i thought i would add my intro here. i waited cuz, if you threw rocks...i was gonna scram. nah..y'all are a good group and i'm no stranger to pain. i don't have TOS. but here i am:

so what's there to know? a man in a yellow hat found me....

hehe

i'm a 42 yr young wife, mom of 4 ages 26, 23, 17 and 12. bubbamonkey is the only boy...he's 17. lil'monkey is 12 and is my angel. the only survivor of triplets and almost died due to gangrene as an infant. it effected her hemengioma she has since had major surgery to remove. i'm also meme to 5 yr old grandmonkey, who i am hopefully at the tail end of getting custody.

hubby and i own a health club. we have both been in the biz since our 20's. my education is in that field. since grandmonkey came, i have home officed most of the time. we recently opened a new facility and i was there round the clock. having him there in the nursery wasn't working for us. so i can be here off and on most of the time.

when i was 12 i was injured when a boy pulled a chair out from under me and i hit my tailbone on a cement floor. long story, but i was paralyzed. i thank my father for his intervention. he was told i would never walk..let alone have children. i have spondylolisthesis. mine is progressive. i have lived with pain since my injury. the last 2 years have been worse. i am now showing signs of nerve damage.

stemming from my injury i have migraines and insomnia. i can't stay in the same position very long. also why i am a multi-tasker. hyper. lol.

my father has parkinsons. that is how i found the bt1 site. my mother is in poor health. there have been times during the last few years that i was also their full time caregiver. as of right now, they are able to manage without daily help from me. they live over and hour away.

i am creative person. i love to paint, draw, create with metal, sew, invent recipes. i have even won some baking contests. lol. i have been known to paint murals on my walls. ( yes i have pictures )

blech..i hope this was ok. any questions about me or da monkeys...feel free to ask. you can throw brownies.