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2006-09-26T13:05:00.000-04:00

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I'm Back!

2006-09-20T14:02:00.000-04:00

I am back from PR with tanlines and I am sure a few extra pounds.....eek! THe trip was fun but I was ready to get home. I got plenty of sun and fun but I missed my bed and my puppy. We hit all the good spots and ate everything that was put in front of us.

I did have a few adventures upon my return. First we get to on the plane is San Juan with no problem but we arrive in Miami to catch our connecting flight a little late. Our connecting flight was boarding at 7:55 p.m. and at that same time we were just getting of our plane. The plane docked in concourse A and of course our connecting flight is in concourse D. If any of you are familiar with the Miami airport you know that is clear on the other side of the airport. We had to book it down the corridors yelling at people to get out of or way, I was barefoot. We made it just in time for our connection, when we got to the gate it was 8:05 p.m. And of course because of the short amount of time our luggage doesnt make the flight. I still don't have my luggage yet, it is suppose to arrive this afternoon.

I get home finally after 11:00 pm and Buster is very excited to see me. He is jumping, barking and running all over the place. I get on the phone for awhile and he desperately wants my attention so I am getting barked at and bitten. Finally I get off the phone and I sit down on the futon to rest. I look over my shoulder and I see Buster walking along the edge of my bed. Which I found to be very odd, but I ignore it and keep watching tv. Then I smell something....somebody has had an accident. I get up and turn the light on looking for whatever surpirse Buster may have left me. But I can't find anything on the floor. Then I look up and HE HAS PEE'D AND POOPED...ON MY BED....ON MY BED! I am in shock, apparently someone is ticked that I was gone for 7 days and not paying enough attention to him. I look at him and yell YOU PEE'D AND POOPED ON MY BED! He just looks up at me and barks! I could have killed him. Kristen my girlfriend is cracking up...she thinks this is absolutly hilarious. She was kind enought to take him outside for me while I cleaned and flipped my matress

Welcome home mom!

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I'm Here

2006-09-14T10:37:00.000-04:00

I am on vacation in PR, hurray! So my posting is going to be minimal if any at all. Just thought I would let you know. I will come back with stories and photos.

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A Prayer for Troubled Times

2006-09-11T09:17:00.000-04:00

DO IT AGAIN, LORD

A Prayer for Troubled Times
Written by Max Lucado for America Prays, a national prayer vigil on September 15, 2001.

DEAR LORD,

We’re still hoping we’ll wake up. We’re still hoping we’ll open a sleepy eye and think, What a horrible dream.

But we won’t, will we, Father? What we saw was not a dream. Planes did gouge towers. Flames did consume our fortress. People did perish. It was no dream, and, dear Father, we are sad.
There is a ballet dancer who will no longer dance and a doctor who will no longer heal. A church has lost her priest; a classroom is minus a teacher. Cora ran a food pantry. Paige was a counselor, and Dana, dearest Father, Dana was only three years old. (Who held her in those final moments?)

We are sad, Father. For as the innocent are buried, our innocence is buried as well. We thought we were safe. Perhaps we should have known better. But we didn’t.

And so we come to you. We don’t ask you for help; we beg you for it. We don’t request; we implore. We know what you can do. We’ve read the accounts. We’ve pondered the stories, and now we plead, “Do it again, Lord. Do it again.”

Remember Joseph? You rescued him from the pit. You can do the same for us. Do it again, Lord. Remember the Hebrews in Egypt? You protected their children from the angel of death. We have children too, Lord. Do it again.

And Sarah? Remember her prayers? You heard them. Joshua? Remember his fears? You inspired him. The women at the tomb? You resurrected their hope. The doubts of Thomas? You took them away. Do it again, Lord. Do it again.

You changed Daniel from a captive into a king’s counselor. You took Peter the fisherman and made him Peter an apostle. Because of you, David went from leading sheep to leading armies. Do it again, Lord, for we need counselors today. We need apostles. We need leaders. Do it again, dear Lord.

Most of all, do again what you did at Calvary. What we saw here on that Tuesday, you saw there on that Friday. Innocence slaughtered. Goodness murdered. Mothers weeping. Evil dancing. Just as the ash fell on our children, the darkness fell on your Son. Just as our towers were shattered, the very Tower of Eternity was pierced.

And by dusk, heaven’s sweetest song was silent, buried behind a rock.

But you did not waver, O Lord. You did not waver. After your Son lay three days in a dark hole, you rolled the rock and rumbled the earth and turned the darkest Friday into the brightest Sunday. Do it again, Lord. Grant us a September Easter.

We thank you, dear Father, for these hours of unity. Disaster has done what discussions could not. Doctrinal fences have fallen. Republicans are standing with Democrats. Skin colors have been covered by the ash of burning buildings. We thank you for these hours of unity. And we thank you for these hours of prayer. The Enemy sought to bring us to our knees and succeeded. He had no idea, however, that we would kneel before you. And he has no idea what you can do.
Let your mercy be upon our president, vice president, and their families. Grant to those who lead us wisdom beyond their years and experience. Have mercy upon the souls who have departed and the wounded who remain. Give us grace that we might forgive and faith that we might believe.

And look kindly upon your church. For two thousand years you’ve used her to heal a hurting world.

Do it again, Lord. Do it again.
Through Christ, amen

Published in America Looks Up: Reaching Toward Heaven for Hope and Healing. W Pub. Group: Nashville, Tenn.

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Good Morning?

2006-09-06T14:47:00.000-04:00

I had a heck of an interesting morning. First Buster is sweet enough to wake me up earlier then usual with jumping on me and licking my face. I get up and take him outside for a walk. As I walked down the porch stairs I walked right into a spider web....FUN! Then after Buster was done I went and laid back down for a bit. Apparently this was a mistake because of course I woke up late. I jump out of bed to get dressed for work. While I try and find something to wear, Buster is on high speed and is insisting on trying to steal my shoes out of the closet. I had to run block all morning, taking shoes away from him. Then I couldn't find anything that didn't require ironing, which is a problem since my iron is still in the trunk of my car. (mental note take iron out of trunk) Finally I find something that is semi non-wrinkled to wear. Buster decides to move from my shoes to the hem of my sweat pants. You try walking around the house with a Jack Russell attached to you ankle.

Finally I pull myself together and am about to leave but my precious puppy decides that this is the perfect time to play keep away, nevermind the fact I should have left 5 mins. earlier. He hides under the futon and every time I reached in for him he would nip at me, bark and back up. Needless to say I was getting a little bit frustrated. Grrrr! Finally I nab the little monster, put him in his crate, grab my purse and run out the door. It is now 7 past 8, not bad but not good either. I turn on the car and hear a report that the tunnel is backed up pretty bad, so I decide to take another tunnel route. Not the smartest thing to do, this way was just as backed up if not worse. I get of at the exit before the tunnel and go the back way to get back to my place to go another route. (are you following me so far?) What happens when I get off this exit? I don't know where I am. I look around and I am surrounded by semitrucks and cargo containers, in the back roads of some industrial/port area. Finally after roaming around for a bit I find my way back. It is now 8:12, defiantly not good. I call my co-worker and inform her that I will be late to the office. I am now on my way to the office, taking the 3rd possible route and I am doing well...speeding but doing well. I decided (being the female I am) to multi-task in the car and put some make up on. This apparently is another mistake because due to my failed multi-tasking abilities I miss the exit to the main high way and find myself, yet again in the wrong place. (At this point I do a one word prayer....you know the one...LORD?) I then have to get of turn around to get back to my exit and onto the main highway. UGH! It is now 8:45, I was suppose to be at work at 8:30.

I finally get to the campus and since classes already had begun I end up parking in 10 buck 2! By the time I walked through the door it was 9:00 am....oh and to top it all off it was raining! I went straight to my office, dropped my purse and made a bee line for the coffee pot.

It was not a good morning.

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Ugh Like a Sap I Teared Up

2006-09-05T15:04:00.000-04:00

Ok so I had a small spell of insomnia last night. I think is was probably brought on by the fact that I had slept till noon that day and being exhausted for the move over the weekend. I spent a good chunk of my day vegging out on the sofa, which was much needed rest after a very exhausting weekend.

So late last night I was flipping channels trying to get to sleep, and Beaches was on. I haven't seen this movie in years and I am ashamed to admit that I watched it last night. Now I am someone that is always trying to act all tough and doesn't cry during sappy movies. I got almost all the way through the movie and I remember thinking at one point when the brunette was dying that I hadn't cried and it was a pretty sad part of the movie. Then it got to the part after the funeral and Bette is talking to the little girl about her mom and I started to tear up! All of a sudden I started leaking! LEAKING! I hate crying during sappy movies! Especially Beaches! That is what I get for watching it in the first place! I almost made it too, I almost made it through the entire movie without crying...then those last 5 mins got me. UGH!

It wasn't me...the insomnia made me do it.

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Rain, Wind and No Shine

2006-09-01T17:01:00.000-04:00

So it has been raining all day long and I still don't know if my apartment is ready. I should probably call my landlord but I just need a break from the maddness of moving. All my stuff is packed and all my cloths are in bags in the back seat of my car. I need to get over to my new place and unload somethings but there are stories of flooding so I don't know if I can go. Ernesto is hanging out and it has been raining cats and dogs, the good thing is the school closed so I didn't have to go into work today, which means a 4 day weekend. SCORE! I can't wait to be settled and in my home. Soon, very soon.

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Moving....the Thorn in My Side

2006-08-31T14:55:00.000-04:00

Moving is such an pain and this move has been the worst! Everthing that you can think of gone wrong and to top everything of it is raining cats and dogs today and I still have stuff to get out of the house. But by tonight I will be completle out of my current apartment and I have a place to crash until my new one is ready. Which I am very grateful for, because I really didn't want to sleep in a partially completed apartment. I know in then end it is going to be good and it will be awesome to live alone again. Just me and the monster, Buster. But I am staying put this time unless the Lord tells me otherwise or I get married. NO MORE MOVING!

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New Layout - Do you see the dots?

2006-08-30T17:02:00.000-04:00

Ok so I came to the conclusion that I did not like my new layout so I changed it.....again. I still need to tweek it but I think I like it. By the way do you see the dots in the background?

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Moving!

2006-08-30T09:04:00.000-04:00

The stress and delema of moving! The packing, lifting, sweating and aching backs. Yesterday I did most of my moving but unfortunatly my place wasn't completely finished, so I won't be officially in till tommorrow...sigh! I HATE MOVING! I am not moving again unless I have to move to another state or get married. All my stuff is in boxes, my furniture is in pieaces, my cloths are in bags and worst of all my SHOES ARE IN BOXES! But it will be over soon and I will be home.

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Moving Day

2006-08-29T12:57:00.000-04:00

In 10 mins I will be on my way home to start moving my stuff and needless to say I am a little stressed. I have recently found out that my apartment isn't totally ready yet and they are still working on it even though it was promised to be ready by today. I will be back with an update on Moving Day.

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Deep Thoughts by Meseidy: Check Engine

2006-08-29T09:12:00.000-04:00

My check engine light has been on for awhile now and although I know what the problem is, I haven't been able to afford to fix it. I assume it isn't a super huge major issue because I have been driving with it on for months now. However it made me think this morning. How many times do we all have a sure fire sign that something is wrong but we choose to ignore it? We all have our own personal check engine light and I am sure we have all been guilty of ignoring it....that is almost a given.

The fact of the matter is that if I continue to ignore the warning sign it is more then likely at some point it is going to "break" and then I am going to be without a car...not good. I guess what I am saying is that ignoring the problem is obviously not a solution to the problem and it could just end up blowing up in your face.

I think I may call the mechanic.

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Photo Blog

2006-08-29T09:06:00.000-04:00

I have started a photo blog for all the pictues I am taking with my new camera. Check it out http://dirtypolishphoto.blogspot.com/.

