Mid January...

Ugh...didn't I say I was going to post more often? Well.... Well, the New Year is really something! My mom & dad got back to AZ & the next day my mom had to go by Ambulance to the ER. She is doing great now. She came home a few days ago. She had really low potassium & her electrolytes were low...dehydrated...ugh! They have her back to her normal crazy self! HA!

Classes started this past Monday and what a wild week. Last two days so many schools were off with the freezing temps but not us! Ugh! OMG it is 0 right now! Amazing! Were having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave! HA!

I went to see "Seven Pounds" with Will Smith. Have you seen it? OMG...it is one of the must sees in your lifetime. Slow & a bit in the dark at the beginning but you better have a box of kleenex by the end. The men were bawling!

I had a really difficult time finding calendars this year. I don't know, calendars to me are like finding your creative spirit for the year. I finally settled on Maxine, 2 different ones for different rooms & then a Snoopy/Charlie Brown Love one for work & a page a day one with my Cat a day one. I'm waiting for the engagement calendar to go on sale, Maxine that is. I'm not totally happy but I guess I'm feeling I'm letting the calendars come to me & suggest what I need for the year. I think about it & it is Humor & Love. Hmmm...that actually sound really good. And they should go together.

I'm doing pretty good trying to get healthier. This back & foot just doesn't make it easy. Treadmilled 3 days last week each for an hour & this week I think I got in 2 so far. Was on my Total Gym doing some squats last week but didn't this week. My back acted up yesterday...opposite hip started to feel like when I herniated my discs almost 2 yrs ago. Today better but from time to time the top of my foot & around my ankle is feeling numb & tinglingquite a bit. Ugh. I go to Acupuncture tomorrow so maybe that will help. I did go Monday. Got my hair down today so that always helps. It is finally starting to grow. I hate when the stylist don't listen to you & do what they want. I like the cut now but it just needs to be much longer. She keeps saying "Oh but the ends are soooo great now & it will grow!" Ya defense mechanism for making me not hate what she did. Ugh!

Doing pretty good last two weeks avoiding carbs & sugar. Just have to get back to how much I was exercising before my injuries really. Something about working out that much that you just can't then ruin it with a soda or chips or something. :-)

I saw Bedtime Stories also & that was cute. I just saw previews for New In Town (click) . I like Harry Connick Jr. so I'll probably go see it because of him. I think we are going to see the Dog Hotel one with my niece tomorrow.

Didn't get a lot of sleep last night so this will be short. Well short for me! HA! Can't wait for Spring! My folks said it was 70 in AZ today! Oh man! More later...

Hope You Win!

I like this house, though I wish it had a wrap around porch & turret.

Young Love

Ok, now here you go...the other end of the age bracket!

A 5 & 7 yr old fall in love & elope to get married. They brought a sister to witness it even! I swear it is the ends of the age bracket that gets what love is the most! HA! I hope they interview them. I'd love to know how this all came about! HA! I wonder if he got down on his knee & proposed? I remember my baby brother was engaged to the sister of my friend when he was about 5 yrs old. He had given her 3 engagement rings. Remember those birthstone rings? One day he is crying because my folks would not let him go to the mall with them. Finally, they asked him why he wanted to go & he said he had to get his tuxedo for his wedding! HA! He is still romantic....but he is a putz too. HA

The Best Gift!

Credit: Kissing The Afternoon Away / Venice, Italy - Peter Baker Photography

Hi Everyone!

I know, I know I haven't posted anything in so long. I'm sorry...just busy with work & life. I was going to come on here & post about 2009 making a better effort later this weekend when I found this news article & I just had to post it. :-)

I was just joking with my mom & brother that I'll just have to wait until I'm a senior citizen maybe to find Mr. Right or something to that effect...and then I found this article right after! HA! Love is so wonderful isn't! God I hope I'm like the couple in this picture later still living life for the RIGHT REASON! ;-) Amour! Kissing...nothing better!

And I do agree! So much can be told in kiss. Although I can't say I have had too many really bad kisses in my life. A sweet slow loving one or the passionate type...can't go wrong. Ok, maybe in the day of braces there may have been some trouble. HA! Then again, I really don't kiss someone unless I feel a great deal for them. They have to make me feel very safe and comfortable for me to kiss them. To me it is a very intimate thing. I know not everyone these days thinks that but I'm just goofy I guess. Well, I'll be posting more this weekend about the holidays & I'll try to make a better effort with the new year.

She's The One!

My Cousin email this passage below. One of those forward to a million people or you will have locust tomorrow emails. HA! I do like this though! It reminded me of My Big Fat Greek Wedding where she says she was "Frump (sp/?) Girl" and he says he doesn't remember "Frump Girl" but he does remember her....sooooo sweet. Yes the "What Not To Wear" people would just go nuts with her but the idea is what he sees. Sometimes I think all the glitz can be a problem. If that is what is important to you then what do you really value you know. I mean eventually that make-up does come off, the hair is totally wild in the morning, especially...ok just use your imagination...and one just is not always their best selves every moment.

Find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will stay awake just to watch you sleep. Wait for the guy who kisses your forehead, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in your sweats, who holds your hand in front of his friends, Wait for the one who is constantly reminding you of how much he cares about you and how lucky he is to have you. Wait for the one who turns to his friends and says,".....that's her."

Ok, so "hot" can be good sometimes too but I think you get the idea! I think this equally goes for how a woman thinks of a man as well...to be proud of them etc I LOVE holding hands!!!! And if he does in public...major heart points. So what else would you add to this? Oh & tonight on Boston Legal...Jerry tells Katie she is the most intelligent & Beautiful women he has ever met! So wonderful. And Carl saying he wants Shirley to be with him the rest of his life...so wonderful. Ha...I have One Fine Day on now & George Clooney's character is telling Michelle Pfieffer's character she is the most beautiful women he has ever seen in his life.

Ok, so the question is do you express to your significant other in this way still? Hmmm? I love when I see elderly men still talking about their wives like this.

My Choice

Hi...Well this is quite strange blogging here now. Not that I haven't used blogger before but just for my AOL thoughts it seems strange. AOL has an item again on wedding rings & what they say about you. But they do not include many other shapes like Pear & Heart. If I had a choice, and a prince who wanted to give me one ha...I would love the heart shape. I know dripping romantic but that is me! Doesn't have to be huge or really any particular size. And quite frankly it is just a symbol and not something that I NEED to have for someone to tell me how much they love me & are devoted to me nor for me to tell them.

I also like unusual or maybe just unique is the idea wedding bands. Isn't this one cool!

And look at this one...I didn't know what this meant until just now! 'Mo Anam Cara' translates into English as 'My Soul Mate'. Pronounced, 'Muh Onum Kara'. Oh boy do I love that idea! I love looking at other cultures.

What do you think?

FYI

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to let you know that I am in the middle of finals (ugh should be midterm...you can see how I wasn't doing good!) week & yesterday my Uncle Ken passed away very suddenly. He went in the ER Monday, they said Pneumonia & he was gone the next day. He was just at my folks house on Fri. I still can't believe it. My heart aches sooooooooooo bad right now & I have to get my midterms done now sooner since I will be heading up north for the services Thurs evening & funeral Fri morning.

I do plan on moving my journal. I may start to work on it next week. I haven't been really keeping up on alerts except for those that pop up & say you moved. I clicked on them & bookmarked them for later. I'll let you know when I move.

I'd really appreciate any prayers you can offer for his family & all of us. I really still needed him in my life. Now I only have my great uncle (Godfather) to bug me about when I'm going to get married! :-(

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