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was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. My father, mother, brother and I
moved to Sterling, Alaska when I was 6 years old. Sterling is a very
small town of around 4,000 people. In fact, it was so small that we had
to go to the next town to buy grocieries. I grew up on a mini-farm, so I
definitely have a small town, farm girl side to me and everything that
comes with that; I love the outdoors, have a self-sufficient and can-do
attitude and love animals. During high school, I worked at a family-run
gas station and did everything from cashier and making espressos to
pumping propane. I returned to Grand Rapids, Michigan for college. I
went to Cornerstone University for one semester, returned home for
Christmas break, crashed my best friend's truck and had to spend money I
didn't have to buy the it from her.
I
decided not to go back to college because I "knew" what I wanted to do
and wanted to go to a specialty school that mainly taught the kinds of
things that I wanted to learn. But, as we all know about life's twists
and turns, instead of going to the new school, I met a guy and didn't
want to leave. So from there I worked at gas stations and finally a
pizza place which set me in the direction that landed me where I am now
(Ahhhh, pizza... What can't it do?) I really liked getting out of the
building and driving around town.
So
that's when I decided that I would try trucking. I got a job delivering
bread in a tiny little van. The owner didn't seem interested in moving
me up to a bigger truck, so I got a job driving a school bus, because
they promised to pay for all the training and licensing. I drove school
bus for one year then went to every trucking company applying for a job
hoping that my Class B license would help me get my foot in the door. I
didn't have much luck for several months, but I nagged the crap out of a
few select companies. Carlile was one of those companies and they
finally called me. I went in for the interview and said that I was going
to drive a big truck someday. They hired me. I started as a van driver
doing courier work, but if I got my job done in time I would spend the
rest of my work day and even after work learning from the tractor
drivers. I would putt around the yard and practice backing trailers.
Finally, after a year or so I took my test and passed with flying
colors.
For
fun, I love to race dirt bikes, ride horses and whatever else that I get
a wild hair to do, such as skydiving and taking hang gliding lessons. I
met my future husband while I was buying my Kawasaki 125. He worked at
the shop that I bought the bike. Then we met again at the race track
while I was racing. He then asked me to come to Anchorage and watch him
do a dirt bike freestyle show with Trevor Vines and some other pro freestyles. Our first date ended with Traves seperating his shoulder. I
married Traves (Travis) Kelly on September 26, 2008 after dating him
for four years. He is full Aleut Native Alaskan and an avid dirt biker.
I have a genuine love for life and want to live it to the fullest with
the precious time that I've been given here on Earth. I want to be old
and have no regrets of the things I haven't done. Living life to the
fullest to me means dreaming big and then going for it, it means being a
person that I would want to hang out with, and it means keeping an
optimistic view and keeping hope because there really is no point in
living life miserable. One of my favorite things to say is, "I'm the
only one living my life, so I'm going to live it to make me happy." I
can't live for other people and I hate when other people judge my life
because I'm having fun rather then just live their own lives so they are
happy with themselves.
I
genuinely hope my site is something you enjoy. We keep it positive
around here, I try to answer questions on my my forums,and you may even see me jump into a chat now and then. Life has be busy these days, but I
do make time for all when I can! Stay positive, be happy, and hope to
see and hear from you! Thank you for taking interest in me. I appreciate
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