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I'll be right back...

After I start to feel better. I am sick and all I feel like doing right now is sleeping. Hopefully tomorrow I will have a post but I do have class which means I'll be exhausted when I get home, so I'm not promising anything. I will definitely post Thursday though, no matter what. Anyways, hope everyone is well and I shall leave you with something, a picture my niece drew of me. (Click to make bigger).

My sister was sitting there while Kay was drawing, and Kay looked at her out of nowhere and said, "Mommy, that's Faifee." She took a picture and emailed it to me. Cool isn't it? She's 2! What a riot!!

Bye.

Thursday

It's Thursday already? Wow this week has flown by so far. My first class, Art History, is pretty interesting. I kind of like it. I start my other class, Color Theory, tomorrow at 8. 8-12. Yuck. But I heard it's a lot of painting, which I'm finding out I like doing, so we'll see how that goes! I will let you know.

Other than that, work is slow and I'm not the only one getting pissed off at it. Fun. Home life is good, and I'm ready for the weekend. Don't know what is going on yet, but I plan on relaxing, doing a little homework, and painting a picture I've been wanting to do for a while now. We'll see what happens. Anyways, have a good Thursday!

School

Well, I started my Art History class yesterday, and honestly, I think it will be interesting. It might be a little boring, but I think I might like it. I'll actually have to really use my brain this semester. I also found out I bought the wrong book. I swear I grabbed the one above my class number, but I got volume 2 and I need volume 1, so I have to go grab that today on my way to work so I can do my reading tonight before class tomorrow. Fun. I start my other class on Friday, that one will be 4 hours long. Woo hoo. They're tiring man. Especially when it's from 8-12, and then I have to go to work. Exhausting. But that's what happens when you don't go to college right after high school. Oh well, it will be worth it one day.

Have a good Tuesday!

TGIF

I LOVE FRIDAYS! But then again, who doesn't?

I'm only posting today so I can talk about my new obsession. It's finding out my ancestry. I posted about it a long time ago, but I'm getting into it more now. I'm finding out a little bit here and there, but soon it should pick up as I learn more. Yay! Once I start learning neat things, maybe I'll share some. Who knows?

Anyways, that's about it. I'm getting ready for a busy weekend. Tomorrow we go to Baltimore for a lot of things, and then Sunday we plan on cleaning. Oh joy. We have a lot of stuff to hang up around the house and a lot of things we need to do, like starting to put together the spare bedroom for company. fun timse. Anyways, hope everyone has a great weekend!

An Email I got

I just got an email I wanted to share because it's so true. I don't know anyones believes about God, but I do believe in him. I'm not a church goer, nor a devout Christian, but I do believe there is a higher being out there. And before I share it, I want to let everyone know how I feel about a few things. I know what I believe in, but I also understand there is a lot of believes out there. I don't look down on anyone of a different religion or believe, becasue I feel we all have a right to our own. I also feel that prayer in school doesn't have to exist, and those who believe in prayer, are free to do it anytime and anywhere. I pray whenever I feel I have the need to. I don't need a set time of day. Nor do I feel anyone who doesn't believe in prayer should have to stand there while everyone does it. If schools were to set aside a time of "quiet" for people to pray or think, than that would be fine. I do believe that we should leave "Under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance regardless if you believe in God or not, because this country was founded under the believe of God. Yes it was against religious persecution too, but God was a big part in the founding of this country. If you don't believe in him or don't like it, don't say the Pledge of Allegiance. We had the choice to say it in school, and most people do. But atheist seem to have more rights than those who believe in God because things are going away. I believe you should fight for what you believe, but who said you have the rigth to take away others believes from them? You choose to be an atheist, we did not. We like the pledge the way it is. There is tradition behind those words, regardless if you belive in them or not. You have a right to not say it, so just don't say it. Don't keep me from saying it.

Anyways, I could go on and on, but here is the email:

The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on the CBS (a US TV service) Sunday Morning Commentary.

Herewith a few confessions from my beating heart: I have no freaking clue who Nick and Jessica are. I see them on the cover of People and Us constantly when I am buying my dog biscuits and kitty litter. I often ask the checkers at the grocery stores. They never know who Nick and Jessica are, either. Who are they? Will it change my life if I know who they are and why they have broken up? Why are they so important?

I don't know who Lindsay Lohan is, either, and I do not care at all about Tom Cruise's wife. Am I going to be called before a Senate committee and asked if I am a subversive? Maybe, but I just have no clue who Nick and Jessica
are.

If this is what it means to be no longer young. It's not so bad.

Next confession:

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees "Christmas trees". I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees.

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, "Merry Christmas" to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it. It shows that we are all brothers and sisters celebrating this happy time of year. It doesn't bother me at all that there is a manger scene on display at a key intersection near my beach house in Malibu . If people want a creche, it's just as fine with me as is the Menorah a few hundred yards away.

