About Pat and Walt and the Sonnenstuhl Family
December 2003 Newsletter
Pat and Walt live in Olympia, WA, and have enjoyed livingblackcat.gif (1391 bytes) in the northwest for over 20 years. Pat was born and raised in Palo Alto, California , and Walt was born in Laramie, WY and has lived in ID, CA, WA, MT, and Japan. Walt is the world traveler, at least in his bachelor days. Creations Unlimited is a business name Walt coined years ago, and explains very well what Pat and Walt do: Create life ! Pat and Walt are very proud of their  two sons, Chris who lives in Olympia WA, and Eric, who lives in Austin TX.  Walt's mom lives in Dayton WA, and will soon celebrate her 95th birthday. Kit, our calico loves attention, especially since the passing of her sister caboodle earlier in 2006. She sleeps a lot and is always looking for a nice lap.  She knows they have  a good deal with this family.
Eric surprised us this year with announcing his engagement to Mary. We have enjoyed getting to know Mary and in December of 2006 we will meet her two daughters. We understand they really like Eric.  You will see some pictures below. n 2005 Walt and Pat celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in Dayton WA with family.  Here are some pictures from that event.
Sonnenstuhl Family Photos: June 2007
More Family Photos
Australia 2003
Pat and Walt were married in 1965, and have had some enjoyable years on our lifetime journey.  We both share interests, especially all types of music, such as rock and roll, Dixieland and piano. Walt is especially blessed with musical ability, and plays the harmonica, clarinet, saxophone, bass recorder and banjo.  Walt has played music for groups and church services and most recently has discovered Klezmer music. They are members of The United Churches, and the Olympia Art Deco Society. They have a special interest in the Art Deco Period, especially the Roaring 20's and  1939 World's Fair. Both have several collections of objects, such as TVs, Hammered Aluminum, records, and California Pottery. 
patsmll.gif (14842 bytes)Pat has for a long time been interested in healthy eating, and enjoys helping women feel empowered to care for themselves by making healthy lifestyle choices. She encourages women to make carbohydrate choices, depending upon her individual needs.  This way of eating is based on 40-30-30 Fat Burning Nutrition by Joyce and Gene Daoust, The Zone by Barry Sears, Ann Louise Gittleman and Protein Power by Michael and Mary Eades . The essence of these concepts are: balancing carbohydrates, proteins and the 'good fats' to help the body's hormonal system to stay in balance. A second aspect of eating in a balanced way is developing a positive attitude about food and health. Pat's lifetime of trying to determine the best way of eating for herself has gone through many evolutions. Knowing true and long lasting weight loss for some folks is no easy task, she has developed a focus on eating in a way that is most helpful for the body. The study of current resources, herbs and nutrition, has led to an interest in Syndrome X, Insulin Resistance, PCOS and Diabetes. As a nurse practitioner, Pat has been able to blend this nutritional information into her counseling.
nav1.gif (6520 bytes)Pat is also interested in all aspects of women's health, most especially the prevention of disease and the maintenance of good health.  Supports her sister midwives in their wish to help empower women to have beautiful births. Midwifery and women's health care have been a long time interest of Pats. In 1965 Pat graduated from nursing school, and has been working in the field ever since. In the late 1970's
Pat has worked in a variety of settings, usually in small practices with one or two other midwives. Settings have included rural areas, home births, birth center births and hospital births. She has worked for an HMO, and for hospitals. She remembers many beautiful births, and feels her clients teach her much about birthing and life. Several years ago, Pat is a Certified Hypnotherapist learning with Roy Hunter,MS/CHt (Charles Tebbetts Method), and is currently a HypnoBirthing Childbirth Educator with the HypnoBirthing Institute, and works with women on health issues.  
image11.gif (3105 bytes)Pat's interest in the computer started several years ago when she discovered e-mail and newsgroups.  She became involved with OMUG (Olympia Microcomputer Users Group) http://www.olymug.org/ in 1997 when her computer expert son moved to Austin. The group is a great resource for anyone learning about computers, and meets folks at all levels of needs.
Through her interest in computers she expanded her knowledge to include
the development of web pages.  Currently she is maintains web pages for a variety of groups and organizations. These are listed below, and on her Creations Unlimited pages. Meanwhile, Walt is content with his 3 row Corona 3 typewriter, and only does email in special circumstances.         I don't do Mornings 
In her spare time, when not in front of her computer,  Pat can be found: reading, watching TV, writing, spending time with family and friends, and doing special needlework called Bargello.