisa. I'm 27 years old. I have a sister who is 4 years older than me, and my parents have practically been together all their lives. I don't have any heart wrenching stories, and there isn't anything interesting to tell. I grew up in a Baptist church going every Sunday morning and night. My older sister was mean to me. She admits now that she was mean to me all my life. She always told me that I was a Japanese baby that Mom and Dad found in a trash can, thought I was so ugly that they felt sorry for me, and brought me home. Sad thing is, I believed it because I was so fat in my baby pictures that I actually looked oriental. Through school, I was never smart. Growing up in the shadow of a straight-A student sister, it was tough being the kid in the house that worked on homework from the time I got off the bus until 11:00 at night and still only made mediocre grades. In 4th grade, I joined the band, played saxophone. Mom tried to convince me to play a lighter and more 'girly' instrument, but I wouldn't have it. I lugged that thing around even through my first few years of college. I began seeing the love of my life when I was a Junior in high school (I was 16). In 2003 he was deployed for a 13 month tour in Iraq during which I planned our wedding as he proposed to me on the Ft. Bragg, NC ARMY Base. I was married to my soldier on May 22, 2004. We were married for 4 years then we had our beautiful daughter, Chloe. It was a 100% natural labor and delivery. No drugs, yes... I felt EVERYTHING. We live in a small house, hubby works, and I attend college. I'm going to be an elementary school teacher k-6 certified. Our golden retriever, Buster is almost 8. We have a cat, Tigger, that I found wandering around in a trailer court. Then the 3 suggies, Gizmo, Cocoa and Ziggy. I enjoy photography (not the kind where you take a crappy shot then edit all the flaws, but the kind where you take a pic and do minor adjustments) I do odds and ends jobs to help hubby a little on the financial side. My fav color is green. I was in 8th grade when I was told the word 'very' was spelled with one "R" and not two of them (verry). My friends have always known me as the 'wacky one'. I can wear heels and dresses then turn around and drive a 4 wheeler muddin through the hollers. I'm a true West Virginia country girl. I love to shop. I hate big cities. And I REALLY hate being called cute.
This is me and my suggies
Me and Chloe making funny faces
There aren't many pics of me floating around because I'm always the one taking the pic. So this is a pic from Christmas 2010. Me and my family
aaand... that's me in a nutshell. 
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snowbungee
Okay, so I guess we're doing bios. I missed that memo
So, I'm 25, and I live in a little town in Florida called Navarre. It's outside of Pensacola, and I love living 5 minutes from the beach. I've lived here for about 11 years, although two of those years I went away to Jacksonville for college. Came back here and finished my bachelor's in Criminal Justice at U. of West FL. I can't find a job in my field around here, so I'm looking and looking for a job. Unfortunately jobs here are hard to come by, because when the Deepwater Horizon spill happened, we got some oil here (all gone, now), so tourism isn't what it used to be.
I have a boyfriend named Andrew (Drew) and we've been together for about 3 and a half years. I'm waiting for the ring. We're both geeks, and take pride in the fact that our local GameStop employees know us by name, and know what games we like. I play the XBOX (a lot), and I love comic books and graphic novels. I really like quirky movies, and any movie done by the Cohen brothers to me is worth seeing.
I used to work at RadioShack and a funeral home. The funeral home was the best job I could ever ask for.
When I can get my funds in order, I'll be going back to school to be a mortician. I'm not creepy, I just have a passion for helping people when they lose a family member. --Plus, the customer doesn't talk back. I've worked at a bunch of different places, so I consider myself to have a wide range of skills, information and experiences.
I'm also bisexual, and as long as I've liked boys, I've also liked girls. George Takei is my personal hero and role model. I'm very outspoken in regards to the right to marry, adopt, etc.
I have two gliders, Flynn and Zelda. I live with my boyfriend and his brother for now, and in the house there are two cats and one dumb dog. Dogs are great, don't get me wrong, but this one is dumb.
I'm not sure what else I need to be putting here, so I'll put on some pics.
Here's an older picture of me and Drew
And here is a picture of Myself, Drew, and his brother Travis.
That's all! Enjoy. Or don't. Either way.
