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Monday, February 27, 2006

An Open Letter to My Babies...Pebs, Bella, Kory, & ZOE

Dear babies,

The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it, become your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The PIR (Phoenix International Raceway) did not design the hallway, & therefore…it is not a racetrack. Beating me to the other end is not the object. Tripping me does not help because I fall faster than you can run.

I cannot buy anything bigger than a king-size bed. I am very sorry about this. We have discussed this; Dogs can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.

For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. This is not a group activity! If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, get your paw under the edge to try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered.

The proper order is: kiss me, and then go smell the other dog's butt. I cannot stress this enough!

To pacify you, my little buglets, I have posted the following message on our front door:
All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain about My Pets:
1. They live here. You do not.
2. If you do not want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That is why they call it "fur"niture.)
3. I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.
4. To you, it is an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and does not speak clearly.

Remember: Dogs and cats are better than kids are because they:
1. Eat less
2. Don't ask for money all the time
3. Are easier to train
4. Usually come when called
5. Never drive your car
6. Don't hang out with drug-using friends
7. Don't smoke or drink
8. Don't worry about having to buy the latest fashions
9. Don't wear your clothes
10. Don't need a gazillion dollars for college, and
11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children

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It is NEVER your responsibility to:

  • Give what U really dont want to give
  • Sacrifice your integrity to anyone
  • do more than U have time to do
  • drain yourself for others
  • listen to unwise advice
  • remain in an unfair relationship
  • conform to unreasonable demands
  • be 100% perfect
  • follow the crowd
  • put up with unpleasant situations or PEOPLE
  • please those same unpleasant people
  • bear the burden of others inappropriate behaviors
  • do something you really cannot do
  • love unloveable people
  • feel guilt about your inner desires
  • submit to overbearing conditions
  • apologize for being yourself
  • meekly let life pass U by
  • be anyone but exactly who U are!

*** I remember writing this.... It was my freshman yr of undergraduate school. I was living in the dorms at University of Wisconsin (go badgers ! ). I posted this above the little desk provided in those TINY rooms.

I was sooo much wiser then! Too bad I didnt post this in every domicile since...I may have avoided much heartache & frustration thru the years. The ones in RED are the those which I have mistakenly done.

Results of last weeks "We Want to Know"

Last week the topic of "wonderment" was :

What Kind of Pets(furkids) do you have ?...Of those who responded:

Dog - single
1 vote

Dog - 2
2 votes

Dog 2+
2 votes

Cat - Single
0 votes

Cat - 2
2 votes

Cat - 2+
1 vote

Bird -Small -Single
0 votes

Bird - Small - 2 or More
1 vote

Bird - large - Single
1 vote

Bird - large - 2 or More
1 vote

Turtle
0 votes

Gerbil
0 votes

Hamster
0 votes

Snake
0 votes

Mouse
0 votes

Ferret
0 votes

Fish - Freshwater
2 votes

Fish - Salt Water
0 votes

Fish - Goldfish
1 vote

Lizard
1 vote


*** now I know of two of us that previously had turts...... and all are currently living happily at the PHX ZOO =)
I'm thinking not tooo many of you are a) reading my blog b) taking the time to take the poll c) find the poll thing a waste of time or d)my POLLS are not interesting enough to take.... oh well....

C U in the POLLS ...this week we are talking education...... =)

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I took this picture of "Harts Prairie" outside of Flagstaff AZ, in 1989. I came across an old box of fotos & this was among a group of slides ...I LUV my new scanner! I will upload the rest of them onto my photo BLOG =)

