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Gender Female
Industry Education
Occupation History Teacher
Location Buena Park, Orange County/CA
Introduction I am 46 years old. I am married to the great guy in the picture (wonderful husband - wh). I have an 18-year-old daughter (darling daughter -dd), and a 14-year-old son (charming son cs). My parents are alive, healthy, and still married after 47 years! My life is ordinary, but not really, I live in the most conservative county in Ca, and I am a liberal Democrat. I live in the OC, the land of botox, boob jobs, excess, huge houses, trophy wives etc. I am short, a bit chubby, and definitely have not had "work" done. I live in a small 51 year old house. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the OC is also a land of White people, including the kind that don't like non-white people! I am 50% African! I don't know why in 1973 when there were only 5 other "Black" families my parents decided to move to the city of La Palma CA - OC! We literally knew all of the black people in our town of 15,000! I guess I'm not so ordinary...more on that later!
Interests Reading, reading, reading, knitting, crochet, gardening, antiques, history, travel
Favorite Movies Gone with the Wind, Legends of the Fall, Dan in Real Life, The Sound of Music
Favorite Music Country (not exactly the demographic, but I love fiddles, and banjos!), The Dixie Chicks, classical, 1070's soft rock and disco, the Beatles, Motown
Favorite Books Pillars of the Earth, The Poisonwood Bible, The Outlander Series, Anything by Phillipa Gregory, The Grapes of Wrath, Household Gods

You can whistle and steam can whistle, so why do you sing in the shower?

The haromony and accustics are incredible!