Oh lovely...an opportunity to flirt in writing...I'm not too good at that in person! So, I'm just going to lay it on the line...

I'm independent and forever busy (typical woman?!) so I haven't found the right person...yet. I'm seeking an honest, hard-working, generous, intelligent, somewhat traditional man who can appreciate a passionate, goofy, animated, honest, hard-working, generous, intelligent and somewhat traditional woman. I'll make dinner while you make a fire...

I'm looking for a "guy". Someone who doesn't necesarily share my interests. I don't want to spend every waking moment together. I'd love some alone time while you fish but would love to spend time with you doing other guy things. For instance, I'd love to try college sports games, Spinners and Wildcats games, etc. I don't know much about sports but love learning. And I'd love to do more outdoors - just need a companion to hike with, etc. Would love to try snowmobiling and showshoeing! Would not expect you to go antiquing with me or join me shopping for the purpose of evaluating my butt in those 32 pair of jeans I'll have to try before buying just one.

Someone who would wear a suit to a nice dinner out with his gal, just because. Someone who knows the difference between "your" and "you're" would be great. Someone who is able to enjoy chilling out in front of a movie on TV, not because that is their idea of a "good time" but because they welcome intervals of quiet, relaxation, and putting their brain on auto pilot every once and a while.

Are you social and generous? Able to enjoy the company of people who have much more or much less than you? I believe class has nothing to do with how much money you have and that friends are people you'd do anything for. I enjoy progress and challenging myself but am not competitive or dominant (though NOT a doormat). On the surface I appreciate and enjoy beautiful things like fancy cars and beautifully made clothes. However, I am not genuinely, deeply impressed with your paycheck or what you own - not nearly as much as how much you are doing to make progress in your life, whether it is to pull yourself up by your bootstraps or to create a legacy with your wealth.

I'm a night owl and I'm chronically rushing. I'm learning Spanish. I am one of the three people left in the world who doesn't have an MP-3 player.

While I love to live each day to the fullest, lately and for a while that does not mean spending a lot on fine dining, travel, etc. Right now I'm trying to change careers so as soon as I finish my classes in May I'll be starting at the bottom of the pay scale. Ugh. Sounds awful, but I believe in my long term plan!! So for now, it is dinner parties and trail walking and free movies On Demand. I'm not worried, soon enough I'll be comfortable again and return to thoughts of Europe, horseback riding lessons, cooking classes and fancy restaurants. I guess this is where I should say that I am committed to progress. I'm not a ruthless ladder climber at work but I love to learn, to improve my house and yard, and to investigate quiet activities that do not require high risk plus physical exertion (think needlework versus mountain climbing).

Not too long ago, I purchased a two-family house. It needed fixing up, so that has occupied my time and wallet for a few years. It still is not done but getting there...I've owned property of my own since my early twenties without help from a man, my parents, or an inheritance. I guess this is a nice segway into explaining that I think men should be able to fix things. It just goes without saying, in my world and my mind, that if you have a penis you should be able to fix cars, engines, computers, plumbing, carpentry, SOMETHING. If you really can't or you're one of those "Mr. Fancypants I don't get my hands dirty" then please don't write to me. I wouldn't care if you had more cash than Dr. Phil and a gorgeous body to boot. I'd have no use for you. Sorry.

I'm also a dog lover. I adore my dog and can't imagine bonding with someone who didn't genuinely like her.

While I'm a wise ass and often make people laugh, I'm not wired for schmoozing. I rarely drink. I don't eat seafood. And, I'm intelligent but I don't follow politics - I personally believe all politicians are egomaniacal crooks and voters are all d*mned. Along those lines, I really don't care that Ted Kennedy is DEAD. He can take his Venezualan poodles with him, for all I care.

I'm unbelievably forgetful. I love yard sales. I don't read the newspaper.

While I wish I looked like Linda Carter in a bathing suit and boots, I do have a few curves, not many and not from eating fast food. Don't worry, I don't expect to win you over by telling you I'm of average weight and showing up looking like I just ate a Volkswagen. And it doesn't do me any good to post a 10+ yr old pic. I pretty much look like what you see in the pic, give or take a few highlights in my hair and a seasonal tan.

On the other hand, know that I am average and be ok with it. I am!!! I'm pretty sure there are no Victoria's Secret models on POF seriously looking for long term relationships with middle aged men sporting a farmer tan and love handles. You probably don't look like a Calvin Klein model so don't expect me to show up looking like a covergirl. (that was supposed to be funny, not bitter - HONEST!)

I love documentaries, medical shows featuring weird diseases (Tree Man!), most art (a lot of modern art is great but some of it is stupid), classical music (Barber's Adiago is my favorite), movies (English Patient, Sneakers, Terminator, 30 Days of Night, Terms of Endearment), cheeseburgers, feeding people, baking, women's magazines, those jams they sell at country fairs, needlecraft, learning (love taking classes), horseback riding (dressage, not jumping), well-behaved children, architecture, textiles, reading (In the Lake By the Woods, Running With Scissors are two favorites) and antiques. I'm not into ridiculously priced handbags, fine wine, anything involving tobacco or illegal drugs, fake nails, miniature food they give you at fancy restaurants, parents who can't say no and the monsters they create, dancing, gambling, trivia, making the bed every morning, self-declared intellectuals, politics, liberals, and Shakespeare.

I am not impressed with the size of your Harley. I won't be sleeping with that. So, it may be fun to ride but don't think I'm going to make any associations that women simply don't make.

Sometimes I snort when I laugh.

I am perfectly able to leave the house without lip liner, lip gloss, AND lipstick. My hair is never sticky or stiff. I believe that what a man sees is what he should get, if you know what I mean.

Puhlease!!! If you're still awake after reading all this...Don't send me a one liner email. Tell me about yourself or what part of my profile caused you to write...and d

I think a first date is an introduction, so we could do most anything. I don't expect much from that first meeting, it is too awkward. I just know I don't want to write emails for an eternity before meeting. Just a few then jump in and see if there is the potential of attraction and chemistry!