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Interests,
activities, and hobbies:
Sports
teams
As a Tennessee Titans
fan, I watch their games on TV, tape posters and news articles to my office
wall, and proudly drive around with a Titans bumper sticker on my car.
 I love baseball and the
Nashville Sounds, and after
watching a few foul balls zoom close to my head last summer, I will sit behind the net
next season!
 The
Blue Raiders and Lady Raiders of
MTSU are great, whether it's baseball, basketball, football, track, women's soccer,
softball, or any other
sport. In May 2003, the baseball team won the Sunbelt Conference Baseball
Tournament championship. The football team continues to win the conference
championships, and in 2006, played in a bowl game.
Travel
I love to travel, see new sights, take photos, buy refrigerator
magnets and stuff, and experience new things. Some of my favorite destinations
are Palo Duro Canyon State Park,
Oklahoma City National Memorial,
Ft. Worth Zoo
and the Stockyards,
St. Louis Science Center and the
Gateway Arch,
The Alamo and
Riverwalk,
Mount Mitchell State Park,
Chimney Rock Park,
Mammoth Cave,
U. S.
Space & Rocket Center, Lookout Mountain,
Tybee Island Lighthouse,
Ft. Pulaski,
Hunting Island State Park & Lighthouse,
Ft. Moultrie, and
the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
Volunteer
activities
I have been a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate), trained to serve
children who are before the Juvenile Court as a result of parental abuse or
neglect. As a CASA volunteer, I
interviewed adults and children involved in a child's case and prepared reports
for the court focusing attention to the child's right to a safe, nurturing,
and permanent home. My husband and
I have also
served as foster parents, and we were active in scouting and church youth groups
while our children were members. I also have served on the board of
VSA Arts of Tennessee, helping to bring
programs in music, dance, drama, creative writing, and the visual arts to
children and adults with disabilities.
Just
keep moving
I met my husband on a
hike in the Smoky Mountains, and we've enjoyed hikes and nature trails for
almost three decades. We also lift weights
at the SportsCom,
where our children were members of the city swim team
MIST and played on soccer and basketball teams. Our daughter lettered
in swimming when she was in high school, and our son was a member of his high
school in-line hockey team.
Gardening
In backyard pots and gardens, I grow columbine, Texas
Bluebonnet, dwarf delphinium, daylilies, irises, Black-eyed Susan,
salvia, astilbes, dianthus, one thornless pink rose bush, and loads
of petunias and snapdragons. In a vegetable garden, we grow tomatoes, cucumbers, bell
peppers, okra,
snow peas, and blackberries. I am
attempting to grow blueberries and figs, so far without much
success.
Backyard
bird-watching
We feed the finches, sparrows, red-winged blackbirds, and
cardinals in the winter and hummingbirds in the summer.
A garden bird-bath attracts robins, mockingbirds, mourning doves, and
others. A potted blueberry bush attracts a mockingbird, who leaves no
blueberries for the rest of us.
"Still
like that old time rock & roll"
Favorite musicians are Bob Seager, Jim Croce, Paul Simon, Marc
Cohen, Bette Midler, Stevie Nicks, Jimmy Buffett, The Drifters, The Temptations,
The Eagles, The Beatles, The Who, The Byrds, The 4 Seasons, The Beach Boys, The Cyrkle,
Chicago, The Doobie Brothers, The Lovin' Spoonful, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Pure Prairie
League, and many others. I also listen to Alison Krauss,
The Wrights, Trisha Yearwood, Patty
Loveless, Martina McBride, Shania Twain, Dan Tyminski, Brad Paisley, Keith Urban, Gillian Welch, and Dolly Parton.
Reading
Favorite authors are Susan Isaacs,
Kaye Gibbons,
Patricia
Cornwell, John Grisham,
Scott Turow,
Dana Stabenow,
Ken Follett,
Larry Watson,
Sue Grafton,
Carl Hiaasen,
Phillip Margolin,
John Sandford,
Harlan Coben,
Agatha Christie,
Edith Wharton,
Jane Austen, Mary Stewart, Harold Kushner,
Richard Carlson, Malcolm Gladwell, and
Gail Sheehy.
Other
hobbies
Two
children
A cat and two goldfish
Making beaded jewelry
Photography
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