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I really was a bus driver.

I drove a school bus in my former home town in Ohio for 25 years (yes, 25!) years. I am now retired but I did have bus number 43 and was given a brand new bus in 2000 to drive so the number was 9. I used to drive about 7 1/2 hours a day: morning, kindergarten in the middle of the day, and afternoon take home. But then I decided to cut back and just do morning and afternoon. I had a bunch of terrific kids to drive, they were a good group and made my job very easy because they knew how to follow the safety rules and didn't give me too hard a time. One run ( I had 2) went to a private school in another town and was like taking a drive into the country each day; not like a job at all. We went through a national recreation area and could see deer and other wildlife frequently.

I am married and we have three terrific grown daughters that are married and three marvelous grandsons, three granddaughters; two daughters live in the state of Florida and one in Colorado.

I had a computer

for about 10 years but was not on the internet. In 1999 we invested in a new system and voila! I was hooked! I started surfing around and discovered some wonderful sites out there and wanted to see if I could do one myself. I am a frustrated teacher, I think. I have a degree in elementary education but could never really catch on anywhere and now that I am doing this, I know it is all for the best.

We had a huge Great Dane

and a few fish in an aquarium. Now Mims has gone to doggie heaven and the aquarium in over the garage in storage! I love movies and have a collection that I don't get to watch very often; when I do it is usually in shifts!, you know, part now -part later. I have all of the Columbo series that I recorded myself and lots of Disney movies. There is only one program that we watch on tv and that is 3rd. Rock From the Sun. It's really an adult sitcom and we think it's hilarious. John Lithgow is terrific and the others are a stitch to watch; and, yes, I recorded all of those episodes too but they have released them on DVD so we are collecting those. We do watch the A&E channel and AMC and Turner Classics, Discovery Channel is good and also The Learning Channel. But as I said, we don't have much time for tv.

I love to read and have what people call my own library because our whole living area is surrounded with bookshelves. Now that we have moved to Florida, the bookshelves are in my husband's den. My favorite author is Agatha Christie but my favorite book is Hawaii by James Mitchner. I have done lots of hobby-type things, some not too badly. I make Ukrainian Eggs

and have had several displays at the library and high school and have taught a winter recreation class on "how to" and given a demo at the library as well. I have been at 3 major Christmas season shows where my eggs were well received. I really enjoy tooling leather but the last thing I made was a belt for my husband about 13 years ago. I like too many things!

I hope this satisfies anyone's curiosity, but if you really want to know something else, you can always check our personal pages or ask!

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