"Please don't grieve for Steve -- he's at peace now."

"But I would like you to grieve for the animals - the animals have lost the best friend they ever had, and so have I."

- Bob Irwin September 19, 2006

As some may have noticed (some being all three of my readers) I have not posted in some time. Like most diaries that I have started, I have gotten bored with this blog. Another reason for my non-blogging is I now have a job where I sit in front of the computer for 40 hours a week. When I get home the last thing I want to do is even turn on my computer. So I haven't.

I'm not saying I will never post again, but if I do it will be at my leisure and will be mostly for myself. I will continue to read other blogs I enjoy and will sometimes post here. But I'm not going to force myself.

So, in the immortal words of Obi Wan (and all Jedi):
May the force be with you.

Uncanny

X-MEN the Last Stand

Woo hoo! I LOVED this movie. It was so good. Yes I was a little upset at the MAJOR differences between the movie and the comic, but I got over that during the first X-men movie. I won't spoil it for anyone, but go see it.

The Da Vinci Code

Well this was pretty much what I expected. Which isn't saying much. I wasn't a big fan of the book. My thought while reading it was that it would make a better movie than book. And it did... barely.


If you have to make a choice, go see X-men.

Quote: A man convinced against his own will is of the same opinions still. -Emily's Toybox

Er... So I've been busy ok? Although with what, I'm not really sure. It seems as though time is traveling very quickly and I'm losing track. At least loosing track of my blog and some of my friends too. Guess that's what happens when life changes so much.

I'm literally sitting here waiting for my weekend to start. I have to wait for the automatic doors to lock and then I am outa here.

New Music

Rob Zombie - Educated Horses: This definitly does not sound like the Rob Zombie I know and love. Not to say that it isn't good. It's just not quite as heavy as his stuff used to be.

Godsmack - IV: I really really need to give this one another chance. My initail feelings about this one was disapointment. I really didn't like it. But because it's Godsmack I'm going to try again.

Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree: I bought this CD for one song. I've been trying to listen to the rest of it, but I'm so stuck on the song "Sugar we're going down" that I keep playing it over and over.

Till next time kiddies

Tired

My first Saturday off and it rains. Guess I should have figured on that one.

My first weekend off and it's been a busy one. There was a birthday party at noon to go to and a lot of things to do before hand. Had to run to the store, because I was junk food girl. Also picked up some roses for me mother because I won't see her on mother's day. Then I got to this party and although the sky seemed nice, we could all hear the thunder rumbling. So some rain tent things were set up. There were a few small showers which we all laughed at. "Ha ha, we are sheltered from this silly little bit of rain". Well then the sky opened up and it started pouring. So we all rushed inside and ate some cake. After a little while I wanted to leave, so the boy and I headed back to his place and crashed for a nap. I just woke up a little while ago, and all I want to do is go back to bed. But there is an Emily's Toybox show to go to and being the diligent fans we are, we will attend.

Tomorrow we are supposed to go off roading, but I'm not feeling into it. Mostly because there are a few people going whose company I do not enjoy.

But we shall see how it goes.

My new baby!

Undoubtedly you have been wondering where I have been these past few weeks.

Or maybe not. But in any case I will show you what i have been doing.




TA DA!

This is mine and the boy's new bike. We bought it on Monday. It's not really new, it's actually almost as old as the boy is. LOL But it is ours. And now we can go riding with his parents instead of borrowing his parents bike. The bike is in really excellent shape for being 23 years old, it was well taken care of. It's not really my style of bike, it's got all the "stuff" in the front that I would rather not have, but it's exactly what the boy wanted. Although we would have both preferred it to say Harley Davidson instead of Yamaha. But the price was right and we couldn't resist. (And this way when we do eventually buy a Harley, I get what I want.)

I finally am only working two jobs. My last day for one of them was Saturday. It was a good day. My manager bought me a beautiful necklace from a place I know is expensive, and all my co-workers chipped in for a gift card. They got me a cake with a little toy Harley on it, and a sunset airbrushed onto the icing. It read: off into the sunset, good luck on it.

I haven't been reading much, I've been too tired. My allergies are really bad and I'm not sleeping well, so I've been going to bed early.

My new job is great.