Best Friends

2006-08-28T08:49:00.000-04:00

*Yeah he is bitting my finger, it was the only way I could keep him still long enought to take a picture.

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Deep Thoughts by Meseidy: Bored Out of My Mind

2006-08-25T16:32:00.000-04:00

I am sitting here in the office "bored out of my mind" (as if you couldn't tell) and I started to think about the phrase "bored out of my mind". Why "bored out of my mind"? What makes that phrase appropriate or even to make sense? Can we really be bored out of out minds? So I decided to do a little research online. I went and looked up the definition of the work "bored" and this is what I found:

Main Entry: 1bore
Pronunciation: 'bor
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): bored; borÂ·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English borian; akin to Old High German borOn to bore, Latin forare to bore, ferire to strike
transitive verb
1 : to pierce with a turning or twisting movement of a tool
2 : to make (as a cylindrical hole) by boring or digging away material
intransitive verb
1 a : to make a hole by or as if by boring b : to sink a mine shaft or well
2 : to make one's way steadily especially against resistance
- OR -
Main Entry: 6bore
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): bored; borÂ·ing
:to cause to feel boredom

So if you really start to think about it "bored out of my mind" makes a lot of sense. The root "to bore" is to tunnel or dig, to dig out if you will. Bored is to cause the feeling of boredom so in essence it makes sense that when something cause the feeling of boredom we are compeled to dig or if you will "bore" out of our mind to get away from the boredom.

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My Cubicle

2006-08-24T12:30:00.000-04:00

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Camera Shy

2006-08-24T09:11:00.000-04:00

I went home last night to try out my new camera and of course I chose Buster as my subject. However, I came to discover last night that apparently my puppy is a little camera shy.

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Office Deco

2006-08-23T12:36:00.000-04:00

Office Deco
Originally uploaded by meseidyrod.

HURRAY! I finally got my new camera and the first thing I decided to to was to take pics of my office. Why you ask? Well because when I first moved into this office is was full of harsh light, fack ivy and chessy seanic pictures and PLATES! You know the kind your mother hangs on the wall. Totally not my style, especially considering I am in here for 8 hrs of the day. So I decided to do an update and this is the result. I LIKEY!

Christian Walk: Amazing Feets

2006-08-23T10:56:00.000-04:00

This is an article a girlfriend of mine wrote and I am the Puerto Rican with the jeweled shoes! :) Great article!

CHRISTIAN WALK
Amazing Feets
By Laura J. Bagby, CBN.com Sr. Producer
CBN.com – The other day I was admiring my Puerto Rican friend’s fancy feet, shod in some gemstone-gilded, strappy concoction. She gushed expressively that her recent purchase was directly linked to having a horrible day. To brighten her mood, she had decided to take herself shopping and indulge in a pair of stilettos.
I can relate. Only for me, I don’t need a really bad day to lure me into the luxury of slipping on a pair of pretty shoes. Believe me, one of my guy friends knows me well on this one. Every time I innocently suggest we shop for shoes, he smiles because he
knows he is in for some giddiness on my part.
I am quite partial to the Cinderella variety, the kind that’s dainty or fancy or glittery or gold or maybe even all of the above, certainly high and girly. Perhaps it’s a throwback to my dress-up days as a child, when my older sister, Mel, and I would raid the treasure trove of Mom’s old clothes box. We ended up in some getup with gloves, scarves, hats, parasols, and heels and would pretend to be elegant ladies. Or maybe it simply goes back to just freeing up my feminine side to come out and play. Well, that’s my excuse anyway.
My tall-shoe fixation certainly doesn’t have anything to do with a diminutive stature. No, I am tall, about 5 feet 9 inches or so. In high heels, I can tower at about 6 feet. Lest you think it, wearing high heels isn’t some sign that I hate men or want to remain single the rest of my life. I have to say this now because I have had a run-in on this one.
I was with my 5-foot-2-inch roomie in a shoe store about three years ago. I had just placed yet another pair of slides on my feet and was prancing around in delight when an older and much shorter woman looked sternly into my jubilant face and wiped the smile completely away with her caustic sentiments. I don’t recall the exact words of that conversation—likely because I blocked those stinging thoughts from my memory—but the scenario went something like this:
“Do you really need to be wearing shoes that high, seeing as how you are already so tall?”
I wasn’t exactly prepared for a confrontation from someone I didn’t know and hadn’t even noticed. But somehow I had obviously unintentionally offended this frumpy, practical-shoe-type woman and now she demanded an answer.
So I shot back matter-of-factly, “I just like wearing them, and I don’t really care what people think.”
I was hoping that my curt reply, though said with a lighthearted smile, would stop
this agenda-driven woman dead in her tracks. But I was wrong.
“How old are you?” she asked, determined to get at the bottom of my perceived wrong motive.
Don’t ask me why I replied, but when I did, I felt a bit helpless in her disapproving glances.
“Uh, 33,” I choked as nonchalantly as possible, trying to avoid her gaze as I looked for the highest pair of heels I could find.
It must have suddenly dawned on her that my ring finger on my left hand was noticeably naked of a glistening rock, because she confidently went straight for the kill.
“How do you expect to land a man by wearing tall shoes like those?”
OK. That’s it. Now you are stepping on sacred ground here, Lady. Equating my spinsterhood with the height of my shoe is a ridiculous notion.
I walked away partially stripped of my confidence. I didn’t buy any shoes that day and I had to have my roommate build me back up again. It was an altogether deflating shoe day.
Fast forward to yesterday. I opted for the pair of gold wedge sandals that I recently bought. I figured they would put a spring in my step after a string of rainy days. Well, spring isn’t exactly what I got—it was more like a consistently loud clomp. I should have checked my shoes for loudness at the store, but, honestly, who does that?
By early morning, my feet had kept their metronome pace so well that I had to laugh at myself. By the evening, one of my coworkers was snapping his fingers to the beat of my trudge. I good-naturedly smiled back. Note to self: don’t walk in with these shoes on in the middle of a prayer meeting.
In the above examples, intentionally or not, I had made a very clear statement just by the shoes I chose to wear— and neither message was what I was trying to present. I wasn’t trying to showcase my feministic independence, nor was I trying to be tacky and brash. I was simply attempting to be beautiful.
Oh, but left to my own devices, my attempts at beauty fall far, far short of the glory of God. I admit that outward appearances often get the better of me. Sometimes I am more focused on external beauty than the deeper and hidden things of the spirit. But God wants me to exhibit traits that go much deeper than an attractive exterior.
In 1 Peter 3:3-4 the Bible tells us, “Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair and the wearing of gold jewelry and fine clothes. Instead, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God's sight” (NIV, emphasis mine).
I read this passage and I just inwardly cringe because I know that on so many days, the spirit in me is restless and discontented and running toward shallow things. Instead, I should be running toward God.
Ultimately, my feet should be “fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace” (NIV) or shod “with the preparation of the gospel of peace” (NKJ), as it says in Ephesians 6:15, a familiar passage listing the pieces of the armor of God that are meant to eradicate Satan’s evil schemes. I have to wonder exactly what those kind of devil-stomping shoes look like. I bet they are absolutely glorious!
And while I am at it, I had best have the rest of me dressed for success as well—according to the holy ways of God. Look at what Colossians 3:12 has to say: “Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.” At other places in the Word, we are told to clothe ourselves with the Lord Jesus Himself (Romans 13:14, Galatians 3:27).
Now, what about you? What kind of spiritual statement are you making with those fancy feet of yours? Are you choosing to walk confidently on sacred ground? If so, are you donning the correct footwear? Are you choosing to walk wisely and to make all your paths peaceful, as Proverbs 3:17 instructs? I pray that you and I as women will demonstrate the kind of beauty that is eternal, a beauty that is marked with the
extravagant love of Christ, the boldness of the Holy Spirit, the adornment of compassion, the shoestrings of kindness, and the sole of humility.
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Student Orientation

2006-08-22T13:36:00.000-04:00

CRAZY busy day! First Buster was barking consistently early this morning, then I let him outside and he runs after a cat. I have 20 mins to get ready and be here on time for student orientation and I am outside chasing after my nut job of a dog! I fly down the highway, praying that I wouldn’t get pulled over and I get here 2 min to 8 am for student orientation registration. I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off ever since, up and down, up and down the stairs. It is so weird to see these students because they look so young, and this is graduate school…or I am just getting older. EEEK! Soon the school year will be in full throttle and I will be super busy but it will be interesting and it will keep me on my toes.

In other news, I will be signing my lease today….HURRAY…and moving in about 10 days EEek! I have totally be procrastinating the packing, but I will get it done.

Week 2: Loose Leash Walking and Sit

2006-08-18T16:47:00.000-04:00

My little problem child did not fail us this week. He lived up to his reputation and was the most difficult student in the class. The things that make a mother proud! This week we worked on Sit and Loose Leash Walking. Thankfully enough Buster does the sit part pretty well but the leash walking...not so much. First of all the boy is nosy, he has to know everything and be in everyone's business. It is near impossible for me to get his attention when other dogs are getting treats, even though I am trying to give him a treat myself.

The trainer decided to use Buster as the example when she wanted to demonstrate what we were suppose to do with the dogs to get them to properly walk with a leash. He was COMPLETELY uncooperative and wanted to do his own thing. She eventually told me that she would work with me first and took another dog to use as an example. I swear every time we go to class I feel like I will be called in for a parent teacher conference at any moment. The trainer then assigned us to a aisle to walk the dog in, Buster was not having it, he wanted to take off. Then the trainer brings me this thing called a gentle leader and we struggle but manage to get it on Buster. (ref. pic below: once I get my camera I will post my own pic.) HE WAS NOT HAPPY. He wiggled and jerked in every direction possible to get the thing off. Finally after a much failed attempted he stared walking with me while still trying to get it off....but HE WALKED. I was SHOCKED I could not believe my defiant and very independent little dog was finally semi-cooperating!

So the homework assignment to to take him out for 2 walks a day with the thing and to get him to sit 25 times a day. FUN! Man....nothing like breaking a spunky little spirit.

Buster: Dreams vs. Reality

2006-08-18T14:18:00.000-04:00

My Hopeful Dream

The Sad Reality

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**Allow me to clarify that the "Reality" isn't my dog, he just behaves much like him. Why do I always seem to get the most interesting pets.

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New Layout

2006-08-16T17:06:00.000-04:00

Ok I just downloaded and posted a new lay out but it needs some tweaking as you can tell, but in general I like it. So I will be back to tweak tomorrow, time to split!

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Soar Muscles and Many Bruises

2006-08-14T09:36:00.000-04:00

This past Sunday a group of us went over to a friends house who lives on a lake. We had a blast! I haven't swam that much in a long time. I also took Buster with me and he had a ball, he played with a chocolate lab that was 4 times his size, he swam out in the lake and I took him out on a raft. He wanted to jump out an swim to shore but we were so far out he wouldn't have made it.

I took a try at windsurfing and did surprisingly well. I was able to stand on the board and get the sail up. I even got it moving but I realized I was going further out from shore and from the dock everyone was yelling at me to turn....unfortunatly no one taught me out to turn, so eventually someone had to come to my rescue....lol. Also, out on the water was a GIANT inflated dounut. All 10+ of us tried to get on this donut which was an adventure in and of it self. People were struggling to get on, wading in the water, falling up and being flipped over...it was like water twister...but it was a blast!

The next day I woke up soar and bruised. I had bruises everywhere from being grabbed, pulled, squished and kicked. But I would do it again.

Also on an unrelated subject, I just bought a camera on Ebay so I hope to be recieving it soon and then i will be able to post a lot more pictures. Hurray!

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Week One: Cradle Massage & Watch Me!

