So here are 5 things about me…

1.  I am a veterinarian.  I graduated in 1995 from the College of Veterinary Medicine in Raleigh, NC.  I practiced small animal medicine until my son was born in 1997.  I LOVED it.  But, due to his needs and diagnosis of autism,  I gave up my career to try and “cure” him.  Nope, didn’t work.  Thus fact 2…                                                      
2. I have an 18 year old son with severe autism.  I love him to death, despite the fact it certainly is not the life I though I would lead.  I went back to school and learned all I could about autism and other disabilities, which led me to getting a master’s in sped ed.  (For those of you who are counting, yes, I have a bachelor degree, a doctorate degree, and a master’s degree.  Luckily, I LOVE school.)                                 
3. Reading is my absolute favorite leisure activity.  I find time to read every day, usually when I am done with my TPT work.  A glass of wine and a comfy chair and I am in heaven.  I will read anything.  My favorite reads are books with complex family sagas.  I also love a good thriller.
4. So I would say I love to quilt, but I find it cuts into my obsession listed in number 3.  I usually put time aside on the weekends to quilt, forcing myself to take a step back from the computer and constant work on my TPT store.  Thus, it maintains my sanity.  I used to make a different quilt to hang outside my classroom door every month of the year while I was teaching.  The kids loved it; now my friends and family are the benefactors of this hobby.                                  
5. My family spends as many days as we can at my in-law’s small house on High Rock Lake in NC.  It is tiny with only one bathroom, but I could move out there and live happily today.  It sits on the water with a long dock that faces the most amazing sunsets I have ever seen.  My son loves it there, and I know that eventually he, I and my husband will end up living on the water.  I just have to be patient, but I cannot wait!!