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Cora1
I am a 48 year old woman with a 22 year old daughter. I am married to my 5th husband so I am not one to come to for marriage advice, LOL I have a great sense of humor and enjoy making people laugh. I have been a nurse since 1987. Most of my career was in Nursing homes from floor nurse to nursing management, last 5 years in Hospice. I was born in Los Angeles California. Lived in California, Oregon, Indiana, Illinois, and Texas! Been in Texas since 1981 so I guess I will just stay here :)
I enjoy online poker, playing/snuggling with my gliders, Going to the beach, fishing, glider forums and many other things!!!
I also enjoy going to glider gatherings!!! Nobody here in my house will talk glider to me ;)
I have a 24 hour job/mutilator named Spencer. He can always be found on me somewhere!!!
I was a nerd in school, have a quick temper sometimes, and will give you the shirt off my back if you need it.
I will always be a meth addict(mainlined it and cocaine, yes together) but have been clean since Feb 1999. My husband at the time went to jail and I weighed 100 pounds and knew I had 3 choices, quit, go to jail or die. I was at rock bottom and chose to quit.
Welp, that’s probably more than you wanted to know about me so I will let you digest that and share more later if I wish!
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AshleyJ
Hi there! I am Ashley. I am 31 years old. I have been married for 9 years to a wonderful man and we have 2 kids. My oldest is 7. A boy named Caleb who just stole my heart the first time he looked at me. We also have a 9 month old daughter named Reagan who is just the cutest little baby in the world! We have a few other family members of the animal kind. There is Duncan, our resident tornado destroying everything in his path (dog). We have Bob aka The fish that just won't die. (kidding of course- well sort of). And 3 gliders: Lucy Lu, Rocky and the newest baby- Bella. I was in the military and was in Bosnia and Iraq before settling down to have babies. Now, I work at a police department in the detective bureau after spending several years as a police dispatcher and 911 operator. I love reading and learning from everyone on here and LOVE seeing all the pictures! So, here are some of my family...
Me!
This is my family.
Caleb holding Rocky (his glider)
Lucy Lu
Princess Bella
Caleb and Duncan
Reagan and Bella
Bella in Reagan's tree
Hope everyone continues to post about themselves. I love putting faces to names!
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xxashleighannxx
Well, im ashleigh. Since everyone else is doing this i figured i would too. Im 18 and i work two jobs and go to school full time. Im studying to become a land surveyor. i fell in love with surveying on accident when i got put into conservation at BOCES during high school. Being the only female in the class i got a ton of crap from the other 29 students in the class. Im glad i never quit because we went to the new york state conservation contests every year. My senior year i brought home first place for land surveying and third in a tree identification contest. (I could name almost any tree in new york that you threw at me) I was never proud of myself until then.
Im very new on this site, but i browse through here like crazy trying to learn more things about gliders so i can be a great mom to my two that will be coming home in a few weeks! (: yes i have done a lot of research on them and i think im deffinetly prepared, thanks to some people on here giving me reassurance.
As of right now, ive got two cats: charlie and sorry who are a few years old. Ive got two turtles who are about 12 years old. A ferret named hell rat who just recently lost her mate named Little bear (rest in peace). And in a few weeks i will have two joeys who are Bandit and Rilee. I hope too get a st bernard some day.
Peace is my lifestyle. I believe some day there will be no war. The only thing i want for christmas is for the troops to be with their families. I lost two cousins, and a best friend in Afgahanistan. I support the troops, not the war.
I drive a 1991 ford festiva that i bought with my hard earned money. I constantly get picked on for it because it looks like a shoe box. But i love it. (:
Well thats me, i love meeting new people but im wicked shy. Feel free to say hello (:
im not really sure how to upload pics on here. /:
Me
Bandit. ( I do not have a picture of Rilee yet ):
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jjmurph
I am Josh I'm 13 and I'm homeschooled. I live in Ohio with sweltering summers and harsh winters but I never get cold I wear shorts through the winter much to my parents dismay. I have 2 sugar gliders Pika and Lucy. I have a fish tank with so many guppies its not even funny(man they breed like CRAZY). I have a 7 yr old chocolate lab named Bailey that never grew out of puppyhood and is quite dumb. She can't stand baloons she goes crazy with them. If we come in and we have a hood on or hat she doesnt know who it is and tries to attack us. My brother bought the dog so she follows him around and when my brother and dad wrestle Baily will attack my brother instead of my dad.
