Life in the Now Lane

Save a Greyhound

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:18:12 GMT

Dairyland Greyhound Racetrack in Kenosha, Wisconsin will be closing on December 31, 2009.

900 Greyhounds will need to be adopted otherwise they will be euthanized.

Now is a great time to consider adopting a Greyhound. They are very loving and laid back. They don’t need the space people think they need. These greyhounds are great for an active family because they have been crated almost all their lives and they sleep about 18 hours a day. They are just looking for someone to love them and supply them with a warm bed.

They test the dogs to see if they are cat friendly and or small dog friendly. They also know if a dog should be a single dog or if they would be great in a 2, 3, or 4 dog house.

Please help me get the word out; we only have 6 weeks to save these lives.

Joanne Kehoe
Operations Director
Phone: 312.559.0887

In case you're thinking this is a hoax.... here's some evidence Dairyland Greyhound Racetrack in Kenosha, Wisconsin will be closing on December 31, 2009.

http://ow.ly/DIux

If you were hedging on whether you want one? Or know of someone that's thinking of needing a companion for one that they already have.... Please send this information to them.

Edit(11/20/09):This just in....
Additional Information.....

(11/19/2009) - DGP Important Closing - Dog Status

Wisconsin State law provides that the greyhounds are to be adopted to new homes, sent to another racetrack for racing purposes or returned to their owners. Our kennel compound will remain open until all greyhounds are properly placed.

We do not know at this current time how many greyhounds in total will become available for adoption until we finish racing on December 31st, 2009.

We do currently have greyhounds available for adoption in our adoption center. You are more than welcome to fill out an application at Dairyland or online at our website www.dairylandgreyhoundpark.com under the adoption tab at the top of the webpage.

http://www.dairylandgreyhoundpark.com/adoption.asp

Dairyland Greyhound Racetrack

Thank you

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:33:31 GMT

To all those that have served. My dad, may he get a break being my gaurdian angel... someday. To my uncle Mike, cousins Vance and Chris... to my Big Brother Pat... to my friends, Mike, Sheila (may she rest in peace), Lynda. My beloved, Terry.

To my friends on lj, soldiergrrrl and Liam.... to all those that have stood and fallen in the face of adversity to preserve the ideals of democracy and safety of those that live in these United States.

Thank you

So okay... I have to listen

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:30:50 GMT

and find out what my identity needs... where do I feel I am lacking... and that leads us to: How do I figure that out? First thing that comes to my mind...yeah I know... is meditation. How do I let the voices go? The self-doubt, the feeling of constant fluctuation? So for those of you like me, that can't find the "id" and need a clue as to one of the paths, I give you the following:

Meditation
How to meditate and what it does for you.

Meditation is a basic practice for self-realization. Basically, you sit straight and concentrate on a particular point in your body (usually the belly). When you notice that your have drifted away from this point of concentration, you gently return to it.

What it does for you
This practice in a gradual way helps in lots of aspects of your life. It makes you more aware of the current moment, the here and now, giving you a sense of having more time to deal with situations. It develops concentration and awareness of the self and body. It balances energy and the chakras. It makes you calmer and more relaxed. It also helps reduce mental chatter, and grounds you in your body. This all helps making you more open to yourself and the world, to be your natural self.

How to meditate - the details
Most people meditate for 15 - 30 minutes at a time, once or twice per day. It is a good idea to meditate at least 20 minutes a day, for instance after you have woken up in the morning. You could use a clock or watch to keep time, but you'd need to check it every so often, which distracts from the practice. It's better to use an alarm of sorts, that you can set to a predetermined time.

It is best to focus on a point in the belly. There are also meditation traditions where focus is on the tip of the nose, sensing the subtle sensations of breath through the nose. However, focussing on the belly makes it easier to silence mental chatter and develop more body awareness than focussing on a point on the head does, where the chatter is happening.

You can focus on the upper part of the belly, on the movements of the breath. This is the point usually used in Zen meditation. Alternatively you can focus on the point called the Dan Tian or Kath, that is located 1½ thumb widths under the navel, 2 to 3 thumb widths inside of the body. The term Dan Tian originates in Chinese Martial Arts and Qigong. It is an important energy center, being located in the center of the body. The term Kath is used in the Diamond Approach, and originates in Sufism.

There is no need to focus on your meditation point to the exclusion of everything else. It is okay to also sense your body and feelings, as long as your meditation point is part of what you are sensing.

