Flowers in January

I thought that I would share some pictures of our (mine and lils) walk today.

Flowers in January.

Kids and Dogs...

So the kids and their parents came over today. 

Sis was sitting on my lap, the boy was next to me and kinsey was basically on top of him . We were all watching  sis play on spiro on her gameboy. Well...a you can see lils didn't like that all too much. 

You see. my little girl there is pretty spoiled. She's a total brat. She also gets VERY jealous of anyone who pays attention to anyone but her. Especially if I'm any part of that someone not paying attention to her. As you can see. She wanted some attention, and she wanted it from me. And then from the kids... from anyone that would give it to her.

We finally got her settled and in a spot where we were all comfortable and could have some time watching and helping with the game together. 

That is until Sis wanted to kick my butt playing Uno... Yeah... that is always a mistake. Why is it that a 6 year old can beat me at Uno?

A Little Quiet...

So... I know that i have been updating this blog daily, cause hello... doing my part for NaBloWriMo. But i've been quiet everywhere else.

My poor Harvey is a little ill right now. For some reason my keyboard isn't working properly, and I don't have the money to fix it right now. Nor do i have an extra USB keyboard just laying around to be used.

I can't use the letters Q, W, A, S, Z or the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. I'm also missing my ctr. key and my option key on the left side... OH... and the all my function key's don't work, so it makes for hard time of turning up sound and the brightness of my monitor. AND to top it all off... The Delete key doesn't work.

Now, do you really know how often you use any of those letters in a sentence. Let alone the letter's A, S, and W. Makes for some interesting and very slow cut and paste conversations. Yes you heard me right. I've been cutting and pasting in my IM conversations with my friends. *sigh* I'm pathetic.

So... I just wanted you all to know that I've seen LOTS of posts that I would love to comment on, but yeah. It's a little annoying that I can't do that very well. I'm hoping that next week I'll at least have the extra money to buy a keyboard that will just plug in and be used until i can get Harvey into the shop.

The Princess Bride

So, I read a lot... 

Not only do I read, but I "read" books on tape... Well, audiofiles on my iPod.

It's Mom's fault. She's the one that got me addicted to them. Her and my Aunt Barbara are the ones that are actually addicted. They probably read like 10 books a week.

I made it a goal to basically read one book a week for the entire year. Well, longer than that, but that's another story. So far I have read 10 books since the 21st of December. So, I am right on track. I also just added my shelfari to this blog so that you can see what i'm reading.

Last night i found The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure by William Goldman and downloaded it. I was so excited.

I started listening to it last night. I finished it early this afternoon.

I LOVE this book. 

The Princess Bride is a true fantasy classic. William Goldman describes it as a "good parts version" of "S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure." Morgenstern's original was filled with details of Florinese history, court etiquette, and Mrs. Morgenstern's mostly complimentary views of the text. Much admired by academics, the "Classic Tale" nonetheless obscured what Mr. Goldman feels is a story that has everything: "Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles."

Goldman frames the fairy tale with an "autobiographical" story: his father, who came from Florin, abridged the book as he read it to his son. Now, Goldman is publishing an abridged version, interspersed with comments on the parts he cut out.

Is The Princess Bride a critique of classics like Ivanhoe and The Three Musketeers, that smother a ripping yarn under elaborate prose? A wry look at the differences between fairy tales and real life? Simply a funny, frenetic adventure? No matter how you read it, you'll put it on your "keeper" shelf.

A must read for EVERYONE!

The Biggest Loser Rant

I think that Wednesday's blogs just might become my ranting spot for this show. 

I was really upset about the outcome of last nights show. It's really frustrating when you KNOW that it should go one way, and it goes another.

From the very beginning of this series I have been in LOVE with Jillan, so I naturally always went for her team, be it the former red team, or the black team. Whoever she trained was who i was rooting for. 

Don't get me wrong. Bob is great! He's wonderful. I LOVE watching Bob, I especially loved Zen Bob yelling at Joelle last week. But out of the two, and if i were on that ranch, I would want Jillian to be my trainer. I want her to kick my booty and make me cry. 

Last night I just wanted to kick her team to the curb. It was really frustrating. They were all nice and said we'll do what you want us to do, cause you  helped us out last week, but no...  It makes it really wrong is I don't like that woman. She needs to just go home. 

But again... that's only my opinion. And my opinion doesn't count for much these days... but i do like giving it when i get a chance.

Happy Inauguration Day!

I know that everyone is going to be posting today, or have posted today about it being Inauguration day. But I wanted to get my 2 cents in.

It's not much, but it's enough. 

I woke up a little earlier than normal this morning. The dog just didn't want to stay in bed like I normally do. LOL. Good thing she did cause i would have forgotten all about the Inauguration. I turned it on just in time to see it happen and listen to the President's address.

