IT'S ALL ABOUT ME!




Beautiful San Diego, California



A DETAILED LIST OF MY (non-sports) INTERESTS:
  • Cooking & Baking - anything and everything - and eating too! Click here to visit "The Recipe Page."
  • Music - I probably have some of the widest taste/likes in music of anyone, although I do NOT like noise pollution, such as rap (although I do like the rap that is sort of hip hoppie) and heavy metal. I love all, or most, Country (Lonestar, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Shania & Toby Keith are my favorites.), Classical (I just love Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons." I also enjoy most, no, let's make that all, of Mozart.) and Jazz (Cassandra Wilson, Benny Goodman, Miles Davis & Diana Krall are just a few of my favorites.), Billy Joel, the Moody Blues, Bon Jovi, gotta love Frank Sinatra and soundtracks to most movies and Broadway plays. COMING SOON - "THE MUSIC PAGE!"
  • Dancing, of course!
  • Movies, except stupid ones with no plot. A few of my favs are all five of the STAR WARS movies, Pretty Woman and any other Julia Roberts movie, any movie with Nicholas Cage or Tom Hanks, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Independence Day, Armageddon, My Big Fat Greek Wedding (yes, I liked that movie), Moulin Rouge, Chicago (although I do not think it was as great as it was made out to be) - the list goes on and on and...
  • Theatre Shows & Plays - In my opinion, Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar and Miss Saigon are the best! There are many other excellent plays, however, and a few of the better ones are Annie Get Your Gun, CATS, Hello Dolly and 42nd Street.
  • Shopping, especially for shoes - I have over 80 pair! and at Vicky's Secret. Hey, I AM a Princess, Shopping is a necessity.
  • Traveling - it is one of the GREATEST pleasures and I love San Francisco - been there a half dozen times and will go back in a second!
  • Reading (I just love Poetry, with a few of my favorites being William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinon, George Eliot, Ralph Waldo Emerson - oh the list just goes on and on. I also like anything by Danielle Steel and John Grisham, as well as biograhpies and autobiographies of pretty much anyone.) & Writing. Please be sure to check out my Poetry Page.
  • Computers - can you tell?
  • My (semi-)new found love of Snowtubing, even though I HATE the cold!
  • Nature, you know - waterfalls, the beach, the ocean, lakes, streams, etc. - pretty and peaceful things - although, I don't really love to spend a lot of time outside. You see, I'm really not an "outdoorsy" person. First off, I have terrible allergies, so bad in fact that doctors can't even help me. Secondly, I think the outdoors are dirty, and I feel dirty and smelly after being out. I don't hang clothes outside to dry - they'd smell and I'd have to rewash them. My final opinion on the subject - the outdoors are fine for some, NOT me, except on rare ocassions and only for VERY short periods of time, AND, as long as I don't have to eat outside and I can come right home to shower and wash my hair about three times. I'm human, not animal - I'm meant to be indoors like the rest of the civilized population.
  • All Water Activities - swimming, boating, jet skiing, etc. Water thingies I do!
  • Gardening (to a point - remember, I AM a Princess - I'd rather stick to indoor gardens but I give it a whirl outside, sometimes!) - Please visit The Gardening Page for useful information, tips, websites and more to help you with all your gardening needs - SPRING is just around the corner).
  • Lighthouses and other Nautical things - you should see my house!
  • Losing my patience, at least with my family.
  • Being too cute, cute, cute (just ask my hubby)!
  • CHRISTMAS!!! (Then again, who doesn't love Christmas?)

    • CLICK HERE to visit the "100 Things About ME!" Page!





    A Few of...
    ...My Passions & Obsessions!
    (Things I really LOVE and don't want to live without!)
    * My Husband * Chai Tea * The Golden Girls * Diet Mountain Dew *
    * Living life to the fullest *
    * A house decorated all pretty for Christmas and all HGTV-like (Home and Garden television) the rest of the year! *
    (Okay, so I'm a little nuts, but is there anything wrong with REALLY enjoying some of life's littlest, but greatest, pleasures?)

    A Few Things...
    ...that drive me totally nuts!
    (Things I really HATE and don't want to live with!)
    * Smoking! * People who lie. *
    * People who have absolutely no goals or ambitions in life. *
    * People who sleep until all hours of the day - grow up and get your lazy butt out of bed! *
    * Irresponsible people, and I know many, and most of them are probably, at the very least, smart enough to figure out I mean them. When you make a commitment, you stick to it - can someone please explain to me what is so difficult about that? *
    (Okay, so I'm more than a little nuts, but oh well, if you don't like it or me, leave me alone!)





    Please visit my picture pages:
    OUR ENGAGEMENT for some shots of those romantic days.
    OUR WEDDING for a few glances into Our Special Day.
    WELCOME TO MY WORLD for a variety of snapshots.
    OUR HONEYMOON - Walt Disney World - Orlando, FL
    OUR VACATIONS - including Niagara Falls and San Francisco


    Thank you for your interest in learning more about little ol' me!
    I hope you'll come back and visit me soon.
    Hugs!
    ~Mary Ann

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