CURRENT MISSION

Handstand, trapeze.

ABOUT ME

Have a lot of kids, so have learned to be flexible and quick on my feet. I have sadly also acquired ADD and Noun-deficiency syndrome. I like wine, craft beers, and organic/free trade coffee. I am a good cook and most U.S. restaurants leave me disappointed. We make pizza most weekends. I'm a freegan-paleo-vegetarian-flexitarian. I like to go on walks, try desperately to dance, and like to think that I could paint and draw.

PHILOSOPHY

Make heaven on earth.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Check in when I can. My couches are sometimes available. Right now I have 2 long term guests in bedrooms, a short term guest in the guest room, and a 19yo couch surfer-turned-adopted-son. We rarely have lines at the bathrooms.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

When I was 11, my father took me to Europe for 3 weeks. In Grenoble, we met a young man biking across Europe. My father invited him to come back to our apartment to have a shower, a hot meal and sleep on the couch that night. I don't even remember his name, but I have a photo with him. My father remembers his name.

Since then, I have invited people to surf on over to my parents' house or mine. We have hosted a family that records conventions and goes city to city. A family moving from SC to CA- with 6 children and a uHaul. People who were travelling the US to visit every state, in a 5th Wheel. Families moving from WA to GA and from GA to WA (a week apart from each other Haha). And a farmer and his wife who just wanted to come to the big city for a weekend off.

Personally I have couch surfed while traveling in D.C., PA, KY, CA, WA, OR.

Interests

I will stop to look at architecture, art. I like color and line. I do a little something every day to improve my surroundings or read to improve my mind and develop my thoughts. I also like to clean. I prefer to clean other's homes, strangely enough.

• chickens
• arts
• architecture
• coloring
• dancing
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• vegetarian
• gardening
• traveling
• knitting
• painting
• drawing
• cycling
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Currently reading Anna Karenina.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

D-Day beaches at Normandy. Deception Pass in WA state. Grand Canyon. Sacre Coeur. 22 day trip to 12 European cities, never staying in a hotel.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach: I have chickens and some urban gardening going on, maybe I know enough to help you start? I have also homeschooled for 20 years.
Learn: I would like to learn more about Tilapia raising. I could use a knitting refresher. I would like to learn to ball room dance.
Share: I'm an over-sharer, watch out. LOL

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States