All About Me


I was going to put in some cutsie pictures or a list ( ala 101 Things) but decided to go with a narrative instead.

I am now forty eight years old much to my mother's horror! I stand a bit on the short side at five feet and three and a half inches and could stand to get myself on an exercise/diet program.. I am married and have a beautiful blonde haired (sometimes), blue eyed (occasionally) daughter named Angela Theresa and a grandson named Isaiah Joseph. I am of Italian heritage as you can see by my daughter's name. I have short dark hair with purpley highlights - (natural too! Lol), my nose and ears are to small for my face and I have greenish eyes which I think are my best feature! I have five brothers and sisters and I am the oldest of the crew. I live by the credo that - "you may have to grow old but you never have to grow up!". I have a loud and sometimes outrageous laugh which I exercise frequently. I try to see the upside of situations and not let things get me down. Depression is not energy efficient at all and just drains you mentally and physically.

Some things that I like and dislike? I love the feel of the wind on my face right before a storm, especially in the summer. The smell of roses early in the morning when I walk out my door can mellow me out for hours. I love reading and can devour an entire book in mere hours. I'll read just about anything. I prefer horror and fantasy and adore reading about fairies and dragons, wizards and witches, and vampires and ghouls! Anne Rice and Brian Lumley are two of my favorite authors. The music I listen to? Almost all of it! Some of my favorite cd's are by Kid Rock, Eminem - (you really do have to listen to the words and get past the cursing) - Nelly, 50 Cent, Chingy, Foghat, Three Dog Night, Toni Braxton, Joe, the soundtrack from Jesus Christ Superstar, as well some beautiful piano concerto's by various artists and one cd of Beethoven's sonata's that I absolutely adore. I also listen to blues, R&B and hip hop. Go figure. I am umbilicaly  attached to my computer and have taken it apart and put it back together several times. I like to sketch although I haven't in ages. I can crochet and I love craft projects. I love the outdoors and a walk in the woods on a cool autumn day is pure bliss to me. I hate the sizzling heat of summer and pray for winter until it gets here. Then I want it to be summer again. My favorite seasons are fall and spring. Kittens are my favorite animals. I own two cats which are members of the family, not pets. Candles, and incense can be found in every room of my home. Mmmmm, sandalwood, jasmine, and vanilla in most rooms and some fresh green apple scent in the kitchen for the summer and spring, apple and cinnamon for the fall and winter .I like snakes and find them both fascinating and beautiful and I'm terrified of spiders and heights. It's not the falling as they say, it's the sudden stop. I still want to try skydiving and parasailing though. Dislikes? Liver and dentists! Lol

I am very sentimental and save things that most people would have thrown away two minutes after they were in their possession. I still have a piece of driftwood that my cousin Cindy brought me back over ten years ago from one of her vacations. I don't even remember where she got it from but that's not important. It still sits in my living room along with an odd assortment of expensive and inexpensive items that somehow seem to work when you put them all together. I can tell you where each one came from and most if not all pieces come with a story. I cry when I hear sappy songs and nothing can bring a tear to my eye and a lump in my throat faster than listening to "I Hope You Dance". I get my feelings hurt fairly easily but try hard not to show it. I am a procrastinator and have been all my life but I get fits of energy and ambition all at once and try to get everything caught up in one day. That never happens.  I am an overprotective mother and would harm anyone who hurt my child, even in jest. She's perfect don't you know? I have a nasty temper and I either go off rockets and bombs bursting and quickly cool or I can simmer calmly and explode suddenly. I never could get my temper under control. It's one of my faults. (I have several) I'm more of a night person than a day person and frequently bemoan the fact that the night doesn't last near as long as it should. It's quiet, calm and comforting at night when the whole world is silent and you're the only one who exists. I like to be alone at times and I'm seldom lonely. I enjoy my own company and I'm pretty comfortable with who I am. I make no excuses for myself and have learned that no matter who you are or what kind of person you are, there are people out there who aren't going to like you. The trick is to realize that it's okay and to move on. It's probably not all that important anyway. Not everyone is going to like you no matter who you are or what you do. I never try to intentionally hurt anyone although more times than not I have said things without thinking. I am what you call brutally honest and sometimes I can be naive. I consider myself a fairly intelligent person. I'm happy for all the things I've experienced in life, good and bad because it made me the person that I am today. I enjoy life and even though it throws you more curves sometimes than a warped rollercoaster that's okay because it all comes out fine in the end and hopefully you've learned something from it.

This is me.