It is important to sit straight and relaxed, with a solid sense of stability. You can sit on a straight chair, but usually people meditate sitting in lotus position, with crossed legs on a meditation cushion, or with the legs folded and on their heels. The latter position can be aided by using a wooden bench that allows for this.

Depending on your sitting position, you can have your hands in your lap, or on your knees. You can hold your hands in a particular position (a mudra). If you hold them in your lap, keep your palms up, and on top of each other. Put your left hand underneath, its palm touching the back of the fingers of the right hand. This is like the mudra for the Sacral chakra. If you want to put your hands on your knees, let the backs of your hands touch your knees. Let either the tips of the middle finger and the thumb or the index finger and the thumb touch.

You can either keep your eyes closed, or look at the floor 1.5 meter (5 feet) in front of you. If you keep your eyes open, make sure that the space in front of you is not too distracting. Meditate in a quiet place.

It is inevitable that thoughts come up. There is nothing wrong with thoughts, except when there are so many thoughts that they make it hard to sense yourself and your situation, which is actually the case with most people. When you notice that you are thinking or fantasizing, gently return to your point of focus. Don't try to suppress thoughts, just gently return focus.
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What's Your Personality Type?

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:04:23 GMT

You Are An INFJ

The Protector

You live your life with integrity, originality, vision, and creativity.
Independent and stubborn, you rarely stray from your vision - no matter what it is.
You are an excellent listener with almost infinite patience.
You have complex feelings, and you take great care to express them.

In love, you see relationships as an opportunity to connect and grow.
You enjoy relationships when they are improving and changing. You can't stand stagnation.

At work, you stay motivated and happy... as long as you are working toward a dream you support.
You would make a great photographer, alternative medicine guru, or teacher.

How you see yourself: Hardworking, ethical, and helpful

When other people don't get you, they see you as: Manipulative, weak, and unstable

What's Your Personality Type?

_____ SNIP _____
Okay, so this isn't really me... well.. on the surface the description is good... but upon checking into the wiki file on INFJ I was able to delve deeper into the knowledge of me... cause you know, I am a Leo and it is ALL about the me... sigh and that lead me to finding this...

_____ SNIP _____

free enneagram test

Frightenly, and wonderfully spot on... the levels of Four at the bottom of the page.. well, I can give you dates when each of them applied... except for 1-2... I think I'm getting closer to 3.. so for me.. I'll claim it.

On past and current expectations

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 20:29:06 GMT

I was just blipping through comments from one post of a friend and read a comment that made me curious and blipped over to his blog and found this cereta.livejournal.com/652008.html which made me step back and clue myself in. I've always thought that I was "empowered" and knew my way and that I wasn't any man's "little girl". Hmmmm, right... need to look to that again. My reason? I allowed myself to be used because I was afraid of not being loved by my husband. He was (now obviously that we are no longer together) unhappy with our marriage and had begun a verbally abusive/derogatory treatment that occasionally came down to him... man handling me.. pushing forcefully backwards... Yeah... today I think of that.. finally and say, Hey, I should've known then to get out. I hear in my head how many times I've said to a friend that "So and so should have already left." I was clueless, obviously, to someone... just not me.

The thing is, when we get around to educating our sons about how they need to be responsible, we also need to educate our daughters on what their expectations of people (not only men, as I have many friends that are bi and lesbian) need to be.

And from this day on, I will no longer assume that because I am a smart, funny, intelligent woman... that I know all there is to know about protecting myself and those around me. I vow, to become a better human.

Thanks go out to neo_prodigy which led me to bulliciosa which led me to a post made by yeluson which ultimately led to cereta's post. Networking, that's what leads to education and open-mindedness and eventually to peace. Right?

Steamy Loverliness

Thu, 14 May 2009 17:28:36 GMT

On sale now at the Met! Take 20% off of orders $75 or more when you enter code P883 at checkout.

Can you image how lovely this would be just on a daily basis to take to your "nine to five" workplace? Oh the sighes of wonderfulness as I must wear a uniform each day... It's way to pricey for me to have, but perhaps there is one amongst you that wishes to follow the rabit through the hole http://tiny.cc/skeletonwatch . Good day!