The address was short, and very well done. There were a lot of different points I liked, but I think my favorite was: 

"...The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness."

All men are equal, free, and ALL DESERVE A CHANCE TO PURSUE THEIR FULL MEASURE OF HAPPINESS!

I like knowing that someone else out there finally sees that we all deserve a chance. Not just because your a straight white man...

And like I said. That's just my opinion.

Hope you all had a good day!

Song of the Week

I've decided to dive into the world of songs that have my name in it.

Sarah

Yup. Thats me. I grew up with people singing Starship's Sarah. You know,

Sarah, Sarah

Storms are brewing in your eyes,

Sarah, Sarah

no time is a good time for goodbyes

I may have to do that one at another time. I always wished they would sing a different song to me. Like Fleetwood Mac's Sara, or well, anything else. But sadly no. They stuck to Sarah by Starship. Today I'm going to post my favorite Sarah song.

Sara Smiles by Hall & Oates

I have a group of friends on the interwebs that calls me Sarah Smiles. I guess it came about cause I always sign my name with a =0) after it. Well I used to. And there was another Sarah that was part of the mailing list.

Without further ado, here we go...

SARA SMILES

Daryl Hall and John Oates (1974)

Baby hair with a womans eyes
I can feel you watching in the night
All alone with me and were waiting for the sunlight
When I feel cold you warm me
When I feel I cant go on you come and hold me
Its you... and me forever

Sara smile
Wont you smile a while for me

Sara

If you feel like leaving you know you can go
But why dont you stay until tomorrow?
And if you want to be free, all you have to do is say so
When you feel cold, Ill warm you
And when you feel you cant go on, Ill come and hold you
Its you... and me forever

Sara smile
Wont you smile a while for me

The Season Starts...

What season you ask? Cycling season.

Today was the first race for the Tour Down Under. Okay... so the race/season doesn't really just start until Tuesday's race... But the prologue (at least i think it was the prologue) was today.

Dad and I watch Cycling together. We watch just about every race there is starting with the Spring Classics and right on thru to the Tour of Italy, France, and then Spain. Yes there are even a few more races after Spain... but I can never remember what they are.

A few years ago Dad decided that he wanted to start riding. When he started he said that he wouldn't be compete. It was just going to be for fun. That was a laugh. LOL. My dad doesn't do something like this just for fun. Well it may start that way. But eventually he'll start competing.

He doesn't do much road riding these days. He's really enjoying his Mountain bike. With the entrance to the White Tank Mountains just a few miles down the road it makes it easy for him to just go out on his bike after work.

So today started our yearly bonding talking about the different teams, who moves over to what team, all the new teams that are racing. The talking about thing that mom usually ignores and says yes dear. LOL

This is the first year that The Tour Down Under is on TV. It's all thanks to Lance Armstrong. He may not be my favorite cyclist, but he has done a lot for cycling in America. and that makes is good for us cause the more races he is in, the more we get to watch on TV.

EXCITING!

Oh... one more thing. I'm not a big fan of football. I'm a baseball girl, but GO CARDS!

Goodbye Friend...

So...

I'm a HUGE fan of the Stargate Universe.

I had seen the movie years ago and enjoyed it and had watched episodes of SG-1 on late night television here and there when it first went into syndication, and liked them. But it wasn't until late 2004 that I actually became a fan.

I love science fiction, and had just started Netflix, so I wanted to watch some television series I had never seen before. I decided to get Stargate: SG-1 from the beginning. By this time the series was running on the Sci-Fi channel and was in its 8th season, and season 1 of Stargate Atlantis had already begun. Dad and I watched the beginning of SG-1 together, and then I moved to Albuquerque. Canada and i continued watching the series together. We made it to the end of season 7 just before season 9 started. We ended up spending a day watching an SG-1 marathon to catch up on the series.

While watching season 8 we were introduced to season 1 of Atlantis. At first i wasn't so keen on watching this series. I was in total love with the characters on SG-1, Especially General Jack O'Neill.

By the time season 8 was over Jack was gone and I was hooked with SGA (or Stargate: Atlantis).

My family thinks that I am totally obsessed, and I probably am. But I really enjoy this show. It makes me laugh, and cry, and nearly every episode I'm on the edge of my seat, or biting my nails. By the end of it I can't wait for the next week's episode to get here. Friday nights became a great night for me, especially while SG-1 was still running, I had 2 great shows to watch.

This season was the final season of Stargate: Atlantis. Tonight while watching the final episode of Atlantis (which actually aired on the 9th, i think) i was biting my nails. Seriously... My nerves were a wreck and i was near tears the entire time knowing that this was the final episode of my favorite team. I seriously don't think I was this bad watching the final episode of The West Wing, and that is one of my all time favorite shows. It also wasn't so hard watching the final episode of SG-1 cause, O'Neill had left years ago, and I KNEW the release dates for the 2 movies that were being released. Atlantis, I know there is a movie, but when?

