Deep In The Forrest

Got my party going... got my friends around, having a good time, looking forward to a whole new year. Yeah, it's tomorrow... Happy 2008. Hope yours is full of peace, love, happiness and prosperity.

12/28, yeah. We've today and 3 more days left in this whole entire year. 6 years ago, I skipped on up to the J.P. and said "I Do" to Mr. J., as he did to me. Afterwards, we had Barbecue at a little place in Midtown called "The Bar-B-Q Shop". Sound like the perfect romantic wedding?? lol Probably doesn't, but it's what happened. Some things are more practical than our story-book fantasies, as a result, we saved money and we bought our house about 6 months later... No, it's not my dream home, but it's fine. I am not being negative about the whole thing, I'm just telling how it is. We have a good life, everything we need and share a lot of laughs and love. Those are the biggies, right? So I can't say I'm doing bad, not bad at all. Thank you Richie, I'm very happy that we've made it this far, and I hope we can look forward to many more... Happy Anniversary. I Love You. :) You can't make it to "I Do", however without ...

Can't think of a better word for today than Lovely... It started off o.k., 2nd day in a row that Mr. J and I woke up and had our workout (not THAT you perverts! Went to the Gym!!). Then I was running fashionably late as usual, got behind every asshole that happened to be driving around this morning, and then hit a poor innocent bird with my car... I was changing lanes, he flew across, couldn't be helped... I was sad. But the rest of the day, I've felt light hearted and upbeat since I had lunch with my best buddy Tamra, and her daughter Jess... We don't get to lunch often, so we always enjoy the opportunity. Thanks again guys! Then I got back from lunch, and had the supreme pleasure a call from one of my favorite English blog family members, Four Dinners (and his sweet daughter, Jax) . They sounded so delightful, and we discussed all of the fun New Year's plans that everyone's got in store. I'm sure they got a giggle out of my accent as well. He just celebrat...

Ahhhh, as Jay (o'r at Cynical Bastard) has informed me, the WWC was in fact moved to Wednesday... just this once. That saves my bootai!! Thank goodness... Thanks Jay for letting me know! Therefore, let's proceed with this week's Weekly Words Challenge (WWC) , brought to us by the Traditionally wonderful Tink, of Pickled Beef . Here goeth this week's theme, "Tradition" and "Pink". A Lovely Pink Purse, by my very 'Vogue' neice, Chrissy. The sisters, Kailey and Kenna, don pretty pink shirts that instruct "Just Add Snow"... I would if I could Kailey!!! Second sister, Kenna same snow shirt and Reanna's even PINKER outfit. Don't they look enthused to have their photo taken?? :) A couple Thanksgivings ago, I started a "Tradition" of playing games in the driveway with rocks, the kids have not let me forget this. Jackson shown here drawing in the gravel, however camouflaged (Can you even see him??)! It is also Tradition th...

Holy Bejesus I just realized with Christmas and all that I totally missed yesterday, Tuesday, that's right... the Weekly Words Challenge (WWC) " (Tink I'm sorry!! Geez I'm freaking out now, 2 weeks in a row?? Maybe I can do a belated, make-up WWC, then get back on track next week!! :( Well, anyway I was going to say... I fell down to this Earth from Heaven (and yes it did sting a little) right as summer was stepping on stage. Sounds like a lovely time to be born, but as I have said before , I rarely had attendees at my birthday parties because people were on their summer vacations and out of town a lot. I got used to it, and of course I had a couple of good parties growing up. However, I can imagine it is even harder to have a birthday the day after Christmas. I have a sister who was born on just such a day, today! I have sent her something to uplift her day, and a card... Deb I know you don't read this, but I hope you have a wonderful day. Christmas has come to a...

Merry Christmas Morning! Nobody Said It Any Better... John Lennon's "So This Is Christmas"

You guessed it, just as millions of people around the world are probably doing, I'm sitting here this morning watching " A Christmas Story ". (See above, the "Leg Lamp" scene from the movie) Since you guys are so special to me, I've included an extra special treat, Click To Read last year's 'Tale of One Christmas' (in case you missed it). Happy Christmas updates: My little nephew is all better, and back in tip-top shape... turned out it was a Staph infection, and he's very lucky to have been taken into the hospital on time. He got to go home yesterday. Just in time for his second Christmas, although he wasn't even a month old last year, he was born on December 1, 2006... So I think he'll enjoy himself a little more this year. As well, I'm not sure who all is going to make it down to Mom's this year, but we'll be arriving around 2-3 O'Clock she says... I'm trying to hold up spirits and feel festive... I truly don...