I really like to read... a lot. It's like the only thing I do. If anyone has some suggestions on books I could read I'd be very thankful it seems like the library has run out of books. My favorite series I would say is Chronicles of Narnia I've read all 7 probably 10 times. I like almost any genre and sometimes biography's just depends on the person. I have been cursed with 5 cowlicks No matter how much water, gel, hairspray anything my hair will not lay down. And that's me.
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Arrivederci
I was born in Florida USA and started high school this year. I am homeschooled and I do my school from my house in FLVS which is a state funded virtual school. I'll start at the beginning. I was born in palm city and lived there with my mom, dad, and older brother until I was fore when I moved to Georgia. Georgia was nice. I liked the weather but the people there had accents that I never could get used to. My little brother was born in Georgia and he was the cutest little thing. about 6 months later we moved back to Florida when I was 6 and I met my old friends that I new since I was born. I called them the five boys because they were all brothers/sisters and I guess 5 to me just meant a big number. I am still friends with them to this day. When we moved to Florida again we were staying in a boring uptight cookie cutter gated community. We had a small house with almost no yard. my dad had been looking at houses since we moved in because no one in our family liked the one we lived in. it took him about 5 years to finally find a great house. it was on the river no gated community and had a big yard. So when we decided to get it I asked my mom if I can get a dog. she said okay but I didn't believe her because she has a history with braking promises with me. I still did all the research I could and learned about all these different types of breeds and how to train dogs. My grandma came to are house for the weekend once and she brought a dog who she was taking care of for my uncle who couldn't keep him. I asked if I could take care of the dog for a week. she said okay but after the week had past I asked my uncle If I could keep him, he said yes and the dog named max has been with me since. he is so wonderful and I trained him to be a therapy dog. max is a Pembroke welsh corgi. I know so far what you heard was good stuff but probably the biggest struggle I have had is learning how to read. I couldn't read till I was 9. My mom and I tried every thing. hooked on fonix, getting my eyes check which by the way only showed that I have 20/20 eye site. at the point of me being 9 and couldn't read I was about to give up but Then my mom found stuff on the internet that described traits of dyslexics. my mom gave a test to me and then we realized I was dyslexic. let me just clear something up. there seems to be a stereotype for dyslexics that i have found. the stereotype is that dyslexics are mentally retard or just don't have normal brain function. here is the truth. Dyslexia can be inherited through family members, It is more common in men, and is not a mental illness but is simply a different way of thinking. See dyslexics are not reading impaired but can't learn how to read the same way others learn how to read. So that said my mom found a curriculum that was desghined to help dyslexics learn how to read. So I did it and now I know how. Now to another part of me. I have been practicing karate for 5 and a half years. I am currently a 1st degree black belt and a year away from my second degree. I am also working on Katana fighting which if you don't know what what that is. it is the Japanese sword of the samurai. back to my life story. We moved in to the house and I asked my mom if I could get another pet. she said what, I said a small animal. so that's when I started doing research on sugar gliders. I did so much and now after a year of research I got them only 5 days ago and they are doing so well. Oh here is another important thing about me. I am Jewish and have had my bar Mitzvah. I never really got in to being Jewish until i was 9 when i started learning Hebrew. I can read Hebrew pretty well but I don't under stand a word of it. some thing that bugs me is when ever you go to a party there is usually one person in the crowd who assumes every one is christian and tries to get every one to say a prayer with Jesus. my grade is all A but I have trouble keeping on pace. I like animals but I am not a tree hugger. I am fascinated with weaponry and love shooting when I can and I play Airsoft. I used to play video games but they got boring and I realized it is a wast of time. I love learning about history and different time periods. my favorites are ancient Japanese, ancient Greeks, the 16th century Europe. my hobbies include karate, physical phitnes, taking care of my animals, and guns. My heritage includes, Mostly french and Peruvian, some German, south american Indian, and a very very low % chines. I dislike drugs smoking and tattoos. Well there you go, there is so much more to talk about but That is the mane stuff.
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renee14150
Okay - here goes.
I'm 45 (but like to believe I'm still 35). I've been a single mother her whole life - Kalie is 24, she just moved out in April. So now it's just me and 3 fuzz butts. This is my daughter below - I'm lucky - she's my BFF
I would consider myself strong because I had to be - not that I wanted to be. Had a great career, head of finance and payroll for 18K employees, bought my own house - then I got hit by fricken dump truck.
