Her parents were forever remodeling their old farmhouse--just as they finished renovating the last room 15 years had gone by and they started all over again! Kim and her husband have renovated every home they ever lived in including a mobile home, a tiny 1940s GI tract house in Madison, and now their turn-of-the-century farm house on Ridge Road.
Kim adored all the animals on her parents' farm. She filled notebooks with elaborate stories of herself as a veterinarian and farmer (and sometimes as a heroine in fantastic tales filled with magical animal creatures). As an English major at UW Oshkosh, Kim continued to enjoy invention as a poet and editor at The Wisconsin Review. She went on to UW Eau Claire to earn her master's degree in English and completed a thesis on Margaret Cavendish, Dutchess of Newcastle.
In 2001, Kim and Kirk moved back to Fond du Lac to begin married life. Kim found work as a secretary at Giddings and Lewis. Fortuitously, she was asked to take part in First Responder training. As the emergency training progressed Kim's earliest yearnings to practice veterinary medicine re-emerged. After studying at UW Fond du Lac and UW Oshkosh (this time in the science department), Kim was one of the 84 students selected to join the School of Veterinary Medicine in Madison, Wisconsin.
Studying veterinary medicine did not prevent Kim from raising a family. By graduation, the Everson family included a 4-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl. While practicing as a small animal veterinarian in Eden, the family welcomed another little boy.
Desiring to recreate the idyllic rural childhoods of their youth, Kim and Kirk undertook major renovation projects on Ridge Road in Van Dyne. On the neighboring farm, they started Compost Joe's Premium Soils and Organics. The entire family enjoys creating and promoting the organic soil amendments with manager Aunt Sarah. The latest (and greatest!?!) project is the development of Kim's on-site veterinary practice St. Bernard's Animal Medical Center, open for business since fall 2011!
The following people are Kim's inspiration for wanting to do something BIG with her life--become a veterinarian! They are also her motivation as she develops her farm-based practice.