Saturday, February 25, 2006

~~~I say and U think~~~

Baby step:: realistic goal
Wasted:: days and wasted nites
Reggie:: baseball?
Pitiful:: my sports intellect
Acting out:: immature
Tomato:: juice...mmmmm :)
Bad night:: not possible ...I LUV the nite!
Trip:: exploration
Finance charges:: ripoff!
Sport:: sweat

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Thursday, February 23, 2006

YUK!

Allergy Season is officially here!!! I think I just scared the dogs with my sneezing fit of about 16 sneezes in a row. Thats very exhausting BTW!.....the street sweeper and the yard work Im doing today isnt helping at all either huh??

Thats the strange thing about living in the SW....I forget the allergy season tends to arrive at different times of the year than when I grew up in Wisconsin. Wait a minute!!! I didnt even have allergies when I was growing up. Doctors tell me that its a combination of getting older and moving to another climate. My theory?? People from all over the contry move here to AZ.. These people also insist on having the same landscaping that they had "back home"....& for many this means spending LOTS of money on planting luscious grass IN THE DESSERT!!



I fell victim to it when I first moved here.....missing the delicious smell of fresh cut grass, I looked for a house with beautiful grass and huge shade trees. Those wonderful shade trees of mine are also VERY THIRSTY!!



...............Okay..back outside for me (after I find my !!!
I should just shut up and celebrate the weather !!!!
its a beautiful breeze filled sunny day in AZ
....whats the weather like where U are ?!?!

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Sunday, February 19, 2006

Results of last weeks "We Want to Know"

The question posed in last weeks POLL asked:
How Do You Nourish, Replenish & Cope ?


A total of 21 votes were tallied. :)

Sleep it off: 2 votes

Lift Weights: 2 votes

Walk: 2 votes

Yoga: 1 vote

Meditate: 0 votes

Journal: 1 vote

BLOG: 3 votes

Get a Massage: 1 vote

Have Sex: 3 votes

Swim: 1 vote

Run: 2 votes

Bike: 2 votes

In-line Skating: 0 votes

Tennis: 0 votes

Other sports?...leave in comments of related posting :) : 1 vote

***Everything else constant?....BLOGGING & Romping were the highest responses....LOL So....I ask...how many of you are BLOGGING & Romping at the same time?!?! & if so.....why are you not sharing pictures !?!?

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~~~I say and U think~~~

1. Right time:: right place
2. Funeral:: procession
3. Calculate:: manipulate
4. Believe me:: yeah right
5. Chat:: room
6. Anniversary:: celebration
7. Let you down:: only if I let U
8. Shout:: release
9. Sweatsock:: stinky
10. Prayer:: desperate measures


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Thursday, February 16, 2006



Going to the Phoenix Art Museum Today =)

"Collecting the Impressionists" is here thru March 12th & I must not miss this opportunity!

There are 12 paintings by the Impressionist masters and some of the most familiar names in art:

Pierre-Auguste Renoir - (5 paintings) including the "Self-Portrait", Girl Crocheting, At the Concert, A girl with a Fan, & Onions.

Claude Monet - The Duck Pond, & Spring in Giverny.

Edgar Degas - Ballet rehearsal

Camille Pissarro - Piette’s House at Montfoucault, The River Oise Near Pontoise, Berthe Morisot - The Bath (Girl Arranging Her Hair)

  • Edouard Manet - Moss Roses in a Vase

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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Happy Valentines Day (to myself !)


My new Dell 32' total dimensions (26 ' LCD screen) TV arrived today !!! ......I'll post pictures after it is all set up =) But for now, I must go make room for it in the armoir .....where am I going to put the DVD's?...CD's, ...VCR,... DVD play ?? . Ah...the joys of unemployment! ....... Happy Valentines Day everyone!

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Sunday, February 12, 2006

Results of last weeks "We Want to Know"

The Topic :"What do You like to do with Your Freetime?"

Shop 1 blogger
Sleep 3 bloggers
Clean 3 bloggers
Spend time Online 4 bloggers
Spend time with friends....having coffee, eating.... 3 bloggers
Go to the movies 2 bloggers
Talk on the phone catching up with friends 3 bloggers
Go for a walk..... 5 bloggers
Read 5 bloggers
Travel 3 bloggers


