There is really not much to say about myself (see pictures).  My name is Martine Couture and I am originally from Québec.  I came to live in Calgary (see pictures) 20 some years ago.  I still have a noticeable French accent and I do not believe it will ever go away either!  I currently work for the Calgary Board of Education as a Library Assistant in a High School.  I have been living with my boyfriend Tim (click here to see Tim and his motorcycle) now for hmmm a long long time.  All my family members are in Quebec.  I only have one brother (Come and see Stephan's family) and both of my parents (meet them) are still alive.  
My main interests are of course the dogs, nature, the arts and reading about new technology.  On my spare time I like to groom my dogs...i find it relaxing, go for long walks with them (nothing better to clear a mind) and recently went back to do a little workout at the gym (see how long this last!).  I have always like to draw but only recently have I started again to draw some stuff.  I am always enrolled in some courses to keep myself up to date on new programs that might be useful to me to work with my computer and better myself at work.  Another interest in my life which I don't do too much of anymore is to go swimming and fishing.  
By nature I am a person who seek peace all the time and I don't like when people are mean to one another and to animals.  Some of my pet peeves are : people who lie, supermarket clerks who throw your carefully selected non-bruised fruits at the end of the counter after they finish weighing them, motel rooms where there is only enough plugs-ins for the lights and TV (how am I supposed to dry my show dogs?), people who drive slow in the fast lane.  
I am forever changing my hair color which is presently having blond, red and brown highlights...that is until the red, blue or black might be calling me back!.  
I always think on seriously going on a diet only when I'm full.  
I cry when I see people leaving their love ones at their airport (and I don't necessarily know them). I am very honest and everyone knows where they stand with me.  I also am forgetting more and more lately and that pretty well describes me for now.