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About Me

For someone who specializes in telling other people's stories, I'm often impossibly bad at telling my own. I need to be part of things bigger than me, and I actually enjoy a busy schedule. But, I'm also really good at being lazy. I really love long days on the beach, with a good book and a best friend. But, home has always been in the mountains, where my family and very best friends in the world are.I love days on just about any kind of waterfront, brightly painted mountain sunsets, fresh flowers, all-night talks, the clean opportunity of a brand new morning, long naps, captured moments, the smell of coconut, holding hands, babies' giggles and honest-to-goodness, heartfelt hugs.I smile a lot, out of habit, and because it makes other people smile with me, usually. I'm happy with me, for the most part, but I really want to be a better person, to grow through age and experiences, but not let them tarnish my spirit; to learn through hurts but not let bitterness shade my outlook and energy; to see the best in each new day and the people I encounter and to love like I won't lose.
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My Interests

I love a lot of things: Words that sound right, feelings that make sense, picture-perfect moments and long days outside. I'm content doing just about anything, from walking through the woods, to planting flowers, to lying on the beach, if it's in front of a beautiful backdrop. I drive my friends crazy trying to take pictures of everything, and my camera is one of my favorite things. Every day holds tiny adventures for me, but there are a few big ones I'd like to try. Parasailing is on my list of things to do, and I want to go whitewater rafting, someday. I love a good mystery, believe in love stories and like sports I see in person.

I'd like to meet:

Old friends, new adventures, all the dreams that wait in between, and maybe you.
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Music:

It totally depends on the mood. I have Lifehouse and Garth Brooks in the CD player at home and in the car, 3 Doors Down and Rascal Flatts at work. Bon Jovi always reminds me of high school; and Harry Connick Jr. is perfect when I'm feeling sentimental or jazzy.

Movies:

"The Princess Bride," "A Few Good Men," "Sweet Home Alabama," etc., etc

Television:

Grey's Anatomy, Law & Order SVU

Books:

Fairy tales. I'm a sucker for a happy ending.

Heroes:

My grandparents. They've managed to be faithful, beautiful people individually, and hold a love together for more than 55 years.

My Blog

True beauty

It's not easy to feel beautiful when you're surrounded by bonafide beauty queens in every corner. Trust me. I know. Though I learned this a while back during a brief jaunt as a pageant judge, I&n...
Posted by Tammie on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 09:26:00 PST

Wishes for a new year...

Happy New Year! A mini-vacation, a returning-home cold and an overall feeling of post Christmas laziness kept me from sending out the usual sparkly comments for this holida...
Posted by Tammie on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 09:45:00 PST

Realize

1. I've come to realize that when I talk :I use my hands to make a point almost as much as my mouth or my words.2. I've come to realize that, if I love someone:I can't do it with half a heart. 3...
Posted by Tammie on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:56:00 PST

I’ve been tagged!

I've been tagged. Category: Quiz/Survey Here's how you play: Once you've been tagged you have to write a blog with at least 10 weird, random, facts, habits or goals about yourself, at the end choose...
Posted by Tammie on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:13:00 PST

Saving for...

My great-grandmother saved a lot of things. She stashed brand new bed sheets in a trunk at the foot of the bed covered in a blanket made from an old feed sack. She kept pressed, perfectly-preserved dr...
Posted by Tammie on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:31:00 PST

More life lessons

Hi everyone! I stole these from a friend, but I think they're worth sharing, wherever they came from. And, they carry a lot of lessons I'm still working on learning. It's gotta be good to keep th...
Posted by Tammie on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:36:00 PST

Funnies

My other Calvin & Hobbes blogs apparently outgrew my site. They seem to have disappeared. So, here are more words of wisdom from Calvin and/or Hobbes. Hope they make you smile. :-) "Weekends ...
Posted by Tammie on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 10:09:00 PST

Seeing differently...

It's hard to really take a look at yourself. Even peering nose-to-nose into the mirror isn't the same as seeing from across the room and someone else's shoes. Someone once dear taught me tha...
Posted by Tammie on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:50:00 PST

Life is...

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is bliss, taste it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, pla...
Posted by Tammie on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:15:00 PST

Words to learn by...

Time for more quotes..."No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit.""The best way to hold a man is in your arms."...
Posted by Tammie on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:47:00 PST