Unique Exposure's Photo Challenge - Favorite

I have so many favorite pictures. This is one of the top 10 for me. I love the dynamics and of the whole photo. Very fun, loving, and sweet. Three of my favorite people in the world.

Sunday Stealing: The Majorly Personal Meme, Part One

1. Are you happier now than you were five months ago? I am always happy. When I'm not, you will not know about it. Choosing instead to not spend much time feeling unhappy. There is always something to smile about if you look for it.

2. Have you ever slept in the same bed with anyone that you shouldn't have? Yes! My friend Jerry and I slept in the same place, nothing happened but it was weird.

3. Can you sleep in total darkness? YES. LOVE IT.

4. Your phone is ringing. It’s the person you fell hardest for, the one who got away, what do you say? YO!

5. What do you think about the weather this summer? It has been too hot to spend time at the park or gardens.

6. How many people do you trust with everything? 4

7. What was the last thing you drank? Coffee

8. Is there anyone you want to come see you? EVERYONE. Come over. I love company

9. Name one thing you love about winter? Snow

10. Have you ever dated a Goth? NO! I was the goth

11. What are you looking forward to tomorrow? My Coffee

12. Name something you dislike about the day you’re having? Not a thing except I have to make some beds in a bit and some of these questions.

13. What's the longest that you have committed to one person and one person only? 19 years

14. What’s the first thing you did when you opened your eyes today? Complained, it was 5:00 a.m.

15. Has anyone ever told you they never want to ever lose you? Oh sure every guy I ever dated. I'm a catch don't you know.

16. Is there anybody that you wish you could fix your relationship with? Nope.

17. Could you go out in public, looking like you do now? Oh hell no!

18. Do you think things will change in the next 3 months? How? Things always change, I can't even begin to anticipate, if I could, would I be sitting here answering these pathetic questions?

19. Do you believe that you never know what you got until you lose it? NAH

20. Do you have a friend of the opposite sex you can talk to? I can talk to anyone! I don't even need them to be a "friend". I'm an open book.

Self Portrait Sunday - August 21, 2010

Oh, my poor little meme has never quite caught on. So sad. Funny, people just don't like taking pictures of themselves but when we are old and gray and have a lot of people pictures of obscure things what then. I much prefer to think I am going to live into my Golden Years and will cherish all photos of me looking younger and full of life's promise!

Shadow Shot Sunday - Me and My Shadow

Handsome made a lovely Shadow while at the park yesterday

Camera Critters - The Hermit Crab

Goddess's friends were over yesterday for a Webkinz Jr. Party. One of the brought over this little guy along with 3 other crabs.

Thursday Thunks: You give it a title

Thursday Thunks: You give it a title

A. If you see a tornado out your window, what do you do? I say a prayer and kiss my ass goodbye.
B. A celebrity knocks on your door saying that their tour bus/limo/pedal bike broke down (you pick the transportation)... who is it and what do you do to help them? Their limo broke down. I ask them in and offer them coffee and a bite to eat hoping that help doesn't arrive too soon.
C. Brett is back on the Vikings - do you really give a crap? NOPE
D. What side of the bed do you think Bud sleeps on? He sleeps on the one closest to the door!
E. Cookie Monster eats vegetables now. Is this ok with you? Oh sure. He needs to be regular as much as the next guy.
F. All the TT's get together for coffee... which state do we meet in? NY
G. Is the town you live in famous for anything? Infamous for anything? Nope. But if it was, I so would be posting it on my blog. I try to remind somewhat anonymous to the crazies. I have kids after all.
H. Coffee flavored bubble gum - would you? Oh sure. I would have to. Plus, I am a gum addict. If I could put my two addictions together......the world would be mine.
I. So Kimber lost her fight with a granite table.... what did you ever lose a fight with? My intestines. The decided to give me problems this May and we haven't made up yet.
J. Have you ever slept beneath the stars? I did! I didn't love being eaten up alive and haven't done it since. The bugs love me.
K. School is starting up soon, or has for some, did you get a new pair of tennis shoes every year while you were in school?  No, I was lucky to get anything new.
L. What two flavors do you love that you would never want to taste at the same time? Grape and Milk. Yuck, I totally just grossed myself out.
M. If you could shave a quote into a lions fur, what would it say? Da King
N. Did you ever accidentally walk in on your parents doing the nasty? Did you ever purposely walk in on them? Ahh...no...thank God! Purposely, now why would anyone want to do this? I've been walked in on by my 5 year old sleepwalker. Not fun.

Alphabe-Thursday - Green

For more RAINBOW GREEN participants or to play along.

Here is a bracelet I made today


Here is Handsome at Chuck Cheese playing a game I was dying to play


The Mutant Horse Fly

Got Dry Mouth? OraMoist Can Help

Thanks to Family Healthy Network I was able to participate in this campaign from Quantum Health.

