I dedicate this one to Marcy

Boo 2007

Stupid Criminal

San Jose Mercury News - SF police say man wanted to burn Grace Cathedral

Three reasons he's not the smartest criminal in the bunch.
1) The Cathedral is a poured concrete structre - hard to burn.
2) He told his friend what he was going to do.
3) Fireworks.

Good Thing We Get Along

I just got off the phone with an attorney - looking for help in filing the paperwork to dissolve the Domestic Partnership. Even though it's amicable and J lives in NYC and all out property etc has been split up we still have to wait six months. Welcome to the longest break-up in history. By the time this is all final it will be about 16 months from the time was said the words "we're going to break up" to the time we have no more ties to each other.

Sometimes it seems like so long ago. Sometimes it feels like just yesterday.

What Took So Long

I LOVE the Muppets. I love SNL. Why did it take them so long to put this skit together? Maybe they needed Maya Rudolph - she's perfect!

Time Sucker

lolsecretz

This website mashes up the best of my two favorite websites:
I Can Has Cheezburger
&
Post A Secret

If you visit any of the websites & are confused - I apologize that you don't get it. Don't ask me to explain.

Enjoy.... or don't.

NATURE. Katrina's Animal Rescue. Slideshow | PBS

NATURE. Katrina's Animal Rescue. Slideshow | PBS

Today marks the two year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

GOATS!

I am happy today. Yesterday I was driving home up the canyon & what to my wondering eyes should appear but dozens of goats happily grazing on the hillside. YAY my goats are home.

The City of Oakland rents goats to aid in fire prevention. They wander about the hills at the end of summer "mowing" the weeds.

As I was looking for some pictures & links for this blog I came across two sad stories about these goats.
Hundreds of goats die in Marin accident

15 goats in herd grazing on brush shot, killed

Not this year

I just noticed on my calendar that today could be my 3rd wedding anniversary...

Where have I been?

If you want to read up on where I've been, what I've been doing or to see pictures of my travels please see this blog

Better than Shoes

It's "Muffins"

I'm Away

Want to know detials?

Weekend Wrap Up

I spent the past four days on "vacation" with 5 kids all under 6. Laugh if you must but it was fun. My sister & I took her two to Colorado to visit the brother & his three. And now photo evidence:

Meet Colton. This is one of the rare internet friendly photos I got of him. He is most often seen climbing trees, riding a scooter or playing baseball without pants. However if you turn on the sprinklers & invite him to run through he will have a melt-down until his swimsuit is found.

This little sweetpea is Hope. She's got a great bull-dog grin, loves to laugh and I taught her to say "woo-hoo". Yes that's an 8oz can of Coors Light in her hands. She's a girl after my own heart.

The two big-girl cousins cooling off after a hard morning of running through the sprinklers & making home-made ice cream. It's a rough life being 5 & 6 yrs old.


Jack. Brining up the rear of "generation cousin". He ate his first avocado, blueberries & peach this weekend. He still hadn't passed them when we flew home. I don't envy the person who gets to change that diaper. He's a good traveler.

Please tell me who / what ...

You Are... (click for fun)

Let me know who/what you are in the comments.

God is Good

Side Effects!

Is there such a thing as antihistamine rage? Yes I think there is.

My doctor prescribed Claritin-D to clear up the fluid in my ears. For the past week I've been in a horrible mood - snappy, jittery, kinda pissed off. I figured it was just part of the emotional roller coaster of the final stages of the break-up. Jane moved out on Tuesday. Mel's moved in. The house is a mess. Of course life is all shook up so it's normal to have some emotions.

After a few days of up & down I think it's more the drugs than my personal life. After a google search of my meds. I find out that my OTC drug has some side effects.

Claritin-D include stimulation of the nervous system leading to nervousness, restlessness, excitability, dizziness, headache, fear, anxiety, tremor, and even hallucinations and convulsions (seizures)."

So I apologize if I've been bitchy to you. I blame the drugs. I asked the Dr. for an alternative plan & have stopped taking these during the day. Let's hope my mood improves.

A Beautiful Sunday

Guess how I spent my Sunday? PRIDE AND JOY / San Francisco shows its true colors in annual celebration of LGBT people and those who love them -- drag queens, Dykes on Bikes strut their stuff on Market Street

It was a beautiful day in SF. I got a little sun, watched a lot of people, at some street faire food (not on a stick). I was home by 4 - it was an early day out.

At home Mel & I hung lots of pictures, drank some vodka lemonade & watched The Secret. I fell asleep on the couch by 9pm.

I'm back to work & ready for a new week.

The Important Blog

Do you ever read my other blog? Go now & check it out.

Ear Ache

For the past two weeks I've had a low ache to sharp pain in my left ear. Then the right ear got jealous & both hurt. I told my sister about it & she said her friend ignored an ear ache and her drum burst, blood & fluid drained out & she suffered permanent hearling loss. I called my Dr the next day.

So apparently at age 36 I get allergies. The pain is due to some fluid build-up in my middle ear. I am on OTC Claratin D. I had to go to pharmacist & hand over my ID & sign for the non-prescription meds. I guess I look like a meth cooker.

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Does a song ever perfectly sum up your feelings of the day?

Click to listen... (don't watch it just listen - the video's a bit cheese ball)


"Last Tears"

These are the last tears I'm gonna cry for you
My cryin's through I'm moving on
I don't regret and won't forget
A single thing that we went through
But there are the last tears I'm gonna cry for you
You take things so much easier than I do
And you could live your life without me if you had to
And you believe that in the end it all works out right
And I might if not for you
And if you ask one which one lives just alone for love
I do
There was a time when all signs pointed to the warm south
The planets all lined up and built a new house
And everything we talked about felt like a prophecy
And when you looked at me they all came true
And if you asked which one wants to go the distance
I do
I'm gonna rack my mind one last time until I cannot think
I'm gonna dip into your memory and take a good stiff drink
And when I'm drunk on the last drop of sadness about how we went wrong
I'm gonna play this song
Make some coffee black and strong
Give thanks for healing time
And finally make up my mind