About Me

  • About Me: I must caution you that the Lion of Judah lives within me and all I need to do is open up my mouth and let Him roar...

Contact Info

  • AIM: cr8edforHim2

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Duck, Befer, MOB, Hill
  • Nationality: American: a mix of PA Dutch, Scotch, Irish, and Polish
  • Religion: Christian... no I'm not ashamed of this!
  • Heroes: Corneila TenBoom, my grandma Sheaffer, and my mom
  • Interests: MY interests involve: participating in church and worshipping Jesus Christ, blogging, traveling, dancing, writing, origami, scrapbooking, drawing, sleeping, cooking on occasion, Maggie Moo's ice cream, researching random facts and info on the web, watching movies, hanging out with my friends, playing card games and board games, and building a future together with my husband, Sam, and our daughter, Abigail. (These are all in random order). I've recently added mosaic making and cooking to the list, and most recently knitting. But I'm sure I'll be adding more as time goes on.
  • Expertise: I have experience working as a dance teacher, a portrait artist at Busch Gardens, and I know a decent share about religion, philosophy, and the Bible. Most recently, I've also expanded my experiences to editing as an assistant teacher for my college professor in geology, and now I am gaining daily insight as a new mom and wife.. you learn something new everyday- mastering what you learn is the key...
  • Occupation: Student, full-time mom
  • Industry: Education/Research

Television

  • Favorite Shows: the original TGIF lineups including Full House, Family Matters, and Boy Meets World. Also many of the old school Nickelodeon shows- topping the list are David and the Gnomes and the Elephant Show, Wheel of Fortune, Jeopardy.... The Drew Carey Show, Whose Line is it? SVU and House
  • Favorite Channels: Nickelodeon, Animal Planet, TLC, The Food Network, The Discovery Channel...
  • Favorite Reruns: anything like I love Lucy- cuz those oooold shows were already reruns before i came along- lol!
  • Most Addictive Show: SVU and House
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Live with Jimmy Kimmel
  • Favorite Episode: don't have a favorite i don't think
  • Characters you relate to: i think on some level i can relate to most any character
  • Favorite Theme Song: The Family Matters theme song
  • Show I Secretly Watch: i used to watch alot of anime- that was a strange phase i was going through...
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: oh so many! pretty much if it was worth watching it was cancelled in my opinion!

Books

  • Favorite Books: Mere Christianity, The Hiding Place, The Bible, The Poisonwood Bible, The Fledgling, Tale of Two Cities, Godless
  • Favorite Authors: C.S Lewis, Ruth Chew, Barbara Kingsolver, Charles Dickens, Robert Frost, Ann Coulter
  • Favorite Genres: mystery, ghost stories, autobiographies, science, how-to books, classic novels, some poetry
  • Favorite Characters: Aslan,
  • Recent Reads: Dr Seuss books ( for my daughter), Godless by Ann Coulter

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Japanese, Mexican, Italian, homestyle, PA Dutch
  • Favorite Dishes: spaghetti made my way,
  • Favorite Desserts: Oreos with milk, cookies and cream ice cream, choclate, christmas cookies, no bake cookies, brownies, tapioca pudding
  • Favorite Drinks: milk tea and milk coffee (both japanese), green tea, white tea, water, orange juice, 1% milk, ginger ale, Pepsi, hot chocolate
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Hershey's chocolate, Butterfinger Crisps, cheeseburger hotdogs from 7-11, and Muncho's
  • Best meal ever: anything my grandma Sheaffer makes is bound to be a hit
  • My Original Recipes: my spaghetti: Ragu sauce, angel hair noodles, meat of choice fried in sauce pan, and my secret ingriedient (wouldn't you like to know!)
  • Favorite Restaurants: County Grill, Cracker Barrel, Outback, Applebee's, Chipotle, Olive Garden, TGIFridays, 5th Street, and most recently Chili's
  • Foods I hate: seafood- especially sushi, mushrooms, squash, eggplant, lamb, liver, blood anything, tofu, and nuts

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Andrea Summer, Superchick, Dividing the Plunder, Celine Dion, Sixpence none the richer, Andrew Peterson
  • Favorite Genre: Christian, then the classics, and then mood music, then everything else
  • Favorite Songs: The Fall of Man, Beauty from Pain
  • Songs for Roadtrips: My entire Manheim Steamroller cd- it puts Abigail to sleep!
  • Songs I hate: The Thong Song

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: POTC, all Pixars, Star Wars, Ice Age, Mulan, The Passion of the Christ, Indiana Jones series, The Sixth Sense
  • Favorite Actors: let's start with the obvious: Johnny Depp, but really I love so many actors and actresses for the variety of them all- I guess any actor that I can relate to on some level sticks with me
  • Favorite Directors: Tim Burton, M. Night Shaylaman sp?
  • Favorite Genre: mystery, action, suspense, comedy
  • Favorite Soundtracks: (unfortunately I can't find this one) Prarie Home Companion, I also like the Italian Job's soundtrack
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "hey mister grumpy gills!"
  • Movies I can watch over and over: any Pixar
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: hmm.. Scarlett Johanson? I don't think I look or act like any actresses- can you think of any?

PreciousOnyx

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    • Name: Hillary
    • Country: United States
    • State: Ohio
    • Metro: Cincinnati
    • Birthday: 12/7/1984
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 8/30/2005

Memories (3)

  • ACEnders
    You are so cute! Thank you!!! I remember "watching" as Abigail began walking and getting into all kinds of things and giving her momma a hard time! And her 1st birthday....
  • TheTheologiansCafe
    I still wouldn't use vapor rub.
  • AnieT
    I remember getting Hillary & Sam's Christmas card last year in the mail! I also remember when Hillary's computer broke and no one knew what'd happened to her! We all were worried so I sent her a note - snail mail! Even Alex was asking whether I'd heard from her everyday! Finally, I got a card in
    • Posted 9/11/2007 2:34 PM
    • by AnieT

Chatboard (9)

  • IXOYE_AD
    great layout, love the galaxy/candle theme.
  • PreciousOnyx
    @SWEETLADYFINN - Thank you for your kind comments and encouragement. I like writing and have even seriously considered becoming an editor, but if I were to become a writer I'm not even sure what genre I'd write or what to write for that matter. I suppose it could be fun. I will look forward to getti
  • SWEETLADYFINN
    Hello Hillary. Many thanks for adding me to your friends list! You seem very knowledgeable and interesting. I think that aside from your other talents, and I completely understand how much work it is being a Mom (congrats by the way), that you should consider becoming a writer. Your diction and s
  • desi1_0
    thanks for accepting my invite
    • Posted 3/14/2008 1:24 PM
    • by desi1_0
  • malexandrov
    Hey, thanks for accepting my invite :)
  • supercodexvi
    My various computer science classes were my favorite. I had fun in my acting classes too, and I like some of my math classes. I pretty much hated most of my music classes.
  • TheTheologiansCafe
    I think his chances would be great but he has already said he wouldn't run.
  • i_heart_concussions
    Weirdest Dream? A giant Killer Marshmallow was chasing me through a maze and a Chicken with razor sharp teeth had me cornered... Nuff said.
  • seedsower
    HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABIGAIL,YOU CUTIE ,YOU!!!!!!