laurie's-ramblings of a madwoman.: Happy Independence Day!

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'Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.' ~Thomas Paine

I just want to say thank you to all who have fought for this Country and who are still fighting and all those that have dedicated their lives for this Country!

God Bless you all!

I hope everyone has a happy and safe Fourth of July!

Life goes on...............

100 things about me.

1. I love the color purple.

2. I love vanilla & patchouli scents.

3. I love kneeling at the feet of a man.

4. I love Alpha males.

5. I love my blankie that I have had since I was a baby.

6. Long bubble baths, with candles burning is one of my biggest hobbies.

7. Leggings and big baggy sweatshirts are my favorite form of attire.

8. To dance, whether slow or fast, such an expression of me.

9. Music. Soft, hard and almost everything in between.

10. I am shy at times, and too bold at others.

11. My favorite movie of all time is, "Halloween"

12. I hate to drive.

13. I suffer PTSD, and panic attacks.

14. I love candles.

15. I love to read mysteries.

16. I have been writing the All American Novel for six years.

17. I am the oldest of four kids.

18. I still believe in marriage and love.

19. I am cynical, jaded and a smart ass at times.

20. I sucked my thumb til I was 18.

21. I hate to cook.

22. I love red fingernail polish.

23. I love flipflops and own 100 pairs.

24. I hate winter.

25. I love the clutter of a well lived-in home.

26. Holding hands makes me shy.

27. I love bracelets.

28. I write in a journal everynight.

29. My favorite author is Kay Hooper.

30. I want to see Paris before I die.

31. I collect soap.

32. My sister is my best friend.

33. I love the way a man smells.

34. I love being collared to The Bastard. He is truly my One.

35. I love nights, and hate mornings.

36. I sleep with a nightlight on.

37. I love chocolate of any kind.

38. I think passion should be lived every single day.

39. I refuse to eat off of paper plates.

40. I love china, and pretty linens.

41. I love pretty lingerie.

42. I think a good conversation is almost better than sex.

43. My favorite name to be called by The Bastard is, His, Mine, or My girl.

44. I love possessive men.

45. I love chatting with friends.

46. I hate texting.

47. My dad wanted to name me Misty Dawn.

48. I am needy and high spirited.

49. I stay up way too late and sleep too late in the mornings.

50. I am loyal and trustworthy.

51. I am a big flirt.

52. I think too much.

53. I smoke too much.

54. I love just as passionately as I hate.

55. I love thunderstorms.

56. I hate sleeping alone.

57. I was voted in my senior class ,most likely to succeed.

58. I wear pink fuzzy slippers when no one can see.

59. I am a closet romantic.

60. I have five children.

61. I grew up in the Midwest in a very male-led oriented home.

62. My dad left over 30 years ago, and my mother never dated after.

63. I love to flirt and tease. I love the challenge.

64. My grandmother on my father's side is my hero. In all the years I was blessed until she passed, she never once complained.

65. Diamonds are my birthstones, but I prefer amethysts.

66. I believe in honor and truth, even if it is the blunt truth, and I don't always agree.

67. I still have causes in my life.

68. I think kissing is the most intimate act between a man and a woman.

69. I lost my virginity at 17.

70. I prefer handwritten letters to email.

71. I collect swans, when I was little I was a skinny little ugly duckling, and one day a man told me that I looked like a swan, compared to my childhood pictures.

72. I am a type-a personality but get bored easily.

73. I have six tattoos and they all have meanings behind them. I want one more.

74. I still read Dr. Suess.

75. I believe people can fall in love in a heartbeat.

76. I am shy, even tho many do not see it.

77. I believe in God.

78. I am black and white and have no shades of gray in my beliefs.

79. I hate roses.

80. I am Patriotic, and believe in our Country.

81. I am truly a Lithuanian Gypsy, at least partially from my heritage. But nonetheless a gypsy in my wanderlust.

82. I love metahphors, but I don't like subtle.

83. My favorite poem of all time is, "Desiderata". Reading that will explain more of who I am.

84. I believe in good, and I believe in evil.

85. Honor and trust are the two most valuable assets I look for in a person.

86. Some of my nicknames: Laur, Laurence, Loon, "Child", Lisha, Lish, Temptinglishy, and my newest favorite, My girl.

87. I collect rocks. A rock from everyplace I have visited, and friends send me rocks from where they live. As a reminder of them.

88. I am a procrastinator, and have been called, "Scarlett."

89. My favorite kind of flowers are, violets and lilacs.

90. I hate checklists, how can anyone sum up who they are, on a mere checklist.

91. I am afraid to become vulnerable. In that fear, I often hide my true inner needs.

92. I am OCD.

93. My favorite childhood book is, "The Velveteen Rabbit."

94. A powerful man to me is one that goes after what he wants and is not afraid to show that to the world. (Within the limits of what part of the "World" can handle it and what parts cannot.)

95. Reserved men bore the hell out of me.

96. At times I wonder how many people really read these.

97. I often pretend to be Cinderella when cleaning the house, that way it seems I live in a fairy tale. And the cleaning doesn't seem so 'bad'.

98. I wonder if I will ever be able to live what most deem a normal life.

99. I am just as comfortable in jeans as I am an evening gown.

100. I would say more to come, as I have been doing for months, and think that is how I will leave this....for my journey is still going, and how can anyone sum up who they are, in 100 things about me........

More to come.......

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Happy Independence Day!

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