Everything is great.

Be back later with more tales from the road.

moving people; moving castles

So what have I been doing with myself lately?

Er... Not much. Working mostly.

It would seem that I mixed up weekends in the last few of my blogs. Obviously the boy and I did not go to a tractor show on Easter Sunday. That was the day that we went for a really long drive through Intercourse Pa. :::: snickers:::: This past weekend was the tractor show. Saturday I worked, but the boy and his dad didn't go anyway because it got rained out. Saturday night, the boy and I went to one of his friend's moving out party. The boy got pretty drunk (a rare occurrence) but he stopped before he knew I would have a hard time getting him down the stairs and into the Jeep. The next morning,with the boy suffering no ill effects, we both woke up and went for a drive with his dad to the tractor show. Unfortunately the dark clouds and fear of rain kept most people away so there wasn't much to show for. The boy was sad. He didn't get to show me how to drive a tractor. Oh well, maybe next time. Sunday afternoon the sun came out and the soft top finally went on the jeep. Just in time for more rain and colder temperatures.

This Sunday the boy and I will spend helping his friend move into his new home. Other than that we have no plans.

Currently reading: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynn Jones. As far as I know this is the first book that Miyazaki has based one of his movies on. The characters are there, but like most movies the subplots are really different. It is still enjoyable though.

An addition to Sunday's posting.

I just found out that after passing through Virginville and before Intercourse we passed through Blueball PA. :::: insert your joke here.:::::

Pardon my humor

Pardon my jokes here folks but you'll understand why I couldn't resist.

Easter Sunday. The boy and I decided to go for a long ride on the Harley. Where shall we go we thought? And then, just because, we decided to go to Intercourse PA. Yes you read that right, there is a small little city in PA named Intercourse, its in the middle of Amish Country. Go figure.

Well, we needed directions, because as you know, no one gets to Intercourse without instruction. Looking at the instructions we noticed that in order to get to Intercourse we had to go through Virginvile. Well that seems logical.

It was a nice journey to Intercourse, along the way we saw quite a few Amish folk. We wondered if their buggies had to be licensed and since I didn't see any plates on the horse's asses I figured they didn't.

Finally after a long bumpy ride we got to Intercourse. And after so much riding I was disappointed by how small it was. It was one road surrounded by farmland. All of the small shops were closed. So, what did we do in the middle of Intercourse you might be asking? Not much. And actually by the time we got to Intercourse I had to go to the bathroom so badly that I didn't really enjoy it. Since there was nothing open I had to hold it and wait until we were done in Intercourse. So we decided to head home.

After Intercourse we got hungry. We stopped at a dinner where the waitresses were not happy to wait on us. Once we got home we were so tired from going through Intercourse we both fell right to sleep.

It was a fun ride on the Harley, but not a really interesting destination, as it turns out. It would seem that all I got from Intercourse PA were some really bad jokes.

So my life has been a whirlwind of activity lately. I don't have much time for myself right now and I'm still trying to get my sleep pattern right.

I really really like my job. I like what I'm doing and I like the people I work with. But right now it's a little lonely. Not that there aren't people around, but there isn't really anyone I can talk to. And by talking I mean friend talking, you know, the kind of conversations you have with people that have known you for a long time. The kind where you don't have to give the complete background of the story you are telling because the person your talking to has known you for so long they already know where your coming from. I guess what I'm saying is that I miss my friends.

Ah well.

I don't have much planned for the weekend. I still have to work on Saturday but I'm counting down those days. Four to go and then I have the weekend off like normal people. The boy said something about maybe going to a tractor show on Sunday. Yippie! :::: said with heavy sarcasm:::::: My redneck. Hopefully he goes with his Dad on Saturday. It's not so much that I would mind going, but they get up at the crack of dawn to go and after this week I just really want to spend the day relaxing. Which in my mind means sleeping.

Saw Ice Age Two last night. Quite good and funny. With my computer animation background, I always notice how good or bad the animation looks, and to me, the fur in this movie was amazing. There were times when Manny got wet and it looked really good.

Ah well, no more thoughts for now.

hard rains ganna fall

The breeze is blowing with the sweet smell of rain. The sky is getting dark and cloudy and I can tell it will soon open up and refresh the dry earth.

