Howdy and How do? Welcome to my pictorial bio. I'm sure you'll enjoy your visit, have a few laughs and for those of you really close to my family, you'll see a few things that bring back some wonderful memories. Sorry not all the pics are the best and they make take a while to load but hey! ... I can only do what I can do! *LOL*
I was born in 1962 in the wonderful town of Bellevue, OH. I'm not sure why I call it such a wonderful town, seeing as I don't remember a thing about it! I'm a buckeye at heart and definately a nut!!!!
I lived in the Loudonville, OH area for a while and that's where my earliest memories start. Especially with my older sister Ann. Aren't we cute? Sort of like Shirley Temple with the bird-head boy! *L*
Shortly thereafter we settled in the Winona Lake, IN area. I actually remember Weenie Lake! Can anyone say Howdy Doody? What a pic!! We bounced around there some and spent a couple of summers in San Jose, CA. My father was a teacher at the time and felt the need to further his education I guess. Winona Lake has pretty much been the central point of my growing up but I never really accepted it as "home".
We ended up in Missoula, MT (which I like to consider home) while dad got his doctorate in math and computer sciences. Nice haircut huh? You can thank my dad and a medium sized mixing bowl for that one!!! *LOL* Montana is the greatest!!!!! Montana is where I went through my "forming years" and really started to develope my own personality. It gave me a real love for the outdoors, hunting, camping, hiking, fishing, and a real good ability to get into a lot of trouble. Oh well, it was all in the name of being an explorer and trying to experience all life had to offer.
I ended up finishing High School back here in Indiana. There really is more than corn in Indiana ... we have soy beans too!! Sorry, no high school pics yet. I'll have to see what I can come up with. I don't have the fondest of memories from the high school era.
After high school there was a 4 year stint in the U. S. M. C. -- (Uncle Sam's Misguided Children!) -- (1981-1985) -- Boot Camp: MCRD San Diego, CA -- Schooling: NAS Millington, TN and Whidbey Island, WA -- First and only duty station: MCAS Iwakuni, Japan with H&MS-12. I ended up in Japan for almost 3 years and loved every minute of it. I highly recommend it as a vacation spot for anyone with a yen for adventure. (No pun intended)
Since then ... I've bounced around different jobs. Photography, painting and commercial cleaning, electronics technician, retail/wholesale marketing, and now am a data technician. (A fancy way to say I pull telephone wire and install phone systems and fiber optic equipment).
I currently live in Columbia City, IN. I'm dating a wonderful gal from Canada. I LOVE YOU Vicky!!!! She's got 5 wonderful children who are also a very important part of my life. I've come to accept them as my own.We can't seem to get enough time together. Any one with ideas on how I can find work in Canada, please, E-mail me!!!!! We'd like to find a way to be together permanently!! If you want to get to know more about my love for Vicky and our family together, stop in visit Vicky's Home Page, she's spent a lot of time building it and there's lots of pictures of the kids and us. Make sure and sign her guestbook and let her know you got there from here.