Hello! Thank you for visiting my little corner here on the web! Life keeps me pretty busy so not a lot of time to update some of the stuff here. I've got a few hobbies that will be highlighted eventually though. Also listed here are some of the things I've done to make a living. Yeah, it's about as varied as my hobbies. (grin) My Quick Links:
Western States Horse Expo 2005! There are a LOT of pictures here so I've selected my favorites! (still quite a few!)
My photography favorites
My truck and links for all the road trips!
Cache Creek Nature Conservancy
Matt & Roslynn's wedding
Model Horses!
My dear Cheyenne. I miss you!
A Tribute to Kayla, the Border Collie. "SQUIRREL!"
For basic info on BAMH! (Bay Area Model Horses)
Careers: I've always enjoyed interesting jobs that keep my mind active. Over the years I've acquired a variety of skills that help in just about any field! Give me computers, animals, medicine, communications.... anything where I can have a job that's more than a payc heck! If your'e looking for a hardworker who can even trouble shoot then feel free to check out my resume and/or portfolio online now!
Graphic Artist/Designer and typesetter: Ahhhhh.... the joys of graphic arts! This was my first career. I actually learned all the basics and concentrated on typesetting while in high school. Wasn't what I had planned on doing but hey, life does funny things. I got out of highschool and decided that it was how I'd get the money to start surviving so I got a job and continued to develop my skills while I studied other things. Well quite a few years later I finally quit to figure out what I *really* wanted to do. Became a vet tech and did that for a bit and well, now I'm back to graphics. Needed a safer job and the call of the field got too strong. I really love doing it now.
Registered Veterinary Technician: Now this is a fun field! I became a registered Vet Tech in 1999. I studied and took the test and finally got my license. Despite the pay I absolutely loved the field! Unfortunately due to certain issues, I had to find a much safer career. I looked around and finally the call of the graphics art field got too strong and back I went. It was definitely the right choice for the time but I now find myself missing the satisfaction of being a Vet. Tech. and am in search of a new career that will give me that sense of purpose again. (Looking at Dispatch or something else in a PD or FD) The really good thing is that now I don't have that little voice in me saying I need to try for my dream field of vet med as I can now say "been there, done that!" Now it's just a voice saying "I wonder what....... "
Pharmacy Technician: This was my first job. I really enjoyed but wasn't what I wanted to do for life. It was quite interesting but I never got my license in it. Instead I eventually got my Vet Tech license which still allowed me to do pharmacy work!
Hobbies:
My Truck! This is my baby! It's a 2003 Toyota Tacoma 4WD with TRD package. It's still stock and quite a lot of fun! This thing is very willing to go everywhere (or at least give it a really good try!) I ask it too. It's also bringing many wonderful people into my life as I go places and meet others who love these trucks as much as I do.
Photography: I enjoyed photography from the time I first got my hands on a 35mm SLR. Due to costs and time though it became a forgotten pasttime. Then I had the wonderful privilage of going on a hike with a professional photographer and that's all it took! I'm now back into it! Unfortunately my film SLRs have died then I was given a digital SLR and I love it! This has inspired me to get going on an online gallery of my photos. Please go to my gallery and enjoy!
Movies: Going to the theater, DVDs, whatevever! Give me movies! I just love them!
Model Horses! Yep! Love horses in general. Started collecting as a kid and never outgrew it! What can I say? (grin)
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