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Lianne

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About Me

Living in Nicaragua is awesome...except when there's no power, no internet connection, and no hot showers! ...and nowhere to go dancing. :( ..

My Interests

music-listening, singing, playing piano/keyboard, attempting to play other instruments; dancing-lindy, salsa, swing, waltz, tango & more; reading, traveling, enjoying the outdoors...

I'd like to meet:

my great, great grandmother

Music:

i like a variety - jazz, blues, rock, indie, alternative christian, soundtracks from musicals-especially Les Miserables, etc... some of my favorite singers - Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Eva Cassidy, Norah Jones, Todd Agnew, Alison Krauss, Nicole Nordeman, my brother Mike!, my friend Heather... favorite bands - Waterdeep, 100 Portraits, Shane & Shane, Big Daddy Weave, Evanescence...and more

Movies:

Best of all time - The Princess Bride. Other favs - Moulin Rouge, Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, My Fair Lady, Sound of Music, Singin' in the Rain, West Side Story, (can you tell I like musicals???) The Notebook, Last of the Mohicans, Braveheart, Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pride & Prejudice, Sense & Sensiblity, Emma, Little Women, Much Ado About Nothing, Swing Kids, Underworld, Miss Congeniality, The Fifth Element, Mary Poppins, Newsies, Wizard of Oz, Chronicles of Narnia

Television:

television?

Books:

I'll read just about anything once...I am currently reading the Bible -no time for anything else at the moment, but I hope to start a good novel soon. Otherwise, I tend to find authors I like and read everything by them. Some of my favorite authors: Francine Rivers, C.S. Lewis, Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Shakespeare, JRR Tolkien, Madeleine L'Engle, and a few others.

Heroes:

Other than the obvious, I don't know if I've ever really had any true heroes in my life...I'll have to think about that more.

My Blog

Yes, I am still alive...

So, I know its been FOREVER since I've blogged, please forgive me...those of you who care!  J Life has been crazy busy here up until now.  This summer was a flood of mission teams, we had 12...
Posted by Lianne on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 10:50:00 PST

Tag, you're it!

The Rules: Once you've been tagged you have to write a blog with 6 weird: things/habits about yourself. In the end you need to list 6 other people to tag and list their names. Don't forget to leave a ...
Posted by Lianne on Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:54:00 PST

good times

So, Panama was AWESOME!  I had tons of fun.  Panama City is really beautiful- in some ways it is like a big city in the States, lots of high-rises, malls,  and people of every skin col...
Posted by Lianne on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:55:00 PST

Panama City, here I come!

No, I'm not coming home... I'm going to the real, actual Panama City, Panama in a week! Isn't that cool! So, our translator, Joel, is taking a trip to Panama to see his girlfriend who will be there f...
Posted by Lianne on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 07:03:00 PST

chef Lianne

I cooked alot today...and for those of you who know me well, that is unusual! Our cook here at the orphanage has Sundays off, which means Joy or I have to do all the cooking. Joy enjoys it more tha...
Posted by Lianne on Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:32:00 PST

Attempt at my first blog entry...

Okay,  I'm going to try to use this Myspace as my journal and update every day...we'll see how it goes.  That way those of you who want to keep up with my life here can do so, and maybe it'l...
Posted by Lianne on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 08:18:00 PST