I have been on OD since 2001 and still have each and every entry.  This has been a place for me to vent, think, share joy and pull myself together many times through life's ups and downs.  I'm certain I'll be here for many years to come.  

This is so much of my life and I'm so glad I've been able to chronicle some of the things I've experienced.  Life is truly a journey and my journey has had a lot of love, sadness, joy, heartbreak, anger, frustration, forgiveness, and even a few epiphanies along the way.  I'm grateful for all I have and I look foward to sharing and learning so much from so many of you.

I LOVE: *Winter * ice * York peppermint patties * Tide laundry detergent * clean sheets * kittens and puppies * music * movies * Christmas Time * honesty * sea glass * tiffany lamps * feather beds * lesbian pulp fiction art * "magic muffins," * orgasms * spontaneous sex * Ani Difranco* Sade* Mary J. Blige* *Aaliyah* Norah Jones* Tori Amos* Outkast* Mazzy Star* The Sundays* Sarah McLachlan* Moby* *Coldplay*Snow Patrol* whispering * "The Sims" * magnetic poetry* "Burt's Bees" products * "The Body Shop" products * Lush * painted toe nails * soft lips * organizers * Dr. Pepper * pina coladas * wet sand * urination relief * new undies * sculpty * decoupage * clay * Disney * babies * a clean car * nudity * intelligence * strong women * being cozy * Angelina Jolie * lemon squares * "amazing fruit" bears * sleeping in * comfortable slumbers * comfy P.J.'s * friends * secret crushes * playfulness * euphoria * Gustav Klimt * chicken * phone sex * baths * England * drippy candles * good fathers * listening * dramatic films * indie films * "Dream," by GAP * Demeter fragrances * being a woman* playing the piano * sexual dreams * fantasy * castles * royal family history * taking surveys * geneology * genetics * psychology * sociology*cross-stitch* letter writing* sleeping in * cuddling * good stretches * down comforters*yorkshire terriers*pink*origami*orchids*hello kitty*chococat*hiking* camping* travel*reading*