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About Me

About Me: Love God, love others. One life to live, wanna make the most of it.

Favorite Books: Bible, The Gift of Pain, Mere Christianity, For Women Only, Peace Child, Life of Pi, Screw Tape Letters
Favorite Authors: C.S. Lewis, Dr. Paul Brand, Philip Yancey, Shaunti Fieldhan, (used to read a lot of John Grisham, but it's been a while)
Favorite Genres: True stories, Biographies
Recent Reads: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

Where I shop: H&M, GW, Target, Charlotte Russe, SALE RACKS of most any store :)
Brands I love: same as above
I like to wear: earth tones...brown, black, green, tan, blue, orange/red...
Can't live without: jeans,
Prized Possessions: my chunky jewelry

Favorite Movies: Cindrella Man, Walk the Line, Life is Beautiful, To End All Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Notebook, Four Feathers, Forrest Gump, Hotel Rwanda, The Goonies, Family Man, Return To Me, The Patriot, Sahara, Mona Lisa Smile, Indiana Jones, Bourne Series, Blood Diamond....
Favorite Actors: Johnny Depp, Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Julia Roberts, Kera Nightly, Jack Nickolson, Nickolas Cage,
Favorite Genre: Drama/ based on True Stories
Favorite Soundtracks: Romeo and Juliet, Now and Then, Forrest Gump
Movie Quotes I say all the time: 'I'm just kinda pee-o-d, cause she hasn't sent me a full body shot yet'- Kip I don't really say it all the time.
Movies I can watch over and over: When my sister and I were little I think we watched the Goonies over 30-something times.

Favorite Cuisine: Italian, Japanese
Favorite Dishes: Seafood Fettucini Alfredo, or a good steak with buttery corn on the cob and mashed potatoes.
Favorite Desserts: mostly chocolate anything, warm fruit cobblers/crips, coffee icecream
Favorite Drinks: coffee, hazelnut lattes, fruity mixed drinks, cranberry juice mixed with gingerale, ice cold 2% milk, red wine
Favorite Junk Foods: custard filled doughnuts, heath bars, chocolate
Best meal ever: that's tough....
My Original Recipes: many - and still experimenting.....
Favorite Restaurants: Bucca de Peppe, Panes, Panera Bread, Mama's Fish House, The Griswold Inn, any hibachi grill or Japanese steak house
Foods I hate: Peppercorns!! extra chunky tomato sauce, cooked peppers

Nicknames: Styer, Lor, Little Lorah, Mama Styer, Larry, LaLa
Nationality: American
Religion: Christian
Heroes: Jesus Christ
Interests: sports, music, travel, wine, food, Justin Ray
Expertise: Hair, geriatric care, organizing things
Occupation: Cosmetologist, Nurse Aide, Foreign Missions....sometimes all three at the same time.

Places I love: Maui, Maine, Italy, Edinburgh, Paris, Geneva
Places I've been: All but 4 states, a lot of Southern Canada, Cambodia, Haiti, England, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, France, Holland, Switzerland, Germany, Canary Islands (Spain), Liberia- West Africa
Places to see before I die: Brazil, Argentina, Costa Rica, Isreal, New Zealand, Barcelona-Spain, Greece,(ummm, everywhere!!)
Dream Vacation: Greek Isles...or how'bout a long trip around the world with multiple stops..? sounds good.

Favorite Artists: U2, Damien Rice, Switchfoot, Coldplay, Imogen Heap, Michael Buble, Shane&Shane, Sarah Kelly, Keane, Tim Mcgraw, Keith Urban, Oasis, Homer Hicolm and the Rocket Boys......
Favorite Albums: The JoshuaTree, 'O', Legend of Chin, xy.....
Favorite Genre: Mellow Rock
Favorite Songs: With or Without You, Benhur, Footloose (at wedding receptions!!) Mud on the Tires, Don't Look Back in Anger.... lots more.
Favorite Lyrics: Beck has some quality lyrics....beefcake pantyhose etc etc
Songs for Roadtrips: 'All for One.... and all for Love' 'Beautiful Day'
Songs I hate: Some of Sheniah Twain's songs are pretty annoying, and anything by ACDC is pain to my ears.
Guilty Pleasure: dunno
Songs I repeat the most: see above....