Now I'm not going to say anything about the episode in case there are others out there that haven't seen it yet. I don't want to spoil those who are fans. That is just a big no no. But I will say that it was a wonderful episode. Everything that an SGA episode is supposed to be. Laughing, edge of my seat, nail biting, crying, even a little romance thrown in. Very well done.

So i say goodbye now to my Friday night friend. We had some good times, and some not so good times. I can't wait to see you again. And maybe the new series, Stargate: Universe, will be just as good.

Lost Toy Found

The lost toy that Lils had decided she was missing the other day has been found.

Yes, it's a rat. One of her favorite toys is a rat that I purchased from Ikea. Dad calls her "rat dog" so i thought it was a cute toy for her. Never knew it would become one of her favorites.

The rat was the only toy that got moved with us. That is, not packed into a box. So for the longest time, at least in dog time, it was the only thing she had to play with. And play she did. When we drove down here it got put into a container and then stuff piled on top of it, and left in the garage for the last 2 months...

Why she decided all of a sudden that it was missing and she wanted it we don't know. I pulled out the box of her toys that is hidden in the closet, and dumped it onto the middle of the floor. She got excited and searched thru the pile of toys and you could tell that she wasn't finding what she wanted. She ended up taking a small bear out of the pile and the rest went back into the box and put back into the closet.

Mom then asked about the rat. I went into the garage, found it, and brought it in the house. Lils got soooo excited when she saw it. Too bad it was so close to bed time, or she probably would have played with it all night.



Yeah... she's kinda cute.

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*shakes head*

I think it's the fact that I have like 5 different blogs.

*shrugs*

whoops.

i know...

I know, I know...

I've changed things again...

I blame my sister...

A Crazy Dog???

Last night lils started digging in her toys to find something she was missing, and didn't seem to be able to find it.

I got her to go to bed, after some prodding, but this morning she was back to digging around in her toys again.

Now this dog, she has a TON of toys. It all started when she was a puppy and started carrying around one of my stuffed animals, that was twice as big as she was. She then ended up stealing most of my animals and making them her own. Since then we have gotten rid of quite a few toys. And she's even got a box full of them in storage.

I think that maybe she's looking for something that is in storage, that she has just realizes is missing now. Hm... or maybe mom's idea that she doesn't want the blankets that are sitting on top of her toys.

Or, maybe she's just gone crazy.

The Biggest Loser

I LOVE this show...

But this week was heartbreaking. I don't think that there has ever been a harder decision on who goes home. It has only been a 2 weeks and I'm already attached to these people.

Jenny's family has started a "biggest loser" challenge in their family and Dad and I have decided to join. I need to get to a healthier me. I'm also hoping that maybe i can get off a few of the meds i have to take and this disease will get a little better. Even tho it has nothing to do with diet and health.

I'd just like to be able to walk around the book store and not get winded or tired. This is a lofty goal for me. But it's something that I would like to try.

Song of the Week

This week I decided to go with something a little more classical for the song of the week. One thing about me is that I've got a very eclectic collection of music. I like just about anything and everything, and i'm willing to try it at least once.

This week's song is an aria from the unfinished opera Turandot by Puccini, Nessun Dorma!

I don't remember the first time i heard this. I just remember crying. It was so beautiful. The string instruments playing and the sound of the male voice singing this song to his princess. At the time I didn't know that was what he was singing about. It was just pretty.

I play this song all the time, along with other arias on a cd i have called 40 Most Beautiful Arias. The last time I played this cd Ian was over and came into my room and asked me what that noise was. I told him that it was Opera, music. He told me it was annoying and to turn it off. He's 8. I'll get him with it one of these days. He will love Opera and not just Metallica.

Just a little infomation about the song:
History of "Nessun Dorma" and the opera, Turandot: Puccini began working on the opera Turandot in 1920. The next year, he started composing the music. Two years later, in 1924, Puccini had all but finished the opera's final duet. Puccini disliked the text of the duet and postponed composing it until he was able to correct the text. When he finally chose the words for it, two days later he was was diagnosed with throat cancer. Having decided to travel to Belgium for treatment and surgery the last week of November 1924, Puccini died as a result of the surgery on November 29. Therefore, the opera itself was never finished by Puccini.

Nessun Dorma!
Giacomo Puccini (1920-1924)

Italian Text
Nessun dorma! Nessun dorma!
Tu pure, o, Principessa,
nella tua fredda stanza,
guardi le stelle
che tremano d'amore
e di speranza.
Ma il mio mistero è chiuso in me,
il nome mio nessun saprà!
No, no, sulla tua bocca lo dirò
quando la luce splenderà!
Ed il mio bacio scioglierà il silenzio
che ti fa mia!
(Il nome suo nessun saprà!...
e noi dovrem, ahime, morir!)
Dilegua, o notte!
Tramontate, stelle!
Tramontate, stelle!
All'alba vincerò!
vincerò, vincerò!

