Greetings and salutations from The Unknowable Shrone. Nobody knows what a Shrone is, therefore they are unknowable. Shrone also is a town in the country of Ireland. One day I hope to visit the town of Shrone as I believe it to be my native soil. I have also recognized others as being Shrones. They are featured in the Hall of Shrones.

For more than twenty years I've dealt with the chronic disease of ulcerative colitis. In 2005 I decided to have surgery to have a permanent ileostomy. While that experience turned out to be quite the ordeal, I have since gained back my life. People with Inflammatory Bowel Disease are not widely understood because of the stigma attached to the bodily function of defecation. I hope to do my part to be open and honest about what it is like to have this disease. Living with an ileostomy is different, but it has brought me freedom and a renewed life. My life is improved and better since becoming an ostomate.

I studied pre-medicine and biology (even went to naturopathic medical school for one quarter), have earned certification in web development, and I also run my own wedding officiant business. At the end of September 2004, I began the Systems Counseling track as a graduate student at LIOS (Leadership Institute of Seattle at Bastyr University). I successfully completed the first of two years of the program in June 2007. I anticipate completing my internship at the end of 2007 and graduate in December. My internship is at Good Samaritan Child and Family Services in Puyallup. I enjoy working with children and their parents. My dream is to one day open my own private practice in which I will utilize various forms of play therapy, animal-assisted therapy, and an eclectic mix to provide treatment to children, adolescents, and their parents.

I reside in a grand house on Pearl Street with six cats, Mr. Fez Doo, Mr. Smudge B., Mr. Stash Snodgrass, Mr. Luck Dragon Smee, Teddy Montague, and Miss Chatelaine Ming

Spirituality, personal growth and development, relationship dynamics, cooking up yummy meals, exploration of reality, seeking, applying the wisdom and knowledge I've learned, spreading love and joy and much as possible in this angry, uptight world, remembering to laugh (often at myself), dreaming.

I started my own business in March 2004 called The Affordable Officiant. I perform customized wedding ceremonies, handfastings, commitment ceremonies, and vow renewals at affordable prices. I've joined over 100 couples in marriage.

