When I was in elementary school my dad started a trapping business in addition to working full-time as a buyer at a wholesale hardware store.  In middle school my job for the trapping business was to help with packing orders which included handling bottles of fox urine. While I was in high school I was reassigned to help with the bookkeeping.  That was the beginning of my accounting career.

In addition to my wonderful husband, Leon, I have seven amazing grandchildren.