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Leslie Brooke

You can do no great things, only small things with great love. ~Mother Teresa

About Me

I am...
a daugher
a sister
a wife
a student
an amateur photographer
a worshiper

I'm just the typicalDONATE
Please visit the above link & read our story!

My Interests

Spending time with my husband...
...and my friends & family
Music!
I've started keeping a blog
Read it here
Keeping in touch with friends
Everything photography, when there's time
Sleep
Dancing
Learning
Creativity
Organization
My health (well, I try)
Reading
Movies in bed

Music:

Our iPod probably has Multiple Personality Disorder!
Music is Life...therefore there isn't enough room to list them all here, so I'll make it short...sort of
The Raconteurs
Mute Math
Mute Math
Derek Webb
Foo Fighters
Lovedrug
The Hush Sound
Paul Wright
Gnarls Barkley
Paramore
Edison Glass
Watermark
John Reuben
U2
Mae
Jonzetta
Vedera
Mat Kearney
Nichole Nordeman
Flyleaf
Beck
Green Day
David Crowder Band
United
The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs
Sara Groves
We Are Scientists
Queens of the Stone Age
Fiona Apple (sometimes)
The All-American Rejects
...and the list goes on...

Movies:

My favorite ever...The American President
Comedy...Borat (inappropriate, but insanely funny), Click, Harold & Kumar, Napoleon Dynamite, Kung Pow, Without A Paddle, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days, Fun With Dick and Jane...and so on
Drama...The Pursuit of Happyness, Click (It was a dramedy, ok), Crash, Walk The Line, Finding Neverland, Memoirs of A Geisha, Munich....and so on
Action...X Men (all 3), Flight Plan, National Treasure, Pirates of the Carribean (I don't care what anyone says...those were good!), The Transporter 1 & 2, Tombstone, Spiderman (all), Star Wars (Episodes 1-3 are the best), Rush Hour
Sci Fi...Gattaca, Stargate, Aeon Flux, The Fifth Element, THX 1138, The Island
Documentary...Supersize Me (McD.. gross!), The Corporation (boy is this thing crooked), Paperclips (prepare to cry)
I hate horror movies! (yes, I'm a scaredy cat)
Other Favorites:
The Chronicles of Narnia The Dark Crystal The Labrynth ...and there are tons more we watch that I can't even remember...I'm serious, we watch at least 2-3 movies/week!

Television:

We don't waste our money on cable...movies are our thing...plus a few TV shows we still enjoy...Ugly Betty, House MD, Robot Chicken (hilarious stuff), Scrubs (again, sooo funny!), and I have a weak spot for Grey's Anatomy...what woman doesn't, right?!

Books:

Love to read! (But not as much as Jay!)
Here's to Hindsight...Tara Leigh Cobble
Dear Church
Velvet Elvis...Rob Bell
Traveling Mercies...Anne Lamott
Red Moon Rising...Pete Greig
Blue Like Jazz...Donald Miller
[Re]Understanding Prayer...Kyle Lake
Searching For God Knows What...Donald Miller
Anything by Ted Dekker, Especially the trilogy: Black, Red & White
Frank Peretti: This Present Darkness, Monster, The Oath
Francine Rivers: Definitely read Redeeming Love, you wont' regret it!
Faith and the City...Jennifer Ruisch
The Barbarian Way...Erwin McManus
The Message Remix...Eugene Peterson
Finding God Where You Least Expect Him...John Fischer
Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets & Sushi...David Crowder
Posers, Fakers & Wannabes...Brennan Manning
Don't Rock The Boat, Capsize It...Rick Bundschuh (I have no idea how to pronounce that)
The Gutter (talk about kicking you out of your comfort zone!)...Craig Gross
Simplicity...Mark Salomon
The Naked Christian...Craig Borlase
A New Kind of Christian, The Story We Find Ourselves In, The Last Word And The Word After That...Brian McLaren
Stumbling Towards Faith...Renee Altson (Read this if you want to cry like a 2 year old...her story is unbelieveably heartbreaking, yet holds so true about "religion")

Heroes:

Hero - A person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life.
On that note, here are a few...
Jesus Christ
My Parents
Rob Bell
Shane Claiborne
Bono
Mother Teresa
Soldiers...all of them

My Blog

To Do List

1) Go to www.lesliebrooke.com2) Read & comment on any of the blogs that you want.3) Don't leave before you subscribe by e-mail on the bottom right of the page.4) If you have a blog, link back to me...
Posted by Leslie Brooke on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:42:00 PST

I'm Moving

I'm moving...my blog that is :) (Had some of y'all scared, huh?!)  Anyways, head on over to My New Home, and subscribe to me there if you like.  I promise I'll try to blog more often :)See y...
Posted by Leslie Brooke on Mon, 07 May 2007 01:18:00 PST

Hillsong United

We saw Hillsong United last week.Pics & Blog: HERE
Posted by Leslie Brooke on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:04:00 PST

RealityCharity.com - My Story

Hello everyone!  As you've read in other blogs, one of our dreams is to have kids someday.  However, our situation makes that impossible without medical intervention.  My mom created an...
Posted by Leslie Brooke on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:18:00 PST

Baby Pictures

I put some baby pics from our trip up!They are on my Blog.
Posted by Leslie Brooke on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:00:00 PST

A Stop On The Way To Atlanta

We took a trip!Read about it HERE!
Posted by Leslie Brooke on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 06:27:00 PST

2007...What This Year Holds

I've just posted a new blog!  Please check it out HERE.  HAPPY NEW YEAR!...
Posted by Leslie Brooke on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:53:00 PST

Health Insurance or Rip Off????

So I haven't been in the bloggingest of moods today, but I just had to get this out there...maybe it'll help someone, or someone can help me. Since today is Jay's last day at the city (YAY!) I've been...
Posted by Leslie Brooke on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 11:58:00 PST

Everything is Breakable

We hear the words to describe a million different things:  unbreakable, shatterproof, indestructible.  But are these words ever true of anything?  Sure, maybe your comb is "unbreakable"...
Posted by Leslie Brooke on Sun, 17 Dec 2006 12:21:00 PST

Houston, Wii have a problem!

I just saw this article, Wii goes flying, online and had to laugh!Even though I'm not a gamer, I was glad that the new Nintendo Wii was more active than previous video games...because whether we like ...
Posted by Leslie Brooke on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:06:00 PST