Some people are named after the gifts they give to others. Faith, for instance gave me the boost I was looking for to march forward into the holiday with the right mind's eye view. Thank you again, Faith... your words this morning were like a fresh rain, instant rejuvenation. Make sure to go and Read Faith's (Jink's) blog entitled "Christmas 365" . You'll enjoy it, I sure did. I'm not going to lie. I have been in a horrible "Bah-Humbug" mindset this season... I haven't sent out any Christmas cards, I didn't decorate. And on thinking of what to write earlier today, I was going to complain about the dreary fog this morning, or how sucky this city is because I can never get snow, but I read that and she included the simplest quote from Helen Keller, and it made me really snap into reality of all of the things that are truly good in my life, things that I would be a fool to take for granted. What's that, List them?? I sure will try to li...

Ta to Cappy and Four Dinners for making me think of Thin Lizzy the other day, I thought everyone might enjoy this video. I'm working on a profound block of words for the Holiday season for you to bathe in shortly, so come back and read, but for now, enjoy the gift of Music. Remember, everything is a gift... some bring us ecstatic joy, some sting a little to remind us and some hurt a lot so we can understand how to really appreciate the ecstasy.

Wow, the holiday buzz. It's making me crazy. We've had so much going on around work, and the holiday party last week, then I got stuck with the pleasure of coordinating the other "departmental" snack party and "Dirty Santa" game... Then a multitude of other "assignments" that don't really fall under the realm of my job description... How is it again that I get chosen for all these things?? Someone needs to tell me... maybe it's that problem I have of saying "No". So today is drawing to a close, and I'm supposed to meet a friend tonight in Midtown, a high school friend who I haven't seen in some time. We're going to play "Catch Up", and she's going to show me a little bit about "Reiki"... she's a Reiki master... I've been interested in this for a while and recently found out that she was into it... So after that, I'm taking the day off tomorrow to be with my best buddy, "Best Mat...

Happy Tuesday everyone. For the first time since I started Tink's Weekly Words Challenge , I am up empty-handed today... I let the week go by and the weekend, and have nothing to show. I just couldn't really grasp it enough to gather something worthy... I'll be back next week with the next WWC though, so come back for that... My apologies.

Stay tuned, here's my ideas, thoughts, you know... the Monday blurb. I don't think I'm ever going to mature any further, and I don't believe that I was ever really meant to be domesticated. I always feel that wild hair to go running, screaming naked through a big field... in the middle of nowhere. (Not literally, I guess I mean that as an analogy for feeling restless and wild all the time). I know this would've never been great news to my family, who worries when someone doesn't settle down and manufacture the chitlins. Well, I was rolling along quite well (so I thought), hit a speed bump, rolled off Life's highway and landed on the alter, oddly after I turned 31. We've never started a chitlin business, and I don't really plan on it... I don't see anything wrong with that, I don't feel that parenting is for everyone. I also think the world could really use more people who actually give parenting great thought as opposed to just irresponsibly...

I'm multi-faceted, and I know alot of campaigns go around about different stuff, but this one I just wanted to shed a bit more light on... This is senseless, and sad and cruel. I know that some of you will be touched and agree with me on this, and some will not, but realize just how inhumane the practices of the fur industry are. It's sick. I won't wear it, I won't buy it... I hope if you have a different opinion you might at least take a look and open up your eyes too. Please check out the following information... for me. It's important to me, and so are these animals. State of The Fur Industry (from Fur Is Dead) Please watch this alarming (graphic) video on a Shocking Look Inside Chinese Fur Farms , and read More About Chinese Fur Farms Here . Preview of page. Please take a moment of your time just to read and be aware. I sincerely thank you. If you can find it in your heart to care and try to help in some way, please do. Animals need all the help they can get. x...

Candy can mean many things, right?? But it always stands for something delicious, anyway... Today is our Company Christmas party and what with bad budgets issues, is during the day instead of night, which is fine with me because I can never seem to make the night ones... Then tonight, of course, is candy making 101 with Mom! Yay! Hope that goes nicely... hope she's feeling at least some better. I miss her, the way she used to be. Woke up this morning to the alarm clock, as usual. The first time it sounded normal... the second time I swear to you it had a "southern accent"... lol Call me crazy (Ay Si Mami be Loco!!) But it did... ahhh the unexplainable. I better hop to it... T.G.I.F...

It was a busy couple of days, finished the project much to the jubilation of the superiors, who coincidentally lavished me with victory hugs. So it's a bit more low-key now, and I had a chance to breathe a little deeper. The weeks, days... they're passing by way too quickly. December barely just started but it's nearly over already! I haven't even found my Christmas feet yet. I have to dig out my Santa Claus hat and prepare an outfit to wear to our office Christmas party on Friday... I have to mirror the cuteness I achieved on Halloween, right?? (And no, I didn't forget to dress like a Turkey on Thanksgiving, I missed that one on purpose lol). Friday night, Mr. J and I are supposed to go down and help my mother make some Christmas candy, so maybe that will fill me full of some spirit... or if I find her wine bottle, maybe "Spirits" haha... heck, it's the Holidays. I may as well find it in my heart to get a little tipsy. The Melatonin is still working s...

