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About me

Gender	Female
Location	Woodbury, TN
Introduction	My husband, Tony, and I just moved back to the country a few years ago. I work from home as a consultant for a company that developes standardized tests. I'm enjoying gardening, the outdoors, and jogging each day with my two dogs. Well, I'm sorta enjoying the jogging - I'm trying to rekindle a passion for it, but so far, I just find myself really sore. Things I miss about city livin' . . . getting cell phone service at my house! Things I love about country livin' . . . the privacy, the animals - so far, I have two dogs, Odie, the eyeless wonder, Fat Ashley, a TN Walking Horse, Hermoine, and a cow, Van Gogh (I suppose I should really get a bull for Van Gogh, come to think of it). We also seem to have a collection of snakes, but I'm not claiming them, and I'm hoping they get a vacation home soon.
Interests	Cooking, Jogging, Being outside with my Labs, Gardening, I love music . . . listening - playing - singing badly in the shower.
Favorite movies	Top Ten: 1. Shawshank Redemption 2. Dazed and Confused 3. Trainspotting 4. Super Bad 5. Spinal Tap 6. Fargo 7. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 8. Notting Hill - I have a tendency to like "guy movies, " so I had to add at least one "chick flick" in there; ^) 9. Chasing Amy 10. High Fidelity
Favorite music	I have an eclectic taste, to say the very least. iTunes probably thinks I'm Sybil. My all time favs: Common, Alison Kraus and Union Station, Wilco, Johnny Cash, Prince, Keane, David Gray, Amy Winehouse, Corinne Bailey Rae, Josh Ritter, The Cure, The Clash, Jason Mraz, The Chili Peppers, Shawn Colvin, Springsteen, Jeff Buckley, Dylan ('To Ramona' may be my favorite song ever), Elvis Costello, Beck, and Joni Mitchell - mostly singer/songwriters that are really tight lyrically.
Favorite books	Bridget Jones' Diary is my guilty pleasure . . . but I'm a classics freak. I'm crazy about anything Jane Austen. To Kill a Mocking Bird is a favorite, too. And, what turbo nerd doesn't love The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy? Favorite authors: Maya Angelou, Nikki Giovanni, Michael Lee West, J.R.R. Tolkein, Terry Pratchett - but, really, too many to list.