5 inanimate things I love:
vanilla chai tea
my 300+ count bed sheets
my books
my computer
my music

last 10 CDs I bought:
Sheryl Crow
Dixie Chicks
Cyndi Lauper
Pearl JAm
Sarah McLaughlin
John Mayer
Ella Fitzgerald
No Doubt
Billie Holiday
Van Morrison

5 books everyone MUST read:
Warrior Marks – Alice Walker
The Poisonwood Bible – Barbara Kingsolver
The Lovely Bones -  Alice Sebold
The Secret Life of Bees – Sue Monk Kidd
Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston

5 Books I want to read:
The Corrections – Jonathan Franzen
The Five People You Meet in Heaven -  by Mitch Albom
The English Roses – Madonna
Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown
The Amateur Marriage – Anne Tyler

Inanimate thing I MOST wish for at this moment:
Clear vision (not physical, more of an understanding)

5 favorite American presidents:
Jimmy Carter
Abraham Lincoln
FDR
Thomas Jerfferson
Theodore Roosevelt

5 things I wish I’d done more of:
listened
watched
learned
appreciated
relaxed

5 things I wish I’d done less of:
drugs
searched far and wide for something right in front of me
cried
followed silly paths
ignored my instincts

5 things I aim to do before I die:
get my PhD
love and love some more
Have something published and on a shelf somewhere besides my own
be a recognized artist/writer
decorate my house in a style that is interesting

5 traits I admire – in order:
the ability to love unconditionally
intelligence
the ability to encourage people wholeheartedly
an adventurous nature
motivation

5 things I cook best:
salmon
chocolate chip cookies
strawberry shortcake
potato salad
macaroni & cheese (homemade)

5 things I don’t do very well at all:
correspondence
dance
understand people
play office politics
physical labor