2006-08-11T15:25:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was our first day of obedience class and I am disappointed to say that Buster was labeled the problem child. His first demonstration of defiance was when we were instructed to do this exercise called cradle and massage. In the class there are 5 dogs all small breeds, a Cavalier, Pug, Puggal (pug/beagle), Mini Dachshund and my main man Bustern (Jack Russel/Yorkie). First we did the cradle massage exercise. Buster is totally distracted, he wants to see what is going on, so he has no interest in me cradling or massaging him. I look around the room and all the other owners and their dogs are doing great, the dogs are loving the massage...but not my boy Buster! He is wiggling and trying everything possible to get out of my arms and nipping at my hands. The trainer tries to put bitter apple on my hands, but that lasted all of 1 min because it evaporates and he knows it, so he just starts to nip again. Finally we had to bribe him with a bone to chew on so he would stop chewing on me!

Afterwards we did "Watch Me", which is calling his name and getting him to look at you. Once he looks at you he gets treat. Buster had more interesting things to look at and I was defiantly not one of them. After many agonizing attempts he finally looked at me and got his treat. The thing is that the kid is nosy! At home we do pretty good with the exercises but in class he is all up in everyone's business. Alas, my child was pegged the problem child and I am sure he will be used as an example. I am sooo darn proud! :P

I will keep you posted on his progress.

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Attack of the Giant Puppy

2006-08-11T13:04:00.000-04:00

Monster Puppy
Originally uploaded by meseidyrod.

They called me the problem child last night in class!

I Have a Theif

2006-08-10T16:58:00.000-04:00

My puppy....Buster is a theif and he is quick. He will snatch anything and then I have to spent 5 mins. chasing after him to get it back. He thinks it is hilarious....I want to throw a shoe at him....problem is usualy HE HAS IT! He is soooo sneaky. This morning I was sitting on the sofa putting make-up on and he was sitting next to me. Next thing I know he is taking off with my mascara....UGH! My good mascara! I yell at him to drop it....does he? No of course not instead we run around the coffee table. It has basically become a race track, we regularlly run around the coffee table.

Well tonight he head off to our first puppy training class, so hopefully with time he will drop it when I tell him too. Puppies!
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Weekend Report: Another Classic Meseidy Moment

2006-08-07T10:05:00.000-04:00

I had another “Meseidy Moment”. I went down to the driving range with a friend of mine to learn how to hit some balls. I was actually doing ok for a beginner but I need A LOT of work. We are out at this driving range in the HOT sun….I think my face was melting off, so I kept wiping my face. A one point I ran out of balls to I reach over to my friend’s spot because he has some balls left. Between the two stations are large black metal dividers. I begin to lean over and reach for the balls, thinking that this divider is bolted to the ground….unfortunately it was not. I begin to put my weight on it and notice that it is starting to tilt. The gate come crashing down and makes this huge crash and shortly afterwards I come down with it. I slammed my hand and knee into the concrete….not cool. I look up and my friend says “I would have caught you if I know you were going down”. Yeah….thanks! Now, I have a very attractive knot and bruise on my knee ….very fashionable. Looks like I won’t be wearing a skirt for awhile. J

Hey Guess What I Am Alive!

2006-08-07T09:24:00.000-04:00

Ok, so it has been awhile since I have written anything.....Sorry. But there is quite a lot of interesting things for me to update you on quickly. First as you already know I have a dog named Buster. He is a handful but a ton of fun. I recently have been trying to train him to ring a bell that I hung from the door when he needs to go out. He has definitely gotten a hang of this bell, so much so I am about to toss it. Last night he was having a fit, he wanted to go outside but when I let him out he wouldn't do anything and this wouldn't be an issue if it wasn't for the fact that I have to stand outside with him or he will cry and bark at the door. UGH. Finally I just had to ignore him until he tired out. Also, I am in the process of packing and moving yet again. I promise myself that I am going to stay and this place more then a year. I put an application in on a 1br/1bath so I am praying that I get it, it will be nice to live alone again, just me and Buster. Final significant update...I have left real estate and am working as an Office Manager at a university and love it. I am go grateful for the position, not only is it a great job but it allows me to go back to school and I thank the Lord for the opportunity. I know if was Him who opened this door for me!

So I am back at a desk from 8 - 5, which will possibly mean more consistent blogging. HURRAY! Well I need to get to work right now but I promise I will be back.

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Diet Coke and Mentos Bomb - AWSOME!

2006-06-23T13:25:00.000-04:00

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Buster Brown

2006-06-21T12:20:00.000-04:00

I GOT A PUPPY! He is sooooo cute! His name is Buster, he is a Jack Russell/Yorkie mix and he is a ton of fun!

Awwww look at that face!

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Faith

2006-05-26T20:54:00.000-04:00

My friend Kristin sent me this:

Meseidy - wrote this awhile ago - hope it encourages you though.

I've been having some deep thoughts recently. The kind that keep me up at night. The kind that plague me as I drive from here to there. The kind of thoughts that rip off the blinders and the deceit that I've somehow enabled myself to comfortably live behind. The kind of thoughts that either enable me to run toward God or choose to walk away from Him.

Faith. What is faith? Yes, Hebrews 11 gives us a great definition, "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." However, my feeble mind likes to be able to SEE. I want to be able to grab hold of what I hope for and then call it mine. Is it truly faith? No. And yet, my own life requires of me faith at every turn. I must trust others. I must trust and believe without yet seeing or having full knowledge.

Allow me to explain myself. I go for my State Inspection for my car. The mechanic tells me I'm below standards and thus need a brake job. Do I think I need a brake job? No, my car stops - to me that means my brakes work. However, this mechanic (who has God plastered all over the walls by the way) tells me I need a brake job. I, in faith and trust, have to agree with him because he is much more knowledgable about cars than I am. Thus, I get a brake job.

For another example, let's think about going to the doctor's office. We may have a slight cough or a bit of pain; however, we have know idea what is causing it or how to get rid of it. So we go to the doctor and he gives a diagnosis. We have to trust that what he believes is wrong with our body to be true. For the most part, we believe him and therefore take the medicine and ultimately get better. We have just put some faith in the doctor because we believed that he was more knowledgable than we are.

Faith is more than just hoping - it's trusting. Scripture tells us that the promises of God are yes and amen; however, how often have I been caught between the torrents of two waves and questioned His promises? How many times have I been forced to see beyond what my eyes tell me I'm seeing? How many times have I been reluctant to reach out for the hand I could not see and chosen instead for what I could?

Has God given you a promise? Can you back it up with His word? Has He confirmed it to you? Then sister, believe and hold on to it. Let your faith grasp it with all your heart. And know, know that even though it may feel as though your wait for the promise is taking a lifetime, know that our God will keep His promise. You see, just like the doctor, just like the mechanic, our God is more knowledgable than we are. He knows our full potential, and He loves us so much that He's willing to stretch us. Sometimes, I feel like I'm Elastic Girl. I often wonder how much more I can stretch. I always do, and I always bounce back.

When caught in the middle between the giving of the promise and the fulfillment of the promise keep the faith. Trust in the God who sees and knows more than we do, and then take up the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, as well as the shield of faith and pray.

Pressing on,
Kristin =)

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GO WHITEBOY GO!!

2006-05-24T23:58:00.000-04:00

Whiteboys can dance! I love this it is HILARIOUS! Click on the pic to view!

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A Meseidy Adventure: Lost and Rescued at First Landing

2006-05-23T11:15:00.000-04:00

Hold on to your seats folks because this one is a doozy! Yesterday I bought myself a new bike and I was sooooo excited! I even got myself a bike rack, helmet and everything. So after a long day and having bought a new toy I decided that I want to play with my new toy. Naturally! Having at least a good 2 hours of daylight left, I loaded my bike on to the bike rack and off I went to the State Park not far from my house. It was a beautiful day and I had a new bike!

I got to the park, parked my car, unloaded my bike and I was off. It was really very nice, cool air and quiet. So I admit it has been awhile since I rode a bike, so after about 2 1/2 to 3 miles I am pretty beat. I decide to stop at a bench along the lake to read. This is where the adventure begins. I realize that it is starting to get late and this is my first time on the trail. I am thinking that the trail can't be more then 4 miles so I have 1 more mile to go. I hop on my bike and I am off. I realize I am still tired and my legs feel like jelly. Finally I reach "the end" but it isn't the end I was expecting. DUDE WHERE'S MY CAR?! I had assumed that the trail would loop and land me back at my car......but guess what it didn't! At this point it is getting dark.....very dark and I have NO CLUE where I am. There isn't a soul in sight and I don't know WHERE MY CAR IS! By this point I have gone the entire length of the dotted line (refer to the map, red trail). I start to ride up a road which I think had to have been another 1/2 mile at least! It is DARK and I am starting to FREAK OUT! WHERE IS MY CAR.....WHERE AM I.....WHAT IS THAT SOUND IN THE WOODS? In the distance I see a light.....A LIGHT! I go towards the light, (usually they say not to do this but I thought in this case it would be a good idea.) It is a contact station.....but I make no "contact" because, of course, there is no one there! Finally at this point I pull out my cell phone, first I call a friend that frequents the park, but it dawns on me that I am going to be TOTALLY HUMILIATED and he would probably never hear the end of it. I hang up and call one of my girlfriends who I know has come to this park on a few occasions...she has NO CLUE where I am! I beg her to come and get me, she says she is going to call one of the guys, I beg her not too because I feel like a total idiot. PLEASE JUST COME AND GET ME.....she is on her way. A few minutes after hanging up I see lights in the distance coming my way. First I think, Great! Someone who can help me...then I start to think No! psycho coming to kidnap me. I move myself to the side of the little building to hide from the approaching vehicle but to no avail. I am blinded by the headlights and cannot tell if this could be friend or foe. However, to my relief it is a ranger coming to my rescue!

Ranger: Mame, are you alright?

Meseidy: No! I can't peddle anymore and I don't know where my car is...can you help me?

The kind ranger loads me and my bike into the bed of his truck and off we go. When we pull out of the park we are at 64TH AND ATLANTIC......HOLY COW! (please refer to the map, greeb trail). I never would have found my car!

I have yet again managed to be an Idiotic Fool! The moral of the story is...don't do this at home and be grateful for your friendly State Park Ranger.

The End

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Daisy Duck and Her Boys

2006-05-11T09:25:00.000-04:00

This hot mama has been hanging out in our front lawn with these two boys for about a week now. They follow her where ever she goes, it is really pretty funny. Apparently she has got that special something about her that makes these boys fight for her attention.

Yesterday when I stepped outside they came running to the door to be fed, because I have been throwing them scraps of bread every once in awhile. So apparently they are taking up residency in my front lawn...which is fine....doesn't bother me, but our neighbor's dog Skeeter has a different opinion. He barks at them and everytime he is outside he chases them down. It is pretty funny to watch these ducks quickly waddle away.

So here I introduce you to my new neighbors, Dasiy is in the middle, Donald on the left and Daffy on the right. I think Dasiy needs to stop being so fickled and pick Daffy, he is much nicer then Donald...and better looking.

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Prayer Request

2006-05-04T09:51:00.000-04:00

It is an awesome sight to watch someone who is lost begin to turn back. A co-worker of mine has shown interest in my ladies cell group and the book we are reading, after they came and visited me one day at the restaurant. To bless her I bought her the book and told her to read it on her own time...no pressure. Last night when I talked to her she told me how she couldn't put the book down and how it lead her to pull out her bible which she hasn't done in a long time. She told me she had a ton of questions and was really encouraged by the book. I told her to write down all her questions and I would be glad to go over them with her. I also told her if she wanted she was welcome to come to church with me this Sunday. Praise God she said yes.

It is apparent that the Lord is working on her spirit and I just pray that she continues to let Him do so and that she comes to the Lord. It is a blessing to watch and be a part of and I ask the Lord to continue to use me as a tool.....a soldier in bringing her home.

