Deanna Fountain (Slattery):  

I was quiet, insecure and shy in H.S.....but a lot of were weren't we???....I have referred to myself as a late bloomer.....in order to blossom and become the person I am today I had to go out in the world discover and find myself....after graduation I did not immediately attend college , I didn't know who I was or what I wanted...so instead of college I worked and traveled for 3 years. Three years later I attended Long Beach City College as a part student at first and then full time. In High School I maintained a heavier weight. Once I was on my own I began to live a healthier lifestyle and found the activities I love such as running, hiking, cycling, swimming and walking to be great ways to get my cardio on a regular basis. Today, if you saw me at a class reunion you would not recognize me immediately as I am physically & emotionally so much more different than the little shy-insecure girl in the class of 73 yearbook. I have always worked a steady career starting at the age of 17, while I attended college as a working full time student. I really enjoyed college, almost too much, it was nourishment for me and a method to continue my journey of this self discovery path I was on. I thought I knew myself pretty well when I met my first husband and married in 1984, sadly it lasted only 4 years. He was a great guy but it wasn't right for me...at least not yet...I wasn't done with some of the things I needed to do. I was determined not to do that again (get married) but we really don't have control who we fall in love with and now, years later in 2019 I am happy and looking forward to what my life has in store for myself and with my future . I have no children and have no plans to adopt children and this conforms to the plan I always had for my life and my own personal reasons for doing so. I would like to see the day arrive when a woman does not have to explain why she is not a mother. I am an outdoors girl and an indoors girl as well. I don't mind getting my hands dirty while holding onto a rock-ledge during a hike, I can handle getting my hair wet whitewater rafting & scuba diving. My last dive was in Catalina for the 4th of July 2007. Extreme sports suit me and in-spite of neck surgery in 2004 to fuse 2 vertebrae, I am grateful and continue to enjoy these and other sports such as water skiing and snow skiing, my favorite outdoor sport. As I just mentioned, my interests are both outside and inside and they are (in no particular order) animal rescue-care-volunteer work, gardening-landscape, flower/plant yard art design, vegetable gardening, interior design, cooking all kinds of cuisine ( that is a work in progress, completely self taught) In addition to being a foodie I am a blogger, seamstress-designer of fashion and costume, interior design, re-purposing or up-cycling, art painting portraits, domestic pets, Spaniards, Eastern Indians, African, Mexican, Peruvians,Brazilian, Tahitians,Moroccan , Indian etc tribal people, wild animals, whimsy, landscapes, mixed mediums, collage, trees and more. I am a craftier as well as an artist and that takes me in many directions, hand built pottery, paper mache' up-cycling using furniture, junk, musical instruments, tools, clothes and more. I am currently designing a parade float for the Annual Golf Cart Parade event coming up at the end of October. I also have a project underway using dolls and other miscellaneous pieces called 'assemblage art'. I have a lot of the following characteristics: determination, competitive, ambitious, passion, a giver, a lover, a loyal friend, a bottled up creative p...Expand for more