Damnit.

So much for putting the convertable top on my Jeep.

Humbug

Still alive?

I'm still here. Really I am. I've just be so busy.

I started my new job last Monday and everything has been a whirlwind of activity lately. Actually last Monday I went to orientation and then spent the next three days learning the computer systems. My first real day at the Hospital was on Friday, where I realized there was a lot to learn. I've been at my other two jobs for so long that I forgot what it was like to go to work and not know what I'm doing. I'm getting better at it though. Second day at the job and I'm already getting a little bit of a grip on what I'm doing.

I've been really tired too. Right now I'm still working all three jobs. Just until May though, then I'm cutting back to two. For right now I'm working 56 hours a week over 6 days. Then in may I'll cut it down to 48, and have both Saturday and Sunday off. That will be a switch. It's been over 7 years since I've had the entire weekend off.

Ok, I must go. My bed is calling me.

Dentists Doctors Needles and Cars

Today was not a good day. It was not a bad day either, but I had to do a whole bunch of things that I do not really enjoy today. Beginning with an early morning trip to the dentist. I hate going to the dentist, nothing good ever happens at the dentist. I had to get a filling in a broken tooth and that involves a novacane shot. Needles are not my favorite things. Then I had to go get a physical for my new job. Blood drawn and a TB test, once again, more needles. I had tons of paperwork to fill out and then had a HR meeting with more paper work. I really want to discuss the benefits with me mum, but she is away on a work trip for the next three days. And the sad fact is, at the grand old age of 28 there haven't been many days where I haven't seen me mum. I've gone on vacation before but my rents aren't big on traveling, so she's always been here. Another sad fact is that after a day of poking and prodding, doctors, dentists and needles I just really want a hug from my mom. Oh god do I feel pathetic right now.

In any case I had a good weekend or at least a good Sunday. A few friends, the boy and I went to the Greater Lehigh Valley Car Show. Now I could care less about cars or most kinds of shopping but I love car shopping. Don't know why; guess I just like shopping for the expensive stuff.

I didn't sit in anything that would make me want to give up my Wrangler but a few highlights were my Mustang. If I could buy a car that was completely pointless and somewhat useless it would be the new Ford Mustang (wouldn't mind having the Shelby but that is being awfully greedy). I also liked the Miata and the Porche. If I ever needed a SUV type vehicle I would of course buy a Jeep. I like the Grand Cherokee, but I would rather have the Liberty for size.

So that was my weekend. I'm going to go find someone to give me a hug now.

Drift off to dream

Here I sit, the boy in the other room sound asleep, and I'm planning on soon joining him.

It seems that I have cleared the rut my life had gotten into these last few days. I have a new job that pays a whole lot more money and the day that I finally move out and be on my own seems a lot closer. The job seems like it will be fun or at least the people seem to be cool. The job is pretty much what I do at the library. I'll be working at the mental heath facility of a local hospital as the "office coordinator". Even sounds spiffy, don't it?

So what else has been going on in my life?

Not much really. Went to see Roadside America two weekends ago. For those who don't know it's a huge indoor miniature village and train set. (Don't feel bad, I had never heard of the thing until a little while ago either.) It was pretty interesting. Unfortunately I ended up getting a migraine. Now I don't think I've ever really had a migraine before, but those who have told me my symptoms of nausea and sensitivity to light made it more than a headache. I took two advil sinus and then zonked out for a few hours.

Last weekend was spent at a sort-of friends baby shower. I say sort of because she was the boy's next door neighbor growing up and is very close to the boy's mom. I've gotten to know her a little and she is very sweet. And very pregnant. I did feel a wee bit uncomfortable at the shower since I only knew three people out of about 25 and I'm not really a shower type person. Luckily the house it was held in is residence to three dogs and two cats and my allergies were not happy, so I was able to leave rather early.

