I am married to my HS sweetheart almost 35 yrs.  We are from NJ, but have been in WV for the last 14 yrs. I live next to my sister and her family, who lives next to our Mom & Dad.  We're all transplants and loving the country life.  I live on 5.2 acres of wooded property with my husband and youngest daughter, 3 dogs, two cats and two turtles.  I have a poodle/chihuahua named Tina. She is my baby.  We have a 14 yr old female Chow mix (Pepper) and a 6 month old Akita puppy named Sasquatch or Sassy for short (quite the handful).  But I've taken an interest in Akitas in the last few years and this one was given to me b/c she doesn't have papers and was the last of he litter.  I went to college for the first time in 2001 at 46 yrs old and did quite well.  Taking classes year round, I managed to get two Associate Degrees in Administrative Assistant and Medical Office Assistant and 12 credits short of an Accounting Degree with a 4.0 GPA.  I loved working in a doctor's office as a receptionist but had to stop working to have both knees replaced in 2006 and now I work at a call center and hate it.  I would love to foster care now that my kids are grown, but my husband feels he did his time and doesn't want to raise anymore kids.