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Rochelle

Mothers of sons work from son up until son down.

About Me

It's all about the simple things in life. I find deep joy in the smell of the forest, a sky FILLED with stars, the feeling I get when I'm in front of an amazing band, and seeing my favorite people smile. I am grateful. Get your own free cool template at mywickedspace.com

My Interests

Spending time with my family; seeing live music; writing poetry, short stories, and letters; reading; baking; shopping; hiking, nature, swimming, and camping; animals (I have a dog, bunny, and finches); hanging with friends; cool rain; tea; CHOCOLATE; red wine; farmer's markets; nag champa; peonies; making pinatas; my mostly meat-free lifestyle; and more!
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF - The Survey
Name: Rochelle (Shelly) Venable
Birthday: 11/4/78
Right Handed or Left Handed: lefty
Your Heritage: Irish/Slovac
The Shoes You Wore Today: sandles
Your Weakness: chocolate, can't spell to save my life!
Your Fears: many
Your Perfect Pizza: veggie
Goal You Would Like To Achieve This Year: pay off my credit cards--hate them!
Your Most Overused Phrase On an instant messenger: ---
Thoughts First Waking Up: It's too early!
Your Best Physical Feature: ?
Your Bedtime: 11pm-1am
Your Most Missed Memory: summers in the town that I grew up in
Pepsi or Coke: Pepsi
MacDonalds or Burger King: McDonalds
Single or Group Dates: single
Lipton Ice Tea or Nestea: Lipton
Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
Do you Swear: sometimes
Do you Sing: no--thank God
Do you Shower Daily: yup
Have you Been in Love: yes
Do you want to go to College: might go back for another degree
Do you want to get Married: already am
Do you belive in yourself: sometimes
Do you get Motion Sickness: nope
Do you think you are Attractive: occasionally
Are you a Health Freak: nope
Do you get along with your Parents: yes
Do you like Thunderstorms: yes
In the past month have you been on Drugs: only from my doctor
In the past month have you gone on a Date: nope
Ever been Drunk: yeah!
Ever been called a Tease: nope
Ever been Beaten up: nope
Ever Shoplifted: nope
How do you want to Die: as painlessly as possible
What do you want to be when you Grow Up: the best mom and wife that I can be
What country would you most like to Visit: Ireland, Ireland, Ireland
In a Boy/Girl..
Favourite Eye Color: brown
Favourite Hair Color: brown
Short or Long Hair: short
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 185
Number of CDs I own: 25?
Number of Piercings: 4
Number of Tattoos: 1--can't wait to get more
Number of things in my Past I Regret: where do I start

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I'd like to meet:

I've met the greatest man and I'm the mother of the best kid in the world so....I'm a happy gal!

Music:

RHCP, Smashing Pumpkins, STP (miss them both!), Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed (on my nights out), TOOL, Nickelback, old-school Dave Matthews Band, old school Pearl Jam (Black makes me melt), NIN, Sarah McLachlan, pretty much all rock/hard rock, and a bulk of 80s pop music. Even some classical and celtic. I love music!

Movies:

Nanny McPhee, The Wedding Singer, ALL Tim Burton films, Gone with the Wind ("Frankly Scarlet, I don't give a dam!"), Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, Lord of the Rings, Holes, Bruce Almighty, Batman Begins, Little Women, The Little Princess, classic Christmas movies, most chic flicks, and tons more. I love the movies!!!!

Television:

TV? Who needs it! Sometimes I do watch the Food Network and VH1....

Books:

Wow, where do I start? I love American writers, old and new. Louisa May Alcott, Willa Cather, Robert Frost, Robert Louis Stevenson, and John Irving (just to name a few). I read magazines on a daily basis. Should read the newspaper more.

Heroes:

Anyone who helps others. Anyone who strives to improve themselves (within.) All the teachers out there who jumped through the hoops and do their best to inspire young minds.

My Blog

The Things I Love Most About Autumn

I love dressing in layers. I love the smell of a fireplace and wishing I had one. I love driving on a long path of leaves. I love drinking hot tea to keep warm. I love making my house cozy. ...
Posted by Rochelle on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:29:00 PST

Autumn Poem

Give to me the life that I love,   Let the lave go by me.Give the jolly heaven above,   And the byway nigh me.Bed in the bush with stars to see,   Bread I dip in the rive...
Posted by Rochelle on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:49:00 PST

Wizard of Oz

If you haven't watched this amazing movie lately--DO IT! I'd almost forgotten just how cool it IS until I popped it in for our (nearly) three year old. He watched the whole thing with wide-eyed wonder...
Posted by Rochelle on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 05:53:00 PST

Book Review--Well, Sort of!

I finally finished the Victorian murder mystery that I've been reading since before Christmas. Title: Death at Dartmoor by Robin Paige (pen name). I'm tempted to give a synopsis, but I don't want to r...
Posted by Rochelle on Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:03:00 PST

A poem called Aging....

Since the day that I was born Near the land of running water, I have been told, by many, that I inherited an old soul-- From the hills. In the spring of my life I Saw the leaf bud pop and a Scent so...
Posted by Rochelle on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:34:00 PST