Betsy Talbot memed me to tell 5 things people don't know about me. I think I've answered this before, but it's easier to answer again rather than search for prior answers.
1. I used to work in a monastery. I was the secretary to the Prior, who wrote several books, as well as being the spiritual leader. While writing Zen Catholicism, he was frequently visited by Buddhist monks.
2. I used to be a "Landman". When we owned an oil and gas exploration company in Tennessee, one of my jobs was to lease oil and gas mineral rights from the rural landowners. I also did title searches (metes and bounds and trees long gone) and managed all of the federal regulations and filings, as well as investor relations.
3. I'm in my second marriage - have known my husband for 40 years and we've been married for 38 this year - we have a His, Hers and Ours family, and have created many legends and tales over the years.
4. My husband promised me when he proposed that "Marry me, and life will never be boring." He was right. We've owned a 60 room house, (yes, sixty) and lived in a log cabin; we've been rich and we've been poor; we've worked and been retired; we're entrepreneurs to the core.
5. One of my greatest joys is getting off on vacation with just one of my children at a time, just the two of us - away from spouses, family, job, pressures and obligations. We have such great fun together, and each of them expands my horizons without boundaries. We've shared souls and made memories.
And I'll meme Gerhard Ade.
Tori and Renee - ok, I'll do it. I just need to gather some of the old photos.
Karen - I'll send you an e-mail.