And with the showers

Tue, 12 May 2009 17:50:08 GMT

Comes Springs bright flowers

My mom has reused and recycled far before it was the "thing" to do. Our (my siblings and my own) problem has been that she'd grab (achem reuse) snippets of plants from ... say a doctors' office, green houses (oh the horrors) and yes, sigh.... cemeteries. This green thumb of hers has turned what was once hard red clay into moist fertile ground. Fertile enough to grow a jungle. I say that because that is how our home is referred to. **nods** You know when you give directions you use landmarks as reference points... that's our house. hangs head I've overheard it referred to even while I was at work, and no the individual did not know the house was my moms. One co-worker to the other when giving directions to his own home, "You go up Davidson and go past that house on the left that's overgrown.. We call it the "Jungle House". Every known plant to man in there, somewhere." ha ha ha ha.. groan. Well, at least we've breathed pretty oxygen rich air. O.O Anyway, last year along side of an abandoned fence rail next to a sisters house there were these Bearded Irises... and yes, I do mean "were". Well, after a year of getting used to there new home.. lmao here they are
So what's next? Why peonies of course, lol.

Idiocy and Lies

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:25:28 GMT

I have come to the opinion that I expect too much and settle for too little. Why when we're dating does the need for companionship overide our innate intelligence? If I just listen to the little niggling voice in the back of my head... I know what a setup lie sounds like... and at that instance I should know that I'm in the prescence of a true and outright liar.

I've finally kicked him to the curb... or realised that I've been at the cabbie stand the whole time. Whichever it is, when do we learn to trust ourselves? And when we do, do we inherently lose the ability to trust others?

I just have to say

Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:57:45 GMT

There has been a discussion started 3 weeks ago basically stating how person's of color (PoC's) can be difficult to portray in writing and sound "off" when written by those not of color. It is wonderful to see this, trully. However, bigotry and racisim abound for all people not white. As you see, I use my own face as my icon, the majority of the time. It's taken me a long time to get used to that face and realise that though it's not white, or Hawaiian, or Native American or black "enough" to be included into any of these races... I'm okay with that. I don't have to be "enough" for anyone. I don't have to segregate myself into one or the other, I don't have to fit in. For a long time, I have been defiantly different. At the age of 37, I am no longer defiant. I am me.

I once saw on a comedy channel (of all things) a sarcastic look into what American's will look like. It is a mixture of all that I have mentioned previously, and let us not forget to add more Asian, Middle Eastern and maybe just a dash of Hispanic/Latino. Have you ever heard of a British person being referenced as African-British? Uhmmm, I haven't. Why do we? The diversification of America is leading to an amalgamation of races. Will we then be able to lay down the segregation of America? Can we put down the barriers that African and Latino and Whitey - Americans labels create?

I've lived my life, as a racial outcast because the whitey's never felt I was white enough... the african/negro saw me as a bastardization trying to be one of them, and good luck finding any Hawaiian people to hang out with in the south (Tennessee). Native American was and still is something that some here in the south look at to say "Yeah, I've got some injun in me... but mainly, I'm (insert color)"

Main thing is, yay for the young liberal white male or female that is trying to broaden their horizons of understanding. But please, let none of us stop there. We all have a knapsack to unload: white, black, Am Indian, Hispanic, Latino, African, Indian.... There isn't a race, color or crede out there that hasn't been alienated, betrayed by their own, or abused. American white's are privledged, yes. That has to be recognised and addressed. And there is no fitting re-dress for the abuses that PoC's have received. (other than punishment, of course for current violations) Main thing is, let the education and eye opening and knapsack cleaning happen for everyone. It's just that some people have more to clean out than others.

Wonderful knowledge sharing found here zillah975.livejournal.com/310073.html

Original beginning of the current brew matociquala.livejournal.com/1544111.html

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Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:50:07 GMT

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Thanks for taking the time, if you do read it. For some people, this will be a timely read. *Warning: triggery* and for some, NSFW (text only).

Holiday Budgeting and Wishes for the Scadian Minded

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:44:21 GMT

Forwarded from A&S50Challenge Community by Lady Verena Entenwirth

As we near the Holiday season, I have heard more people say that their family is skipping the Holidays & gift giving this year due to the economy..... I find this a little odd, as I don't think you should skip the Holidays completely if you can't give or get gifts. In addition, as someone who has continuously made past Holiday gifts (socks, candy, fudge, cookies, soap, beer, ext), I think one can make amazing thoughtful individualized gifts that costs very little save for love.

I know in one of our households, and one of our family branches, we do gift exchanges/secret santas (BTW if anyone else does these, I so recommend GiftieGiftie. com awesome website). In order to make it easier on folks, I wanted to list items that people could make for me....I don't want people to spend money on me if they can't afford it, and I love handmade items.....

This got me thinking of what cool things one could make for someone else....and I figured I would turn it into a game.

