God, my family, my friends (in that order). My amazing church- CCC! Road tripping. Being artsy. O's baseball!!The entire city of Baltimore (the good and the bad). Anything wedding related. Carbohydrates. Coldstone. Fells Point/Canton. SoHo. Silver Spur. Nashville in the fall. SATCo. Dundalk (yup!). Photography. Jet-skiing. Rain on a warm day. Pro-life. Waking up to a thunderstorm. Fashion. Vitamin Water. Buying books on a Manhattan sidewalk. Writing in the sand. Driving and driving with no destination. My incredible nieces and nephews. Jim Halpert and Jack Bauer. Paris. The island of O?hu. Walk/runs. The beach. The DelMemBr. Gerber daisies. Long shirts and leggings. Andy Warhol. Actively hating Splenda. Riding in airplanes. My Scion! Writing... about nothing and everything. Never ever acting like a tourist. BAPK! Strawberry lemonade. Lovin' George W. Being thrifty. American Eagle jeans. Dancing in my room and singing in my car. Playing "Rockband" on PS2... I look ridiculous! My iPod (30GB and almost full, yikes). Driving through Baltimore City for no reason except to find random stuff. Cupcakes. 7-11 coffee. Pumpkin Spice anything! Going to New York City just for dinner. Trampolines! Georgia Peach italian ices. Oh and using a PC instead of a Mac- aww yeah.
Music
Music is my true love. ?
Alicia Keys. Allison Krause. Anna Nalick. Ari Hest. AUGUSTANA. Bebo Norman. Ben Kweller. Bethany Dillon. Billy Joel. BOB DYLAN. Bob Marley. Brooke Waggoner. Caedmons Call (but only w/ Derek). Christa Black. Citizen Cope. COLDPLAY. COUNTING CROWS. David Crowder Band. David Gray. Derek Webb. Duncan Sheik. EISLEY. Elton John. EVEN ISAAC. Feist. Fleetwood Mac. Gavin DeGraw. Goo Goo Dolls. Hillsong United. Hootie & the Blowfish. Imogen Heap. James Morrison. Jennifer Knapp. JOHN MAYER. Johnny Cash. Josh Kelley. Jump Little Children. Justin Timberlake. Kanye West (that is hard to admit too, he is such a tool). Keane. Landon Pigg. Lauryn Hill. Leeland. Lifehouse. Loretta Lynn. Marc Broussard. Maroon 5. MAT KEARNEY. MATCHBOX TWENTY. Matt Nathanson. Matthew West. MUTE MATH. Nickel Creek. Nico. Nichole Nordemon. Norah Jones. Oasis. Oval Opus. Pat McGee. Paul Wright. PEARL JAM. Pete Yorn. Rascal Flatts. Ray LaMontagne. Regina Spektor. Rilo Kiley. Rob Thomas. Rolling Stones. Ryan Adams. Sara Groves. SHANE & SHANE. Shawn McDonald. Simon & Garfunkel. Smalltown Poets. Snow Patrol. Starcrush. Stephanie Cuomo. Stevie Wonder. Sufjan Stevens. The Argument. The Beach Boys. The Beatles. The Cardigans. The Fray. The Killers. The Wallflowers. Third Day (the older stuff). Tilly & the Wall. TOM PETTY. Tonic. Tori Amos. Train. U2. Unsearchable Riches. Velvet Underground. Vertical Horizon, as well as basically anything from the 1960's and 70's... I'm not picky, I just like good music. :)
Movies
A River Runs Through It. A Time To Kill. About A Boy. Across The Universe. Alex & Emma. Alice In Wonderland. Almost Famous. August Rush. Breakfast At Tiffany's. Can't Hardly Wait. Charade. Dan In Real Life. ELIZABETHTOWN (maybe my favorite movie ever). Factory Girl. Fried Green Tomatos. Funny Face. Gladiator. Gone With The Wind. How To Lose A Guy In Ten Days. In America. Kill Bill I & II(random, I know). LADDER 49. Le Divorce. Legends of the Fall. Life Or Something Like It. Lost In Translation. Meet The Parents. Moulin Rouge. Notting Hill. Oceans 11, 12, 13. One Fine Day. PS I Love You. Raising Helen. Roman Holiday. Say Anything. School of Rock. Serendipity. Shakesphere In Love. Shall We Dance. Sleeping Beauty. Steel Magnolias. Step Up. The Devil Wears Prada. The Family Stone. The Holiday. The Mexican. The Nanny Diaries. The Royal Tenenbaums. The Stepmom. The Three Musketeers. Walk The Line.