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The Scary Things Women Do to Look Good.....

2006-05-04T01:44:00.000-04:00

The things we have to subject ourselves to too look good.....I look like a nauseous raccoon.

BOO!

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Top 10 Things That Will Make Your Server Not Like You

2006-04-27T14:45:00.000-04:00

During this short time that I have been moonlighting as a server, I have come to discover the habits of patrons that are just plain irritating.

Top 10 Things That Will Irritate Your Server

10. Asking for coffee or worse hot tea....I know you are within your right, but do you know how complicated it is to serve hot tea or coffee?

9. The addorible toddler that gets more mac and cheese on the table and floor then in their mouth and the parents that are so kind to leave it there......It is ok I was hungry anyways.

8. Saying you are ready to order and taking another 5 mins to order your food....sigh

7. Making more then 2 adjustments to your meal.......How many more things do you want on the side?

6. Asking to box up 3 leaves of lettece and a crouton.....I guess there are starving childern in world.

5. Not taking a breath while your server stands there waiting to take your order or ask a question......It is ok I have all day to stand here, not like I don't have another table and just got double sat!

4. Be on the cell phone while trying to take your order..... "How would you like your steak "ring, ring"...Oh I am sorry just a moment sir."

3. Ask them to get somthing for you everytime they come to your table..... Just ask for everything you need at once people!

2. Sitting at a table for 30 mins or more on a Saturday night during a 30 min wait, after you have paid your check......Mind if I sit with you...not like I am going to be making any more money anyway.

AND THE #1 THING TO IRRITATE YOUR SERVER IS!

1. Grab your servers arm or sleeve to get there attention....Can I grab your arm or sleeve when I need your attention?

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i-dE-'ä-tik 'fül / Idiotic Fool

2006-03-02T13:52:00.000-05:00

Webster's defintion of idiotic and fool:

idiotic
Main Entry: id·i·ot·ic
Pronunciation:
"i-dE-'ä-tik Variant(s):
also id·i·ot·i·cal /-'ä-ti-k&l/Function:
adjective
1 : characterized by idiocy
2 : showing complete lack of thought or common sense : FOOLISH- id·i·ot·i·cal·ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
Main Entry: fool
Pronunciation:
'fül Function: noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old French fol, from Late Latin follis, from Latin, bellows, bag; akin to Old High German bolla blister, balg bag -- more at BELLY
1 : a person lacking in judgment or prudence
2 : a retainer formerly kept in great households to provide casual entertainment and commonly dressed in motley with cap, bells, and bauble b : one who is victimized or made to appear foolish : DUPE
3 : a harmlessly deranged person or one lacking in common powers of understanding b : one with a marked propensity or fondness for something
4 : a cold dessert of pureed fruit mixed with whipped cream or custard

Therefore I have come to the conclusion that today I was a idiotic fool, meaning a harmlessly deranged person or one lacking in common powers of understanding....basically showing complete lack of thought or common sense.

I would tell you why today I qualify as an iditoic fool but I am too ashamed to explain.

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Yes I Know I Don't Look Puerto Rican......But I Am!

2006-02-26T23:58:00.000-05:00

Typical conversation when I am asked where I am from, and my inner monologue.

Person: Where are you from?

Me: From Puerto Rico..(5 bucks they say I don't look Puerto Rican)

Person: But you don't look like you are Puerto Rican

Me: Yeah, I get that all the time.....(I just made it up to mess with you....HELLO!)

Person: But your not full blooded?

Me: Yes, I am full blooded Puerto Rican.....(I think I know what I am)

Person: So neither of your parents are white?

Me: No, both my parents are Puerto Rican......(I just said I was full blooded didn't I)

Person: Have you ever lived there?

Me: Yes, I went to high school and college there......(Because you look different if you have lived there?)

Person: Really!?

Me: Yup.....(Ugh!)

Person: Wow, you don't look Puerto Rican

Me: *Shrug*....(Sigh, I promise I am not making it up. Maybe if I go put on some brown contact lenses, perm my hair, color it black and lay in a tanning bed for 1 hour you will believe me.)

Caffinee High

2006-02-24T12:39:00.000-05:00

Hello! Long time no blog!

Well I have been EXTREMLY busy, but I know that is no excuse. But just a quick note. I just drank this "energy drink" and fair warning this speed in a can. I am on noch 10 right now and I am even having trouble typing this because my fingers are moving so fast. HIGH AS A KITE I TELL YA! SHAKY HANDS!

Alright, to I am off, I will be back with more updates!

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Silver Nazi

2005-12-20T14:29:00.000-05:00

I have been officially pegged as the Sivlerware Nazi at the restaurant. We were having a problem with people not properly rolling silverware, so now if you close and you are the silver checker you have to not only count the silverware but also check to make sure it is properly rolled, and I did my job and no one liked me for it. I sent almost everyone back to reroll at least 10 of their silver. I didn't play favorites either, everyone had to reroll. Now everytime I am assigned to roll silver everyone it going to be really upset. But it is ok they still love me. :)

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I Chopped it Off!

2005-12-16T00:59:00.000-05:00

I chopped it off......no not my toe....calm down. I chopped off my hair and it feels much better and it is much easier to manage. Got my self a sassy short haircut, so far it has gotten good reviews.

Chop, chop!

Two Classic Meseidy Moments.....In One Night!

2005-12-14T23:51:00.000-05:00

First moment: Today was my office Christmas Party. There was a great spead of food and lots of people coming in and out. So about an hour into the party we have a toast. I am no longer a drinker, in fact I cannot remember when was the last time I had a drink. But we are having a toast and they pass out small glasses of champage, and I drink it. It was a very small glass, it was not a flute. Shortly after I am sitting in the dessert room talking with the attorney that we use and the on site insurance agent and I start to feel like my face is on fire. I intially ignore it, but I can feel it getting hotter and hotter and it starts to itch a little. I ask our attorney if my face is read, he acknowledges that I am a little flushed. I get up and go to the restroom, when I turn on the light I see myself and it isn't pretty. My face is a blotchy bright red and HOT.....I am talking tomato red, I was definatly having some sort of a reaction to the champage. I splash water on my face but it does nothing. Finally, I walk out and my broker and fellow agents are freaking. I told them to calm down that I was sure it would clear up on its own, I just needed to dringk some water. It did eventually clear up but is was very embarassing to be walking around trying to network and mingle looking like a hot red pepper.

Second moment: I had to leave the party early to go into the restaurant for work. I fight traffic, I speed, I am trying to get there as soon as possible and when I pull into the parking lot and grab my bag a realize it is very light. I forgot my work shoes! UGH! So I had to go in tell manager that I forgot my shoes and then go home pick them up and come back. Making me an hour late for work.

Two classic Meseidy moments!

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Single Girl's Essential Grocery List

2005-12-13T14:30:00.000-05:00

There are a few things that I find essential on my grociery list and they are things that I always buy. I have a process when I do grocieries, I only go down the aisles I need to go down, otherwise I will end up with a lot of junk in my cart and blowing my budget. So here is my bare essentials groceriy list that usually will tie me over for at least 2 weeks.

Multi Grain Bread (grocery store generic brand)
1% Milk
2 liter of Vanilla Diet Coke
Deli Sliced Honey Ham
2% American Cheese
4 Soup at Hand (Creamy Tomato...yum)
Ramen Noodles (in case of emergency)
Cereal (whatever is on sale, today 2 HUGH boxes, Cinommon Toast Crunch and Lucky Charms)
Sour Cream and Cheddar Baked Ruffles
4 boxes of Lean Pockets
Coffee
French Vanilla Coffeemate

It would be a safe assumption that I live off of mostly sandwiches and cereal and that I have the Ramen noodles around for when the food supply is running low.

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A Must Have to Take a Shower

2005-12-13T11:21:00.000-05:00

What is the one thing you must have in order to take a shower? I will give you sometime to think about it.........come on it is easy........WATER! You must have water to take a shower. However the city has decided to cut it off because of the construction they are doing next door, so for those of us who work at home and would like to shower, we are out of luck! UGH!

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Mother's Early Morning Calls and the Things They Do

2005-12-13T11:08:00.000-05:00

Ok so lately I am an extremely busy person. I am trying to get my real estate up and running during a slow season because of the holidays and I am waitressing evenings, not to mention all the activities I am involved in at church. So I haven't been as in touch with my mother as I should.

Well this morning at....I don't know.....7:00 a.m., when I am sound asleep, my mother calls because she hasn't heard from me in awhile. First thing out of my mouth, "I was asleep". It is all kind of amusing, I have been so busy, the only way I was able to let her know that I was alive was by sending her an instant message the other night. Because not only do I have a very busy schedule but it is an hour later in P.R. this time of year. Well my mother, being a mother, starts to let her imagination run wild and begins to wonder if in fact I sent this instant message and that it wasn't someone trying to impersonate me since she hadn't heard my voice in so long. I tell my mother in a very sleepy voice I am sorry but I have been working a lot and I love her and I am ok. LOL Then she lets slip that she was so worried she contact a friend of mine that I haven't spoken to in awhile, something initially I didn't need to know but was still nice to hear about them. My mom sold you out bud, I now know that you still read my blog, I hope your well.

That is a mother for you, they call people looking for you or call you at the crack of dawn to make sure your alive.

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How do you know your bagel is ready?

2005-12-12T15:17:00.000-05:00

When the smoke alarm goes off and smoke is coming out of your oven, chances are that your bagel is ready.......maybe I should invest in a toaster.

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Do You Know Him?

2005-12-11T00:56:00.000-05:00

I know I have been MIA but I had to post this real quick. I promise I will be back. Be sure to click on the image.

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80's Flashback

2005-11-29T12:17:00.000-05:00

Early this morning I am driving down the highway flipping the radio station looking for something to listen to and suddenly I hear the beginning of a very familiar song. It is an 80's classic "Love is a Battlefield" by Pat Benatar, I crank it up and sing along to as many of the works and I can remember. I am hopping up and down in my seat as I am driving, rocking out and I am sure that if anyone saw me they thought one of two thing, either I was crazy or I was having a seizure. Then I start to flash back to when I was a kid and I remember jumping up and down on the bed with my mother singing to "Love is a Battlefield". Oh my goodness and do you remember the clothes that they wore in this video!? They were like layers upong layers of torn t-shirts made into dresses with 10 pounds of jewlery and torn fishnet stockings! Looking back now it was hilarious, what were we thinking that was cool back then. It was a good story though, lost and misguided teen runs off, makes poor choices but then runs back home.

The 80's got to love them!

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Something that Bugs Me!

2005-11-28T10:21:00.000-05:00

It really bugs me when I am sound asleep having a good dream and the alarm goes off and wakes me and what really bugs me is when I and sound alseep having a good dream and I wake myself up because I have to go to the bathroom. UGH! I just want to lay in bed another 15 mins!

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PETA Tells Kids to Run From Daddy

2005-11-27T23:14:00.000-05:00

Ok I have come to the conclusion that PETA has truly finally lost it. I say slap me a seasoned 12oz steak on the grill and serve it to me medium rare, got to maintain those natural juices.

PETA Tells Kids to Run From Daddy
PETA, has begun a campaign to scare children into becoming vegetarians. The group, which formed to stop animal testing of consumer products but made its name by attacking women in fur coats with fake blood, is producing comic books that portray fathers as homicidal maniacs.The handout, titled "Your Daddy Kills Animals," features a grinning lunatic gutting a fish, and warns kids to keep their puppies and kittens away from Dad because he's "hooked on killing."

