coffee, friends, family, traveling, photography, knitting, The Dominican Republic, AIDS in Africa, sleep, quirky people, developing my business, books, taking walks, reading, road trips
people who are unique, inspiring, quirky, who demand excellence and truth out of me... I love it when I walk away from spending time with a friend and feel as if I'm being called to a higher standard of living, not out of duty but out of desire... Bono but most of all my Grandma Ellen my middle name sake, Lou Ellen. She died before I was born, but apparently I'm very much like her in my quirky mannerisms and my smile. My mom tells me she was really eccentric, daring and bohemian. Praise God she knew Jesus, so I'll meet her someday.
John Mayer, James Taylor, U2, Matthew Perryman Jones, Kean, Postal Service, Little Big Town, David Gray, Sarah McLachlan, Norah Jones, Pete Yorn, Switchfoot, Beth Orton, Coldplay, Patty Griffin, countless friends from Nashville - "you know who you are" Christmas music, Classical music, the old stuff (Frank Sinatra, Etta James, Tony Bennett, etc.) really just depends on the mood!
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, Love Actually, You've Got Mail, Elf, Lucky Seven, Courage Mountain, Anchorman, Everafter, Bridget Jones Diary, "Chick Flicks" - Emma, Sense and Sensiblity, (anything by Jane Austen), Little Women, SuperSize Me, Born into Brothels', (just about any movie that takes me to another place, allows me to escape reality for a while) and then you can't forget suspense movies, example: Man on fire, Manchurian Candidate, The Firm
Gilmore girls and Friends on DVD - no commercials :)
The Rest of the Gospel, Joyce Meyer - Approval Addiction, Brennan Manning (Raggamuffin Gospel and Abba's Child), Philip Yancey (What's so Amazing about Grace and The Jesus I never Knew), Streams in the Desert by L.B. Cowman, Coffee Table books, Photography, Travel, Children's picture books, various books about health, relationship and communication books