Nancy Conner:  

Life What can I say? 3 different high schools in 4 years, but that's the life of an Air Force brat. We moved from Hawai'i in 1975, which meant leaving Mililani High School after freshman year. Dad was stationed at Grissom Air Force Base, so I attended Taylor High School, in Indiana. After a year at Grissom he decided to retire. Pilots don't like to be desk jockey's & he had finished his 25 years. We moved to Alabama, where both of my parents were from, and I ended up finishing my last 2 years of high school in the same school, Vestavia Hills High School! The same school, 2 years in a row! Imagine that! I have been living in the same town for over 40 years now. I always wondered what it would be like to not pick up & move every 4-5 years. I will admit every 10 years I have had 'itchy feet' and wanted to move. Funny how old habits die hard. I guess that is why I like to rearrange my furniture so much and what initially lead me into a career as a Home Stager and Color Consultant? The proliferation of 'home decorating' & 'flipping' shows on television eventually lead to the end of that career, as everyone feels they can do what a decorator or stager does, and for much less. Hey, I can't argue there, because SOME really can, and others, well it's their home and if they are happy with it, who is anyone to say? That lead me to the exciting career of retail sales in a local jewelry store, which is run by dear family friends. It's never a dull moment, someone always walks in the door with a question, an idea or a problem that needs solving. Once again, my early life of moving around and having to learn to make friends and talk to strangers has given me a gift of gab that I never knew I had...I'm actually pretty darned good at this 'sales' thing. It's fun too, although my feet do ache after spending 8 hours a day on them, at least my Fitbit knows I'm getting my 10,000 steps in daily. College Auburn University was a blast. I totally enjoyed my 3 years there. A little too much... *shakes head* Still considering returning to finish, but then again it's kind of nice to being doing my own thing now, even without a college degree. I did dabble at Samford for a year, before I got married, in Paralegal studies and it's true when people say that a little knowledge can be dangerous. Do NOT ask me for legal advice, but I could probably cite you a few things, if held under severe duress. The Rest I married my college sweetheart in '83. He's a General Contractor with a 100+ year old family owned business. To toot his horn a bit, they built the Jule Collins Smith Museum in Auburn, Alabama, and it was specifically his project. My kids basically grew up playing on the site. Speaking of which... I am the proud mother of three children. Two boys, with a daughter sandwiched in between. Our oldest son graduated from high school in 2007 & is a Business graduate of Faulkner University, after a year at Campbell University in Pre-Pharm, a brief (2 year) flirtation in Atlanta, in culinary school, and obtaining his A.D. from Southern Union Community College, in Business. Once he fi...Expand for more