UPDATE: Jan 2013: Hi there gentlemen. Just uploaded a few updated photos :). As for what's new in my life---Well, Aug 5th, I was on my way to Sturgis for the very first time and was in a motorcycle accident---hit I90 at 75 MPH...yeah, it was a pretty bad day. But, I am one VERY blessed woman! Feel free to ask about my accident if you're interested. Otherwise, let's get this party started 'cause I am not about to waste my new chance at life or the blessing The Almighty has chosen to gift me! If you are a motorcycle enthusiast looking for a pretty thing to ride with ya, hmmm, don't think I'll be getting on a bike in a mighty long time.

Baggage or luggage? We all have some. I choose to see my life's obstacles and pains as growth periods.

I do not want a "friends-with-benefits" relationship. I have in the past and found that my heart hurts too deeply. I am incredibly TOO loyal and become TOO connected. I simply cannot do it again.

I love to explore, to experience new things and new places. I am not exercise prone but do like to be active. I love to ride motorcycles as a passenger and have my endorsement--but still just learning. Yet, I am not a skulls and cross-bone kinda gal.

Integrity and honesty are attributes I find the absolute MOST sexy in a man.

Life can be tough. Hearts have been broken and fears exists for most. I am just trying to move forward in life the best I know how while choosing to learn, to grow, to be a spirit living the human existence---before I no longer live or end up too frail and/or sick to care.

From experience---being with the wrong person is worse than being alone. Therefor, although I would certainly love to be in-love, to find that elusive "right" one for me, living in a fantasy sucks and so, I would rather just meet some new friends. Who knows what will happen?

As for my personal attributes, I am quite a mix: hard/soft, capable/vulnerable, playful/serious, independent/dependent...but I am ALWAYS real.

I am working, being mom, friend, and finishing up my Masters at Gonzaga.

Writing. Spotting manipulations and phonies. Creating "home".

My blue eyes.

I have eclectic tastes... As far as music goes, I do not like 80's, bump and grind, or rap. Favorite book is "The Four Agreements" by Migaul Ruiz. Favorite food---Uhm, do not like sushi---LOVE a good steak! I like all kinds of shows/concerts/movies.

Never?---There is NOTHING I could NEVER do without except air, water, shelter, food, fire. There are plenty of things I'd rather not live without. The Holy Spirit, my children, my dog, my best friend, the picture my grandmother painted when she was 89, and the flag which draped my father's casket.

How to be a better me.

I like to shoot pool, sing upon occasion, dance or check out new places. Sometimes, however, I just need a movie and quiet.

I do not like to be in the dominate role in life even though I spent the most of it due to necessity.

you want to know more and have NO interest in playing games. If you are married, dating others, playing the field, looking for greener pastures, then look somewhere else. I do not want to be a part of you hurting someone else. Karma really is a bummer.