I am: a mom, wife and sister
I think: if we were all alike, what a boring world it would be!
I know: life is too short
I have: Hashimoto’s thyroiditis
I wish: I lived on 10 acres and had lots of horses
I hate: liars, cheater and thieves
I miss: my husband
I fear: dying
I hear: my fish tank filter
I smell: my yummy coffee
I crave: sex
I search: for why people ar so mean to each other
I wonder: what my boys will do with themselves as adults
I regret: not seeing more of my dad before he died
I love: my family, my horse
I ache: when I miss my husband
I am not: organized
I believe: that things always happen for a reason
I dance: to make my kids laugh - I am a horrible dancer!
I sing: NOT!!
I cry: over many things - I am very emothional that way….
I fight: when someone picks on my kids
I win: when I play the “game” fairly
I lose: when I give up
I never: lose faith in my kids
I always: hug my family and friends
I confuse: names with faces
I listen: only Rock and Roll!
I can usually be found: with my cell phone earpiece flashing on the side of my head
I am scared: when there is a wild fire near my home
I need: the love from my family and friends
I am happy about: Finally finding the right man for me
I imagine: the end of famine
I tag: whoever wants to do it.
Not to lessen the excitment of the last post and push it down the page……
But I found the first duck egg this morning!! I thought that it would be bigger. But it is the size of a medium chicken egg. I do not know which duck it came from or when there will be more.
One of the boys and I (one was home sick) went to the Pioneer Museum in Flagstaff for an Independence Day Festival. It was a Living History day with demonstrations about the Civil War life.
We got up early to beat the monsoon and possible hail storm. The first canon firing was at 10am and we had about a 30 minute drive to get to the Pioneer Museum for the Civil War Living History Day. We arrived about 5 minutes early for this big boom!
Civil Way Living History
After the canon firing we went down to their “camp”. It is too bad that throughout most of my pics, modern day-to-day life was in the background of many of my pics.
Once, again, there is that beautiful flag of ours…. the smoke going past after the canon fire.
Back to the canon….. the mountain men told us all about the canon, caliber, bore type, how to load. They were very knowledgeable and answered many questions from the onlookers, too.
An officer. He explained about the rifle and the bullets.. he also told about his uniform - the beige on the trim indicated that he was from New York (I think that is where it was - old age and no memory, sorry). And that other colors meant that the soldiers were from other areas.
And horses, again!! Yeah!! Well, actually, there was just this one… I think he looked like Wild Bill Cody, but I don’t think he was from the Civil War era.
There were ladies demonstrating tatting, another who was dyeing wool, a smithie making things from iron, and many other demonstrations… the cook was using old dutch ovens on an open fire. He made this cornbread and beans. The cornbread was green but it and the beans were actually very tasty.
THIS POST MAY OFFEND SOME OF YOU… SO STOP HERE IF YOU DON’T APPRECIATE GEORGE CARLIN.
George died yesterday of a heart attack at the age of 71. His look, conventional wisdom-questioning routines and unflinching devotion to all words, no matter how many letters, a perfect match for the times. He was a revered elder statesman—a revered elder statesman with an always-young mind. Never afraid to bring out the silliness and insane about society while making us think and laugh about it at the same time. He was a major influence in liberating thought in this nation. No matter who he offended, he did it evenly regardless of race, class or creed. He had a tremendous impact on my life and millions of other other post-boomers… He planted the seed of challanging authorty and having doubt about the US Gov’t’s ablity tell the truth. Apart of my youth went with him…. he will be missed by me.
Note: The following clip features language some readers may find offensive—and that nearly all George Carlin fans will find appropriate:
Seven Words You Can’t Say on TV
This is an email that my friend, Dawn, sent to me over a year ago
George Carlin’s Views on Aging Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions.
“How old are you?” “I’m four and a half!” You’re never thirty-six and a half.. You’re four and a half, going on five! That’s the key
You get into your teens, now they can’t hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. “How old are you?” “I’m gonna be 16!” You could be 13, but hey, you’re gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . .. . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There’s no fun now, you’re Just a sour-dumpling. What’s wrong? What’s changed?
You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you’re PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it’s all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50
and your dreams are gone. But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn’t think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You’ve built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it’s a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday! You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime And it doesn’t end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; “I Was JUST 92.” Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. “I’m 100 and a half!”
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!! HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay “them.”
2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever.. Never let the brain idle. “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” And the devil’s name is Alzheimer’s.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it’s family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.Your home is your refuge. 8.Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable,improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9 Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10.Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Yes, George, I will miss your appreciation of life!
This is Twig - the fairy that I love at the AZ RenFest. I look for her every year and always enjoy her…….. she mimes, hands out “magic” stones and plays her flute.
I usually record American Idol to Tivo and watch both shows Wednesday night before the results are posted on the internet the next morning - kind of ruins watching it on Friday or Saturday night for me. I like to record them and cut out the stupid ads. But last night I watched it live. I think it will be down to the David’s tonight. Who do you think will win?
Then I upgraded the Dagon Design plugin to version 3.13 because I was still getting error messages when I tried to post and the post writing page looked strange to me, too.
See, even a dummy can do it - especially an all fired, determined redhead dummy
Well, I have lots to post about when I get time later today or tomorrow.
This is another great photography site - but not just another photographer! Chris is my daughter’s best friend and I really like him, too! You really need to check out his work from many views and places around the world. I love his work on the page titled “Landscape and Wildlife”.
This is one of my favorites - Chris gave it to me as a gift and it hangs over my aquarium….. I think it is very appropriate there! It is a Pacific Ocean wave at Santa Cruz, CA
I hope you get time to go a view his work and pick out your favorite!
This is another great photography site - but not just another photographer! Chris is my daughter’s best friend and I really like him, too! You really need to check out his 
