Tomorrow is Beltane

     That makes tonight Walpurgis Night. April 30th is the time pagans will often celebrate with bonfires and dancing to welcome in Spring. Tomorrow is Beltane, another major holiday on the "WHEEL OF THE YEAR" it is 6 months until Samhain. Beltane a time of birth and growth and Samhain the time we honor the dead.  I used to go to the beach on this night when I was single and lived in New York. I have a candle lit tonight as it's not really cool to build a bonfire in my yard LOL   I am feeling better and my fever is gone so looks like I will be up and about for Beltane. Picking up some flowers for the day as my workings in my path are mainly all internal now. I am not a member of a coven and I admit that I miss that. I am happy to report that funds are back to fairly normal. I know some of my blogs had me stressing about taxes. The tax man took and cashed his check and well I never told hubby that I took money out of my 401K to pay them. I had that earmarked for my plane tickets to England, but I have no car payments after August so I will just save that money aside and I still should have no problem purchasing them. You do what you have to right?  I will wait for a new Mini, and I love the rag top so it all works out as it should.
     Ah Beltane and Spring. Tomorrow is a dear friends birthday and then two more middle of the month, actually a day apart. I find it interesting that 3 of my dearest friends are all born under the sign of Taurus. I am in a decent mood but I feel a sense of wanderlust approaching. A journey is needed and soon, a physical one or perhaps just a mental one. Yes I know I'm mental enough! LOL True true but as the song says "You may say - that I'm a dreamer"  which I admit often causes trumoil in my mind.   I feel sluggish and it's due to not moving today as I did my best imitation of a slug....aha!! guess that's why I am sluggish.  You know I never put that together  -  LIGHT BULB!!!
     So look all I am signing off and I wish you all a beautiful Beltane or May Day if you will. May all your dreams come to fruition.  Ciao For Now

I know It's The Fever Talking

     I hate being sick, I talk nonsense and sound stupid even to myself.  Right now though I feel like I am losing touch with everything and everyone. I know I'm not and everyone is doing the normal daily things and it's just because I'm home and feel not up to anything. Luckily the fever is going down and i will be back to work tomorrow but all I want to do right now is be with everyone I know having a laugh. I think this is actually my blog for today as my headache will not go away, so until next time - stay cool peeps and Ciao For Now!!

Sunday Night

     Well the weekend is over and I am draggin', not planned believe me. hubs has been a sweetie tonight and just made me some tea. I have chills and a fever (101.2) ick. I want to get this out of me so I just had an orange and aspirin and off to doctor tomorrow if fever is still present. I hate feeling under the weather. I had such a pleasant day yesterday and this morning felt a bit off but as the sun was out the hubs and I went for breaky but soon after it started. My lower half of my body feels like it wants to kill me but I think that has something to do with yesterday's gym visit. I hung on facebook and vegged all day but the fever is rising and I feel drained and I hate it!!   I wanted to write a few thingstonight but I am going to take a hot bath with my bathsalts and then bed. So look for more sometime tomorrow, the evening being the best bet.
     As always, Ciao For Now

Rainy Afternoon Thoughts

     When friends are scattered and you are alone in your living room sipping a cup of tea because the day has become a bit too chilly for any outside endeavors, you find yourself imagining all sorts of extraordinary things.  I personally tend to retreat to words and bad poems that flutter through my mind, like a bunch of butterflies released from a jar all at the same time. They each make perfect sense but all mixed up like that........., HAH - even though they look pretty,  they are hard to comprehend.  I jot down words or phrases in my little book (note to self -will need a new book shortly) that I believe are justifiable. Sometimes when I run those words together in a sentance or paragraph other people think that, although the words are justifiable,  the one penning them is certifiable!!  ;-)  
     Perfect example - I adore Manhattan, before some of you start to argue, let me finish. I adore the city but I hate working in it! I always tended to head in the other direction towards Long Island for employment so I could drive to work. Now back to what I was saying. Yes I do love Manhattan, I love what it has to offer, the museums, the arts, the food, and yes even the people. There is nothing like watching all the people from a park bench, it's the best free entertainment there is. The hustle and bustle is exciting, yet, a part of me longs for a simpler time. Especially on days like these when I guess the term, waxing poetic, really comes into play. Like everyone, I see old movies of Europe in the turn of the century, or some meadow where a man and woman are having a picinic. Mr. Darcy rides up on his horse and whisks me away to some cotillion in London. The utensils are silver, the drinkware is china, both men and women are elegant and charming. What a dreamworld a mind could come up with. I love the look of lace on a man, a jabot under his strong chin, beard trimmed and strong arms to waltz me around the room as my ballgown trails behind me. Myself and my girlfriends spend the day primping and finding just the dress to wear and ribbons or flowers to adorn our hair.  I see it in my mind and in a way long for those times. BUT it's really not all that different now. Men still try to look dapper and ladies pick what to wear and its a club now and not a cottilion. I think the thing I miss about it is the courtesy. People are people and attraction and life has not changed , there are basic human needs that will forever go on as long as there are humans. It's the way things are executed now.  I recieved some amazing note paper for my birthday and I am waiting for just the right moment to use it. I loved getting it, and it's just so lovely!! It's the point I'm trying to make. Everything is so fast (and I love fast don't get me wrong here) but now and again we need to slow down. I know that I am not going to see a man wearing a jabot or a lady wearing a bustle (diffferent eras I know but you get my drift) but how nice just to maybe go for a walk with someone, or have a conversation without a laptop or a computer present.
     Maybe I'm just getting older. (GASP!!) Maybe the joy and curse of (ALMOST ) middle age is the realization that new, really is not always better. I think I am not alone in this thinking either. I am seeing soda coming out with new marketing and calling it "Throwback" meaning real sugar, and one of the top television shows (one I never miss either I will add) is called "MadMen" about an ad agency in the 1960's. The shabby chic cottage look has lots of billowy fabrics, lace, wrough iron, delicate china. Home canning and homemade food is where it's at right now!! Granted, these are not your Jane Austin era effects but it says something when "Retro" is fashionable. I think more people than will adimit to it,  miss, to coin a phrase, the good old days, or at least the happy glorified remembrance of those days. Lets not forget that back then a severe cold could kill you, there was no medical detection for cancer or many other illnesses. You died at an early age, no electricity, bathing usually wasn't everyday and  Oh My Stars!!!....no air condition!! Yes modern convieniences are amazing, but I hope that we haven't lost all the genteel of human nature. I don't think so as I, as a woman, have had doors held open for me, and been offered assistance to help carry things. I have seen one man stop to offer assistance to another man on the side of the road when his car failed him.  It seems kind of hypocritical to be speaking like this while the entire time I'm writing this on my laptop and it will be seen by people I have never met in countries I have never been to. That just made me laugh! Yep I amuse me....LOL    
     Now I just want to assure you that there was nothing stronger in my tea than some 2% milk and some Splenda. I don't need other stimulants to have off the path thoughts. Just a rainy day indoors works it's magick. I do hope you come back for the next blog that inspires me, it could be more of this, or could be something crazy or really really boring. I'd bet on the last one if I were you, as the most exciting thing I have planned for the rest of the weekend is going to the gym in the morning. So until then peeps, Ciao For Now

