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Hi! My name is Valerie Ann Bradford I was born and raised in Modesto, California. I now lived in Ceres, California with my husband for 28 years and my 2 cats Orangey and Asia. I been going to Modesto Junior College since 1985 and graduated 2 times with an Associate of Science in Family Consumer of Science and 2 years later with an Associate of Science in Child Development and curtly hold a Site Supervisor Permit. I have been in the Child Development field for about 20 years. I get a lot of my ideas from watching cartoons. Having a hard time sleeping at night and thats when I get some wild ideas about experimenting with different items. I do keep a tablet and pen at the side of my bed so I can write down the items that is needed for the experiment. I get a lot of my supplies from: The Dollar Tree Store, 99 Cent Store, and Wal-Mart after the holidays, are the best time to get a lot of the supplies for these activities. Everything is on sale and that when you can save money on these activities.

I get a lot of my ideas from watching cartoons. Having a hard time sleeping at night and that's when I get some wild ideas about experimenting with different items. I do keep a tablet and pen at the side of my bed so I can write down the items that is needed for the experiment. I get a lot of my supplies from: The Dollar Tree Store, 99 Cent Store and Wal-Mart, after the holidays are the best time to get a lot of the supplies for these activities. Everything is on sale and that's when you can save money on these activities.