Introducing Ourselves!

There is a new trio on blogspot! People tell us we are entertaining, and so, while Portugal was asleep, Michigan and Pennsylvania put our heads together and thought we could play together here! We are starting out by telling you about ourselves. Then, well, anything could happen.

I am Michigan (a.k.a. Billie) Cold ass winters, but I live on the coast of Lake Michigan, so when summer hits, the beach is where it's at.
I was born an Aquarius in the year of the dragon which translates into February 10, 1976, during a wicked snow storm. I am named after my father who passed of cancer in June of 2008. Our birthdays were only weeks apart, his being March 8. I talk about him, and the loss I have suffered a lot. I have my own separate blog that I get a small amount of traffic to, so some of my introduction may be redundant for some. I have 7 siblings, ranging in age from 32-45 and several nieces and nephews, as well as a few great nieces and nephews.
I am a stay at home mom, but only since about 4 and a half years ago. I was disabled medically and have gone from a reliable, hard working, full time employed person to an insurance liability to most employers. I have a menagerie of medical issues stemming from an auto immune disease, which is only treatable by drugs that have heightened risk of cancer as side affects. With my family history, I don't dare gamble. I would rather live with arthritis and psoriasis and narcolepsy and manic depression than die from cancer.
I have been with the same man for over 13 years. We have a pretty good relationship, we have our moments, but every year we spend together, we get closer.
Coming from a large family, I started working as a babysitter around age 9, a waitress at 14, a bartender at 17 (shhhh, that's illegal), a factory worker at 18, a mother at 1