I have been battling a sinus infection for a month now.
The first round of antibiotics did not work. So, I am on another round~ sulfur meds this time around.

A little bit o' history: I never had a migraine headache in my life until age 25 & after delivering my first child; I've had them ever since. The irony is that he- my first born also suffers from migraines.

Anyway, this past month has been a doozy. I've had a headache more days than not. I've been given prescriptions ~ the sulfur medication upsets my stomach & causes my mouth to taste like metal (noted side effect), the steroid nasal spray leaves a foul taste at the back of my throat, the decongestant helps minimally, I'm sure I've taken enough ibuprofen to mess up my stomach- hopefully impermanently- & the
medication for the migraines is VERY expensive & causes the side effect of a stiff neck... So, I visited the chiropractor a few days back. I've alternated heat & cold packs across ...


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I've stopped trying to save people!!

Dear Friends and lovers of the ocean. Sometimes the ocean needs our help, and this is one of them

To view the video is very disturbing, to not act in stopping such behaviour would be a travesty ...

At the very least please sign this online petition. Lovers of the ocean and it's inhabitants - this is a clear call to action.

The video - http://www.glumbert.com/media/dolphin

The petition - http://www.petitiononline.com/golfinho/

Received in my e-mail, from a friend who just went swimming with some dolphins... she's in love!

* FYI.. I didn't check it out... other than to click on the links- which I've obviously not copied so that they can conveniently be "clicked" on & accessed. Ahhhhhhh!

Anyway, good day, peoples.

(CBS) Menu Foods is recalling dog food sold under 50 brands and cat food sold under 40 brands. The food was distributed throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico by major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Kroger and Safeway.

The recall is limited to “cuts and gravy” style pet food that was sold in cans and pouches.

A complete list of the recalled products along with product codes, descriptions and production dates is available from the Menu Foods Web site.

The recalled brands are:

Cat Food

* Americas Choice, Preferred Pets
* Authority
* Best Choice
* Companion
* Compliments
* Demoulas Market Basket
* Eukanuba
* Fine Feline Cat
* Food Lion
* Foodtown
* Giant Companion
* Hannaford
* Hill Country Fare
* Hy-Vee
* Iams
* Laura Lynn
* Li'l Red
* Loving Meals
* Meijer's Main Choice
* Nutriplan
* Nutro Max Gourmet Classics
* ...


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* Hated high school.

* Home schooled through one year, ha!

* Legally signed out his junior year.

* Took the GED exam~ scored 99% out of 100%.

* Received a college scholarship.

* Began college one year before he would have graduated high school.

* Merits "special recognition" from the college.

* Deans List & Phi Beta Kappa.

* Squirms a little bit at such recognition...
I'd like to post his photo. The one of him wearing his Sublime Tee. He'd hate that- that would be an invasion of his privacy. I know him! I'd not venture there without his consent.

* I don't think that he realized the potential he has. Damn smart kid. I hope & pray that he does something valuable with that intelligence.

Palette of Anatomy


A canvas of pale until
teal covered my bare feet.
I dug those toes into the
vibrant plush of velvet green -
green that comes after three days
of summer rain.

The lusciousness of a dewy moss
covered my thighs.


My mind, out of order,
an annoying & uncomfortable gray,
held on until a crown of opaque
& then translucent gold
with a faint sponge painted
white made it's way.

There, a vibrant fleshy pink-
marbled with white.

My trunk firmly planted
in light golden brown-
No- it was honey blond;
rooted beneath the pine.
A tree hugger, I am.
I wasn't ready to let go-
of that stream of tears ~
To grow all things
need watering, don't you know.
But then a voice, your voice
a comforting
whisper in the wind-
"It's o.k., you can let go, now."
Familiar that honey blond hair,
I ...


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Tina is my mom. For all that we are alike, we are equally as much different. We've always had a very forgiving relationship. She & I don't hold much back... we've always been able to tell it the way we see it to one another. Sometimes, it's like a volcano erupting~ I chose the word volcano without much thought, but I think because it erupts from such depth & even though it is a mighty force, there is something beautiful about it. As I said, we have a very forgiving relationship. We explode, it's over... no grudges... sometimes we go out to lunch afterward. At times, she has been my most critical judge, at times my best friend, sometimes my most passionate advocate.

Anyway, Tina is about to turn 65, or is it 66? My brother, who is in from Ohio, & I visited with her today. She has been ill recently, actually, she's been ill most of her life with respiratory problems. Sometimes worse than others~ she had bronchitis~ not pneumonia, this time ...


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coffeefool.com


IF you want to keep your coffee innocence intact - look away.

Winter-Ball Feb. '07 My little girl- a young woman.
It seems like just yesterday..
we sang lullabies,
finger painted,
planted jelly beans,
& built igloos out of sugar cubes... I feel like crying, smiling - crying, smiling ~
Both.

I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets in the rain
He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's
Going to get himself a big dish of beef chow mein...

P.S. His hair was perfect!

Actually, I saw a lion with a Mexican menu in his hand
Walking throught the streets rather tame
He was looking for a place called the Qdoba grill
Going to get himself some
guacamole & Ebenezer Ale
...

p.s. HIS MANE WAS PERFECT!

Just wondering what today will bring... ...

I'm over Forty, shouldn't I have my Fairy~"tail" by now?



Keep on smiling everybody... ...