****Pretty close here people! We walk a fine line between spending time with our BF's & our IRL friends/family. Good to see :) Not sure if the "read" response included "being on-line as I always allow people to click more than one box in the poll.

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~~~I say and U think~~~

1. Unorthodox:: Rules smules
2. Skate:: on thin ice
3. Hold on:: Journey
4. Europe:: Diversity
5. Reminder:: Lists
6. Gold:: Joe vs the Volcano
7. Calcium:: Beautiful Teeth
8. Rated R:: Right on!
9. Saturday night:: Bay City Rollers
10. Tell:: me a secret…whisper it in my ear

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Saturday, February 11, 2006

The List ( yeah,yeah...Kat...I know...its about time! )

Alright my BLOG friends.....Do you recall when Ross was STUPID enough to remove Susan Sarandon from his LIST of people, if ever given the chance, that he would sleep with? And then he actually ran into her….she asked to see his list….he danced around the issue...but in the end he was forced to show his laminated list with her NOT there!?!?!

Well, as I was peeing in my panties at how fucking funny Vince Vaughn was tonite in “Wedding Crashers”, for some strange reason, my LIST came to mind. I guess I was thinking naughty thoughts about Vince. I realized I needed to revisit my list. It has changed over the years, & since someone had shared her list over HERE, I might as well BLOG one too.

Now, I have the joy (some would say unfairly), of possessing two lists……. One which contains the men who would forget their names… & the other, the women, with whom I would spend all day playing with toys.

THE MEN

James Spader
Pretty in Pink, Crash…Secretary…sex,lies & videotapes, Boston Legal….oh so naughty, brooding, and still waters run deep !

Mark Walhberg
Oh my…what I could do with that!....Just look at that mouth…..

Aiden Quinn
It’s the piercing blue - green eyes….& his soft spoken straight forward manner.

Jeff GoldBlum
Quirky, Tall, oh so intelligent & yeah….the lips…

Robin Williams
Okay…I know …U’re thinking A. OMG..the hair…well, we could shower & shave first!! ….& B. NO LIPS!....thats okay….he makes up for this in other ways ...have U watched this man’s recent comedy show? HE IS A FREAK!! Besides….he is brilliant …and U know it would be a laugh a second with him.

Alternates (allowed 2)

Ewan McGregor
Um…Acts (trainspotting)…Sings (Moulin Rouge), Has an accent (makes me melt)….wears a kilt (and U know what they say about a man who wears a kilt!!).

Antonio Banderas
Can U feel the HEAT ?!?

THE WOMEN

Angelina Jolie
Talented, UN ambassador, adopts, strong, bi, and can we say beautiful? ....yeah yeah ...lips!

Christina Cox
She was in Better than Chocolate….HOT, strong, beautiful, (& yes…Fabulous lips!)

Jennifer Tilly
Killer body….THAT voice….& my gut screams “FREAK"!

Tea Leoni
It’s the voice……

Indira Varma
She was the BAD sister who stole the prince on Kama Sutra…..Can we just say HAWT!!!!

Alternates

Sarita Choudhury
The sister who lost her prince to Indira.

Gina Gershon
Um…yeah…do I really need to explain this??? WOW
Interesting sidenote... four of these women have worked together....so..in my opinion...I have the option to combine and therefore two alternative situations could occur!
I could be a M Sandwich with Sarita and Indira...
or ....Gina and Jennifer :)

Well, there U go........please share your lists :) If not here....leave word so we can visit your BLOG.
**and Kitty?.....the reason Susan & Salma are not on my list?....That would be a really ugly fight....and I think U would kick my ass for a chance at either!......so I will be the better person...and step aside.....(but I get to hold the video camera!!)

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Friday, February 10, 2006

M's first 100 MEME

  1. I am Native American (Ojibwe)
  2. I was raised outside of Milwaukee by Swedish and Scottish parents who adopted me.
  3. I was adopted at 11 months.
  4. I used to tell my brothers mom and dad CHOSE me…they had to keep them.
  5. I have visited my reservation twice.
  6. I am a card-carrying member of the tribe.
  7. My birth family still resides there.
  8. Yes I get money from your gambling
  9. My birth mother refuses to meet me.
  10. I am okay with that.
  11. I have one birth sibling (brother 3 yrs older) that I have not met.
  12. I have two adopted brothers, both older.
  13. I came to AZ on a vacation & never went back home.
