CURRENT MISSION

Germany, Spain, & France, 2011

ABOUT ME

I love people and I love sharing the love. I was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska and I lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina for a year and traveled around the country. I love traveling and foreign languages.

I offer tutoring for Spanish and ASL in exchange for skills, baked goods, or handmade stuff. Money is not the only currency we can utilize!

PHILOSOPHY

Organized religion is a sin.
Spirituality is attuned to the individual.
You create your own reality.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

So far I cannot host anyone on a couch, but I would love to meet you for coffee and tell you about the great things to do in Alaska! (and Argentina)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have not couchsurfed yet, but I have answered a few messages regarding night life in Anchorage and things to do in Argentina.

Interests

i LOVE music - metal, folk metal, folk, rock, classic rock, alternative, some classic, and other kinds I'm sure.
sewing
knitting
baking
traveling
literature
art- beautiful and brutal

• arts
• literature
• coffee
• baking
• traveling
• crochet
• knitting
• music
• languages
• religion
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

I'm trying to read the classics first - 1984, Frankenstein, Dracula, To Kill a Mockingbird, Slaughterhouse-5, etc.

movies - Joe Dirt,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I ziplined over a canyon at the foot of the Andes Mountains in Argentina, and overcame my fear of heights that day! Of course I still get a litle nervous in skyscrapers, but I just need to remember that sensation of relief when my feel left the cliff and my life hung by a metal clasp.

Teach, Learn, Share

I knit well. I crochet well. I sew. I speak Spanish. Ask me about anything! I may have some insight to what you seek.

Couchsurfing University: Quick Mitts!
-old sweater, or enough fabric layers to make your mittens warm
-scissors
-pen or marker or fabric chalk if you're fancy like that
-needle & thread, or sewing machine
-pins (if necessary)

Take an old sweater, a couple t-shirts, or some old socks. Fold fabric pattern-side-inward (it is now double layered). Place hand down on folded fabric and trace around your hand 1 inch away from fingers in a mitten shape. Keep layers together, pin edges to keep layers from separating, if necessary. Cut a long piece of thread (two arm lengths or a little less) and thread through needle. Tie the two ends together, and start stitching around the outside of the layers you just cut out, leaving the arm hole open. Stich 1/2 inch in from cut edge. Stitch around twice if you want. Tie off the end and cut the thread. You may want to stitch around the edge of the arm hole to keep edges from fraying. Turn mitten inside out - you have your first handmade mitten! Repeat for other mitten.