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Barbara S.

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About Me

I grew up on a Minnesota farm, 1 of 14 kids. At age 21, I picked a spot on the map and bought a one-way ticket to Tacoma, Wash. I was married twice --not at the same time -- once to a U.S. Navy sailor and once to an Air Force officer. I retired after 27 years with the Army, as a newspaper editor, reporter & photojournalist in 2009. I started Happy Healthy Humor LLC, and do clean stand-up comedy & freelance writing. I have two adult sons and one granddaughter.

How I Can Help

I am a Christian, a professional writer, a poet and a humorist. I type 100 words per minute and I know Gregg Shorthand (stenography). As a retired newspaper reporter, I interviewed many subject-matter experts to write stories on child & spouse abuse prevention, suicide prevention, drug & drunk driving prevention and covered all ethnic events, such as Women's History Month, Black History Month and the Holocaust.

Interests

I love live-stage productions, bowling, hiking on nature trails, watching funny movies & travel.

3 Reviews by Barbara

  • QuiBids

7/16/16
Verified purchase

I enjoy winning gift cards because they make excellent gifts for everyone for birthdays, anniversaries and Christmas. Gift cards also come in handy whenever I need them.
QuiBids is now one of the best shopping sites available online to win great deals on gift cards. They have also made some positive changes, like free shipping.

  • Redwoodcliffs

6/1/16

I would NOT recommend this rehab to anyone.
I mortgaged my house to pay $39,500 plus air fare and $1,000 worth of required clothing to send my son to Narconon Redwood Cliffs drug and alcohol rehab in Watsonville, Calif. That money was supposed to pay for my son to stay in rehab for up to six months, plus another month if he needed to return. That did not happen.
My son graduated from this rehab after 5 months and he should have stayed the full 6 months. They said he was ready to return and he was NOT ready to return. He had a plastic bag to make alcohol using cranberry juice and sugar. They saw that plastic bag in his luggage when he arrived and failed to take it away from him. In the last month he was there, he was making and drinking alcohol and faking sobriety. When they took him to the airport, before my son even came home, he went to a bar in the airport and drank alcohol. After I picked him up, he was supposed to stay with me for only 6 months while he worked to get back on his feet. At first, he faked sobriety, while he bought with food stamps food flavorings (which contained alcohol). Within 3 months, when he first got more money, my son went to the liquor store and bought 80-proof Vodka. I was about to get another restraining (protection) order to get him out of my house, but he threatened he would break all my windows and do harm to me if I did. Although my son got off of meth, he is now a full-blown, drinking alcoholic who is usually too sick to work. He wakes up vomiting every morning and often drives drunk, and I cannot stop him. I got locks for my bedroom door. In other words, my son returned from rehab nearly just as bad or worse than before he went, and I wonder what, if anything he got for all that money I paid to help him get well. When it was apparent that my son needed to go back, Narconon Redwood Cliffs refused to take him back because they discovered he made alcohol with that plastic bag (which they failed to take away from him when he first arrived). If they had agreed to take him back for an extra month (like they had promised they would), they might have been able to prevent him from becoming a full-blown alcoholic again. In short, this rehab failed to do as promised and I did not get what I paid for. It was a waste of my money. My son is right back where he started from, except now he's living with me again and my own safety is threatened because I cannot get him out without putting myself at greater risk.

  • DealDash

4/21/12

I have been a member of DD since Feb. 8,2012. After conducting an in-depth study of many different online penny auction shopping sites, I concluded that, without a doubt, this is the best. This shopping site places a lot of emphasis on excellent customer service. Whenever I contact customer service, I usually hear back from them sooner than expected. Customer service reps always listen and treat me fairly. So far, I won more than 650 auctions and I never had a problem they did not fix. Plenty of information and videos on how the site works are available. People who take a few moments to read, watch and learn how to play first usually become happy customers. If you are on a tight, fixed budget, it might not be for you, but if you know what you're doing and use the automated bidder, BidBuddy, you should be able to enjoy this shopping experience. As an experienced user, my best advice is to only shop for what you need and if you do not win, do a buy-it-now at the retail price and get all your bids back free.

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