Went back to work - had back surgery a year later, went back to work after 8 weeks. About 9 months later I went downhill again - the Dr. cut my spinal cord and forgot to tell me - so I had a huge cyst strangling my spinal cord. Had the surgery to get that fixed but could no longer return to work. When I clean and do things around the house it's in 20 minute intervals, so if it seems like i'm on here a lot, that's why. I need to rest in-between and the laptop is by the couch.
About 5 years ago after having my life dominated by dr. appointments, morophine, fentynal and numerous other meds, I had to take back control and walked away from it all. I now rely soley on the heating pad and a few advil.
I own two racecars - an open wheel modified (won the championship), and my daughter races a 4cyl and beats the crap outta the boys. It's something to be a part of.
Team wise, if that makes sense. It takes my mind off of everything in the summer months. (when I'm not playing in my flower beds - love to grow stuff)
Other than that - I LOVE to cook (can't bake for *!) - but I can cook anything and do - even if it's just for me. I love cooking shows and HGTV (why don't they ever come to Buffalo??!!)
That's it - nothing overly exciting. Gonna attempt to edit so I can add a pic of myself - we'll see if it works.Edit - It didn't work.
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beanie
Ok, I am not good at this kind of thing, but here goes. My name is Cindy, almost everyone calls me Cindy Lou or Cindyrella. I am 31, but getting younger every year. I live and was born and raised in Greer, SC. I love living so close to the mountains. My childhood, blah! Won't even go there. It wasn't awful, just wouldn't want to go through it again. I have a 12 year old son(Landen) and a 7 year old daughter(Olyvia). Married to my sweetheart, Keith. Landen is a great football player and hopes to go to Clemson and play for them. He is a straight A student and wants to be a pilot. Olyvia struggles a little more with school, but still does well. She is my mini me. She wants to be a zookeeper or ballerina. Lol! We have a Lhasa Apso named Fred and a goofy cat that likes to shower with you named Pebbles. We also have a pony named Bella, but don't tell her she's a pony. She thinks she's a dog. This past spring we bought our three babies, Beanie, Sweetpea and Ezio from PPP. I know, I know, but at the time they seemed wonderful and we didn't know any better. Thank goodness I found GG!!! I work in home healthcare and have for many years. I love it. My patients become my family. It's not always easy, but I love knowing that maybe, just maybe I helped to make their last years or days a little easier for them. I am having a hard time right now because I am working with an 88 year old alcoholic whom is 100% in denial. It's so hard watching him kill himself a little more each day. So thankful to not have that addiction because I see first hand how it can consume your whole life. Enough of that! Hmm...I LOVE frogs! I think as much as Doug loves giraffes! I don't think there's a room in my house that doesn't have some sort of frog in it. My favorite color is green. I would say my favorite food is cheese. I can eat it with almost anything! I love, love, love going fishing down in the Keys. We go every year for vacation and hope to one day move to Marathon.(one of the middle keys). Not good at talking about myself, so I will end here. Oh, and shoe size is 7...lol
Almost forgot… an awful pic of me
And my precious babies
sorry it's sideways. Haven't figured out how to fix that yet
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Kelly Thompson
Well my name is obviously Kelly Thompson. I'm 17 and will be 18 on December 21st. I live in Hampstead, NC and was born and raised here. I plan on living in this area for the rest of my life. I'm an only child and love it. My parents divorced when i was young, i lived with my mom until i was 9ish and i then moved in with my dad...can you say bad decision. He convinced me that my mom was such an awful person and therefor i hated her for a few years until i realized that my dad was living in the past and had a drinking problem. I moved back in with my mom and step dad when i was 13 and that was the best decision i ever made. My step dad was like my father and i was completely shattered when a tragic boating accident took his life two years ago this month. My mom is my best friend and is the best mother ever. My dad ehh, lets just say not so much. My family means everything to me, we are all very close. I have 8 cousins in total and a few of them have always been like my sisters since i never had one! I am currently a senior and am excited to graduate i make all A's and B's. I plan to go to my local community college for 2 years and then transfer to a four year university to gain my masters. I want to be a registered nurse and get my masters in pediatrics. I have an amazing boyfriend of 3 years, Josh Huffman who is 22, he is the father of my sugar babies! I could not ask for anything more, he treats me like a princess and is absolutely amazing. We plan on getting our own apartment this upcoming summer. I have a maltese named Tazz who is 4 years old and still like a puppy! And of course i have my 3 babies, Baboo and Otis and most recently our rescues Rocky. I do not know what i would do without my little nuncas (started as a joke and what we call them sometimes), they brighten up each of my days and make me laugh like no other. I tell my boyfriend all the time i don't want children just a lot of sugar gliders and eventually maybe some other small exotics! My favorite color is yellow, pink, and seafoam green. My favorite foods are outback cheese fries, and chicken alfredo. My favorite time of year is summer (since i live near the beach). I am a very strong willed person and will always stand up for what i believe in and not back down. I love to laugh and i believe a smile is a persons best asset. I have very high expectations for my future and will let no one bring me down. I can hold a grudge forever and ever. I am a huge procrastinator when it comes to school, i always seem to wait till the last minute. My dislikes are: liars, rude people in general, eggs, the dinging sound when you leave your car keys in the ignition, animal cruelty, drunks, and people that don't like up to their potential. I think that about covers it, i am who i am! :) I didn't put pictures, theres some on my profile. Thanks for reading.
