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About Me

The LLD on me (loves, likes, and dislikes)Loves----- Shoes – ironic since I hate wearing them most days. Sushi – I could eat this all day! Clouds and sunflowers – two things that always put a smile on my face. Reading – I love useful and useless knowledge. Photography and jewelry making! My friends and family – I would die for anyone I love. It pays to be nice to me. I might actually take a knife to the back for you. Only the back and not the front; I hate to see myself bleed!----------Likes----- Going to bed late and getting up early. Dogs, groundhogs, and cats that like me! Shoes. Intense eyes and beautiful lips eating sushi! Cleaning – it may be compulsive but I hate clutter and dirty floors! Traveling to small towns – the best people live there. Umm did I mention shoes? The smell of burning leaves, gasoline, and men’s cologne (not necessarily in that order). White wine. Every scar on my body that I got being a Tom Boy – there are some great stories behind most of them. Every get shot in the knee with an arrow? It hurts real BAD!----------Dislikes----- Mean people – they really do suck! People who pick their nose while driving – gross. Sneezing – I try not to. Ugly shoes except Birkenstocks – they are so damned comfortable. People that smoke and use my bare foot as an ashtray. Hello – skin burns easily! Chewing food loudly – I can see what you’re eating; I don’t need to hear it too! Bee stings and stitches hurt equally the same! This layout was made by Awesome Layouts By Katie layout made by: Awesome Layouts by Katie Myspace Layouts + Myspace

My Interests

I write and write and write; and read and read and read all the time, make jewelry, and take a pretty mean photo sometimes. Love football (EAGLES of course) and when I can't get to a game at the Linc, I settle for watching them on the tube!

I'd like to meet:

People who can make sense out of nonsense.

Music:

Love all music. I have an addiction for iTunes and I LOVE MY IPOD! Currently listening to Linkin Park, Sheryl Crow, Metallica (finally on iTunes), The Stones, Psychedelic Furs, Gretchen Wilson, Rascal Flatts, Toby Keith, Johnnie Cash (one of the greatest men that walked this planet! Also listening to John Kerr (THE coolest guy on MySpace with THE best hair ever!), Nelly Furtado, Alicia Keys, Madonna, Elvis (my guilty pleasure), Gladys Knight, Frank Sinatra, Jay-Z, and Barry White to name a few. Have a new infactuation with Trance.

Movies:

Bette Davis and Joan Crawford movies. I am a huge 1940/1950 movie buff as well as Hitchcock and horror movies.

Television:

Don't watch much but love, love, love The Office - Dwight's a total BABE!

Books:

Mystery and non-fiction. There are too many to list but a few favorites are: Tolstoy, Charles Dickens, Harper Lee, Nathaniel Hawthorne, ee cummings, Virginia Wolff, and Dylan Thomas.

Heroes:

My dad for fighting Alzheimer's as long as he could and my mom for continuing her fight!

My Blog

A good thing happened today!

As many of you know I am so passionate about Alzheimer's awareness. My dad was affected for years by this disease, which took him from my life 20 days ago. When my dad passed away, I asked friends and...
Posted by colleen on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:01:00 PST

My dad is resting now

Today was the memorial service for my dad. It was so peaceful. We laughed, cried, and told great stories about him. I only hope that he knows how much he was loved. I cried hysterically for the first...
Posted by colleen on Sun, 15 Oct 2006 08:47:00 PST

my father

My father passed away this morning. I don't know how to deal with this. I feel like absolute shit. I feel like I am having a breakdown that I can't stop. I feel like I'm drowning. My heart physically ...
Posted by colleen on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:22:00 PST

My Boys Are BACK!

Anyone who knows anything about me, knows that I LOVE the EAGLES and football. It was heaven watching them cream the Cowgirls (ooops, I mean Cowboys) today! This is going to be their year - I know it...
Posted by colleen on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 04:49:00 PST

The hardest decision of my life - again

About 8 months ago I had to place my mom in long term care. She has dementia and a whole list of other health issues which require a lot of care. My dad has AD and has lived with me for the last three...
Posted by colleen on Wed, 27 Sep 2006 05:53:00 PST

WHAT A FREAKIN' DAY

This day started and ended kinda crappy. #1 - I went to have what I thought was a routine blood test. Little did I know they were going to take 8 HUGE tubes of blood. Apparently my doctor feels ...
Posted by colleen on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 04:16:00 PST

photos posted on photosite

Several of you have asked when I was going to post more photos. I finally got off my lazy duff and posted some on photosite. Click below to view them. http://cmat.photosite.com...
Posted by colleen on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:26:00 PST

PEACE

Each Monday when I go to work I sit with my direct reports and we each discuss our focus for the week. It can be personal or work related. Monday I thought my focus was to finalize my department...
Posted by colleen on Wed, 24 May 2006 05:23:00 PST

TAO TE CHING

If you want to become whole, first let yourself become broken. If you want to become straight, first let yourself become twisted. If you want to become full, first let yourself become empty. If you wa...
Posted by colleen on Tue, 09 May 2006 06:48:00 PST

THIS WEEK'S MOTTO

I decided that the motto for this week would be to concentrate my efforts only on the things that I could change. This did not work out too well. By Wednesday I quickly realized that you sometimes hav...
Posted by colleen on Sat, 06 May 2006 05:02:00 PST