Date men from United States / California / Half Moon Bay, 62 year old

Date someone special from Half Moon Bay, United States. Like many, I never thought I'd be looking for anyone else but sometimes life doesn't work out the way you want. I was very fortunate to have been married to a great person for a long time but she passed away last year.
My 2 boys (both college graduates) are most important to me and make me so proud of the terrific young men they've become. I'm also fortunate to have a loving supportive family as well as many great friends who care about me and my boys.
I'm very sensitive about others feelings, a good read of people's character and am a romantic at heart. While this may sound a little corny, I'm kind of old fashioned in my values and manners.
I consider myself pretty successful. Its great to be able to say I love what I do. My job is very creative and gives me tremendous satisfaction in helping people.
My little collie, Daisy, is the new love in my life and she keeps me quite busy with her tremendous amount of energy and affection. So for anyone interested in me, she is going to be formidable competition and she doesn't like to share her man!
I'm very funny, sarcastic and quick witted both in person and in writing. I always seem to find the amusing side to things. I also don't take myself too seriously and am not afraid to make fun of myself. But most important, I'm very comfortable with who I am and for the most part very happy with my life. That's a nice thing to be able to say about oneself.
Have to be honest in that I HATE cooking and get stressed out when making more than one thing. The standing joke in my family is I make "black" food and we are not talking ethnic. You'll always find me a most appreciative customer in that I'm grateful for almost anything put in front of me. But on the positive side I actually enjoy cleaning up and load a neat dishwasher. This "gift" makes me a sought after guest.
But afer 1 year of cooking for myself I haven't burnt my house down yet. I've certainly come close a few times by forgetting to turn off the burner and oven overnight. My real problem is that I'm ADD in the kitchen in that I'm impatient and hate reading directions. Luckily I still have a cast iron stomach so I can pretty much eat anything and don't mind eating the same thing for a few days. I have also discovered that a few glasses of wine or bloody mary's helps the process.
I'm looking for someone who is smart, funny, beautiful who will challenge me and even argue with me as well as obviously care about me and can COOK.