As far as movies go, it has been a Harry Potter week. Some friends had never seen any of the movies or read the books so we decided to watch all of the movies. Yes I am a huge fan of the books and think that the movies are butchering each book one by one, but I also can recognize them as decent movies without comparing them to the books. - Most of the time. But, just going on the movies, I think my favorite movie has been the most recent, The Goblet of Fire. This may be because it is my favorite book, or it may have to do with the computer animated dragon that was in it. I REALLY want my own little miniature version of the welsh green. Anyway, the one thing that bugged my through the movie was Harry's hair. I know that a continuing theme in the books is Harry's inability to control his hair, but for some odd reason in the movie it just looked like Harry kept waking up with bed head or something. I don't know. It just irked me.

Err... think think think.

Zathura, another sort of Jumanji type story. Very good movie actually. Quite fun, and no thinking involved. The older brother plays a convincing brat while the younger brother is just as convincing as an annoying younger brother. Worth watching.

Think that's it for now. Night night.

Quick Update

Obviously I have changed the colors and pic on the page.

I have a new job, which I can't wait to start.

This past weekend was quiet with nothing much to talk about.

Will blog later with more.

Weekend Update

Song: The Dance - Garth Brooks
Current Read: Tales of Pain and Wonder - Caitlin R Kiernan
Movie: Walk the Line

I took Friday off from work to spend the day with my brother because it was his birthday. Had a fun day of shopping and a nice dinner.
Friday night we went to see a friend and his band. A lot of fun was had, good music and fun conversation. But I stayed out too late and had to get up for work the next morning. I was so tired. I don't know how I did this before. I must be getting old.

Saturday night was spent doing karaoke at the bar. I have been singing for a while now, but I still get nervous about it. A long time ago the boy and I made a deal. He would dance with me if I sang. Well like I said, I've been singing for a while now, but anytime there was an opportunity for him to dance with me, his bum leg would be acting up and he could barely stand up with out help, let alone dance with me. But last night the stars must have been in the right spot because when someone started singing The Dance he finally got up and danced with me. And he actually danced with me a second time later that night. I was in Heaven.

Today we went to Crystal Cave and did the tour with some friends. This was the first cave that I have ever been in and it was pretty cool. Once the boy found out that I haven't been in any of the caves in this area he decided that this summer was going to be the Cave Tour of PA summer. Should be fun. After we got home from our spelunking adventure we took a nap. It was a good nap. The kind of nap Sunday's were made for. Afterwards we watched Walk the Line. Very good movie. My only problem, being a Johnny Cash fan, was that I missed the real voice of Johnny. Joaquin Phoenix did an amazing job singing but he didn't quite get all of the emotion that I usually feel when I listen to JC. Even without it though it was still a really good movie.

Two thumbs...

Current Reads: Arrow's Fall by Merceds Lackey and Tales of Pain and Wonder by Caitlin R Kiernan
Quote: Wayne, I think we've established that "Ka Kaw Ka Kaw" and "Tukki Tukki" don't work. - Harry Block from the movie Evolution

All I've done lately is watch movies, so here are my reviews of what I've seen this past week.

Domino
A runway model becomes a bounty hunter. Well, sorta.
Keira Knightley plays a young woman looking for a job. Her violent tendencies lead her to a seminar about being a bounty hunter. Naturally she becomes one (wouldn't have much of a movie if she didn't) and the story goes on. Along the way she picks up a television crew who are filming her for a reality TV show and of course things start to go wrong.
This was a very violent movie with a strong female lead. Just the kind of movie for me. It was shot a little strange but the story was pretty good, as were the actors. I wouldn't say that I'm a huge Keira Knightley fan, but I have enjoyed some of the movies she's in, like Pirates of the Caribbean and Love Actually. And for some odd reason, I loved her hair in this movie.

Kingdom of Heaven
A little epic movie that takes place in the time of the crusades.
Once again, tons of violence. Directed by Ridley Scott, the same man that brought us Gladiator. And it did have a sort of Gladiator feel to it. The movie is the story of a young blacksmith who goes to Jerusalem in order to find salvation for himself and his dead wife. He ends up with a whole lot more than he bargained for.
Good movie, a little long, but looking at Orlando Bloom through the whole thing made up for it.

Flightplan
A mother loses her daughter on a flight to America, while the rest of the passengers and crew think that she has lost her mind.
This movie was rather disappointing. It wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be and the plot was somewhat predictable.

