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About Me |
My Handsome Husband: Charles
My Cherished Children: Christopher, Bethany and Hayley
I Like: cross stitching (French alphabets, la provence, lavender, silhouettes, marquoirs, doors, windows, florals, ladies), Mabel Lucy Attwell, scrapbooking, being romanced, bubble baths, reading, writing letters and getting mail (would really like to write a book), cooking to entertain, long hair, colour PINK, tea parties, eating out, poets Edgar A. Guest and Helen Steiner Rice, shoes, purses, hats, umbrellas, shopping, card stores, dressing up, Steve Brown, singing, newborn babies, children's laughter, hearing I LOVE YOU, MOM, Christmas season, Victorian era, fireplaces
I Dislike: being alone, repeating myself, being lied to, the smell of fish or worms, biting fingernails, my feet tickled, dental visits, SPIT, family conflict, whining, long distance phone bills, sirens, bugs, saying good-byes, not having money, motorcycles, science fiction, sarcasm, doing dishes (CHEERIO - there won't be none in Heaven!), the toilet seat left up, swimming in deep water, Hallowe'en, child abuse (any kind; I think every childhood memory should be a HAPPY one!)
Favourite Author: Max Lucado
Favourite Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Gere, George Clooney, Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner, Orlando Bloom
Favourite Actresses: Shirley Temple, Drew Barrymore, Meg Ryan, Robin Wright-Penn, Salma Hayek
Favourite Foods: MEXICAN, homemade soups, salads, all-you-can-eat smorgasbords, BBQ, veggie platters and dips, Cheesecakes, Flan, Crème Brûlée
Favourite Scents: Dolce Vita, Shiseido (Energizing Fragrance), Givenchy III, Orange Blossom
Flowers: Spring Tulips and Apple Blossoms, Pansies, Trilliums, English Gardens |
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Favorite Quote:
NOTHING HAPPENS BY COINCIDENCE! |
Rules I live by:
Everything that happens is for a reason. |
Interests & Hobbies:
I love cross stitching, reading, Quilts for Queridas, Operation Christmas Child, painting with oils and acrylics, scrapbooking, and travelling.
I collect postcards and souvenir silver spoons from around the world, kaleidoscopes, paperdolls, bone china teacups and saucers, teddy bears, antique children's books (for their illustrations), and 1950's aprons. |
TV Shows:
I love European Journal, BBC World and British comedy (Keeping Up Appearances with Hyacinth Bucket, and As Time Goes By with Lionel and Jean)! My favourite reality television is ROCKSTAR, American Idol and Amazing Race, though I wish even more we could get the home decorating Extreme Homes Make-Over with Ty Pennington! And I LOVE world travel documentaries (Rick Steves' Europe, Globe Trekker, Suite and Simple)! |
Favorite Music & Bands:
Latina musica! (Luis Miguel, Juanes, David Bisbal, Ricky Martin, Natalia Oreiro, Thalia, Ricardo Montaner);
Clay Aiken, James Blunt, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Paul Potts, Il Divo, Andre Rieu, The Irish Tenors, Celtic Woman, Melinda Doolittle, Piano, oldies/easy listening, hymns, comtemporary Christian, children's songs, Christmas music |
Favorite Movies:
Pollyanna (with Hayley Mills), ALL Shirley Temple movies, The Inheritance (Lousia May Alcott), Pocketful of Miracles, Miracle on 34th Street, Music and Lyrics, Ever After, Enchanted, What a Girl Wants, HAIRSPRAY, Moll Flanders, A Trip to Bountiful, Gidget movies, Disney Cinderella, Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella (with Lesley Ann Warren, 1965) |
Favorite Celebrities:
Favourite actors include Richard Dreyfuss, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Costner, Richard Gere, George Clooney. Colin Firth;
Favourite actresses include Drew Barrymore, Amanda Bynes, Salma Hayek, Meg Ryan, Robin Wright-Penn, Marlo Thomas (That Girl), Sally Field |
Favorite Reads:
Hesba Stretton's JESSICA'S FIRST PRAYER, Kate Douglas Wiggin's A BIRD'S CHRISTMAS CAROL, Richard Paul Evans' THE CHRISTMAS BOX TRILOGY, Dorothy Reynalds' THE GOLDEN GATES OF SUNSET (still trying to find a copy of this one from 1932!), Mary Grannan's MAGGIE MUGGINS books, Mary Jones and Her Bible |
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A BEAMING MOM
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Aren't They Darling?
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THIS IS IT!
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Dearest Kathy
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Puppy Love
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Yvonne and Billy
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Jeannet y Jose Andres
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QUERIDA ANITABELLA...
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