There are 2- top 10 lists. (Please answer off list)

List 1

If you had to come up with a 10 ten list of items that can be handmade that you would like for SCA use, what would they be? 1 of the gifts have to be made in a kitchen (beer, wine, food, mead, ext), 2 of the gifts have to be made out of fabric (garb, hats, totes, ext), 1 of the gifts have to be made out of leather (drinking vessels, armour, gauntlets, bags), 1 of the gifts have to be made out of fiber (trim, weaving, knit, crochet), 1 of the gifts have to be made out of wood ( camp furniture, plates. chairs, ext) 1 of the gifts have to be made out of pewter or metal (armour, pins, jewelry), 1 of the gifts have to be an entirely period item, 1 of the gifts have to be an item, that someone NOT in the SCA (and not really craft oriented) could make for you, 1 of the items can be anything else you want, not previously listed

If you have links for a particular pattern, chair design, ext that you would want....include that :-)

List 2

Can you come up with a top ten list of things you can make for other people using the guidelines above? If you can't do one of the categories supplement it with another one you can do ( I can't wood work, but I can knit), try to fill in the blanks in at least 5 of the 7 categories(kitchen, fabric, leather, fiber, wood, pewter/metal, period item).

If you want to play, please answer off list to Holiday@broomstich. com ( I set this up, just for these top 10 lists), I will compile all the list and post responses on December 1st.

No matter what Holiday you celebrate (or don't celebrate) I wish everyone a joyous Holiday/Winter Season. (feel free to forward to any other lists you think would like to play)

--
Lady Verena Entenwirth.

Wada ya know.. the internetz hazn't dummed me down

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:51:35 GMT

Your result for The Commonly Confused Words Test...

English Genius

You scored 93% Beginner, 93% Intermediate, 80% Advanced, and 87% Expert!

You did so extremely well, even I can't find a word to describe your excellence! You have the uncommon intelligence necessary to understand things that most people don't. You have an extensive vocabulary, and you're not afraid to use it properly! Way to go!

Thank you so much for taking my test. I hope you enjoyed it!

For the complete Answer Key, visit my blog: http://shortredhead78.blogspot.com/.

Take The Commonly Confused Words Test at HelloQuizzy

What's that?

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:26:59 GMT

via, reynardine... becasue this one is weird... and funny

Go to Urban Dictionary.com and type in your answer to each question in the search box, the write the FIRST definition it gives you.

1.) Your Name: Mari

one of the prettiest, smartest, cutest, evil, caring, creative, talented, true punk, psycho, rioting, magic-weilding, sick acting, cute fat cheeks, puts-a-smile-on-my-face, amazing and most beautiful girls ever. actually.. the only one of her kind.

(I didn't know I knew anyone on Urban Dictionary. :-D)

2.) Your Age: 37
#1) Number often used in fiction because it is inconspicuous: A prime number greater than 25 but less than 50.

3.) One of your friends: Lynda
Sexy woman from up north. Is a frog. Also is a enemy of Mr.Roboto.

(Who Knew!)

4.) What should you be doing? Working

A term to describe the tedious and boring indentured servitude that most people are forced to endure to get money. Generally, not a pleasant experience

5.) Your favorite color: Magenta

The incestious English maid/domestic in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" with unruly dark magenta hair and voyeuristic intentions. She enjoys time-warping, 'dusting' the banister, and having elbow fetish fun with her brother. Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Riff, and Magenta all come from the planet Transsexual in the galaxy of Transylvania.

6.) Your birthplace: Chattanooga (Tennessee)
The home of Double Cola, Moon Pie, Krystal (Southern White Castle version), the Lookouts baseball team, the Tennessee Aquarium, the Chattanooga Choo Choo, and the first Coca-Cola bottling company. It is located in southeast Tennessee, it has two mountains named "Lookout" and "Signal", and it has the Tennessee River flowing by.

7.) Last person you talked to: Randy

Overly excited in a sexual manner. See also horny.

(*cough* EWWWW)

8.) Last thing you had to drink: Cream Soda

Awesome soft drink with a light vanilla flavor. Often distributed by well known root beer companies for some reason.

9.) Your nickname: Mare

Slang for marebeshaw.

a small, cuddly, love-struck female who is in love with a Drewbeanpoochachskoo which is a an extremely handsome and chivalrous young man

Happy Happy

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:58:21 GMT

~~I'm flying outa here! Whoot!~~ Nope

~~I'm flying on Nov 7th to go to see my beloved~~! Nope.. he's freaking out and not sure he wants a relationship right now. ~~Yay! lol~~ Sorry, it's just been since July since I've gotten to see him and I'm crazy ~~happy~~ that my airport to his airport will only cost $192 round trip. ~~Meaning that this could possibly mean we'll see each other more often~~. Not till he gets his head straight about whether he's ready for a relationship... waaaaaa!

