i'm back!

i made it home!   i had a great trip!    i'm just sharing a few photos of the kids   all my pix of the trip didn't download so i'm recharging the battery for the camera    i hope that is all it is    i did get a few photos downloaded before it stopped   the above pics are all 4 kids i spent my vacation with    the first little guy is Kameron, 2yrs old   in this first pic he wouldn't say cheese for me   he had yet to warm up to me   but the last pic posted of him, just had to take that one, he had warmed up to me and was being a ham in front of the camera    he and i spent lots of time together even sleeping together at nite sharing it with his puppy (stuff toy)    the next tyke is Kameron's older brother, Kaleb    the third pic is Maechala then follows her brother Jaydin    all 4 kids are my sisters grandkids and i call them MY Babies    i guess these would be my grandkids if i had any    anyways, it was a great trip and i'll tell you more about it once i get all the pics posted hopefully tomorrow    although i've been back since late saturday nite, my computer didn't get home til this evening    it stayed at Cindy's house, nice and secure.....it's great to be home because there's no place like home!..........................note:   the pics were re-posted and put out of order as told above    the last 2 pics are of Kameron, then Kaleb, Maechala, & Jaydin   aol had this entry posted twice   as i deleted one, it removed the pics in the other....argh!

the movie...

well C and I just finished watchin "The Da Vinci Code"   we both have read the book and we talked about what was missin or how a smidgen of it was done with liberties   anyways tho, the movie was good   it was the code   we both enjoyed it   it is worth seeing and having your thoughts challenged   maybe one day truth will be revealed surrounding The Holy Grail.....in the meantime, i'm leaving in a couple days    not sure i'll get another entry before then    i won't be takin my computer for i'm limited to number of bags, weight per bag, and one carry on item which will be my cameras   so i'll update this upon my return on or about 3 jun  with plenty of pics  ...so everyone have a wonderful Memorial Weekend   think of me, i'll be in Disney having lunch with Pooh and friends....

bike trip 2 Madrid

well, i had my first bike trip on the road    i went to Madrid, about 40miles from here on the back roads   God it was AWESOME!   what a beautiful ride   i forgot how gorgeous the scenery was back there    and i swear i saw more while on the bike than drivin the car   just as i arrived to the little town, i wondered why i hadn't brought my camera again   o well, next time   i was just sooo anxious to ride everything else didn't matter   and ya know i've heard a lot of bad attitudes about ridin a bike i.e. the vibration, it's hard on your back, etc.  well i had very little problem   the vibration i didn't even feel til i was Off the bike and i only had trouble a smidgens with my shoulder and base of the palm of my hands   i own one of those race bikes, otherwise known as crotch rockets which you have to lean over the handlebars   and it was only bad when riding down the side of a hill (more pressure on those hands)   it was such a great ride, i was wondering why i didn't pick this up sooner than now   everything is what you make it and if you think badly about something, it's gonna be bad   but hell, i was having the time of my life    can't wait til after the disney trip to come home and take some more bike trips   think i'm enjoying the bike more this time than the first time i road years ago    ...anyways, Madrid will be the site of a new movie filmed soon about motorcycles according to the shop owner   i think she said John Travolta and Tim Allen were going to be in it    guess i need to keep an eye out for that news-yeah right, i don't do the news...anyways,   all is good in the west!

one week

one week from tomorrow i fly out to our Disney vacation   yesterday we were thinking that maybe some of the kids weren't going to be able to make it   this morn we heard optimistic news to the contrary   from listening to my sister, it may be more of a challenge than i thought   my sister is tired and has been taking care of 2 of her grandkids   she's had little to no time alone, until yesterday   so i was wondering how 4 grandchildren were going to affect her   but i'll be there doin my best to relieve some of her stress but mostly so we all can have one heck of a good time   only saturday i was ready to be there and back, but yesterday i realized i wood be missing the great treasures of spending the time with them   i love my family but sometimes i'm at odds with them   sometimes it seems more often than naught    i must slow down and enjoy the moment again  each moment as it unfolds each day   i've been really distracted and unsettled since my retirement   slowly but surely i can find my pace again   then's been so much joy and excitement and confusion with retirement, but i am growing into it    Life is Good really   sometimes it's overwhelming...

Happy Mother's Day!

to all the Mothers in J-land    hope you have a wonderful day!                                              hugz

song:  "Heart of the Mother"

men only:   I am one with the heart of the Mother

                 I am one with the heart of  Love

                I am one with the heart of the Father

               I am one with God

women only:   Ave Maria

                     Kyrie Eleison

sing your hearts out!

 

she's insane!

talk about a revolution!   actually i'm listening to that song in my head by Tracy Chapman....anyways, it's Cindy who's insane   we went for coffee tonite @ Starbucks of course   by the time we left, she had me rollin' in tears again   she harassed me because i had my  bare naked chest (and back) showing while her beau, the tattoo artist did my back   of course i had to remind her that i'm sure he's seen alot bigger and better than mine, for mine are about the size of a peanut (exaggeration, but you get the point)   but the laughter picked her up tonite   her and her beau are on two different planets every full moon and they struggle to get thru it    i've taken the job of listening to her struggles during the full moon, but it ain't no sweat    anyways, we were also talking about how she cringes of cleaning up after a dog   i told her to call me, "poop control is on its way"    Cindy is Ms. Femme femme but was being a pink dyke today   it's a private joke, but she was out getting dirty in the yard and sawing and doing all kinds of manly stuff    the stuff that some friends of mine were trying to get me to do plus some in order to be a 'dyke'    that's why i joke about it    i do all those things, but not to be a dyke    so recently i had the pliars, leatherman, and screwdriver out while in my pink shirt and jeans working on my motorcycle so i came up with the 'pink dyke' idea    God if people wood let people be people in lieu of molding them into something   o well, the joke's on them as far as i'm concerned    it was a great nite out for frappucino @ Starbucks!   lots & lots & lots of laughs!

Lady Rider

...that's what the bells says...that's the final answer    i completed my Motorcycle training course today   i passed the written test!   YES!!!!   i'm exhilarated!   this is a major milestone for me   completing this course let me know just how far i've come since my illness   i've come a long way baby!   riding the bike this weekend, my memory of doing so returned   taking the written test and doing so well (i only missed 2 questions) indicated my memory is doing better than i ever thought   Accomplishing this feat with much doubt in myself, has boosted my self-esteem immensely, not that it's been utterly bad   it's just been a loooong road in recovery   this milestone tells me i can shoot for some other dreams that involves formal education and taking written tests   it gives me hope   i can still dream!....and dream i will:-)     (p.s.  i bought a new battery for my bike, installed it and took a ride around the block   this bike handles differently than the one i just trained on, but hopefully once i have my new tires in a few days, the bike will handle much easier).....until another day....g'nite