"PETA is trying as hard as it can to portray the ordinary angler as a demonic, sadistic, cruel killer. This is what PETA does — it paints caricatures of ordinary people to try to convince the rest of us that we shouldn't want to emulate them," said David Martosko, of the industry lobbying group Center for Consumer Freedom. But PETA insists that its comic is not outlandish.
The scientific facts are that fish feel pain in the same way as dogs and cats. It's no more acceptable to hook a fish through the mouth and drag them into your boat and slice them in half than it would be to do the exact same thing to a dog or a cat," said Bruce Friedrich, vegan campaign coordinator for PETA.
Publicity stunts are nothing new for PETA, which has run ads featuring naked women in cages and people dressed in animal suits warning about the dangers of eating meat. But some critics feel the kid-targeted campaign goes too far.
"This is traumatizing kids by the thousands. There's going to be long-term psychological damage from these kids being exposed to the material that PETA puts in front of them on a regular basis," Martosko said.
But, Friedrich countered, "They can certainly find stuff that is more in your face on the Internet, more in your face on Saturday morning cartoons. We don't need to shelter our kids quite that much."
The pamphlet follows a previous one that painted Mom as a "chicken killer." PETA claims its only goal is to reduce meat consumption by changing children's eating habits. Critics insist alienating children from their parents isn't in anyone's best interests — human or animal.

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Gobble, Gobble, Gobble

2005-11-27T15:29:00.000-05:00

Well Thanksgiving weekend is over an I am officially turkeyed out! Spent the holiday with my roomates family. I ate 2 plates of food and had dessert! UGH, I thought I was going to explode and the tryptophan REALLY kicked in. My roomate and I layed on the floor to watch a movie and I passed out, then when she woke me up we went to go visit her grandmother and I was practically lathargic. If I uttered more the 5 words that was alot. All in all it was a good thanksgiveing and I got my filling of turkey, my only disappointment was that there was no cranberry sauce, but I guess you can't have it all.

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

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Knuckle Cruncher or Dead Fish?

2005-11-18T14:37:00.000-05:00

The longer I am in this business I am experiancing the may different varieties of handshakes, today I experiances a Knuckle Cruncher. Here is a list of the most common handshakes:

What's this Handshake Business About, Anyway?

5 Basic Types of Handshakes

There are 5 basic types of handshakes that most of us have experienced. Perhaps you can think of others.

Knuckle Cruncher

This type of person is earnest but nervous. While meaning to convey warmth through a tight grip of your hand, the person only causes you pain. The impression created is definitely that of a person who lacks sensitivity.

Dead Fish Handshaker

This type of person, who places a limp, lifeless hand in yours, is sending a negative message. While the knuckle cruncher hurts you, at least there is a desire to express a real feeling. You are left with the impression of this person having a lackluster personality.

Pumper

This handshake is overly eager but also insecure. This person doesn’t know when to quit, almost as if stalling because of not knowing what to do next. They keep on vigorously pumping your hand up and down—and with it your entire arm. You may not feel pain but you certainly feel foolish.

Sanitary Handshaker

This person will barely put three or four fingers in your hand—and then withdraw them quickly, almost as if afraid of catching a dread disease. They appear timid and sheepish.
Condolence HandshakerThis is the person who comes across as too familiar, clasping your right arm or hand, and perhaps attempting to hug you. This behavior may be appreciated at a funeral, but it comes across as condescending and inappropriate.

Proper Handshaking

The protocol for handshaking is simple to learn. Here is what you should do: Walk up to the person you want to meet. Look into their eyes, smile, and extend you hand. Offer a warm, firm, palm-to-palm handshake.

When you proffer your hand to a stranger or a distant acquaintance, simultaneously say, “My name is......( use both first and last names ). This way you eliminate the awkward moment of the forgotten name. The person being greeted is often relieved at being reminded, and will usually respond with their full name, which will in turn relieve you.

Both men and women should rise to shake hands. Rising is a compliment; it shows energy and eagerness to connect.

Initiating a proper handshake will make an incredibly positive impression. You will be perceived as a person who is knowledgeable, possesses excellent social skills, and has leadership capabilities.

An excellent handshake shows your charm and self-confidence. It becomes an integral part of your style.

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Honestly Do I Think I am Superwoman?

2005-11-17T23:39:00.000-05:00

I look at my schedule and think of all the things I got my hands in and I begin to worder if I think I am Superwoman. I am working hard, on the phone running around trying to get my real estate going, I have now found a part time as a server at a restaraunt which I still need to do my training. I am involved with both the childeren's ministry and career singles ministry and soon I will be doing a mentoring program with under priviledged childeren. All this, including trying to just maintain my regular live and keep my head about water.

I find myself saying yes more then no, and to be honest it doens't bother me at all, I actually enjoy it. What amazes me is that I find myself always thinking of another thing I can get involved in or do and then I have to come back down to earth and realize.....um hello your not Superwoman, get a grip! It is really quite amazing because I think I use to be one of the most selfish self absorbed people, pretty awesome how things can change.

So this week besides several appointments that I had, and several that I have tomorrow. My office is having a grand opening party tommorrow and I need to go to the store to get a few things that I need for a party that I am getting together this Saturday. So Saturday morning I have a training class for the mentoring program then I have to go and cook for the Thanksgiving Pot Luck and host/attend the party, pick up and go home, to then wake up early the next morning to work at the nursery and then go to church. I love it, it is so much fun!

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End of the Spear

2005-11-16T14:50:00.000-05:00

I saw an incredible movie last night at a prescreening, that I recommend everyone go out and see. It is a movie about the true story of the missionaries who were killed by the Waodani indian tribe in Ecuador. The movie is coming out in theaters January 20, it is called End of the Spear.

Check out the website for the whole story and the trailer.

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How Awesome is He!

2005-11-16T14:38:00.000-05:00

How awesome is God! I just got another listing appointment! Out of the blue my schedule blows up! I have 2 listing appointments and one showing this evening! Can you tell I am a little excited. It just so great! I had an awful time last night trying to fall asleep. Got a serious case of insomnia, thinking about a million things and just praying and asking God to give me some peace. Also, the business this month had been going slow and of course I was getting nervous. It is really hard when you are just starting out, but as always he delivered and gave me some good solid proscepcts. God does hear and answer your prayers and even if none of these follow through I am sure that they will eventually, so it is just another prospect in the funnel. I trust that everything will be fine, because I put it all in His hands. :)

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Listing Appointment Update

2005-11-16T11:26:00.000-05:00

Ok just a quick update, that listing appointment I was suppose to have yesterday got cancelled first thing in the morning, UGH! However, I got it rescheduled for this Friday. Only problem is that it is my office's grand opening so it may be a little hectic and I wanted to take my broker with me since this is a high priced property, so I am praying that she will be able to go, if not I maybe flying solo. I will keep you posted.

technorati tag: real estate

Listing Appointment! - Say a little prayer

2005-11-14T12:21:00.000-05:00

Hurray! I have gotten another listing appointment. Now I did give you and update on the last one that I had because well #1 I didn't get it and #2 it was crazy! The couple was not on the same page, alot of animosity in the air not to mention the all the comotion going on in the house. Needless to say I did not have a captivated audiance. So say a little prayer that that this listing presentation goes a little better and that I actually get the listing, then once I get the listing pray that it sells! :) Anyway my listing presentation is tomorrow late morning, I will let you know how it goes.

technorati tag: real estate

Hair Do Mishap

2005-11-14T00:57:00.000-05:00

Ok so you try and to something new right? I have naturally straight hair with just a little bit of a wave, and over the weekend I got experimental and decided to curl it with a curling iron and I was very please with the results. However I was not pleased with the amount of time that it took. Even though I don't have a ton of hair the whole process of curling individual strands witha curling iron was very time consuming not to mentioned that I managed to burn myself with the curling iron. I have a lovely red blotch on the edge of my hairline. So today after church I ran over to the store to get some dishwashing detergent and some mousse because I had just ran out. As I am standing in the hair product aisle I see this set of foam curls so I think that maybe this will be an easier way to curl my hair, hoping that some how I can manage the same results without have to use the curling iron and injuring myself yet again.

So I follow the directions on the case of curlers. It says to set the curlers in when your hair is damp and then wait for it to dry.......after a few hours this is what I got....

Not exactly what I was going for! Needless to say I won't be using the curlers again, I will just have to be more careful with the curling iron.

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Flan and Party Success

2005-11-08T15:32:00.000-05:00

Success! I used a different receipe and the flan came out perfect and it was a hit. The party on Saturday was a hit all the way around. I cooked and slaved all day and it was well worth it. I think about 20 people showed up and my food was gone in no time! The menu was pernil which (well seasoned pork shoulder), arroz con gandules (spanish rice with pigeon peas), tostones (fried plaintains) and coconut flan and everyone ate. Next time I know to make just a little more because people wanted seconds but there wasn't enough for 2 trips.

It was a beautiful evening outside, so we got to use the deck and there were a few latins in the group so we put on some music and got some dancing going. It was a blast and I am still getting emails from people saying they enjoyed it.

When it was all over and done with I was exhausted and my roomate was awesome enough to pick up, because I could barely move. Then I had to get up early the next morning and help at my church in the nursery for the morning service. I was in church by 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. Soooooo tired, but the babies were great and sooooo much fun!

Good times!

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Flan - A Failed Attempt

2005-11-04T00:07:00.000-05:00

I have failed, failed miserably. I attempted to make a coconut flan and flopped. So sad! I followed the directions yet the center did not cook all the way through. However I think that possibly I didn't let it cool long enough, but who knows. The point is when I flipped it the center was soup, UGH! So tommorrow I will again attempt the flan. I will keep you posted.

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Murphy's Law

2005-10-25T10:55:00.000-04:00

Why is it when you particularly want to look good or have something important coming and you need to look good your face decided that this is the most opportune time to rebel and grow a pimple and a Mt. Everest sized pimple nonetheless. This if very irritating especially when I am not one to have acne issues. Murphy's Law.

SCORE! Got a Listing Appoitment!

2005-10-24T23:53:00.000-04:00

They say you have to list to survive and folks I got my first listing appointment. I just pray I get the listing! In fact I will get the listing! God truly ROCKS! I had been sitting there prospecting, feeling a little glum because my buyer had backed out and I was getting my share of hang-ups so I decided to switch to For Sale By Owners called FSBOs in the business, that is pronounced "Fizz-bows". Low and behold my 4 FSBO bites and I got an appointment tomorrow at 6! ROCK ON!

technorati tag: real estate

It's A Small World After All!

2005-10-24T11:48:00.000-04:00

Talk about a small world! The coolest thing just happened. I got an email from a girl the other day with the same last name as my grandmother on my dad's side. She had emailed me about a rental that I have listed. So I emailed her back and said the rental was still available and I told her that her last name was a family name and asked if she was from PR. Well she called me today, and it turns out she is, and she is a Regent student. Even cooler a few weeks ago or a month ago i was at a "after church welcome gathering" and I met this family. The husband was from Argentina and the wife from the Dominican Republic and they had 3 boys. The husband mentioned to me that they had a friend who was from PR and went to Regent. So I gave him my card to give her my number and give me a call, but he never did. Well today the girl that I just talked to was the same girl he mentioned to me. We are going to try and get together sometime, we were on the phone for about 30 mins! LOL Talking PR Spanish.....LOL.

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Consequences of Lazy Weekends and Buyer Backout

2005-10-24T10:12:00.000-04:00

So like I told you I did absolutely nothing over the weekend except for sleep in, unpack a few things and lay on the couch. It was a fabulous weekend, however I needed to clean out my car and make it presentable because it was seriously trashed and dirty from the move, considering I used my tiny Honda Civic as a moving van but that is besides the point. So because of my extreme case of laziness I never got around to cleaning out my car over the weekend, and I made the mistake of taking a huge nap on Sunday and therefore staying up WAY too late Sunday night.