So watch out Alban! lol I might just take up that offer of yours to come and root through your library... I promise not to drool over the dolleries or finger all of the illuminations... and I'll even help mow the lawn... and make good green tea and butter cookies.

~~Watch out Columbia cos here'n I come~~!

~~**Happy Snoopy Dance**~~

Saranchar

Possiblities are Boundless

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:52:12 GMT

Your result for The Perception Personality Image Test...

NBPC - The Daydreamer

Nature, Background, Big Picture, and Color

You perceive the world with particular attention to nature. You focus on the hidden treasures of life (the background) and how that fits into the larger picture. You are also particularly drawn towards the colors around you. Because of the value you place on nature, you tend to find comfort in more subdued settings and find energy in solitude. You like to ponder ideas and imagine the many possibilities of your life without worrying about the details or specifics. You are in tune with all that is around you and understand your life as part of a larger whole. You are a down-to-earth person who enjoys going with the flow.

The Perception Personality Types:

Take The Perception Personality Image Test at HelloQuizzy

Which Goddess Are You?

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:51:16 GMT

Your result for The Mythological Goddess Test...

Isis

Indeed, you are 75% erudite, 88% sensual, 54% martial, and 33% saturnine.

This Egyptian supreme Goddess is certainly the most influential deity on subsequent cultures. She was the ideal figure of womanhood, usually compared with the Greek Goddess Demeter or her Roman version, Ceres.

Isis was one element of a Holy Trinity, the remaining two figures being her brother and husband Osiris and their heroic son Horus. She was the Goddess of Magic for her brilliance, as well as the Goddess of Love because of her tenacious devotion.

She is often shown with wings, curving to caress coffins and sarcophagi of many a king. In certain papyri she is shown with her falcon wing headdress, covering her ears. One of her sacred symbols is the sistrum, a musical instrument that was believed to ward off evil spirits. Isis' sistrum was carved bearing the image of a cat and was representative of the Moon.

Isis was the High Priestess and an omnipotent magician as well as the only being ever to discover the secret name of Ra. She invariably carries the ankh, the symbol for eternal life. Her name is, by the rules of numerology, adding up to the number 2 and she just so happens to be depicted on the tarot card Key 2 The High Priestess.

The Fifteen Goddesses

These are the 15 categories of this test. If you score above average in

all or none of the four variables: Neit.
Erudite: Minerva.
Sensual: Aphrodite.
Martial: Artemis.
Saturnine: Persephone.

Erudite & Sensual: Isis.
Erudite & Martial: Sekhmet.
Erudite & Saturnine: Nemesis.
Sensual & Martial: Hera.
Sensual & Saturnine: Bast.
Martial & Saturnine: Ilamatecuhtli.

Erudite, Sensual & Martial: Maeve.
Erudite, Sensual & Saturnine: Freya.
Erudite, Martial & Saturnine: Sedna.
Sensual, Martial & Saturnine: Macha.

Take The Mythological Goddess Test at HelloQuizzy

Hmmmm... don't know about this one...lol

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:07:40 GMT

Valentines Day

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:47:03 GMT

How odd is it? This time last year, I was in pain. That which I can tell you felt as my heart were ripped out and forced to beat despite it's dislocation. I was in quandary as to my position in life, past present and future. Did I imagine the finding of my soul mate? Did I in my laid back fashion place my ideal of love upon a friend only to have it break him in it's treacherous vice of love and I in it's ultimate lie. Such is the search of self and redemption.

This Valentines Day, I have a date. With a sweet fellow that for all intents and purposes is my boyfriend. He is a "nice guy". Someone that here to for deemed a necessary evil unto the rest of the world, but always avoided by me. He's sweet, in a young and kind way. He has demonstrated immaturity in his words... but wisdom in his actions towards others. If you know me well, you know that I accept people as they present themselves. Respecting the wall of persona as the defense against pain that it is. I don't know if I have the will or strength to see let alone break beyond his pretense of "cool guy". Sigh... we will see.