My Train Of Thought Often Derails

     Looks like I won't be going to NY again this weekend and that's a good thing. My Uncle is home finally. (They found he had a mini stroke) I spoke to my Dad and he said he sounded good this afternoon. When I told my dad the other day he got so upset I was nervous that he would give himself a stroke. I really sometimes hate being so far from him. He has great neighbors but it's not the same. Thing is if he needs me there, I can take a plane but it's still at least 2 hours. It's something that is in the back of my mind every day. Things like this bring it to the front.
     Switching tracks here. I am just so beat this week, I look like shit, I am drained. I went to  the gym and could watch myself working out.  It was not a pretty sight. Speaking of that, it's been a while since I have felt pretty. The last two weeks I just don't know what it is, I don't look like me. Im still always laughing and smiling at work and home but I just dont feel it 100% inside. Now I'm not sad or unhappy, I just feel more cocoonish, like I'm in some kind of transformation. I see people leaving comments on pictures on the sites I belong to and well it seems so easy to tell someone you don't know that they are pretty or handsome or sexy, why don't we tell the people we know? Maybe it's becasue they are attainable or not new, maybe becasue since we are known we should already know how people feel about us, but I admit no matter how weak it sounds, I sometimes need to hear that I'm pretty or sexy. Now please , I dont need to see a bunch of comments telling me I am pretty, I'm not asking for them (as much as it seems I am) I am just making a statement. I look like me and pretty or sexy or ugly is in how I am perceived, I can't help how my parents mixed up a cocktail such as myself. The way I feel sometimes if proof that they had no idea how to make a cocktail at all. Then there are days I feel like I own the world, so it's just me. The weakness my physical body is feeling is running into my mentality...it will level out, THIS I promise.
     Heard a cute joke today so I will share it.  2 boys were in church to go to confession. One goes in and says :Bless me Father for I have sined...." The little window slides back and Father Murphy says "Speak my child"  The boy says :"Well Father, I had sex with one of the local girls" The priest recognizes the boy's voice and asks "Oh Tommy, was it nancy Mulligan?"  "No Father"  "Well then was it Margaret Murry?" "Oh no Father" "Well what about Eillen McShane?" " No Father it wasn't any of those girls."  "Well Tommy say 4 Hail Mary's and 1 Our Father and be off with ya."  The boy leaves the confessional and goes nect to his friend and kneels down in the pew. His friend leans over and asks him "what did ya get?  Tommy leans in and says " 3 good leads!"   hehehehehe
     Well Hizzah!! Tomorrow is Friday and hopefully I will be joing a few friends on Saturday to go out to a nice bar tohear some bands. Kind of what I wanted to do last weekend but didn't. I hope you all have a great weekend with lots of fun things. So until next time  Cia For Now

So, What Ya Thinkin'??

    I kind of feel like every now and again, like when I get too stupid or grabby, something happens to ground me. Without going into detail, that's what happened today. It really got me thinking about how, no matter what, we find ourselves doing what we must sometimes and not even thinking about it. More reactionary impulse than thought out and planned. It amazes me what the human body can endure when pushed. I then remebered something I saw on facebook, it was very moving and eyeopening. It was a video of a person going theough his day, but he could hear everyone and their thoughts, and it helped him understand the actions. Of course we never know what someone is thinking. Now close friends, or very astute folk, can surmise some of what others may be thinking, but that is more familiarity than observation (or is it?) Even a good friend has watched you and without knowing it learned many of your patterns so it seems they can read your mind.
    It occurs to me that to someone on the outside, looking in watching my bestie and me, it almost seems like we are telepathic. Is that even real?  I believe so. Indeed, I think the connection is possible and happens more than we think. How may times have you thought of someone, then out of the blue they call?  I personally one day was feeling very bummed, and a friend, quite unexpectedly, called me and told me about an article he read, and when I read it it was JUST the thing I needed to read to cheer me up!! I think we all have the ability, call it, intuition,or even body language if it makes it easier. We are able to communicate without words.  Moms & Dads are pro's at this and my parents, well my Mom could have written a book. All she would have to do is look at me and man I knew if I was in trouble, she didn't need to tell me.  Animals do this all the time. Not so much cats but especially a dog, a pack animal, who sees you as one of his own tribe, can always tell when you are upset and usually will try to comfort you. No words needed. Telepathy, psychic connections, being sensitive, I think they all link up. I know I have friends that I share this with and i'm sure they in turn have other friends they share this with as well.
     Hahaha  I find it funny that this is me writing a blog about no words spoken. Me!! That girl who has to be careful not to get her tongue sunburned as her mouth is always open talking. Yes the girl who can ramble on and on until that poor dead horse is too far gone even for dog food. Yes Me!! Writitng a blog about silence. Believe it or not, I CAN be quiet! I actually enjoy quiet, tranquil times. It's when my old fashioned me comes out, the candles and perfumed air, a hot cup of tea in my bone china tea cup or someone to just lay with and not speak, times like these are the most treasured 10 minutes anyone could have ;-) 
      As usual my blog is all over the place but I just pen what goes through my mind, and my mind,  is to some, an aquired taste, so to speak. LOL  I will leave you here as if I talk anymore I will sound like a badly written school documentary and commentary, and no one wants to read that. Hell, I don't want to write it. Yet should anyone want to discuss , just let me know and I'm always up for a chat. LOL 
     Winding down, and I have a doctors appointment in the morning so I am saying Ciao For Now
    

I Want Doesn't Get

This phrase was told to me by a good friend this morning when I will admit I was being a bit needy. Well I wasn't really, I was mainly joking around this time! I can be at times though and I'm not sure why. I never ever wanted for anything growing up. I was very fortunate, as I was an only child. One thing I wasn't though was selfish, I always shared everything I had. Maybe the need came from at times it got very lonely. On one hand that taught me to rely on myself and not place blame on someone else but yea there were times I so wanted someone there to play with and no one was there. No boohoo though, I had friends, lots of them but I'm talking about those nights when you are home on school nights in your home. From this though came my love of reading and writing poetry & stories. I've always had a decent imagination. So "I want doesn't get" is a good statement! When we expect things we rarely get them and I will be the first to admit I adore a surprise so I will work on my needy part of me and enjoy life and all it's surprises :-) Now something I've wanted to discuss and I would love your import if you have feelings in it. I would like to talk about weight loss surgery. I've thought about it but my doctor says I'm losing so although it is an option he recommends doing the slow way I am. He said all my tests ( EEG, stress, heart ) all are negative he would rather I stay away from it. The hubs forbids me as someone he knew at work came back from having it and was doing well then all of a sudden she dropped dead! Now I know several folks who have had it done and they are thriving. I will say men look better after as the 2 ladies I know who did it look quite drawn! I think it's because you lose so fast. One friend though who now is okay, did have a very near miss that put him back in the hospital! I don't know we are so obsessed in this culture to lose weight that it seems people are willing to die for it. I don't know, I really don't. The lady I speak to Jo-Ann is going to have it done and I wish her well! I just don't think it's for me if I don't have to. America is so fooked up with weight obsession. There are ads and commercials but yet. Like I've said before, order a small soda and you can use it as a case it's so big! What a mixed message!! Well what a morning rant that was! Lol I'm so tired ad I worked late the was up early. Went to the gym and got my car's emmison indpection done (I passed hehe) went to get a coffee (that I quickly spilt on me!! Sigh) and well here we are at this moment where I am looking at this beautiful day wishing I didn't have to spend it inside st work, but we do what we must because sometimes "I want does get" when you work towards your goals. I hope your day is productive and you get what you have worked for and deserve :-) So until perhaps later today - Ciao For Now

