Introduction

Hi! I am new to Blogger.

My name is RoseAnn. I was born in Pittsburgh. I am currently living just outside of Philadelphia. I am 44 yrs old and the oldest of my 3 siblings. I have one sister, she has 3 children, and two bothers. The older of the two boys is married and has two step children. The baby of the family is also a brother. He too is married and like my sister has 3 children. I will tell you more about my family in a later blog.

I am an American football fan. As a matter of fact I tell people during football season that I bleed Black & Gold. Yep, I am a Pittsburgh Steeler fan. No matter where I lived in this great country called America, I have always been true to the Black & Gold. My underdog team is Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I have been a fan of the Bucs since they were announced as an expansion team in 1976. I was very happy when they won the Super Bowl a few years back.

Well since I now live in the Philadelphia, I cannot see my beloved Steelers all the time. Everything is Eagles this and Eagles that. I cannot stand the Eagles. They are a bunch of cry babies. Though I am hoping that my Steelers will face them in the Super Bowl this year. (see my pole that is available until 11:59 PM on 1/18/09) Though I will miss the play off game on Sunday. As much as I like football, I will not give up going to church on Sunday night. I will have to have my mum tell me who won the Pittsburgh/Baltimore game.

When we lived in Chambersburg PA, I started to read comic books and real life murder mysteries. I had always liked cartoons so the natural jump was reading comic books. I have had large collections from time to time. Some of my more favorite comic books were "Fantastic Four", "X-Men", "Batman", "The Dark Knight", "Badger", "Teen Titans", "The New Teen Titans" and a few that people never heard of.

The books I read were from murders that happened in the areas around Chambersburg. I was about 13 or 14 when I started to read these. Now here is a twist. I can't stand horror stories or movies. So why did I like real life murder stories. Maybe it was because I liked murder mysteries. But the real life murder stories would scare the heck out of me. And I loved that. I would read and marvel at the way the police would try to find the murderer. If caught then I liked the legal side with the attorneies. I still like to read those books but now it is just hard to find one that will interest me. My favorite author is Anne Rule. My new favorite is watching TruTV.

From comic book to manga and form cartoons to anime. It was only natural for me to look for something more sophisticated to read and watch. I am amazed by the way things look real in some of the manga and anime. It just blows me away.

I have lived in 9 different place. I may tell you about each place I lived in a later blog. I was born in Pittsburgh. We then moved to just outside of Gary Indiania. After that we moved back to Pennsylvania. We lived in Irwin and later moved to Erie. I started school in Erie. After my baby brother was born we moved to Buffalo New York. Then from there it was North Kingston Rhode Island. From Rhode Island we moved back to Pittsburgh. Then it was 11 months in Cross Lanes West Virginia. From WV we moved to Chambersburg Pennsylvania. Then from there we moved to Philadelphia. I moved to Laurel Delaware for a few months until I learned my dad had cancer. I moved back to Philadelphia. My dad died on June 2, 1996. I have been living in the Philadelphia area ever since. My mum lives with me now.

At 25, I gave my life to Jesus Christ. This I will definately share this with you in a different blog or two or three or more. It is something very near and dear to my heart. It will also explain some of the stuff I will say later in my introduction.

I will not bore you with my working history. I will just let you know that I am a Senior Claim Examiner at a well known insurance company. I may let you know which one sometime but not today. I have been working at this insurance company since (temp work) 2/2001. I was working there listening to the radio when all hell broke loose on September 11, 2001. Now 7 years later, I am still happy with my work but it is getting boring now.

I have been on antidepressants since February 2007. I know some of you are surprised by this statement. I mean come on, this girl just said that she gave her life to Christ a few paragraphs ago. Well that doesn't mean that I am not human with human problems. Again I will go into all of that when I start my blogs about Jesus Christ.

Just this past March I adopted a Rat Terrier pup. Her name is Maya. She brings me joy. She makes me laugh. Can you believe that her previous owner just thrust her into a Pet Smart employees hands and left her there. She was fostered by one of the vets that have an office there. If I had not adopted her she would have been put to sleep. The doc could not take in one more dog for too long. Maya celebrated her first birthday in May with me and my mum. Mum did not like the idea of me getting a dog. She has warmed up to Maya and now loves her just as much as I do. I have posted some video of Maya on YouTube.

Within the past few years I have once again put my hand to the "pen". I have been writing stories. Those I will share here as well with a link to where I post my stories.

So let me end this to say that in the days of old I would be called an "Old Maid". Yes that means that I am still single. And that I like. No I do not cat around either. I am already married to the One who loves me most. Unless He brings me into a relationship.

Well that is my rather long introduction. I hope to get some feed back soon. Oh, be watching. I may have a new post up every once in a while.