About

My name is Amy Lynn Tompkins, and this is my blog. I work full time as a Systems Administrator for the Canadian Department of National Defense and live in Fredericton, New Brunswick. I’m dictatormother to a beautiful preteen named Jasmin and slave to three cats, two dogs.

I grew up just a few hours from where I live now, in a tiny rural village now embarrassingly known as the “French Fry Capital of the World”. Really, I couldn’t make this shit up if I tried.

I’ve been blogging in some form or another since 1999, unless you count that hilariously bad Geocities website I did back in 1996. You know the type: black background, everything centered, and just one BIG, LONG page of bad poetry and pictures. I’m better now.

Things you’ll be sure to see me talk about on this blog include:

My family – My daughter Jasmin, sometimes considered my evil clone, is the most important person in my world.
My animals – I have three fur-babies; two cats and the most beautiful dog in the world. Life without them would be simpler, cleaner, and smell better. Seriously though, I love my pets!
My house – Ah my very own house! A beautiful old two-story right downtown, complete with leaky roof, drafty windows, and crumbling plaster.
Politics – Gee, another liberal blogger. Surprised?
Teen Parenthood – Something I keep meaning to talk about a lot more; what life has been like for me since getting pregnant at the age of fifteen.
Geeky things – Oh boy am I a huge nerd! I can go on about tabletop role-playing games, video games, comic books, computers, science, math, history, English.
Granola Environmental Stuff – I was completely brainwashedsmitten by Woodsy Owl back in the eighties and have been a crunchy granola type ever since. I like to talk about the little life changes I do to make my eco-footprint smaller.
Food – Sometimes I’ll rant on about my latest vegan or raw food kick, then other times I’ll praise the merit of a good steak. I’m a total hypocrite like that. If I cook anything good, I share the recipe here on the site.
Exercise – Just because I’m a lazy geek who sits infront of a screen all day, that doesn’t mean I want to LOOK like a lazy geek who sits infront of a screen all day. I like lifting heavy things over my head and pretending I’m an amazon. A lot of my workouts employ the theories and ideas of CrossFit, but with slightly more focus on strength work.