Round Chick Ramblings

     Hi All, let me apologize for such a such a short and fractured blog yesterday. Even if you didnt percieve it that way it felt as such to me.  :-)
     I am so incredibly tired and I have so much going on that I need to take a deep breath and pony up to the bar as they say (whomever they are?!). We had a system deleted today from out database and it has caused a major rukus here at work not to mention that it still may be an issue tomorrow and then will cause extra work so it may be a late night tomorrow but thats cool it's going to happen and I'm good rolling with the punches. Hey I'm built for rolling ;-)  
     I really want to ask you, my readers, whom most are not known to me a question. What is it about my blog that appeals to you to read it all the time? I would love to know about you guys.  You are all from such exotic places and I love to learn about different cultures, unless of course you are all on US Military Bases LMAO :-D   I am about to depart on my very first journey to another country next year.  See, I am a lady who has toured up & down the East coast of the United States quite a bit. When I was single I would pack that duffle and just go!! Now of course it's not that easy to do so my jaunt to England is going to be a lifetime thrill.  I will not mention it too much as I did with my newest ink as it gets old fast but one last time   I'M GOING TO ENGLAND NEXT YEAR!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!!!  okay I'm done.
     I ask because my nature is one of curiousity and plain old nosy! As I have gotten older I have learned that I need not be involved in everything my friends do, and YOU my friends,  I will bet good money are shaking your head saying "What the hell are you talking about Mary, you want to know everything!!??" Okay yes I do but of course I know I can't possibly and some things I may not want to know nor are any of my business. I can deal with that but I do like to learn new things. I am always asking people to give me music suggestions or recipes or clothing & car opinions. I love disussion and debate also I thrive on them. I am a short round sponge that wants to soak up all she can. I was good at school and I was into everything LOL. I adored lab work and science classes, poetry and music and art were beloved and omg when I got older and we could make our own selections. I had a great theology class and one on human sexuality. Aced it!!  ;-)  I only got stupid after I went to college and let my chances fall to a baser aspect of life - BOYS!! My boyfriend at the time was younger than me and he was still in high school so I used to leave my classes and go see him at his house while no one was home (if you catch my drift) of course my studies failed and well I left school. I did go back to become an EMT (emergency medical technician) only to get a blood clot the last month of training and they would not allow me to pick up where I left off. I had to retake it all and I couldn't afford it so it didnt happen.  I like my job and the people I work with but a year and a half ago I wanted to go back to school and was going to but the assistance I was alloted was no where near what I was originally expecting and then my hours had changed aas I was made a supervisor. WAA WAA WAA poor me, NO I am not crying over it, things happen sometimes for a reason. I would still like to go to school and have looked at different online classes I could do as it would fit my schedule better but it will not happen for a while. Now don't get me wrong  I love my job, Im a very lucky to be able to say that. Hell in this economy I am lucky to have one so I will just say that school is not out of my mind.  So peeps, one day I will wear that mortor board and robe!! I may even wear something underneath!! ;-P
    Well it's after 8 and I am cleaning up some things here at work so I can leave before 8:30. Until next time, Ciao For Now
    

Roadtrip

     Hey all, so it's Sunday late afternoon or early evening depending on how you look at it. It's cold and rainy and I was driving home from New York in this nasty weather. The only reason I say nasty is that I was sharing the road with a few people who have forgotten how to drive. Aw well it happens I suppose and that's not  my main blog. I am warming up nicely with a hot cup of tea and my warm snuggies! LOL
     Like I mentioned I was in New York this past weekend. On the way there I had my Ipod plugged in and one of the sets I chose was The Monkees. Laugh if you will but they were an intergral part of my youth. Listening to them I was instantly transported back to the late 1960's and early 1970's where a little girl still in single digit age is enjoying half a cherry popcicle, her best friend Julie is enjoying the other half. See for a mere 10 cents they bought the ice pop from the ice cream man. Oh I remember riding my banana seat purple bike complete with white whicker basket all day long. It had flower stickers on it too lol.  Some days we played chinese jump rope or stick ball. Board games were called things like MYSTERY DATE, THE GREEN GHOST, SCRABBLE or we would bake in our Easy Bake Ovens. I used to love playing in the sprinkler during the hot summer months and drinking water from the hose. It's amazing that these memories ( & others) all came flooding back to me while Davy sang "Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow" He says - Mary I love you in the song and i found myself actually saying "I love you too Davy" out loud to no one in particular, then laughed at my silliness. I am a goofy lady but they make me smile and so does my childhood. It was a good one overall.
     So I get to my Dad's and we have a cuppa then I go to bed and coulden't fall asleep. It was past 3 by the time I went to sleep. Had a lovely brunch with some friends who I adore. We skyped with a friend of ours in Florida as well which was nice.The day turned out sunny so as I went home I put the top down and went shopping.  Funny when I got back and went to bed I got that feeling again
 of days gone by. The fact that I was in my old room made me think back again, althoough this time my thoughts went back again. I miss New York, I like the house I grew up in but I know thre is a time coming where it will be sold and that chapter will come to a close. I think that's why i love pictures so much. Memories of times gone by there for you to look at whenever you want.  Peeps I had this blog written out in my head but truth be told I am tired , really tired and I am rambling as my eyelids are drooping. LOL So I will be back, maybe in the AM lol So until next time  Ciao For Now

Wow - really sad right now

A friend just got her pets ashes and she's having a rough time! I am crying really hard right now for reasons I don't know, I can be such an ass!! I'm way too emotional but I can't help it. I need to toughen up!! Any ideas on how? Let me know! Ciao

I Got A Big Deck?

     H.D.B.T.G.I.F   That stands for Happy Day Before Thank God It's Friday. LOL I just made that up this morning.  
     Well as my title says I have a big deck!! LOL The guy came today to finish up our deck. Originally there was just a small step up with a large open deck and hubs & I were like...no!! So he was able to come today and install a full step. Now hopefully while I am away hubs will be able to stain & seal it a nice honey color.

