About Me

  • About Me: Aspiring writer using xanga to explore the far reaches of her deep thoughts that have no other place to go.

Style

  • Where I shop: Right now I shop nowhere due to a phase-of-life financial crunch. When I do shop, I am an absolute bargain hunter. I like to see how cute I can look on the smallest budget.
  • Brands I love: J Jill, B Moss, J Crew
  • I like to wear: boot cut jeans, wedge heels and groovy shirts
  • Can't live without: fuzzy socks
  • Prized Possessions: unique jewelry
  • Guilty Pleasure: avid collector of more pajamas than I could ever possibly wear

College

  • School Name: Virginia Tech
  • Class of: 1995
  • Attended: 1991 - 1995
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Communications/Public Relations
  • Minor(s): Arts Management
  • Organizations: Baptist Student Union

Food

  • Favorite Dishes: Veal Picatta, shrimp scampi
  • Favorite Desserts: Tiramisu, creme brulee, white chocolate blondie from Applebees
  • Favorite Drinks: Iced tea, Coke, Tangare and tonic
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Pringles, trail mix
  • My Original Recipes: easy faux alfredo over pasta

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Dancing With the Stars, Dirty Jobs, Blue Planet, Myth Busters, America's Funniest Home Videos, Dog Whisperer
  • Favorite Channels: Discovery, ABC, Travel, Food
  • Favorite Reruns: Everybody Loves Raymond
  • Most Addictive Show: Flipping Out
  • Characters you relate to: Jamie Buchman (Helen Hunt) from Mad About You
  • Favorite Theme Song: Greatest American Hero or Growing Pains
  • Show I Secretly Watch: American Chopper, My Life on the D List
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Mad About You

Music

  • Favorite Artists: (in no particular order) James Taylor, Jimmy Buffett, Aerosmith, The Jackson 5, The Eagles, Steve Miller Band, KC and the Sunshine Band, Norah Jones, Joss Stone, Smashmouth, Frank Sinatra, Franki Valli and the Four Seasons, Andrew Peterson, Caedmon's Call, Avalon
  • Favorite Genre: Folk, disco, lounge - I have very odd and wide-ranging musical tastes
  • Favorite Songs: Changes all the time. Right now, it's Long Road out of Eden by the Eagles
  • Favorite Lyrics: "The book of love has music in it. That's where music comes from" The Book of Love by Peter Gabriel
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Eagles and Steve Miller Band's Greatest Hits
  • Songs I hate: Cheezy country songs like "She thinks my tractor's sexy."
  • Guilty Pleasure: Michael Jackson
  • Songs I repeat the most: "Who Loves You, Pretty Baby" by Franki Valli and the Four Seasons

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Sleepless in Seattle, Catch Me If You Can, Forrest Gump, Sixteen Candles, Dirty Dancing
  • Favorite Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Matthew McCaughnauhey, Sandra Bullock, Dustin Hoffman,
  • Favorite Genre: Romantic comedy
  • Favorite Soundtracks: Forrest Gump, Sleepless in Seattle
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "The sweater is Ralph Lauren and I have no pants" Jerry Seinfeld as Barry in the Bee Movie.
  • Movies I can watch over and over: St. Elmo's Fire
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Neve Campbell

Books

  • Favorite Books: The Bible, because it's alive and changes. I'll have to keep studying it my whole life and probably won't understand the half of it. It encompases so many different genres from poetry to history. It's vast and mysterious.
  • Favorite Authors: Angela Hunt, Colleen Coble
  • Favorite Genres: Fiction, romance, mystery, spiritual
  • Favorite Quotes: " . . . with a voice like velvet edged with iron, she spoke"
  • Recent Reads: The Wednesday Letters by Jason Wright. Jamestown by Angela Elwell Hunt

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Mom, Lizzy, Cheeze Whiz
  • Religion: Christian
  • Interests: Reading, Writing, Dance, Nature, Music, Letterboxing (but I think I'm not supposed to tell anyone about that.)
  • Expertise: Over-analyzing
  • Occupation: Motherhood, counseling
  • Industry: Mental health