: About Me

I was born a country girl in the midwest, but always longed for the big city. While I need to touch "home" at least once a year, I thrive best in the metropolitan area where everything I could wish to do is available without having to drive for 90 minutes.

I live in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, work fulltime and finally get to travel with my work. I could retire in a few years, but will probably work as long as my mind stays with me! I like to read, eat out with friends, travel, and take day trips with absolutely no destination in mind.

My passion is ...

family, and the two cats who tolerate my devotion to them

I know too much about ...

pain and stress

My parents always told me ...

you could do better if you would work at it

My childhood ambition ...

to have a career filled with worldwide travel

My favorite memory ...

riding my horse

Why I write ...

to express myself and to work at being better at it

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

television

My first job ...

selling Avon while in high school

My best moment ...

the birth of my sons

My inspiration ...

people who genuinely care about other people

Pets & Animals > Animal Rights & Issues Facts about animal laboratory testing

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Animal Laboratory Testing Animal laboratory testing is mandated by law and is necessary in our search for safe and effective medical treatments and procedures. Every person in our nation today has benefitted in one way or another from research with laboratory animals. Every medicine and every medical procedure that we take for granted has been tested on animals. The way the animals are treated in the laboratories is highly regulated both by the federal government and independent accreditation bodies. The lab animals are cared for by trained technicians and a veterinarian is on staff to ins...

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