About Me

I grew up in Anaheim California, not far from Disneyland.  I wanted to be a police officer since I was about 10 years old and became a Police Explorer for the Placentia Police Department when I turned 15.  I then became a Police Cadet after I graduated high school and studied Police Science at a Community College.

In January 1998 I moved to Moore, Oklahoma and continued studying Police Science.  I worked night security at the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City where in September 1999 I met my future husband, Jerry who was a deputy for the Oklahoma County Sheriffs Department.

I was accepted into the Norman Police Academy in 2001 and became a Police Officer.  I was then hired by the Police Department at the University of Oklahoma Health Science Center and worked there until 2007.   I moved to a suburb on the west side of Oklahoma City in 2001, Jerry and I were married in October 2003, we had Zachary in 2005 and Kaleb in 2007.

After Kaleb was born I left police work and started a home daycare so I could stay home with the boys.  After about a year I was getting a bit stir crazy and was hired as an Investigator for the District 5 District Attorney's Office out of Canadian County.  I worked there for about 10 months and decided that because of a lot of disrespect and forthcoming lay-offs that it just was not for me and decided to stay home with the boys.

Jerry was hired by BNSF Railway in December 2008 and is on call 24 hours a day 7 days a week and is subject to being sent out of town or state at a moment's notice which makes my having a job difficult.  So until 2012 when both boys are in school all day, I will be a stay at home mom full time.

Now I enjoy baking, cooking, cleaning (but don't tell Jerry ;) ), taking the boys on outings and blogging.  I would love to start quilting again, something I gave up after Zachary was born for fear he would get hurt with all the sharp tools I was using.  I also enjoy trying to save money but that is a double edged sword because it also causes me to stress about money.

Some other tidbits about me: I suffer from migraines, I've been getting migraines for about 30 years now, yep that's right, nearly my entire life.  I just started a preventative medication in September 2010 and had to increase the dosage in November.  My migraines have decreased so I'm hopeful that since I'm now on the recommended dosage I will be mostly migraine free.  I also have hypothyroidism, bursitis in both shoulders and a bad left knee which has caused early arthritis and which I am having arthroscopic surgery on on December 13th 2010.  I'm only in my 30's and I'm already falling apart!

UPDATE 7/2013:

Jerry is still at BNSF.  The boys are in school all day (well, summer break right now but you get the idea). We moved into a new house in April 2012.  I worked at Scholastic Book Fairs from Jan thru May 2013.  They are begging me to come back despite my dropping f-bombs on occasion.  I am Vice President of the Neighborhood Association.  And I got a wild idea to go back to school so in a couple of weeks I'll be returning to college to pursue a degree in Sign Language Interpreting; that will make 3 Associate's Degrees...at some point I need to get a Bachelors Degree.

I finally have my migraines under control, no thanks to medications or doctors.  Also my arthritis is under control and I've been pain free for 3 months since I started Zeal Wellness Drinks.

Zeal


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