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Holli

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About Me

I was born in Grand Rapids, MN then moved to Cannon Falls. In 1991, my family moved to Northfield, where I still currently live. I graduated from Northfield High School, went to Augsburg College for a semester...then decided that I missed good ol' Northfield and transferred to St. Olaf College. I graduated from St. Olaf in 2004 with a Family Studies (Family Social Services) degree.I am the middle daughter in my family. I have two sisters, Nikki and Kari; and of course I am the favorite child of my parents. jk:) I love spending time with my family. When I am not at work or at home, you will find me at my sister Nikki's house, hanging out with my favorite little men...Dylan and Drew.I love new experiences, and will try anything at least once. I am most happy when I am around the people I love...family and friends. I love the smell of pine sol and fresh laundry. I love watching my mom bake cookies and banana bread. I love country drives with my sisters with the radio blasting or listening to one of Kari's new mix cds. I love playing gin with my dad. I love long chats on the phone with an old friend. I love holding my nephews when they are about to fall asleep, and once they do, just to watch them sleep. I love sunny afternoons when I have nothing to do, except enjoy them. Tulips and lilies are my favorite flowers. There's nothing better than sharing some good laughs with the people I love.

My Interests

I love spending time with my family and friends. I love to travel, it doesn't matter where...I love experiencing new places. I love Hawaii and would go back in a heartbeat...great memories. I love going up north in the summers, we have a family cabin and we also go to my brother-in-law's family cabin in Pequot Lakes. I love the water, boating on it, swimming in it, or just looking at it. Life just goes at a different pace when you're up north. I love to play cards, on my mom's side of the family...they are big card players. I love gin, up and down the river, euchre, wist, and am just learning how to play cribbage. I love going for walks. In the spring, summer, and fall I love to go down to the river with my nephews and feed the ducks. I love country drives, and I love to drive on the Cannon City Road in the fall when all the leaves are changing. I love movies, old ones and new ones. I love to read, and I love music. I love going to concerts and musicals. I am very excited for May to come, I get to go see Tim McGraw and Faith Hill with my sisters! I love going to baseball games, I try to go to as many Dundas Dukes games as I can...my brother-in-law, Luke, plays for them:) I love 5:00 cocktails on the deck on summer nights. On Friday nights, you will usually find me out with my sister. We usually meet up with Kristen, listen to karaoke, play pool, drink some cocktails, and share some good laughs and conversation with good friends. You might even find me chair dancing with Kristen! jk! I love taking pictures, looking through albums, and view photography as a beautiful art. I love looking at the photographs my sister Nikki has taken...beautiful. I love my dad's sermons. I like getting into tv shows...I am a big Bachelor fan and I was a religious Friends viewer.

I'd like to meet:

Old friends and new friends:)

Music:

I love everything...country, oldies, today's new music, rock, reggae, soundtracks to movies, 70's and 80's...I love it all. But, mostly my radio is set on country. My favorite artists include...Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Dixie Chicks, Garth Brooks, Van Morrison, CCR, the Eagles, George Strait, Johnny Cash, Alan Jackson, Bob Marley, Bon Jovi (don't laugh), and Ray Charles...just to name a few.

Movies:

I love movies. I will watch anything that has a good story. Sometimes there is nothing better than sitting down with a bowl of popcorn and cold can of Coke to be taken away by the story on your screen. Some of my favorites include...the classic (well my classic) Dirty Dancing, Cocktail, Pretty Woman, A River Runs Through It, Legends of the Fall, Father of the Bride I & II, Sleeping with the Enemy, Top Gun, Staying Together, Old School, Wedding Crashers, Meet the Parents, Meet the Fockers, Something's Gotta Give, Sweet Home Alabama, The Notebook, Must Love Dogs, Walk the Line, and Brokeback Mountain. Don't worry, I do like to throw in a scary one to mix it up a bit.

Television:

I used to be a Thursday night tv viewer with Friends, Will & Grace, and ER. Recently, I have gotten into Grey's Anatomy, Nikki bought the first season...so I am catching up! And, I LOVE the Bachelor...never miss it when it's on. And of course, I do love Oprah. I do enjoy Real World, but really haven't gotten into the Key West one. Kill me now, I know...I have kind of gotten into Dog the Bounty Hunter on A&E at night.

Books:

I love to read. Whenver I get into a good book, I can never put it down. Past favorites have been...The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, PS. I Love You, In Her Shoes, A Million Little Pieces, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and The Notebook. Right now, I am reading Outside of August. The next ones on my list are The Secret Life of Bees and The Kite Runner. My sister Nikki always knows what to recommend:)

Heroes:

My family, I love them more than anything.