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Hi, I'm Joy!
Thanks so much for visiting my mini painting
website!
I can't tell you how much I enjoy this terrific
hobby, and I hope you share some of my enthusiasm!
Take a look around. Maybe you'll learn a
thing or two.
Want to chat?
Drop me a line.
I love to hear from fellow hobbyists! |
ENTRANCE TO THE HOBBY OF MINIATURE
PAINTING
I started painting miniature figures
in Spring of 2008. A friend of mine started painting
them for our Dungeons & Dragons group, and I asked to borrow her paints and
have a go. She very generously obliged, and I liked it
so much that I bought my own paints. The rest, as they
say, is history.
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
I was born and raised an only child
on Long Island, NY, U.S.A. My mom was a high school
math teacher
and my dad a welder. I graduated high school
valedictorian of a class of 400, and an all-state violinist.
I attended the
College
of William and Mary in Williamsburg,
VA, where I met my husband Dave, and obtained a B.S. and
M.S. in Computer Science.
I live now with my family in Virginia,
and work full time as a software developer at a Naval
research lab. I love my job, and I work with some
really fantastic people, who make even the stressful days
worthwhile.
My husband, who is the most
handsome, wonderful man in the world, is a stay-at-home
dad to our two wonderful children, and a police scanning hobbyist.
Our children, Rebecca and John, are
always full of joyful surprises and manage to keep us on our
toes.
Our family cut the cable tv in 2010. We do subscribe to Netflix streaming, but we have no other television service.
I love never watching commercials. In fact, the only thing I really miss is live football (Go Redskins!).
I love to read, especially science fiction, Spiritual works by the Saints,
historical novels of the lives of the Saints, and classics, like Dickens, or Dostoyevsky.
GETTING PERSONAL
What is most important to me:
- My Catholic
faith in my Lord Jesus Christ (Christi crux est mea
lux!)
- My family
Personal Website:
The
Schoenberger Family
Personality:
iNTJ
- I am an introvert, but not a very strong one. I'm like most people, more an "ambivert",
in the middle, blending one or the other, depending on the situation.
CAUSES I SUPPORT
Pro-Life Support for
Pregnant Women in Crisis
-
Paul Stefan
Foundation, Birthright
Help for the Homeless
-
Catholic Charities of Washington, D.C.
Cancer Research and
Patient Support
- Locks of Love (I
am a 3-time hair donor!),
Relay for Life
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