{"id":5,"date":"2012-11-15T19:13:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T00:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michelle.brittanyandrichard.com\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2013-06-17T22:50:27","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T02:50:27","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michelle.brittanyandrichard.com\/?page_id=5","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My name is actually Michelle. I am a married mother of 3 children and a brand new\u00a0grandmother to a beautiful baby girl. \u00a0I am also an empty nester. I do have one baby left at home. He is a Yorkie\/Dachshund and weighs approximately 6 pounds.\u00a0 His name is Brutus. I have been a reading specialist in an elementary school for\u00a04 years and was a kindergarten teacher for 10 years before that. My husband and I own a few restaurants in the downtown Toledo area and have been married for 25 years.<\/p>\n

I have so many hobbies and interests that you would stop reading long before I finish, so let me just say, I have tried just about every crafty, artsy thing out there and have a thousand unfinished projects to prove it. I generally become obsessed with something, purchase all the necessary gadgets and then lose interest a day later… This is a particular pet peeve of my husband’s. I love travelling and do so as often as I can. I camp during the summer (I don’t like being cold.) I am currently into photography (until something bright and shiny distracts me.) I was into water gardening for several years and then that lost my interest. I currently have a 5\u00a01\/2 foot\u00a0deep pond in my back yard that I personally dug one weekend that holds an undetermined amount of fish. Guilt is the only thing that keeps them alive. I also have a turtle pond that I created. They have to winter in the house…Guilt is also the sustaining factor for these turtles. I have taken classes in just about everything as well. I have taken classes in sketching, oil painting, tole painting, ceramics, pottery, quilling, glass blowing, glass mosaic, cake decorating, \u00a0you name it. I love the outdoors and anything to do with animals. I also have discovered Geo Caching and have\u00a0found caches around the world. \u00a0I love to write. I have actually written a children’s book and am hoping to see that published within the next year or so. I sing. I was actually supposed to major in opera in college but lack of motivation and a desire for a family put that indefinitely on hold until I decided to become\u00a0a teacher. I was a freshman in college when I was 30. I am currently 48 years old and still completely unsure of what I want to be when I grow up. \u00a0My top 2 choices at this moment are either to become a party planner or getting my doctorate…. decisions, decisions….<\/p>\n

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