Introducing....ME!!!!

My name is Robbyn. I live in Rosenberg, Texas which is about 35 miles southwest of Houston. I have a wonderful husband, Mark and a great son, Jeremy who is now 18, graduated from high school this year and will be starting college in the fall.

We are allowed to share our dog's house. Her name is Heidi. She is a 2 year old Daschund and she is a mess. She rules the roost!!! She also allows our 5 year old cat, Abbey to live here. We actually got Heidi for Abbey's 3rd birthday. I don't think she was very appreciative. The other animal in the house is a big mouthed Cockatiel named Bogy. He is a screecher!! He also whistles to call the dog, the kid, and laughs just like my husband. Oh, he also likes to whistle the Andy Griffith Show tune.

I was born in Houston, raised in Houston with a brief period of 6 years in Oklahoma when I was in grades 1-6. My husband on the other hand is a Yankee. Southerners like to make fun of the yankees. It has been a learning experience.

Let me tell you about my Mark. A little over five years ago I had an ad in one of those online dating service things with a picture. I got an e-mail from this guy. It was quite the e-mail. It was very poetic. I could kick my self now for not saving it. Anyway, he introduced himself and gave all the descriptors. 5'6''!!! Oh no!! I am 5'10"!!! Anyway, because of the fact that the e-mail was so well written, I went ahead and e-mailed him back. He e-mailed me again and said he would call me on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. Ok, this was Wednesday and it was an eternity until Saturday rolled around. So, at 9:00 on the dot the phone rang. We talked until 11 and then decided to meet. He was great. We had EVERYTHING in common. He asked if I wanted to go out to eat and to the movies. I said I would love to but I didn't have a babysitter since my parents were out of town. He said that's ok, bring him along!!! What a guy. Making brownie points already!! So, he came by and picked us up and we went to eat and to the movies. It was instant attraction!!! So, then he took us home and stayed until about midnight and then left. I lived on the north side of Houston and he in Rosenberg so it was about an hour for him to get home. He called me to tell me that he made it home. I told him to check his e-mail. I told him in it I had a wonderful time and hoped that we could see each other again. He called me back and said to check mine. He said the same thing to me and that he wanted to kiss me but was afraid to make the move. Isn't that sweet!! Anyway, so we got together the next day and went to the lake to see my parents. No he wasn't nervous. (Yeah right!!!) Anyway, same thing that night, stayed to midnite. But this time he got his kiss!!!

So, he lived in Rosenberg, in a house that he had just had built a couple of months earlier. He had a stable job and a home, I knew this guy was worth getting to know!! So, I did and in September of that year we were married. We have been married for almost 5 years now and happy as we can be.

Mark works for the Veteran's Hospital as a Recreation Therapist. It's a great job and I love going and hearing the guys tell of their war stories.

I am a researcher. I run people's names for jobs and apartments and lawyers and ...well, it's pretty boring.

Jeremy just graduated from B.F. Terry High School. He is going to be a music education major.

I guess that's all for now. I hope you like my intro and I will add more as I think of it.