About Me

Well lets see.

My name is Barbara. I was born and raised in Florida. I currently live in Lake Butler, FL with my husband of 18 1/2 years and my 3 children, Todd, Jr., Ryan and Amber. My family is my life. My world revolves around them. I am very blessed to have them all in my life.

Anyway about me; Uh, I'm a stay at home mom. I home school my children. My oldest just graduated so I only have the 2 youngest to teach now. I am also a secretary for my husband's business, Elliott's Painting & More, LLC. (a plug in for him. You go Babe).

What else? Well, I cook & clean. We have animals so I (and my husband) make sure they are all taken care of. I am a nurse at times. If anyone reading this is a mom then you know what I mean. You hear ow! and mom comes running to take care of the boo boo. I plan trips and get-togethers with other home schooler's. We are blessed to have several people in our church that home school so we get together with them.

As you can see I'm busy, busy, busy. I do have a personality somewhere, but I'm just too busy to find it.

Let's see, what else. O.k. I'll get a little personal now.
I dropped out of school at 16 and got married just a few months later. My husband and I worked together to bring in an income and live on our own. It wasn't easy, but we managed. About 2 1/2 years later Todd, Jr. came along. Approximately 2 years after that, Ryan came along and I decided to go back to school to get my GED. This was very important to me. While I was very pregnant & big, I took my GED test and past. Next I began classes called Office Support Technologies. Basically I learned how to type, file and run an office. This class was only supposed to take a year, but with 2 small children I could only go to school 3 days a week from 8a.m. - 12p.m. but halfway through I applied for a job and was hired on at the same school I was attending. So Mon - Wed. I would go to school then leave class and go to my office where I worked week nights from 1-9p.m. I did finally finish classes with a certificate & had a full time job. Later we decided to try for a girl and that's when Amber came along. I quit work and decided to stay home for awhile. I did eventually go back to work as a caregiver for about 3 years, but my husband, children (& myself) wanted me to be home so I'm at home again. We decided to put my time at home to even a better use by home schooling. This was a VERY GOOD decision. I might talk about that at another time.

So this was just a little bit about me. Just an average person.

-Barbara-