“ Hi! I was fortunate enough to take an early retirement at the beginning of this year (2009) from a stressful, insane job (911 dispatcher for 24 yrs). My former job really cut into any social life I might desire and I often had to cancel plans with family ”

“ Moving (back!) to town with husband and 1 yr old daughter for my new job at U of I. Looking forward to meeting some new folks! ”

“ 59 yr old, retired mom of 4 daughters, grandmom of 7. Loving Wife for 39 yrs. Days spent knitting or sewing. ”

“ I enjoy knitting and would like to find a group that my younger daughter and I could join and do this together. ”

“ I'm up for new interests and meeting great people! ”

“ I would like to join a meet up group that goes on walks weekly, monthly or bimonthly. ”

“ Moved to Champaign in October due to my husband's job. I'm enjoying it so far. We just had our first baby on Jan 31st. His name is Ezra Steele Monroe. Looking forward to meeting up sometime soon. ”

“ Hi! As you can tell I have varied interests, mostly in Paganism, Cats, Animal Rights, Knitting, 3D Graphics - and that's just the beginning. Brightest Blessings to all! ”

“ Environmentalist treehugging peacenik liberal, who thinks religion is rubbish. And Thunder08 is my son. What else do you need to know? ”

“ First time mom, who is interested in anything and everything. :) http://rayandandisnewadventure.wordpress.com/ ”

“ I'm interested in getting together to knit (or crochet!) with fellow yarn addicts in the area. ”