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Do not pray for an easy life; pray to be a strong person.
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The moment my head hits the pillow, I close my eyes and decide if I'm the person I meant to be when I got up ~
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If your efforts are sometimes greeted with indifference, don't lose heart. The sun puts on a wonderful show at daybreak, yet most of the people in the audience go on sleeping.
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Excellence is the result of caring more than others think is wise, risking more than others think is safe, dreaming more than others think is practical, and expecting more than others think is possible
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There are two things that determine a person's success in life: the thoughts that occupy your mind, and the people with whom you associate
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Good friends are like stars. You don't always see them, but you know they are always there
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Music
TOOL, A Perfect Circle, Skillet, Breaking Benjamin, Deftones, Mudvayne, Angels & Airwaves, COLD, Staind, Matisyahu, 12 Stones, Taproot, Chevelle, Stone Sour, Three Days Grace, Boy Hits Car, Muse, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Bush, Nirvana, Candlebox, Trapt, Linkin Park, Weezer, Blondie, Madonna, Britney Spears, Fergie, Pink, Jessica Simpson, Gwen Stefani...yeah, lots of different music...I listen to what I like...I love music!
Movies
Neverending Story, Princess Bride, A Bug's Life, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Monsters Inc, Cars, A Christmas Story, The Notebook, The Crow, Underworld, XXX, Transformers, The Kingdom, Bourne movies, Pirates of the Carribean, Ocean's Eleven, Crash, Man on Fire...it is quite an accomplishment to keep me still and attentive more than an hour, so any movie that can, that's a favorite!
Television
HGTV, CNN, MTV, and Travel Channel mostly
Books
Non-fiction and biographies interest me most. I generally prefer to read books that I can learn from whether that be in reading about someone else's life experiences or growing within my own.
Heroes
All who have, will, and do inspire me
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My Mom, Mitchell, Brian, Grandad, Yevgeny Marchenko, Valeri Liukin, Mary Lou Retton, Suzanne Yoculan, Marta Karolyi, Howie, Ginger, and Scampers
family, friends, my kitties, gymnastics, Tool, music, the beach, my home in Pensacola, running, working out, swimming, traveling, The Hills, fashion, shopping
yes I am very excited we are going to pittsburgh this week to see it for the first time - I am deff ready for the change! I may not get used to the cold change but it will be fine in the end
Things are great...pretty crazy here, too! I s/b closing on my house Feb. 12th so that's pretty exciting. That's great that they're engaged - it was time for them to "settle down" ;) Hope all is well with you!
So last night I was at Bamboo Willies for another random night...I'll call you with details :) but it made me think of you and our random times and miss you soo much more...Do they have Bamboo Willies in Dallas??? If not maybe we can open one..that could be our new job? Could be pretty lucrative!
Hey Mandy........it was so nice to catch up with you while you were home here. Thanks for the positive words to Kat. She truly does look at you as her role model it was good for her to have some Mandy time!!!
haha wow its scary how much we are alike even when we are apart..I haven't eaten in a week because I've been so sick too haha...Hope you feel better soon!
So you may have gotten your wish alot sooner then you thought! Tracy wants to road trip the first week of Jan to College Station to see her friend and we thought we might stop in Dallas for a day or two :)
I agree it was SOO good to see you and catch up in person...although it was way to short...As soon as the holidays are over we will have to plan a Dallas adventure ;)... Miss you lots already!
Haha I know your countdown makes me sooo happy...haha I'm down for whatever...I work till 5 on Wednesday which is right by the gym so if your up there then, we can catch up. If not I'm off from work friday and I have all day Sat reserved just for you :)...Commons and Carrabas I can't wait....And I was thinking maybe I could be a "jewerly designer....with animal hair" hahah..or an animal psychologist haha..what do ya think? haha Anyways can't wait to see you super soon its been WAY too long...YAY!
