: About Me

I enjoy writing how-to articles on a variety of topics including business marketing techniques and health & wellness.  Six of my articles have been purchased by publishers through helium, with four of them through helium marketplace. The topics of my published articles are as follows: "Advantages of a recession", "How to make your next trade show a success", "Herbs that are useful to the body","Lazy eye treatment and correction", "Top five scrapbooking tips" and "How to perform a water test on your drinking water".

My work experience includes running a greeting card business with over 80 card designs. The business began to turn a profit after the first three months and my cards were sold in nine stores both locally and nationally. I worked as a professional school bus driver for four years, a childcare professional for five years and have taught flute and piano lessons to children and teens. I have worked in the charity fundraising sector for eight years. My educational background is two years of college where I majored in math and early childhood development. Also, I have achieved my grade 10 Royal Conservatory in piano.

I have been married for thirteen years.  I love writing, scrapbooking, and experimenting with new recipes.  I enjoy growing a variety of fruits, vegetables and flowers in my outdoor garden.  My favorite fiction authors include Robin Cook, and Dean Koontz and my favorite non-fiction authors include Erma Bombeck and Philip Yancey. I participate in a variety of athletic persuits such as biking, hiking, tennis, pilates and aerobics classes.

My passion is ...

cooking

I know too much about ...

health and fitnesss

My parents always told me ...

don't believe everything you hear

My childhood ambition ...

piano teacher

Why I write ...

to share knowledge, express opinions and, at times, entertain

My first job ...

babysitter

My best moment ...

won radio contest entered with best friend

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Styles (Other) How birth order helps determine our personality

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There is not a great deal of scientific proof that birth order affects our personalities.  Because of this, there are very few articles or books about this topic.  However, from doing some basic observation, there is little doubt that birth order does have at least some affect on the development of our personalities.  And just because it isn't an exact science doesn't mean that these observations cannot teach you something about yourself.  For our purposes we will divide birth orders into five categories:  first borns, the mi...

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