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Married

Hometown

Mobile, Alabama

Places I've been

High School Name (City, State)
Toolen
Occupation(s)
Secretary at Hospital. Diabetic Education
Lived in Germany 82-84 and 88-90. Traveled a lot. Lots to see in Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, and Austria. 2 trips to UK. Especially enjoyed Folk Costume & Dance events. Up and down the Rhine many times. Anyone else think the Moselle is more picturesque than the Rhine? My favorite place is Vienna. Love the music and history of that city. Went to a lot of Zoos which I really love. Growing up I traveled a bit on the train. To St. Louis & Chicago. NYC in c.57, NewYearsEve in TimesSquare. To see Mummers in Philadelphia NewYear's Day. Many trips to Florida. St. Augustine one of my favorite places. Also like Cherokee,N.C.

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 I really enjoy  the Internet....for research of books I read and want to read; interests such as horses, cats, Russian art, Royalty now and then, British History, webcams in remote and faraway places, learning about all the new countries in Eastern Europe, and Africa...No limit...I feel sorry for  people who don't realize that the Internet has everything on it....Not just dangerous topics, and /or child molestors.   Parents need to keep a very close watch on their children online.  

When I am looking up something online, I find that one thing leads to another.   Book reviews, movie reviews.  My eyesight is getting bad from too much scrolling....lol

I am presently very involved in gardening...Flowers and a few vegetables.  I have several kinds of tomatoes, zuchini and yellow squash, beans, cucumbers and bell peppers.    It is very time consuming to be successful. My dream is to have something in bloom all year round.  It can be done, but takes a lot of planning, a bit of $$ and ability to get up and down, up and down......and where I live .......put up with intense heat and humidity.

I live in a hurricane prone area.   I was anxious enough BEFORE Katrina.....But now I find hurricane season keeps me on pins and needles a lot.   I would truly love to move away from here, but that is a hard thing to do when you are over 60 years old, and have accumulated tons of "belongings"....     

I work part time, and visit the library as often as I can.  

  Love to watch any winter sports, and am always glued to the TV during Winter Olympics.  

 

Favorite Movies

Giant, Being There, True Grit, Edward Scissorhands, Titanic, My Fair Lady, Hotel Rwanda, all Hitchcock, all Indiana Jones, Paint Your Wagon, Lost Horizon (both versions), Passage to India, The Man Who Would be King, Auntie Mame, all Marx Brothers, the old ones with Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, Young Frankenstein, Ghostbusters, Apocalypto, Cabaret and Breakfast at Tiffany's, all Harry Potter movies.

Favorite TV Shows

24 ! and LOST if it ever comes back on sometimes SciFi channel. Discovery Channel, A&E Keeping Up Appearances & Are You Being Served. Love Green Acres.

Activities

mixed media art projects. Collages. rubber stamping. crossword puzzles. Collecting Marjolein Bastien.

Favorite Charities

Ronald McDonald House.

Favorite Music

yes....I said Disco. Most Classical. Most Soul music. Elton John. Johnny Mathis. Streisand. Corrine Bailey Rae. 50s-60's. Trans Siberian Orchestra. Rhapsody in Blue--a masterpiece !

Favorite Books

anything by Bill Bryson. Mosquito Coast. anything by Rosamund Pilcher. Prince of Tides. Koontz, Gail Godwin. Robin Cook. (I know it says books, but I can't remember all the titles) therefore -- authors.

Favorite People

Bill Cosby, Audrey Hepburn, Gerald Durrell, the late Steve Irwin, Princess Diana.

Favorite Places

London, (or anywhere in England) Heidelberg, Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland. Belgium. Netherlands. Vienna.

Favorite Animals

Siamese cats, Friesian, Haflinger, Clydesdales and Gypsy Vanner horses. Meerkats. Lemurs. Any of the jungle cats. most dog breeds--Brussells Griffon for the little ones --- Salukis for the large one. Tropical birds. A hilarious looking little lizard from Australia, the Thorny Devil. Look him up !

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