A Little About Me

Ahh, since a new year is upon us, I thought maybe I'd write a short post and share a few things about myself, so that those of you who don't know me for now, might get to know me in 2013.  :)

I'm originally from Louisiana.  I graduated from Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine in 2003.  Soon after, I moved here to California where I immediately started working in a small animal practice.

After about 4 years of that, I decided to make the leap into practice ownership - mostly because I wanted to stay in Apple Valley and needed to do more to build my future here and entrench myself into our small community.  So, in 2007, I bought Animal Care Hospital and started turning it into my own homey little practice.

I'm currently 43 years old and married to my wonderful husband, Steve Reynolds.  Here's a recent picture of us, taken this past Christmas:

 I don't have any children but I do have the world's GREATEST dog name Vinnie.  He's a rescue doggy, and I got him through a rescue called Almost Home, through petfinders.org.  I've gotten most of my dogs through petfinders, and after looking through hundreds of pictures last year, I came across the cutest face ever and had to take him home!

Here's a picture of Vinnie in his Monkey Hat costume:

No he's not happy.  :)

I have a lot of hobbies and I really love living in the desert.  Sure, I miss green trees and rain, but the trade offs for those things are NO MOSQUITOES (remember, I'm from Louisiana) and beautiful weather.  I love that I can sit on my patio every evening in the summer and not get bitten by any bugs.  :)  I guess I'm kind of a bug-phobe in that I very much dislike them.   I'm one of those girls who will scream if you put a spider on me.  :)

I love hiking and traveling to our National Park.  I am also an avid SCUBA diver and try to go on a dive trip every other year or so.  I started diving when I was 20 - that's a long time!  But also something I am very proud of doing.   

Every year we throw a good ol' southern crawfish boil for our staff.  It's something we really enjoy doing, and our staff loves it!  It's quickly become a popular event.  :)  You can see pics of this on our website, or go to:

Annual Cajun Fest

So there ya have it.  A little about me.  :)