Also on this V-day, I have a surprise gift upon my desk. A plastic glass with a frosted heart.. filled with Hershey's kisses and a metal rose. I found it on my return from the weekly meeting of the boys at Shufford's BBQ. No note, no symbol or clue as to it's origins or "meaning". The ladies here that have so carefully checked up on me since last years breaking of my heart, claim no knowledge of it's existence... and I love my boys in engineering and quality control... but I just don't picture them being so thoughtful or with such fore thought. sigh I am both touched and peeved. And in the recesses of my heart, I question... why did such simple a thought never cross my husbands mind.

To those that love rest not your heart
give thought to those in languor lie
for when you forget whence love it came
your heart it says good bye

Writer's Block: Cooking Lessons

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:54:21 GMT

Who taught you how to cook?

View 500 Answers

Okay... so this one looked like a good one to get in on...

Mom! And not because she stood me by her to learn... but because I got tired of having the same-o same-o... or, like those that have eaten at her house... spaghetti with a surpise ingredient... beans... YUCK!

All in all, I learned to cook so that I could survive. sigh I have to say though, she does make some killer food sometimes, when she doesn't think she has to include the kitchen sink. lol It also taught me, to IMPROVISE! and to remember that the kitchen sink... should never be used. HA HA HA!

Peace .... like when the kids are at there dad's... HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

The Chinese New Year

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:34:41 GMT

Another year has come and gone. The year of the Pig (bad luck) worse luck that I was born in the year of the Pig... has thankfully turned into the year of the Rat. Hence, a year of constant introspection has just turned into... okay, you hopefully have learned something valuable... now use it to your best advantage. I do not believe in luck... I believe in ME.

Oh well,

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Back to the Work Week

Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:55:10 GMT

The weekend was a blast! Ashley even enjoyed the suprise for Max and Gabe...I was worried.

You couldn't tear Gabe's eyes away from what was happening on the ice.

Drumcircle went great...even though it turned out to be more of a chat session than an actual drumming session. It seems that every other weekend is like that. It was great to get out, and it was nice to see Celeste again. Ashley got a henna tat done by Celeste and it's up on her website celesteart.co.za . Ash loved it!

Well blessed be peeps!

Back to the Weekend

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:19:50 GMT

Another busy weekend planned. Drumming tonight at Spirallady's on Hixson Pike. Yay! Need to blow off steam and build up good energy. Come on by if'n ya want, Mike and I and the kids will be there from 7:30 to whenever more than likely.

Saturday looks like a Armada Tourney at the house between Mike, Ash and I. Bless Andrea for sending me all of her ships and reminding me how much fun it is to put them together!

And Saturday night is Max and Gabe's special S U R Prise! Off to the Roundhouse and the Disney on Ice Show...lol...first time I'll be going to so we'll see how that goes.

On a special note...since I'm into ships..the Nina replica should be SAILING into town this weekend. Not a model, but a full size replica. WOW! I hope to get to see that this weekend too. Man is Chattanooga coming alive or what? Am I? Man I hope so..this week has been a bitch.

Peace and Love Y'all

Mari

Soccer Mom Pic

Wed, 04 Oct 2006 14:57:40 GMT

LOL...okay...this definitely tells me that I don't need to be "enhancing" the girls anytime soon. If you can see it well enough you can see the tell tell marking of a smile on the right "girl" and soccer ball on the "left".

It was just another wonderful day at Coolidge Park of course..the kids were having a ball in the water sculpture and me? .... I was just having a ball of course..or two

Some friends and I were talking about other costume ideas for dragon con 2007..and I have had my dream dashed today...I found a pic of a girl that has already dressed as Melody...darn it...but then I did just dye my hair black...maybe she and I could build a band? LOL...now that's an idea...

The Weekend

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 13:26:13 GMT

Wow, Culture Fest 2006 was fun. Tried to fix a chick up with a friend from work and it didn't work...oh well...I tried. The kids had a blast and Celeste was a terrific friend to take them to exhibits from time to time in order to give Mike and I some time to enjoy some exhibitions. Over all, Saturday was great!

The Tai Chi was great..so inspirational...
I love the cabaret style of dance for its complete freedom to goof! Jilliana's group just teaches you to have fun and be free to dance

Dandesha (sp?) was awe inspiring...Julie (my teacher) was just so graceful...WOW!

Yay It's Autumn...the smells, the activities

Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:55:30 GMT

Hey,

Wow, there is just so much to do. Culture Fest at Coolidge Park is coming up and there are lost of demonstrations that I'd like to catch. Tai chi, and then the cabaret and the tribal belly dance shows. I haven't seen a show put on yet so it'll be great to see what it is that I've been taking classes for. HA! I'll try to get some pics of this year's and post it for everyone to catch.