Happy Thanksgiving!

 

dec 4th

dec 4, 2006    the day my son leaves for Iraq   so  i learned tonite   i'm handling it better now than the initial time   i must have faith he will be fine, no matter what happens   it is in Spirit's hands now   i can't tell at the moment how he's really feeling and i'm not sure whether to ask or not   i gave him some advice tonite for he had yet to pick up my letter i sent over a month ago giving him that advice   so i'll talk to him a few more times before he leaves   once he leaves, i have no clue when i'll hear from him again   he's the worst letter writer ever   he just doesn't do it   maybe i can have contact via email   some GIs due have internet access over there   with Kyle being an MP, i'm not sure he'll have access   all i can do is pray and hope    he said he'll be there til next August   that is longer than six months as originally told   but i will say my prayers, light a vigil if i must daily, nightly   i know he will come home....

one sunday morn

Goodness,  it's been awhile since being here   i sit this morn in contemplation and then some   it's a beautiful morn   we're still having 60 degree weather here   beautiful weather for a bike ride   yesterday i went bike shoppin' again   i had yet to hit the Honda dealers   after doing a little research  i learned the Honda Shadow has good ratings  so i definitely had to check them out   Beautiful bike and fits me perfectly   after lunch with M the other day and our discussion on bikes, i sorted out what i wanted   a few days earlier i was at the Harley shop and fallin' in love with their bikes all over again   but i finally realized i don't want a big bike right now   bigger yes, but not Big as most of the Harley's are   i also sorted our what was my image really coming to a bike   i reflected on my cars and jeeps and yep a sportser was right up my alley   the Honda Shadow fits the sportser image to a T   i think this is my bike of the future, next summer   the only other hold out is that crotch rocket i'm absolutely in love with  the Suzuki GSX1300 -  it has a name but i don't know how to spell it-japanese name   anyways, i had to look at it again after the Honda dealer   i even asked Brian my service guy at this dealer a few questions about the bike   just as i had been figuring, a long haul on the crotch rocket is really not different than on a cruiser   one still needs to take your breaks and gas up    so now i have a few months to decide on which of these two bikes i'll buy   both are about the same price and will save me at least 8k from buying a Harley   sure i like the Harley image, but i want my own image and nothing too big for me   the Shadow and the Suzuki are perfect fits   a Big bike is really too heavy, too big i feel although i'm sure i could manage to ride one   maybe laterz   maybe not   but it was nice to narrow down my choices finally and know where i'm headed in a bike.....

now in the meantime, my crush on M has flared up again   this time for several days versus several hours   Goodness she's such a wonderful woman    my crush hasn't been this strong since i first discovered it a year ago   is it a season?...  

LMAO!!!

finally,  i'm laughing about working at the church, the people there and the whole situation   i'm laughing at the multiple personalities we have and how we all love each other while sometimes bitchin at the same time   i'm laughing at the apprehension i face for tomorrow (an interview somewhat) and the anticipated work there  i'm laughing again of how serious we take life sometimes, well maybe not life, but some of things we do in it   i'm laughing for yesterday is gone, tomorrow has not arrived, there's only now, and yet there's still tomorrow    i had no idea when i volunteered 3 months ago that i would be in the thick of things somewhat at the church   it's been an interesting adventure, it still is   but now i can laugh at myself in the midst of it and know everything is just fine just the way it is, and just the way it is not!    Laugh, it is the japanese symbol i have tattooed on my right hand   i must look at it from time to time and remember...Laugh, there's not enough of it in this world....

hope you voted today   i did   my motto:  if you don't vote you don't have a right to bitch about who's in office and what's happening with our govt!!!

laughter...

i got a good laugh over at one of Jimmy's journals   THANKS A BUNCHES GUY!!!   it's been too serious around here lately and the way the week looks ahead, i don't see much fun in it coming   is there a good comedy movie out? (i haven't looked at the movie list in ages)   anyways, i was thinking of the days ahead this week and my calendar is FULL!!!   again i see another 6day week at the church unless i can figure a way out of it   ok friday i'll be off   this is good news   hopefully saturday too   maybe i can skip wednesday, but i have an interview with a church member about assisting her with a church project she's doing right now   assisting her may take me away from the volunteering at the church, but i'll be volunteering for her for the church   we'll see   Goodness i'm worn out just thinking of the rest of the week    i had a meeting tonite after being at the church today   ok i'll skip class tomorrow nite   something's gotta give and lately it's been my house cleaning  granted i ain't the spit shine house cleaner, but i do like it cleaned   i'll squeeze that in tomorrow nite  ...right now i think i'll hit the sack   i'm tired just thinking of all this   dear God, please provide me some r&r this week....

7:30pm

well it's 7:30pm    feels like it should be 9:30pm   i'm ready for bed   why this day feels long i'm not sure    maybe because i was at work at 9am in lieu of my usual 10am   yep, nowadays that makes for long days   funny how six hours seems long compared to the 10-12hrs of yesterday   i've learned to enjoy my life of leisure   doing whatever i choose   and this time change   i always hate it   makes for longer days all by itself    anyways, guess it's time to curl up to another book, or actually get back to the one i'm reading   right after putting my pajamas on    in the meantime my kids lay at my feet with their first chew bone in awhile chowing down like there's no tomorrow   i don't think Boo knew what to do with it initially   so i must do the chew bones more often plus they'll help in cutting down the confetti parties they have around here   and for a little while i've been wondering why i have 2 small trash cans, one in the bathroom, the other right here next to my desk   because everything i put in them, Boo takes out...and i mean everything    so life here in my adobe bode is all nice, peaceful and cuddly   moments like these make days ahead such bliss...

trick or treat!

Trick or Treat!    and so the trick or treaters visited us at M's house   these are just a few of the treaters for the evening   we handed out candy, ate pizza, and sorted thru my fall foliage pics for M's new house's bathroom in Durango   her and her beau are buying a house in Durango, CO which is only 3 1/2hrs from here   the first pic above is of her beau's son   it was a load of fun at M's tonite   the baby boy in M's arms was the neighbor immediately next door   only 3months old and in his costume   M rocked him to sleep   anyways, i enjoyed handing out the candy throughout the nite   hadn't done that in years   at my previous house i get about 3 or 4 treaters and that's it   so i stopped doing it all together   a lot of kids go to the mall nowadays for treating as did Jasmine, picture no. 2, my neighbor girl (pardon my mess on the floor, my kids had their confetti party the past couple days)   now the only thing missing tonite was watching The Wizard of Oz, which was not on tv   don't know how or when in my childhood, but this movie was always showing at Halloween time...Lions, and tigers, and bears O My!