I am lucky enough to have had a consistent (but not boring) life. I have lived in the Vancouver, WA area all of my life, I've been married to my wonderful husband for over 35 years and have 3 beautiful children who still enjoy spending time with me ( I know, shocking isn't it?). Even though we live right in town, we have 4 chickens, a large garden and we just got our first bee hive. I am an avid reader, have an autographed book by Stephen King and have stacks of books all over the house because my bookcases are full. My other passions are movies and plays. A few of my movie reviews were printed in the Oregonian newspaper (back when they had newspapers) and my husband and I have attended the Turner Classic Movie film festival 4 years running. My daughter and I once flew to New York Friday night, saw a play Saturday and flew home that same day. And if there is even a smidge of sun in the sky, you will find me walking my neighborhood to get my 10,000 daily steps in.