     I already have thoughts of flower pots and small garden gnomes. hahaha Well not gnomes but I saw this awesome stone owl that would look perfect in one corner. I love fixing up the house. Next thing is really going to be grass!! A lovely lawn to walk barefoot in and tickle your feet on :-D
     I was raised very houseproud and as bad as I have kept my car (although that has changed ) my home is tidy, with 2 exceptions, the storage room and hubs computer room. The storage room is a hot mess as our house is small and we have lots of stuff stored in there and boxes go askew often. Hubs' computer room is man cave tidy I guess but I stay out of it.  Okay okay my craft area is messy but hey it a craft area I use paper and glues and glitter and watercolors and and yea I know I need to organize it better LOL :-D
     Well not sure if there will be a blog tomorrow night as I am traveling to New York. I SO need to get away and have a change of scenery. I am going to go have a brunch on Saturday and then I may go to a pub near my house in the evening. There are some friends I haven't seen in years are going to meet up.  A friend's band is playing and I have never heard them so methinks that's where I will end up. I love music and love going to hear bands play, expecially good funky ones with lots of bass. I love rock I mean of course nut I love funk and dancing oh dancing...I haven't gone in years. I used to go to all the clubs in Manhattan when I was younger. Now I am sure I would tire too soon but as I get more fit I will have more stamina. I also love listening to jazz bands down in Greenwich Village. The Village Gate used to have great acts but its been years since I've seen any. Slow dancing is great as well as Salsa, Merange (spelt wrong I'm sure) I'd love to learn the tango LOL no really I would. I love holding my partner, looking at them as we move together ...um stopping now as this is turning into something that's NOT dancing.  hahahaha I swear I'm over sexed :-D
     Well peeps, it's been a crazy day here at work, and I am doing spot checks on desks as we are having guests here tomorrow and I want to have things look spit spot as Mary Poppins would say.   Maaaaaaaary Poppins!!!  that just makes me smile (inside joke - sorry)
    So as always until next time - Ciao For Now

Busy Day Indeed

     Wow so much going on today peeps. I was reading an articlet today about a cop that shot a dog. Okay you say no biggie BUT  BUT, it turns out when you read on the cop was answering a domestic disturbance call and he went to the WRONG HOUSE!!! The owner said the cop came out of the police cruiser gun drawn and told him to put his hands up and control his dog.  He asked which do you want me to do and then the cop shot shot the dog as the owner cried out. I can't even imagine how that owner felt. Why the cop shot is now being investigated. Now it is not uncommon for law officers to use a gun when encountering a wild animal but this dog was on the owners property and the cop was in the wrong place!! The entire thing is so sad, I just am so sorry to the owner of the dog. Anyone who has a beloved pet knows what I mean. The officer never gave him a chance they say. I hope they get to the bottom of it & SOON!!
     Next we have the passing of Dick Clark, the biggest news of the day.  He was 82. The man was a part of American music, a legend that will live on. I remember as a kid watching American Bandstand on Saturdays and I remember seeing Madonna on there and check this - Chaka Khan also, it was so varied and I admit on occasion really lame, but it was all good fun. Then he created Dick Clarks Rockin' Eve and he became a New Years staple much like Guy Lombardo was for grandparents and parents of my generation. He will be missed!!
     As for me, well,  I'm still fat!! :-D  I don't mind it and I am happy to report though that the corset I bought months back almost fits me (M-E-O-W  hahaha) I can't wait for it's unveiling.  You know it took me awhile to be able to say "Fuck You society! I will never be what you consider perfection. I WILL though strive to be the perfect ME I can be! "  I am living that right now and will continue to live and learn and grow in knowledge and new ideas and all that the universe throws at me. Although maybe its the weather but the last few weeks I have been having odd cravings. I have had terrible carb cravings that I will admit to having indulged, although only slightly. Still the scale has not moved much in the last 2 weeks and I know its my fault. I just need to get my resolve again and I do have it again. I was at the gym this morning as a matter of fact and one of the ladies was like welcome back.  I smiled and said it was nice to be missed. I figure the hour I go there are not too many people so you see the same folks all the time.  I am in NY this weekend but the next weekend I want to hit the sauna they have there and just relax in it for an hour. Its great and my pores need it. I can't wait to start with my new Origins products that are en route as I type.
    I also bought new headphones, little cheapies by JVC in pink enamel of course  LOL  They got very good reviews for their category, hubs has a pair and the bass is quite decent even at higher levels. They have a good ear feel as well, not squishy or tight , quite comfy, so.....mine!! Bwahahaha 
     I am looking forward to maybe joining a writing club in my area. The Center has adult writing courses and there is an offshoot club where people get together and write short tales or poetry and then we read them it in front of each other. Could be really cool. It would be once a week at 9 so I can make it since I don't get out of work until 8PM which makes it hard to join things as most start earlier. 
     Well I am out of here until tomorrow so I say good night and as always Ciao For Now!

Shadow Period Is Over

     Well lets's see, I guess I should explain what that means :-) You may have heard the term Mercury in retrograde, this is usually a 3 week period and one just ended on April 6th but there is something called a shadow period that overlaps by a few weeks prior and after. This is just ending and I am really feeling it's effects. Mercury in retrograde means that if you look at the planet Mercury it appears to be going backwards in it's orbit. Things can often go wibbly wobbly or so they may seem at times, especially with communication. This is my point, we knew I would get to it eventually LOL  I feel like my communication with those I care about is weird. I am sure it has nothing to do with them and all to do with me. I have this occurance at times and can be affected by this. To put it bluntly -  I feel a disturbance in the force!!!  It's better today but still not perfect so if it seemed that my blogs were odder than normal now you know why. Also yu may have noticed that any issues with your computers and ipods may have righted their wrongs. It's not uncommon for these to alos get messed up during this time. Maybe its a gravity thing, I'm not a scientist so I can't be sure but makes sense to my pagan brain. :-D
     Today at work was very exciting as the space shuttle Discovery was making a fly byand I got to see it. This was the last time it ever will be in the air as the shuttle program is now defunkt. I was so excited I called my hubby and a good friend, I just had to share the moment!! I was originally like oh yea a fly by that's neat, but when I actually saw it there in the sky riding on the back of that plane and the jet fighters flanking it - I can't explain it. I was suddenly overcome with a weird emotion. I felt like a little kid that finally was able to tie their shoelaces. I was suddenly proud of that part of America that has ambition and dreams and wanted to explore. I miss that part of America, I think we have lost a lot of it and I feel a wistfulness to get it back, but I'm going down a path all of a sudden that I really haven't thought all the way out so perhaps we shall leave this for another blog!   What was funny was after the first fly by the shuttle made a return trip as it was landing at the Udvar-Hazy Smithsonian Air & Space Museum right by Dulles Airport and as it went past my office again, one of the ladies yells out "here it comes!!" and we all run into the directors office to watch, so cool, and then all the pics started to surface and well it was just a great day to be in my office LOL
     I also have noticed teeny little dry patches on my shoulder and the lady at the gym said it's common when you work out.  WHAT??? So exercise = dry skin??  Well I bought some Emu oil and it seems to be working out well. I think one weekend I am going to use the steam room and really open up my pores. I am also noticing my skin is looking a bit sallow, well not sallow but not glowing either. I love my Clarins moisturizers but the rest of my regime needed a jump so I ordered some new things from a company called Origins. They should arrive in a few days and I am looking forward to trying these. I love health & beauty items. I Oh and scent , love scent, and candles and bubble baths and ......hehehe I'll stop now !  hahahaha  Silly me....well peeps I think this means its time to end this blog so I will. As always then, Ciao For Now

