Listen more-speak less. Life is an adventure-make every day count. Enrich the lives of those you meet along the way. Don’t show up at the end with a wish list.
This is my philosophy in a nutshell – but there is more to me than that. This is a condensed biography of the person behind this blog.
My name is Bonnie J. Preston. I am 59 years old, a wife, mother and full-time project manager. I was born and raised in New York – just north of the city. Shortly before my 30th birthday, I moved to California, where I lived just north of Los Angeles for about twenty years. I met my husband there (he is also from New York) and we raised our son and daughter there. Just before my 50th birthday, we moved to a town just north of Dallas, TX.
Wait – I sense a pattern – I am always moving “just north” of a major metropolitan area right before a major birthday. Not sure what that means…..
My husband, son and daughter are my family. I am an only child and I lost both my parents in 1987. But I am lucky. I have many friends all over the country, and I consider them family. I am thankful for the social technology that allows me to easily stay in touch with them. Next to good health, nothing is more important than relationships. I am blessed in both areas, and am grateful every day.
The hardest question for me to answer is “what is your favorite book/movie/tv show”? So many books, films, shows….so little time.
I love to read – everything. The greatest gift my husband has ever given to me was an eReader. I generally keep Nora Roberts (or J.D. Robb), and Jodi Piccoult on my night stand. But I also read a great deal of non-fiction. My passions will become clear if you follow this blog!
I also love good films and good tv shows. I have a new favorite all the time. We don’t go out to movies that often (except perhaps at Christmas – last Christmas there so many good films we were going every week!) but we have an enormous film library on DVD. If a film is good, I will watch it over and over and over. There are many films I can recite from start to finish (much to the annoyance of my family – at least one of whom can do the same thing!) I cannot chose a favorite film but my favorite actors are Katherine Hepburn (classic) and Meryl Streep (contemporary); Lawrence Olivier (classic) and Russell Crowe (contemporary).
My guiltiest pleasure of the moment is the CW’s “The Vampire Diaries”. I love this show so much I actually contribute to a fansite. You can read my posts on TheTelevixen.com. I thank my daughter for introducing me to Mystic Falls and its residents. I’m biased, but I think it has the best writing and best cast of any show on television at this time - and when I say this, I should also tell you that it replaced no less than the wonderful “House” with the incredible Hugh Laurie! No small feat.
In the fall of 2011, I also began writing a weekly post for the new CW Show “The Secret Circle”. So far, I love it. It may never replace TVD as my fave, but it’s running a close second. You can find all my posts for both shows at my new blog (enter name here once it’s created and loaded).
I hope you enjoy my blog and will visit often – and look for my TVD Tweets (@bonniejpreston) on Thursday nights!
All the best,
Bonnie
