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- Name: Sandi
- Age: 43
- Gender: Female
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Music I listen to
Music...well, of course I love the Monkees or I wouldn't be here, but I'm also a huge fan of the Beatles (Paul is my favorite Beatle, Micky is my
favorite Monkee). Other groups/performers that I enjoy are Chicago, Billy Joel, ELO, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, Yes, Steely Dan...well, there are too many to
name.
Interesting facts about me
Hmmm, what to say about myself? Well, I'm a 43-year-old happily-married mother of two. My son is 19 and a political science major at a university in Ohio
(he's planning on law school); my daughter is nearly 12 and in middle school.
My husband and I love to travel, and we have dragged our kids to nearly 40 states and to Mexico and Canada. We are all animal lovers, and our house is a menagerie of sorts: 4 cats, 1 cockatiel, 1 mouse, some fish...but alas, no partridge in a pear tree.
After years of working in the mortgage industry and as a service representative for Manpower, I became a stay-at-home mom when my daughter was born. I recently went back to work in the cafeteria of her elementary school. Lousy pay, but great hours--I'm home when the kids are home, including Christmas break and summer. I just finished my first year as the assistant manager of the cafeteria in our county's newest elementary school.
I like to write when my muse decides to give me some help--I think she's lazy. I've written two chapters of a children's historical fiction book (presumably to be about the Constitutional Convention of 1787--I'm a history buff). Said "book" needs a lot of work. I've also written several short pieces which my writing mentor assures me should be published, I just need to find the right magazine.
I love to read; I enjoy pretty much any type of fiction, but I also enjoy biographies about historical figures such as Benjamin Franklin. I'm also a big Harry Potter fan, and I belong to an online group of Potterphiles called "The Marauders". We come from all over the world and include teachers and professors, one published author, a translator, college students, and people from all walks of life. We've become a family of sorts; we still love and discuss HP, but our conversations are more about ourselves and our lives now.
While I won't discuss politics here in Monkeeland, I have very definite and strong political beliefs. 'Nuff said.
I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone at Monkeeland and to having fun!
My husband and I love to travel, and we have dragged our kids to nearly 40 states and to Mexico and Canada. We are all animal lovers, and our house is a menagerie of sorts: 4 cats, 1 cockatiel, 1 mouse, some fish...but alas, no partridge in a pear tree.
After years of working in the mortgage industry and as a service representative for Manpower, I became a stay-at-home mom when my daughter was born. I recently went back to work in the cafeteria of her elementary school. Lousy pay, but great hours--I'm home when the kids are home, including Christmas break and summer. I just finished my first year as the assistant manager of the cafeteria in our county's newest elementary school.
I like to write when my muse decides to give me some help--I think she's lazy. I've written two chapters of a children's historical fiction book (presumably to be about the Constitutional Convention of 1787--I'm a history buff). Said "book" needs a lot of work. I've also written several short pieces which my writing mentor assures me should be published, I just need to find the right magazine.
I love to read; I enjoy pretty much any type of fiction, but I also enjoy biographies about historical figures such as Benjamin Franklin. I'm also a big Harry Potter fan, and I belong to an online group of Potterphiles called "The Marauders". We come from all over the world and include teachers and professors, one published author, a translator, college students, and people from all walks of life. We've become a family of sorts; we still love and discuss HP, but our conversations are more about ourselves and our lives now.
While I won't discuss politics here in Monkeeland, I have very definite and strong political beliefs. 'Nuff said.
I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone at Monkeeland and to having fun!
Groovy quotes
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."--Benjamin Franklin
"Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation."--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"There are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by the gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations."--James Madison
"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see."--John Lennon, Strawberry Fields Forever
"Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation."--Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
"There are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by the gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations."--James Madison
"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see."--John Lennon, Strawberry Fields Forever
