Thread: What do you like ?

Hi me again !! lol Well I need to get to know you all more, and what better way than to ask I thought !! I'm kind of like that, what you see is what you get and I am pretty straight forward, you might have guessed that by now !! lol So an easy one to start of with, what kind of hobbies (apart from your beautiful MCs) do you all like ? Anything ! no I really mean anything, my lips are sealed, it wont go any further I promise ! lol Is it collecting (MCs dont count !! lol), or rock climbing, maybe line dancing !! lol I wont judge I promise so if you have a secret I wont tell, you can share with me, I am the soul of discretion, I used to be a Samaritain (oh thats true by the way) so you cant shock, besides I am to old to shock !! lol

Well let me see I will go first, cos I know it can be difficult, tiny steps and all !! lol I love my babies ! All of them ! and I love horse riding, and grooming and mucking out and being in the field up to my neck in horses ! Sarah and I also rescue horses and its a great feeling when they come to live with us and they probably havent seen a meal in years, some dont even know what a meal is never mind a cuddle and a groom, oh and a nice cosy stable with haylage on tap and jammies to put on, on a cold winter night ! And within 3 - 4 months they are so different, getting health and the love they give you its immense ! I also love reading, mostly a good murder ! lol Cant beat a good who done it !

Right thats me, well a bit of me anyway, so what about you, come on dont be shy, you are already here you may as well post, yeah !

Hi ChrisX
I think it really says a lot for a person who can love and take care of animals. It shows that they think more of others than themselves. It is very honorable and unselfish. I believe you get what you give and with animals that is a lot. I love my family, beagles and kitty, my daughter's Australian shepherd. I feed pretty much every critter that runs, walk or flies through my yard! I like to read, mostly fantasy now, witches, dragons, vampires and such. Although I too enjoy a good murder mystery. Some of my favorite authors are Dean koontz, Janet Vanovich, Kim Harrison. I also like to crochet and knit, this tends to be a winter hobby. My hubby and I like to ride our Harley Davidson Street Glide in the summer, here in Minnesota that is about 5 months give or take. We like to tour the US and meet new people and enjoy each others company. Minnesota is a big state filled with hard wood trees and many lakes, warm days and cool nights. It is nice to meet such wonderful people online! Best wishes! Donna

Originally Posted by donnad

Hi ChrisX
I think it really says a lot for a person who can love and take care of animals. It shows that they think more of others than themselves. It is very honorable and unselfish. I believe you get what you give and with animals that is a lot. I love my family, beagles and kitty, my daughter's Australian shepherd. I feed pretty much every critter that runs, walk or flies through my yard! I like to read, mostly fantasy now, witches, dragons, vampires and such. Although I too enjoy a good murder mystery. Some of my favorite authors are Dean koontz, Janet Vanovich, Kim Harrison. I also like to crochet and knit, this tends to be a winter hobby. My hubby and I like to ride our Harley Davidson Street Glide in the summer, here in Minnesota that is about 5 months give or take. We like to tour the US and meet new people and enjoy each others company. Minnesota is a big state filled with hard wood trees and many lakes, warm days and cool nights. It is nice to meet such wonderful people online! Best wishes! Donna

Hi Donna, thanks for taking time to post. You really have an interesting life. And I agree about the animals you just get so much back from them. Like you I cant help myself from feeding and looking after all the waifs and strays !! lol Although we now have our own stables we have been on yards where i have fed other peoples horses because they werent being fed by their owners, on one occasion I actually got my vet out to someone elses horse because he was just dumped there and left ! Cant help it, I hate seeing an animal suffer.

Oh how lucky are you to have beagles (lovely) and an australian shepherd they are so unusual, we dont see many here in Scotland. What a wonderful way to see your country from the back of a Harley ! wow ! and arent you lucky to have a summer ! lol its sort of a hit and miss if we get one over here !! lol We have lovely loch's over here and some beautiful country up the north of Scotland that is mostly where I spend my holidays if I have one. Your state of Minnesota is probably about five times as big as the whole of Scotland !! lol you are lucky.

I have read Dean Koontz he is like James Herbert, James Herberts 'the cottage' is a good read if you are looking for something to pass a few hours away !

