According to the astronomical definition, spring begins on the Vernal Equinox (usually March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere,

Well I personally can't freakin wait! This winter has been so long ,so cold and so much snow. I am waiting to BLOOM! Lighter coats,windows open,fresh smell of flowers and rain. So with the flip into March next week I look forward to all of us coming out of our hidey holes . I really feel like I have been in hibernation. I need some sun for gawd sake.

I only have one thing to say about this years 81st Academy Awards show.....

BRAVO!!!

I watched the whole entire show this year. Commercials and all and enjoyed every minute.

The new stage layout. The way they brought in past oscar winners to say great things about each nominee up for that catagory was awesome. I loved it!

OK so I have decided to start thinking about how I want to redo my Kitchen without it costing too much. I actually like my current kitchens charm. Wood floors,shelfs across the top with baskets on them. The wall paper is pretty tired though. I've been thinking about what to do that will keep its country charm but give it a new twist. Well looking through another blog I ran across some kitchen pics and I think I may have found my solution. The above pic is way nicer than my kitchen. But I am thinking about the stone look for maybe two of the walls . I have the wood floors and the wood counters. This just might be the trick..And the best part..I could put it over the wall paper!

So Crack a Bottle ,Let Your Body Wobble

...Don't act like a snobby model,you just hit the lotto!

Yes I'm lovin Eminem today. You can say what you want about the filthy mouthed rapper but he has the talent. I have had this silly song stuck in my head most of the day. So now after reading this you may well also. This song just hit number one on Billboards top 100. Just when some of us wondered if he was ever coming out with another song he busts loose with this one. I tried not to like it really I did. But well..it just grows on you. So what the heck,have fun with it I say.
Another Detroit native that I have grown some more respect for as an artist lately is Kid Rock. I never was too crazy about him before,But I have been liking alot of his latest stuff . I would actually probly buy a ticket to go see him next time he tours..
Ok thats it for today. I have music on my mind..............oh.oh.oh.oh.ohStep right up ladies and gentleman..

This weeks bitchin...

Well it has certainly been a bad couple weeks for flying...or should I say a bad month. I feel my stomach tightening as I write this. I have become increasingly nervous about flying in the last few years.I am kinda upset by it ,as I used to look forward to the adventure of it. It was FUN! you would get a cool meal with little surprise stuff on the tray. The world looked awesome from up there. The stewardesses were friendly.You could take whatever you wanted on board and there wasn't really any security to speak of. Yea those were the days..Enter 911 and exit the fun. Now flying is a means to get where your going,period. Hassle with a captial H. Take your shoes off,watch what you pack,what? your going to take a suitcase with you?! well thats gonna cost you xtra. Duh,no I was going to go somewhere with just the clothes on my back... geez. What a great world this has become.

Peanut Butter is deadly and the makers didn't care.Crooked polititions get out of jail and land a couple hundred thousand dollar a year job with a company that just laid off 300 people!! And planes are falling out of the sky left and right. Yea I'm irate this week and this is just the surface..

Traditional Aquarian Traits
Friendly and humanitarian

Honest and loyal

Original and inventive

Independent and intellectual
On the dark side....

Intractable and contrary

Perverse and unpredictable

Unemotional and detached

Ok so I said I was taking today off my blog. I changed my mind,hey its my day I can do what I want :-). Anyway I thought I would post some observations of what I know now at this ripe old age I'm at.
1. I appreciate a kind word more than ever.
2.I find by doing for others I feel better about myself
3. I know how to say NO! and not feel guilty about it
4. I look for beauty inside of others but still look at mine from the outside.(will I ever outgrow this insecurity? Who knows,I'm still a work in progress.)
5. I strive to learn something new everyday.
6. I do not know yet what the meaning of life is but I am getting closer to the 'truth'
7. I try to be forgiving and not hold grudges as I realize I have less time to get past them
8. Compassion is very important to me. I value it in others and strive to show it everyday.
9.I want my family to look up to me and hold me in high esteem. Therefore I must do the same for them.
10.I take the time to appreciate nature more. Look at the sky,the rain,the snow. Accepting what it gives us . I have vowed to do my part in preserving this earth.

