Who am I?

A Christian. A wife. A mom. A geek. An artist. An illustrator. A documenter. A teacher. A fixer. A mentor. A helper. A reader. An eternal optimist. An encourager. A designer. An amateur photographer.

Lots of stuff.

More specifically I am a work-at-home homeschooling wife and mom. I do a little bit of this and a little bit of that. I do commissioned paintings and for fun doodles and illustrations. I do web sites as a ministry and occasionally for pay. I unschool /eclectically school my kids and since my husband is home all day too, so does he. I am married to a super geek so I had to learn geekery in self defense. I enjoy open source, Linux, D&D, and anime and tend to talk geek a little too often for most of my non-geeky friends.:)

I love to read–especially classics and young adult fantasy fiction. I know way too much about J.RR. Tolkien, the Inklings, C.S. Lewis, and George MacDonald. I spend a large portion of non-computer time reading aloud to my kids–which they love. In fact if the choice is between meeting a new person, being at a crowded anything, or reading a book–the book will win every time. Old friends are another story.

I am not Suzy Homemaker–our house is usually less than ideal since all 5 of us are rattling around in this big old thing all day. Instead I am practical about what is done and what needs done. The kids have free reign of the kitchen and we are as likely to have homemade bread for dinner as homemade pizza breakfast. Due to health issues and food allergies homemade is the important word. We are all about living frugally and using our resources wisely. We don’t have much but we do our best with what we have been given and being home together is the greatest blessing.