English Translation of "Nessun Dorma"
Nobody shall sleep!...
Nobody shall sleep!
Even you, o Princess,
in your cold room,
watch the stars,
that tremble with love and with hope.
But my secret is hidden within me,
my name no one shall know...
No!...No!...
On your mouth I will tell it when the light shines.
And my kiss will dissolve the silence that makes you mine!...
(No one will know his name and we must, alas, die.)
Vanish, o night!
Set, stars! Set, stars!
At dawn, I will win! I will win! I will win!

Jack is Back

Tonight is the season premier of "24"!

Some of you are probably moaning and groaning and saying that you can't believe that i actually like that show. Dad even told me today that at least he had taste (yet he's the one that watched a movie called Transmorphers. No... I'm serious. It's was like a way bad B movie that got 1.7 stars, out of 10, on IMDB. I'd say that was bad).

Hey.. I LOVE Jack. and I LOVE the show. Believe it or not I wasn't a fan of Kiefer Sutherland before this. But I am a fan now.

Plus. I need something to make me happy now that my favorite show is off the air for good. *sad sigh*

I'm addicted to television and movies, and I don't deal very well with change. At least when it comes to my TV. So far this season (that i can think of off the top of my head) one of my shows has ended for good. One of my favorite characters has died. One of my favorite characters is leaving the show. Another one that i've loved for 15 years now is going at the end of the season.

Hm... maybe it's time i stopped watching TV all together.

*laughs*

Yeah... Like that will ever happen.

le sigh...

Okay. That was just too much work and too much heartache and yeah. too much.

LOL

I'm back. I have a layout that i like. I have all my little gadgets and widgets and whatchamacallits back.

I'm hoping that this is going to stay this way for a while. I know a few people who just might kill me if I mess with it anymore.

I didn't know that messing with things would cause so much trouble. Oh well. It's done and over with and i'm back online.

YA!

(don't they usually have balloon's at grand openings and such?)

Under Construction

so I did something that did something that really messed everything up. I have no idea what I'm doing so right now i very much feel like Homer Simpson trying to fix things. So yeah. I'm under construction and hopfully will be back to normal tomorrow. Or as much normal as my brain can be.

Boxes and boxes and boxes.

Recently I purchased some plastic CD boxes from amazon. I needed something to put all the disks I have laying around cause the container i had them in was just not big enough anymore.

They were delivered today
I had to put them together myself, but that was easy to do. They aren't made of a very strong plastic, but for $12.99 i'm not expecting that. I just wanted something that would hold the cd's in the sleeves that I have, and whatever other garbage i seem to find. LOL.

I'm happy about them. A nice new addition to my very small room.

My monster and me...

we've had a pretty lazy day, just like every day. I think i've got a cold coming on so i'm just feeling kinda blah.

Lils and I've just been on the couch taking it easy, like always. One of these days maybe i'll feel normal again. At least i don't have to rely on the oxygen to get around anymore. One of these days I'll actually be motivated to do something.

eh... lets leave that for tomorrow.

Turning into my mother?

Why do i think I'm turning into my mother? It's not really a bad thing, but let me tell you why.

Today I spent the day in my room on playing on harvey, the name of my computer. Okay so that isn't anything new. I recently deleted everything off harvey jr., the name of my iPod, and re-installed the software. So I was playing with my iPod, again that isn't new.

While I was doing all of this I finished one book, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Then started and finished another, Doctor Who: The Feast of the Drowned. Then started and finished yet another, Anything Goes: John Barrowman's Autobiography. And then... I started a new book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Now do you see the similarity? I'm listening to book after book on harvey jr. I've added 11.17 gb to my 30 gb iPod... and only 2 gb of that is actual music. *sigh*

So, as you can see. This isn't a bad thing. But yeah. I think i'm turning into my mother, or my aunt barbara...

either way. they are both great women. maybe listening to books is better...

Song of the Week

This week's song is my very favorite song by one of my very favorite bands, Matchbox Twenty.

Now your asking yourself, why is a song about a guy telling a girl that even if she was the Last Beautiful Girl in the world he would not love her, her favorite song.

I think it's the fact that right there at the end of the song, he's basically telling her that she is the Last Beautiful Girl, and even after everything they have been thru and the love and the heartache he can't love her because of what she did. But... she is a beautiful girl.