My Chicken Crossed the Road

     Well peeps, we have all heard the expression Manic Monday, for me today was that day. Now let me preface this that I am fine. Not angry, sad, hurt or even manic. Just that I find things often happen at the worst possible timing. Serves me right as my own timing often sucks!!! No really!!I can get signed affidavits to back me up with that. Last night my manager texts me and poor girl, she was having a bad allergic reaction as would not be in today. No biggie but we had 2 new people starting and the morning supervisor would be training, so no one on the floor to answer any questions. I have no problem going in early so I say I will be there no later than 8:30AM (made it by 8:15). I was going to get that emissions done but that can be done tomorrow or later in the week.  So after Madmen I try to go to sleep but hubs has a really and I mean really bad scratching session. I literally grit my teeth until he is finished but this went on and on. My heart goes out to him but I look at the clock and it's now 2:45 in the morning and my alarm goes off at 6. It's also still 72 degrees so I put the fan on and try to go back to sleep. I hug hubby close to me, as this is two fold. One I love him and want to hold him (I'm wrapped in my blanket at this point), but my ulterior thought is to keep his hands at his side so he can't scratch but alas, no and I finally get to sleep about 3:40. So I get to work and its steady, not crazy but steady. I order my grilled chicken salad for lunch and after they mix my delivery with another persons the food arrives and my co-workers food is ice cold.  I had to go out to mail our tax check so I dont look at mine until much later and guess what. MY CHICKEN FLEW THE COOP!!! My grilled chicken salad was missing the main attraction. Not pleased, but also by now not even hungry.  I had made rosmary chicken over the weekend so I will just have that tonight. I know it's no big deal to anyone but myself, and on any other day I wouldn't have cared at all but I'm a little tired and wanted some protein. I'll survive until I get home.  HAHA  Kind of sad when thats the most exciting news of the day. 
     Truth peeps, I am tired, but I want to share something I made. If you think back a few blogs I posted some "Maryisms" I shall call them. I put this one onto a picture I found on Google.  I don't have the programs here that I have at home but it turned out pretty well for a quick pic.  Here you are one and all - gawk at the brilliance of it or laugh at it's oddness, either way it's pure me!! :D

I am sorry you probably have to squint, I know I did. I meant to make the words larger but I couldn't :-(    It says:    
I find that a sky full of stars still makes me feel a sense of awe, like a renewal of faith in something greater than myself!
  So peeps as the sun is streaming through the window making it hard to see my screen I am off to close the blind and finish the night out.  So unitl next time as always thank you for reading about my boring little life and Ciao For Now.

 

A Mini, A Chair and Oh Yeah - Taxes!!!!

      Well peeps I know it's been a few days but here is the weekend roundup so to speak. Currently at 4:30 in the afternoon it's 81 degrees. Fabulous day and actually yesterday was just as nice so yes I did some driving topless. The car top that is, I wouldn't want to scare anyone by myself going topless. LOL As always it was great. I found a place that has English imports, lovely tea sets and sweets and food. NO TEA though but I have a connection for that ;-)  hehe  I went in because they had a cool English phone box out front that I wanted to check out. LOOK what they did have though: Garabaldi's!!! I bought a pack which I'm sure was much more costly than they are across the pond but my dears they were worth it!! I was told they were "The BEST biscuit ever!" I would say I am in accord with this statement. Not overly sweet and the currents give them a nice natural sweetness. Now there were two long pieces in the pack, each divided into smaller sections. I had 2 of those smaller sections with a cup of tea and I tried to figure the calorie and sugar content of what I et!  Wasn't sure though, so can any of you help me and let me know what I injested as a treat and plan to again tonight while watching MadMen!

     Also while out on my drive I saw and I had to look twice a pink, yes PINK mini cooper! Be still my heart.....I wanted to follow it but one it wasn't a convertible and two I was at a red light so I couldn't go anywhere! LOL I WANT ONE!!! Of course i would want a pale pink with white racing stripes and a funky white & pink top!  LOL  But I really want the black one and convertible as well. Here is what I want,

My birthday is in October.....just sayin'  ;-D   So I go along my merry way and get spray paint to paint a chair I have that I want to place on my new front deck, and I'm coming back from the store and at another red light I find myself next to, yes you guessed, a convertible mini with , I must admit, a very handsome man driving. He sees me looking and caught in mid drool I do what anyone woulod. Shout out nice car, he says you too, and off we go until the next light. This happened 5x and by the 5th time I say I was thinking of getting one and he said they are fun and I should try one. I say someday I will test drive, and he says want to drive this? Now friends there are times in your life that temptation rolls around and you are SO SO tempted and this was indeed one of those times. As much as I wanted to drive this good looking mans car I declined with a polite thanks but no thanks. I mean I'm not stupid, who knows he could have had an axe or something! Okay I'm sure he was just as nice as can be with no ulterior motives.....you know typing this I am now thinking , why the hell DIDN'T I?  LOL   Nah I will test drive at the dealership one day  SOON ;-)

       So here we are at Sunday, hubs and I went out for breakfast and then on to taxes which are never good but we were happy that they were actually less than last year and by a goodly amount, so now that is over for another year thank goodness. It was so crazy thinking of them and the build up was terrifying but just like the movie  "Paranormal Activity" they turned out to be nothing to be scared of!

We are planning dinner out as well, not sure where but i'm rooting for Joe's as I want crab and they have outdoor seating and it's just so pretty out it would be a nice end to a decent weekend. They have a good fire grilled selection that is so naturally sweet that no butter is even needed!! (And I DO NOT need it!!) 

     Well peeps I am ending here as nothing else really is going to draw in a crowd, and I'm sure you are getting sleepy reading as is ;-D     So as always peeps, Ciao For Now

I couldn't believe it!!

     Tonight I was driving home after work and picking up dinner for myself & hubs. I was thinking that we have gotten a bit lax with the past weekend and I am going to the doctor next Friday and want to show a decent weight loss. I was just saying this to myself that I have resolve and willpower and all of a sudden out of the blue an owl swoops down across my cars path. I actually jumped slightly and I was really excited. See my nickname Owlgirl and the fact that I adore them, and the timing of my thoughts, well peeps, all these together confirmed my thoughts and made me feel so good and now I am feeling selected again. I mean I have lived here years and seen owls but never one so close and coming out of nowhere like that....it was friggin' awesome!!!!!!
     Well Friday is here and with it come tax weekend. I hate this weekend, hubs is never in a good mood. I really don't get it, it's not new, it's the same every year but hubs acts like it all new. I just stay quiet and out of his way. lol See my Sunday blog and I'll let you know how bad it went. HAHAHA
     I really have not much tonight and I'm just a bit tired so I am winding up early. Ciao for now peeps!!
   

