I sit in the middle of the country in Nebraska, but have a world wide view on life. Grew up in Connecticut, went to school in Oklahoma, and moved north because I just couldn’t take two weeks of 100F weather during the summer.
Oklahoma State University did provide me with a Bachelors Degree in Animal Science/Business and that has served me well. During the past twenty years I have been involved in some way in the pet or animal health industry. Have worked at a veterinary teaching hospital (Okla State), veterinary clinic, nutritional research laboratory, pharmaceutical company, pet store (Fish Bowl), farmers co-op (Farmland), pet food manufacturer (Oxbow Animal Health), swine equipment distributor, and a pet product distributor. Whew! So I love all things pets, including the people that go with them.
My travels have taken me to just about every state in America and I’ve been fortunate to visit England, France, Germany, the Czech Republic and Canada.I love to travel, I love the beach! (could be a Quarter coming)
I’m passionate about many things but I’d have to start with the internet. That’s one of my “Quarters”. My journey online started in 1991, when there was very little to see. How many remember CompuServe, I was on there. The Rush Limbaugh forum in the early 1990′s was great, I’m not too much of a fan of his now, he’s a political wonk and I can only take so much politics. (Growth of the internet will most likely be a longer article.)
I am a social media junkie, my cyberlife is on Facebook, got on in 2006 shortly after the expansion from the college audience. My son added me so I had a friend, wasn’t he nice. So what does a person who is passionate about social media do for a living. Consult and work with companies, especially small start-ups, in social media. This blog started as a way to learn WordPress, but is an evolving work in progress. .
Wine & Herbs in Arles France
So besides being able to be on the computer 24/7 what else do I like. Photography and food. They do go hand in hand, although some think a strange combination. But if you become a reader of this piece of internet real estate you will soon understand why.
I have three kids, one who is a Marine, one about to become a Marine, and a teenage daughter. Love music, play the piano for church, have Jack Russel dog, who is somewhat spoiled and likes to lay under my feed while I’m at the computer, it’s how he gets his head scratched.
Enjoy my ramblings, hope you find something you like, if you do leave a comment, if you have a blog you think I might like on the above topics, leave that too.
Have a great and blessed day!
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Great blog! You have an eclectic background and it seems like you have fun with everything you do. Keep us posted if you decide to do agility with Brody. I don’t believe in the old dog new tricks thing. Give it a shot. I’ve been meaning to try it with my dog for some time now, too.
Thanks for the encouragement. I’ve starting working with him on “focus, focus, focus,…ok, GO” Need to bring some treats out on the trail and have in my pocket. I love NYC, to visit that is, don’t think I could live in the east coast again. I like reading about it though, so much character.
Okay, call me slow….need to subscribe to your blog via my email now I think, so I am “official” ….lol…. although chatting with ya via fb is fun too. Take care, stay warm Dawn! Spring is coming!!!! l&p, Dee
Hi Dee! Thanks for following! This project is really getting fun now and I’m getting regular readers that I didn’t even know before, but I do know you and I’m glad you’re reading. We need to get together sometime.
Thank you for reading and liking my Blog! Do I know you? lol JK….. I have a WWII project I am working on. My father is from originally” Nebraska”, so that is where the story starts… I was just writing about it and his time in WWII….. My grandfather served in WWI…. so I am very patriotic and very supportive of our militarily. Please thank both of your son’s for their service…..then I saw that you are from NE. I am saving my money to get back to my roots in Nebraska! My great grand parents homesteaded in Cozad in the late 1800′s.My best friends are dogs. I use to rehabilitate abused dogs. I had a couple of Jack Russell’s. (Yes agility would be a good thing for a Jack). I have trained and worked therapy dogs for 9 years.
For some reason The Divine is trying to get a message to us, to bring us together for some reason…… There are too many coincidences and I believe in signs…..When I read your ABOUT I felt like I knew you…. lol
Thanks again! And God Bless you and your family!
Oh and the other thing was the reference to Quarters….. My father was in the 110th 33th QUARTERmaster. Weird when that happens
Thanks for the comments, I also feel nothing is by coincidence. search my blog for faith and you will see many examples of the fingerprint of God.
I thought I’d return the kindness and check out your pages. Thanks for stopping by bluejayblog for the Nebraska Statehood post. I enjoyed the snowy creek photos already.
So it is a small world… Lovely to find a fellow Oklahoman & Nebraskan right in the neighborhood.
Where in Oklahoma did you reside. I was in Stillwater for five years. The great Barry Sanders years that is….
Norman, OK. Lived there on two separate occasions.
You were from the “other” school LOL!
Semper Fi, Marine Mom! Thanks for the like.
