Taronna McKee

I'm a Nurse, daughter, mother, sister, wife, all around cynic and tireless opinion generator. My qualifications, such as they are, include:

Bossy Unwanted Advice Giver: Nearly 147 years as an RN (give or take a few years) has gifted me with Oprah-like tendencies to tell people what to do and where, when and how to do it. I'm not entirely certain why I haven't been given my own media empire so that millions of people can be blessed with my extraordinary wisdom.

Professional Parent: Mother of four, host parent to 14. I know a tiny bit about raising kids, dogs, cats, birds, turtles, geckos, guinea pigs, rabbits and frogs. I've founs that raising kids and creatures isn't too difficult if your standards are low.

Political Critic: The untold hours spent criticizing political prostitutes helps pass the time until I'm elected Omnipotent Dictator of the Universe.

Short Order Cook: Country or Southern cuisine, heavy on the butter, cream and/or cheese. So good it'll knock you right off that old diet wagon. You won't find me holding a cholesterol-laden masterpiece up to my face for a photo-op a la Paula Deen but only because I'll be too busy scarfing down pure comfort before the locusts who live with me descend and decimate the tangible proof of my love. For butter.

Sweatshop Owner: It's not profitable though. I'm working with a poor quality labor pool. Child labor hasn't meant that the toothpaste is cleaned out of the sink. Or that the laundry is folded. Or even that a clean fork can be found.

Inveterate Reader: Highbrow, lowbrow, literature, trash, mystery, crime drama, non-fiction, biography or cereal box. If it's printed, I'll read it. It's the only escape left to me.

Advocate for the Living-in-a-Barn lifestyle: Otherwise I couldn't get out of bed in the mornings.