About Me
My name is Carrie Wigal and I’m a 39 year old, work-at-home-mom/stepmom & wife. I currently live in rural Central Virginia and spend most of my time changing diapers, training preschoolers, taming a teenager, cooking sit-down dinners, keeping/cleaning house and working online.
I spent my 20’s and early 30’s pursuing a career in accounting and a childhood dream of acting on stage. In early 2000, I met my husband and we were married in late 2001. I became an instant stepmom to a wonderful 6 year old boy, whom we raise together.
In late 2003 I gave birth to my first daughter and decided I did not want to go back to work. So, I left my accounting job in the summer of 2004, moved back east to be closer to my family and pursued a Work-At-Home-Mom status on the Internet.
A year later I gave birth to my next child, a boy, and struggled alone at home to raise two small children (15 months apart) and an active 10-year-old, while my husband practically single-handedly ran a retail wallpaper store.
In mid-2006 my husband left the store and joined me at home to work full-time on the internet. Today we enjoy both being home to raise our children and pursuing our dreams of financial independence together. Oh… and we had another baby last summer (July 2007).
Contact Information
- Email: Carrie-at-WiggleWigal.com
- Mail: PO Box 601, Palmyra, VA 22963
Why did I start this blog?
Mostly because I love to write. As I became more familiar with “blogging” I found I had a lot to say on various subjects and started devoting most of my time tackling the controversial ones. You can read more about that in my article on Why Not Discuss Religion & Politics.
Admittedly I considered a course of study in Journalism in my younger years, so I have an affinity to that sort of thing. Writing comes fairly natural to me, so this is the best way I’ve found to communicate my ideas and thoughts with the world. Not only that, I love the fact that you can carry on a conversation with me by adding your two cents to anything I cover here.
I encourage you to check out any of the subjects of interest to you by clicking on one of the categories listed in the left margin here or read the latest on all that matters to me. Then if you like what you read, sign up for my mailing list by entering your name & email address in the upper left margin on that page. Throughout the month you’ll receive an occasional email with a short blurb about various topics I cover on this blog along with a direct link to that particular post to read the full version. Your comments are always welcome!
I look forward to sharing my passions with you.
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November 25th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Just found your blog looking for background on the Domino Plan. Not too bad! Keep up the great work — seems as if Fluvanna could use a strong independent new media.
December 20th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
Hi, Carrie! Thanks for the comment on Firststatepolitics! I am so glad to see your family is doing well. Merry Christmas.
December 21st, 2007 at 12:57 am
Hi David,
Your picture is what caught my eye. It’s great to see you so involved in local politics. I’m just getting my feet wet the past few months concerning local issues here. The presidential race has got my interest peaked at this point, so I’m doing what I can to educate myself on the candidates and DO something about what I learn. So far, I really like Mike Huckabee.
Merry Christmas to you too!
January 6th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Hi Carrie-
I saw your email on Classmates. How are you? I see you are pretty busy with family.
I live in Maryland. Half way between DC and Baltimore. Are you by your grandparents house? I remember taking a trip to visit them.
Write me back. Would love to chat.
Tara
January 7th, 2008 at 12:47 am
Hey Tara,
I wrote you back a few weeks ago, but I think yahoo is blocking my email or putting it into a spam folder.
It was great to hear from you!
Actually I’m living in my grandparents’ house. We bought it 3-1/2 years ago…they both have passed away now.
Email me at carrie at wigglewigal.com (and add that to your address book), I’ll reply and hopefully it will come through this time.
May 23rd, 2008 at 11:04 am
I’m trying to purchase the film “Border: The Divide Between the American Dream and the American Nightmare”. I wasn’t able to purchase it online because my credit card was denied. Sometimes this happens because of the merchant code. Do you know who I can contact to purchase this documentary? We could receive it by it being shipped/billed or by receiving an invoice and pre-payment. We would need a federal ID number.
