Dotto7

This page was updated January 15, 2009

I am a stay at home Mom/Grandma with three children and two grandchildren.

Bob and I have a daughter, Melissa (June 1976), a daughter, Sarah (April 1979) who has two children,
Alexandria (August 2000) and Joshua (November 2006) with her former partner, John
and our wonderful son, Kenny (August 1991).

Burlington, Ontario, Canada is the city we are happy to call home.
Bob is a Vice President of Commercial Lending and a Business Centre Manager
for a major Canadian Bank, in another city.

I was born on August 24th, 1952, in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada,
so I'm now officially over the hill and loving it.

Bob and I will be married 35 years in May 2009.

Then Now

May 2008

Here's one taken in the early 70s that sat by Bob's bedside all through university.

Some Of My Other Interests Include....

Fav. Pastimes:
E-mailing friends, my websites, photography, editing/retouching pictures on my computer,
drawing, acrylic painting, reading, wood carving, furniture refinishing, sewing, quilting,
knitting, counted cross-stitch, walking, swimming, gardening and volunteering.

Fav. T.V. shows:
24, E.R., CSI, How Not To Decorate, Stephen & Chris, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy,
House, Dexter, Flight Of The Conchords, Californication, Big Love, The Mentalist, Swingtown
and anything on A&E(especially Biography).

Fav. Movies:
Imitation of Life, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Beaches, Sophie's Choice, The Sound of Music,
The Man In The Moon, Mrs, Soffel, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Love Story, Alien,
Star Wars, Schindler's List, Life is Beautiful, Henry and June, Titanic, Garage Days, Away From Her
Dirty Dancing, Shrek, Crash, Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers movies,
Marilyn Monroe movies, Audrey Hepburn movies, heck I love 'em all.

Fav. Books:
Anything ever written by Nevil Schute (The Black Stump, On The Waterfront, A Town Like Alice),
The Pilot's Wife; The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown, The Red Tent by Anita Diamant,
Divine Secrets Of The Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Little Alters Everywhere by Rebecca Wells,
The Glass Coffin by Gail Bowen, Henry & June by Anais Nin, Lady In Lilac,
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Danielle Steele novels,
Wisdom of the Ages, 60 Days to Enlightenment by Dr. Phil Dyer.

Special Favs:
JFK, Marilyn Monroe, The Titanic, Old music (60's 70's and Big Band Sounds), Old movies,
L'Ambience perfume, Turning Leaf White Wine (green bottle), Bailey's, Baby Duck wine, Italian or Chinese Food,
Chocolate anything!!!, Lilacs, Lily-of-the-Valley, Red Roses, Nature and Children.

Some Fun Stuff....

Here I am at Marineland and Game Farm in Niagara Falls, Ontario a few years ago, petting the baby killer whales.
I didn't want to at first, but thought I'd give it a shot since one doesn't often have an opportunity like that.
Actually I found it very hard to drag myself away from this one. She and I seemed to make a connection.
She wasn't slimey at all. Rather like a big, smooth, black, olive actually and somewhat delicate in a way.
It was a wonderful day and a real learning experience.

Here are a few pictures of me on the Xtreme Skyflyer at Canada's Wonderland. I'm the one on the left of the screen
with the huge smile on my face. These pictures were taken just as they were hoisting us up 152 feet in the air.
It was scarey, but a lot of fun. The smile returned after the fall. I loved it!!! My companions, whom I had
just met, were two 14 year old girls named Carrie and Laura. The one on the far side was pretty scared,
but she survived. She sure did scream a lot though. Hehehe!

For my birthday in August 2005, I took a flying lesson in a little 2 seater, Cessna 152. I was shoulder to shoulder with Miko,
my instructor, who let me take over the controls soon after take-off. We flew towards the lake and over my house,
where I opened the window and took a picture of the neighbourhood, then I flew back to the airport where
Miko made a perfect landing. I absolutely loved it!

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