Paula Whitehouse:  

Life After high school I attended Lake Erie College (LEC) to get my BA in Equestrian Studies; after LEC haad to work at parents business, but hated it. In 1978 I joined the US Army and served for six years in Electronic Warfare. I met and married my husband Michael while we were stationed together in Arizona. We spent four years in Europe, during which I finished a Master of Science in System Management, got out of the Army and our daughter Heather was born in Stuttgart Germany (1984). We were able to travel extensively throughout Germany, and much of Great Britain (especially the north of England and Scotland). We then were stationed in El Paso, TX where our son Ian was born (December 1985). I went to work as a Math Analyst and then an Operations Research Analyst at White Sands Missile Range, NM. My job sent me to Japan, Okinawa and Korea as well as back to Germany, and all over the US. In 1990 I accepted a position working for the US Army at Intelligence Electronic Warfare Test Directorate, Operational Test Command at Fort Huachuca, AZ. My husband and I both work in the same building in jobs that require a LOT of travel. In the last year I've racked up frequent flyer miles traveling to metro DC, GA, NC, TX, and NM. Unfortunately, Michael and I don't get to travel together very often. Heather is now a sophomore in college (studying BioInformatics/ Genomics) and Ian is a high school senior (taking advanced classes in TV Production, and starting an internship at City Hall in September). We have a black Lab/Border Collie mix dog by the name of Ready who keeps us amused and entertained, while she reinforces her control over us (yes, I'm wrapped around her paw.) My father died in 1988 after a stroke caused by surgical complications, and my mother died of metastatic cancer in Jan 1996 at our home in Arizona. I've been blessed with a wonderful husband (23+ yrs), 2 smart, funny, and level-headed ch...Expand for more