About

Hi!

I always find it hard to write a summary about me. What is important? What is trivial? If I was visiting here these are some things I might like to know about me.

I’m a wife to a high school athletic trainer. I always told my mom I would NEVER marry a high school football coach. That seemed like the worst to me. My dad was always watching football and we live in Texas. High school football reigns supreme in Texas. So what did I do? I married something worse than a football coach. I married the trainer! No off season. He covers every sport, boys and girls, at every level from middle school, to freshman, junior varsity, to varsity. He has about 8 weeks off each summer and we enjoy every moment of the 8 weeks with him. All joking aside, he loves his job. It isn’t easy all the time, but at least he comes home every night.

I’m a mom to twin boys. They turn 11 at the end of August. I cannot figure out how time has moved so quickly that they are almost 11. At the same time I struggle to remember life before them. They boys have some learning struggles. They are pretty open to me sharing about them at this point. Know that if I share anything personal about them, I have asked for permission and probably read them the full post before I publish.

We homeschool. It started because I needed the flexibility for all the therapies we attended at that early age. And…because before I had them I was a middle school science teacher and I wasn’t ready for public school special education. When we transitioned from Early Childhood Intervention we had an ARD with the local school district. To say it went badly is an understatement. They underestimated me I suppose. Both my husband and I were well versed in ARDs (both being teachers) and I knew my rights as a parent. When I pushed back they didn’t like it. I left angry, in tears, and ready to move to another district. Then I calmed down…a little. When they called a week later I flatly denied all services and when asked why I stated that they were out of line and I could easily file suit against the district if I wanted. I was choosing that we would seek our own services. We did and never looked back. As I public school teacher I am pretty sure at some point I stated that I would NEVER home school my kids. Well, we all know what happens when we say never….this July we start their 5th grade year and our 7th year of home school.

I also work full time for our family business. We own a plating shop. I will explain it this way: you know how cars (at least some cars) have shiny metal bumpers? Those bumpers used to be chrome plated to make them shiny. I have no idea if they really put chrome on bumpers anymore because we don’t plate car parts. But we do put coatings on metal for various purposes. We don’t chrome plate anything because chrome is nasty for the environment. But maybe you have heard of anodized pots for cooking? We don’t anodize cooking pots but we do anodize things. Or maybe you have heard of powder coat? It is pretty popular with lawn furniture. We don’t really do lawn furniture (we can and have) but we do powder coat too. And some other things. I am in charge of billing and all things computer. I have other jobs too, so let’s just say I am busy!

At that job I sit in the desk across from my mother. I eat lunch with my mom, dad, brother, uncle, and cousin. We all get along 99% of the time. If ever you visited and mom and I weren’t talking then you would know it is the 1% of the time. 🙂

I am sure there are many other things I could write here. And maybe I will at some point. For write now this will get us started.

Thanks for stopping by! 🙂