I am a retired School Teacher/Business Woman, love animals and loyal friends. I am very straight forward, independent, compassionate, strong yet kind. Looking for similar interest friends. Not demanding but willing to give the best of themselves, I will like to find someone to share the rest of my life with, a good man, great listener, compassionate, a good companion and financially independent. I do not fool around! I'm for real. Prefer home sweet home life but also to have lots of fun with friends and family, like to have some time alone but also love sharing time and good things with someone who loves me too and will like a non complicated simple loving life. I also love my group Optimistic Friends and here is a link to it for you: http://www.aarp.org/community/groups/OPTIMISTICFRIENDS (just copy and past to go to it)

Interests:

I love working out, gardening, all kinds of crafts, reading good books, traveling, good music, enjoying nature, birds and doggies. I do volunteer work wherever is needed and good movies.

Music:

Like Easy Listening, Some Latin, Classic, Celine Dion, Placido Domingo, Il Divo, Diane Shurr, Mariachi Music, some Jazz, Oldies, etc

Movies:

The Power of One, Sound of Music, Amadeus, What the Blink do we Know, Anna and the King, Same Time Next Year, Pretty Woman, and many more

Books:

A New Earth, Poetry, Self Help, Inspirational, The God of All Worlds, etc

Television:

All CSI's, Boston Legal ( silly but strong arguments and losings at court), Nova, This Old House, Nature, PBS Oldies Musical shows.