• reading a good book
• watching a good movie
• looking at pictures and reliving the memories therein
• spending time with my husband
• snuggling
• talking to my parents/siblings
• hanging out with good friends
• writing in my journal (normally)
• a candlelit bubble bath
• making dinner for two
• planning out my future
• walking at night
• walking through a cemetery
• completing a project
• visiting family
• eating Trefzgar's cookies
• fishies
• children at play
• writing/receiving love notes
• saying/writing my new name

• Being lied to.--If you are going to lie to me you had better have a damn good reason. "I didn't want to hurt you." is NOT a good reason.
• Being ignored.
• Feeling helpless
• Feeling useless
• Fighting
• Rap--it's not music.
• Feeling like my opinion/what I have to say isn't worth a damn thing.
• Being ANGRY!

• I am not bad-looking
• I can laugh at most of my faults
• I am always up for a good time.
• I love children
• I love animals
• I can put up with a lot before I decide to stop giving chances
• I am loyal/loving
• I will listen to most anything
• I really don't care what we have for dinner. ^.^

• 7 male bettas
• 3 female bettas
• 1 male swordtail
• 1 female swordtail
• 2 Chinese algea-eaters
• 1 black-skirted tetra
• 1 long-skirted black tetra
• 2 serpae tetras
• 3 fancy male guppies
• 3 fancy female guppies
• 3 goldfish
• 1 male hampster
• 1 female hampster
• 2 female manx/tabby cats
• 1 male cat
• 1 all black female cat
• 2 female dogs
• 1 male dogs
• 1 female boa constrictor
• 1 male python

• complete honesty
• his beautiful hair
• he doesn't tower above me
• he offers to get up and get me something to drink
• he took me to see my family in another state because I was sad
• he gives me a kiss and tells me that he loves me every morning before he leaves for work
• he includes me in his group of friends
• he includes me in decisions
• complete loyalty
• he is attracted to me
• opens doors
• offers to take the grocery bags/luggage
• texts me all day long even if it is just, "how is your day?"
• calls me just to see how I'm doing
• he really thinks about gifts
• he planned and executed the perfect propo...

• family-oriented
• loving
• kind
• active
• literate
• intelligent
• does not desire to change me
• loves animals
• wants lots of children
• gentleman (opens doors, pays compliments, etc)
• artistic
• funny
• enjoys a good movie
• opinionated (but not pushy about it)
• loves music
• honesty
• loyalty
• hard working
• being attractive is a plus, but I am the only one that has to think that he is so

• jealousy
• envy
• pride
• candy
• dairy
• literature
• music
• laughter
• my husband
• sex
• children/babies

• T.H.E. CLUB
• Pinnocchio
• Devour the Snow
• A Christmas Carol
• Fiddler on the Roof
• The Emperor's New Clothes

• Chasing Cars
• 1000 Miles
• When You Say Nothing At All
• Breathless
• Sonne
• Du Reischt So Gut
• Malchick Gay
• How Great Thou Art

• having my family close so that I can hang out with them often
• having lots of friends
• working all the time
• pets
• being innocent
• playing in the irrigation in the fields next to my farm
• being best friends with my little brother
• having my best friend around often
• being on the wrestling team--even if Coach Carter was an ass
• hanging out with the guys before and after school
• play rehersal

• we spent a Sunday with his family. It was the first time that I'd been with all of them all at once.
• Sept 1st, 2007 - we saw eachother for the first time in months. we spent the day together and hung out and other things.
• October 5, 2007 - it was our 1 month anniversary and we spent it with his mom and step-dad in Nauvoo. They accepted me as family. ^.^ We walked around the temple that night and knew that we were headed there together.
• Our very first date was July or August of 2004 when he made me a candlelit dinner because I had been stood up on every date that I had made that summer. ^.^
• The second weekend in September, just after we started dating he brought me a little white pansy and chocolates when I came up for a visit.
• September 17, 2006 - our first chat that ...