The fact that it's Rob singing doesn't make it half bad either. *grins*

Last Beautiful Girl
Matchbox Twenty (2000)

This will all fall down like everything else that was
This too shall pass and all of the words we said
We can't take back

Now every fool in town wouldve left by now
I can't replace all the wasted days
The memory of your face - can't help thinkin

Maybe if we ever coulda kept it all together
Where would we be
A thousand lost forevers
And the promises you never were giving me
Heres what Im thinking

It wont be the first - heart that you break
It wont be the last - beautiful girl
The one that you wrecked - wont take you back
If you were the last beautiful girl in the world

Tell me one more time
How you're sorry about the way
This all went down - you needed to find your space

You needed to still be friends
Needed me to
Call you if I ever couldnt keep it all together you'd comfort me
Tell me but forever
And the promises I never should have believed in
Heres what Im thinking

It wont be the first - heart that you break
It wont be the last - beautiful girl
The one that you wrecked - wont take you back
If you were the last beautiful girl in the world

Its over now - and Ive gone without
Cuz you're everybody elses girl
It seems to me - you'll always be
Everyone elses girl
Everyone elses girl

This will all fall down
Like everything in the world
This too must end
And all the words we said
We can't take back

It wont be the first - heart that you break
It wont be the last - beautiful girl
The one that you wrecked - wont take you back
If you were the last...

It wont be the first - heart that you break
It wont be the last - beautiful girl
The one that you wrecked - wont take you back
If you were the last beautiful girl in the world

The last beautiful girl in the world
You are the last beautiful girl in the world
Beautiful girl

Getting to Know You...

I thought that since there are new people visiting here every day, *waves at new people*, I would introduce you all to a few people I talk about often in my blog.

First I'm going to introduce you to my parents. Yup. That is Fred and Linda, Dad and Mom, Grammee and Grumpy. This picture was taken on a cruise they took for their 30th wedding anniversary.

We next come to my sister Emalee and her husband Kyle. They have been married for almost 9 years (their anniversary is in 3 days). They have one son who was born when emmy was only 22 1/2 weeks pregnant. His name is Kenner Jackson. He only lived for 2 hours, and will always be in our hearts.

After them we come to my brother Jeremy his wife Jenny, and their 3 children. Jeremy and Jenny have been married for just over 9 years now. Ian, or the boy, is their oldest at 8. He is in the 2nd grade. Next is Alene, or sister suzie, who is 6 and in the 1st grade. Last is Ashley, or kinsey, and she is 4 going on 25. She will be 5 in a little over a month and entering kindergarten in August.

The last member of our family that I talk about often is Lillee. My little monster, Dad's Rat Dog, and many other names Mom seems to call her. She is 4 years old and thinks she rules the house. She's spoilt rotten and I love her very much. If you ask anyone tho she's really Alene's dog, we're just taking care of her.

So, there you have it. My family. I hope you now know everyone a little better so that when I mention someone in my blog you aren't a little lost. Or a lot lost.

Books...

It's been a while since i've been able to buy anything, let alone books, and I may have gone a little overboard. But I'm so excited to be able to buy books, even tho i really should be putting my money into savings.

Anyway. I just wanted to show off the books i purchased for myself for christmas. Four out of the six books purchase can be read by my nephew, and eventually my nieces, right now.

I know, I know... some of you are asking yourselves, why does she need more books. Well, all my books right now are in storage, in the garage, and there is just something about books that make me happy.

5 Things...

Tagged by Emalee~

5 things I like

1- Watching movie after movie with Dad.
2- Friends in far away lands that give me gifts.
3- Diet Coke
4- a little dog that drives me totally insane at times
5- 3 kids that are fun to play with.

I tag whoever wants to do it.

Uno, Dos, Tres...

For some reason the kids like to play Uno with me.

I think it's because I'm not any good at the game and they always win.

Alene and I have been playing for 2 days now. A total of 28 games. I've only won 11. yeah. That bad.

At least we have fun!

A New Year..

Tomorrow starts the new year. It also starts my first month of :


Visit NaBloPoMo

I'm actually looking forward to this. It's going to be a hard thing to do for me I know. I've been very lack at writing in my journals, writing friends, even writing period. It's been a while and I'm hoping that this will get me back in the go.

This also is something else i want to do that will go towards my 101 in 1001 days.

I hope you all have a wonderful and safe new year! and I look forward to seeing you all on the inets!

sound of mud?

Ian has been spending the last few days with us.

I couldn't find him and could hear water running in the bathroom




Hm... i wonder what he could be doing in there...


Is that a soccer ball I see? and a pink body puff?






Oh... and that's a sink full of water, and antibacterial hand soap...





I guess it got dirty?

Song of the Week...

I'm going to take a page out of my sister's book and try something new.

Most of you know that I LOVE music, movies, television, and all things entertainment.

I love to just spend a day playing on the computer or reading listening to a good album or a mix of my favorite songs playing on from iPod.

