Karin Cushaway:  

Life Hope everyone has been having a great time in this game called life. It has been interesting! First time married to Blaine Burger for eight years, two wonderful children-Tiffani and Brandon. I was on Search and Rescue for a while and met my second husband Jim Ederer and had a daughter Chelsea. Chelsea, and Brandon are out of the house now. Chelsea is now living in Summerland and graduated from City College with her CAD certificate and AA Degree. She now works for an engineering firm in Santa Barbara. She also owns her own business and works at doing CAD for the Montecito fire dept. She is a very hard worker and very focused. Brandon is in Construction and doing plumbing construction in Huntington Beach. He loves it there. He is also learning to play the drums and helps set up shows at the comedy club and other venues. Tiffani was lost for about 10 months, we finally found her in Detroit! She knows no one there, thought she was married to Eminem. She is Schizoprenic and now on meds. She has been back about a year now and is doing alot better. It was a real rough road for a while and probably will be at least a little bit with her for always. She lives with us in Sisquoc. In May of 2001, I married Joe Cushaway. They say three is a charm! I gained another daughter, Samantha. She is on her own (living with her Russian boyfriend in Hollywood) and works at a salon after graduating from Beauty College. She loves L.A. We are now happily living in the great town of Sisquoc. I love being in the country--so peaceful!! I graduated from Hancock College. I have gotten my degrees in Early Childhood Development and Liberal Arts, yet work as a Baker at Jack's Restaurant and Bakery. I'm the Bakery part!!! I really Love this job, I can be creative and get paid for it at the same time! I am so spoiled with my job! On May 4, 2009 the restaurant burned down and it's being re-built, I have been selling my cookies, brownies and pies, etc. from the house. Doing what I can to make some money. I have also sold some things on Craigslist and at craft faires when I can. I enjoy doing canning, too, so I made some jams, jellies and pickles this year. My favorite is the Jalapeno Jam. I sell them too. I enjoy spending as much time as I can with my family. Isn't that what life is really about? We enjoy Nascar, Camping, BBQ, Gardening and working on this old house. This year we went to Yosemite, again. Love to camp there, so much to do! I enjoy taking my camera and riding my bike around the park, looking for those beautiful pics! I finally joined the Yosemite Association. Yosemite is my favorite place in the world! It is sooo beautiful! I have also gotten into growing orchids, they are so pretty and not as hard as people think. It's alot of fun getting them to bloom! Plants are alot like children, they love the attention and thrive when well taken care of. I still collect Coca Cola. I am also trying to find my Native American roots and working a little on geneology. Joe and I were married in a Native American ceremony and it was very interesting. We go to Pow-Wows and enjoy finding different artifacts. I keep up with doing some crafts when I can. I have been making my own jewelry and suncatchers. I sell them whenever I get the opportunity. I also learned to knit in jury duty, so I made each of the kids a blanket for Christmas. I have made so many I now have spares, so I sold them at craft faires. I like to do scrapbooking, too. Lots of fun putting together all the old photos and finally getting them organized! Joe likes to work on small engines, ...Expand for more