1) I wish there was chocolate covered salt.
2) I have a tendency to give names to various things, such as our cars, house, plants, etc.
3) Iced tea is my preferred soft drink, but I will drink others.
4) I've had braces twice in my life, and because I didn't complete the second set properly, my teeth are shifting now and I require a third.
5) After I brush my teeth I scrape my tongue.
6) I'm perpetually on a quest to find the perfect cheeseburger.
7) When I ever have a spare money I want to buy a red colored cello so I can make music again.
8) I stopped dying my hair this year to see the natural color and amount of gray. I've got a nice patch of gray!
9) I love incense and my favorite fragrance is Gonesh Black Cherry. I also collect fancy incense burners.
10) At any given time I am crocheting a doily.
11) As far back as I can remember, I've always been a nail biter.
12) I like the way a horse smells.
13) My favorite thing to do is sleep (because I like to have dreams).
14) If it involves mathematics or computations, I either need a calculator or someone who understands what they are doing.
15) I despise orange jello and it makes me violent.
16) I've kept a blog since July 2, 2003.
17) If I misplace something I generally just buy a new one. Even when I find the old one I still keep it, because then I have two!
18) I've had crushes on cartoon characters and have wanted to marry them. (Ren Hoek, Sock Puppet from Pets.com, Kermit the Frog, C. Montgomery Burns)
19) I like to take roadtrips and visit kooky things, such as campy roadside attractions, statues, etc.
20) The only seafood I like are shrimp and lobster.
21) I have been a patient at 10 different hospitals.
22) Almost 3 years of my life has been spent as a patient in the hospital, since the time of my birth to the present.
23) I have never met anybody famous.
24) I sleep with a body pillow.
25) My spine is slightly bent giving me a very mild case of scoliosis.
26) I do not know how to tread water, but I can kind of swim.
27) Whenever I visit some place new, I usually buy a postcard of where I've been.
28) I don't like soup with a lot of things in it.
29) The sections in any bookstore that I always visit are: blank journals and guided journals, metaphysics, new age and general spirituality, Tom Robbins, and sometimes children's.
30) One summer I got the once-in-a-lifetime chance to see one of the Oscar Mayer Weinermobiles in person.
31) Each day I drink one or more mugs of Cream Earl Grey tea.
32) Sometimes I like being scared or spooked.
33) My favorite brand of perfume is Sun*Moon*Stars.
34) Even in the summer I have to sleep with a full set of blankets.
35) If I stay overnight in a hotel, I may take my foam and body pillows with me.
36) My favorite type of blanket are Vellux blankets (oh, so soft!).
37) In the summer I find air conditioning too overwhelming, unless I'm in the car.
38) I'm sensitive to the cold.
39) I love tending to a flower garden. Heliotropes are my favorite flowers to grow.
40) When I celebrate my 40th birthday, I want my boobs put back on my chest.
41) My favorite artificial fruit flavors are lemon, lime, cherry, and raspberry.
42) Since childhood I've known that I didn't want to have kids, but that maybe one day I'd adopt.
43) For some odd reason I've seen the movie Dirty Dancing more than once, and even seeing it once was too much.
44) Prescription narcotics tend to give me insomnia.
45) I'd like to be either a Charles Dickens street urchin named Pip, or a character in the Anne of Green Gables stories.
46) Painted Lady Victorian houses really jazz me!
47) I feel that reincarnation is valid simply because I've had past life memories. Edgar Cayce summs it up best: "When asked directly in reading 956-1, 'What will convince me of reincarnation?' Edgar Cayce answered simply, 'An experience.'"
48) My current brand of ostomy appliance is Coloplast.
49) Just about any variety of cheesecake will do.
50) I anxiously await each day for the mail to arrive.
51) My two favorite ice cream flavors are: #1 black licorice; #2 bubblegum.
52) I have been on local TV on more than one occasion.
53) I had lived in Washington state for more than twenty years when I finally visited the eastern side of the state.
54) I'm not very fond of eggs.
55) I have more acne now than I did as a teenager.
56) On May 18, 2005, I had surgery to have a permanent ileostomy.
57) I prefer slip-on loafer type shoes for my daily footwear, and flats for dress shoes.
58) I wish I could purr like a cat, in fact, I wish I could be a cat.
59) Over ninety-nine percent of the time, I feel that I relate to and understand cats better than most people.
60) I've always kept my hair short.
61) As of today, I've never broken a bone in my body or sprained any joints.
62) Fundamentalists from any religion really annoy me.
63) Some of my best friends are devout Christians.
64) I've never lost anyone really close to me, except my cat Nem. I found him still alive after he was run over and I watched him die.
65) My current cello's name is Real Harris.
66) On my first day in Gross Anatomy class, I started to feel sick because I wasn't expecting to see so much adipose tissue and it all looked too much like "food".
67) When I feel stressed I wish I could run away into the forest and join the elves.
68) In high school my favorite band was The Smiths.
69) There are very few leftovers that I will eat.
70) I used to support the Republicans, then the Democrats, and now I just think that Mr. Doo has more going for him than any of the politicians running for office.
71) I believe in the existence of extra-terrestrial life, and that our planet has been visited by other intelligences throughout human history (not just since Roswell).
72) While I retain a healthy amount of skepticism, for the most part I feel that there is validity to certain paranormal experiences and manifestations.
73) I'm still trying to determine if I'm the one who is crazy, or if it's just the rest of the world.
74) Ever since I can remember, I've felt like I don't really fit in or belong here.
75) For a number of years I've had reoccurring dreams involving Mt. Rainier, and when I do visit the mountain it stirs something within my soul.
76) I love to cook and bake, and have often entertained running my own bed and breakfast.
77) My imaginary childhood friend was a ghost, a man who was thirty-something, whom I called Parsley.
78) According to my medical records, I had more than 30 bowel movements in one day.
79) Generally I'm a mix between cluttered and organized.
80) My least favorite household chore is a tie between the cat box and garbage.
81) #1 on my movie list is Babe, because the pig could talk.
82) I dislike reality TV shows.
83) I've had the priviledge of seeing a triple, and almost quadruple rainbow.
84) I love 4th of July fireworks!
85) I'm very proficient at hula hooping.
86) I can rollerskate, and I can also in-line skate, but I don't know how to stop once in-line skating because the braking method is too strange for me.
87) My bowling average is about 115.
88) My bowling ball is named Pip.
89) Very seldom do I wear panties anymore, as it helps prevent yeast infection and such.
90) I love observing Nature and noticing the subtle changes that happen each day during Spring.
91) I miss the thunderstorms and humidity of the the northeast.
92) I wish that fireflies existed in the northwest, but they don't.
93) I used to feed birds, but the squirrels became a pest, so now I just feed hummingbirds.
94) German sausages, German chocolate, and German beer!
95) Every time I've had saké I've thrown up.
96) I cannot roll my r's or any other kind of vocal embellishment.
97) I have a tattoo on my lower back, just above the tail bone.
98) British humor and British anything!
99) Some day I'd like to attend an opera.
100) I'm unique, just like everybody else!