I have decided to put up a song that I just love. It may or may not have anything to do with the way I feel at the moment, or it could just be a song that I think all of you have to hear. I will tell you why i like it, post the lyrics, and have a copy of the song on my blog (on the sidebar just under my "about me") where you'll be able to listen to it, if you would like. I think it will be a fun change to my blog and let you all get to know me a little better thru music.

~*~

The first song will be Joni Mitchell's Both Sides, Now. I really don't know why i love this song so much. The poetry of it is just so beautiful, and the music that she wrote to go with the lyrics so pretty, almost like a lullaby. John Barrowman recently recorded this song on his album Music, Music, Music. He's the only man I've every heard sing this song, and brought back the beauty of it for me.

Both Sides, Now lyrics
written by: Joni Mitchell (1969)

Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
Clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way that you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show
And you leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love
Really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way

Oh but now old friends they're acting strange
And they shake their heads
And they tell me that I've changed
Well something's lost but something's gained
In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life
I really don't know life at all

The Y Fan

IS WEARING A U HAT!!!

I GUESS SHE'S NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. *GRINS*

101 in 1001 days...

So i've started something new. And today is the day that I started it.

A friend of mine came across this web site, Day Zero: Home of the 101 things to do in 1001 days. She wanted to participate in this, so she wrangled me, and another friend, into doing it with her.

The Mission:
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as New Year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organising and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

So, I've created another blog to keep track of what i'm doing and my list.

101 Things to Do in 1001 Days

If you'd like to keep track of my progress or just see what I'm reading or watching at the moment your more than welcome to come and take a look.

As you all know I live in Arizona now. Lovely, nice, warm, dry, Waddell Arizona.

It's been raining for 2 days now.

The high temp for today is 50*

The heat went on for the first time in this house last night.

I wore my coat when we went to dinner last night.

I'm wearing long sleeves.

I'm wearing my lovely new purple slippers.

my dog is shivering cause she doesn't want to get under the blankets for fear of missing something.

at least i'm not in Las Vegas, or Utah for that matter, where it is snowing. I'll just deal with cold rain.

Nightly Rituals

Every night right around 8.30 Lillee decides that it's time to play.

It never fails.

Even if Dad isn't around she wants to play.

Even if Dad doesn't want to play, she wants to play.

Sometimes she actually has to even play with me.

I guess it tires her out before she goes to bed.

*giggles*

The Boy took a bath...
Do you think that he missed something?

Scattergories!!

I got this from Becky... thought that I'd actually do one of these...

Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the following. They have to be real places, names, things.. nothing made up!

You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

WHAT IS YOUR NAME: Sarah
BOY NAME: Sam
4 LETTER WORD: Slut
GIRL NAME: Stephanie
OCCUPATION: Store Owner
A COLOUR: Sandy Brown
SOMETHING YOU WEAR: Shoe
BEVERAGE: Sugary Cola
FOOD: Sandwich
SOMETHING FOUND IN A BATHROOM: Stool
A PLACE : San Diego
REASON FOR BEING LATE: Sleigh in the way
SOMETHING YOU SHOUT: 'S***!'

I tag whoever wants to do it!!!

something of an update...

I've redone the layout on my blog. Thought that I would do something to go with the season. I think it's pretty.

I don't know what to write. I've had this window open for a few minutes now and I really don't know what to update on. Maybe that's why I haven't updated in so long. I really should have done a third update about the move, but that kinda all went blah. I've had such a problem with writing period for a while. I can't seem to write in my LiveJournal, I haven't written email to friends in a while. I have a friend who even wants me to write her some stories, yet I'm not even able to do that. I have been told that I am just holding it all in. *sigh* repressing. I so need to start writing again. It is such a good outlet.

Nothing is going on in my life right now. I'm feeling fine. I haven't used oxygen in a few weeks. I have been feeling tired and sore, but i think that it's more with just the change of the weather, than anything. I've had my first doctors appointment with a Rheumatologist and he's going to continue with my treatment the way it is since it's working so well.

Um... Arizona is nice and warm, although it is cooling down. The door is open right now. it's 57* outside. It's the 10th of December and the heat hasn't been used yet this year. I like Arizona. I like it where it isn't cold. I like it where it doesn't snow. I like Arizona.

Kenner Jackson

There isn't going to be an update on the move right now. Maybe later today.

My sister had a baby yesterday. Kenner Jackson was born at 5.00 pm and passed away at 7.10 pm.

She was only 22 1/2 weeks pregnant. His lungs weren't developed enough to stay alive.

Her and kyle got to hold him and love him for as long as he was alive. I'm thankful for that.

2 months of nothing, doctors updates, the poor dog, and Las Vegas.

Part 2 of the moving adventure...