Monday morning comes around and I believe I set the alarm to go off at 7, but I am sure I snoozed it about.....oh let say.....1,204,432 times, ok that is an exaggeration but you get my point. Finally I drag my tail out of bed because I remember that I have an appointment to go pick up a buyer and take him around to see some houses and I still haven't cleaned out the inside of my car, not to mention the olive oil that some how managed to trickle all down the handle of my passenger door. I lay there and debate if I REALLY need to get up, because I just have this gut feeling that he is going to cancel but either way I shouldn't risk it and it is not good to bring a client into your car when it is in that condition. Yeah defiantly the collection of, dust, sand, cat hair, pennies, pens, tiny pieces of paper and I think I found a petrified French fry between the seat and the center console.....yeah not a good thing. So I get up and put on my most oversized and comfortable pair of sweats, pull my matted hair back in a ponytail, gargle some mouthwash (I will brush when I am getting ready) and grab the vacuum. As I leave my room I am startled by the grey colored mutant with matted hair and raccoon eyes that I see in my full length mirror with my peripheral vision (I really need to start washing my face before I go to bed) ......then suddenly there is a momentary sigh of relief when I realize it is just me.....then I begin to worry for my future husband and pray he doesn't die of shock the first time he wakes up to me in the morning.

Half asleep and realizing that I shouldn't have taken a shortcut and should have just gone ahead and brushed my teeth....ick! I garb a plastic bag, paper towel and some wet wipes with my vacuum in toe to go clean out my car......it is 8 in the morning. (Since I started my own schedule 8 has become and ungodly hour for me to be up doing hard labor) I get the car all cleaned up and presentable and the olive oil has managed to leave a nice sheen to my passenger door. I head inside to get ready, making myself into Super Fabulous Real Estate Agent Extraordinaire(I have a sudden vision of me with a cape in a Jones New York suit with a Kenneth Cole briefcase holding a SOLD sign).

I jump into my now nice clean and presentable Honda Civic and off I go. In my head I thinking of all the things I need to get done and calls I need to make before picking up my buyer to go look at some properties. I also make note that I am running low on gas and should gas up before picking up my buyer....then the phone rings. Guess who? BINGO......and tell them what they won! It is my buyer:

Phone Call Transcript:
Meseidy: Good Morning this is Meseidy
Buyer: Meseidy good morning this is *****
Meseidy: Hey ***** what can I do for you?
Buyer: You are going to hate me.
Meseidy: You know I had a feeling u were going to cancel.
Buyer: Yeah, but you are going to hate me for another reason.......I decided to rent, I found a place over the weekend.

Needless to say, I lost a buyer, he was on the fence anyway so I wasn't shocked, but still not a way to start a Monday morning. I should have gone with my gut, or maybe God was just telling me to relax, I could clean my car another day. It is all good, my car is clean and I am still Super Fabulous Real Estate Agent Extraordinaire (Just need work on getting the Jones New York suit and Kenneth Cole briefcase) .

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I Have Done Nothing

2005-10-23T20:21:00.000-04:00

This has been a fabulous weekend, why because I have done nothing! I think we all need a weekend where we do nothing once in awhile. I was a little productive, I did finish unpacking but I haven't finished putting everything away. However staying in all weekend is a money saver so I can't complain.

Tomorrow I have to get up early though because since I didn't do anything today I didn't get the inside of my car cleaned and I have a buyer that I am driving around tomorrow morning to show him a few houses. Therefore, I will be up tomorrow nice and early cleaning out the inside of my car because I was too lazy to get my but off the couch this afternoon. All is well.....

Prospecting for Business

2005-10-21T11:08:00.000-04:00

I take one to two hours of my day and make cold calls prospecting for business. Here was one of this mornings calls.....I can't help but laugh sometimes. Mind you I am told to stay on script until my 5th question.

Hi this is Meseidy with ******....and I was wondering....When do you plan on moving?
Prospect: When I die.
When you die....Terrific! How long have you lived at this address?
Prospect: 5 years
Great! Where did you folks move from?
Prospect: Down the street.
Good for you! How did you happen to pick this area?
Prospect: My daughter lives here.
Excellent! If you were to move...where would you go next?
Prospect: To the cemetary!
Well thank you very much! Have a great day!

Sigh, can't like everything about you job. Prospecting is the one thing I am not crazy about....LOL

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Divorce Party?

2005-10-20T19:27:00.000-04:00

Does anyone find this a little disturbing, distasteful or just plain wrong? Now people are throwing divorce parities? I find this sad.

Many Throw Parties to Toast Divorces
Celebrating a New Beginning Without the Old Spouse

Oct.
16, 2005 — After three decades of marriage and years of fighting over a nasty divorce settlement, it's time for Madalyn Pollit to party. As she toasts to "the beginning of the best years of my life," Eollitt is part of a trend of women and men embracing their breakups with divorce parties.

"A new season, a new me, a new beginning: That's why I wanted the party," Pollit said. "I wanted to celebrate my new life." Part celebration, part exorcism, the parties typically involve a signature cocktail — marriage on the rocks. And, it wouldn't be a party without some games. Remember Diane Keaton tossing her wedding ring into a glass of champagne in "The First Wives Club"? Well, there's throw the wedding ring in the toilet" and "pin the blame on the ex." And there usually are voodoo dolls. Less Shame? With nearly half of all marriages ending before 'til death do us part, divorce has gone from a private shame to a peculiar rite of passage. Even in the Muslim world,
where divorce is still a disgrace, divorce parties offer a way for women to redeem themselves.
In Morocco, single men are invited to the party and they bring the woman perfume, money, even camels. The party lasts for three days or as long as it takes for the woman to find a new ompanion.

America may not have the camels, but we do have businesses that are cashing in on the breakup
party circuit. Plumparty.com sells all the fixings for a great bash. Theytookeverything.com offers a divorce gift registry. And, thousands of copies of "How to Throw a Divorce or Breakup Party" have been sold.

The Right Time to Party?

But this trend doesn't put everyone in the party mood. Some divorcees believe the end of a sacred union weighs too heavy on the heart. "I don't find anything funny about divorce at all," said Jim Clarke, who is divorced. "I find the whole experience rather tragic." But marriage
therapist Helen Rudinsky says there can be a right time to celebrate. "You're not grieving, you're not pining over the relationship," said Rudinsky, who practices in Washington, D.C. "You wish them well. It didn't work out. You're going forward." "It's a different kind of party," Madalynn
Politt said. "It's kind of like a New Year's Eve celebration, but it's a new life's eve celebration."

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Finally I Am Connected!

2005-10-20T19:17:00.000-04:00

I am finally connected at home, yes folks I have internet at home! Which hopefully means I will be able to blog more regularly since I have been since I stopped working at the law office. HURRAY! Now I just need to get back into the swing of things and continue bloging all the interesting and off the wall things that I use to blog. LOL

What has been going on? Well where should I begin? Some of you may know that I finally was able to naw off that chain that had be tied to a desk and in front of a typewriter and I am finally doing what I really wanted to do, I am selling real estate full time and I am loving it. Also I have moved and I have a great roommate and live 2 blocks from the beach! You can't beat that! Although it is a bit of a party neighborhood so on the weekends that neighbors get a little loud and roudy.....but it's all good, they aren't too bad. Also, I have finally found a great church that I love and am getting really involved with, it rocks! Praise God for everything he has done in just the last few months, it has truly been a season of great and postive change!

Well I will continue to keep you posted and I promise to be back again!

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Exhausted!

2005-10-17T08:45:00.000-04:00

I spent practically.....no not practically....the entire weekend moving. I am soooooo tired! But I am finally moved out of my studio and into the duplex at the beach. HURRAY! My back, arms and calves are killing me but I will survive.

I have been suffering from a constant allegry attack all weekend. I am going to guess it is the combo of dust and cat hair from the studio. My face is all red and blochy and I cannot get my eyes to stop itching.

I am not sure what it is about me but initially when I am moving the idea of moving doesn't bother me so much. I usually think..."no sweat, shouldn't be to difficult"...then you start and your realize all the junk you have and have no clue what to do with it or where to pack it. For example I was amazed by the amount of Glade plugins I have and not the small cheap flat ones but the big ones that heat up scented oil. Once I finished emptying out the draw and collecting the ones i had around the apartment I had to have had about 10 at least. Does this not seem odd? I guess I have been collecting them and storing them and forgeting about them, then to go out and buy more. The other thing I found alot of were tealight candles, they were all over the place! Ultimatly you end up with a box or two of where you dump all the "junk". Now to figure out where to put this junk......sigh.

I do love my new place though and my roommate is great. It is a shame that I moved to the beach at the beginning of the fall but I will be able to enjoy it when the summer comes around again. I plan to take advantage and go for a few walks and runs before it gets really cold.

Ok well I am out of here so I can get some work done, and put some makeup on this itch blochy face....lol.

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Moving

2005-10-16T16:22:00.000-04:00

Ewwwwy Squishy!

2005-10-11T13:11:00.000-04:00

So I did some pumpkin carving last night. Yup, that is right I traveled back in time to when I was 8 and I dove into my creative side and carved myself up a jack-o-lantern. I haven't taken a picture of him light up yet but here is what a pumpkin looks like from the in side before you gut them and ripe out the innerds...lol.....BUA, HA HA HA!

Ewwww Right! Well put your hand in it and squish....the sensation is defiantly interesting. Wet squishiness in you hands and pulling the strings and seeds squeezing and popping right out....now that I think of it I am sure you place the seed just right, apply just the right kind of pressure and have the perfect amount of slippery squishiness the seed could potentially become a small projectile missile..lol.

It was kind of funny because I was very structured with the creative process of my pumpkin carving, I could just dive in and draw directly on the pumpkin I had to draw several faces on paper first before I could decided what I wanted to do as opposed to one of my fellow pumpkin carvers who said to me that I needed to be "hardcore" and "just dive in".....lol.

It was all very fun and I got to make killer "Psycho" sound effects as I stabbed and carved my pumpkin. :)

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FORGIVE ME!

2005-10-10T14:21:00.000-04:00

Oh my loyal readers......which if I did have any I no longer do because I have been MIA for awhile....LOL. Well I have a blessing to report, the Lord has provided once again and I have sold another house HURRAY! Let's just pray that it closes!

Also I am in the process of moving, I am saying bye bye to the posh studio and my demon kitty and hello to a duplex 2 blocks from the beach. HURRAY!!!! YEAH BABY!

Soon however once I move into my new place I will have internet at home and will beable to post more often. It has been difficult lately because my schedule is no longer as predictable as it was before. :) Which in my opinion is a good thing!

Well I hope all it well I promise I will be back.

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Breaks Are a Good Thing to Have

2005-10-03T12:53:00.000-04:00

Law & Order Crossover - Is Chris Noth Back?

2005-09-29T13:30:00.000-04:00

Ok so I saw Law & Order: SVU and was freaking out about the ending because I was like, WHAT! They just get off! But of course I was very relieved to find out that both the mother and daughter got locked up last night on Law & Order. Man that lady was CRAZY!

I still am not digging Olivia's hair although it was better last night, maybe i just need to get use to it. Also, I have been seeing previews for Law & Order: Criminal Intent with Chris Noth (ROCK ON!) and Annabella Sciorra, is it possible that they have come to there senses and are getting rid of Vincent D'Onofrio (Detective Goren) ! Does anyone know? That would rock and Law & Order: CI may have a chance with Chis Noth, I LOVE Chris Noth.

Anyways I am doing very well, loving doing the real estate full time. HURRAY! Had a closing early this morning and I need to get on the phones and drum up some more business.

technorati tag: television

I Know - MIA

2005-09-27T18:01:00.000-04:00

I know I have been MIA lately, I have been super busy and there is alot to tell! I will give you a quick synopsis, because i have to split, and then I will come back with more detail.

I am done with the legal assistant job (there is more to that)! HURRAY Praise the Lord! The real estate is really picking up I love it! I think I am going to LOVE my new job, HURRAY! I signed up a buyer today, signing up another tomorrow, have a walk thought tomorrow, closing on thursday and who knows what else. Busy, busy!

