Thanks and HI ivylass,I am happy to meet you and thanks for the infor and the warning, I will take heed…LOL 
Welcome, Ladyrose. I am 37 years old in a week or so, have two small children and one large one (10, 12 & 42 respectively), two cats who rule our house, and my paying job is nursing. I live in the San Francisco bay area, and when I am not frantically rushing about doing something with the kids, I read. And hang out here. Hope you enjoy it here…many friendly people.
Greetings LadyRose. I would like to say that I am a tall, dashing Argentinian in his late 20’s who lives off a family inheritance and splits his time between a chalet in Ste. Moritz and a townhouse facing Central Park West.
That is, I’d *like[/l] to say that, but actually I am a 48-year old, wage-slave technical writer, trainer and recruiter originally from Pennsylvania but currently based in Houston, TX. No wife, children, cats or other domesticated animals (er, that didn’t come out quite right). Don’t worry, most of the members here are somewhat less odd than me. On the other hand a few are much worse, and one or two are downright scary. Cheers!
*HerMajestyLorna, is that Haverford College as in suburban Phila.? I’m from that area, and that is a lovely neighborhood you’re moving into!
Oh, yes, the intro part.
I’m Eve, another dowager (46). Happily single (with a Past), live in Northern NJ and commute to NYC, where I work as a magazine copy chief. Hate that, but it supports my real “career,” writing books that get published but don’t make any real money.
Personality-wise, I guess I can best be described as a non-religious, elitist, sarcastic bitch. Sort of Eve Arden by way of Margaret Dumont.
Oh, yes, and I’m not very good at coding.
While it may be a dry heat, I’m soaking wet. I shall locate the fool that tagged that line and promptly smite him.
I’m a 32 year old single female with a 9-almost-10 year old daughter. Currently finishing up (finally!) my undergrad degree and hoping to go right into an MFA program for writing–hopefully at IU. I live across the bridge from Louisville KY, which, after 20 years of living in Louisville, is far superior, IMHO.
I spend all my free money (which is precious little) traveling to see concerts, especially Cowboy Junkies and Over the Rhine concerts. In March I went to Toronto to meet n greet a bunch of fans and attend three-count-'em-three more Junkies shows. I’m hitting Chicago (actually Elgin) this fall for another one. I guess I’m a junkie about it, except Mike T. calls us llamas.
I’ve been here since December (the month, not the Doper), though I’m a sporadic poster at best, due to the fact that school and parenthood take up most of my time. Welcome to SDMB. I like it here, hope you do too.
Welcome LadyRose. I am also fairly new to SDMB.
Lessee now…I am 39 years old and live in Puyallup, Washington. I am married and have two children, a thirteen year old daughter and a ten year old son. We have a black Lab/Springer Spaniel mix dog named Captain and a cat named Mr. Peepers. I work for the federal government on a military installation and am a Program and Management Analyst (yes, it is as boring as it sounds). I have worked for the govt for 20 years, effective September 03.
I love to read, especially anything to do with history and archeology. Unfortunately, I haven’t had to time to read lately. I find that I am getting choosier about the books I read too. I love hiking, camping and fishing. I am a pretty good cook and enjoy trying new things.
We have wonderful friends and spend much of our free time together as families.
We just recently bought and moved into a new house and are still unpacking (how does one accumulate so much crap?). We love our new home and can’t wait to buy new furniture to go with our new house.
Well, I think that’s about it.
My name is Clay. My main flaw is I ramble on too long when I type.
Kinda new here too! It’s an interesting place, to be sure.
I’m 54. Love rock & roll, go to 15-20 shows a year, dives to stadiums. Love hiking. Currently sidelined from a heart attack at end of May, doing cardiac rehab now. They say I should be hiking again by the time the leaves turn. I hope they’re right.
Love food & cooking too. But it was smoking that zapped that coronary artery - my cholesterol levels were excellent when the attack hit. 2 packs a day for 30 years. The habit’s gone now, being confined to a hospital bed for a week is a very effective method of quitting.
Anyway, cooking, I tend to favor the Italian approach these days - get the best & freshest stuff you can find, use just a few complementary herbs/spices. Simplicity.
What else - unemployed/semi-retired for over a year now. Was a programmer/analyst for 19 years before that, just ducked under the wire to qualify for early retirement package when they laid off 25% of the company. Will be looking for work again come fall, whenever the cardio doc tells me I’m FULLY recovered.
Grew up in Missouri. Spent 20 yrs in NYC. Now live with SO and 4 cats in big old house in Jersey. Normally have 5 or 6 cats running around, but our 16-yr-old guy has heart disease & kidney disease, & we are advised not to stress him out, which getting new cats would do - we lost 2 in the past year since the big guy was diagnosed.
Oh yes, I am also a tea fanatic & will babble on at length anytime some brings up the subject.
Also love traveling - been various places in this country, abroad, most recently Italy & Switzerland. Favorites: city = Venice, countryside = Umbria, place in the Alps = Wengen. Eager to return to all someday.
Also love reading - travel, science, archaeology, the occasional novel. Currently into Wm Gibson’s Pattern Recognition. Have massive SF collection but don’t read much of it any more.
Generally find that the days aren’t long enough.
Thanks for the info and the greeting Maureen , I am glad to meetchya, I am sure that I will like the forum too,I already do, and I haven’t been here long.
What is this? A club for 50s in here? (1953 model here)
Thank you Ell_Kabong, for the greeting and the info, I am glad to meet you too!
Thanks for the intro Eve,you sound interesting too, I liken myself to a Bea Arther/Maude type woman myself, so, we may get alone quite well…lol
Glad to meetchya presidebt , I have 4 kids and 5 grandies so far,single mom, driver for The Senior Services as my job and lots of time for lots of nothing if I set my mine to it…LOL Been a single Mom for 18 years, now, I just have to last one 11year old girl at home…Phew! LOLThanks for the welcome and all…
Hi, Ladyrose, welcome!
I’m a 41 year old married woman. I live in a sleepy city in Virginia, I’ve lived here for …um…17 years, but I’m from Western New York. (You can’t be from here unless your grandparents were born here.)
I’m an engineering geek, I love kitties, and I love thesauruses. !
Thanks for the intro and the welcome,I know what you mean be moving, but hunny, wait until you are my age, then tell me about aquiring a lot of stuff, I just moved this last October, and didnt think that I would ever get through it…L0L :rolleyes:
Ramble on dear, I won’t stop you, Hi and thanks for the message clayton_e…LOL 
Ladyrose, I’ve gone back and read more of your posts, and …just when you think the SDMB to starting to seem a little boring, someone really dynamic steps up! 
[Who want to place bets that ladyrose will have 2004 posts by 2004?]
Thanks for the intro, it is nice to meetchya, I hope that you are feeling better after your stay in the hospital, I know what it is to smoke for thirty years, I quit on my own in 1998 and it was the best choice that I could have made, although I do suffer from asthma as a result of the smoking, but I can live with it.thanks for the welcome. I have one 11 year old girl at home yet, and three fat cats as room mates, I have been alone now for 18 years and have worked to support and raise my 4 kids alone the entire time. I also have 5 grandies so far with the two oldest girls.