Blame it on FB

June 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment

buddy

My kitty cat, Buddy.   He’s my constant companion, full of mischief and love.

It’s been over a month since my last post.  My advertiser is punishing me.  LOL!!!  Seems I am to be writing at least once a week but I have failed.  Blame it on Face book.  I’ve been having a great time keeping in touch with friends and taking those silly quizzes.  So, I neglected my blog.

I have been sad about father’s day coming up.   I lost my father three years ago.  He didn’t die.  He’s just one of those people who gets angry and says and does things he can’t take back.  I’m meaning to write about it but it is very painful and it is difficult to discuss without getting very upset.  I wish I could write him a letter but there isn’t really anyway for me to make him understand my feelings when he has discounted me all my life.  All I would be accomplishing would be to start the cycle over again and I would end up hurt.  By this time, I should have learned the lesson and know that he isn’t the kind of father I needed him to be.  Wishing and hoping won’t change anything.

I changed my banner.  I’ve spent most of my life trying to be perfect.  LOL!  I have a several good friends who are always reminding me that I don’t need to be perfect in order to be special and wonderful and loved!   I didn’t have any plans for the new banner.  It just happened with me playing with my paint shop program and doodling.  I like all the blues.  My favorite color is cobalt blue.  Then as I was adding my blog name I decided to add the blurb on the bottom about embracing imperfection.  That’s my new mantra.

Okay, now to get back to watching, “I’m a Celebrety!  Get me out of here!

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This could happen to anyone.

May 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I just read a touching story of a woman in San Francisco who escaped a violent relationship with her three month old infant and two young children.  She basically left with the clothes on her back.  While she has gone through the “proper” channels, has a social worker and is trying to get shelter and aid for her family, resources are in short supply.  She has had to beg in order to pay for the hotel and food for herself and her family.

It takes a great deal of courage to leave an abusive relationship.  Especially when still nursing an infant and having nowhere else to go.

I found out about this from my friend who sent me the link via her blog.  You can read about K’s story here at tangobaby.  I encourage everyone to read K’s story and follow her progress as she pulls herself together, gets a job and regains her life.

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Who'd a thought? Chocolate cake in five minutes!

May 7, 2009 By Leave a Comment

So, the other day my sister emails me with this five minute chocolate cake recipe.  The title of the email?  We’re doomed!  LOL!

I looked it over and thought, “I’ve got all that stuff.”  So I went into the kitchen and made the concoction in a large coffee mug.  You know, the kind that could suffice as a BOWL?  Yep, the kind of coffee cups I like to use.  In the back of my mind I’m thinking about the times my doctor asks me how many cups of coffee I drink a day and I say, “Just one.”  I leave out the part that my coffee pot registers 4 cups to fill that one cup.  LOL!

So, back to the cake recipe.  I mixed my ingredients in that coffee bowl and put it in the microwave and viola!  I had myself a nice little chocolate cake.  I didn’t have any chocolate chips and boy they would have been dreamy delicious melted in that warm chocolate cake.

It was really good.

See how nicely it fits on a saucer?  I bet it would be good with a sauce drizzled over it or maybe some powdered sugar sprinkled over the top.  As for this baby, it was gone in no time.  Yep, my sister was right, we’re doomed when we have the ability to cook something like this up in five minutes.

Here’s the recipe:

  • 4 tablespoons flour
  • 4 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 3 tablespoons oil
  • 3 tablespoons chocolate chips (optional)
  • A small splash of vanilla extract
  • 1 large coffee mug (Microwave safe)

Add dry ingredients to mug and mix well.  Add egg, milk, oil and vanilla.  Mix well.  Mix in chocolate chips if you have them and mix thoroughly.  (The recipe she sent actually says to add the egg first and stir before adding the rest of the wet ingredients, but I just added them all at once.)

Put your mug in the microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts.

Don’t be alarmed if the cake rises over the mug, it will settle back down.

Allow to cool for about 30 seconds.  =)  Tip out onto a small plate.  Eat.

It can be cut in half for two if you’re feeling generous.  Tastes best warm.

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And then there were four.

May 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Adam was great on American Idol tonight!  Alsion was good too.  I loved the duet with her and Adam.  Simon said, he believed Adam gave Alison a good chance at staying in the competition.  I agree.  I had a new appreciation for Alsion’s ability as a performer.  I had not really liked her before.  I actually gave her a vote after that performance.

Danny’s performance was not good.  He seemed to be trying too hard to be like Adam and he lost his appeal as well as his voice.  Kris was also mediocre.

I only voted for Adam and Alison.  My first time voting for Alison all season.  Last night she earned it.

So, who will go home tonight?  Will Danny be in the bottom?

I think we will be saying bye bye to Kris tonight.

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The difference between Joy and Happiness

May 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

What is the difference between happiness and joy?  Which one would you rather feel?  Which one lasts longer?