Hi. My interest in Internet and social media is similar to yours — only it’s happening like 15 years later, and I am trying to navigate it from a writer’s (and mother’s) perspective, without drowning! Your project here sounds so fun and inspiring. Best of luck, and I hope to stop back again soon! -Kate
Just found your site. My mother’s family is from Nebraska (we were just there this past week for my Grandmother’s 80th birthday) and my husband and I have a terrier part jack russel pup also. I am also a traveler US and abroad and have lived many places. I look forward to future posts
You got some great pictures and were there during some amazing sunsets. I also love the “big sky” of the midwest. Reminds me of the ocean sometimes.
So, I think your blog taught me that I’ve been using the wrong acronym for “straight out of the camera” pics. For my 365 project this year I touted to post “SOTC” photos, but, I guess it’s “SOOC?” hehe for sure, i’m learning about photography, acronyms and all! And, I love your photoshop fridays. It’s hard having a SOOC project because it’s always so tempting to post-process and make the pics pop more. Hmmm…maybe I can sneak in a weekly post-process day. If I include the before and after that probably won’t be cheating. You got me thinking! Thanks for stopping by and following my blog!
My blog has been a work in progress, and I’ve learned new things as I’ve gone along. I think either acronym is correct. I have swung both ways in improving my SOOC shots and learning more on the post production side. I love when I input a photo into Photoshop and the histogram is dead center even. Means I did something right on the exposure. But I’m continually learning. Thanks for visiting and looking forward to seeing more of your work.
Thank you for visiting my blog “Musings of a Horse Mom” and liking my post “Horse Ham Gallery …” … Be well and keep on blogging!! Dorothy
It was nice of you to visit my blog: Cpl Bill’s USMC. Having two sons in the Corps makes us a real Marine connection. It’s a tough club to get into and impossible to quit! Semper fi, Cpl. Bill
Thank you for visiting my blog and liking my post “Frozen in Ice”. I love the support!
Stacey
Thanks for checking out my blog. I am not a good photographer at all so it’s awesome to see other’s who can take such beautiful pictures like yours. I live in Nebraska as well – where are you???
I’m glad you like my photography, I’m an amateur at best, but I’m learned a lot from various bloggers, through friends and just experimenting. I’m in Elmwood, halfway between Omaha and Lincoln. Click on Elmwood or Murdock on my tags and you can learn all about our little village. How did you find your way to Nebraska from New York? Was that NYC, or upstate. I’m from Connecticut myself.
Thanks for your comments!
You sound like something of a kindred spirit: family, photography, animals, writing, and music sum up most of my days. The photo from Arles is beautiful — stayed near there back in 2003 and loved the area. Thanks for visiting my blog!
I wish I could spend all my days doing all of the above, but I have to work, at least it’s at a photography lab, so I’m surrounded by photography all day. I would go back to Arles in a heartbeat!
I have nominated you for the Sunshine Award. You can check it out at my blog http://seasonsgirl.wordpress.com/2012/06/16/sunshine-award/ on how to follow though with the award
I think your blog is dog-gone awesome! So I have nominated you for the Beautiful Blogger Award. You don’t have to accept it if you don’t want to but know, I for one, love your blog. To see the rules on accepting it go here (http://wp.me/p2eEip-rb) Keep up the great work! I should say Jinx as I had you already in my award blog when you gave me the Sunshine Award! Thanks!
I haven’t forgot about this, but trying to space them out. I just got another award and think I will combine them. Thanks for thinking of me.
I have a couple more to accept. It kind of gets old after a while. lol But I am still very thankful for all I have received!
Thank you for visiting and following my blog!
Hi I have nominated you for the Sunshine Award because I really like spending time at your blog……http://schleefy.wordpress.com/2012/07/30/sunshine-award/
Thanks for the visit and comment by Photo and Coffee! Always well come.
Very nice work here!!
Glad you like my stuff, looking forward to having you back.
Dear ndjmom, May I use your fried peaches picture to blog about and link back to you? I want to taste them so badly but probably won’t make them so I thought I could post vicariously through you? I would appreciate a quick reply if possible and I will blog this weekend. Thanks! Catherine http://www.praycookblog.com
Sure, I’d be honored. Can’t wait to see your post.
Hey Dawn!
But…I nominated you for the “One Lovely Blog Award”. You can check it out here:
I finally got the “Sunshine Award” nominee thing done. I had forgotten about it until I recently was nominated for the “One Lovely Blog Award”. I combined them
http://nebraskawheatie.com/2012/08/21/the-award-goes-to/
See ya soon!
Tracy
Hello,
I have a quick question about your blog, do you think you could email me?
I look forward to hearing from you,
Emily