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About me

Gender	Female
Occupation	Happily enjoying retirement
Location	New England, NSW, Australia
Introduction	12 things you might not know about me! 1. I have been married to Graham for 20 years in 2025. 2. I am a Grandmother! we are Kimba and Opa to Edith, Florence, Hamish and Ruby.3. I have 2 little dogs, Dizzy Miss Lizzy and Ziggy Stardust.4. I retired in 2024 from being the Nurse Unit Manager of the local Mental Health unit where I had worked since 1999. 5. My favourite food is Cheese, the stinkier the better.6. Graham and I have two classic cars - a 1964 Lotus Elan - called 'Baby' and a 1974 Ford Cortina called 'Mrs C'.7. I'm a reasonably good cook. 8. I find "silly" entertaining (see book and movies list!!)9. I'm not good at real shopping, But excellent at online shopping.10. Mr Squiggle still scares me. I'm also not a big fan of that nasty Mr Punch ....throwing babies out of windows and wacking his wife all the time - if it wasn't for NICE puppets like Kermit I'd would write them all off as a lost cause!11. My favourite TV program is Doctor Who, but I Love any adaptations of my favourite books such as Poriot. 12. I'm very bad at spelling.
Interests	quilting, quilting, quilting, Collecting vintage brooches and jewellery, Collecting vintage china and glass,Traveling anywhere.
Favorite movies	Willie Wonka and the Chocolate factory!,The Star Wars trilogy (the original ones), The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Harry Potter series, The Back to the Future trilogy, A fish called Wanda, Anything with Hugh Grant in it!!,
Favorite music	Jazz, old classics, Miles Davies, Jamie Cullum, Classical, 60"s and 70's pop,
Favorite books	The Chronicles of St Marys by Jodie Taylor!!! YEY,,, Lord of the Rings, The Harry Potter series, Terry Pratchetts Discworld (I've read and own ALL of them),British crime writers e.g, Agatha Christie (I've read and own ALL of them), P D James, Ruth Rendell, Minette Waters, Val McDermid, Reginald Hill, Dorothy L Sayers