: About Me

I am a mother of three children (2 boys and 1 girl). I am engaged to be married to a great guy next summer. I am assistant manager of a gas station in the small town that I live in. My fiance is a carpenter/construction worker by day and a bartender by night. I have one soon to be step son. Some of my hobbies are crafts, books, horses, animals in general, snowmobiling, four wheeling, home decorating, etc. I enjoy all different kinds of music, but I must say my favorite is country. Mostly because it is what I was raised on. The old time country. I am a country girl by heart living in city limits of a small northern town.

My passion is ...

horses, and my children

My parents always told me ...

do onto others as you would want done onto you

My childhood ambition ...

was to be a veternarian

My favorite memory ...

helping grandpa in the garden and bringing him carrots I picked for him to clean off so I could eat them.

Why I write ...

It relieves stress sometimes.

My first job ...

other then many babysitting jobs, my first real job was a waitress at a small town cafe'.

Celebrations & Holidays > Christmas Are we becoming slaves to the modern concept of Christmas holidays?

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The question you ask is "Are we becoming slaves to the modern concept of Christmas holidays?". I feel the simple answer to that is yes. What ever happened to the good old family gatherings to prepare for the holidays with baking of goodies and gift making? Year after year when my children are asking for their Christmas gifts I sit and wonder about that same question over and over. I remember back when I was a kid the holidays were all about spending time with family. It was not just your parents and siblings either. It was great-grandparents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, parents, ...

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