life. smiling. laughing. sunshine. being with friends. making new friends. reading. listening. bookstores. going to 12 step meetings. more listening.*working out*. EATING CHOCOLATE *yoga*. anything GREEN. aerobic power classes. running. dancing. sleeping. hiking. ***spending time with and talking to my three beautiful children*** .being in nature. making cake and eating cake.--CHOCOLATE--classes: art. art history. creative writing. psychology.writing poetry. ..eating and COOKING healthy food. going out for dinner. i love chinese food..running. aerobic walking-- i got to be in Rock and Roll Half Marathon in Virginia Beach VA Sept 2006 and Sept 2007!! ..the art world. galleries. exhibits. museums. painting. drawing. traveling. *road trips*. being outdoors. the beach. tropical climate. i love flowers. my favorite color is GREEN.*sitting in my back yard drinking iced tea with lemon and fresh mint* .all types of sports. basketball. track. football.baseball. driving volvos. a volvo is the bomb, like a green volvo, or maybe burgundy.. eating sushi. i love ICE CREAM. dark milkyways. dancing. summer nights. sunsets. sunrises. full moon days/nights.shakespeare plays in ashland oregon.writing in my journal. *hugging my friends* xoxoxo p.s. i think there should be a section called FOOD.. i want to talk about all the different foods i like, and about cooking interests, etc. and i would like to know what kinds of foods you like.. (i got to freeze a bunch of bleberries and raspberries this summer!)
*you** life is not a dress rehearsal *
van morrison.*the frey*. pretty willie aka PDUB. Ray J. fleetwood mac. stevie nicks. luther vandross. natasha bedingfield. kanye. J. Holiday. david gray babylon. john mayer: gravity from continuum. chantelle with traxamillion. Paula DeAnda. .the temptations. stevie wonder.smokey robinson.**johnlegend.com**.akon. robert cray. slowjams on sunday nights on 104.7 in eugene. usher.chris brown. keith sweat.keyshia cole "give it up to me" and "love". avant. r kelly. justin timberlake.**icebox by omarion** techno music any kind. Maroon 5. shakira. anita baker. james blunt. ludacris with mary j. blige.christina agulara. .alicia keyes. sarah mclachlan. marvin gaye.robin thicke. bowwow. jay Z. tyrese. natalie cole:unforgetable. beyonce. marvin gaye. india arie. the ramones. nickelback. snow patrol.jacksonbrowne.com. norah jones.supremes. ben e. king. lionel ritchie. pink martini. nina simone. corinne bailey rae. leonard cohen" "suzanne". Jordin Sparks. Chris Richardson. steve miller abracadabra. jennifer hudson.did you get to see jennifer with beyonce at the oscars. it was amazing.**i got you babe: sonny and cher. jann arden.jaimie fox. christian music. classical music. piano. violin. opera in foreign languages. i love duets. country music. gary allen: life ain't always beautiful but it's a beautiful ride. etc
to kill a mockingbird. crash. as a river runs through it. rudy. shawshank redemption. fried green tomatoes. **Great Expectations** with Gwyneth P. the secret garden. Atonement. Juno. fargo. "16 blocks" .as good as it gets. a beautiful mind. .my girl. ground hog day. Pride and Prejudice. its a wonderful life. christmas story. castaway- i like wilson, tom's soccer ball buddy--forrest gump. bed of roses. when a man loves a woman. wizard of oz. planes trains and automobiles. uncle buck. pleasantville. titanic. pearl harbor. remains of the day.driving miss daisy.young frankenstein. walk the line etc
don't watch much television. i do live for Seinfeld episodes over and over and over. i am an american idol chick:) .i like "brothers and sisters" on sunday nights.. cingular AT+T advertisements for dropped calls. verizon adds: i am crazy about the verizon guy in the brown suit and all the people that follow him .ipod adds. target adds. all sports. i LOVE basketball.
bookstores are my home-away-from-home.. i love to read.. to name but a few favorites: anything by Charles Dickens. Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird. Jane Eyre. Anna Karenina. The Secret Garden. A Little Princess. *Jane Austen's novels* .The Incredible Journey. James Joyce. Rumi. Rumi's poetry. Illuminata by Marianne Williamson. The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck. A Year to Live by Stephen Levine. Motherless Daughters by Hope Edelman: changed my life about eight years ago when i found this book. The Power of Now by Eckart Tolle. September by Rosamunde Pilcher. all art books and art history. San Francisco books..I miss the city I grew up in:) Chicken Soup for the Soul..i also love libraries.. and BUILT-IN-BOOKSHELVES
God. my mother who has lived in heaven most of my life. my father who joined her last year. *my three beautiful children*. people who are challenged, or face adversity (real or imagined),in any way, and work hard and overcome their challenges. my brothers and sisters in recovery. my childhood friends.anne frank. martin luther king. oprah. Three things in human life are important: The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. Henry James