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Relationship

Married. Interested in meeting people for friendship and meeting people for networking

Places I've been

Cape Cod, MA; Washington DC; Mobile, AL; New Orleans, MS; San Francisco,CA; Paris, Nice, London, Bern, Rome, Monte Carlo, Munich, Austria, etc.

More about me

For the past 12 years, I have  worked in a program for adults with developmental disabilitites.  I also have two grown children that I am extremely proud of!

 

I am also Red Cross, giving disaster preparedness presentations to groups, teaching others how to be better prepared for the disasters that can strike our area.  I teach CPR/AED and First Aid, and with my Disaster Action Team (DAT) go to local disasters, such as house fires, to canteen the firefighters and to start the family affected on the road to recovery.

 

I'm also on the local Disaster Services Human Resources Team (DSHR) going to local, national disasters, such as the Missouri flooding and local tornadoes.  Because of my other committments, I can't go to the large national disasters elsewhere, such as Katrina and Ike, but I sure salute those who do!

 

It is my devout wish that every American would learn to prepared for the KNOWN disasters that could affect their area, and make a 72-hour kit for themselves and their family.

 

Visit the 'Disaster Preparedness' group on Eons, for lots of information.  Find quick, easy and many inexpensive tips to safeguard your family.

 

I also belong to a group that matches our military serving overseas with stateside pen pals, who send them cards, letters and I-Care packages.  Visit the 'Reagan Roundup' group here on Eons.  These guys and gals sacrifice a lot for us and are so appreciative of a few kind words and maybe some homemade goodies to share with their battle buddies!

Favorite Movies

The African Queen, The Gods Must be Crazy, Casablanca, The Lord of the Ring series, and the Harry Potter movies

Activities

American Red Cross -- teaching CPR, First Aid & AED, giving Disaster Preparedness Presentations, going to local disasters to aid families who lose their homes to fires and to canteen the firefighters -- C.E.R.T. (training civilians to be first responders in a major disaster), reading, movies, herbal lore, gardening, canning, pickling, playing the dulcimer, cooking, baking, new recipes. Latest hobbies - cracking old Master combination locks (can't crack the newer ones!) -- more fun than Sudoku! and learning American Sign Language.

Favorite Charities

American Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts

Favorite Books

Many of the classics, espionage, mystery and of late, the Harry Potter series!

Favorite Quotes

'How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world!' ~ Anne Frank. "When Life Hands You Scurvy -- Make Lemonade!" ~ You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give. - Kahlil Gibran ~ "You can get straight A's but still flunk life." ~ Walker Percy. 'If it (the experience) doesn't kill you, you can learn from it!' - my daughter, after showing 'Elvis' at a horse show, just about the worst-tempered horse I've ever been around. "Women are like teabags ~ you don't know how strong they can be until you put them in hot water!"

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