Hi, my name is Val. I was born in 1962, which makes me, well, old. My birthday is almost exactly 9 months after my parents 12th Anniversary...Nice present Ma...I spent the first 15 years of my life in the same house, and have been moving around ever since.
My husband of 21 years (Holy longevity, Batman!) and I moved to Cumberland from Bridgton in July of 2004. My take on Cumberland is HERE. And from there to Gray in July 2007.
I have 4 children-28 year old twin boys; Josh and J from my first marriage-see my other website www.sociopathexspouses.com:) * I also have 18 year old Andrew, whom I am no longer homeschooling (!), and Katherine, 11 whom we have dubbed "Hurricane Kath", just a few of the reasons why my time is limited.
I am (mostly) a stay at home Mom, a good cook see recipes, etc. a decent quilter, (see quilting page, GOOD pix coming soon), a lazy gardener, ( I took some pix and in amongst the weeds are some FLOWERS! Click HERE!)
I love God, my husband, my kids, my parents and siblings, my friends, my in-laws (!), games, reading, music, Maine, my new house and have an unhealthy affinity for my car, and my fabric stash...
*Disclaimer: Almost everything in this site is done tongue-in-cheek. There really is no website www.sociopathexspouses.com. Italians don't really put garlic in everything they cook. I won't really confiscate your cookware if you use cottage cheese instead of ricotta...you get the idea. There really isn't too much in my life that I take too seriously...obviously!
My husband is putting his two business degrees to excellent use driving for Dunkin' Donuts:) It's a good thing I don't care much for donuts, otherwise at the rate he brings them home, I'd bear more than a faint resemblance to a certain Austin Powers' character...She weighs a metric ton...
The upside is he gets coffee (which I love) at cost!!
Hey! Sign my guestbook!
Folks, you might wanna check out the recipes (mostly Italian) and cooking stuff. They're not JUST recipes and tips - They're also almost funny ! Go to cooking for list.
Notice: Val has a twisted sense of humor and finds stupid, tasteless stuff rather amusing; YOU however may not. She takes no responsibility for the content of the pages of the other members of the webrings!
Yup, Val's been REEAAALLL lazy about updating lately...LOL So much to do, more recipes, more quilt pix..... and holy crap! I posted new kid pix! So come on in and see what makes Val tick; Cooking, recipes, quilting,fun, humor and my eccentric family!
Yup, genealogy stuff has been deleted cuz I'm a Cranky Yankee that doesn't like having stuff plagarized...:))) I find it amusing that the stuff stolen was incorrect. If they had contacted me, I would have given them correct information.
Funny quote - "It's a good breakfast beer.." Anonymous**
** ANOTHER disclaimer...Neither I, nor any of my family members, made this comment. My sister has tried her hand at brewing beer with wonderful success. This quote came from another beer brewing enthusiast when discussing the qualities of certain ingredients and methods...I thought it was hilarious!!
My Job....some of you have asked....
Because I'm basically a lazy, shiftless individual***, I'm again joining the ranks of the blissfully unemployed! Well, except for the stuff I can make at home, and all that cooking, cleaning, laundry and child-rearing stuff......
***Good Lord, I love asterisks! Here's the story about why this isn't really true....But I did think it was a pretty entertaining in the mean time......
