[Ahis_Mama]

Originally Posted by linz06

This is a great thread!

1. I am almost 28 (already???) and I live in a small town in the prairies I have lived in Canada my whole life.

2. Growing up, I ALWAYS wanted to be a vet. When it came time to go to school, however, I went a different direction and I am now a civil designer for an engineering consultant, in the urban land development department. I design roads, piping, and lots for new residential subdivisions in my city and other towns and cities around the province. It's nerdy but I really enjoy it! I'm also glad I did not become a vet. I am way too soft-hearted and I don't think I could always go with an owner's wish to have an animal put down, when I know that it could recover or is still happy or whatever. Having a very happy paraplegic puppy myself, I cry when I read online about someone putting down their dog because it loses use of a limb

3. I am so emotional!! I don't know where it came from because I never used to cry, but lately it's all I do! I cry at happy things. I cry at sad things. I cry almost every night I watch tv. I just watched the season finale of Mike and Molly and I bawled when they got married. So did my fiance lol!

4. I am getting married in 7 weeks! My fiance and I have been together for over 3 years and we live in our dream house, a 1916-ish farmhouse which was previously all fixed up. Now we're getting married and eventually we'll fill it with kids I understand kids aren't for everyone, but they are for us!

5. I LOVE to travel. It is my passion. My fiance proposed last year in Capri, Italy, and we are going back there for our honeymoon We traveled together through Europe, and I have taken many trips around Canada and the US. We sometimes go somewhere warm like Mexico in the winter. Right now we're saving up for Australia and New Zealand! But no matter how much I travel, I always get homesick! I'm a small town prairie girl at heart. When I'm in a big city or the mountains, I yearn to be able to see miles and miles like I can at home!

Congrats on your upcoming wedding! Will the furry ones be there?

Originally Posted by KimInMD

Linz06- Best wishes on your upcoming wedding. Please post pictures for us to see!

Ok- Let me give this a try.
I am 53. I have 4 grown skin kids, three fur kids and two adorable grand children. I love being a Nana!

I too love to travel. I've been blessed to be able to go to some pretty exotic locations, including a spit of an island in the middle of the South Pacific, where hubby and I were welcomed and entertained by the village chief and his tribe in his ceremonial hut.

I've been an advanced certified scuba diver for the last 12 years. I love taking underwater photographs, hence the exotic locations. I regularly get the chance to swim with dolphins, sharks, rays, turtles and manatees. I am not afraid of sharks (except great whites, and we don't dive with them ). Below is a picture.

I do interior design for model homes. It's fun to decorate fantasy homes for my imaginary families. They always like my work, they don't keep much in their closets, and boy, are they neat and tidy! Their home always looks like no one lives there.

I have one of the largest Fontanini nativity collections in the world. I've been a collector for 33 years, and every year my display grows and expands a little bit. It's very similar to a Christmas train garden in size and scale, except that it depicts all of Bethlehem town. There are thousands and thousands of miniature, doll house size pieces, and it takes a large construction crew, several days to assemble the display each year. The best part is that I've been able to share my passion with thousands of people each year. Below is a picture.

Can we please see pictures of your fabulous collection? I love nativity scenes. I only have 1 little set. but it fits in with my huge collection of Precious Moments figurines.