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| Hi. What can I tell you about myself? My personal interests and hobbies encompass a wide range of things. I love to read, mostly fiction or science-fiction/fantasy. I love to watch anime and have a huge interest in Japanese culture and language. I'm fairly active and love to go out and do things. Also, I'm a tiny bit of a gamer - both video and rpg. I like to go to anime conventions and the occassional Rennaissance Faire. And for the most part, I just like to go out and experience things. :) I've got an incredible home full of love, a wonderful close family and awesome friends. I'd say I'm pretty lucky. |
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My real world home is a cozy house in a small state within an hour's drive of my parents and most of my friends. I share it with a Shetland Sheepdog, a tabby cat, four fish tanks, and numerous plants.
I am also lucky enough to share my home with my husband, Ron.
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Ron
is a business major at Thomas Edison State College. He is currently
a Financial Consultant. |
Ron and I are newly wed and our relationship still has its challenges. So we take the time for us and work together towards anything that needs to be done. Our lives have been intertwined and I can't imagine life without him.
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course, we have our fun too - and the laughter is important to us. |
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We also have a son named Darren...
| Darren is an orange and gold tabby cat. We rescued him from a shelter through a program called AWA. Originally, we had only gone into PetSmart to pick up a few things for my dog, Gypsy, who lived at my parents' house until her passing at Christmas time year 2000. Instead, I found Ron hunkered down at the cage (all 6'2" of him) extending a finger at these cute little kittens saying "Awww, isn't this one cute?" Darren won me over and the pact was sealed when as a 4 week old ball of fur, he jumped past Ron's finger and fearlessly swatted at a rather large rottweiler's inquisitive nose next to the cage. That was it, we brought him home that night and he has grown with us ever since. |
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...and a daughter named Shelbie's Chelsea MacBlue, or just Chelsea to family and friends.
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Chelsea is a pure bred Shetland Sheep Dog, registered with the American Kennel Club. This is a picture of her at 9 weeks old. We got her the last week of the year 2000 at the age of 8 weeks. We were in Petsmart, again, debating on whether or not to adopt a companion for Darren. An absolutely gorgeous Sheltie (Shetland Sheep Dog) happened by, who I couldn't help but admire. I was speaking to Ron about dogs before hand and we were discussing a smaller dog, to comply with the strictures of our apartment complex. The Sheltie's owner stopped by and we were asking questions, and they just happened to have two 8 week old puppies with them who were in need of loving homes. Then and there I fell in love, and a week later, Chelsea came home with us. |
We've recently added to our family a pure-bred German Shepherd named Kaiser Vom Rohaus, or Kai to family...
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Kaiser joined our family on Christmas Eve of 2005 as a 7 month old, pure-bred German Shepherd from the Vom Rohaus Kennels. He is a bright and energetic young dog, still practically a puppy, who is also incredibly attentive and sensitive. He came to us already house broken, leash broken and with a strong foundation in obedience training compliments of the professional trainer at Vom Rohaus Kennels. One caveat for us is that since Kaiser was trained by professionals who also specialize in Schutzhund, he's been trained using German commands. Yep, our dog speaks German. It's going to be an adventure transitioning him over to English commands. In the meantime, he's going to grow into a beautifull German Shepherd that meets the AKC breed standard, and will hopefully remain a gentle giant in our household. My husband fondly refers to him as "the Beast". Of course, my husband himself has been referred to by the same nickname, but that is a story for another time. Something having to do with park rangers referring to him as he helped with my little brother's Eagle Scout project... |
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The fish don't have names, since I've noticed they die right after I name them. But I do have an interest in tropical fish, and keep four tanks. One tank is completely fancy guppies, as I have found they remind me of my grandfather's pond in Thailand.
Here are Ron and Darren taking an afternoon nap together:
Darren and Chelsea spend their days romping around the house, wrestling or taking turns chasing each other through the apartment.
.And the rough housing in the house has gotten rougher. ..and Darren gets in a good right hook...
...but Chelsea got him back later.
The rough housing looks scary, but never once has either of them bruised or drawn blood - and if Chelsea, as she has grown larger than Darren, ever hurt Darren, he would have drawn his claws by now - Darren is in full possession of his claws. On the contrary, they often groom each other, sleep near each other - and Darren starts the rough housing games with a flying tackle from the top of the couch.
And she has grown into a beautiful dog.
Darren has his share of incredibly cute moments himself.
These are my babies. And my heart wouldn't be whole without them.
Of course, my life would never be complete without friends and family. So visit them and take a look. My life may not be the richest in money, nor the most accomplished just yet, but it is definitely rich in friends and family and love. Hey, what more could I ask for?
