Douglas Carter:  

We call the family "Carter Country". My mom was 90 years old October 2015.There are 29 of us counting children (5). grandchildren (11), and (13) great grandchildren. How many great grandchildren can say they knew their grandmother. It was 5 kids (1 girl, 4 boys) in a 3 bedroom row home in a neighborhood off of Belle Grove Rd. That was some tight quarters. I had many jobs after graduating and finally settled down in 1978. I started a job with Anne Arundel County and starting dating Doris Weiler (1975). We got married in April 1980. Doris worked for the State of Md. for a few years and stopped working in the spring of 1987 to be with the kids. Lindsay was born in August 1982, and Lauren was born in November 1985. Douglas Jr. was born in September 1990. I worked at the Landfill for the county from 1978 to 1998. I then transferred to Inspection and Permits for the county. I retired from the county March 2015. I had a whole week off before I started another career with the City of Baltimore working at their Landfill. So now I am a "double dipper". Health wise I am doing pretty good and I hope to work until October 2020. I recently have gone through a weight loss program under a doctors care for the second time. I have been successful in this endeavor and will be going on a maintenance program to keep my weight off. I have lost almost a hundred pounds in 2 years. Hey! That inspectors job was not that demanding physically! haha!. But the best part is I no longer take any medicin...Expand for more