I am a wife, mother, spelling whiz, hobbiest photographer, nature fanatic, Christian, Law & Order/CSI nut, history buff, and born & raised Floridia. I have 5 dogs: 4 dachshunds and 1 shih tzu.
MY FAVORITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF 2008
Music
I like many styles of music, but my favorites are:
Skillet
12 Stones
Heartcry
Cynical Limit
Demon Hunter
Soul Embraced
Becoming The Archetype
As I Lay Dying
Extol
Antestor
Divinefire
Grand Lux
Harmony
Stryper
Bloodgood
Bon Jovi
Daughtry
Kelly Clarkson
Movies
I like action films and hate chick flicks. I especially like historically accurate films.
Braveheart
The Patriot
Pirates of the Caribbean
Joan of Arc
The Passion
Rob Roy
The Gladiator
Flight Plan
Saving Private Ryan
Ice Age
Finding Nemo
Television
I watch action, crime-solving dramas, "good" reality tv, and a lot of the History Channel. My favorite shows are:
CSI:Miami
CSI
Law & Order
Law and Order: Criminal Intent
Prison Break
Numb3rs
Crossing Jordan
Cold Case
Without A Trace
Forensic Files
The First 48
Body of Evidence
American Idol
So You Think You Can Dance
Man Vs. Wild
COPS
Deadliest Catch
Dirty Jobs
How It's Made
Flip This House
Books
With the exception of Garfield cartoons, I read only historical fiction. I have read many, many books, too many to possibly name them all. These are my favorites:
Diane Gabaldon "Outlander" series
Dorothy Dunnett "The Lymond Chronicles" series
Dorothy Dunnett "House of Niccolo" series
Bernard Cornwell's "Sharpe's" series
Bernard Cornwell's "Starbuck Chronicles" series
Colleen McCullough "The First Man In Rome" series
James Alexander Thom "Follow The River" & "A Red Heart" & "From Sea To Shining Sea"
Peter Forbath "The Last Hero"
Frederick J. Chiaventone "Moon of Bitter Cold"
Eric Flint novels, esp. his "1632" series
Rosemary Hawley Jarman, "We Speak No Treason"
Sharon Kay Penman, "The Sunne In Splendour"
Edward Rutherfurd "London" and "The New Forest"
Heroes
Jesus Christ
Isaiah 53:3-6 - He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
The American Soldier
"For more than half a century, during which kingdoms and empires have fallen, this Union has stood unshaken. The patriots who formed it have long since descended to the grave; yet still it remains, the proudest monument to their memory..." - Pres. Zachary Taylor
Anne Frank - "I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains."
Walt Disney - "Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children.”
President George Washington - "The fate of unborn Millions will now depend, under God, on the Courage and Conduct of this army—Our cruel and unrelenting Enemy leaves us no choice but a brave resistance, or the most abject submission; that is all we can expect—We have therefore to resolve to conquer or die."
President Abraham Lincoln - "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth."
General William T. Sherman - "On, on I must go, to meet a soldier's fate, or live to see our country rise superior to all factions, till its flag is adored and respected by ourselves and by all the powers of the earth."
Matthew Brady - "A spirit in my feet said 'go', and I went."
John Muir - "This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on seas and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls."
Thomas Paine - “These are the times that try men’s souls; the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
Hey Suzanne! I hope you are having a great weekend! We are getting dumped with snow again! I am sure you guys have great sunshine!!!! We are praying Gods best for you and your family. Have a great week. I just got a new job, so my week will be new?? haha. Your sis in Christ.
Yeah, so I got an X-ray today and they found you in my heart. the dr. said if I took you out, I would die cuz I could not live without you.... Give this heart ♥ to every person u care about including me if u care. Try to collect 12. It not easy"
Hi Suzanne! I figured the boys were kickin it we should!! Hope you liked all the goodies!! We are trying to survive the snow.........and we thought we left it in Alaska!! Take Care! Sarah
