About

I’ve been keeping an online diary since August 4, 2001. The layout there has been updated since the original crapped out and the entries weren’t legible. I keep it up and live because it reminds me of just what a sad and lost girl I once was. I’m not proud of that girl. I am however proud of the one I am now.  We can’t always be who we want to be today…until tomorrow arrives.

I am in my early EARLY forties and I am happily married to my second and best husband Rick. We met on January 11, 2003 and got married on November 26, 2005 a year after I proposed to him!! I write, I read, I live, I breathe. I have come a long way, have a long way to go.  I have an ex, I was married the first time for 12 years.  We’ve been divorced for so long now I almost forget that he exists.

I have one child from marriage number 1. My son is an amazing person who makes me strive to be the best person I can possibly be. He is my inspiration always. If given the choice I would marry his father again and again and again so long as the outcome was still as amazing as my son is. I have learned to have no regrets for everything in life turns out just as it should…even if it does involve pain and personal growth. I love my son unconditionally. 

I finally finished my Masters degree and now work for a different University than the one I attended. I really love my job and I really enjoy all of the people I get to work with. I have a great dog and I have a happy life…finally! My online scribbles have helped me through some of the roughest years and now I am writing and documenting my happy moments, which is truly far more fun. I love looking back on the good memories far better than looking at the bad. But knowing firsthand the bad has truly allowed me to appreciate the happiness I now have. 

I live in Florida but I am from Johnstown, PA. I read tons of books and own over 2000 of them (at last count). I would be lost without a book to read. I used to write more poetry than I have as of late….I just don’t have the time I used to have now that I am a fulltime employee working a crazy busy job. But that’s ok….I’m also fulltime happy.

This is the real cast in the story of my life

Rick is my husband). He works for a restaurant, he cooks.  He loves Diablo, Poker and cheese on his cheese. He hates when I whine, bitch and/or rant, but adores me when I scratch his back, wash the dishes, and do that one thing that… He’s the best thing to happen in my life for years. I am happy being around him and with him. He makes me smile so much my face hurts. We’ve been together since January of 2003. We’ve had some rocky times but we always land on our feet.

Keith is my 19 year old son. I referred to him as Bucky for many years in my diary keeping activities. I’ve been blogging since he was 8. He’s amazing. I love him and he’s the first person I call when I need to know without any doubts that someone loves me. 

Chloe is my dog. Rick got her for me for my birthday. She’s by far the best gift I ever got for my birthday or any other holiday for that matter!! She’s a miniature pinscher and I love her to death. She’s rocks!!!! I inherited her from her former owners who had a real live baby and decided that Chloe didn’t fit in. BAD former owners BAD! Lucky moi!

I have a sister Tracy who is one year older than me and also has twin daughters. I have seen them only twice in their lives. I am an Aunt, but I am sadly not an Aunt. I also have a brother Eric who is 3 years younger than me and still lives at home with my mother and seems to be rather unproductive in his life. I haven’t seen most of my family in ages and I’m quite used to it really.

I think I value my friends and my little family in a way most people do. 

My life is a beautiful poem that I am constantly writing.