Good food, good friends, shared fun and laughter. World travel. Wearing out....not rusting out. Photography. Interior design. Fashion. Good movies. Good books. Shoes!!!!!! Clothes . Latin-dancing....dancing around my red sofas with my girlies...and simply enjoying life as much as possible:)....
HUGE Foreign movie fan ...still reccomend Cinema Paradiso if you haven't seen it. It is delightful:)
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Brandon Shanholtzer when he arrives home from Iraq. DONE WHOOO>..WECOME HOME BRANDON Oprah, Tom and Katy, Ashton and Demi, Matt Damon (now that I can see for myself why he got the sexiest man of the year award.....so obviously for his sence of humor....VERY VERY SEXY)Josh Groban, Sarah Brightman, other brits(people who miss fish and chips half as much as I do, not to mention tea, scones,clotted cream and/or the local pub:) LOL), old friends, and any of my tv man-crushes, extended family, the cast of dancing with the stars, old classmates/drama school buddies,...Oh, and Antonio Banderas ( whose accent my husband has been imitating for me for years:)!
..Ronan Keating. Michael Buble. Shayne Ward. Sarah Brightman. Keith Urban. Josh Groban. Brad Paisley. The Beatles. Elvis. Jack Jones. Paul Anka. Lily Allen. Jewel. Sara Bareilles. My cousin Tobie:)My girls singing:)My hubby singing and playing guitar, Marc Anthony (and, yes, J-Lo). Nat King Cole....and many, many, many more....I like to stretch my musical taste and enjoy adding to my collection.This layout was handmade with love by the folks at My space or yours? using original artwork by Marah Johnson. Go get one!
If this movie is even half as good as the book it will be wonderful:Notting Hill, Somewhere In Time, Love Actually, Serendipity, A Walk In the Clouds, Phantom of the Opera, Attonement, How to Make an American Quilt, The Lakehouse, Love in a Time of Cholera. August Rush. Definately, Maybe. Romantic Comedies/chick flicks and foreign movies. ***"Cinema Paradiso" is a favorite foreign movie pic. style="whitespace:no-wrap;margin-top:10px;height:24px">
House, Survivor, Men In Trees, Smallville, Miss Guided (new tv series...FUNNY) Oprah, Grays Anatomy, Dancing with the Stars (love Tony Dovolano, Juliette Hough,and Maksim). Wife swap (Frank harbors a secret fantasy of swapping me for a wife who can cook...he thinks I don't know. Grays Anatomy and occasionallyDesperate Housewives ....aren't ALL wives Desperate Housewives in some way or another?. ..
The Notebook, The Wedding, Nights in Rodanthe, Message in a Bottle, The Power of Now, The Secret, Eat, Pray, Love and many others... ..
People who make others laugh. Currently, Jimmy Kimmel, Sarah Silverman, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and all the other stars who joined in on the gag that made me laugh until I cried....see you tube video if you haven't already. People who have the ability to love fully and completely without fear or expectation but who love for loves sake...they love the children, the old, the young, the fat, the thin, the people who don't love them back, they love everyone because they see that everyone has their own particular issues/pain to deal with (their cross to bear)and it matters not if they are loved back...they simply love and send loving thoughts anyway.....they are the people who have learnt that love is a verb....an action...not just a word!!!!People who can admit to their mistakes and foibles and don't think they are perfect.People who can see things in shades of gray and not in black and white.People who are empathetic and have big hearts.People of courage.People who forgive...for forgiveness sets THEM free.Brandon Shanholtzer for doing right by his country when he didn't necesarily want to and my daughter, Natalie for following her heart and her passion and seeing where it led her. I love you, Nats:)Ashley and Chelsea...my twins are my youngest heroes...they know why:) Here are a few photos from Natalies and Brandons wedding. ..
People who follow their dreams. My children for putting up with their imperfect parents. Remember kids if we haven't @#$%%^&^& you up yet there is still time:)LOL..