Martin Luther King Day... 1999

My daughter (then seven years old) & I were walking out side in our snow covered yard. We walked over to the frozen stream, which when not frozen, runs through the back yard & into a spillway. I decided to slip slide around on that frozen stream & fell- on my face- my chin to be specific. My two front teeth went completely through my bottom lip; I was bleeding, she was crying & screaming. Trip to ER... 18 stitches... reverse whip lash... immediately to the dentist after ER... he was amazed that my teeth did not crack or break, or over time gray. However, one tooth did eventually need to have a root canal.

Anyway, we've had milder temps here this winter. It has been raining for the past three or four days. Ahh I'll take the rain... I don't slip slide around on the frozen stream anymore, anyway.

I took a good look around at my house this morning & on this, my first day off from work... Ugggggggggggg...
realized that while I've been able to keep up with the routine "stuff", the big "stuff" needs tending to.

It is gorgeous here today. This morning, I despise housework. DESPISE it, I'm telling ya. Once I really get into it, I'll be fine... but at the top of the day, looking ahead.. ... ... I'd rather be flying a kite, or watching the oceans waves, or taking photographs...

Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya tomorrow, your always a day away.

(I needed to vent.. without nagging at my kids, this is my second little rant, as I drink a first cup of coffee & know that I must get my butt in gear.)

Awwwwwwwwwww, f*ckity. ~ Good Sunday, Peoples.

I believe that I have posted this little piece Beyond These Things here some time ago...

Sometimes the journey of life is linear & I feel that am making progress, other times, the journey seems a bit like back sliding & / or circular in nature (de jav u).

Anyway I am one of those people who wants & attempts to "realign the universe" so to speak. I have a desire to right wrongs, accept people for who they

are & wish them best, ... to make amends... attempt to be mindful about what I send out to the universe... ... ...

Sometimes it feels like I a blessed soul. Sometimes like I'm "high" on fairy dust (foolish).

I'm certain that I am not the only person on earth who thinks or feels this way. It's been one of those mornings. Any words of understanding & simple encouragement will do.

(my therapist had a cancellation today, maybe I should have taken her up on it )



Beyond these things, there are piano
keys ...


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Every Day Is A Gift
(Compliments of & Heartfelt Thank's to B. )

Every day is a journal page
Every man holds a quill and ink
And there's plenty of room for writing in
All we do is believe and think
So will you compose a curse
Or will today bring the blessing
Fill the page with rhyming verse
Or some random sketching

Teach us to count the days
Teach us to make the days count
Lead us in better ways
That somehow our souls forgot
Life means so much
Life means so much
Life means so much

Every day is a bank account
And time is our currency
So nobody's rich, nobody's poor
We get 24 hours each
So how are you gonna spend
Will you invest, or squander
Try to get ahead
Or help someone who's under

Teach us to count the days
Teach us to make the days count
Lead us in better ways
That somehow our souls forgot
Life means so much
Life means so much
Life means so much

Has anybody ever lived who knew the ...


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While at a shopping center recently, I ran into an old friend- who I hadn't seen in near twenty years. I heard someone call me by my first & maiden last name...
I turned to find none other than A.B. standing - he'd parked next to my vehicle- in the parking lot.

(I was glad that I'd not "matured" beyond recognition.)
He, wearing MUCH shorter hair, it took me a moment to recognize. Anyway, he was with a woman; he did the introduction thing & she was his wife. We stood in the parking lot for about half an hour- getting caught up.

I remembered A. as being a little bit of a bad boy...
a real partier, always looking for adventure- one of those people who lived on the edge. He told me that about 15 years ago, he'd been involved in a serious motorcycle accident and was hospitalized for quite a period of time. Dejavu, in 1979, his older brother all of 22 years old was killed in a motorcycle accident. For whatever reason, my thoughts went to Mrs. B. ...


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God, I wasn't planning to come back in here today- atleast not until this evening. This time of year & much to do. But, something has been tugging at me all morning. Something seeming to whisper, "There are things in life that only you can set right, girl."
Then it came to me... dad- my dad- whispering words of I'm not there for you to talk to anymore, I can't choose your life for you- never could, though sometimes, I tried... you have always held the key- you still do hold the key... "Only you can set the things in your life right, girl."

My father & I had a special relationship, one which in my early years, I took for granted that all fathers & daughters had. During my teen years, I befriended girls whose dads had walked away- never to look back. Some envied my relationship with my father, but were glad for me. I know because they told me so. He became a second father to some of my friends, & a grandfather or sorts to some of their ...


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I woke up this morning & discovered a laugh line...
What.. What.. Whatever shall I do?

(Sometimes, I'm a pain in my own ass. )

Does NOT think that the blemish on my cheek is basal cell or any other form of carcinoma. He said that he thinks I caused trauma to the area when I tried to "lance" it, & that it is probably a stubborn clogged pore- & that perhaps a tiny cyst formed beneath the skin. He also found an "age spot" at my left rear shoulder. I'm still relieved!!!

p.s. He also said that I should stay out of the sun.
Bummer.

She (my daughter) is 15. He, her male friend she wants to visit tomorrow evening while I can NOT be home just turned 18. I told her that I would think about it & that it MIGHT happen ONLY if her brother- my son, who is also 18 is going to be home & that there will be conditions.

He, my son said, "Mom are you stupid?" ...

I decided that she can NOT have her friend over unless I am home. It will have to wait 'til then. ... ...

She said, "Mom, why are you being so stupid?"

They are now having a verbal... name calling session...
She is telling her brother that he is retarded.

He is telling her that she's lost her mind if she thinks that an 18 year old male is going to be seeing his sister.

Reassuring to know that I'm stupid, he's retarded, & she's lost her mind!
OMG... teens, gotta luv 'em