Hi.  Well, I'm an Oregon born and raised wife, mom, and proud gramma.   I own my own business teaching computer (in my customer's homes, and occasonally in my own), though I've worked for most of my life as an administrative secretary/District secretary for a couple of national companies.   I've loved being my own 'boss' for the past 6 years or so... and find my little business very rewarding in so many ways.   I'm able to balance my work and my life-passions now, without having to give up anything I don't want to.  (Woohoooo!)  :)  My life passions are, first and formost, my loving family... as well as my friends and customer-family, and if that leaves extra time (and most weeks it does leave some) I love gardening--vegetables and flowers, I belong to a Paintshop Pro group, and love creating tags and printables and animations to share, I also am an avid scrapbooker and love crafts, especially those involving digital imaging.  And I also like to occasionally crochet, and do pieced quilting, and love rummaging at garage sales and flea markets too.   I also enjoy cleaning and organizing our home, and found so many of the tips on your site interesting and useful!!  (first time I've had the pleasure of visiting your site...a link to it was posted on my xpnews today.  Love it, and looking forward to reading more of those awesome, creative, ideas!)  Thanks for the opportunity to sign up!