Well, here goes ... I'm a transplant from Wisconsin, properly pronounced - WisKAAAAnsin, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers, Milwaukee Bucks, best beer and brats on the planet (Leinenkugel's and Johnsonville). Luckily sold here in Phoenix, otherwise I'd certainly have to do some serious packing, and of course cannot forget the Green Bay Packers. My kids come first (after God, of course), and I am blessed. I'm an artist at heart, and I've gone the literal "starving artist" route through college (Graphic Art/Advertising - Art History) even with a scholarship; unfortunately that didn't pan out, but that's life. I fell into the legal field early in my life and it became a semi-lucrative career. My taste in music varies depending upon the mood I'm in. I listen to KLOVE Christian Music - the music can sometimes seem to be so profound. I still love the oldies but goodies from MY era - Chicago, Boston, REO, Kansas, Journey, etc. etc. Simply put, I love God, my kids, my crazy pets (or was it my crazy kids?), nature/wildlife, drawing (pencil/colored pencils/craypas), swimming, tennis, hiking, movies (new/old; prefer horror/thriller, sci-fi/drama), classic cars, Fine Art galleries, the theater, Alfred Hitchcock, drawing Victorian architecture, and researching Frank Lloyd Wright.

I'm pretty down to earth, grew up in a small town on a lake in Wisconsin, spoiled then by fishing every day (yes, I can bait my own hook), boating, swimming, getting bit my mosquitoes larger than 747's (ask me if I miss that, NOT). Caught my first legal Muskie when I was 11 (I know, you're all adding me to your favorites), but that was a big deal, you REAL fisher folk know what I'm talking about.

I am so over the bar scene (although a happy hour with friends is fun), I thought I'd try this online route. Looking for someone who can carry on a conversation after the initial "Hey." Fun-loving, honest, compassionate, zest for life, with a sense of humor and confident, but not egotistical. Pictures of your "beemer" (ahem...meaning BMW folks), boy toys, with lucrative previous silicone arm candy is material. Looking for a relationship with substance, integrity and depth.

Now, is that too much for a girl to ask?

Don't know, hard to say. Depends on other person, their interests as well. Something light, iced tea on a patio somewhere to chat/relax; take it from there.