I’m a wife, 38 yrs, a mother, 37yrs, a grandma 12 yrs, Owner/Designer of Beads I View by Pat for over 8 yrs, selling my beaded jewelry and crafts at first at craft fairs and farmers markets in AZ, and now located on the web at my online store, Beads I View by Pat at beadsiview.com. In the past I’ve been a telephone operator for 6 years, a stay at home mom, and an IBM midrange – computer programmer for 8 years. We lived in Toledo, Ohio for several decades until we discovered what was causing the cold in the winter and finally wisened up and moved to Arizona, which we LOVE! We enjoy being with each other (my husband and I) and the friends that we have made out here. I haven’t made it back to the mid west since we left, about 12 or 13 years ago. I keep up with family info, (7 siblings, counting me) through my sister, a fellow business owner and also a member of SellersArena. and Online Auctions.com.