: About Me

My name is Shell Martin. Many people automatically rhyme it with Bell and call me Shell Bell. This is particularly funny since my maiden name is Bell. We have a great big old house in a great neighborhood in Tacoma, WA. I am 37 and have been married to my wonderful husband Dave for 19 years. We have 5 kids at home right now. Russell 15, Daniel 14, Avery 12, Grayden 8, and Josiah 4. !

I am currently a stay at home mom. My undergrad degree is in Business Admin from UOP and until five years ago, I owned my own business. I have a Masters in Education but now I totally devote my time to the kids and homeschooling.

I am the first to admit that homeschooling is a lifestyle and we, as such a large family, are not normal.

We have a small zoo, 5 dogs, 6 cats, 22 birds (Cockatiels, Diamond Doves, Ringneck Doves, 4 Nanday Conures, and 2 Sun Conures, and a Congo African Grey, a Greenwing Macaw, and a Blue and Gold Macaw.

A point of interest- We own a GEM car. It is an all electric car that plugs into a standard outlet to charge. Check them out at www.gemcar.com

Shell Martin

My passion is ...

Family/English/birds

I know too much about ...

nothing- there is always more to learn

My parents always told me ...

I could be whatever I wanted.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a mom.

My favorite memory ...

my wedding day

Why I write ...

words are beautiful

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

Little Einsteins with my toddler!

My first job ...

Dairy Queen

My best moment ...

graduating college

My inspiration ...

my children

Autos > Cars The pros and cons of all electric cars

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Three years ago, to be environmentally friendly and lessen my carbon footprint, I bought an electric car. I did not buy the over-hyped hybrids, but a TRULY electric car. I had no idea what I was getting into. There are pros and cons to the electric cars you can purchase that are market and to any car that is converted to be all-electric. Pros Of course, the biggest pro is that there is no gas. No gas means no carbon footprint, no costly trips to the pump, no oil changes and less of a dent in my wallet. When gas was over $4.50 a gallon it was so nice to pull into the gas station, wash my wi...

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