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b.m.k.
When I was a child, my sister had “that” friend, the “bad name” in the house, who I only knew because my mother and father would scream at her she couldn’t hang out with him because she always came home drunk or high. Well, she grew up, and I grew up, and he grew up, and then she set him and me up and the “bad name” became my father’s favorite son in law. Match made in heaven.
We’ve been married for two years, together for four. Our Nightmare Before Christmas themed wedding took place the day after Christmas in a beautiful snowy landscape by a pond with lit Christmas trees floating on it. Our love for one another has grown every day since that day. We were blessed to be sealed for time and all eternity in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Yes, folks, that’s Mormons. And please, if you still think we’re a polygamist cult with bizarre ideas about the afterlife that doesn’t believe in the Bible or Jesus Christ (why else would we put “Jesus Christ” in our name?), you need to go back under your rock before I school your sorry behind.
On our wedding day
While we were dating we heard a call, somewhat of duty, but more from our wallets. We enlisted in the United States Air Force together. We are the 1% out of the 99% that decided to get off our butts, make some sacrifices, and do something about being poor and without health care, educations, or retirements. If you want your life changed for the better, if you want to be your best and find out what you can accomplish, join the military. They’ll force it out of you, and I will forever be thankful for BMT. We currently rank A1C, are working on our Bachelor’s degrees, and are stationed in Florida for likely the rest of our 6 year enlistment. He is a C-130 Hercules Crew Chief and I am in Intel, hence why I cannot release our names online. Top Secret security clearances can be so picky about that sort of thing. It is highly unlikely that we will deploy at the same time as one another, so the suggies will always have mommy or daddy.
After we earn our degrees, we will leave the military and move back to Utah from whence we came. White sand beaches are a dream come true, but someone else's dream. We prefer the snowy forests. I am currently 21, he is 24, and when my enlistment is up I will be 26 and busting at the seams ready for some babies! We come from large families and will likely have one of our own. Whatever the mistakes made, the feelings hurt, the love given and not returned, family is what it is all about, and it’s taken us losing them for 6 years to realize it. Love’s potential isn’t fulfilled when received; it is at its height when given.
While half our hearts are in Utah, we have filled the hole with our new discovery: sugar gliders. We learned about them from a friend and have had Jack Skellington and Watson since September, 2011. We rescued our baby girl Cleo from a bad situation in November, 2011 and have had her a couple weeks. Nothing can bring up your spirits like their antics and their tiny licks and squeaks. Also, their EPIC FAILS!
Daddy getting a face hug
Our lives are intertwined with music, and although our hard military exteriors may speak otherwise, we are both old souls that love solo piano, Bach, and Modest Mussorgsky in addition to Tool, Pearl Jam, and Sublime. I feel like my cello is an extension of my person and there is no high in this world greater than that of creating music. I also find most authors and nerdy things intriguing, like Harry Potter and TLOTR, but, so help me, Twilight is horrible! I knit, paint, and write, I’m somewhat of a history buff (particularly American history) and when I am alone in the car, I swear I can sing just like Adele (only works when I’m alone). His favorite thing in the world is ME, of course! But he is also an amazing snow boarder, gamer, and loves to do anything that will get his hands covered in scrapes and engine oil. On the average night, you can find us snuggled up watching Futurama or our new thing is the original Twilight Zone, with Jack and Watson flying from the bookshelf to their cage to the couch to the door to our heads and back again. Or, lately, in the tent with Cleo, who is in quarantine.