I got tagged on this meme a few days ago from Jay Cam (over at Jay's World) Thank you sir! Sorry I'm still running late ;) The Rules: (which were always made to be broken) -Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog. - Share 7 facts about yourself. - Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs. - Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog. My 7 facts: 1. I've always been jealous of Left-Handed People! 2. I work regular day shift all through the week, then stay up mostly all night on weekends (hell on my sleep schedule). 3. I do my best writing (song and otherwise) when I 'channel' Jimi Hendrix ;) 4. I live in my own little fantasy world 90% of the time... lol 5. I would love to spend Christmas in NYC in the snow. 6. I remember numbers, even like my old Marine boyfriend's (the one I was engaged to at nineteen) Ssn. 7. Sometimes my "Id" beats the crap out...

Once more, I apologize for having to post a very late WWC (Weekly Words Challenge) brought to us by the always perfectly timed, enchantress of Picked Beef, Tink! This week's words are "Want" and "Green". I'll keep it short and to the point, hope you enjoy these... See you tomorrow. It's Time for Hump Day Already!! Yay, who doesn't like Hump Day? :) I Want Justice... I Want A Cookie and Coffee from Starbucks (again)! I Want to Set This Sunset to Oil On Canvas I Want A Piece of Birthday Cake, and to Stay Young Forever! I Want To Ride the Green Trolley! I Want To Go Check This Place Out... I Want To Know What He's Thinking, Witty Cat Thoughts?? I Wanna Rock! I Want To Hang Out On Beale All Day I Want To Like It But I Can't... lol Kudzu Runs Rampant in These Parts, Unwanted, But I Think It's Lovely... Money was too easy, everyone thinks of Money first, but these were what I wanted, and wanted Green To Be!

Have had THAT hectic a day... please forgive me--I am late with my WWC... I will be back after band practice and I will finish posting it... Better late than never, right?? Come back soon... k?? J

Yeah, may it be with you... you know, "The Force". Mine is surely not. Something is draining the very life force from me in more ways than one. It feels delicious, it feels miserable. By day's end I am spectacularly worn to a frazzle, short-circuited... In Love with a capital Hate. I'm sick of it all, and also I want seconds. What is it? Existence, fate, destino!!! It's deliciously, maliciously poisoned. Where we'll end up and what we know to be the truth may change from day-to-day. I'm gonna let it melt in my mouth, and savor the maniacal flavor. Tired of being bored, rotting and preparing for death all around. Gonna stop worrying about it all and just lie back and stop swimming against the tide... just until I float way beyond oblivion (or go over the edge, whichever happens first). ;) Just an FYI y'know...

I feel so unmotivated and immobile today. I just want to lay back down. All I can think is that the rest of the week I won't be able to lay down and be lazy and I want to lay here and do nothing, think nothing. Why do I feel so lazy and unenergized? It's another gray day, for one. Had some 'Camerones' for lunch, and now I'm sitting here watching AC/DC videos, and daydreaming. I need a facial, a pedicure, a haircut, a massage, an escape to the mountains in the snow, and unlimited pitchers of Unsweet Tea. Yeah Baby! Sounds good... get that set up for me won't you? Oh gawd why did I even attempt to post today?? (sigh)

Happy Saturday! I bet you're noticing the 'face lift' right about now... perhaps feeling the chill from just looking at it?? Hope that won't keep you away (especially those of you who enjoy the summer sun). I was just sitting here in the river city, the city by the bluff that never receives enough winter, and thinking about how I doubt I'll see much if any snow this year. We got like one measley snow last year that didn't even last throughout the day. It's not fair at all, and I really am fed up with it. Therefore, I decided that if I could not see the kind of scene I wanted to around my neck of the woods, then I would surely at least be able to see it on my blog. So there you have it, it's officially "Winter" here in The Forrest. Hope it's legible. I think it's actually more legible, and it's nice and fresh, and not as dark but still moving enough with the trees. I shouldn't feel trapped with the 'tree' motif, but for s...

deer santa: I wud like a kool toy space ranjur fer Xmas. Iv ben a gud boy all yeer. Yer Frend, BiLLy Dear Billy, Nice spelling. You're on your way to a career in lawn care. How about I send you a frigging book so you can learn to read and write? I'm giving your older brother the space ranger. At least HE can spell! Santa Dear Santa, I have been a good girl all year, and the only thing I ask for is peace and joy in the world for everybody! Love, Sarah Dear Sarah, Your parents smoked pot when they had you, didn't they? Santa Dear Santa, I don't know if you can do this, but for Christmas, I'd like for my mommy and daddy to get back together. Please see what you can do. Love, Teddy Dear Teddy, Look, your dad's banging the babysitter like a screen door in a hurricane. Do you think he's gonna give that up to come back to your frigid, fat mom, who rides his ass constantly? It's time to give up that dream. Let me get you some nice Legos instead. Maybe you can bu...

