lorijo2003

I love sewing, machine embroidery and applique, knitting and scrapbooking. The next thing I'd like to learn is crochet!

Postcards--I love tourist postcards!! I especially enjoy reading facts about the location in the photo on the card!!

Field trips with my boys: running St. Louis Cardinals baseball: Music (all types): Digital Scrapbooking: Sewing: The beach!: Traveling: Christmas (I love silver sparkly ornaments, and pretty much anything Christmassy): Snowmen: Little Christmas trees: Nativities: Sparkly things: Lighthouses: Reading: Getting dirty in the garden (except when it's too hot:): Bargain shopping: Halloween (decorations, fabrics, colors): Snapping photos: Cooking: Candles: Trying new things: Cupcakes: Fall and fall colors: Baking (I have no allergies): Trying new recipes: Scraps of fabric

The Food Network is often playing in the background of whatever I'm doing during the day. I'm a sucker for "reality" tv...Biggest Loser, Project Runway (FAV!!), Chopped.

I like a wide variety of music. I love to listen to the classic rock station and the Christian music station. I love 80's hair bands. But I also love Tori Amos, Bjork, Portishead, Massive Attack, and Coldplay.

I have actually been trying to work my way through a list of "100 Classics that Everyone Should Read." I am a mom, so I read lots of kids books:) I also love Christian fiction, cooking books/magazines, craft books/magazines, and self-help books.

I'm rather outnumbered at my house...4 to 1! My husband is a restaurant manager/chef. I have a 16 year old step son. He's into video games, science, dinosaurs, reading, running, and board games. My 9 year old likes most everything the oldest likes...you know...the younger ones love to be like their older siblings:) He's a big Pokemon fan, video games reading and anything else "boy". The youngest is 5. He spends most of his time trying to keep up with his brothers, but also loves any book by Mo Wilems, football, and video games.