CURRENT MISSION

cultivate my mini herb garden ...and the list!

ABOUT ME

completely and utterly in love with life.
Constantly desiring to be on the go and moving around but constrainined from doing so.
i am a failr avid reader. Love writning letters...have crap handwriting and spelling though.
My family is very near and dear to me.
hate doing laundry and unloading the dishwasher.
I would go barefoot all the time but its strange in the snow sometimes
I like having 4 seasons
I can cook, sew,build, just about anything with few..er mishaps..
Coffee is a must, booze a pleasure, friends a lifeline.

PHILOSOPHY

I live my life to be me- Like it or not I am who I am. I strive to provide comfort and encouragement to those that I am around.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Open my door and my life to other people!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

wohoo...Chucky picked me up from the airport and gave me and Mary a tour of DC!!!
Looking forward to more in the future :)

Hosted Matt from Sweden-ish on his bike tour :)

spent a glorious amount of time with some great people at a cs meet in Hvitsten Norway..miss you guys allready...

surfed james (livewire) in Stockholm...along with lots of other cool cool people

Met up with Alison (Ali Art) for some great Vietnmese noodle Bowls action

Surfed Justin & Vonny (kleinman) in Minneapolis for Zombie frivolity

Lawrence KS Meeting!

Surfed with Shawna! (shawna_KSU) in Topeka

Surfed with Janna (dreamyeyed) in Palm Desert Ca

Surfed with Camren and Chris (Camren Von Davis) in Boulder Co

Surfed at hotel Frank in Omaha with all kinds of cool Csers!

"surfed" with my parents along with Janna and Justin

MLPS Couchsledding event of wonderfulness

Surfed with Alison (ali_art)

hosted Kerri (silkkat)

MLPS CS POTLUCK

Met up with IC surfers for a Potluck pre-invasion

Surfed Josh

Surfed Cheyene

"surfed" at my parents and Rideshare with vala From Iceland

Surfed Sooze and Gary's for Zombie Pub Crawlings..

Met Up with Sharad for coffee in IC

COuchsurfed Caspars in Berlin ( casparb)

met upwithallllllKinds of crazy cool kids at Camp Casparillo II

Met up with CSERS in Cedar Rapids!

Hosted Marina from Cali

Surfed Natalie ( Nally Wally ) in Madrid

Met Up with Adam from China

Hosted Evelyn and Grant

Meet up with CSers in Cedar Rapids

Hosted David From Germany

Hosted Dima from Ukraine

Met up with Vala

Hosted Kelly

Interests

Where to start....
I love a good conversation- whether its about politics, religion, good beer, music festivals, movies, or just simply stories about peoples experiences...
The smell of Fresh Cut Grass
Reading
Traveling
Learning foreign Languages

Cooking- I probably should have gone to school to be a Chef!!

I like a good glass of wine with a well prepared dinner.
Meeting people from everywhere...
being Barefoot
Canoeing, fishing, Camping

Star Gazing, Swimming
talking
laughing...giggling at that..
winking at strangers

• arts
• music festivals
• festivals
• cooking
• wine
• beer
• coffee
• potluck
• walking
• drinking
• pub crawls
• gardening
• politics
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• crochet
• bouldering
• music
• cycling
• fishing
• hiking
• canoeing
• camping
• swimming
• languages
• religion

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies : The Goonies, Boondock Saints, Princess Bride, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Empire Records >>> those are the favorites... but i dig lots of other too.. in fact entirely more then i am willing to take the time to write down! Adventure/comedy/drama.. but not chick flick drama.. bleck...

i dig music...nuff said....

I love reading- gimme more!!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

horse Backriding in the Black Forest
Midnight Swimming in the Adraiatic Sea
Glacier Hiking in Alaska
Sparkling algae in the fjords of oslo

Teach, Learn, Share

To teach- Instituting my knowledg to someone else...hmmm...I can cook a mean dinner,
open a beer bottle with about anything,

Select German phrases, firebuilding, j-walking, how to make the perfect mix CD, I a mean bartender with a passion for stiff drinks, I can crochet a scarf/hat/blanket/purse, card games are like a second nature to me and I know all kinds of them, how to live love laugh and be

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Germany, United States

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