CURRENT MISSION

enjoy, create, explore, be happy!

ABOUT ME

I love hanging out with friends, teaching Pilates, and eating & drinking quality foods, beer, & coffee.  I'm pretty much a goof ball and love to laugh.  I am an entrepreneur- opened my own Pilates studio in March, 2011.  My newest hobby is knitting.  I am interested in traveling to almost anywhere in the world that I can.  I am "down to earth" and feel it very important to make and keep good honest connections with people. 

PHILOSOPHY

The only constant is change. Be honest, not only to others but to yourself. Each person knows something given to you at birth; all you have to do is ask sincerely. Question (everything). Find a mentor or listen to elders, b/c when they're gone so is their wisdom of the world. Love. Walk in beauty. Have patience. We think the golden egg is way over there when it's right here all the time, you'll be happy when you share that. When you're happy, all of you are together. Get your hands dirty it will keep your head clean. Don't waste it, use it. Shut up and paint. Have gratitude and forgive.

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest criticism and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty and find the best in others; to leave the world a little bit better whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived- this is to have succeeded. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The sign of success is getting up after failing for the 10th time. -Abraham Lincoln
You are never strong enough that you do not need help. -Cesar Chavez
Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things. -George Carlin

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've heard nothing but good things about the CS project, so I'm excited to be involved.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I heard from friends in Boone, NC about the program and met a girl who was traveling through.

Interests

• pets
• singing
• beauty
• festivals
• beer
• coffee
• pilates
• drinking
• gardening
• traveling
• knitting
• painting
• entrepreneurship

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I & ~50 classmates sang in the Duomo in Florence, Italy on Easter Sunday, 2004. We were in an international singing festival and did very well in competition.

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