A Song For My Friends

     Now this is a song I enjoy hearing and it's meant for your lover I suppose, but I love my friends as much, and on occasion more than hubs (those of you who are married know what I mean).  A few of my friends are traveling and traveled this week to be with those they love as well, and I want to dedicate this blog to them and to all my friends. Because even though I am far away from all of you, you are always with me!  The name of the song is "I Take You With Me" by Melissa Etheridge if you want to youtube it to hear it, but here are the words.  Love you all  XXXX

Past the devil's own temptation, Beyond where angels sleep
To the holy invocation, Of a neon city street
I feel your hand, I hold you - Through your eyes I see
My love, wherever I go - I take you with me

Down the road of my desires, To the oceans of my peace
Through the fueling of my fires, Until my yearnings cease
I hear your voice, I know you - In your arms I sleep
My love, wherever I go - I take you with me

Even though I've fed my hunger, Even though I've named my fear
I'll never understand it, How the journey led me here
But I have made a promise - That I intend to keep
My love, wherever you go - I take you with me

      There you have it, my blog for today. Just so you know my friends, thinking of you helped me today even though you didn't know it. MUAH   and to one of you , you know who you are HAIL YOU!!!!  ;-D x
Ciao For Now Peeps

Dammit!!!

It friggin hurts like hell when you see your loved one in pain and there is nothing you can do!!! It makes you feel like you have failed. I really wish I could call someone right now but it doesn't seem right. None of us can help. He will just scratch until he bleeds and then scratch more until the alcohol takes its effect and he finally sleeps! I try to help I try to stay positive but right now, at the witching hour I can't stop the tears. I had to leave the room for I don't want him to hear me and feel worse than he does. Or worse get angry and upset which I don't want to cause. So here I am - sitting in my living room crying like and idiot wishing for an answer and blogging to forget! This blog is for me. I'm sorry you had to read my dribble - I'm sorry I had to write it

Do You Know The Way To San Jose?

     OMG one of the girls here at work just ate a Peep, that pure sugar rush Easter candy and she said there wasn't enough sugar in it. NOT ENOUGH?? The entire thing is only sugar!!!  ICK!!!  She's is a skinny little thing too , adorable though and a darn good rep. Of course she is - she's from New York!! LOL
     Today has been a decent day. I am so looking forward to dinner with the hubs. I put chicken boobs into the crock pot and I was told by hubs that they smell really good cooking. He will make some brown rice and we have brussels too. YUM!! Now wasn't that just the epitome of a fat chick, so looking forward to dinner, LOL it's laughable but someone would think that, but fuck,  skinny people say it too!! What's wrong looking forward to sharing a meal with your hubby after a long day? You get those that will say that my day must revolve around food.  Guess what it doesn't!! There is many a day I am busy and dont eat lunch so yea I admit around 7PM I am a bit peckish! There are also days that I am not hungry at all. Yea just like those thin people hahaha  How about just like any other person regardless of size. Although I will admit you can tell when a fat person gives directions.  Ever notice this......"Hey how do you get to Main Street?"  "Well you go down 2 blocks to the McDonalds, turn left until you get to Burger King, one block and you see a Dunkin Doughnuts on the corner. Make a left there and you will see a Wendy's, and thats the corner of Main Street right by the Ice Cream Parlour!" hehehehe I'm exagerating, or am I??  I don't think it has that much to do with being fat, but more about that these places are just all over and so common. It kind of makes a home cooked meal that much more special. Now I'm not talking about nice places with real silverware. I mean those places of mass produced products with ketchup packets that are considered their own food group - yuck.
     I love going to a nice restaurant, I love looking at the decor and talking with my dinner partner(s) and just the experience of sharing a meal with some one you have fun with.  I also enjoy cooking for those I love and care about. It's something I can do for them, like an edible gift. I also enjoy making scrubs and bath balms. I gave some as presents this past Christmas, I must find out if they were used and enjoyed. I'm not offended if they are not liked, as I know that they are still appreciated even if they may not be the receiver's "cup of tea" so to speak. I have friends in so many places that I wish I could mail them some goodies but I'm not sure how to package them so they stay fresh and don't spoil or break.
     I think I have a terrible oral fixation.....now stop smirking, you dirty minded people hehehe, I love to talk, I love to eat and I make the strangest shapes with my lips when I am deep in thought. No wonder I'm a big girl but I'm very cool with that.
So I will end here for tonight, as I am bouncing around like as sugar ruch as if I am the one that ate all those peeps.  As I have said in the past,  tonight's blog is like me, short & sweet! LOL Ta and until next time, Ciao For Now

What An Early Blog?

     Has the earth switched it's rotation, what is going on. I am writing my blog whilst the sun shines. LOL  I can hear you all now, oh Mary you are a crazy daring lady to do that!!  I know I live on the edge!
     Okay the blog I started early has now wiggled it's way to 5:20PM and I am on dinner break so I will finish now :-D
     I wanted to do this blog on perspective and it's interesting to me. I am reminded often that what we see, or how we see it, is not the same as others may. I will feel weird about something or think something (usually about my own person) looks odd and I will hear back that that's not how the other person sees it. I guess that means, and quite right actually, is that we are all walking pieces of art. Percieved by each person in only a way they can.  I may say I look horrid yet someone else thinks it's sexy. I am finding out that men and women also percieve things differently. I also notice that if you care about someone, and enjoy their company you really don't notice the flaws that they see in themselves. This helps us to realize that we ALL have flaws and we ALL at times think we look like a hot mess! When in reality we look like us. It's a good thing to have these human mirrors to see ourselves in because the ones that hang on the wall often lie as we don't always look with honest eyes.  I mean, I'm fat, I know I'm fat, but I have good fat days and bad fat days. I am not ashamed of who I am or how I look and usually don't worry about it. There are those times though, I want to look as perfect as I can, and it's not always corresponding to the situation at hand. Then I am reminded by someone that they don't see me the way I am seeing me right then and all is better.  We all have our ungroomed, hair askew days and I find that beautiful. I would, just once though, love to look through another person's eyes to see myself.  I was told by someone how I was a short time ago, obviously how they percieved me, and I can say that I never felt more beautiful, so all in all, and in retrospect, and hindsight or any other post word you can choose, I'm okay and I know so are YOU!!   
     I really need to re-read what I wrote as sometimes I write how I think and the sentances are fractured and don't quite make sense. LOL
     Right now I have kicked my shoes off under my desk and I am in search for milk. I have the worst heartburn from the weekend. Payback is a bitch! I really enjoyed all the cooking and the eating, but when I got home I felt so weighted down and I think back that the meal I ate yesterday was a recurring one years ago. I am at the point where my body now fights me if I don't eat better. HAHA Never thought I'd get to that point and I also have found that I love wine but it effects me silly.  I think I will stick to cocktails when I go out - okay maybe if its a real nice place, and its real good wine. The wine we had yesterday was called Barefoot at $5 bucks a pop, last amazing bottle was the one I got as a birthday gift last year. 
     Yesterday after dinner, my niece called me to listen to her play a song on the piano. Her friend is teaching her.  I tell ya, Merrily We Roll Along sounds almost exactly like Mary Had A Little Lamb, and I got it wrong.  50-50 shot and I blew it! I was chastised appropriately for my error with a glance that only a 9 year old can give you HAHA  I wowed her though with my hunt & peck on the piano rendition of Silent Night.  Yes, yesterday was fun.
     Well darlings I am out of here for this blog as I rambled enough. It's another few hours of work then off to the grocery store then finally home, where the hubs and a hot cup of tea will be waiting for me.  So as always, Ciao For Now
    

