Penny Shaffer:  

Life My Pets My dog, Diva is 1 yr.6 months old, and a stark raving lunatic! My reptile is Buddy, (budweiser) the gecko. He is about 6 years old, and probably on his last leg. My fish, well, you know how fish are, they live they swim, they die. What's new with that? I think one is going to have babies!I also have a pet toad living in the terrquarium, he doesn't really have a name besides, my baby. My Kids My daughter, Rachel, is the oldest. She is 16 yrs. old and has taken driver's ed.!!! ugh!. She looks like me, only shorter and with blonde hair. My son, Sam,is 13 yrs. old, He looks like me, too. (the poor things just don't have a fighting chance.) My daughter was a published poet the summer/ fall of 2001. Her poem, "Prayer for a victim" can be found in the 2001 volume of "Anthology of Poetry by Young Americans". It is one of the things she is very talented at, and I am very proud of her for that.She also plays guitar and keyboard, and is an award winning artist. My son is active in basketball and baseball. He also enjoys w...Expand for more