Evolution
A really funny movie from 2001. It's a comedy about a meteorite containing alien life that crashes to earth and starts to spread.
This movie is so much fun. It's nothing to be taken seriously and no deep thinking needed. It's full of one liners and physical humor.
I admit, I have seen this before (all the way back in 2001) but, it was the best movie that I watched this week.

my poor car

I smashed the front fender and bumper of my jeep.

I'm not going to write how, because it was so stupid that i'm embarassed to say.

I'm not even going to post a picture because looking at it makes me want to cry.

By next monday my car should be back to normal. Thank God the boy's dad is an auto body repair man, and his mom works in the parts department of a car dealership.

As the boy says, Shit happens and I wasn't hurt and the car can be fixed.

But I still feel like a bumbling idiot.

rolling rolling rolling

Another fun filled weekend.

The boy worked all weekend. Boooo!

However we were able to get in a little fun Saturday night. We went bowling. Now my game was off because of my still sore neck/shoulder. But it was still a lot of fun. And no falling down drunk girlfriends this time. Although there were still a few drunks. After bowling we all decided to go to a diner and eat. So there we were, 6 people at 1 am in a dinner. Two of us were sober (me and the boy), two were mildly intoxicated, and two were drunk. It made for an interesting meal.

Sunday was spent with me being lazy and the boy working. I did however get up enough energy to go do a little shopping and a walk. I also made dinner for myself, the boy and two of our friends. It was a nice quiet weekend.

Joys of the Outdoors

Quote: Camping is nature's way of promoting the motel business. - Dave Barry


Don't mind me... I'm short on sleep, I'm in pain and I'm doped up on Advil.

Ain't camping grand?

So, yes the boy and I decided to go camping this past weekend. Actually we were supposed to go last weekend but it got rained out. So we rescheduled for a few days ago.

All week we can't wait to go. And as the weekend drew nearer we started hearing whispers of a snowstorm. A snowstorm you say? No way! This can not be, I said with a plea. We want to have fun and play in the sun. (Sorry, saw a Seuss opportunity and ran with it.) But yes, the weather man was finally right. After a very mild winter we were finally going to see some snow. But of course, who's going to let a little snow stop us. Certainly not my boyfriend and his friend. ::::: sigh:::::

So the boy spent Saturday packing up the stuff with his friend M while I was at work. When I finished work, I hopped in the shower and then got dressed really warmly. And off we went. The boy and I in his truck pulling my old tracker on a trailer and M in his dad's box truck, with his four wheeler in it. We stopped for dinner at Cracker Barrel and filled ourselves full. Then we stopped at a Walmart to buy some breakfast and I needed a toothbrush (first of many things that was forgotten). So I went to find one and some washer fluid for the boy's truck, while he and M got the food. Big mistake. I didn't pay attention to what they had bought while in line. But when we got to the campsite I realized they had only bought six eggs and a pound of bacon. The boy can eat that by himself. But since they were stuffed when we went shopping they weren't hungry so they didn't think about that. Ugh, men.

Alright, so we are at the campsite. It's way dark already. The boy and I start pulling wood out of his truck to build a fire while M starts pulling stuff out of the box truck so we can sleep in it. The boy throws some gasoline on the fire to "dry out the wood". I go help M lay down the tarp and start to lay down the bedding. The boy throws more gasoline on the fire. M and I get the kerosene heater up and running. The boy throws some kerosene on the fire to "dry it out". M and I hang some blankets along the walls to keep the heat in the truck. The boy throws some more gasoline on the fire. M goes to find a spot to go potty. I start looking through the boys truck for kindling. Find lots... messy boy. Fire burns a little while longer. M goes to bed. The boy and I stare at the fire as it's going out. He and I go to cut some of the long tall dry grass as kindling. Seems like we may have something here. Another jeep drives by. Nice people stop to talk about four wheeling and such. Fire goes out. Boy throws a tire from the woods on fire, along with more gasoline. Nice people in the jeep leave the crazy people trying to make fire. Fire seems to actually be lit. We kick the tire off of the fire. Still lit. Yippie! Boy and I grab lawn chairs and enjoy the fire for a while.