Food Coma

      Okay we will get tot he food in a few moments. This weekend was quite good. Saturday I had so many errands to run to get ready for today, so I got up early did some chores and out I went. Off to Target to get Easter baskets and candy for the kids. Mission accomplished and then I went for a quick drive and grocery shopping. Once home I set up the crock pot and then decided to open a bottle of wine. Hubby had a small glass and I finished the bottle. I was feeling SO good. Night was just as good, hubs and I stayed in.
     This morning we were up early and out to go to my in-laws. We arrived and the carb fest began, well the prep for it did. I got working on my italian sauce which I call gravy as did my Mom and Grandma. My friends from Brooklyn all do as well but anyway back to the story. I made the meatballs and let them simmer in the gravy adding a wonderful richness then I made the baked ziti by prepping the ricotta cheese and mixing it with the ziti and a touch of gravy, then you layer in a deep pan and bake until golden yummy!! lol   

THIS is where the carb/food coma began. I didn't even have a big piece but it's very rich and gooey and garlicky and damn good if I do say so myself. :-D  Then there was the meatballs, and the garlic bread , salad helped but then oh the carrot cake came out. There was more wine and coffee and by the time we got home I was a slug. I can't eat that way anymore and I was reminded of that but it was yummy
      One thing that was fun was looking at my in-laws wedding pics and my god I was heavier back then but damn my tits were SO MUCH BIGGER!!! Hubby had no beard which I love on him and just was odd looking at them  LOL
Here are a few, me & hubby dancing and then me and my boobs  LOL

My legs don't look half bad. LOL   Oh peeps the day was nice and family is a blessing. I have no brothers and sisters so I like going over to my in-laws and see the kids. I know this blog really isn't what I would think was worth waiting 2 days for but like I said earlier  SLUG GIRL here. Hubs just made teas so I am going to enjoy it and go to bed. Work in the AM so until next time. Ciao For Now

TGIF

     Thank God It's Friday or Toes Go In First if you are talking about your shoes. LOL Its all of a suddena  bit busy here at work and I was thinking it would be slow considering it's not only the start of Passover but also Good Friday. Who knows anymore. 
     If I sound down peeps it's because I am kind of. One of my reps left us today. He is a really good guy and I will miss him. I wish him well. 
     I don't know why but I have had a headache all day no clue as to why either. I have been drinking lots of water so I don't think it would be because of too much sodium but I did have a slice of pizza today so maybe it is, ah I am sure it will go away.
     As you can tell there is not a lot going on but I did say I would check in every night and I do try but I think I will call it a night here and say Ta-Ta
As always Ciao for now

You SAID IT!!!! Why oh Why ???

     When it comes to adjectives to decribe a person we will usually have no problem thinking of many of them and have equal ease in saying them until.........{que dramatic music} we want to describe a person of plus size. Plus size being one way of saying the word FAT! For some reason that word has been pushed to the point where it is muttered in hush hush tones akin to how someone would say the word "cancer" or "incarcerated".  Really I never understood that, why do we do that? Like if we said the word out loud a terrible thing would happen or we would be struck down with the same problem.  
    Look I'm fat, no way to avoid this when describing me. As a matter of fact it is quite appropriate and I would take no offense. I mean my hubby calls me "the round chick" and I laugh. I love that and it's an alternative name to the tea shop I one day want to open, Which will be "Tea & Symphony" but maybe something like "Round Chick Tea & Treats, A Place to Peck When You're Feeling Peckish"  See it ties in... the bird and pecking and .....okay I digress. I have no issue if someone says -  thats her the short fat lady. It's direct and you know who I am. I also get a perverse pleasure from seeing people's reaction to me when meeting me for the first time. See my Sir name is Asian as my hubs is half Japanese, so when I walk into the room to meet someone it is quite obvious that I am NOT what they are expecting. They were thinking something along the lines of a delicate geisha and in walks more of a female sumo wrestler. Well;  not really that bad, but I bet I would look cute in those beltie panty things they wear though. LOL
     I think it's time we took that word out of the closet and showed that it is not a bad bad naughty word. FAT FAT FAT FAT  ooh I feel so freeeeeeee, okay I'm going a bit over the top here but really its okay.  Other more PC words are fine, plump, chubby, full figured, rubenesque. All are perfectly fine although plump makes me think of chicken for some reason and chubby makes me think of , well something totally different, yea its a fun naughty thought (the best kind).  For me though it's time to be able to say fat and not think that lightning will strike. It's okay, but just remember it's not all I am, it's a descriptive not my essence. I am more than fat, and please please DO NOT use PHAT when you mean F-A-T. You can say PHAT FAT though.  It's getting complicated isn't it.   Maybe next time we can talk how no one (mainly women) like the word CUNT!! When said with love - I can dig it!! I will save that for another blog though.   Oh no no  don't be upset;  we can talk all about cunts next time, I promise.  So until then as always  Ciao For Now.

Mary's Quips LOL You've been warned!!!

I love to write, it's no secret. I actually won a small amount for a story I wrote a few years back. I am currently writing 2 and they are getting longer than I ever would have thought I could do. I have a little book that I write down stupid little sayings that have popped up on facebook or other places over time so I thought I would share a few. I warn you though, these come from my mind. A scary place indeed! :-D  Here they are, I have lots more but I dont want to scare you all away. We will have a normal blog tomorrow night.


There is nothing as frustrating as seeing visions in your head that you can't bring to life wether it be on canvas, in words, or in music.

Love is like a roller coaster, it can be the most exciting ride of your life or it can make you throw up.

Going against your nature is as fruitless, and as annoying as a dog trying to catch it's own tail.

When you lend out do so without any expectations of pay back, but do not lend out if you truly do not have. This is what causes problems.

She loves him so much that he can fart and she thinks it smells like a florist shop!

Love is the most painfull and most beautiful of the emotions because it has every other emotion contained in it.