While it's quiet and I can think (perhaps before "Mr. Inside Voice" or his cellphone gets cranked up), I thought I would try an early entry. Still slept well last night, and I did dream, but nothing 'sci-fi level' this time. It was basic, and was pretty vivid during the dreaming, but not totally detailed upon waking. In other words, I don't remember it as vividly as I dreamed it. The setting seemed to be my old High School. I was there, and some people not from MY class, but the class before me were there. We were discussing some of our other school mates. I'm not sure of the significance, maybe more will come to me later. However, I am disappointed because I was hoping to have a really weird and vivid dream to share with you guys today. So I was planning on getting up and hitting the Gym early, but Mr. J woke up before me, and snuck in there and started playing a Video game at the ass crack of dawn. Then he wanted to wake me up later and try to go, but I ...

While it's quiet and I can think (perhaps before "Mr. Inside Voice" or his cellphone gets cranked up), I thought I would try an early entry. Still slept well last night, and I did dream, but nothing 'sci-fi level' this time. It was basic, and was pretty vivid during the dreaming, but not totally detailed upon waking. In other words, I don't remember it as vividly as I dreamed it. The setting seemed to be my old High School. I was there, and some people not from MY class, but the class before me were there. We were discussing some of our other school mates. I'm not sure of the significance, maybe more will come to me later. However, I am dissappointed because I was hoping to have a really weird and vivid dream to share with you guys today. So I was planning on getting up and hitting the Gym early, but Mr. J woke up before me, and snuck in there and started playing a Video game at the asscrack of dawn. Then he wanted to wake me up later and try to go, bu...

No I can't say that the title means I actually am catching any "REAL" Z's such as my old flame, "Z" from my Butterflies, Zebras and Moonbeams story . Besides, I'z a married lady and seeing Z would be wrong of course, and then to think about it I'm fairly certain Z still hates my guts. But Life is what it is, winding roads and all that jazz. Ok, I digress... I was discussing catching some Zzzz (see what he does? He still distracts me to this day, and do you think that he ever even stops to think about me? I seriously doubt it. What's wrong with men that nothing ever affects them but it rips our world apart. There are always sickening little reminders everywhere too so that the memory can never completely go away, like "Z Market" signs, etc). Crap!! I digress again. Please forgive me [Damn that man!!!] Oh yes... catching some Zzzz. Well, if you remember Mr. J's episode from about a week back where he nearly died because of the Ambien ...

Wow, I am going through a little writer's block it seems this week. I haven't written any lyrics, I can't really think of anything to blog about and I'm just feeling sort of lazy. I got off work and I came home, soaked my feet for like an hour and pretty much glued my ass to this green recliner that I love so much. I ate chinese food today, that's probably what it is... I'm probably lagging from the effects of the m.s.g. Wish I hadn't eaten it now... I'm getting sleepy, and maybe will go ahead and hit the sack. We're going to try to get up early and hit the gym, so why not get a good night's sleep. Oh wait a second, Ghost Hunters is on so I have to watch a little of that... then I'll get a good night's sleep. :) It looks like a re-run... Tomorrow being Thursday, the light at the end of the weekday tunnel will be in sight. I hope I can get some decorating done this weekend... I need some Holiday spirit to strike me!

It's WWC Time again, that is to say Tink's made it possible once again to participate in the Weekly Words Challenge ! This week's words were "Orange" and "Landscape". Let's make a long story short, shall we dance? This week I'll let the photos speak for themselves. First we have "Landscapes"! (I know that one of my landscapes technically had water, but still... I felt it was fine) Here's the deal with "Orange" (Get that Vitamin C and See!) Hope you all enjoyed. Got a busy Tuesday so I'll likely see you tomorrow for the next post.

I'm supposed to be feeling so festive right about now. I have been trying, I really have. I guess I'm just not trying hard enough. I stepped into a bath that was actually hotter than I could stand this morning, and I forced myself to endure the temperature so that I could try to wake up and feel like one of the living. As I lay back soaking, I thought to myself "This is the most comfortable and care-free I am going to feel all day long", and I simply didn't want to get out and face it all today. But I did anyway, just like we all have to [most of the time]. I don't really feel free to blog in detail about it, but I am increasingly worried about my parents these days. My father's health, and his episodes and care are taking a toll on my Mother and she is not an easy one to talk to or try to help. She's always near tears, and sounding sick. However, I myself am sick with worry and don't know what to do, or what's going to happen... But I feel as...