cowgirlfromhanna

Hello everyone! I am always looking for new and fun ways to communicate with others, so when my friend "Tuttifruttigirl" told me about this website, I just knew it was for me too! So, about me....I will be 50 on March 24th, yes, the big 50! I am not bummed out about it at all, but rather excited. Life is great, so I am happy to be turning 50! I am retired after many years of working as a paramedic/firefighter and a 911 operator. Yes, I loved my jobs and yes, I love them even more now that they are my former jobs!

I am happily married and have two grown kids. My hubby and I live in NW Indiana on a small farm, where we have quarter horses and miniature donkeys! So in many ways, I am now a "desperate horsewife"

I'm looking forward to meeting several new friends here!

I love many types of music...Josh Groban has the most beautiful voice ever, I really love to watch him perform also. Sara Bareilles and Sara McLaughlin are both favorites of mine and I also love Toby Keith and several other country singers. So, I like a variety of music...very little that I don't like!

I am cross stitch afflicted or addicted--however you want to say it! I rarely sit down without my current project in hand. I really love stitching samplers with houses and farms, barns, etc. that sort of thing. I love the huge very involved pieces...not really into the cute small things....they are nice to look at but I don;t really enjoy doing them much. You can see my work on my personal website! http://cowgirlfromhanna.multiply.com/ It's a great hobby and I've met some wonderful people from all around the world by way of cross stitch forums I belong to! I really like anything related to horses or southwest design and I also love whimsical things like Mary Englebreit's art as well. Some of my favorite things are stationary and greeting cards! I love rubber stamps especially with cute animals on them and also love that silly confetti that you put inside envelopes to make a terrible mess when the recipiant opens their card! And I love sunflowers too..so cheery and bright! I also like things related to nostalgia, like reproduction tin signs and the like.

I also love fun socks! The wackier the better! I have small feet, so usually a womans small size fits me perfect!

Dances with Wolves....my all time favorite....OH gosh I love Kevin Costner in this movie...well..in many movies...hahahahaha, but I also love the horses and the wide open spaces depicted in the show..simply beautiful

Oh..there are too many to list. I am an avid reader and belong to an on-line book swapping club. It is awesome!www.paperbackswap.com ..if you go and decide to join...let me know before you do, so I can get a book credit!! But seriously, one of my very favorite books ever is "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Solomon. I think I may need to read it again...it's been a few years!