Married 45 years with 4 adult children, 28-38, and eight grandchildren, 6 months-18. We have a 6 year old orange tabby named Scutter.

We moved to Calgary from Edmonton two years ago (still Oilers and Eskimos fans) and are not sure yet if we like it here or not. I hate chinooks though. I retired from my job at the library in 2006 due to a stress injury.

I am a committed cross-stitcher. I have been stitching since the late 1980's and even have my own licence plate - STITCHR - so everyone else can see my obsession :)

I also do scrapbooking; have been updating all my old photo albums and am up to 1991. I knit afghans for the grandchildren but am behind on that too and recently pulled out an old latch hook kit to work on.

I have been doing a fair bit of genealogy as well, researching my family and that of my husband.

I am an Oilers hockey fan, an Eskimos football fan and a Blue Jays baseball fan, all in their own seasons. I also love to watch curling. I am an avid Stargate fan and also enjoy Star Trek.

My favourite TV shows are currently Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG-1, Jeopardy, all the CSIs, NCIS, Without a Trace and Cold Case.

I have been reading a lot of Terri Blackstock lately; she is a Christian writer of mystery books. I just finished reading Mary Higgins Clark's newest, I Heard that Song Before and thought it pretty good. Now I am reading a Stargate Atlantis paperback.