I had my first child at 24 and my last at 42. My youngest is 15 and still at home. My 7th grandchild is busy preparing for it's grand entrance into the world in April 2026.

I've had dairy goats🐐 for the past 10 years but recently sold them for a new stage of life. We're keeping the chickens🐔 and cats🐈, though.

Window painting has always been a part of my life, and I'm planning to expand into mural painting🖌 this year.

I was born in the Pacific Northwest 🌦, but I've been an Arizonan since 2014. 🌞

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

Our family couchsurfed a lot in 2013-2014, and it was a great experience. Since then we haven't been able to host, but I would like to start doing that, even if it's only one person at a time.
I'm also planning to travel more.

兴趣

• chickens
• reading
• painting
• sewing
• goats
• quilting

音乐、电影和书籍

Music-I like a lot of different styles. Country to classical, jazz to pop, and more

Books-Yes, please! I'm sure I own a couple thousand books, I just don't have enough shelves! Mysteries and romance are my favorites, but I read non-fiction as well. Two books that I think should be required reading are Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, and Education of a Wandering Man by Louis L'Amour.

Movies-a few I can watch over and over are Support Your Local Sheriff, Ever After, Transporter, The Hunt for Red October, Jungle Book, Strictly Ballroom

教，学，和分享

I love to teach! I can tell you about raising dairy goats and making cheese and other things, raising chickens for eggs and meat, butchering, window painting, being a homeschooling mom, canning food, making fermented food, home birth.