  14. I over achieve to subconsciously compensate for all the negative things said to me as a child about being thrown-away, not wanted …etc.
  15. I have an IQ of 156
  16. I really did not comprehend my “brainiac-ness” until about 4 years ago.
  17. My brain NEVER turns off.
  18. I thought everyone’s brain does that.
  19. I sought out Buddhism to quiet the brainstorm.
  20. I have attended teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama twice.
  21. I have always wondered what-if somehow someone turns off earth’s gravity button.
  22. I have also envisioned our solar system inside a box sitting in a great big lab with other solar-boxes on a shelf.
  23. I became a vegetarian freshman yr of high school after reading The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.
  24. I have raised chickens by imprinting them when they hatch.
  25. Their names were Sullivan, Beatrice and Tyson.
  26. Sullivan was the most beautiful Black Rooster ….green in the sunlight, and Bea & Ty were little bandi-hens.
  27. My neighbor shot Tyson because she would scratch for bugs in the ring of wood chips around their trees. They were trying to sell their house & didn’t “appreciate” the wood chips flying all over their lawn.
  28. I had a pet pig named Penelope when I was little that I walked like a dog.
  29. I had a pet sheep named Shirley. She had a baby we named Twinkles.
  30. I told everyone we also had a spider named charlotte.
  31. Every Easter, there was a baby bunny to raise.
  32. I trained Polo ponies in high school.
  33. I once had 70 baby Iguanas here in AZ that I raised & sold.
  34. My dogs chewed the little leg off more than one of them (through the cage wires) & we marketed them as “little lieutenant Dans” from Forrest Gump.
  35. I swam competitively yr round…(50 fly, 200 free, and anchor for the 400 free relay) & Our relay won state.
  36. I learned how to down hill ski at the age of 6.
  37. Our family skied in Aspen every yr as a family vacation.
  38. I was a camp counselor at Camp Minikani in Hubertus Wi.
  39. I was caught smoking POT there too.
  40. My first kiss & ultimately my virginity were lost during those summers.
  41. I play the piano.
  42. I love the performing arts.
  43. Shakespeare makes me cry…..so does ballet.
  44. I have a motorcycle.
  45. I also drive the same jeep that I have had since 1992.
  46. I love to travel.
  47. I lived in a castle in Dalkeith Scotland during college with 100 other students.
  48. I experienced being in two places at once while in Amsterdam (after eating a space cake).
  49. I met Lady Di in Cardiff Wales outside an event for which she was the benefactor.
  50. She was more beautiful in person than in pictures.
  51. I have a BS, MBA & ABD PhD.
  52. I still do not know what I want to be when I grow up.
  53. My face shows when I lie.
  54. I am a nite owl.
  55. I find the nite sexy.
  56. I love sex – all kinds, orientations, & will try anything once as long as no water sports or animals are involved. LOL
  57. Although I am a vegetarian….I love to wear leather.
  58. I am attracted to the strong silent brooding type.
  59. I am especially fascinated by those who seem to possess quirkiness.
  60. James Spader, Vincent Denofrio, Harvey Keitel fit this behavior.
  61. My Spanish, Portuguese, and French language skills were once much better.
  62. I find language HAWT…& someone with the grasp of any language even hotter.
  63. I abhor ignorance.
  64. I despise deception, even, if YOU think I Just might be kiddiNg? NOT!
  65. I have few friends because of these two previous predilections.
  66. They are QUALITY folks though.
  67. I will do anything (within the law) for a friend in need.
  68. I love the rain…..the smell, the sound…..the feel of the air.
  69. I love to walk barefoot in grass, mud or rain.
  70. I sleep with the window open whenever possible.
  71. I love the smell of skin, leather, rain candles, the earth, fresh cut grass, a pine forest, & a fire.
  72. My dogs’ feet smell like corn chips.
  73. My birds feathers smell like Fruit loops.
  74. Obviously, I have an issue with smells.
  75. I associate key moments in my life with the smells that existed at the time.
  76. I have had 17 active piercing at one time.
  77. I now only have jewelry in 12 spots….10 that are visible.
  78. I love the feeling of getting tattooed & pierced.
  79. My nipples hurt more than my hood.
  80. I have three tats.