Okay, so some of you may be wondering what I did in those 2 months before we actually moved. Well nothing. I did absolutely NOTHING. I sat around playing on the computer, slept, watched a little television, not much cause it was in the basement and I didn't want to be down there alone, but yeah. I did absolutely nothing.

I did have a few final doctors appointments. I had an echo, and some PFT's, and my final appointments with Dr. Ivester and Dr. Dames.

The echo came back and my levels are lower. And my PFT's came back and my numbers are higher... So, what does this mean? The meds are working. This new treatment they have me on is actually working. It may cost an arm and a leg (still in the doughnut hole and i now know why old people eat dog food) but it is working. Did i mention that my skin is also softer. Oh, and I have wrinkles on my hands. I haven't had wrinkles on my hands in YEARS... seriously. This is great news!.

It was sad to say goodbye to my doctors. But they got me started on the right path. I have an appointment here in Arizona with a new doctor on the 25th of this month, so we shall see if we like him and he keeps me on the right path. He better since it seems to be working.

In other health news not so great. My little trip down the stairs seems to have messed up my right hip. I have developed Bursitis. Which isn't so bad, but it hurts if i sit wrong, or sit too long, or basically do anything but lay down. well even that hurts sometimes. And the last shot they did in my wrist didn't work. So the arthritis in my left wrist has really been bothering me. But we shall see what the new doctor does about these since Dr. Dames didn't really get a chance to do anything about it.

Lillee seems to not had a good time of things lately. She's really not liked dad not being around the last few months. Then once mom left she became a really protective little thing. I felt so bad for her I didn't leave the house unless she could come with me. Good thing it wasn't summer anymore so she could just hang out in the car for a short time. Then I went and left her with the grandparents for a week while I was in Arizona. I bet she thought that I abandoned her. But she was okay once I got home. Then when Mom and Dad got home she was way excited. Then she wouldn't let anyone leave the house... Once the men came to pack up the house she was a wreck. She didn't have a clue what was going on, and was so afraid that she was going to be left alone in an empty house. The first night after the truck left we stayed in the Ogden Marriott. I don't think the poor thing slept all night. I don't think it helped that the hallway we were sleeping in had a bunch of girls from the NAU soccer team staying there.

The drive to Vegas was nice, if not a little long. Once we got to Cedar we decided to go the long way, out into the middle of nowhere. It was a nice drive, if not longer. We didn't have a specific time we had to be to Las Vegas. The only plans we had were to go out to dinner with Aunt Barbara and Uncle Ira. We were also going to stay in a hotel. This was going to be my first time ever in a Las Vegas hotel. I've been going to vegas since I was little. I've always had family there to visit as long as I can remember and we've always stayed in their homes. But this time, we got a hotel room. WOOHOOO...

We went to Aunt Barbara's and Uncle Ira's and visited for a little while. We decided to drive out to West Las Vegas to visit with Laci, Logan and Madison. We had a good time visiting with them. They have a cute little condo out there and Logan is a hoot such a cute 4 year old and Madison is just adorable. She's so tiny and yet she's walking all around. She reminds me of a little cherub, just adorable.

After our visits we went out to dinner with Aunt Barbara and Uncle Ira. We went to Firefly, a tapas bar in downtown Vegas. In fact it was across the street from our hotel. So that worked out great. We didn't have to go far afterwards. The food was to die for. we had bunches of different little appetizers. I think my favorite was the shrimp ceviche. soooo good. Oh, but the desserts. We got 4 different kind, but i kinda stuck to this chocolate cherry bread pudding. It was sooooo good, and for those of you who know me know that i'm not a fan of chocolate except for when i'm craving it. But, it wasn't chocolatey tho. It was basically a bread pudding with chocolate ribbons and cherries.

We had a great time but it was finally time to go to the hotel and check in. We had got up early and had a long drive and all of us just wanted to go to bed. By the time we checked into the hotel, showered, played on the computer, waited around to take my pills, and shut the lights off it was 8.30 pm... I WENT TO BED AT 8.30 ON A SATURDAY NIGHT IN VEGAS. And I was only 2 blocks away from the strip. Yeah. party it up. LOL

Hm... we are getting very long again. I'll continue this tomorrow with the rest of the trip, and what has happened here in Arizona the past few days.

To Be Continued...

Moving, Ian's Baptism, Car Accidents, and starting the move.

WOW...

What a really long, boring, uneventful, busy, annoying last few months.

Dad moved to Arizona to work, while mom and I stayed in Utah with the house. Mom visited the first part of September. Then dad came up for the weekend after his birthday. At that time a plan was made. Mom and Dad basically couldn't live apart and i just wanted to be warm and settled and not in limbo anymore. At that point it was decided that we would move the first part of November no matter what and that mom would spend most of October in Arizona.