Soon after, we laid some logs around the fire to dry out while we were sleeping and we went to bed. Even though it was a lot warmer in the truck then it had been the last time we went camping, it was still a little chilly. And once again I forgot to bring pillows. It was a restless night, the men kept getting up to pee and I'm a light sleeper. I also had to pee for most of the night but there was no way I was going out into the dark by myself to pee. I've seen way too many horror movies for that, thank you very much. Early in the morning the men got up and went out to restart the fire. I slept in, because even if I don't sleep well, I can still sleep long. I finally got up when the boy said breakfast was almost ready. I get out of the truck to find out that we only had one plate and no utensils.

After eating breakfast with our fingers, the rest of the day seems uneventful. We went four wheeling and at lunch M got a call from his dad, who said it was still snowing here at home and we should probably get home before dark. And so we did.

Of course Monday I woke up with a really sore neck and shoulder from sleeping without a pillow. And I am still suffering the consequences of that one. This morning I woke from a sound sleep to the pain of my shoulder cracking. I could barely move my head once again and ended up taking a hot shower at 5 30 in the morning to try and loosen it up.

Ah yes, the joys of camping.


Side note... was looking for funny quotes for the top of this thing and found these... Quite funny.

dragon -- [adjective]: Similar to butter in texture and appearance 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Stephen King's Cell

Once again another cheerful and upbeat tale from Stephen King.

:::pauses:::

Uh huh. Not quite.

Tons of people dead within the first ten pages, ahhh, now that's the Stephen King I know and love.

This time the terror does not come from a virus, a killer clown, aliens or even a werewolf. No the end of the world begins with the ringing of a cell phone.
The story is told from the point of view of Clay, an artist, who has just signed a deal for his first comic book. As he stops to get a celebratory ice cream cone, the people around him start going crazy and killing everyone around them. Clay saves the life of Tom and the adventure begins. Along the way they pick up Alice, and begin to understand it was the cell phones that drove people crazy. Clay's only interest is to find his son, who he left with his ex wife. Tom and Alice go with him on this journey. They pick up a few more people while still learning more about the "phone crazies".

Like all Stephen King novels, this one had me glued to my seat, and late back from lunch at work. I love the way he writes; there is just something about his style that draws me into the stories. He writes in a way that makes my imagination so clear that I see the characters in my mind and feel the characters pains and emotions. Of course after reading Cell, I am glad I'm not familiar with the song "Baby Elephant Walk". I developed a strong dislike for the song "Sympathy for the Devil" after reading Dreamcatcher, and to this day can't hear the song without thinking of the book.

All in all, this is not my favorite Stephen Kings novel, but it's damn good.

Of course, I wonder if I'll ever look at my cell phone the same way again.

You will be smothered under a rug. You're a little

anti-social, and may want to start gaining

new social skills by making prank phone

calls.


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Those who know me and know people in my life, might find this as ironic as I did.

Guilty Pleasure

Ok, so I admit it. I'm a huge Xena fan.

Yes, so now you all know. I loved the show when it was on TV. And yes, I have most of the episodes on tape.

But just recently I bought season one on DVD. Well, I started watching it and I'm once again addicted. I'm currently watching season two, a gift for Christmas. And I just received season three in the mail today. And what a sinful glee I had.

So if you'll excuse me...

I have episodes to watch.

No Rain

"And I don't understand why I sleep all day, and I start to complain that there's no rain" - Blind Melon

Quote: Procrastinate now! Don"t put it off. - Ellen DeGeneres
Book: The Lock - Steve Altan

So weekend plans got changed. Myself, the boy, and some friends were going to go camping Saturday night into Sunday and go four wheeling on Sunday. Well it started raining half way through Saturday and none of us wanted to sleep in the rain. So we decided to go to karaoke at the one bar/bowling alley around here. Well the bar was closed... power outage. So we drove around for a while trying to find something to do. After finding no bars/bands to go see, we decided to go bowling. We had so much fun. The best part of the night came after we were done bowling and were sitting around talking. We were out with the boy's best friend, (we will call him M) who has known him forever and tells the best stories. I swear these guys were the Dukes of Hazard (Or is that Dukes of Allentown?) We didn't leave the bowling alley until 2 am. The boy was the designated driver, technically so was I since I don't drink, but I didn't want to drive M's car. M was kinda drunk (full motor functions drunk) and so was A, the boy's other friend. M's girlfriend K, however, was falling down drunk. When we got to A's house, K needed to get out of the car to puke. She then started to cry and kept sitting on the wet ground. The boy finally carried her up to A's apartment where she spent a good twenty minutes on the bathroom floor. She kept saying she wanted a bath, so M ran a bath for her and stayed with her while she tried to sober up a little. Myself, the boy and A went into A's living room and fell asleep. At 3:30 the boy woke me up saying they were ready to leave. We all pile back into M's car and as soon as we start moving K promptly pukes on the floor of the car (gag). Around 4 we drop them off and drive tiny distance back to the boy's house. M said he would pick his car up when he woke up. They boy and I took showers and went to bed.

