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About Me

I've been married a little over 3 years now to an incredible guy with great dreams and the vision and integrity to make them all true. He is the leader of our family and the hero of my heart. He inspires and encourages me to never stop learning and growing even when it means stepping out of my comfort zone. He loves, accepts and appreciates me no matter where I'm at in the process and I thank God everyday for him.
"I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman." (Anais Nin)
We are a young family full steam into the diapers and wipes phase. Our two little girls are quickly becoming a very dynamic duo who definitely keep us on our toes. They have a genius for innovation and are highly skilled in the deadly art of the sweetness attack. We don't stand a chance.
As if life couldn't be more of an adventure, we have another little girl on the way. Not quite named but can already pack a good punch and kick. We have no doubts that her sisters will be more than happy to mentor her in their dark arts of parental persuasion.
"When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become." (Louis Pasteur)

My Interests

Blogging
Music
Reading
People watching
Personal Growth and Development
People Skills
Leadership
Food (all kinds and cultures)
Fitness (especially pilates, yoga, and rock climbing)

Causes very close to my heart:
Women's Resource Medical Center Nevada

Susan Komen for the Cure

I'd like to meet:

"You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read." (Charlie Tremendous Jones)

Music:

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." (Aldous Huxley)

I lose A LOT of time online searching, creating, and listening to playlists. My favorite sites:
www.myflashfetish.com
www.projectplaylist.com
www.pandora.com

Movies:

Cinderella Man
Pursuit of Happyness
Under the Tuscan Sun
Frida
300
Evan Almighty
Amelie
Stand By Me

Television:

The Office
Naruto
Heroes
Lost
One Piece

Books:

If you're a reader like me, you'll love www.goodreads.com!

Heroes:

Jesus
My husband Ed
Our mentors
Our parents
Our Team

My Blog

life is tremendous

A VERY different style from Forgiveness is Tremendous but still strongly Christian in perspective. Charlie keeps his pointers straight to the point and mainly uses anecdotes and real life experiences ...
Posted by Joy on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:36:00 PST

a different world

I'm wondering tonight what it was like to live in a time when people didn't have to think twice about lending a stranger a hand. When you didn't have to wonder about their true intentions.On our way h...
Posted by Joy on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:43:00 PST

love without getting tired

This has been on my mind this week although I don't know if I've figured out how to put it into words yet. Love without getting tired. It's taken from a quote from Mother Teresa and I imagine in her l...
Posted by Joy on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:46:00 PST

manic monday

Gosh, the weekend always feels too fast when I work on Saturdays. Today was wonderful though. It's always so refreshing to get away with Ed for a few hours after days of running on our separate home-t...
Posted by Joy on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:17:00 PST

todays promises

Today was a great day.My Nina alarm went off promptly at 6:30am with her usual "Get up!" followed by kisses all over my face.After setting her up with her breakfast for champions, aka Krogers fruit ri...
Posted by Joy on Mon, 26 May 2008 10:17:00 PST

another kind of "role"

I first heard this as a radio broadcast on the way home friday and enjoyed the speakers style of delivery so much that I actually went in search for it online. The following is an edited version of th...
Posted by Joy on Sun, 25 May 2008 10:38:00 PST

on a roll!

I don't know what has gotten into me! Another book finished this weekend! Tonight: Forgiveness is Tremendous by Charlie Tremendous Jones and Daniel R. LedwithIf I were to try to review this book in my...
Posted by Joy on Sun, 25 May 2008 09:23:00 PST

FINALLY finished!

And I say this with the greatest feeling of accomplishment...I FINALLY finished one of the four or five books I've been rotating this past two months! Whew! I know, maybe I should have just stuck to o...
Posted by Joy on Fri, 23 May 2008 01:28:00 PST

memorials and visitations

We closed the clinic at 1pm yesterday so that we could all go to Brian's memorial service. It's a time like this that you can really appreciate how much your coworkers can be another kind of family. T...
Posted by Joy on Sat, 17 May 2008 11:16:00 PST

dwell

I came home today to two surprise packages. Both representing friendships in very different stages and carrying very different messages. I think for my sanity tonight though, I'm just going to talk ab...
Posted by Joy on Fri, 16 May 2008 10:01:00 PST