I'm going to tell you a little about me, here on this page. I will show you some pictures here, and on other pages. I've also made some pages to tell you about Joslin, who waits for us in heaven, and the rest of my family.

I, Jo, was born and raised in northwest Iowa.
I've done quite a few things in my life...

As a child while still living at home near Melvin, IA, I helped out on our farm where we had chickens, farmed 170 acres and raised German Shepherds and poodles. Later, I walked beans, detassled corn, baby sat local children, and I was our church janitor for several years.
Since high school I've tried my hand at the following jobs,(in order):

1.Helped farm, and milk cows from 1974 to 1984.
2.Ran a photography studio for 14 years,(1979 to 1993), specializing in senior portraits and weddings.
3.Was our church secretary for 4 years.
4.Worked as a desk clerk at a Super 8 Motel.
5.Drove dump truck to haul the middle school's old gym out to the landfill by Sheldon.
6. Was a substitute school bus driver for the Sibley-Ocheyedan school district and only hit one mailbox.
7.Drove semi-truck long distance with my husband, delivering live chickens which were just ready to start laying eggs.
8.Was a fabric puller at a furniture factory.
9.Was co-manager at a chicken complex where we received 270,000 day old baby chicks, three times a year.
10.Was full time care giver to my daughter, Joslin, during the two years and three months that she had cancer.
11.Hauled campers,(with Joslin's cat Marge),from the factories in Indiana to various places in the U.S. (Traveling 25,000 miles in 2 months).
12.Became a full time student for graphic communications, with an emphasis in web design.
13.Sold fireworks for a summer job at BlackJack Fireworks, near Brandon.
14.I worked part-time as a cashier at a local Shopko store in Sioux Falls.
15.In July of 2003 Darwin and I moved to our place at Arnolds Park, IA, and in January, 2004 we moved to Milford, Iowa. There, we work together in our home office, managing our freight brokerage company...
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