I'm 51 years old and married to my husband Pedro. I have one daughter and one grandaughter whom I love dearly. I've got 5 siblings and my parents are both still with us. The family is kind of spread out between California, Virginia, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and South Carolina. We have a family reunion every year and talk often, so we maintain close contact. I'm currently living in South Carolina because that's where the work is for my husband. I am fortunate enough to have retired early since he makes a good living. We recently bought a new house so I've been busy decorating, painting, adding decorative molding, etc. I love going to flea markets, spending time in the great outdoors, gardening (vegetables, plants, and flowers). I'm a life-long nature and animal lover and I absolutely adore my dogs Nina and Coco and my cats Blackie and Anika...all rescues. I wish I could rescue more, but I have to be responsible and keep only as many as I can afford to care for. To tell you the truth, I get sick of cooking simply because I'm tired of making the same old things, so I've been trying a lot of new recipes. My husband likes to have the same old things because he knows for sure that he likes it. But I am bored to tears with the same old, same old so he's going to have to broaden his horizons a bit.