About me

I’m a former 6th grade teacher, but now work for a non-profit, mostly from home. I have an independent 😀 & bright (but sometimes moody) 15 year old daughter and a kind, smart, & funny husband. He and I met in the local scuba diving club, and our daughter is also certified. There’s an entirely other world under the water and it’s so peaceful and beautiful! Although I’ve lived in the South my entire life, I dream of living in a cool climate (menopause has greatly increased this desire 😓) and of snow falling on Christmas Day ❄️ . I fantasize about having a home in Colorado. I love snow! ‘Round here, 6” or more means school & appointments are called off and most people get an unexpected free day, which I LOVE! (Make a roaring crackling fire, bake, craft, shovel, nap, shoot pics)

I read a newspaper daily and particularly enjoy Miss Manners, Jumble, and advice columns (Carolyn Hax is so wise). I miss Dave Barry’s weekly column, Farside, and Calvin & Hobbs, but now laugh at Zits, Dilbert and Pluggers.

What I like to do

• gardening, (growing mostly flowers)
• visiting state & national parks
• going to art museums
• looking at gardens
• walking wooded trails,
• reading (novels & news)
• cooking
• crafting
• traveling

We live on a few acres so I enjoy seeing the wildlife, in particular the birds. I typically have a bluebird family in the spring & it’s exciting watching the full progression! I love trees and find bugs 🐛 🐜 🕷 & snakes 🐍 interesting. They’re around here all the time, so we get along just fine.

I make an effort to live environmentally-friendly (e.g., I recycle, reduce, reuse & compost, try to reduce my use of single-use plastics)

🐈 I have 2 orange tabby cat boys whom I adore. 🐈

Particular ** favorite** things: are

COFFEE

coffee flavored candy & desserts, lattes, espresso, coffee cups, quotes about coffee, chocolate covered espresso beans, demitasse cups, think the Bubba Gump shrimp guy talking about shrimp...that’s me with coffee

I also like

comical items! To get an idea of my sense of humor, I find very funny:

• David Sedaris
• Andy Griffith & Barney
• Dave Barry
• Mike & Molly
• Brady Bunch
• Everybody Loves Raymond
• Seinfeld
• Key & Peel
• Brooklyn 99

ITEMS I FIND ENDEARING

MINIATURES

——————- even odd things like a tiny screw, tiny piece of satin ribbon, or an itty bitty feather. Doll house things like a tiny Kleenex box or a miniature book make me lose my mind!

I like tiny things, sparkles

• hippos, 🦛 especially baby hippos
• pastels, especially periwinkle
• flowers; my favorite is a bluet; not a fan of roses
• cute baby animals. What baby isn’t cute?
• birds, real or drawn
• trees 🌲
• anything having to with Thomas Jefferson
• anything with a bicycle 🚲
• clocks & watches ⏰

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• photos of all sorts, especially close ups

Robert Llewellen’s photographs amaze me! robertllewellyn

## I also really like

• early photos of famous people
• Quaint churches ⛪ with simple steeples
• colored or shaped paper clips & cute binder clips
• origami
• cute sticky notes (all sizes)
• small matchbox crafts
• tiny bottles (like old perfume bottles)
• magazine ads with odd photos

• interesting ideas about life in the future

• natural items found outside. I usually have a bowl which I fill with natural finds I like: a feather, a tiny pine cone, a colorful stone or one in a particular shape, some interesting seeds, a pretty leaf, etc.

Books I’ve particularly enjoyed:

• All the Light We Cannot See
• Dress Your Children in Corduroy & Denim
• Gone Girl
• Angela’s Ashes
• Prince of Tides
• The Poisonwood Bible
• Go Ask Alice

TV Shows that have been favorites include: -———————————————————

• The Kids are Alright
• Frasier
• Six Feet Under
• Breaking Bad
• Mr Mercedes
• Seinfeld
• Stranger Things
• Mrs. Maisel (those outfits! Wow!)
• America’s Test Kitchen
• Brooklyn 99
• Barefoot Contessa
• The Kids Are Alright, and. .....dare I admit it?.... The Pimple Popper

Movies I’ve loved

• The Wife
• Fargo
• the Sound of Music
• Harold & Maude
• We Need to Talk about Kevin
• A Christmas Story
• It’s a Wonderful Life
• Elf
• The Usual Suspects
• Shawshank Redemption

Inserts I’d like

I’m delighted with tiny stickers or cute postage stamps or little cute pictures cut from magazines.

NOT INTO

• Goth
• mustard yellow
• religious stuff (but do like holiday icons like bunnies & holly & gingerbread houses.
• people’s whose “Dislikes” lists are too long

postcard favorites

• Photos of old cars, rustic homes, antiques,
• outdoor clocks
• churches,
• mailboxes,
• streetcars,
• maps,
• trees,
• musicians,
• iron fences,
• steam trains,
• art photos,
• black & white photos,
• postcards of famous people in their early days
• old maps