Made in Richmond

(photo courtesy of Jake Lyell)

My name is Valerie, but nobody calls me that. Well, except for my husband, but mostly he calls me Babe. I have no problem being referred to as Babe, as long as he is the one who says it. If you call me Babe, I might cut you.

That was a round about way of telling you that you can call me Val.

I was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia. Some might say I was made here. I love it *almost* as much as my husband does.

I taught 5th grade for 4 years and I was awesome at it. I worked constantly and burnt out at 25.

I left teaching to work as a copywriter for a local online media company. At first things were really good. Then they were really bad. So, I decided after just over a year to leave.

I now work with my husband. He is the co-owner of a local web development company. I’m their copywriter now. I also take care of editorial duties for this website which his company also happens to run. I kind of can’t believe that it’s what I do now. I also work a few hours a week as the administrator for our church.

Speaking of my husband, we met in high school. We dated for 15 months and then he dumped my ass. We got back together in October of our freshmen year in college and dated long distance for the remainder of college. It sucked, and I’m glad it’s over.

We were married in June 2003. He was 22; I was 21. We are growing up nicely together.

We are expecting our first baby in November. We will try to welcome this child by spending as little of our own money as possible. Send onesies.

We are the type of Christians that you hear about, but never meet. Meaning we love Jesus and all, but still find things like this and this hilarious.

I started this blog in September of 2005 in order to jump on the bandwagon that my husband was (and is) driving. It does surprisingly well in our local scene. I started off on Blogger but switched to Wordpress when I got the current url.

I hate rudeness, fear vampires, and love going to McDonald’s.

You can find out more things about me (100 more, even!) by going here.

You can contact me at madeinrichmond [at] gmail [dot] com with questions, concerns, and/or flattering praise.

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