[Kootersmomma]

Hello I know some of you may have read the post I put in the Thyme and Sage blog already but I am Penny. I am a disabled police officer, elected school board member, wife and mother to two 2-legged sons and mom to two furry children as well.

My husband is currently unemployed, he worked in the auto industry and the company he worked for closed in June. We have a very high unemployment rate in our area so for now he is home driving me crazy!!!

I have a 23 year old son, AJ, who is in the Army and just deployed for the second time to Iraq. It is one of the hardest things I have ever lived through but after going through it once I know I can go through it again.

My 16 year old son, Derek, is one of the nicest kids I have ever met. Where my other son challenged me every day from the time he was 4 years of age until he left for Iraq again, the second is easy. It is really a good thing because I don't think I could live through two like the first. LOL

Of course the reason I signed up for this site is one of my furry children. I have two, Shelby, is my 12 year old shih tzu/maltese mix and Skooter is my one year old yorkie. As you can read in the post under Thyme and Sage getting Skooter took a little longer than we had hoped but after losing my Kasey, we found Skooter (I call him Kooter sometimes...thus my name Kootersmomma) from an individual that adopted him and his brother but could not keep them. I wish I had adopted both now but Skooter definately has been more work than I anticipated. He is a ball of energy and because he is just over a year old, not always the good boy he should be.

We live near the Illinois/Wisconsin stateline and in a small village between Beloit and Rockford. Close enough to everything but small enough to be comfortable.

I look forward to getting to know you all. I am going to work on my site in time. You all have so many options it was fun to play with it but I think it could be better. I do have pics of my furry kids in there. I will add more as I go along.

I am going to try to move my post from T&S area to rescues in hope that everyone will sign the petition that I am working on for maximum punishment for Jennifer Petkus, the owner of that business.

Thanks so much for having me in your group!!
Penny