A BIT ABOUT ME

I have put off doing this page to the very last. It is the most difficult. What about me? How pretentious. Does anyone really want to know? Arrghhhh. But something nudges me to include it on this page, maybe there is one curious soul.

I am a female, 45 years old with two grown sons. I have a wonderful husband, one cat and one dog. I work during the day at an office filled with wonderful people; in the evening in a home filled with love and peace. I am blessed.

I am a crafter. I love to knit, crochet, sew, (dolls and all that "fun stuff" - nothing useful, -- PLEASE don't ask me to hem something!) cook and write. Well, I write journals filled with thoughts important to probably no one but myself. But I still do it with relish. I have become obsessed with the mastery of the HTML language and WebPage creation. There are sometimes not enough hours in the day!!!!

I am obsessed with leaving something behind when I leave this plane of existence. Some type of legacy, be it family, friends, or items I have crafted by my own hands. Something that someone will someday pick up, albeit probably at a garage sale or junk shop, but something that will make the person wonder, "Hmmmm, I wonder whose hands formed this?"

I am impatient and tend to procrastinate. I don't do anger well and believe that tension and conflict are the true "enemy".

I am an "educated" person by "this" culture's standard in that I have received a college degree. (One I do not use, by the way) I am attractive, though I tend to lean to the "bit heavy" end of the scale unless constantly on the alert for the errant calorie that will inevitably deposit the 5 extra inches to my hips.

I am a caretaker. The Creator and Director of my universe has shouldered me (and my dear husband) with the responsibility of caring for an elderly father. Now, I know I am not the person to question the wisdom of the Divine Creator - but me? I struggled with parenthood, and though I love my sons passionately, when they finally grew up and moved out, and it became apparent that they weren't sociopaths or anything else scary--well, I rejoiced Folks! I really did!. Now, I am the parent of *a parent*. And this situation is even more difficult than the other. Have you ever tried to send a 79 year old man to his room for being difficult and uncooperative?

I am a very solitary person, tending to have few, but close friends. I love to be alone, as does my husband. This, obviously, is one of the reasons we have such a wonderful relationship. It is wonderful to be able to enjoy solitude in the presence of another person. Yes, I repeat, I am blessed.

Well, I guess the above pretty much sums up who I am . For further information and insight, you might want to check out my on-line journal. For a private person I am, apparently, terribly voyeuristic. Consequently I fill, with glee, pages and pages of cyberspace with a little daily history of this middle aged woman's life.