What I Can Tell You:

As a child about 10 years old my 7 year old sister told me one morning I had bad breath. You know how they say that we have to be careful what we say because we never know how it will affect someone? Well, this is one of those cases. Something said by an innocent child to another innocent child has affected my entire life. I always chew gum and if I talk to someone, I tend to turn away from their face as not to be so close that they will be able to smell my breath. I am fanatical about breath wash and brushing my teeth so I was really interested in this OraMoist.

I have used these before, I opened the packet and read the instructions. Take out a tablet and place it up by your palate, on the side, pink side up. It will adhere to your mouth for 3 hours. Place it on your finger and place it on your palate holding it the recommended time (a few seconds).  It is not uncomfortable or hard to talk.  I run my tongue over it, it is so smooth. There was a very subtle lemon taste and dissolves in about 2 hours for me probably because I lick it all the time.

Memory Rewind - 2006

Here is your chance to use some of those older photos you have on your computer that you may have forgotten about. Post a photo and write a story about it.

Join me and bring back a memory.

Here is Handsome at 3 years old. We were on a class trip with his Pre-school  class. He started preschool very early, much earlier than I wanted for him.  He needed to start because he needed to be around his peers for all kinds of reasons. One of them was a speech delay, low muscle tone and tantrums. Grr....here is a post from his very first day of preschool.


The poor kid is only going into first grade but has had a form of education since he is only 23 months old. Between therapists and 3 years of preschool, Kindergarten last year, summer sessions up until this year with therapists I hope he really enjoys 1st grade. I have all the confidence in the world that it will be a good year. But looking back at some of my prior posts I believe there will be at least 1 situation.

Look at that face. I just really want to protect him and make sure he stays smiling.

Vampire Kisses Series by Ellen Schreiber

Vampire Kisses 07 – Love Bites

What I Can Tell You:
As far as a young adult book goes, this is exactly what young adults are looking for. This is the 7th book in the series but the first one I have read. I do wish I had started from the beginning. The main character Raven and her sexy hot "Eric Northman" but sensitive, sweet boyfriend Alexander (which consciendently is the name of the sexy, hot, tall glass of water actor who plays Eric Northman), anyway, I digress...

Volume 7 has Raven and Alexander hanging out in his families mansion with not much to do except hang out, look hot, and wait for the moment Alexander will change her so they can be together forever. Until Sebastian, Alex's childhood friend shows up looking hot and threatening to oust Alexander and bite Raven's best friend who he has crushed on.

The main characters are likable. Raven is smart and responsible and young girls will eat this book up!

ABC Wednesday - E

Estatic



Energetic


Everlasting Love (this is a stretch)

Taking the Pen To Paper Challenge

Basically, this means I will be mailing a note card out every week instead of a quick email or Facebook blurb. Along with the note card I will send a blank note card for the recipient to use for their own use.

I am old enough to remember when letter writing was very important to me. After moving to Brooklyn from Millbrook after my mom passed away, and leaving all my friend, we would write long mult-page letters back and forth to tell each other what was happening in our lives. I remember the feeling of getting that letter in the mailbox and sitting down to devour 8-10 handwritten pages of information. In fact, I still have a lot of these letters in my storage/memory box.

Email, Facebook, MySpace, Texting, IM'ing have taken over where we used to write letters or even phone a friend. My birthday this year, I received over 35 greetings on Facebook but only 4 birthday cards. Weird right!!

If you plan on getting back to the personal art of writing to your friends and family, (something to be treasured for ages), check out Pear Tree Greetings, an online stationery company that loves to help people connect, whether it's via a personalized note card, Christmas Card or birth announcement.

Do you save the hand written notes you receive? I have trouble throwing personalized things away, especially letters and pictures

Here is my first note card which will be going out to my amazing friend Olga. She is beautiful person. Her heart is enormous. She and I worked together many, many years ago. I love her entire family and consider her youngest, a great friend. She is truly one of the nicest people I know. We haven't seen each other in 5 years. It is hard when she works two jobs and is taking care of her parents too! She will always hold a special place in my heart. She used to give me the most amazing gifts with little notes. One Christmas she gave me a Johnny Mathis Christmas CD because she knew that he was someone my mother loved (if you are reader of mine, you know that my mom died when I was 12). She wrote that only special people liked Johnny Mathis and that she and my mom would have been great friends.

I adore her!

Knowing her, she will write the note card I include back to me. That would be nice.

Goddess Is What Makes Me Happy?

This is so easy! What makes me happy? Being with my kids makes me happy and crazy at the same time.

These pictures of Goddess make me happy. She was a year old and the sweetest baby girl other than the 18 hours of screaming. Oh wait, that's a lie. By this time it was probably only about 6 hours of screaming and complaining that we had to endure.

Recently this photo was invited into three groups in Flickr. Funny, it has been there since 2006 yet on the same day, 3 different groups liked it.