You know, I don't mind people getting drunk. I really don't. But when they can't handle themselves or know when their limits are, that's when I start to get pissed, especially if their drunkenness is affecting my schedule. (Now that I'm done griping)

The next day (Sunday) we didn't get up until noon. We got up ate breakfast and sacked out in the living room. I promptly feel back to sleep while watching Independence Day and snoozed until 4. The rest of the day was just as exciting. Went to dinner with his parents and then relaxed the rest of the day.

Today I went to the dentist and then for a three mile walk in the park. Afterwards I went to the boys and we watched tv and he fell asleep early. What excitement there is around here.

And now... as promised (three months ago) some pictures from Florida.

A little late but....

Bloggers (silent) Poetry Reading
In honor of Brigid.. poetry reading by Grace's Poppies


The Stolen Child
by W. B. Yeats

Where dips the rocky highland
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake,
There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake
The drowsy water-rats;
There we've hid our faery vats,
Full of berries
And of reddest stolen chetries.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you
can understand.

Where the wave of moonlight glosses
The dim grey sands with light,
Far off by furthest Rosses
We foot it all the night,
Weaving olden dances,
Mingling hands and mingling glances
Till the moon has taken flight;
To and fro we leap
And chase the frothy bubbles,
While the world is full of troubles
And is anxious in its sleep.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you
can understand.

Where the wandering water gushes
From the hills above Glen-Car,.
In pools among the rushes
That scarce could bathe a star,
We seek for slumbering trout
And whispering in their ears
Give them unquiet dreams;
Leaning softly out
From ferns that drop their tears
Over the young streams.
Come away, O human child!
To to waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For to world's more full of weeping than you
can understand.

Away with us he's going,
The solemn-eyed:
He'll hear no more the lowing
Of the calves on the warm hillside
Or the kettle on the hob
Sing peace into his breast,
Or see the brown mice bob
Round and round the oatmeal-chest.
For be comes, the human child,
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
from a world more full of weeping than you.

A gravity defying time.

A few weeks or months ago (not sure really) I found a book called Weird Pa. It's a book that goes through all of the oddities that you can find in Pa. It's part of a series of books along the same line: Weird New Jersey, Weird New York ect. Well, yesterday the boy and I decided to find gravity hill. It's a road, in the middle of nowhere and if you stop your car at the bottom of the hill and put it into neutral the car will begin rolling up hill. Yes your read that right, up hill. So we drove almost three hours through farmland PA with bad Yahoo directions, parked my jeep at the bottom of the hill and were quite amazed when the car started rolling up hill. I think it's an optical illusion but the boy doesn't think so. He wants to borrow the grading tool from the company he used to work for and try to take the grade measurements of the hill. In any case it was interesting.

Since we were in the middle of nowhere we decided to stop at a park where we talked to a man who told us we should go see the Flight 93 Memorial sight. Since we were only 10 miles away we decided to go. It was a small thing, but clearly marked that it was a temporary memorial. After that we decided to head for home.

One of the funnier moments of the day came before we found gravity hill. We were following our wonderful Yahoo directions and couldn't find the road that was listed. So we decided to get off of the highway and get gas. We drove a while through farms and farms and could not find a gas station. Then the fuel light came on in the Jeep and we started to get worried. Another 20 minutes of driving found us a broken down station with bags over both pumps. Finally, frustrated and really worried we asked the first person we saw where the closest gas station was. He assured us it was less than 2 miles away and luckily we found it. The whole time we were driving we passed one car on the road, but we did pass four horse and buggies. Driving through Amish/Mennonite country is interesting. No wonder we had such a hard time finding a gas station.