I spent 2 weeks alone in the house, then came down to Arizona for Ian's baptism, which went really well. The poor boy had to be dunked twice. Ian is the oldest among his cousins and the first to be baptized. So the little kids were so excited about it. It was so cute to see Aiden (Jenny's nephew) so enthusiastic about his cousin getting baptized. Afterwards we went to a park right near their house for some food, hotdogs and chips, and some fun conversation while the kids played, and a football was tossed around.

I rode down to Arizona with my sister Emalee and her husband Kyle. We drove down to Vegas on a Wednesday, and spent the night with Aunt Barbara's and Uncle Ira's. We then drove to Buckeye on Thursday. We were all going to stay and Jenny and Jeremy's house. That was going to be the first. The whole family basically living together for a week. We had a good time. Good food, and lots of laughs at mostly my expense. We left on Thursday the 30th. Well of course i have to ride home with them cause i rode down with them. About um... i don't know how many hours, 8 hours, into the trip we were in a minor automobile accident. Just south of the Parawan exit Kyle started to fall asleep and sideswiped another car. We were/are all fine and it was just mainly cosmetic damage to both vehicles, but it delayed us about an hour and a half. I ended up spending all of Friday, Halloween, in bed cause of general tiredness after being in a car for 14 hours.

Mom and Dad flew in on Saturday the 1st. We spend a few days doing nothing/getting final things around the house done and such. On Wednesday the 5th at 7 am the moving men came to pack up our house. By the time I got out of bed, at around 9.30, Frank and Tony, the two men moving us, had half the house basically packed. It was amazing to watch these guys.

By the end of Wednesday, and we're talking like 2.30 pm, every room in the house was packed. The only thing they had left was the garage. I couldn't believe it. It was amazing to watch also. and that's all we could do was sit around and watch them.

Thursday morning they had the garage packed and started packing the truck. By the end of the day, again 2.30, they had the garage, basement, and most of the upstairs into the truck.

Friday morning they packed up our beds and the rest of the stuff into the truck. They were there at the house at 7.30 and were gone by 10.30. They wanted to be out of Utah by the end of their day.

We still had that full day to clean up the house, say goodbye to the grandparents, eat breakfast, give uncle chuck a key to the house, take the cable modem back to layton, and we couldn't check into the Marriott Hotel in Ogden until 3.00.

We actually got all that done by 2.00 and were checked into the hotel and napping by 3.00. Mom and Dad went to dinner with friends Friday night. I stayed in the hotel room with Lils and watched television and played on my computer like always. It was nice tho. Some quiet time to myself, with a dog who was going mad.

Okay... this is getting long and I still have DAYS to cover... so I'm splitting this in at least 2, if not 3 posts. so yeah.

Stay tuned for our trip to Vegas. Our night in a Vegas Hotel, Our trip to Arizona, and Moving into our new house.

To Be Continued tomorrow...

Warm weather, and small houses.

The move has finished... I am now an Arizonan?

All moved into the new place. Some of our stuff has to go to Jenn and Jeremy's for the next year. Lots of unpacking and throwing away to do. Maybe it is time to go to the minimalist lifestyle. naaa... I don't think I can do that. LOL

Will post a blog on the move, and what's been going on in my life in the last 2 months this week. I've just been lazy. whoops.

Hope all is well!

VOTE!

I know i haven't posted in a while...

But here's a start:

So it has been a while, and not a lot has been going on.

I'm doing okay since the fall down the stairs. I still have some troubles with my hip and knee when i am walking too much, and every once in a while i'll do something that will tweek my shoulder or elbow. but overall i'm much better.

The summer is over, which means baseball is basically over. The Raptors made it to the Playoffs!!!! WOOHOOO!!! This is the first time since 2005. I'm so excited. I got a ticket so I'll be going to one more game. Just have to make sure i dress much more warmly than the last one i went to.

Dad is now in Arizona working. Mom is down there now looking for a house for us to move into once our house up here sells. It's been 3 weeks and no one has even come to look at it yet. I'm starting to get worried. I just want to be where it's warm and with my family.

Harvey is broken yet again, *sigh*. I can't get the battery to charge, and the computer won't run off the power supply for the same reason the battery won't charge. so yeah... don't know what's going on there, but can't do much about it right now.

I had an appointment with Dr. Dames a few weeks ago. She wants me to get all my usual tests done before I move. Want's to make sure that everything is fresh and new so i won't have to go thru all of it once i move. I still need to find a doctor. I guess i should start working on it. but i guess i'm kinda scared to do that. I've got great doctors now. I just want to move them down there with me. I know. not logical. but yeah. that's what i would like to do.

So yesterday I had an echo. I don't know the results yet, and probably won't for at least a week. went really fast this time. so yeah. i'm hoping things are okay there.

I guess i should go find where lilly has gone off to. I hope all is going well with you out there in blog land!