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michelle

~Home and happier than ever!!~

About Me

I truly believe that you have to be happy with yourself before you'll be happy with anyone else and that life is insanely beautiful, despite, and sometimes because of, the rocky times. I'm a driven person who definitely has goals that I have set for myself. I also believe in not letting life pass you by while you're working on those goals. I really want to experience life to its absolute fullest. I believe that true fulfillment comes from giving of yourself to others..skem9

My Interests

Traveling, boats, beaches, great conversation,sports, camping,medicine, spirituality, health and fitness,family, politics, hanging out with friends...just enjoying life and trying to make a difference where I can. ...

I'd like to meet:

People who are interested or involved in local mission programs, charity work, and other ways to be involved with volunteer work in this area.
Check out the Impact Fredericksburg Group for a listing of local volunteer opportunities and to get 'plugged-in' with other locals looking to be involved: ************************************************************ ******************** "People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Music:

Emery, Underoath, Simon and Garfunkel, Dashboard Confessionals, Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, mewithoutyou,Dolly,Shakira Cranberries, beautiful mistake, coldplay,Brad Paisley, pearljam, hootie and the blowfish, james blunt, Willie Nelson,ramsie shick,King George, plain white t's, nickel creek...Pretty much everything depending on my mood. "I'll be honest with you, I love his music, I do, I'm a Michael Bolton fan. For my money, it doesn't get any better than when he sings 'When a Man Loves a Woman'." ...

Movies:

Dumb and Dumber, Office Space, Schindler's List, Elf, The Killing Fields, Seven, Usual Suspects, The Goonies, Pure Luck, Sandlot, Gone with the Wind, Anchorman,Shawshank Redemption, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Wedding Crashers, Raising Helen, dirty dancing,A Time to Kill, The Breakup, Talladega Nights

Television:

project runway, next top model, House, Everwood, Discovery Health, Fox News, and Lost :)

Books:

The Bible, John Bevere, Patricia Cromwell, Leo Tolstoy, Jane Austen, Dan Brown, John Barry, Hemmingway, Captivating, Five Love Languages, The Great Epidemic, Dr. Suess......lots of diagnosis books ;)

Heroes:

Those who never forget how beautiful life is... ~Little old men who hold umbrellas for little old ladies~
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My Blog

Paying it forward...weekend with the homeless

..> Paying it forward...weekend with the homeless This weekend me and a dear friend, Strider, had the opportunity to travel to D.C. to meet up with Wendy and Denise the co-founders of the Pay It ...
Posted by michelle on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 06:18:00 PST

Cold Night Shelter

I will be volunteering at the Cold Night Shelter this coming Friday- February 16th at 7p.m. in downtown Fredericksburg. What I'll be doing:Volunteers are needed to help man the cold night shelter - ha...
Posted by michelle on Sun, 11 Feb 2007 04:11:00 PST

Volunteer Opportunities!!!

If you are looking for ways to plug in and get involved here are a few!   Look them over and find how you would like to help! *A 'localized group' : http://groups.myspace.com/impactfred...
Posted by michelle on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:51:00 PST

This time of year....

Now that the holidays are over is especially important for us all to continue show love and support to the people in our lives. A recent study by the American Psychiatric Research Foundation confirme...
Posted by michelle on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 11:18:00 PST

About Me:

So, a friend told me this week that I am 'mysterious'.  I laughed but realized there isn't a whole lot about me in my 'about me' section...so here, for all of you who are even slightly interested...
Posted by michelle on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:28:00 PST

staying in the room...

Lately I've been feeling quite restless. I get like that often..just kinda 'unsettled' and wanting to do more and experience more than what I am now.  These times usually leave me pretty fru...
Posted by michelle on Mon, 16 Oct 2006 03:24:00 PST

Lunch...

So, I took my neice and nephew out to lunch today and I was asking my neice about what she did at daycamp and she told me how the advisors had all the kids tell something that they were thankful for.&...
Posted by michelle on Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:55:00 PST

Setting some goals...

A change of plans this weekend and I ended up in Palmyra.  I had a good time though.  Canoeing down the James, Grilling out, Drive-In movies, and shopping in Charlottesville.  I really ...
Posted by michelle on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 05:47:00 PST