I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for being Christians. I think people who believe in God are sick and tired of getting pushed around, period. I have no idea where the concept came from that America is an explicitly atheist country. I can't find it in the Constitution, and I don't like it being shoved down my throat.

Or maybe I can put it another way: where did the idea come from that we should worship Nick and Jessica and we aren't allowed to worship God as we understand Him?

I guess that's a sign that I'm getting old, too.

But there are a lot of us who are wondering where Nick and Jessica came from and where the America we knew went to.

In light of the many jokes we send to one another for a laugh, this is a little different: This is not intended to be a joke; it's not funny, it's intended to get you thinking.

Billy Graham's daughter was interviewed on the Early Show and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let something like this happen?" (regarding Katrina)

Anne Graham gave an extremely profound and insightful response. She said, "I believe God is deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman He is, I believe He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to give us His blessing and His protection if we demand He leave us alone?"

In light of recent events...terrorists attack, school shootings, etc. I think it started when Madeleine Murray O'Hare (she was murdered, her body found recently) complained she didn't want prayer in our schools, and we said OK.

Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school . the Bible says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as yourself. And we said OK.

Then Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem (Dr. Spock's son committed suicide). We said an expert should know what he's talking about. And we said OK.

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a great deal to do with "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell.

Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says.

Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.

Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace.

Are you laughing?

Funny how when you forward this message, you will not send it to many on your address list because you're not sure what they believe, or what they will think of you for sending it.

Funny how we can be more worried about what other people think of us than what God thinks of us.

Pass it on if you think it has merit. If not then just discard it... no one will know you did. But, if you discard this thought process, don't sit back and complain about what bad shape the world is in.

My Best Regards . honestly and respectfully,

Ben Stein

Scared Shitless

Last night I got scared shitless. On the way home from work I got off of a major highway onto a smaller route, and no one was following me. I got behind a tractor trailer. I was driving about 50, and looked up, and a truck was following me. I didn't think twice about it until I turned to get on a small side road to get into my development and he started riding my ass. I turned into the development and drove through it to get home, and he rode my ass the whole time. I pulled into my parking spot, and he parked across the street. He opened his door and the light turned on, that much I could see. There was a dog in my yard (imagine that), a big black one from a few doors down, so I started talking to it like I knew it. I then went in the house and my bf could tell something was wrong. I told him, and we looked out the window, and what does the guy do? He pulls away. So needless to say, I'm pretty shaken up. Hopefully, that was the end of it, but now I have to be on my guard. I'm pretty scared now, so I'm keeping an eye out and thankfully, dad lives like a minute away, so I'll call him if I need anything. This would be a good time for a dog though, let me tell you.

Catch Up

Well, Monday came and went, and no post came with it, so here I am. I had my little brother and 2 little sisters spend the night Sunday night, so I was busy yesterday before work. We all had a good time. Saturday, the Pow Wow was fun. It was cool seeing the different types of dress and dances of different Native Americans. I can't wait until we can go to a bigger one.

Other than that, we were just busy with chores. I got to watch my Eagles choke in the 4th quarter of Saturday nights game, which was very upsetting. To do so well all game and then give up, it was sad to see.

Anyways, I'm tired! I woke up early yesterday and today with stuff I had to do, so I haven't had enough sleep. I can't wait until tomorrow morning, hopefully I'll be able to sleep in. Starting next week, I will only be able to sleep in Tuesdays and Thursdays because school starts. Yay fun! Have a good Tuesday!

TGIF

I'm so glad it's Friday, but this weekend is going to be a BUSY weekend! We're going to a pow-wow tomorrow, my very first. It might be fun. Then we're going to go something this weekend to JC Penny, hopefully the college bookstore for my books, grocery shopping, home to watch the Ravens and Eagles games. Sunday we're going to go pick up a futon, arrange the spare room, and my little brother and sister want to come spend the night. We have other stuff to do too, but it's not coming to me at the minute. I'm blocking it out.

Anyways, hope everyone has a great weekend!

Life, or Something Like It

Well, I guess I don't sound happy these days because some people in my life are worried that I'm not happy. I am happy with home life and school, but the thing that brings me down is work which takes up 40 hours of my week, so for most of that, I'm not happy. But I will get through this, I always do.

We were so dead at work last night, I was bored out of my mind! I started re-reading "The Stand" by Stephen King. I have two books going at work right now, that one and "Chronicles of Narnia." Two as different as can be. But when I'm sitting in a chair at work reading for 3-4 hours straight, my eyes get all loopy so I need variety. Hopefully tonight we'll be busier, 'cause I love busy!

