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About Me

I have been told that I have a pleasant way with people (but I can be a real bitch when I want to be!) - although I'm somewhat reserved at first once I get to know you I can be a real clown. I was raised with good manners (thanks Mom!) and I try to be courteous to others. I like to sing and dance. Grew up with "Motown" and "Broadway Babies" - does that tell you anything? I HATE to "exercise"! I've always considered myself a sensuous person, but not to extremes. I enjoy a good bottle of wine now and then (although an ice cold beer on a hot summer day goes down easy!). I have 2 cats and a maniac dog (half Husky/half Akita) I am fairly well educated but I never pursued an actual BA or BS degree.....there's too much on my plate now to even consider that! I am very much into gardening and like to "get dirty" in the yard. I like creating and taking on home improvement projects - if I can do it myself I will. I like most kinds of music (not thrash metal or opera!). I've been told that I am a "renessaince woman" which means I am capable of doing all kinds of things and doing them well (I love that!)

My Interests

I really like to get out in the garden and "dig in the dirt" - it is like therapy for me and the dirtier and sweatier I get the more I like it (although mid summer loses its glamour really fast!). I like music - both singing it and listening to it - and like a lot of different styles (everything except thrash metal and opera!). I like animals and have 3 cats - one female tortoise-shell, one male tuxedo and one male siamese - and a 1 1/2 year old half husky/half akita dog. I like dancing and at one time could really move on the dance floor - don't do much of that now due to family obligations but I still "shake it" in my head!

I'd like to meet:

People who are dealing with the same kind of midlife changes that I am - aging of self, health concerns for those we love (husbands/wives/ significant others), aging of parents, life style changes.

Music:

Music is flitting around for me right now - first I'll be listening to country, then rock, then classical. My alltime favorite band is CSNY - for those of you who don't know who that is you are TOO YOUNG! It's Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - the ambassadors of peace rock. I really like just about everything except for thrash metal and opera.

Movies:

Haven't been out to the movies in years! We tend to wait until things come out on DVD and then watch them....the last one I saw was "Mr and Mrs Smith" which I enjoyed because I am both a Brad and an Angelina fan. I like all kinds of movies except the gory ones.

Television:

I am completely devastated because my fave,Chris Daughtry, was sent home from American Idol. I truly believe the show is fixed to who the producers feel is the most marketable to the "Top 40" stations/listeners. Chris will probably be better off not having to cowtow to those idiots and be able to do his music the way he wants. Other than this show (which I doubt that I'll ever watch again - at least until next season!) Sunday nites are my time to for Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy.

Books:

Well, I finally have gotten around to reading a book - "Marley and Me, the tale of the World's Worst Dog". Read the writeup about this book and had to get it because I have such a maniac in my house - I recommend Marley and Me to anyone who has/had/or wants a dog - it will make you laugh out loud and cry softly. It is a wonderful story of a wonderful life. Next on the agenda is "The Secret Life of Bees" - I saw a woman chuckling to herself in an airport waiting area and asked what she was reading that touched her so. She told me and I have remembered it all this time -...

Heroes:

my mother.
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