Television
24!! and The Office!! The news (WJZ!). O's games. Project Runway. Friends (I have probably seen each episode at least 5 times and still find them hilarious). The Style network. Law and Order: SVU. The Hills. America's Next Top Model (Nigel Barker- need I say more?).
Books
the BIBLE
When God Writes Your Love Story. Twelve Ordinary Men. I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Boy Meets Girl. Mere Christianity. The Great Divorce. The Joyful Christian. The Journey of Desire. Captivating. The Sacred Romance. J Crew Catalogues. Bridal magazines. Harpers. Vogue. Reader's Digest. Cash: The Autobiography. The Notebook. Emma. The Devil Wears Prada (so different from the movie). This Side Of Paradise. The Great Gatsby. Bob Dylan: Chronicles.
I was born in Baltimore and I have never moved. Which is fine because I love Baltimore so much. I love the Orioles even when they aren't doing so good. Live music and listening to bands that no one really knows rules me. I value having common sense far more then being "book smart" (and that's not an excuse for not going to college). I think I need to spend a week at an orphanage in Africa or maybe Haiti. Everyone accuses me of being too girly, but I can still rough it (just not too often). I love how I feel on an airplane. I have way too much hair! Seriously, it's all over the place. The word "anywho" annoys me so bad. And I use the word "ew" way too much. Surprisingly, I actually love going to Ravens games... but I don't really care about football. Finding something new to be passionate about, and then moving on to something else is the best. I wish I wasn't so sarcastic some days... other days I wish I didn't feel so fragile. I rarely DON'T sing in the car (unless you're in it). Nothing beats a pair of American Eagle jeans. Spending an hour in a hair salon feels like therapy. Thunderstorms before 12pm are incredible. I'm glad that I understand that I'm not perfect... and realize that I don't really want to be anyway. Sometimes I could drive for miles and miles alone. Sometimes I am scared to death when I'm by myself. Go see Pearl Jam live and you'll fall in love. I love to meet interesting people who are doing awesome things with their life. I would like to move one day... somewhere great and new. Not for a long time unless God keeps me there...but just for a change of pace. I want to get married one day... and sometimes I get a little impatient, but I know that God is using my singleness to prepare me to be a great wife to someone. I definitely will need to have kids, I LOVE them, and already have some amazing ones in my life. I mean look how perfect they are:
They don't know it but they really teach me a lot. I'm so thankful for the amazing people God has surrounded me with. God still has a lot of work to do in me and I can't wait to see it all happen.
"Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
Bring her into the wilderness and speak kindly to her...
And she will sing there as in the days of her youth"
Hosea 2:14-14
"Christ redeemed us from that self-defeating, cursed life by absorbing it completely into himself. Do you remember the Scripture that says, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree"? That is what happened when Jesus was nailed to the cross: He became a curse, and at the same time dissolved the curse."
Galatians 3:13 (The Message)
*JESUS SAVES*
"The name of the LORD is a strong tower;
The righteous runs into it and is safe."
Proverbs 18:10
"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."
C.S. Lewis
Who I'd like to meet:
Well, my husband of course.
Oh, and George W. & Laura, Bob Dylan, Ben Carson, Esther, Chris Martin, and Joaquin Phoenix. :)
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Doug Jonny and I moved to taos nm and it is absolutely gorgeous here. Doug got a new job here and was a deal we could not pass up so packed our stuff and headed West. The family are all well. Hope all is well with you and yours. Always keep in touch!!!!!!!!!