No matter how difficult life may be, no matter what trials one is going through, one can still feel joy.  Joy is what lasts no matter what the circumstances are.  We can still have faith no matter what the circumstances.

Faith and hope give me promise of happiness.  It’s existence is there somewhere beyond my grasp.  Sometimes it comes close enough for me to catch it and for a short while I have it.  I’m happy when I meet with friends.  I’m happy when I have enough money to pay my bills.  I’m happy when I’m eating ice cream or doing something fun.

Happiness only lasts for a short time.

Joy is what I feel when I look outside and see the squirrel who lives in the tree outside my window, or the birds.  I feel joy when I think about my son or my family and friends.  Joy feels my heart no matter what circumstance I’m dealing with at the moment.  I can see a lovely view and feel joy.

Joy seems easier to obtain, lasts longer and feels greater than happiness.

May you always have joy in your life.

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A lovely lady

April 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Wow!  You just don’t expect this kind of vocal to come from a frumpy looking lady who lives in a small village in the country.   But then again….. why not?

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Farewell Marbob!

April 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Your moving?  Wow!  I didn’t see this coming.  We are going to MISS you both.  Even though we didn’t see you all the time, you are our what I would call the “staples” of our friends.  You know, like when you have ingredients in your cupboards.  You can have a mixture of ingredients, a variety of foods but you always have your staples.  Flour, milk, eggs.  You need those in just about everything.

Your going to leave behind an empty spot in our lives.  I don’t think karaoke will be the same.  The Caje (OTR) definitely won’t be the same without you.  I doubt we’ll ever go there again.  No more Halloween parties with you.  <sigh>

We had many good times together.

Change is a good thing even though at times it drags us kicking and screaming along it’s path.  =)  This past year I have had to change from having a kid around the house to having my son graduate high school and move out on his own to a different town.  We’ve moved from our townhouse to a smaller apartment to save money.  I’m looking for a new job.  I’ve even developed some friendships with women who are more in tune to my personality and are mine alone, not couples.

Times they are a changin.   I’ve even grabbed on to Walt Disney’s motto -  Keep Moving Forward!  After watching the movie, Meet the Robinsons.  Whenever I feel overwhelmed or stuck, I say it out loud.  Keep moving forward!  Keep moving forward!

So, my dear friends, I will miss you terribly but I am so happy that you are doing something that you will love and I wish you all the happiness life has to offer.

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My American Idol Pick – Adam Wins!!!!

April 9, 2009 By 1 Comment

Adam Lambert is one of the best American Idol contestants ever.  He brings to the stage a charisma like Elvis Presley.  Not, like Elvis, not like an Elvis impersonator, but instead the same quality in his performances that attracted people to Elvis.   I also see in Adam a style that is like Freddy Mercury of Queen.  He has that vocal range and many of Queens songs were ballads which is Adam’s forte.  I think Adam is headed for a huge and successful career in the music industry.

I expect to see Adam, heading some Broadway stage shows as well.  But not before he goes on tour to sell out auditoriums across the United States.  I think he is going to be bigger than Kelly Clarkson, Carrie Underwood or David Cook.

If you didn’t catch Adam’s performance on last Tuesday’s American Idol (they ran over schedule) you can watch it at this link or going to  http://www.rickey.org/?p=13956

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Moving

April 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I haven’t felt like writing much lately.  I’m fighting off depression and anxiety.  The anxiety hits me mostly at night when my mind just keeps trying to work out plans and things I need or want to do.  I tell myself to relax.  This is a time to rest.  Think about that tomorrow.  You’ve got all day…. but still, the mind keeps going, thinking, worrying, stressing.

My husband was laid off again from his job and we felt the best thing to do was to put most of our belongings in storage and downsize to a one bedroom apartment until things get better.  This does take a tremendous amount of stress off of us.  The thing about moving that really made me sad was that we had lived in our town house for six years and it was the place where my son lived with us until he grew up and moved out on his own.  Moving was going to permanently take away the feeling of walking passed his old bedroom, of having his room available should he decide he needed to move back.  I was sad.

This new apartment is nice.  It’s small but I do have a gorgeous view from my bedroom window just where I set up my desk.

We are somewhat settled in to the new place but still have some unpacking to do and still some stuff that will need to go to storage.  This place is small.  I do love the kitchen though, it is an open floor plan and I also got a new stove when we moved in.  I think I’ll like it here.

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Nothingness

April 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Sometimes I feel like I’ve hit the wall.  I get frustrated and angry with myself for not achieving goals and dreams that I set for myself.  Major frustration!  Anxiety creeps up and knocks me down.  During these times I sulk and feel so helpless.  Isolating. I don’t call my friends, even when they leave messages.  It’s like my dialing finger is parylized.  I can’t talk to people.  I don’t want to talk to people.

I want to curl up and savor the nothingness. Get lost in a movie or a book; eat ice cream.

I need a date with Cherry Garcia.

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