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I am Ned's wife and best friend. I work in the Women's Health Boutique at Pulmonary Home Care. It's a great place to work. I was a fine jewelry specialist for the past 11 years, and worked as a cosmetologist prior to that. My favorite things in life are spending time with Ned, and playing with the pets. We have 2 Maltese dogs, Daisy, Forest, and a Min-Pin, Polly. Also we have a ferret, Sookie. I feel I can never have too many books (or pets! ) and love reading, especially mysteries. I got into collecting due to the influence of a certain special person in my life, and collect Boyd's Bears, ladybug things, Mickey Mouse and a few dolls. I sometimes do art things but never have the time I'd like to really have fun with it. I loved making the bench with Ned, pictured below. We have 7 sweet grandchildren, Mia, Aidan, Nolan, Liam, Eliy, Arheanna, plus our newest grandbaby boy, Dante! I find peace and love every day with Ned in my life, and this is the place I have been looking for my entire life. Since we were in our teens, Ned has called me Buckwheat, and there is a story behind that, as you will read on the Buckwheat & Allen Dows page on this website!

A FEW GOOD LAPS
Your life and mine encircled time,
we crossed each other's paths,
once again entwined,
and pit stopped at the starting line.
We rode the race together,
though we took the other route.
How could we ever know
we'd end up right back at the start?
-Sara Rouse 2003

IN MEMORY OF NINA, CECIL, FIZZIE and ZANDI