They say that when life gives you lemons make lemonade, I wish it would give me sugar cane so i could make rum!!

Okay there are a few, hey i warned you!!   So I'm no poet but you know we all have dreams and I will never stop believing in mine...oooh where did that come from?? LOL  I jump tracks alot hehehe   so until next time Ciao For Now

Surprises, I Love Them

     I got one this afternoon. I was playing my newest obsession game on my Iphone, Draw Something, with my friends and then they got busy and their 2 girls started playing. They are so adorable, the girls I mean, but the adults are good looking too! LOL Kudos to the youngest for getting my drawing of bagpipes, but I digress. They caught me at a good time as it was my lunch break so I was able to play for quite awhile. Then here came my surprise......my phone rings and I notice its an overseas number and I pick up and it's the youngest of the two calling me to thank me for the birthday gift I sent her. We had such a nice chat and then her sister came on and we also had a great chat. I tell you;  hearing them speak, and hearing about them in general from their mom & dad I feel a bit more comfortable with the future. I must believe there are more childen like this and if so then the planet will be okay. They are smart, articulate and down right funny. I know I go overboard but its nice to know that they along with their brother are good kids!! (My nieces & nephew also) and they are our future - DONT WORRY I wont start singing! LOL  I want to give them huge hugs and kisses just because!! They made my day by calling, I couldn't stop smiling after we hung up not to mention that Dad got on the phone and had me silently peeing my pants I was laughing so hard at what he was saying. If I wasn't at work and had to keep a certain degree of decoram, I am a manager after all LOL, I would have been laughing so loudly. It really was a nice surprise and dont we love them.
    I am gearing up for taxes and friends I HATE them. I mean no one likes them but all year they take money out of my check and I'm sorry but that should be enough!! No they see fit that every April 15th to take out more. I see people getting refunds and they are these young kids who have no expenses like houses or families. Not that I am denying anyone refunds but I think that those of us who have these expenses should not be damed because of it and made to pay even more. I know I have heard talk of a percentage system and this idea sounds good to me. I mean it seems very fair, you pay a percentage of what you make. If you earn more your percentage is of course higher so those millionaires will pay instead of all the tax cuts and little hiding holes for the cash and those that are the average folk, the household that makes, oh in this day and age lets say around 150,000 to 250,000 would all pay around the same. I am willing to pay more if we are blessed to make more but when we pay more than someone who makes 400K a year because we dont have the tax breaks they do thats doesnt seem fair. Now I am only speaking for America mind you as I am not familiar with other countries but I have heard England has quite a high tax rate as well and see not cool! I mean you have a family and a home, figure at least 2 cars, 250K is probably not really enough if you get taxed high. I use that 250K number because its a nice round figure - kind of like me!! bwahahahaha  Oh fine I'll put away my soapbox ;-D 
     Now onto more important things....comments!  You all have been so quiet in this. I have gotten comments from my usual suspects and others as well but they ALL have slowed down. It's been months, have I gotten so banal that no one has anything to say to me? Don't be shy I am a needy biatch who loves hearing from you. So yes this is a plea...... lol
     Well peeps I must get a move on as I have to do a powerpoint presentation, or I should say add to one already done, so I best get to it. As always;   Ciao For Now          OKAY it's 10PM and I have to tell you about another surprise I got tonight. I came home and the house smelled really good, cinnamon and a baking scent. Hubs made the microwave flax muffins, yea you do it in a mug and they were really good. Only 2 grams net carbs and yummy with my evening tea :-)   Nothing huge but i just wanted to share LOL   Ciao again.

Monday Monday yet again

     Hello Peeps, hope everyone is having a rip roaring good time! As for me , yea the day's been okay so far. The usual work issues but all in all good day. The guy came this AM for the rest of the deck payment and will do the rest of the step during the week. I don't know guys I am in such a great mood then I get weird at night sometimes. I know it's in dorect results of how my hubby is feeling and I need to stop that!  I tend to do it with all those I care about. If they are in bad moods or I haven't heard from them I get quiet and noticibly docile. I don't know why either. I love to have my "ME" time yet I want my friends all there. I hate when they are in bad moods or sick and it's almost like being an empath it goes so deep sometimes. So hubs was really hurting last night and I found myself quite short tempered. Not at anyone mind you but at things, stupid things! It would be more proper to say that my patience was gone and things like the finding the ice cube tray empty really irked me!! Normally I just say screw it and fill it but last night it irked me, but I filled it anyway and just grumbled to myself. No sense in starting a row over frozen water.
     I am fine now and no before you say it I am NOT bi-polar LOL  I just feel for others.   It was a boring weekend otherwise which is good as next weekend will be busy. We are going to the in-laws and Im cooking and I love it!! I love making food then watch others eat it and enjoy it, I need to get to Target and get my Easter candy for the kids, I don't go as nuts as I used to as we dont eat it and I know they have baskets from Mom & Dad too.  Oh I did find sugar free Jelly Belly jellybeans  be still my heart!! They taste really good too, my only complaint is that the outer shell is bit harder than the regualr ones and of course too many will make you end uo in the bathroom! LOL But yeah!!  
     It's almost time to book out of here so i am going to say goodnight, it's a quiet day and I have things formulating in my head that have not surfaced yet so when they do I will post and of course as always until next time, Ciao For Now

Sunday Night Again

Hey friends, ........okay okay I got it. If you are just joing this blog I finally went to get my new tattoo. I may have mentioned it once or twice in previous blogs. hehehe It was drawn for me by a dear friend and he told me to have my artist take liberties with it, artistic license shall we say. So I told her this, but I also asked her to please keep true to the feel of the original. She did a very nice job. She toned down the hair a bit which I liked in the original but I noticed she also gave her bangs and made her blond which is how I wear my hair so I know where she got that. The basic feel is there plus its so colorful, I really likethat. Also I have the original drawing, signed by my friend. I bought a pretty frame for her and she is hanging n my craft room, so I can look at her as often as I want. Here is a picture of her and you can see the head of my little pink anime fairy LOL

My friend can draw for me anytime, he is talented and very giving to do this. I'm his walking canvas, oh that poor man!! lol

     Well today was a lazy Sunday, as next week will be busy as it's Easter and we are headed tot he in-laws. So today I went for a nice long drive and it was lovely. You drive up and you see roling hills and little black dots, that as you drive closer turn into big 'ol angus cows. Then there are horses all over as well. Living in "occupied Virginia" its easy to forget that this state is known for horses but out that way, with the open land you are reminded. We even have a poo course, my.....aren't we posh!? HAHA The scent that comesinot your car is divine also. A sweetness that is a mix of fresh cut grass and wild flowers. Then the touch of honeysuckle from time to time. I just take huge deep breaths inhaling all this and I feel refreshed.

     Unfortunatley peeps, dinner is not sitting as well and I fell slighty out of sorts. Nothing a good sleep won't cure though so that's where I'm headed.  So I leave quickly tonight, sorry,but Ciao For Now!