That's about it. I'll leave you with a pic of Kaelyn and her drum set. It's really small because it was taken with a camera phone, but it can still be made out. She's such a riot.

Common Courtesy

You know what, I am the first person to admit I want a dog. But as of right now, I am told we can't have one. Since that is the case, can I please NOT step on dog shit whenever I walk in my front yard? Is that so hard to ask? It seems no matter what I walk in the yard for (this morning it was to clean up garbage that blew away when the trash men picked up garbage), I come away with dog shit on my shoes? I shouldn't have to put up with that since I don't have a dog! Clean up after your dog, it's not that hard. All I want to know is if it's legal to shoot a dog that shits in your yard with a beebee (sp?) gun, cause that's what I'm about to start doing. And if it's not stray dogs that are doing it, I'll shoot the owners, hows that? Maybe then they'll learn to CLEAN UP AFTER THEIR DOGS! I love dogs, don't get me wrong, and I hope to get my own come the spring. But until then, I don't want to step in dog shit. Is that so hard to ask?

Happy Humpday!

Well, here we are, at the middle of the week! Now if it were only Friday instead, I'd probably be a happier person. No wait, Saturday would be awesome! This weekend the Eagles play Saturday night, YAY! Sorry about your :cough: Steelers :cough: Mike, but I always did tell you you were rooting for the wrong Pennsylvania team! Saturday is a good day for football, first the Ravens play the Colts, and then the Eagles play the Saints. It's going to be a tough game for the Eagles, but I know they can do it. I can't wait!

I'm going to try to go shopping for paint this weekend also for the spare rooms. We shall see how that goes. We also get to pick up a fouton for the spare room, about time we got a bed in there. Thankfully we haven't had any house guests yet, but I know we're having some next month, so it will be here in time for that. Anyways, that's it. I'm leaving some pictures of our "babies" in the extended entry (and by "babies", yes, I mean cats.) Enjoy!

The two above are the lovely PITA (Pain in the Ass, and yes, he lives up to that name well!)


These two are the lovely Tito.

Kaelyn Love

Well, if you know me, then you knew this was coming...some Kaelyn posting. Enjoy some pictures of my lovely niece (who is now 2 years old btw). Here's one to get you started, it's her in her Christmas dress, waiting to see Santa (stolen from my wonderful sister Hope). The rest are in the extended part.

Kaelyn and her funny face.

Christmas day at my moms, Kaelyn liked her Scooby Doo cartoons. I also got her drums, I'll have to get picuters of that soon.

After staying the night at my house, I took this first thing in the morning as she was enjoying applesauce.

Okay, here I am

Now I think I'm ready to start updating again. This layout is temporary until I think of something I like more, but this will do. A lot has happened since I started blogging, so I will just go with a quick update.

In November of '06, the biggest changes happened. I bought a house (my very own house!) and my boyfriend moved here. We finally live together in our own home. I'm still getting use to those changes, but I'm loving every minute of it. It's funny what you learn about one another when you live together after living almost 3 years in different states. There's ups and downs like always, but I'm happy. Very happy. We then spent Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family, which was nice. We went to Michigan for the New Years, and got to be there when his nephew was born! The first New Years day baby, so that was cool. That time went by WAY too quickly. Now we're back home ready to start updating the house.

We're going to start painting the art/computer room and the guest bedroom soon. I can't wait and will post pictures as soon as it is all done and over with. I'm looking forward to it because I love the paint schemes we have in mind. Eventually, we're going to replace floors and do some more home improvement, which is kind of exciting too! Being a homeowner definitely is different! I honestly never thought I would get to this point in my life, but I'm happy that I have.

I'm also in school still. I took two classes last semester (2D Design, and intro to Digital Media) and got A's in both classes. I might post artwork from the 2D design class, but I'm not sure yet. This semester coming up, I have Art History 1 and Color Theory. I heard Color Theory is a lot of painting, so that is exciting for me. I found out last semster that I love to paint! I've never tried painting real pictures before, only when I was a kid, and I find it exciting. January 22 I go back. Fun stuff.

Work sucks now more than ever. I'm actually starting to hate my job, because of some bullshit going on. People I didn't like before I'm getting along with, and people I did like, I'm not liking as much. Things are just doing 360's there, and I'm ready to call it quits. But I won't because the hours suit me, and so does the pay. Hopefully things will get better, but I doubt it.

I think that's the major changes in my life summed up, and boy am I glad to be back!! I will update more now, my long hiatus is finally over. Anyways, have a great Tuesday, I'm already ready for Friday!

I'm back...kind of!

Okay, going with the old layout here until I can make a new one, hopefully this weekend. But I will be back, I miss blogging so much I can't wait to get started again. And, I have SO much to tell!!! Don't stray to far because this time, I'm coming back!