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I live in Oak Lawn, IL, a village just outside of Chicago in a big white house that shelters my immediate family. I was born in Chicago and lived there until my 39th year, when I moved to Southern California and started a new life. That was 15 years ago; times have changed, things have gotten worse, I've gotten older and developed a number of illnesses. Lupus, hypertension, knee osteoarthritis, depression, and chronic pain take up more of my life and thoughts than I want them to. I come to LiveJournal to forget about that.

I'm married to a nice guy who has his faults; I'm sure he could run down the same list on me that I can on him, so we're at detente. I don't *not* want to be married to him, but marriage is tough. That's all. I met him via the internet when I was in my mid-40's and had decided that I wanted a husband. He moved in and two years in he asked me to marry him. I said yes. The honeymoon period was as all honeymoon periods are: finite. Real life came in and, unlike the younger me, I realized that there are more ways of showing love than remembering birthdays and anniversaries (which he always does) and it doesn't have to include sex. He looks after me, and pretty soon I'm going to be totally dependent on him, since I haven't worked in two years (damned economy, not to mention my illnesses and the fact that no employer is looking for someone in their 50s) and my unemployment checks are soon to come to an end. My life could be a lot worse.

I have three grown children, two with children of their own and one who recently acquired four stepchildren when he married his childhood sweetheart. I have six grandchildren (not counting the steps) and one great-grandson!, all of whom I love like crazy. I left warm and sunny Southern California, mostly to be near them. I've had occasion to regret the move, especially when the snow and subzero temperatures come around. Sometimes I regret it now, when they're screaming while I'm trying to watch favorite tv shows, or destroying something that I own. But not too much. They're precious and really more than worth the trouble.

I used to write. I've written fanfiction for several fandoms from ER to Battlestar Galactica to Fringe, but after a prolonged spell of writer's block, I decided to give it up. Fan fiction, and especially the sexually explicit fan fiction which was my specialty, isn't expedient, now. I attend Mass regularly, confess my sins once a month, pray the Rosary daily, and sit in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Them dogs won't hunt. Perhaps one day I'll write something original, I have some ideas, but I'm in no great hurry, nor is the world in great need.

My current obsession is "Fringe," heaven help you if you talk while I'm watching it. It's the best show on tv. I like to crochet, sew, and read; I love books and playing with dolls. I love beads, beading, and jewelry making, something I'm working on make a home business out of. I'm also fond of doing absolutely nothing. :) I like all kinds of music. I can usually find a song to like, even in those genres that don't appeal to me, like rap and country. My favorite genres are smooth jazz, classical, old-school R&B and disco. I like to say I quit listening to the Top 40 after I graduated from high school in 1973, and my music collection reflects that.

I'm a raging liberal and a lifelong Chicago Democrat, even when I lived in SoCal. If you're a conservative Republican and/or feel the need to demonize President Obama, I guarantee you we won't get along, so don't waste either of our time by friending me. My journal is friends-locked, public posts are few and far between.

Edited 9/5/2011

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