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I am a 48 year old wife, mom, and college student.. I have 2 children ...a 22 yr old boy and a 12 yr old girl. I am in my third semester of nursing school. I love to travel, geocache, garden, camp, hike, scrapbook, read, cook, being with my family. I have also become very aware for the importance of good health and fitness. I began running with the C25k program and haven't looked back. I love running and have even completed a couple of 1/2 marathon's. I like meeting new people and learning about their lives.

I really don't listen to much music, but if I do I like contemporary christian, bluegrass gospel, and old time hymns. I love nature sounds...crickets, thunderstorms, wind, rain, bubbling brook, ocean, etc.

Windchimes.

The sound of birds.

Some of my favorite authors are Randy Alcorn, Ted Dekker, Tim LaHaye, Francine Rivers, Jan Karon, & Beth Moore. I also like to read newspapers and magazines. The magazines I like the most are Runner's World, Backpacker,Country Woman, Martha Stewart Living, Keepers at Home, .and most any healthy cooking, home, or gardening magazines. I like "how to"books like How to Make Cheese. I don't read any mystery, horror, or violent stories.

Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne The Continuing Story- these would be the three movies I would want if for some reason I could only have three.

Driving Miss Daisy-wonderful movie, Fireproof, Facing the Giants, Lord of the Rings, FlyWheel, Toy Story, A Christmas Carol, The Secret Garden, The Wizard of Oz, VegeTales

Andy Griffith Show, I Love Lucy, Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, Rug Rats Downton Abbey

healthy cooking

We have just discovered geocaching and are TOTALLY addicted.

planner addict (Filofax, Midori, Hobonichi, etc.

scrapbooking-this goes in spurts,

making envelopes,

gardening,

food preservation,

learning about long term food storage for emergencies. I would love to be able to be totally self sufficient for one year. I doubt I will ever be there, but it is fun to try.

My cuckoo clock,

My Yorkie Molly,

unusual plants

coffee cups from different places,

I have just started collecting amber colored Indiana "Sandwich" dinnerware (it is depression glass and "Sandwich" is the design).

I love office supplies-post it, pens,pencils, cute paper clips, magnet board magnets, fridge magnets, etc. the cuter the better.

old unusual buttons,

coins from different countries,

Coffee (who doesn't love coffee...you know it is the christian drug of choice ;-) ,

brads, beads, bookmarks, ribbons, any scrapbook embellishments,punches, rubber stamps, stamping ink, cute scrapbook paper, most anything to do with paper crafts, postcards, unusual used stamps.

colors- soft pales of green, purple, pink, yellow.

Favorite summer meal-fried chicken, creamed corn, garden fresh top pick green peas, homemade biscuits, and fresh strawberries and cream on pound cake

Favorite winter meal-cubed steak, baked sweet potatoes, turnip greens, home made biscuits and cane syrup and made from scratch coconut cream pie.

I am totally southern and love it .

cigarette smoke-highly allergic

tea-can't stand it...have tried, but can't acquire a taste for it.

Anything musk or vanilla scented

Don't like gothic or anything dark and scarey, pagan, wicca, anti christian, or new age

don't really like fruit flavored candy, but will eat a jolly rancher once in a while. Hate raspberry and banana flavors no matter what. I also don't like licorice...ick.

anything pokemon or Harry Potter

teacher stickers

anything wintergreen or french vanilla flavored

Stationery for penpalling. I have found some at the local dollar stores, but they aren't very nice or quality paper.

postcards

stamps

moleskine 5x5.5 Kraft brown grid or lined

a bento