  81. I am planning another.
  82. I have colored my hair for so long & so many different colors I really do not recall the original hue.
  83. I love sappy movies.
  84. I could lie in bed all day & watch old movies.
  85. I am a secret romantic (well not anymore…huh?).
  86. I have been divorced twice.
  87. I married my HOT bodybuilder mailman the first time.
  88. I married my even HOTTER personal trainer the second time.
  89. I divorced both of them for being dishonest.
  90. I will give you my ALL unless you lie to me, or abuse me in ANY other manner.
  91. I think I will get a girlfriend this time around.
  92. I wonder if Brad will loan me Angelina.
  93. I once had a dream I went to the bathroom to wash my face in the middle of the nite. When I looked up into the mirror, I was Mick Jagger. (rock on…)
  94. I have this urge sometimes to walk up to total strangers & kiss them.
  95. I am obsessed with bald men & rub my hand on their domes as I walk past them in public.
  96. I also love long hair tho…..I guess this fits with my extreme tendencies.
  97. I love a goatee, FU, or the soul patch on men.
  98. I also enjoy a shaved body…..all parts…nothing like shaved skin on shaved skin…arms, legs and naughty bits.
  99. I love going to museums....it allows me to stare at the human form in all mediums.
  100. I see myself doing more of these ...perhaps theme based, as they are very cathartic!

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Tuesday, February 07, 2006

1st WK --> Analysis Paralysis :)

Wow….a week ago today……I started my unemployed life. BF’s…U probably think…”man if I had that opportunity…the things I would get done!”….yeah…well F-U! LOL I said the same thing……I had BIG plans …clean this…organize that….donate all that stuff…..figure out what I need to fix that……and so on. Well…I can honestly say…I think I have analysis paralysis!!

What I mean by this is I find myself sitting and thinking (okay….laying in bed…..) of what to attack next. After much inner-debate…. & few episodes of ER, Judging Amy, NYPD Blue, Charmed…I realize I’m hungry & the pupsters need to go potty…so off we go down the hall (needs vacuuming), pups outside…tea, toast for me, pups in…treats all-around (because everyone should be rewarded for going pee)…back down the hall, past what used to be the yoga room (and is currently a room filled with boxes of all kids of shit)…..& back to bed.

Could U refuse the comforts of this?
1200 ct sheets, 8 king-size pillows. I think NOT!

Anywho……I have managed to start clearing the Buddha room, but of course got caught up in looking at old photos… gifts I needed to organize for future gift –giving (yes, I’m one of those nauseating people who shop yr round for special gifts & squirrel them away ).

I have a huge headache! …..Not sure if its from all the crying?....or the stress of waiting for my comps results….or the CONSTANT arguing with “person who shall still remain nameless”…about when he will move out….what he will take with him….why I am such an uncaring bitch, who can take that BLOG & shove it up her ass, & how he will pay back the $$$$ he owes. Where does one start? It’s only been 3 yrs that our items have co-mingled….but its still a pain in the ass to figure out what kitchen shit belongs to who?...which cd’s, DVD’s, office items, & misc. items stay or go.

My Buddhist beliefs remind me of impermanence, but that seems easier said than done during times like this. It is hard to fathom I am asking someone to leave my home when I have no anticipated income, or plan of attack. After thinking about this last nite…I also realize how it drives home how deep the need must be for me……sacrifice the $ he does contribute to avoid the negative, almost abusive interactions.

WTF….I guess I will trust the universe ….there is a reason for everything….I just have to wait to find this one out. Tomorrow I think I will scan some old pics I crossed paths with as I was cleaning today...Peace my BF’s………

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Sunday, February 05, 2006

~~~I say and U think~~~




1. Taking sides:: Personal Politics
2. Couples:: Pairings
3. Right of refusal:: Contract
4. Marla:: Maples
5. Multiple:: Personalities
6. Trinity:: Wicca
7. Sneeze:: Tickle
8. Sweatpants:: Casual
9. Steve:: Madden
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Fabulous:: Joyful

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