writing short stories and poetry, writing lyrics, drawing cartoon type animals( mostly dogs and rabbits), sketching out designs for a future clothing line, listening to different kinds of music, watching old movies and some new ones,going to new places,trying foods from other lands, doing Genealogy Research ( traced a few branches back to the 11th century so far), going to exhibits( about the Titanic, Egyptian artifacts,etc), dancing,collecting and displaying things that my daughters have made( youngest made me a Kanopic Jar for my birthday last year, did not have the heart to tell her that it was going to take a few more to hold my other organs, the one she gave me isn't big enough to hold my brain...lol),collecting stuffed animals with sad eyes and cute smiles, watching the Dallas Cowboys play.
My distant relatives in Ireland, Australia, England and wherever else they are located in order to compare notes on our family history( I am an amateur genealogist and history buff) and know if our original last name(I go by my soon to be ex husband's last name) was Mag Fhinneachte or another variation( son of a fair one or another meaning). Other creative individuals to learn from and exchange ideas with. The children of my cousins, who I have not seen in years. Fellow amateur genealogists and history buffs. People who like those old black and white movies and even Gone With the Wind( which was in color). Fellow Rick Springfield fans, who actually appreciate his work for what it is...works of art!!!
Def Leppard,Nightwish,Led Zeppelin, Savatage,AC/DC,Ozzy,Human League,Prince,Mozart, Madonna, Tchaikovski, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Outback, Enya, Seal, The Mamas & the Papas, The Kingston Trio, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson,Taco,Falco, Kim Wilde,ELO Andy Gibb,Seal,Savage Garden, Rob Zombie, Ace of Base, T'Pau, Godsmack, Disturbed and last but certainly not least: Rick Springfield.
old silent films( Nesferatu,Hunchback of Notre Dame,Phantom of the Opera),Alfred Hitchcock thrillers( Vertigo,the Birds,etc),Errol Flynn swashbucklers(Captain Blood,Robin Hood, etc), Gothic Horror( Twice Told Tales, Tell Tale Heart, Fall of the House of Usher,etc.)Hammer Horror classics(Vampire Circus,Dracula,etc.), Fantasy( Legend, The LOTR trilogy,Willow, Excalibur, etc.) Epics( Troy,Kindgome of Heaven, Braveheart,etc.),vampire movies(Underworld,Blade,Van Helsing,etc.), martial arts movies( Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan), movies based on classic literature{Wuthering Heights(Sir Lawrence Olivier and Merle Oberon),Jane Eyre(Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine),ROmeo and Juliet( Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey),etc.}.
the Law and Order trilogy, ER, The Bachelor, General Hospital, One Life to Live, All My Children, Survivor, NCIS, CSI, CSI New York, Cold Case Files, Forensic Files, Unsolved History, History's Mysteries, Cold Case,and Missing Persons
Wuthering Heights, Rebecca, Jane Eyre, Gone with the Wind, Count of Monte Cristo, Frankenstein,The Wind Done Gone,The Three Musketeers and Lord of the Rings.
Daughter Amanda (from previous marriage) who survived in spite of collapsed lung and complications arising from that, to being the bravest girl I know, my daughter Emily;who when I was sad, wrapped her tiny arms arond me and said" Mommy, you are not alone.... I am here and I love you!!", my brother-in-law Chris( been in Army since Gulf War and is still in),my dad who served this great nation of ours in the U.S. Army from 62- 85 and other members of my family who have served in the military in every battle this country fought, except for the Korean War, dating all the way back to the American Revolution.