Employment
I taught fifth grade for five years in Lawrence before staying home with my children. After that, I eased back into the world of work by substitute teaching and working part time at KU. The job I enjoyed most was my eight years as office manager for KU's Art History Department. When I left KU, I was the associate director of the doctoral program in the School of Business. Currently, I'm working as an academic counselor in the School of Business at Oklahoma State University. It's my first experience with undergraduates, and I'm finding them quite interesting. One of my job duties is to teach a freshman orientation class, where I'm learning more than I care to know about the habits of college freshmen.

Hearth & Home
After living in and around Lawrence since 9th grade, in the fall of 2003 I moved to Stillwater, Okla., to join my significant other, John, who is the president of the local Chamber of Commerce there. The most difficult part of the move has been missing my children and grandchildren, all of whom live in rural Douglas County. Justin and Amy have twin boys who are four years old, and Julie and Brian have an 8-month old son. I make it back to Lawrence about once a month to make sure those little boys remember me. John and I plan to return to Lawrence when he retires. 

The Other Stuff
I love to knit, garden and read. John and I talk about traveling, but it seems most of our trips involve visiting our children. He has daughters in Denver and San Antonio, so we're quite familiar with the highways of Kansas, Colorado and Texas. But we also have managed to take trips to Mississippi, Hawaii, Florida and Las Vegas during the past couple of years. Oklahoma provides us with some great golfing and boating, as well.

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