I am afraid the only vampire that I really like is Angel (David Boreanaz) have the whole box set ! lol And you mention crochet and knitting, its been so long since I knitted but now Brooke is here I will probably take it up again, it is very relaxing dont you think ? I could never get my head around a crochet needle, would love to be able to do it but nope, my head just wont go there !! lol

I agree to that it is so nice meeting like minded people online who are so genuinely nice, the world is full of such hate and to have a nice little safe haven to come to of an evening is so comforting.

Thanks again for posting Donna I really have enjoyed reading more about you, and I hope to learn more to as time goes on, I feel so lucky to meet new friends x

hello hello!
You are people after my own heart! enjoying life and what it gives them, and bearly giving much thought about whatever is not so good....

My first loves are my Pirate (Neevie), and my husband - the order depends on how badly they behave. My 4 sisters, though they are far.
I also love reading, anything sci-fy and fantasy.
Lately I love gardening, we moved into this house we're in just under 2 years ago, because we lived in a flat and I had been starved of gardening for too long - yesterday I spent my day digging from 10AM till 4PM (ended up with a bit of a red nose actually, although it wasn't so sunny) - any flowers or vegetables a bit funny looking I'll want to grow them - doesn't mean I'm any good at it, last year the only thing I managed to harvest was a teacup full of tiny unripened tomatoes, in october. This year I have good hope, I have 3 kinds of funny looking French pumpkins (I'm french, though I have been in the UK for 17 years now - every time I go to France to visit my family I bring back some funny seeds), 3 types of tomatoes, one purple, and two Ukrainian ones (my husband is Ukrainian) - French provence peas, and a whole lot of different sorts of Ukrainian radishes. OK don't get me started on gardening... not normally the best topic to talk about to keep people awake.
I don't have children - don't want any, although I love my nieces and nephew I'm really happy to leave the responsibility of raising them to my sisters.
I also tend to feed anything that comes through my garden - we have a least weasle coming to visit from time to time, I put some of Neevie's dry food on the window to see if it will eat them - didn't so far. I names him Basil-the-Weasle. I have to name my 4 legged visitors, it's a tradition. I had a hedgehog last year called Samson-le-Herisson (herisson = hedgehog in french)
I love going to visit our Ukrainian family in the summer - they also have a big garden I can "roll around in the mud" in... It's usually warm in the summer there, about 30 to 38 degrees celcius in general, and really good soil, so pretty much anything grows! the house is near a river where we go swimming.... just ideal back-to-basics kind of life, lovely.
I also love cooking, but then the cleaning after is daunting so I just don't do it so often. I love mess... my husband doesn't....
mmm gardening, cooking, reading... I'm only 42 so I'll add kick boxing and dancing - which I do like, even though it doesn't really reach the level of "love".

Originally Posted by Alekto

hello hello!
You are people after my own heart! enjoying life and what it gives them, and bearly giving much thought about whatever is not so good....

My first loves are my Pirate (Neevie), and my husband - the order depends on how badly they behave. My 4 sisters, though they are far.
I also love reading, anything sci-fy and fantasy.
Lately I love gardening, we moved into this house we're in just under 2 years ago, because we lived in a flat and I had been starved of gardening for too long - yesterday I spent my day digging from 10AM till 4PM (ended up with a bit of a red nose actually, although it wasn't so sunny) - any flowers or vegetables a bit funny looking I'll want to grow them - doesn't mean I'm any good at it, last year the only thing I managed to harvest was a teacup full of tiny unripened tomatoes, in october. This year I have good hope, I have 3 kinds of funny looking French pumpkins (I'm french, though I have been in the UK for 17 years now - every time I go to France to visit my family I bring back some funny seeds), 3 types of tomatoes, one purple, and two Ukrainian ones (my husband is Ukrainian) - French provence peas, and a whole lot of different sorts of Ukrainian radishes. OK don't get me started on gardening... not normally the best topic to talk about to keep people awake.
I don't have children - don't want any, although I love my nieces and nephew I'm really happy to leave the responsibility of raising them to my sisters.
I also tend to feed anything that comes through my garden - we have a least weasle coming to visit from time to time, I put some of Neevie's dry food on the window to see if it will eat them - didn't so far. I names him Basil-the-Weasle. I have to name my 4 legged visitors, it's a tradition. I had a hedgehog last year called Samson-le-Herisson (herisson = hedgehog in french)
I love going to visit our Ukrainian family in the summer - they also have a big garden I can "roll around in the mud" in... It's usually warm in the summer there, about 30 to 38 degrees celcius in general, and really good soil, so pretty much anything grows! the house is near a river where we go swimming.... just ideal back-to-basics kind of life, lovely.
I also love cooking, but then the cleaning after is daunting so I just don't do it so often. I love mess... my husband doesn't....
mmm gardening, cooking, reading... I'm only 42 so I'll add kick boxing and dancing - which I do like, even though it doesn't really reach the level of "love".

