POD 10/3/06 - Dianne, Hoomom to Cocoa & Patches

[Dianne]

Hi All,

I needed to post tonight for tomorrow!

1.  Where do you live?  North East, MD

2.  Spouse?  Ken �" married for more than 37 years!

3.  Children?  2 boys
     Sean married Pattie. 2 little girls, Moira & Sabrina, lives in Tucson, AZ
     Seth married Kellie, 1 daughter, Kayla, lives in Newark, DE

4.  What do you do for a living?  Procurement Project Manager

5.  If you dare.....your age and describe yourself!  Over 50, still short after all these
     years at 5’3”! 

6.  What is your dream car/vehicle?  Chevy Suburban…Burgundy or Navy or a
     Mini-Cooper, red with white stripe!  (Can’t afford either!)

7.  Other than your passion for dachshunds, what are your hobbies?
     Sewing, boating & fishing!     

8.  If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be?

     “There’s no place like home...there’s no place like home!” 
     I’ve been to Japan, China, Germany, Belgium, England, Canada, Italy,
     Switzerland…I leave for China and Japan (again) in November.  My favorite
     places are Bath, England; Florence & Venice, Italy, and Montana!         

9.  Do you collect anything?  Do doxies count?

10.  Favorite Food/ Favorite junkfood.  Chocolate…dark!

11.  Favorite Movies:  Dirty Dancing, Secondhand Lion, African Queen 

12.  Favorite Color:  Red

13.  Favorite Song/Artist:  I don’t have a favorite… 

14.  Tell us a funny story about yourself. 
       
       How about flying to Delevan, WI to pick up a dachshund rescue?   (I got $100 r/t ticket to
       Chicago and a free rental car from Avis with a coupon from work.)  I had to buy a ticket for the
       dog! Ken says most folks think that’s pretty funny!  He also says there is a picture of a sucker
       next to my name at most of the local SPCA's!   
       
15.  What is the most exciting thing you have ever done?  Oh, boy…
       Eloped at age of 18...still married...
       Rode a mule half-way down the Grand Canyon…when I was 45!  Ouch!
       Drove 180 km/hr on the Autobahn from Ettlingen to Frankfurt this past July!         

16.  If you won the lotto, what would you do with the money?
       Retire.  Buy an 18th century farm on the Chesapeake, spoil my fur-kids and
       grandkids, and be an unpaid volunteer for whomever needs me.  Buy a
       Suburban and a Mini-Cooper.  Give grants to all the Doxie Rescues!   

17.  What are you most proud of?  The kids and grand-kids!!! 
       Getting my college degree after 10 years of night school while holding a full
       time job and with 2 kids!  Good thing I was young at the time!

18.  Any other tidbits about you that you would like to share? 

      I love to be on the water...no cell-phones, no computer, no stress!  I passed the Federation of
      Fly  Fishers Casting Instructor exam this January.  I am the only female CI in the 4 states (MD,
      PA, DE, & NJ) and the only grandma!     

    

[Dee Dee and Hallie]

Diane, I LOVE it!!! Wow you have travelled a lot, how cool! Love the last two pictures, that says it all. You look at sweet as you always sound when you post. #14 had me rolling...LOL, Ken's reference to a picture of a sucker next to your name at the SPCA LOL!!!! I believe it, you have a very soft heart! Yep Mini-Coopers for the Mini Dachshunds...suh-weet!! Thanks for the great writeup I really enjoyed that.  :thumb:

[Brekkesmom]

Oh, yeah!  I'm all over the dark chocolate thing!  No wonder one of your four-footed kids is named Cocoa!  (Brekke's middle name means chocolate!)  Happy POD and I likewise enjoyed your bio!  Wow, 180 on the autobahn?  I can't wait to tell Rick - he loves Germany.  Unfortunately his puter just got fixed, so he has around 1,000 emails to deal with!!!  Salutes to Patches and Cocoa, too - and spoil your mom tomorrow!

[doxielady5569128]

Wow!! You have been lots of places!!  How fun!!   I loved reading your POD.   Great pictures too!   I had some friends that lived in German for 8 or 9 years and absolutely loved it!!  Every Easter they would send us some chocolate eggs made in Germany that had toys inside.  My little brother especially liked that because the toys inside were plastic and you had to assemble them yourself.  We looked forward to getting them every year!   

Sounds like fun to go to China and Japan too!   I had a college roommate from Japan three years ago.  She was great!   Except the lanugage barrier was hard sometimes. lol

[Barb]

Happy Person of the Day Dianne !!!  Thanks so much for sharing your life with us - I love both pictures - especially the second one where you are getting all the kissies !!!  Have a wonderful day and keep wearing that "sucker" patch !!!  LOL - we ALL are suckers where the furkids are concerned !!!

[Ruth in MT]

        Happy POD !     

[Sandishooligans]

Wow!  That's a great write-up, Dianne.  Love your picture too, with your "kids".  Gotta love that long dachsie tongue!

[TerriL]

Great write up Dianne!  I'm with you....there IS no place like home.  Especially when you have those sweet little faces waiting for you!
Have a great day and thanks for sharing!

[Dianne]

Hi Y'all,

Thanks for the kind words.  Ken and I are at that time of our lives where we are looking forward to 10 more years of work...and then it's our turn!  Unless, of course, we win the Lotto!

You should have seen the whole string of photos.  If I get them downloaded I'll post a few more.  I was getting a very thorough face washing when I was trying to hold Patches and there are faces to go along with it.  He is a sweetie; but, he is the lickiest pupper!  After awhile it gets "icky".

Di

[Delia and girls]

Wow! You've been everywhere, just about! Great write-up. It's so much fun getting to know the people here. LOL on Patches and his active tongue. My little wirehair, Ilsa, has earned the name Lady Licks-A-Lot around here. Can you tell my husband is a Rennaisance Faire junkie?! LOL!