Thanks for reading, here’s a great pic my hubby snapped of me and Jack during tent time.
Aud
Hi,
I’m Audrey. I’m a 21 year old undergrad who pretends to have it all together. Most people who know me well enough know its BS. I’m a mess. The future scares the crap out of me. I am in the process of applying for Graduate programs, but I am too scared to apply anywhere outside of Florida. I just don’t know how to make the decisions that will decide the rest of my life.
I am the oldest of my parents 3 children. There’s also my sister Tara, 17, and my brother Stevie, 9. He’s getting bigger and I should probably start calling him Steven, but it’s hard to not see him as my baby brother. They are both a pain in the butt sometimes but totally worth it. My parents are amazing. Neither of them went to college so they don’t always get what I’m going through but they support me in every way they can.
I am a lot like my mother- and that doesn’t really bother me. I got her big heart and her inability to finish a thought. My dad pretends to be a hard ass but it’s all an act. He cares about us all so much. He has always worked incredibly hard to get where he’s at today and provide for us. We never had a ton of money but I never needed anything. Sometimes I worry that they help me out more than they can afford, but I know they would never admit it. Both my parents are proud of me, more than I think I deserve. I’m lucky.
My mom came from a family of 19. I have a ton of aunts, uncles, and cousins. They are my best friends. In fact, I never even really had friends of my own until I was a teenager. I didn’t need any. My family has always surrounded me. Even now, going to school 2 hours away I visit home often. There’s always some party, birthday or barbeque I just HAVE to make it home for. I like it that way. I know they are always there, and it’s comforting. I guess that’s why I’m so scared of who I’ll be without them.
I have an amazing boyfriend of 3 years. We met shortly into our freshman year and have been together ever since. Things aren’t always perfect but he’s my best friend and I’m glad to have had him throughout my college career. I don’t know what is going to happen to us. I don’t know what we are going to do if he gets into his dream Law School in California. I don’t know anything.
I cry a lot. I’ve yet to figure out a better way to handle my emotions so generally I just cry. I had some issues with panic/anxiety attacks in the past and every now and then the old issues sneak up on me again. I fluctuate between total denial and being a complete wreck. I know things will get better but all the unknown is killing me.
Sometimes I think it’s dumb that I am so worried about life. I know there are people who have experienced real problems and to them my life must seem great. Part of me knows I have been ridiculously lucky so far with everything I have in life, but I can’t help how I feel. I guess I am just waiting to get out of this funk.
So… that’s me right now. There’s not much else to say.
Terrified,
Audrey.
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heidiness
Hi everyone, I'm Heidi.
I am a 20 year old energetic, social butterfly. I am the oldest of two children. I was born and raised in Redding, California but for now I am calling Clarksville, Tennessee my home.
My husbands job as an Army infantry man has brought us here and will keep us here until 2014. We met in high school and got married on December 23rd, 2009. When we were dating we were inseparable but after he signed his life away we have spent alot of time apart.
I guess I should probably back track a bit. In November of 2009 my husband left for basic training. He got to come home for two weeks in December where we were married at the court house. We had planned to wait a few years but those plans flew out the window as soon as he was gone. We missed each other too much and there was no way we were spending two years apart! He finished his basic training at the end of March 2010 and a week after he got to Fort Campbell he called me after work sobbing. They were sending him to Afghanistan and there was no point in me moving to Tennessee yet. We stopped looking for houses, cried our faces out and got our game faces on to tackle the next year.
It was hard. Harder than I ever imagined my first year of marriage ever being. We were supposed to be in out honeymoon phase and it felt like all the Army wanted to do was play keep away! Finally in April of this year he returned and we've gotten all that time together since. I must admit its strange how different we are from than till now and I am stunned that we managed to keep it together for so long.
In July of this year my husband went to the mall with a few of his buddies. He called me and asked if I wanted a couple of cute rats. "Uhm what?!" I couldnt believe MY husband was asking if I wanted rodents. This was coming from a man who would only consider big dogs as pets!
