About Me

  • About Me: homeschooling, farming, mother of 6

Books

  • Favorite Books: The Screwtape Letters
  • Favorite Authors: C.S. Lewis, Peter Kreeft, Christopher West, Pope John Paul II
  • Favorite Characters: The Scarlet Pimpernel
  • Favorite Quotes: Don't let your mortifications be seen by others and don't let your mortifications mortify others.
  • Recent Reads: The Hidden Power of Kindness, The Love That Satisfies

More About Me

  • Nicknames: auntie
  • Nationality: italian, irish, german, hungarian
  • Religion: roman catholic
  • Heroes: Jesus Christ, His Blessed Mother, Saint Augustine
  • Interests: Sewing, Reading, Teaching, Farming, Raising Pigs
  • Expertise: none, doing whatever God wants of me
  • Occupation: wife, mother, seamstress, cook, chauffer, gardener, psychiatrist, executive secretary
  • Industry: motherhood, wifehood

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Rob Roy, Sabrina, Pride and Prejudice, The Turn of the Screw
  • Favorite Actors: Liam Neeson, harrison ford
  • Favorite Genre: historical fiction
  • Favorite Soundtracks: The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Majestic
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "he's a quiet peace loving man"
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Rob Roy, Sabrina, Somersby, Pride and Prejudice, Anne of Green Gables
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: Lucile Ball

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Italian
  • Favorite Dishes: pasta, seafood, if it swims i like it
  • Favorite Drinks: beer
  • Favorite Junk Foods: salsa and blue corn chips
  • My Original Recipes: my alfredo sauce
  • Favorite Restaurants: Mama Leones
  • Foods I hate: lima beans

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Billy Joel, Barry Manilow, Frank Sinatra, Garth Brooks, My Son
  • Favorite Albums: Songs in the Key of Life, Sound Track from the Scarlet Pimpernel, Sound track from The Majestic, Simon and Garfunkels Concert in Central Park, John Denver Christmas with the Muppets, Harry Connick Jr.'s Christmas Album
  • Favorite Genre: just about anything but rap and hard rock
  • Favorite Songs: Lullaby by Billy Joel

Travel

  • Places I love: Mountains
  • Places to see before I die: Alaska
  • Dream Vacation: Driving the AlCan Highway