Amanda was born in Massachusetts and grew up in Union, Connecticut, which is just over the boarder.  I thought my town was small.  Her's had under 400 residents and no high school.  She started riding horses around 12 years old.

She graduated at the top of her class from the high school in the next town and did her undergraduate studies at UNH.  She graduated from vet school at THE Ohio State University.  After vet school she did a year of residency in New Jersey before joining a private practice with locations in Old Orchard Beach and Arundel, Maine.  Amanda is a horse vet (equine if you must) and also sees small animals.  If you are looking for a vetrinarian, try Temm Veterinary Hospital, they are very good with hunting dogs.

She lives in southern Maine with Poppy (Corgi) and two cats.  Her horse, Nicky, is boarded at the Cedar Hill Farm near Sanford.  Nicy is a Sweedish Warmblood, which is a continental versatile horse breed.  If you are looking for a stable, CHF is a great one.  Jen and Jay, the owners, are really nice folks and know their stuff too.  They keep a clean and well maintained farm.

At some point her life took a bad turn and she met me on chemistry.com.  I still wonder what she sees in me, but obviously it must be some sort of mental disorder.  I'm not sure why you aren't supposed to look a gift horse in the mouth or what you'd be looking for, but the cliche comes to mind here.  Maybe if I knew what was wrong with her then she'd get it fixed at which point she'd come to her senses and leave.

Not only is Amanda tolerant of the dogs, she can actually control them.  Horse training isn't much different than dog training and I suspect she'll make a better dog trainer than me.  She has the same taste in performance animals as I do.  She cooks better than I do.  An odd fact is she has a very limited sense of smell.  I always thought I'd wind up with a blind girl, but not smelling me is probably even better than not having to see me.  Amanda's folks are every bit as wierd as mine, which is to say, not too weird, but just enough to make them fun and interesting.  I could go on, but let's just say Amanda is the complete package.