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Nikki

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About Me


I am back in my hometown of Bothell and loving it! Very glad to be home with our friends and family... Finally got my foot in the door of dentistry and am working in a great office just five minutes from home... can't complain about that commute, especially not over here! I plan on working towards becoming an Assistant and am so excited about this new venture. James proposed on Valentines Day and we're looking forward to a wedding in July... less than five months away... Holy cow I'm going to be busy! It's been almost three years and we've been through just about everything and we're holding strong! The tough times have only brought us closer. I thank God every day for James, my family and my amazing friends... without them, I'd be nothing. 2008, be kind to us! :)

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My Interests







Spending as much quality time as possible with James, my family and my friends... I'd be nothing without them.

I'm very passionate about human rights and would love to do more to open people's minds.

Celebrity gossip... I want to be like Perez... ;)

Cooking... I love to cook and bake... I'm pretty good when I follow instructions... hehe!

Coffee... I love drinking it, making it and meeting people who are as addicted as I am! It's one of the few vices I have at this point in my life...


Girly stuff... that goes for cosmetics, clothing, shoes, bags, skincare, haircare... whatever! I'm definitely a girly girl!

I've got a tomboy side to me, too... I get really interested in mechanics, and if I wasn't so picky about my nails, I might consider going to school to be an automotive technician... I'm the girl who will climb under the car with James and watch what he's doing... I don't always mind getting dirty!

Music... concerts, performing, just listening or dancing to it. I've always been very musical. I tend to lean towards listening more contemporary stuff, kinda mellow, classic rock, but for some reason I prefer rock concerts to all others!

Animals... we have two dogs and a cat. If James wouldn't get mad at me, I'd bring home all the strays... baby animals are the worst for me... doesn't matter what it is... I'm sure I'd think a baby skunk was cute.

History. I don't know why, but I love thinking and wondering about what it was like when... I especially love older homes and thinking about what the families were like that lived in them.

And that brings us to, old homes/structures. I love architecture and the idea of purchasing an old home with lots of history and restoring it.


Travel... I wish I had more money to visit the places I dream of! Would love to really see and experience Europe... especially Greece, Spain and Italy. Those areas really intrigue me.

I'd like to meet:

I love being able to keep in touch with all my old friends here... that's pretty much what it's used for. I don't add people that I don't know, so don't ask. If I want to meet you, I'll come find you! But, don't hold your breath...

Music:

Lately, I've really been into the British artist scene... I love all the music coming from across the pond these days... Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Scissor Sisters... but my iPod is an eclectic mix of anything and everything... Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, BEP, The Chemical Brothers, Color Me Badd (oh yeah...), DMB, Gorillaz, Depeche Mode, Eminem, Fleetwood Mac, Gretchen Wilson, Gwen and No Doubt, Janet and Michael Jackson (the old school jams), Johnny Cash, Journey, JT, Keane, Kanye, Keith Urban, J Lo, Madonna, Lynard Skynard, Maroon 5, Marvin Gaye, Missy, Neil Diamond, Norah Jones, Outkast, Paul McCartney and Wings, Porno for Pyros, Queen, REM, Radiohead, Rihanna, Shakira, Shania, Styx, Sublime, Timmy!, Vanilla Ice, The Verve, Will Smith... it goes on and on...


But I prefer rock concerts to all others.

Just don't scream in my ear.

Movies:

The Notebook, Dazed and Confused, Anything Disney (especially when there are princesses involved!), Quentin Tarantino, Kevin Smith, Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley (RIP dude), John Cusack or vampire related... Dirty Dancing, Forrest Gump, CKY or Jackass, Grosse Point Blank, American History X, Thirteen, Requiem for a Dream, Rockstar, Napoleon Dynamite, Crash, The Lake House, Running With Scissors... just some of my favs....

Television:

I'm a reality t.v. junkie... I love it all! My favs are Project Runway, Top Chef, Iron Chef America, Flavor of Love, American Idol, The Soup, Rock of Love, Ice Road Truckers. But my all time must sees are Nip/Tuck, House and The Office. If I don't catch the new episode every week, I'm bummed out!

Books:

Smashed by Koren Zalckis, anything by Augusten Bourroghs is amazing (I've got all his books!), The Wedding (the follow up to The Notebook), Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner, Bergdorf Blondes, The Four Agreements, Choke and anything by Nicholas Sparks... thanks for the collection, honey! :)

Heroes:

James... he's worked so hard lately to make our life better. I love him more than anything and admire all his hard work.

My mom. She's the rock of our family. The glue that holds everyone together. I can only hope that someday I'll be as wonderful a mother as she. My dad. He's always been the quintessential father figure. Always doing everything he could to make sure we had everything we needed... and a few things we wanted!



Our grandparents. Always there for us whenever we need them. They all are so giving and understanding. I thank God every day that I have them in my life.

My Blog

OMG!

Okay, how many of you have seen the new "100 Calorie Pack" commercial?  The one with the gals in the elevator that start playing hand clapping games... the one's we used to play in elementary... ...
Posted by Nikki on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:47:00 PST

My last blog neglected to mention one thing...

How excited I am to marry James!  :) The one person who's been absolutely rock steady... The one who's held me when I've been upset, helped me with the planning (even if it took a little pushing ...
Posted by Nikki on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:35:00 PST

83 days and counting down...

83 days until the wedding... ONLY 83 days.  Things are moving along... sometimes smoothly, some days not so much... Some days I wish we were just eloping so I didn't have to worry about all the ...
Posted by Nikki on Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:34:00 PST

What a month!

So, the last couple of blogs were pretty pessimistic.  If you are close to me at all, you know why.  But, life is finally turning around again, now that we're back home! We're living in Both...
Posted by Nikki on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 01:42:00 PST

The Wall

The Wall- Kansas It's woven in a fantasyI can't beleive the things I've seenThe path that I have chosen nowHas led me to a wallAnd with each passing dayI feel a little more like something dear was los...
Posted by Nikki on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:29:00 PST

Dear God.

I've tried to live my life in a good way.  I have made my mistakes.  Haven't we all?  I've indulged myself in bad habits, lived in sin with my boyfriend for two years, had premarital r...
Posted by Nikki on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:55:00 PST

2008 couldnt come soon enough!

What an exhausting year it's been!  With all the moving (and more to come,) the parties, the arguements, the long nights alone... I'm ready for the new year and I sure hope it's "my year!"  ...
Posted by Nikki on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:37:00 PST

Keeping company with myself

It's been over a month now that I've been living "alone." James and I moved fairly quickly in our relationship.  A month and a half after meeting, he moved to Carnation.  He lived with me fo...
Posted by Nikki on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:01:00 PST

Bummer of a day.

So, you might be wondering why I'm so sad or where James went.Well, most of you know he's working for the carpenter's union over here.  He's been working for a Seattle based company on the solar ...
Posted by Nikki on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 05:31:00 PST

Very blessed...

Over the past few months, I've realized many things about myself.  Some positive and some not so positive realizations, although I feel that this whole experience has been a positive journey. Fir...
Posted by Nikki on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:20:00 PST