simplybysandi

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About me

Gender Female
Occupation Wife, Mom, Writer, Artist, Office Mgr., Quilting Teacher
Location Maryland, United States
Introduction Happily married since 1982, mom to two beautiful sons, 27 and 12 years old. A creative person my whole life, I never leave home without my camera, something to work on, and a book to read. I have never met a book I didn't like...there is always value in learning something new. I dislike socks and shoes and don't give up my flip flops until absolutely necessary! Knitting is my obsession...right now...
Interests My Faith, Parenting my sons, Writing, Painting, Photography, Knitting, Quilting, Reading, Cooking, Baking, and Handmade Soap...
Favorite Movies You've got mail, Sleepless in Seattle, City of Angels, Something's Gotta Give, Little Women, New in Town, A Beautiful Mind, Goodwill Hunting, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, Martian Child, Juno, Return to Me, Serendipity, Julie and Julia, Letters to Juliet, Eat Pray Love, Babies, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, All the Classic Disney Movies, and All Christmas Movies...
Favorite Music Praise songs, Rock (Bon Jovi, Rod Stewart, Aerosmith, Reo Speedwagon), Classical, Jazz, Big Band, All Christmas Music...
Favorite Books My Bible, Thursdays at Eight, Summer House, Leota's Garden, If You Can Talk You Can Write, Writer Mama, Page by Page, Chapter by Chapter, Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus, Writer's Market, Poet's Market, Finding Your Inner Mama, Thank You Power, Barefoot Contessa cookbooks, Apples for Jam cookbook, Joy of Cooking, Soup a Way of Life, The Ultimate Soup Bible, The book of Positive Quotations, The Great Big Butter Cookbook, The Tassajara Bread Book, The River Cottage Family Cookbook, How to Eat, Feast, How to be a Domestic Goddess, Breads from the LaBrea Bakery...All Dr.Seuss and Children's Picture Books, Debbie Macomber Blossom Street series, Knit Together, Anything by Dr. Wayne Dyer, Eat Pray Love, Emotional Freedom, Ghosts Among Us, Italian at a Glance, French at a Glance