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May 24th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Hi Billie,
I heard about the movie from grassfire.org. I signed a petition concerning building a border fence and they made an offer to receive the Border movie “free” when you donated $30 to the grassfire.org website. They give you an option to pay by credit card or check.
I hope that helps. Let me know how you like the movie.
October 27th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Hi Carrie,
I think it’s very interesting that you have decided to dedicate some of your time and energy to writing this blog. I actually stumbled upon it randomly and I was curious. I am a moderately liberal democrat. I often find myself angrily misunderstanding people that share your views on gay marriage and abortion because I don’t think that it is any of their business. I myself could never get an abortion, and I do agree that once you engage in sexual intercourse you are putting yourself in a situation where you could end up conceiving. I just don’t think that it is any of my business to tell some other woman who is not responsible enough to have a child, or doesn’t have the money for it, to have a child. I grew up in a very diverse area where many kids did not get proper support and care form their parents and the results are devastating. It makes me angry that wealthy republicans always argue for adoption and keeping a child when they don’t quite understand the plight of the poorer less fortunate man. I also don’t understand your views on gay marriage. If you should be able to get married, why not two men or two women? Almost all of the heterosexual relationships that I know of have ended in divorce, but the homosexual partnerships last for years. Why should you, some happily married with children and a family, want to deny someone else of that just because you don’t think that there relationship is right in the eyes of God? On another note, If gay people were able to get married, they could then adopt all of those pro-life babies that you want put up for adoption. I don’t mean to berate you, and I certainly don’t think I can change the way you think, but I’m writing because I think it’s the only way we can save our country from some of the ignorance that gets spread around on both sides of the political spectrum.
October 28th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Hi Denise,
Thank you for taking the time to voice your comments. I truly appreciate your honesty and civility in sharing your position.
Unfortunately since both of these issues, abortion & homosexuality, are so highly controversial, folks on both sides of the issues tend to get extreme and downright nasty when communicating their views on the subject. I know I have to keep myself in check.
In my first attempt to respond to your comment, I wrote a really long piece. After further consideration I wasn’t sure you’d be interested in reading through all that, so I tried to condense my thoughts to this:
As for minding our own business, I believe there is a time to do so and then there are times to act. Abortion is one of those times to act. Look at this example to try and understand where I’m coming from:
When we’re in a restaurant and a child misbehaves at the next table, we do nothing expecting the parents to take care of the situation. When we see and hear the parents scolding that child or being unusually abrasive in their language to their child, again we don’t jump in because it’s not our business. But if we see a man or a woman pull a gun out or hold a knife to the child’s throat, should we act? Are we supposed to take comfort in the thought of “I wouldn’t do that to my child, but it’s not my business to tell them not to shoot or stab theirs.”?
In the extreme case of physical abuse, especially when it’s a matter of life and death…I believe it is most certainly our business to intervene and help the helpless.
Regarding the lack of understanding between the different economic and political classes, I agree there is certainly a lack of understanding on both sides.
I really wish we as a country could break out of the habit of labeling people and seeing one another as equal in the eyes of God. We all have mouths to feed, bodies to clothe and hopes/dreams for the future. We as a country have to come together as one nation…politics, economics and race aside. I pray that is still possible.
Regarding abortion, adoption and/or raising a child in dire circumstances…I don’t believe killing babies is the answer. Efforts should be made to provide a better life for our nation’s children, not throw everything we have into destroying those lives through legalized abortion.
Concerning marriage…it is simply between one man and one woman. The idea that redefining it to include anything more than that is even being considered churns my stomach. I’m not saying two people can’t love each other and make a commitment to one another. I certainly don’t deny any law-abiding citizen their rights as an American, but I don’t agree with re-writing the law in this country to change something so fundamental as the definition of “marriage”.
If you’d like to read what I originally wrote in response to your comment, you can do so here. Either way, thank you again for stopping by and communicating your view. Have a great day!
Sincerely,
Carrie