• kind
• loving
• fun/interesting
• helpful
• forgiving
• fiercly loyal
• smart, but not overbearing
• wonderful mother
• great spouse
• special daughter/sister
• good friend
• headstrong, but willing to admit when she is wrong

• sweet pea--I wore it all the time when I lived in KY
• Wild Country--worn by my best friend when we lived across the street
• Black Currant & Vanilla--the day I realized that I loved my then-friend/now-fiance
• Garnier Fructis Length & Strength shampoo/conditioner--the first shower shared with my fiance
• pomegranate & mango bodywash--first time I stayed at my fiance's apt
• sweat mixed with cologne--the night bad things happened
• Black Currant & Vanilla and sweat--the weekend I was saved
• Beyond Paradise--working at the theater
• buttered popcorn--movie night
• lasagna--my first date with my soon-to-be husband
• Vanilla--Mom

• when everyone is looking at you, wink.
• Smile, it confuses people.
• "I'm just a fleshy vessel."
• You're a ten-cow woman.
• Love is not the opposite of hate..it's indifference.
• A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.
• If you don't like my driving get off the sidewalk.
• PMS allows a woman to act once a month the way men do every day.
• You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.--Dr. Seuss
• Love is like a rose in winter..only the strong survive.
• The best things in life are unseen. That's why we close our eyes when kiss, cry, and dream.

• Rape/molestation
• A failed marriage
• Morning Sickness
• My husband walking out
• Getting pregnant
• Being alone during my first pregnancy
• Losing the people I was closest to.
• Moving away from my family.

• Death
• Watching my babies die before me.
• My husband dying before I do.
• having to pull the plug
• Needles
• Clowns
• Knives
• Poisonous snakes
• An unhappy marriage
• Failure
• Being a bad mother.
• Stephen King
• Scary movies
• Getting too big to fit into my wedding dress
• Becoming unattractive in the eyes of my husband.
• Losing James.

Names I went by:

• Abby
• Babs
• Bebs
• Baby
• Buff Daddy
• Princess
• Angel
• Sweetpea
• Abebi Boone
• Wife
• Love

Names that I currently go by:

• Abebi
• Mrs. Abebi Shelton
• Daughter
• Friend
• Single

Names that I will answer to in the future:

• a house
• a new car
• a wedding band to go with my engagement ring
• a car seat
• good credit
• a degree in psychology/counsiling
• a new phone
• memory cards
• a well-paying job

• May 24, 2008 - My wedding
• April 6, 2008 - My 20th birthday
• May 25-29, 2008 - My honeymoon
• the day I find out that I am pregnant with our first child
• the day I give birth to the first of many children
• graduating college
• my father walking me down the aisle to give me away
• kissing my husband for the first time
• moving into our home
• sending out the invitations for our wedding
• taking our son/daughter for their blessing
• seeing our children off to the temple
• our home being finished
• moving into a house in February 2008
• May 2009 - being sealed to my husband for all time and eternity

• Les Miserables soundtrack (Broadway Cast)
• Pocahontas soundtrack
• The Little Mermaid sountrack
• Concordia Blue Sash
• PTHS Christmas Concert 2003
• 'Under the Bridge' - Red Hot Chili Peppers
• 'Sonne' - Rammstein
• Joseph and the Amazing Techni-colored Dream Coat soundtrack (Broadway cast)
• 'Malchick Gay' - tAtU
• 'Chasing Cars' - Snow Patrol
• Amy Winehouse
• Celtic Tides
• Fiddler on the Roof soundtrack
• Cranberries
• the Monkees
• Linkin Park
• The Coors
• Spice Girls

• Jacksonville, Illinois
• Virginia, Illinois
• Bath, Illinois (3 different times)
• Havana, Illinois (2 different times)
• Peoria, Illinois (4 different times and 7 places)
• Paducah, Kentucky (three different homes)
• Canton, Illinois (two different times and places)
• Decatur, Illinois (three different places)
• Peoria Heights, Illinois