My interest and skills are much like an open range, and include everything but including the kitchen (see pickleball references) and the kitchen sink (see DIY references). But, my niche on this website and blog can be buttoned up:
I am a sporty and outdoorsy forty something year old woman. I like to entertain others via athletic skill and comic relief. I am an optimistic idealist with blind (sometimes stupidly so) confidence. Through the written word about my own pursuits of well-being (see blog), poetry, ideals, and love, my fondest hope is that you will laugh, yearn for the idyllic, seek well-being and try at life alongside me.
Street Cred (FWIW)
Semi-Pro Sports: Tennis (ITF World Tennis Tour $15Ks), Pickleball (career high of #28 DUPR Singles and #75 WPR Mixed Doubles), Triathlon (Ironman), Ultimate Frisbee (part of multiple teams that qualified for and played at Nationals; invited to join CLX for the 2010 World Championship in which they won Gold)
Reality TV Contestant – Flash – Pickleball Paddle Battle
4x Ironman 140.6 (Boulder 2017, Boulder 2018, Madison 2018, Des Moines 2022), 3x Ironman 70.3 (Steelhead 2017, Muncie 2018, Steelhead 2018)
USAT(riathlon) Level I Coach
Collegiate Tennis/Triathlon/S&C Coach
Tennis and Pickleball (former PPR) Instructor
Juris Doctorate – University of Iowa
Licensed (Inactive) Attorney – Iowa
Masters in Business – University of Iowa
B.S. – Finance (Major), Communications (Minor), Accounting (Emphasis) – Northern Illinois University
College Professor of Business Law I and KIN 385
College Instructor of Triathlon Training and Squash
ISSA Nutritionist
ISSA Personal Trainer
Outdoor Enthusiast: I have camped in 20+ National Parks, visited another dozen and love nothing more than to be where the bison roam, sleep in a tent, sit fireside and swim in mountain lakes.
DI Scholarship Athlete – Tennis, Soccer – Northern Illinois University
Volunteer Firefighter (former), FFI License (former)
KT23Fit – App Developer (former)
Adult Age Group Tennis – 1 Gold, 4 Silver, 1 Bronze Balls. Was invited to represent the U.S. as a member of the 35’s International Team in 2016.
DIY’er – Built a 70 ft. X 4.5 ft. retaining wall consisting of 900+ blocks. Painted more walls/rooms than my shoulders would like to remember. Painted more decks and garage floors than my knees would like to remember. Have helped to build a pergola and install drywall and a dishwasher. Have done landscaping up the wazoo. Have laid tile, grout, backsplashes, vinyl and plank flooring and two husbands (just checking to see if you’re still with me here). Have taken apart and successfully put back together a lawn mower, amongst other gadgets. Possess vanity over a bathroom remodel that included the replacing of a vanity. Have done electrical and plumbing work less worthy of vanity.
Possess a strange obsession with bison, dogs, water and fire.
Writer (the original post that served as the inspiration for this website can be found here; and also contains some bio information within).
Kristine Joy, Writer 