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About Pat
and Walt and the Sonnenstuhl Family |
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December 2003 Newsletter |
 Pat and Walt live in
Olympia, WA, and have enjoyed living
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. |
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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. |
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Sonnenstuhl Familiy Photos: June 2007 |
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Click on the smaller photo to see a larger one |
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 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. |
 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. |
 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. |
 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. |
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