Introduce yourself

[Pipgal]

Hey, everybody! My name is Anne Marie. I'm originally from Queens/Long Island, New York, but my husband, Gaetano, and I now live on the Gulf coast of Florida. I'm an occupational therapist and artist, my husband is currently working part-time at Publix (a grocery store.) I have always loved Hawai'i since visiting there in 2001. I'll be celebrating my 10 year anniversary and renewing my vows next year, so I will be going back to Hawai'i for this reason. Because of the economic conditions and the difficulty for my husband to find work, and seriously looking at the future we are not seeing the possibility of a comfortable retirement like our parents had. I am looking to MAJORLY scale down to the point of half-way living off the grid (definitely need internet) and growing some of my own food to cut bills. This will be a big step for us, requiring a lot of soul searching. We will be checking out the Puna area to possibly make a move to. I am a self-sufficient/plan for the future type person. I love to travel, try new things, love to make new friends. I'm down-to-earth and pretty much let a lot of needless BS in life slide off my back. I'm looking to connect, hence joining all you good people here! I am of Italian/German descent, my husband is 100% Italian from Sicily and...get this...he lived on the slopes of Mt. Etna, an active volcano!! We can't get away from them, lol. Hey, Hawaiians, I am a proud person (I hate the word 'haole') of European descent. I will teach you how to make a great lasagna and you can teach me how to make great lomi salmon! Deal?? :-D Any and every suggestion is welcome as far as areas where to live, great joints to eat at, fun and interesting people to get to know is appreciated. If you love gardening/self-sufficiency/travel/languages/learning new things/art then you and I will get along great! I believe in making alliances in a neighborhood, getting to know our neighbors, accepting each other's shortcomings and embracing each other's likenesses and differences. I don't like head cases, druggies, narcissistic people who think they know it all and liars. I like spiritual, open-minded, happy, loving life, laughing type people...people that are a joy to have in your life. Okay, now that I made my intro sound like an intro for a web dating service in all I'm a friendly and happy person to get to know. I have some great ideas about providing a free donations only run outpatient clinic (physical, speech and occupational therapy) for the poor on the island when we finally settle in...a dream of mine for the last 13 years. It is time to make it happen. Any and all intros/ideas/powwows are welcome...as long as they are done with aloha! Mahalo y'all lol Anne Marie (Pipgal)

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