Well I am starving so that is just something quick so you know I am alive, got to split.

LATER!

Um.....Ewwww!

2005-09-23T15:04:00.000-04:00

Has anyone else seen this banner? I see it all the time when I check my hotmail account. It is like ewwww (but then I put it on my blog….makes a lot of sense…what does that say about me…..anyway…) I don’t want to look at nasty toes! Oh and the commercial for this medication, the one with all the gross looking creatures digging under the toe nail…..YUCK! (click on the banner and you will see what I mean) It makes me cringe! I would think that they could come up with a less Ewwww campaign. Every time I check my email and see this banner I refresh it to make it go away. Anyway, I though I would share my repulsion with everyone, you know spread the joy…..lol

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Fellow Hampton Roads' Blogger!

2005-09-23T12:44:00.000-04:00

I am adding a fellow Hampton Roads' blogger to my Nails I Paint in the sidebar, [basicblog] Life with Christ, check them out! If you are also from the Hampton Roads/Tidewater area let me know and I will start posting links on my site.

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You Like Me....You Really Like Me!

2005-09-23T09:22:00.000-04:00

I have been blogged by Blog4God.com!

You Like Me....You Really Like Me! I want to thank the internet for being an avenue in which to express myself, I would like to thank my fellow bloggers and internet surfers because without you I would just be talking to myself, I would like to thank Mean Dean for considering such a small new up and coming blogger worthy of being blogged, I would also like to thank my family because if it wasn’t for the sense of humor, sarcasm and slight dysFUNction that I was raised with I would be a boring fuddy-duddy today. Thanks mom, dad and sis for keeping it interesting and last but not least I like to thank GOD because without him I wouldn’t even be here…..besides the dude has to have a sense of humor…..I am here aren’t I? LOL J

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Things I Need...Ok Some of Them I Just Want...

2005-09-22T11:27:00.000-04:00

God
Prayer and LOTS of it!
Sleep…..need monster nap now!
A Massage….let me count the knots, 1, 2, 3, 4……
Some love from Jimmi Choo, Kenneth Cole, Nine West & BCBG...that’s right, shoes baby, shoes!
A 2 liter of coffee, with lots of cream and sugar
Another cat, mine is evil….I think I will change his name to Damion
To sell at least 20 units this year…..$$$$$$$
Sanity…..I think it has been temporarily misplaced…..for the past 5 years
More Law & Order, except for Criminal Intent, that has to go! Who keeps watching it?
A sledge hammer….”Come here Dictaphone, I have a surprise for you”…I HATE dictation!
A year’s supply of Tylenol PM….zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
A tan…..I have to be the whitest Puerto Rican on the planet….lol (see pic here)
Take a knitting class…..if I don’t get past the 4th row on this wrap I am going to eat the yarn
Pecan Pie…..with ice cream….Ooooooh Yeeeaaahhh!
A tub of Mederma…I have a ton of scratch marks from, Damion….I mean Samson.

And this is just the beginning….

technorati tag: nothing to say

Single Christian Girl?

2005-09-21T16:55:00.000-04:00

I came across this article today on CrossWalk.com and it is totally something that I am sure many of us single Christian ladies can relate with and gives us a little insight on our fellow single Christian men. Personnally I say just be smart, stop stressing and relax.

P.S. for the record I don’t espouse Joshua Harris’ viewpoint.

Why Christian Men Aren't Dating
A.J. KieslingAuthor & Contributing Writer
The older I get as a “single again” Christian woman, the more I notice a peculiar trend that I can’t quite account for: Christian men, by and large, don’t pursue women and ask them out on dates. Now, the sheer fact that there are Christian married couples out there seems to make hash of my observation – obviously, at some point these husbands had to pursue the women who eventually became their wives. But start asking around among small groups of Christian single women and you’ll see what I mean. Their frustration with the “dating scene” – or lack thereof – in Christian circles is so common you begin to hear a refrain.

“What’s up with Christian guys?” my friend Whitney lamented. “I went to the 'Keys with three girlfriends, and guys hit on us all the time [of course they declined]. Yet here at home, in our Christian singles groups, we can’t even get a guy to acknowledge us, let alone ask for a date.” Janet told me that a guy in her Bible study has been paying a lot of attention to her lately, but every time he calls he asks if she wants to “grab a bite to eat” with him – and his roommate. Becky has a different complaint. She met a wonderful Christian man on the tennis court and got to know him gradually, over several months, until their casual friendship deepened into what she thought was something more. When he invited her over for dinner, she sparkled inside, sure he was taking their relationship to the next level. After the second such dinner, the two of them watched a movie together on the sofa – enjoying an evening of laughter and innocent companionship. Then the unexpected happened. The guy “dropped off the face of the earth,” Becky said. Two weeks passed with no word from him, no friendly phone call – nada. Finally, both puzzled and frustrated, she called him and asked how things were. He stammered that they needed to just be friends and all but slammed a door closed in her face.Is It Commitment Phobia?
You might be tempted to chalk it up to the common male malady of “commitment phobia,” but the sheer volume of such stories out there makes me wonder. I know that many Christian singles were hugely impacted by Joshua Harris’ best-selling book "I Kissed Dating Goodbye," in which he recommends interacting with the opposite sex in groups until you find “the one” and are ready for courtship – intentional dating with an eye toward marriage. But it seems unlikely that this mindset accounts for the overwhelming lack of dating among Christians, because so many Christian singles don’t espouse Harris’ viewpoint. Again, casual conversations (in this case, with men) shed light on the subject. Wanting to get to the core of the issue, I asked a few guys in my own singles Bible study what was up. “I can tell you what it is,” said one male friend emphatically. “They’re scared. Period. Christian guys are scared to get involved with girls because they hear in church about the dangers of getting too close to someone [physically]. Once they’re attracted, it’s a slippery slope.” “If a girl is mature, and I’m interested in her, then maybe I’ll ask her out [on a casual date], but otherwise it can be a bad idea,” said one handsome guy friend who just turned 40 and has never been married. Not sure what his vague response meant, I pressed for an explanation: He’d been burnt more than once, it seems, by women who mistook a “casual date” to mean he was considering them as wife candidates. Back-paddling his way out of those sticky situations was not worth the trouble anymore. “Anytime I sit in church with a new girl, everyone swoops down on me later and wants to know if it’s serious and whether she’s the one,” lamented yet another male friend, who rolled his eyes as he told his story. Eventually, the “big news” traveled around the whole church.
Then there was Bryan, a 43-year-old man who’s been married only three years but remembers well the trepidation he and his single Christian brethren faced in the church: “They’re scared,” he said, echoing my first friend’s response. “So many guys are petrified of the idea of commitment, and of course there’s the whole issue of staying morally pure. For a lot of guys, it’s easier to just avoid the whole thing.” But he did finally get married, I remind him. How did he get to know his wife? Did they date? “We didn’t date in the traditional sense of the word,” Bryan said. “We were around each other in groups all the time, and one day I just sort of noticed her in a new way. We were friends for a long time before I knew I wanted her to be my wife.” I can hear Joshua Harris cheering somewhere. Our frustrations aside, we Christian women have to acknowledge that we’re part of the problem. To those who smother a guy too quickly – or put pressure on him to act, or jump to conclusions when he does – I gently encourage a healthy dose of moderation. For guys who are overly gun-shy, I encourage you to take a chance on a casual date (if you aren’t opposed to that philosophically) and keep it within safe boundaries. The old standbys of going out for dinner or coffee are good for obvious reasons.
In the end, the not-always-so-welcome bit of wisdom Elisabeth Eliot dispensed in her classic book "Passion & Purity" seems to hold true, despite our best efforts to the contrary: When the time is right, men are intended to pursue. Until then, a woman’s role is to stay busy with life … and wait.
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Verse of the Week

2005-09-21T16:18:00.000-04:00

Verse of the Week

This is real love. It is not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.--1 John 4:10, NLT

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Olivia What is With the Hair?

2005-09-21T14:38:00.000-04:00

I saw the season premiere of my favorite show last night Law & Order: SVU. I love this show….LOVE IT! However there is one thing this season I am not digging and that is Olivia’s (Mariska Hargitay) hair, I know it may seem silly but it just doesn’t seem to fit Olivia’s character, it is too long and the color is ick. I have looked for a pic to show you but can’t seem to find one. But I am defiantly not digging the hair, it should at least be shorter.

Anyhoo, the season premier was very good and I am sure there will be for to see about Elliot seeming to have some anger issues. Tonight the original Law & Order premiers, so yet again don’t expect me to available between 10 and 11. I didn’t get to see much of last season because I was working a lot, but I am going to make an effort not to miss to much of this season, especially since they got that blonde of the show. I wasn’t too fond of her and am happy that she was replaced. I haven’t gotten to see much of the new girl but what I have seen I like so far.

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Knitting Issues Continue!

2005-09-21T14:24:00.000-04:00

As I have mentioned before I have picked up knitting. I finished my first project which was a scarf…..HURRAY! Now I am on to my second project which will be a wrap for me. So here is my problem. I’m staring this new project, the wrap, and it tells you to cast off on 90 stitches, which is fine and then knit 3 rows, increasing 21 stitches on the third row to total 111 stitches, which I have been able to do. Then on the next row you K1, P2, *P3, P2togback (through the back loop), yo, P1, yo, Sl1, P1, P2tog, P5* till last 3 stitches P2, K1. (Something like that, I don’t have the pattern here with me but I am pretty sure it is close to this) So I have gotten up to there ok and have complete everything in the repeat *s and only been left with 3 stitches successfully. However, when I move on to the next row, which is very similar except it is knitting instead of purling, when I get down to the last 3 stitches I am still in the middle of trying to complete the repeat of the pattern, in other words I am running short on loops. Any ideas why? I have attempted this several times and it is driving me nuts. Am I not doing the yarn over right, do I not understand correctly what P2tog and K2tog means (purl together and knit together, knit or purl 2 stitches together right?) So any suggestions or advice? Ugh if I have to unravel this one more time I am going to scream!

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ROCK ON! Season Premier of Law & Order: SVU

2005-09-20T14:46:00.000-04:00

Hummmm how will I be spending my evening? Well I can tell you this much, I will be home between 10 and 11 and don't expect me to answer the phone because I will be watching the season premier of Law & Order: SVU. ROCK ON! I am a Law & Order freak and I am soooooooooooo excited that the new season if finally upon us! Now if I an just figure out what I am going to eat for dinner.

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Answers to Why Why Why

2005-09-20T11:05:00.000-04:00

By Ozymandiaz

I will attempt to answer these rhetorical questions in order...

For the same reason we speak more loudly to people of a foreign language

For the same reason there are locks on stores that are open for twenty four hours

It only sticks to the glass when it is in between said glass and the lid

It's the only humane thing to do

Because he never would have gotten Jane if he had one

It's easier to dodge a revolver

To protect against head injuries just in case...

Someone very cruel (probably the same person who developed the rest of this inane language)

Who says we evolved?

This is truly one of the great mysteries of the universe hopefully to be solved by the unified field theory, if there ever is one

Yes, when April 19th falls on a Thursday

For the same reason they flip thru the channels on the television in hopes that the insipid shows littering the airwaves will suddenly acquire substance

Because there is no satisfaction until that strings wraps around the agitator

You mean they open from the ends?

This is a place reserved for very special bugs.

The living bugs place them there so they will be always remembered.

Because the other person may well have a firearmSerendipity

For the same reason we want it 60 degrees in the summer

Because father in laws just aren't that funny (and they may whoop your butt)

Yea, right. Next you'll want us to ask for directions or read the instructions...

Ouch

We're way ahead of quota around here, so you may be OK.

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Why Why Why?

2005-09-19T08:58:00.000-04:00

Email circular that I received today that posed some interesting questions:

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we
know the batteries are getting weak?

Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when
they know there is not enough?

Why does someone believe you when you say there are
four billion stars, but check when you say the paint
is wet?

Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal
injection?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but
ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you
use the bubbles are always white?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator
with hopes that something new to eat will have
materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times
with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it
up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum
one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end
you first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light
fixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our
ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing
so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't
all right, so why don't we say, "That hurt, you stupid
idiot?"

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something
that's falling off the table you always manage to
knock something else over?

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as
it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

If at first you don't succeed, shouldn't you try doing
it like your wife told you to do it?

And obviously if at first you don't succeed, then
don't take up sky diving!

And my FAVORITE......

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every
four persons is suffering from some sort of mental
illness. Think of your three best friends, if
they're okay, then it's you.

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No Show!

2005-09-19T08:56:00.000-04:00

Of course he didn’t show…….UGH. *bang head against wall*

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Will He Show?

2005-09-17T12:10:00.000-04:00

Well I have come into my real estate office today because I am suppose to have a meeting at 1 pm with a potential buyer, but I'm not holding my breath since i have been stood up several times this month. Also I came in to.....I thought stuff some envelopes with flyers to start farming some neighborhoods, but I get in and to my surprise.....not.....my broker didn't get them run off and she calls me and informs me this morning that they won't be ready till Thursday! This really irritates me because she always promises something for on day and never delivers. Oh well what am I going to do, I will just have to wait I guess, just like I am waiting right now to see if this potential buyer actually shows.

HURRAY FOR THE WEEKEND!

2005-09-16T16:52:00.000-04:00

Yes I work for the weekend. I cannot wait till I am able to leave my “real job” as a legal assistant and work real estate full time and it may be sooner then I think, but we will keep that between me and you. J (as I post this on the internet….lol). Nothing spectacular planned for the weekend, so anything could happen. Tomorrow I am going into the office (the real estate office) and I am going to start farming some neighborhoods, so I will be stuffing envelopes a good majority of my Saturday afternoon. HURRAY! But that is ok, anything to start getting the money to roll in. Tonight I was planning to go over to my girlfriend’s house and help her pack. They finally sold their home, HURRAY for them! But I am starting to feel a little under the weather so we will see if I make it.

Last night I went to church, the college/earlier career ministry just started a Thursday night service. Last night was the first night. It was really good and I will probably go again. It is always good to have a mid-week service or activity to keep you “filled” through the week. They showed an awesome short film that really spoke to me, about how sometimes the unexpected comes falling down on you like rain and you feel lost and desperate and you wonder why and how this can happen, and how maybe in these situations it is when God gets the best opportunity to remind us how much He loves us. The film is called “001 Rain” and it was done by Nooma.com, click on the link to see a clip of it.

This Pickle is a Deadly Bomb...

2005-09-15T17:12:00.000-04:00

One of my co-workers brought HUGE jar of homemade pickles from her grandmother into work. I love pickles, especially dill pickles, but this pickle is a deadly bomb. My co-worker offered me a pickle, telling me, “If you like them sour you will like these pickles”. Sour is an understatement, these things are deadly…..there should be a warning label on the jar, but I ate the whole pickle and now……I think it burned a hole in my stomach. Ugh!

#1 Most Embarassing Moment

2005-09-15T12:40:00.000-04:00

Now we all have embarrassing moments and there are different degrees of embarrassment, but I can tell you which one was my #1 most embarrassing moment.

I was 13 years old and my family had just been stationed in Guam for a few months. I was going to the local middle school off base which was a dive. I living in Guam and the entire time I was there I hated almost everything about it, it is not a place I would encourage a person to move to, in the 9 months I was there I went through 2 typhoons and many other insufferable trials.

Anyway, being 13 years old I of course had a crush on a boy. The boy’s name was Damon and looking back at pictures now I wonder how it was that I had a crush on this boy, but they were different times, times when the rat tail was cool. So after school Damon asks if I want to go out and ride my bike with him….I’m like….um YEAH! I grab my aqua green 10-speed and off we go. We are hanging out riding around having fun, going up and down hills, the base takes up the entire northern point of Guam which is pretty elevated and has steep hills and cliffs. So we are riding our bikes down these steep hills really fast and Damon turns to me and tells me about a really cool hill over in the officer’s housing area, do I want to go? (Um….hello…..crush…..yeah of course I want to go!) I say sure and off we go. Allow me to describe the landscape to you, we come into a circle with houses all along the side and grass in the middle of the circle, he then points to the hill for me, off to the left there is no hill it is practically a CLIFF, really steep and looks like it goes straight up and at the top is the base commander’s house, with the American flag in the front yard and everything. The idea here is to go to the top of the “hill” careen you bike down the “hill” and go around the circle at the bottom of the “hill” as many times as possible. So being that I was a not so wise…..or coordinated….13 year old with a huge crush I said, “Sure I can do that!” So we start to ride our bikes up this “hill”….but it is so freaking steep I have to push it up the “hill”. We get to the top of the “hill” (notice my over use of quotation marks) and I kid you not I might as well have been on the top of Mt. Everest….but remember I am in a fog because of my crush. Damon says that he will go first to show me how to do it, not to worry, he does it all the time, no sweat, off he goes down the “hill” and around the circle at least 2 times. Here I am at the top of the “hill” still, extremely nervous and with a horrible knot in my stomach, something is telling me not to do this…..ah yes…but I am in a “crush fog”, so I get on my aqua green 10-speed and off I go…WEEEEE…….AHHHHHH…….NOOOOOO……….HOLY COW!.......OH MY GOSH!.......(did I mention the brakes on my bike hadn’t been working properly)………A TREE!..........THUD!........

About a second later when I came around, I am laying on the ground and I look up and there are about 4 mothers and Damon looking down on me. Damon has a goofy smirk on his face like he is trying to keep from laughing, all the moms are in a panic asking me if I am ok. So I get up and I feel a little dazed but ok. I look and my aqua green 10-speed is wrapped around a palm tree, I am then informed that I rode my bike…..and my face straight into the palm tree….if I looked hard enough I could see the imprint of my face in the trunk of the tree. So I grab my bike and I notice that behind the tree there is nothing….but the edge of a cliff and the roof of a concrete house 10 feet below….um yeah! I try and take my bike home, but the wheels are all bent and it isn’t going anywhere, the moms offer to give me a ride, but I am feeling ok, I say I can walk (I am about a mile away from home). Damon and I start to walk home and he keeps asking me if I am ok, and being the cool chick that I was I played it off, sure I am fine…all the while spitting blood.

I finally get home and walk in the door and I though my mother was going to freak! She went into a panic, asked me what in the world happened, she frantically tries to get in touch with my Dad, but he has left work early (this is before the time of cell phones), so she calls and ambulance. Ambulance pulls up in the drive way, my father pulls up in the drive way, freaks out and the ambulance carts me off to the hospital. I am still in shock feeling no pain yet…30 mins later, I am in tears, my entire face if throbbing and bruises are forming all over my body. Finally I get medicated and the pain starts to go away. I get my x-rays done and the doctor informs me and my parents that I have broken my jaw into 3 pieces and dislocated my jaw, if I hadn’t had braces, I might have lost half of my teeth. FUN! Ultimately my mouth was wired shut for 1 month. I spent an entire month sucking soups and protein shakes through a straw.

#2 most embarrassing moment, when the hot Orderly came in with a questionnaire and had to ask me when my last bowel was…..I was 13….I wanted to die!

What? You ask what happened with Damon? Well Damon and I never happened, when I got back to school after breaking my face on a palm tree trying to impress him, I found out that he was going out with Kat, the home schooled girl with the pre-pubescent overdeveloped chest……Go figure!

Ophelia is Coming....

2005-09-14T17:14:00.000-04:00

Ms. Ophelia is making her way up the Outer Banks and looks like she may make a small fly by visit here to the Hampton Roads area. The truth is she isn't going to do anything, but give us some rain and wind and a good night sleep. Now I can't say the same for the Outer Banks, but we are going to be fine here. I myself am a hurricane veteran. I have been through at least 5 hurricanes, 2 hurricanes/typhoons in Guam, 2 in P.R. and one here in Virginia. The ones in Guam and P.R. were no sweat since you house is make out of concrete and you don't run the risk of it being blown away, the down side is no electricity or water for a while but if you prepare it can actually be fun. I remeber back home in P.R. on of our neighbors had a super industrial generator and ran cables to several houses so they could at least run their fridge and one air conditioner. Also, if one house had a generator you would let the neighbor store their food in the fridge, everyone helped everyone else out. I also became a pro at taking a bath with just 1 gallon of water, a cup and a washcloth, I would even manage to wash my hair.....now that takes skill. However I would not want to take on a full blown head on hurricane here in the states, I feel safer back home. I remember sleeping through I think Marilyn like it was nothing back in P.R. but when Isabell came her to VA, I admit I was nervous.

It is GONE!

2005-09-14T12:22:00.000-04:00

Praise the Lord! My headache is subsiding finally! I can still feel an reminisce of it, but it is going away and hopefully it will be gone after lunch! I am actually starting to get in a pretty good mood and a little perkier, but I know when I get home tonight I am going to crash. Lol

School Bus Daze.....

2005-09-14T11:08:00.000-04:00

I found this story and thought it was cute, kids are so funny.

School Bus Daze . . .

It was the first day of school, after summer vacations and time for me to pick up the children in my school bus and take them home again. After I had made the complete run that afternoon, one little boy remained on the bus.

Thinking he had simply missed his stop, I started driving slowly back through the neighborhood and asked him to be sure to let me know if any of the houses or people looked familiar. The boy sat in his seat contentedly and shook his head whenever I asked him if he recognized a person or place.

After the second unsuccessful tour of the area, I started back to the school to ask for his address. When we arrived, the child got off the bus and started walking away. "Wait!" I called. "We have to go inside and find out where you live."

"I live right there," he said, pointing to a house across the street. "I just always wanted to ride in a school bus."

Hangover Without the Liquor?

2005-09-14T10:17:00.000-04:00

Ever wake up on a work day after staying up a little to late and your head and body hurt like you were drinking all night, when all you did was stay up a little too late at home. This is how I feel today. I find it very irritating to feel like I have a hangover when I didn’t do anything, I don’t even really drink. My head feels like it is two times its size and is pounding. FUN! I have taken some ibuprofen and chased it with coffee but so far no relief. As I get older I learn that not only is staying out all night drinking foolish, but staying up late in and of itself is foolish. I am getting old, I need more sleep, I use to be able to get by with a minimal amount of sleep and now if I don’t I feel like the living dead with a 20 ton head. HA HA that rhymed.

80's Heartthrob - John Stamos!

2005-09-13T16:19:00.000-04:00

OMG! John Stamos! LOL

Your 80s Heartthrob Is

John Stamos

Who's Your 80's Heartthrob?

Better....Thank You

2005-09-13T10:11:00.000-04:00

Today, I am doing better then yesterday, which is good. J So last night I had dinner with my new friend, T. I am so grateful that God has brought her into my life right now, because if not I think I may have gone mad….LOL. We went out for dinner and had HUGH burritos last night at Moe’s. Yummy burritos! It was hilarious, T ate her entire burrito, all her tortilla chips and finished my chips too. She contemplated finishing off my burrito but she resisted. I thinking girlfriend likes burritos….LOL. Then we went for Cold Stone. YUM! It was good to just talk and laugh about nonsense, I so needed to just hang out with a friend that was easy to hang out with. I look forward to our friendship developing. Thank you Lord for my new friend. J

So Close I Can Feel It

2005-09-12T15:00:00.000-04:00

I can feel it……I am right on the edge! I am going to loose it! Between my fabulous job and my “issues” I am about to burst and scream off the top of my lungs…..sigh, I wish I could have just stayed in bed.