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My lame attempt to film a bike ride. Yes I'm a dork. ;) Bike Ride - Almaden Lake

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My guilty pleasure... the first band I ever saw live and set me on my groupie ways. ;)
I'm a California native. Have lived here in San Jose most of my life. I have 2 grown daughters. My oldest daughter has been living in THE OC for the past 4 yrs and a recent graduate of UCI...now she's just deciding what to do with her life like I am!! :) My youngest daughter lives here with me and goes to a local college and works tons at the JAMBA. I've "kinda" grown up with my kids and they are awesome! :)...well except for when they're bad. ;)
I LOVE music, and I go to as many concerts as I can. I enjoy traveling and roadtrips. I like the outdoors, hiking and bike riding. We have awesome hiking areas here, and lots of bike trails. A couple of years ago I finally started taking advantage of the beautiful geography I'm surrounded by. I also love the beach, and visit Santa Cruz regularly, and love going to the light house and watching the surfers! The bike trail there is fun too. I'm new to wine tasting trips. I've been to Sonoma, Napa and Santa Ynez wine country. I would love to visit more wineries.

I'm close to my family, and we have a lot of fun together. I'm an Internet and TiVo addict. I love Reality shows the most...not the real cheesy ones tho. I'm a big kid at heart, but have a good foundation and am optimistic by nature.

Career wise, I switched gears a couple of years ago when the dotcom industry tanked. I was an Interactive Designer (web/TV) for many years, back in the ole days of the Internet. Currently I work in law enforcement. It's totally different than my past career, but the work is very stable, interesting and never boring.

I always enjoy meeting new people...who aren't whiners, druggies, negativ-O's, or too freaky. ;) If you're nice...Respond to my blog please!! LOL

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My Interests

Music, Live Concerts, Traveling, California, Hawaii, Road Trips, Hiking, Bike Riding, Camping, Dining Out, Margaritas (on the rocks w/salt!), Wine Tasting, Beer, Family...and motorcycles.

I'd like to meet:

Nice cool people with no major drama! LOL

Music:

The Go-Go's, Indigo Girls, Green Day, Sheryl Crow, Keith Urban, Redd Kross, Loretta Lynn, Elvis, B52's, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Dixie Chicks, Cheap Trick, AC/DC, KISS, The Pretenders, The Clash, The Ramones, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks, Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin, The Delphines, Kathy Valentine, Charlotte Caffey, The Graces, Gina Schock, Jet, Jimmy Eat World, Lisa Marie Presley, The Mamas & the Papas, Wilson Phillips, The Beach Boys, The Staple Singers, The Wallflowers, Gin Blossoms, 80's Music, Motown, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson, Def Leppard, Duran Duran, Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benatar, Heart, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Journey, Van Halen (David Lee Roth era!), Ambrosia, The Bay City Rollers.

Movies:

Vacation, Sixteen Candles, Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Coal Miners Daughter, Pulp Fiction, Mysery...and many others.

Television:

The Sopranos, The Amazing Race, The Food Network, American Idol, Workout.

Books:

I don't read much anymore but I like autobiographies, biographies, travel books, and mostly non-fiction. I like Ann Rule true crime books. The last book I read was "Between A Rock and a Hard Place" by Aron Ralston (the guy trapped in the Utah desert who had to cut off his arm! Very courageous!)

Heroes:

My parents. Heather and Kristen. Corny but true!

My Blog

To the asshole who broke into my car...

I just want to thank the asshole suspect who broke into my car on Friday night in San Francisco...Craig and I went to the city to see Redd Kross play at Slims. Had a great time in the city during the...
Posted by ::DeDe aka Deedles:: on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:19:00 PST

How immature am I?

So the other nite went out with Christine. We went to Los Gatos our usual hangout town. Went to Valerianos to hang out with Frank the bartender (Christine's good friend and neighbor). I had a glass of...
Posted by ::DeDe aka Deedles:: on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:54:00 PST

ABC Survey

You should post your answers on my blog. I will post mine here for ya!??[A] - AVAILABLE??I try and be. ;)??[B]- BirthdayJuly 21?[C] - CRUSHING??- no?[D] - DRINK YOU LAST HAD??Currently SB Americano??[...
Posted by ::DeDe aka Deedles:: on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:54:00 PST

Happy Dispatchers Week

A Tribute To Dispatchers(This was written by the police chief of Loveland, CO)I have found in my law enforcement career thatdispatchers are the unsung heroes of public safety.They miss the excitement...
Posted by ::DeDe aka Deedles:: on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:59:00 PST

7 weird things about me... (you've been tagged!)

7 weird things about me (Nicole made me do this)The first player of this game starts with the "7 weird things/habits about yourself" People who get tagged need to write a blog of their 7 weird things/...
Posted by ::DeDe aka Deedles:: on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:50:00 PST

Old people on myspace!

So Tuesday nite at our softball game, my 19 yo daughter brought 4 of her friends to play with us. It was great because we had a full team for once! So anyhow, her friend Samantha played and was up to ...
Posted by ::DeDe aka Deedles:: on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 11:47:00 PST

A week in Maui w/the family...in pictures

9 of us on the way to the airport in the shuttle...Arriving at the Maui airport, mom and her grandkids (minus baby Kaden who was not able to make the trip with his parents).Mine and the girls luggage ...
Posted by ::DeDe aka Deedles:: on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:08:00 PST

FUN FUN FUN.... part deux!

In my last blog I forgot to mention a few cool things when we were in LA for the Go-Go's show (as noted by Craig). At the Go-Go's show there were a few celebs in the house. It was kinda funny to see. ...
Posted by ::DeDe aka Deedles:: on Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:09:00 PST

FUN FUN FUN!

The summer has been busy and fun so far!Kristen and went to Santa Cruz a few weeks ago and did a short little bike ride. Unfortunately it was so windy we really couldn't enjoy the ride, but we were tr...
Posted by ::DeDe aka Deedles:: on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 04:01:00 PST

I probably shouldn't but.....I can't help myself!

While at Trader Joes yesterday I saw this "person"..... myself and several other customers were shocked! I don't get it!?? Please tell me why someone who is in the process of changing their gender ide...
Posted by ::DeDe aka Deedles:: on Fri, 30 Jun 2006 07:54:00 PST