Okay, I'll join in . . .

Name: Louise Nieland

Home: Marion, Iowa

Occupation: Executive Assistant

Age: 53 (but just barely)

Past Lives: Well, I worked at the Dairy Queen and the concession stand at
the pool while I was in high school, and I had a short stint at a fabric
shop, but other than that, it's been nothing but office work.

Family: Married for nearly 25 years (and all of them happy!), three
stepchildren, three stepgrandchildren

Food: Nearly anything that comes out of the ocean, salmon, and asparagus

QI's: Tipper, an 11-year-old mixed breed puppy

Machine(s): Viking #1+

Quilting For: 24 years; I took a class through the Officers' Wives Club and
have had a quilt in process ever since.

Quilt Assembly Preference: Machine piece (or hand applique), hand quilt
(but about to learn to machine quilt!)

Quilt Style Preference: No preference -- I like 'em all

Colour Preference: Right now it's purples, yellows, and dark greens, but
that will change with the seasons.

Skill level: I think I'm probably an intermediate.

Posting/Reading frequency: Read several times daily, post sporadically

Interests other than quilting/fabric fondling/S.E.X.: Country music,
working with the local food pantry, currently helping DH campaign for mayor
of our city, babysitting my niece and nephew, reading (but lately all I've
had time for are Jennifer's books!)

Pet Peeves: I'm trying to overcome them and be more understanding, but I'm
not being very successful! At work, it's people who continually want the
company to give them more, more, more while they work hard to do less, less,
less. In my non-work life, it's people who are just plain rude.

TV Shows: ER, Joan of Arcadia, NYPD Blue, CSI, West Wing, Hawkeye Football,
and almost anything on HGTV

Drive A: 2002 Chevy Explorer; 1991 Buick Riviera

Favorite Quote: I honestly can't think of one right now.