Friday Five - Places I want to see and why

My Friday five this week is all about where and what I want to see in my lifetime.

1. I want to see the hills, lochs, and castles of Ireland and Scotland.

2.I want to see the pyramids and the Sahara desert. While I am there I want to ride on the back of a camel through the sand. I also want to shop at one of the famous bazaars of the middle east and sail on the Nile.

3. I want to see the spires of the great cathedrals from the middle ages of France and of course the catacombs under the streets of Paris.

Catacombs under the streets of Paris France.

Kölner Dom (Cologne, Germany)

Notre Dame, France

4. I want to sunbathe on the coasts of the Mediterranean sea. I want to walk where Jesus walked and see what Jesus saw.

5. I want to swim at the barrier reef and see Ayers rock and I want to spend time in the outback with some aboriginals and have a close call with an alligator or maybe a Tasmanian devil! I want to see some if the interesting animals that Australia has to offer.

Friday Five - Rules of Attraction- Things that make me swoon

TALLNESS: I love a guy who can make my 6 ft frame feel small. I am just like every other girl out there, I want to feel protected and watched over.
SMARTS: I love a guy who reads. Not magazines but actual books. I like a guy who can sit down on the deck with me and read a book. I just about always have 2-3 books being read and so if I can't share that part of my life with the guy I am sharing my life with then I would be very sad. I once had a guy while on a first date with me that he thought that "reading is a waste if time." we had not even made it to dinner yet and I wanted to turn around and end the date right then. I never went out with that guy again because if my husband ever said that to my children I would smack him.

HANDY: I love a guy who is handy. I can do many handy things around the house and it is a total turn off when I find out that I am more handy then the guy I like. I don't expect the the guy will always be able to fix the broken things but I think it's sexy when a guy is a mans man with a Teddy bear inside. I was at church last week and we had Just made sandwiches for
the homeless and we were putting them into a box. The guy that I will call "hot j" was looking very confused on how to fold the sides of a box to make the bottom of the box, so just as I was about to say something he said "this always confuses me, can you help me?" can you believe that? The guy didn't know how to make a box! Wow! I changed his name right then, from here to fourth he shall be referred to as just "can't make a box! hot j."
COMMITTED: I think it's super hot when a guy is secure enough in his own self to show his beliefs. I want a guy who is committed to the Lord and to me. I want a guy who knows how important it is to attend all of their church meetings and duties. I think a guy who is good with kids is hot. I want a guy who will be in my corner in a fight or feud but who will do everything in his power to help me see the other side of the fight/feud so that we can end it together.
INDEPENDENT: I think it's hot when a guy has his own friends and expects me to have my own as well. I think it's hot when a guy doesn't expect their girlfriend to call to check in. I want a guy who I can trust and who trusts me.

Friday Five - Fav Authors

1. James Patterson-

I love that his suspensful series like the Alex cross series and the womens murder club are so well written and he does such a good job creating a setting and making it so easy to connect to the characters.

2. Diana Garbalden -

great historial fiction writer! I love how she can take a portion of history and weave a wonderful love/ slightly sci fi story. Her books are one that if I pick it up I won't put it down till I am done. Normally that is a good thing but not with garbalden books because her books are like 500-600 pages. Eek!!

3. Anita Stansfield-

I love the part of the series that she writes that starts with "first love; second chances", I love the portion of it that takes place in australia. It seems like such a beautiful and almost magical place. It's also the land of "the man from snowy river". What could be more romantic than that?!

4. Lynn Gardner-

I loved her gem mystery books; starting with emeralds and espionage and it had such titles in the series like turquoise & terrorist, diamonds & danger, pearls & perial. I loved those books when I was a teenager. All of the copies I own are signed too because Lynn is from Quartz Hill CA, right next to me in Lancaster. When I worked at the Beehive book I was able to meet her and get them all signed.

5. Jack Weyland-

I think I like this author because his writing has changed a lot while I have been reading him. I like how the books he wrote in the 80's and 90's totally were for more of a teen audience, and now it seems like the books he is writing are more for my age now.