Introductions!

I'm Ris, 38, single, living with my boyfriend Randy for the last 2 1/2 years. Neither one of us has been married and neither one of us have kids. Been together since 11/2002. We live in the Boston area in a house with a small yard and a deck and our little kitty Emmie who joined us on Memorial Day weekend. Got one brother, D, who's married to a great wife, T, and they have given me two great nieces K, who's 7 and C, who is 6. Mom still lives in the house I grew up in and has changed it a lot. Dad passed away last year in June and I miss him terribly.
Hobbies? Travel, reading, playing at Green Thumb by keeping a few plants alive on the deck and using the weed-whacker to mow the little lawn. Visiting with friends, following the Red Sox, going to the beach. Love to bargain shop. My best friends live in CA, NY, ME, and the UK and I try to see them as often as possible. Two are girls and one's a guy.
Holy crap it's November! This year is almost over! Randy and I traveled a lot this year. First we went on a Caribbean cruise in March which was fun, then in April we went to Myrtle Beach with his family, then in May I visited Kim and her husband in California. We went to Austin, TX in August, then in October we went to London for 3 days and Spain for 2 weeks. Absolutely wonderful! And now it's time to go Christmas shopping.

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