Another reader, and of the fiction kind to ! that is so reassuring ! lol Oh Alekto how I envy you ! You love gardening, i really really would love to be able to find gardening as exciting as you do. I have a garden, well its supposed to be one !! lol And you are so adventurous with your growing, and veggies that I have never heard of it must be exciting to see what your seeds are going to grow up to be ! So if you are ever at a loose end my garden is at your disposal !! lol I dont know anything about soil but it does grow weeds very well !!! lol Dont dismiss this offer after all I know you go to the Ukraine to do gardens !! lol

So you are a european family, french and ukrainian how wonderful, so how did you meet hubby ? I have to say I have never visited either country but would love you to tell me more. Your parent in laws sound as if they have a wonderful home how lucky you are to have the best of both worlds.

I know many people who have chosen not to have children but like you they enjoy their neices and nephews, and lets face it you can hand them back to their parents anytime you like !! lol

So you are another feeder of everything furry ! I am beginning to get the impression we are all like minded ! We just cant abide seeing a furrbie and not being able to make life easier for them. I love the names you pick and learned something new today I didnt know herisson was the french for hedgehog ! lol

Im with you on the cooking, i love it to but hate doing the washing up !! lol i am more of a baker now, cakes disappear very quickly when my family comes around !! lol

And you just throw in kick boxing and dancing ! You must be very fit to ! How on earth did you get into kick boxing ? Dancing in my youth but not so much now, unless you peeked through my window late at night when i have some music on, although it only passes as my dancing !!! lol

Thanks Alekto for posting I have enjoyed reading your post so much and now I know more about you its so nice of you to share with me, new friends are so lovely. x

I love this site for giving us a place come together from all over the world to share the love for our Maine Coons.

My husband and I live in Arizona but I am still a Colorado girl at heart and spend as much time as possible in Colorado during the summer when Phoenix reaches 110F. (Happily Buzz and Baxter like traveling in the car so it will be easy to take them when we drive.) My daughters, granddaughters, parents, sister, two brothers, nieces and nephews live in Colorado. My step daughter, husband and baby grandson live in Nebraska. We would be lonely in Arizona but happily everyone loves to visit AZ in the winter so our guest rooms are usually filled with family and friends.

I am grateful for everything in my life - even the bad - as I wouldn't be who or where I am without the "growing" experiences.

I have lived in São Paulo and Rio Brasil and Bogota Colombia. My ex worked for an international company. One of our daughters was born in São Paulo and the other in Rio. I returned to the US after eight years leaving my ex and our Old English Sheepdog behind. I loved the chance to live in other countries and travel to many unusual places while we were there and wouldn't have changed a thing other than (in a perfect world)... the ending of my marriage.

That may have been too much info! The biggest joy in my life is my husband, family (especially the grandchildren) Buzz and Baxter and our friends. I love golfing, reading, computers, DIY projects (when I have time), entertaining and traveling (except I miss the boys). We've had many special animal friends throughout the years - dogs, horses, turtles, rabbits, birds and of course, kitties. My husband and I import granite, sinks, faucets and other kitchen and bath products. Our business has been good to us and we are thankful every day as we took most of our retirement money, my husband quit his job and we decided to just go for it at 52! Who does that?!!! Gives me the shakes now as I think of the risk but at the time I knew this new adventure would be interesting wherever it took us.

I am now 61 - how did THAT happen??? My granddaughter asked me when she was six after noticing a few wrinkles, if I knew I was getting them and if I thought I would be around much longer!!! Out if the mouth of babes but such a good laugh! My other granddaughter at four observed that my elbows were kind of crunchy!

I think that about does it from me - can't really think of anyway to follow up that last piece of info! I look forward to my visits here and the sharing. Blessings to you all.

Thanksgiving 2013. Christmas in Colorado 2013. Buzz and Baxter 6 months.