Well, I'm from Ireland though currently living in England, so you'd be more than welcome to come over and visit and I'll show you my bits of Ireland.

Wow that's really cool. I hope some day I can take you up on that. It would be really neat. It's a beautiful country. Thanks for the offer, I'll keep it in mind. :)

I could write a damn good profile of my attributes and talents. I am overall a successful, seemingly independant, seemingly stable, appealing woman in great physical condition who has raised two children well, taught professionally for over 20 years, traveled extensively, acquired a second language and has a good portfolio of skills and accomplishments. Today, I was thinking how despite how I look on the outside, I know that I have some deep, heart melting insecurities. One that has come up of late is the rising awareness that the multiple relationships I have been in, the over-investment of myself to a "relationship" and the ongoing drama because of the nature of my often inappropriate attachments, I fear that I am quite self-absorbed. I work in service--I give of myself daily and I truly do give BUT I think that I talk a lot about me and my issues and/or problems. I often have to remind myself to ask how the other person is doing and listen...listen while not waiting for my turn to emote. Yuck. I am working on this. I do not do this with my chlldren or work and I don't do this while in a relationship--I do this on the fringe beginning or the end and thereafter with friends and thank God they have stuck with me. I do think I have matured in the past couple of years and I aim to correct this pattern which I have recently identified.
So, yeah--I'm AWESOME and I'm insecure and I am glad that I am anonymous here to be able to say this crap to someone.
Sort of shame inducing. I want to be good very badly and I have made a lot of errors in judgement in my day. I have been hurt and I have hurt others.
On paper, a rockstar....but up close and personal--much work ahead.
And by the way angivette--I am NOT punctual and wish to be. It is a very good trait.

You sound like an amazing person Creo!! We all have flaws and I just got the feeling we needed to concentrate a little on our own positive aspects no matter what other people have told us being negative and downers. My ex referred to me as lazy, pathetic, inclined to be whore, etc and I was thinking you know what so what if you think I am because what I think is what matters. Everyone has a story, sometimes we overlook other people's problems and issues when we are concentrating on ourselves too much but I get a huge relief helping others work thru their problems or just calling to bs about a bad day. It helps when others are there to listen even if you are not giving advice, just lending an ear. It's very cathartic for me and I don't have many close friends that I talk with (4-5) no one lives close to me anymore since I moved. We communicate by phone, emails and Facebook. Just like coming on here and helping others sort thru their problems, that's how I see it when I am talking with others.
Yes being punctual is very high up there. With the honesty and working hard. I don't like slacking. I feel terrible when I do and I love feeling productive. ExN said I was lazy but to me over the last year and half I concentrated on my kids bettering their grades and making sure they understood what's right and wrong. And working on the relationship as much as I could. Nothing else mattered at the time because I was set in money and picked up odd jobs to help pass some time. When I lived there I worked second shift and worked usually 5-8 hours overtime at a factory job. I made almost 4-5k more a year than he did and we worked at the same company and he had a higher paying job than me.
I am trustworthy, I would do anything for my true friends (have driven to another state to pick them up before and to drop them off) I can keep secrets but I draw the line at when it's against the law.
Another downfall of mine is determination. I lack it unless I want it. School for example is an issue because I want to feel like it has to be the right choice before I commit to a specific class. I like finishing projects once they are started I will finish them. I don't like doubts, sometimes I confuse myself with more doubts than hard facts. I don't care about my appearance as much as some women do, if you don't what I wear I could care less. I dress up for some occasions but usually I am running around in a t-shirt and pair of sweats or shorts. Like yesterday and today I spent about 5 hours cutting down limbs and trees here at my dad's place. I never know what's going on and when I get the urge to do some dirty work I don't have a problem doing it.
I have patience to an extent. My own kids it seems less and less, lol. But usually I am a patient person, don't have problems with standing in lines, or waiting at doctor offices. I think I'm a pretty rounded type of person. Going to have to think some more on it :)