Well, lets see.
I spent the first 30 years of my life in the Wausau (Central) Wisconsin area. A no mans land where the majority of "restaurants" are McDonald's and a couple of Burger Kings, Hardys (Carl's Jr out here in Arizona), and Taco Bells. Tony Roma's and ONE Applebees is about the best of the "high end". (Although there IS a place called Pine Wood Supper Club which is a bit on the expensive side but nearly unmatched -anywhere!)
Oh yes, bars bars and more bars! But from the land of "Da Yoopers!" what can you expect?
I graduated in 92 from North Central Technical College with my degree in computer programming in 92 (High School in 88) and milked it for a few years in semi-computer related jobs such as three years as store manager for Wausau's Software Etc, computer store.
I met my wife online about 5 1/2 years ago -which is a story all its own, and were married just 5 months later in Vegas. THAT was a sight in and of itself.... all these conservative relatives and church decons walking through the MGM Grand's casino on our way from the chapel to the Rainforest Cafe where we had our reception.
Our 5th anniversary is coming up this May already.
Once we were married I moved to the South side of Portage (the tiny town of Poynette) just North of Madison. Gail continued school in Pharmacy at the UW Madison and I got another degree in Computer Networking/Security from Herzing college, also in Madison.
While living there we took a couple of trips to visit my grandma here in AZ and fell in love with it. We both agreed that THIS is where we wanted to live and a month after she finished (I had finished just a few weeks before her -great timing), we were here doing our final house hunting and bought our house (ANOTHER long story, some of which I shared here last Spring).
We have been to several churches since we moved but have not found one we would like to call our home church yet. Part of the problem is that there are many large/mega churches but very few of the smaller ones (under 2 or 3 hundred) that we are used to. The problem wit a BIG church is that you feel like you could go for 10 years, stop going, and no one would miss you. We also both feel that the HUGE amounts of money going into the building, lighting, and sound systems could be MUCH better spent in the missions field.
As far as being used in church, I would love to use my computer skills, as feeble as they are.
I love computers (when I am not drop kicking them through the window) as well as photography, aquariums, hiking (another great reason to live here!), as well as a few other things.
If you've seen our web site you know that our "children" are our dogs. We started out with Jake, then bought Hermes the border collie. Jake died late last yet (07) and once we moved we bought Rocky (officially named Rocket J), another Lhasa. We also successfully made the cross country move with a whole aquarium of fish and Buz, our cockatiel.
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