We returned home in time to watch a movie with friends. We saw the Fantastic Four. Not one of the best comic book turned movie I have seen but it was amusing. It was funny with good special effects but it seemed to be lacking any sort of real plot. You had the good guys and they were not really doing any good, you just knew they weren't bad. Then you had the bad guy and you knew he was bad, but he didn't really have a plan other than being... bad. All in all it was a fun movie.

Another movie worth watching is Underworld 2. A lot of action and a good plot make this one almost better than the first Underworld.

One million dollars

For some odd reason I was thinking about the Bare Naked Ladies song "If I Had a Million Dollars". Not that I'm a really big fan of the band but remembering the song made me think about what I would do if I had a million dollars.

1. Pay off my Jeep..
2. Buy a nice house with at least ten acres of land around it.
3. Pay for my mom's eye surgery.
4. Do something really nice for Mouse.
5. Pay off the boy's truck.
6. Buy a Harley for myself to ride.
7. And a Harley for me and the boy to ride together.
8. Get a couple of four wheelers

And I would probably save the rest for a rainy day.

To Blog or Not to Blog II

My goodness... people actually read this damn thing?

After my last blog every person that I know, that reads this blog has come up to me and asked me if it was their fault I didn't want to blog anymore.

Well the answer is yes and no. Since this blog started oh so long ago, I have never really put down everything I was feeling. There were times (when I knew no one was reading) that I posted some more personal/emotional blogs. When I knew that people were actually reading I started censoring what I was writing. After I met the boy and finished school, I started to only write occasionaly when something happened.

This last month has not been a great one for me, and when I realized that I felt I couldnt' even blog about what was happening because it was so personal, I got pissed and wrote that I probably wasn't going to write anymore.

After thinking about it for a week or so I realized that my blog is something that some people like to read. It kept my mother up to date on what I'd been doing on vacation.

So perhaps I will keep writing.

to blog or not to blog

This blog was started as a place for me to gripe about anything I wanted to. Now too many people who know me know the address and I'm not sure I feel comfortable writing personal things about myself here anymore. I'm a private person and I feel that not everyone is entitled to my inner most thoughts.

I'm not sure I'll be blogging very much any more. At least not about anything important anyway.

Sodok-who?

I have however become mildly addicted to the number puzzle called Sodoku. It's a nifty thing that will occupy a lot of time.

Have fun.

Year in Review

Spent New Years Eve with they boy and friends at Montana West with a few hundred other people. Rung in the new year with a fabulous kiss that started before the countdown was over. ;-)

A few years ago I resolved to never make any more resolutions, and I'm sticking to that. So instead here are a few of my favorites of 2005.

Books:

Murder of the Angels - Caitlin R. Kiernan. (Although written in 2004 I read it in 2005) A fantastically weird book that introduced me to this author. I spent the rest of the year trying to catch up with past books.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - J. K. Rowling. Another amazing book in the HP series. It answered a lot of questions and left me with a few new ones.

Alta and Sanctuary - Mercedes Lackey. Anything by this author is good.

Movies:

The Exorcism of Emily Rose - I'm always fascinated by religion in movies and this movie reminded me of movies like Stigmata and the Order. Great creepy factor too.

Cinderella Man - I just love looking at Russell Crowe, but this movie was great for all kinds of reasons. What a great story!

Mr. and Mrs. Smith - Two hot people chasing each other around and shooting things up. Nuff said.

March of the Penguins - Appeals to the National Geographic in me. And who doesn't love baby penguins?

Constantine - Once again, this falls under my liking of different views on religion.

Sin City - This thing has Quentin Tarantino written all over it. Which in this case is a good thing.

Alien vs Predator - Nothing will ever be as good as the original movies, but this one is a whole lot better than the last two Alien movies.


Music:

Disturbed - Ten Thousand Fists. The metal album of the year.

Huh. Can't think of any other CDs that came out this year that I was impressed with.


Ah well... that be my year in review. Hope 2006 is as good as 2005 was.