Job Description: Goddess/Grouch: Depending on amount of chocolate consumed.
Age, Height, Weight: Oh, absolutely, I’m going to tell you that.
Birthday: September 24, a long time ago.
Sign: NO TRESPASSING
Family: Jim Giles—husband, best friend, love of my life. Josh Jakubik—son and hero. Hunter and Chase Jakubik—grandsons. Dawn Jakubik—terrific daughter in law.
Where I used to live: Born in Galveston, Texas, raised in LaMarque, Texas, went to school in Nacogdoches, Texas, lived for years in Lake Jackson, Texas, taught high school in Angleton, Texas. Is anyone picking up a pattern here? After three fabulous in Chicago, Illinois, I moved to Fairbanks and then Anchorage, Alaska, and yes, it was COLD.(This is a picture of Jim "mowing" the grass.)
Where I live now:As of August, 2004, I'm back in Texas, Yee Haw!
Pets: Dogs: Great Pyrenees— Chicago and Labradoodle--Harper Lee
Cat: Truman Capote
Likes: Chocolate, good books, good movies, hot baths, crisp, clean sheets, big cities, rain on a tin roof, my friends, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Jimmy Buffett and sleeping late.
Dislikes: Mean people, cabbage, bad books, bad movies, really bright light, sweat or any activity that produces sweat, repetitive noises, waiting for anything, airports, getting up early, and people that ask when I’m going to write for adults.
Hobbies: Watercolor, reading, sleeping, computer solitaire, television, and playing the guitar. (My husband and pets would rather I watercolor, read or sleep than play the guitar. And they never allow me to sing.)  I have just started playing the harp.
Favorite Expression: “I mock you with my monkey pants.” (Said by Oz in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.)
Favorite Song: “Smelly Cat.” (Sung by Phoebe in Friends.)