I'm married, with two kids (a son and a daughter), and three dogs until recently. We had to have one put to sleep, so we're down to two. We still have enough dog hair shed in the house to make another, so I guess we'll stick with two, at least for now. One is a GORGEOUS golden retriever--the coolest dog ever--with a cowlick down his forehead and nose--thus, "Mohawk". He's really sweet, and everybody at the vet is in love with him--even the girl with the body piercings and the punked-out hair! lol I think she likes his "do"! Derby is a Yorkie, so named because Derby (the town) is in or near Yorkshire, where Yorkies were first bred. I thought the name was cute for a male, so it stuck. He belongs to my daughter, who got him for her 12th birthday. She has epilepsy, and the idea was to get a dog that would bark his head off if she had a seizure in the middle of the night, and no one knew. Derby, however, barks his head off all the time! lol Keltie was my son's dog. He saved up his money when he was in second grade and paid all the fees (spaying and vet exam, included) and we adopted her from the pound. She was our first dog. He went through a ten year custody battle with me, and Keltie was his buddy and his comfort through it all. He was very sad to lose her recently. All of their pictures are below.

Jesus! The 12 apostles. The grandparents I never met--and other ancestors... Sarah Palin... hmmmm...I'll have to think some more on this one...

Working on a two-year degree in Religion--although I have had to take a break recently, for financial reasons. I volunteer-teach girls' P.E. at my daughter's tiny Christian classical school on Fridays (the only day they let them out of class long enough). It's fun, when they cooperate. But they are getting too comfortable with me, and so THEY want to choose what we do, and it isn't always all that physical! (such as wanting to play heads up, seven up). They cooperate the most when I bring the jump ropes my daughter has from being on a jump rope team at her last school. I want to write, but it seems I never have the time. (I waste too much time on SodaHead, for one thing!)

God, the Bible, my kids, writing, sports cars, and ice skating! I used to ice-dance. But I have torn cartilage in my left knee, and need surgery (which I don't want to do, having been through numerous surgeries already). I can still skate, though--at least so far. I just can't do everything I once could--and what I can still do, I can't do as well. But I've been going lately with my daughter, and I'm getting some strength back. It's still fun, anyway!

Christian

Favorite song....Live Out Loud--Steven Curtis Chapman

What's TV? :)

Star Wars--the first trilogy that was released, back in the seventies and early eighties. The Indiana Jones movies, and almost anything Harrison Ford is in. I love science fantasy, and adventure with some comic relief. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are "all that and a bag of chips"!! lol

The Bible

The Chronicles of Narnia, and pretty much anything else C.S. Lewis wrote.

Jane Eyre, Anne of Green Gables, and similar classics.

Most of what I read is Christian non-fiction, and most people wouldn't recognize the titles (Theology texts, Beth Moore books, etc. I love Beth Moore's books and Bible studies!)

This is what the LORD says:

"Cursed is the one who trusts in **MAN,** (caps and emphasis added)
who depends on flesh for his strength
and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
He will be like a bush in the wastelands;
he will not see prosperity when it comes.
He will dwell in the parched places of the desert,
in a salt land where no one lives.

But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,
whose confidence is in him.
He will be like a tree planted by the water
that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes;
Its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit."

Jeremiah 17:5:8

Jesus

And not on the same par, but fun: Indiana Jones, Han Solo, etc.