After spending a year and a half at DMLC I realized that being a WELS teacher or pastors wife was not what I was meant to do for the rest of my life. I transferred to Concordia St Paul where, coincidently, my now husband was a student. I got my BS in early childhood education and Tom, our daughter Megan and I moved to Northfield where I took a job teaching preschool. We moved to Fargo two years later with one more daughter Eliza. I couldn't find a job there so I went to Moorhead state and finished my elementary ed degree. In 1997 we moved to Tom's hometown of Elbow Lake and bought the local hardware store now named Project Central Hardware and Rental.I stayed home with my girls until they were both in school and then started working part time at the store. I have been working full time for a few years running the store and Tom is working at the family John Deere dealerships. Megan is now almost 16 and Eliza is 13. I have been on the school board for 3 years and hope to make it through one more election so I can hand diplomas to my daughters. If anyone is up in Lakes Country please let me know, it is always fun to leave town for a day.