I went to the mall later that day and found out he meant sugar gliders. And he was right, they were the cutest things ever! We needed them. We bought them from a company called pocket pets (-_-) that told us how easy they were. Well a wake up call and quite a few vet bills later we are so happy that we bought them.
I don't know what else to say about myself other than currently I am in college to do something involving psycology. All I want to do with my life is help people. I grew up with a mom that has fetal alcohol syndrome and after seeing what she has had to go through I want to help people like her in any way I can. I love my family and friends. I am a very kind person and will do almost anything for anyone. I have a hard time saying no lol.
Also without corrective vision I am legally blind. My perscription glasses are probably at least an inch thick. You wouldnt know though because I wear contacts with half my perscription under normal looking glasses. I got tired of being made fun of in school so this was a great alternative. I'll post a pic so you all can see just how unnoticeable it is.
That’s all I can’t think of right now.
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Dani
Since it seems to be the going trend, I suppose I ought to share some info about me
I grew up near Chicago, IL. I lived in the same house all the way through high school. After 6th grade my family was supposed to move to China for my father's job. That plan fell though, and we ended up staying. The spot in my class at school had already filled up, so the principle suggested I join the 8th grade class instead of the 7th grade class. In general it worked out pretty well.
When I graduated high school, I went to college at Clemson University for computer science and computer engineering. I met my now husband my freshman year. We were very good friends for 3 years, dated for 2 and have now been married for 4 years. At school, I was part of the equestrian team for 3.75 years. I ended up quitting in the end because it felt more like a sorority than a team. I was also a member of the gaming guild, which was a group that played a variety of games including pen and paper rpgs, trading card games, war games and board games of all sorts.
After graduation, my husband and I got married at the botanical garden's on our school's campus. It was the perfect place for our ceremony because we had met at school and most of our friends had attended so everyone could relate. After the wedding we moved to Florida, which is where my husband grew up. South Carolina was too cold for him .
Today, I work at a small not-for-profit association called the American College of Physician Executives as a web programmer. I am about to graduate with my master's degree in computer science from University of South Florida (next Friday as a matter of fact). I am considering continuing on for my PhD. I have 4 dogs, 2 horses and of course my 7 glider babies. I enjoy participating in judo, horseback riding, video games and all other sorts of games.
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suggiemom02
Hi . My name is Destinee, But i go by my middle name, Faith here on the forum. I'm in the 8th grade and 13 years old. i currently own 2 Sugar gliders, and a 6 year old cat. Soon i will just own 1 guinea pig, and a cat. (Although i plan to get another guinea pig for christmas as a companion) I love love love animals and hope to make a career out of it . My parents are separated, and i mostly live with my dad, which my mother is fine with as long as i stay with her at least 1-2 days a week. I am the youngest of 2 kids , but i'm my dads only child . I have a half sister named Davin, and she's recently 18 , who has my niece who will be 2 in June .
My favorite animal is a Lemur , my favorite colors are purple and seafoam green. I've been told act older than i am although i dont see it.. I LOVE to read books on Vampires, Love Stories, Ghosts, Immortals, Werewolves, you get the point.
I would love to write a book or 2 someday.. When im of age, im getting a job for some college funds .. I'd like to travel to places around the world and take food and water to the hungry , i'd also like to have something like a car wash, or bake sale and donate the money to my local shelter . I just would love to do anything of that nature..
There are many things i wish to do in my life, and even though im only 13 i doubt i'll even do half a handful of them..
I'll be honest, sometimes i dream about it, but the future, and growing up, being on my own, paying taxes, the whole nine yards, scares the poop out of me.. Thinking of the real world traumatizes me..
My relationships with my family suck except for with my dad, and my cousin Veronica..
I fight with my mom constantly because of many reasons, but the main one being her boyfriend. It's not that i dont want her to be happy, its that he is a total D-Bag and she knows it, and still keeps him around.. Her boyfriend is also part of the reason i moved in with my dad.
Oh ! I also want to help wash penguins off that have gotten caught in oil spills.. I really would.. it seems amazing.. and i want to organize a group to go around picking up trash off the sides of roads, and to help plant flowers and trees..
I wish instead of wasting paper, the electric and water company would email the bill and stuff to you or something..
I would like my kids to be able to see and know what Polar Bears are someday , If i have kids...
Anyways,... Thats my messy bits of a lifee.. Any comments or anything you wanna know just ask...
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