This website was created as a class assignment by Ted Notts, a junior at Park Center High School this 2004-2005 school year. When I finally was convinced that Ted was serious about using me for the subject of this assignment to create a website, I tried to answer his daily list of questions for information he needed.

A little background on me: Born, raised in Minneapolis, University of Minnesota, lived in California awhile, came back, worked at Honeywell executive secretary, changed careers and went into sales at Honeywell, got married, sales management, sales training, created family by adoption of three children, retired from the fast track, stayed home as fulltime mom, English teacher, coach for several sports teams, choir director, church teacher, girl scout leader, boy scouts, bands, choirs, orchestras, school volunteer, booster clubs, chauffeur, etc., etc.

Substitute as educational assistant in schools a few years and finally decided this was where I could make a contribution when I went back to work. From Northview Junior High as a reading coach to Garden City Elementary in special education to Park Center High School as instructional paraprofessional- it has been a challenging and rewarding experience for me.