oops...

I didn't mean to miss the entire month of February...

But I did.

Not much happened.

College friends of mine lost their two boys in a car accident in January and to be honest, it kept me from forming deep thoughts to share for a while.

And as much as I long for that part of life that has been denied to me so far - marriage, kids... I honestly have no words to share ... I'd think that I'd rather have had it and lost it than to never had it at all - hmm.. sounds familiar. But I wouldn't want to go through losing them at all.

Better things to come with March Posts! I promise.

First Snow of 2011

Well... clearly this is not of the snow... but this was the aftermath of trying to get to work by slogging through a giant slurpee... LOL

It snowed late on Tuesday and since I'm never sure what it will look like on the work side of things, I rode the bus.

My bus driver- the idiot- stated that he was having clutch/brake problems as he tried to pull away from the curb. anyway... after he drove regular speed ... hmm... wouldn't you think you'd go slower? I mean, you just stated that you had clutch and brake issues... hmph. Anyway... 1/2 an hour later after I got off, he pulled away and guess what? he had no chains on... no wonder he was having problems pulling away in about 6 to 10 inches of slush and snow... *sigh*

And then I started walking... and discovered that you cannot walk across slush.

even if it has a layer of snow on it.

LOL

So ... thankfully... I wore the velour track suit pants or I never would have made it with my jeans wet to the knees. LOL

and thank goodness for people who are willing to give you a ride home when your shoes and socks are still wet at the end of the day!

Happy New Year 2011

I meant to post earlier... I had been thinking about New Year's Eve from when I was growing up and there were always such good times getting together with our friends.

It was really great to get together with all of them this summer and renew friendships... and start friendships on an even more personal scale.

Then I was thinking about how much things changed in the past year - Seattle has seen many many changes. Ken Griffey Jr retiring... Seattle Storm winning another national title... Dave Neihaus passing away and a huge snow storm that practically kept us all imobilized before Thanksgiving. Did I mention the snow this week?

But then it also dawned on me that this is the dawning of a new decade as well and this nation has come such a long long way since New Years Eve 2001.

I don't think any of us feel as secure as we did over 10 years ago. September 11 is all that anyone needs to say to have everyone pause in their steps and remember exactly what they were doing on that gorgeously sunny Tuesday Morning. And before we consider that things are relatively safe - they're not really. People have become much more sneaky about what they are trying to do, even though their goals have remained the same. And in return - Airline security has gotten that much stricter. And finally, airfares have dropped to a fairly normal level and I have taken advantage of decent pricing over the last couple years to do what I want to do in travelling.

So in face and light of a brand new start, I hope that 2011 turns out to be a blessed, safe and happy time for all.

NaNoWriMo - wha????

LOL

Yep... I've gone for the crazy and am pleased to announce that I've signed up for NaNoWriMo 2010.

It's free ... nanowrimo.org

The goal is to write a 175 page ... 50,000 word novel in the month of November.

Feel free to join in

I'll be heading to some 'write in' events on Friday evenings and maybe some saturdays but here's to completing my first novel!

**crossing fingers**

Will post updates.

Transitions

My food posts can be found at my other blog...

www.itsonthemenu.blogspot.com


So this one is now back to things that matter... lol

My Dove promise wrapper says:

"Remember your first best friend"

So ... here it is...

My first best friend was a girl named Rebekah... we were best friends before school started - her older sister and my older brother were friends too. But before too long, they were too 'old' to be friends so it was just her and me.. she had a fort in the back yard and they lived in by a dead end street so it was safe to ride her big wheels around. yes, big wheels... I didn't have one of those... And we played dress up and danced around the house to Carly Simon songs... funny how you remember those things.

And I think we must have made quite a pair - she was skinny and had short hair and I was, well, always have been plump... and had long hair really... But I remember having a really good time whenever I was allowed to play with her.

We were in kindergarten and first grade together and then her family moved away. I think I was allowed to play with her once at her new house but then we found other friends where we were at, but I used to miss her a lot because I wasn't really as good of friends with the other girls at school - we had been a package deal...

So Rebekah... wherever you may be, I hope that you are living a happy life!

December...

I said I'd fill in.... but had no idea it would take me until APRIL to do so... sorry.... It's ah... well... it's been a bit busy... LOL Any guesses?

That's right... I spent a weekend Plus in beautiful Anaheim California in early December - Friday to Wednesday - It was really fun - in spite of pouring rain- to spend my birthday at Disneyland and I would totally go to Disneyland in December again although maybe a little later in the month or at least a weekend later because they had a lot of other things going on that weekend and the park closed early.

But all in all an excellent time. two weeks after, I was in Oregon for the family Christmas party, then my Parents came up with me and spent the week of Christmas here... my brother and sister in law were in NY with her family. I went down for 2nd Christmas... LOL on New Years... It was an excellent month and a nice way to ease into the holidays... with a little pre holiday excursion to the happiest place on earth...

oooh I've been so bad...

The year had just started and I've already been blowing off my resolutions... erm... goals. I haven't been blogging!!!!

How ever do I live with myself.

*sigh*

I mean, I have to live with myself, I'm the only one here...

Anyway.... will blog again shortly with a bit of a photo show about just what was keeping me busy in December.