
Good Afternoon Ladies!
I have been trying to catch up on some of this thread, and I was working on the bios this morning. I see why Monica told me this thread was too long to read before posting!

And what a lovely group of women we have here! It is so nice reading and getting to know about you all.
UM:Hey, I don't know what your vacuum status is now since I'm not totally caught up here yet, but I own the purple Dyson, and trust me...you want it! I went through 2 vacuums within a few weeks of moving into our new house because of the new carpet shedding fibers. We gave up and got the Dyson, and I still love it almost 3 years later.
Now for my bio...well, I am 32 (for the next 4 days) years old, wife of DH for 4 years (5 in May), "mom" to kitty cat Oliver 3yo (never thought I would own a cat, but we are pretty sure he thinks he is a dog

) and beagle puppy Jasper 9mo (the cutest little puppy princess in the world who is not at all spoiled

), and professional photographer wanna-be. Let's see, what else? I went to Southern Illinois University for 2 years, majoring in Cinema & Photography, wanted to be a director, but film classes became cost prohibitive, and I ended up leaving school. I became a paramedic and firefighter for 5 years after that and before moving home to central Illinois. I began working at
Best Buy when I moved home, and that's where I met DH. We were both getting our Associates degrees, mine in Computer Information Systems and his in Marketing and Mangement. He got a job at a car dealership as a salesman and has since been promoted to finance manager. I got a job in customer service at a large clinic in our area and then moved to the human resources department there. I like my job, but it isn't what I want to do forever. I have been studying photography on my own (much reading and practicing), and I have done my sister-in-law's wedding, senior pictures for a friend of my mom's daughter, some photos for a mailing that DH's dealership sent out, and I won a contest here on the dis for The Timeshare Store's latest brochure. Two of my photos are in the brochure, and I actually got money for that one!
Diet-related, I have always struggled with weight. Like I said, at my wedding I had lost some weight in order to fit into my dress. I had been maintaining a reasonable weight for a few years before that. It's hard to believe this was just 4 1/2 years ago!
Since then, I have gradually gained, and this is a recent picture.
I was having a bad hair day, but you get the idea.

I especially hate the double chin and the extra tummy, and they need to go! So, today I am going to go buy that scale, and I'll probably be around here a lot! I need the support. So glad I found this thread (Thanks UM and Monica!). And if you want to know more about me and my Disney obsession, feel free to follow the link in my siggie to my trip report. (Another shameless plug!

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