OK so Tomarrow is my birthday. I am taking the day OFF! Off work, off writing on my blog off of viewing others blogs and all computor stuff in general. I am going for a nice facial treatment and maybe even a massage . Going out to lunch maybe shopping. Who knows . Just going to do whatever the frick I want all dang day! My present to me. :-)

Saddened

One of my favorite clients passed away on Friday. She had been coming to me for bout 13 years. I see her daughter also. Really nice classy lady. She was very vital for a 70 year old . Always going and doing stuff ,didnt look her age. She was fine in December when I saw her ,then in Jan she fell ill when scar tissue from a previous surgery that was over 20 years ago wrapped around her colon and shut it down. She filled up with poisen and I guess it just did to much damage for her to overcome.

I am sad that I wont see her smiling face every 4 weeks anymore. Sad her family will not have her in thier lives. Sad for her daughter that just lost her husband in November and now has to deal with the loss of her mother.

I won't forget her.

Rest in Peace Betty!

Wow! unexpected gift!

One of my regular clients came in today and gave me an unexpected gift. It is a Magnetic braclet similar to the one I show here only it is colorful. Very pretty and will go with many outfits. The braclet is nice,yes. But the reason she gave it to me is the real gift! When she was in in December to get her facial I spotted a spot on her forhead that looked unusual . I never panic my clients when I see something that I fear may be a cancer . BUT I strongly suggest that they go to a derm and have it looked at. Well she tells me that she had gone to her Derm and he said it was nothing. I was uncomfortable about the way it looked enough to really stress that I felt she needed a 2nd opinion and gave her the name of a doctor to go to . She followed through and went and it was Melanoma. Which is cancer. Left untreated it can spred into your system and well,kill you. She was so grateful to me that she brought me a gift and was so relieved that I had stressed this so much to her. This is why I love my job.

Sharing pain is as important as sharing the good times

A short while back I mentioned to my daughter ,you should be taking some pictures of your Dad right now. He has been fighting for his life for the last 71/2 years . It has been a series of hospital stays ,surgeries and pain. Some small good moments; like he was able to make it to her wedding and he was at both of her college graduations. Mostly it has been a series of in the Hospital,out ,back in a nursing home ,out ,back to the hospital... Well I have helped her care for him all these years also and it has taught me much about life. You don't get to pick what the times are going to be like that you share with someone you care about. They may be painful,frustrating,stressful. Short bursts of laughter here and there overshadowed by pain. So you need to make the most of what time you are given.

I have talked with many people that have been by a parents side while they were dieing,while Hospice was helping them cope. Some of those memories that they have next to thier loved ones bedside were the most profound moments that they had ever had with that person. They took that time to ask some questions of that person and share some thoughts.Many of them have said they learned some things they never knew about them

We are formed by the experiances life throws at us. We can decide if these experiances are going to make us more compassionate people or harden us. Seeing this man lose his legs and go through all this suffering has made me so appreciative of just being able to plant two feet on the ground and walk to where I want to go. Has made me see the world through the eyes of the disabeled. Seeing him still want to fight to stay alive even when his day is filled with nothing but pain makes me marvel at the will to live.

American VS Foreign

Yes,I own a foreign Car. I am not anti American,the opposite actually. I relish in our right to choose. I have owned 3 foreign cars in my life time. A volkswagen,a Toyota,and my current car a 2002 Hyundai Elantra. All of them I purchased new. I have also owned a Ford Stinger ( a long time ago,somewhat of a muscle car) and a couple of Dodge Neons and a Ford Thunderbird. My family, when I grew up mostly owned Fords usually the station wagon variety.

Well I am feeling the pressure lately from everyone for owning a car that isn't made by an American auto maker. I see all the bumper stickers that say Buy American blah blah blah. Most people if they did any research at all would know that many of the parts in their American cars are foreign made. Or made in another country by workers that are not American . Out sourcing,heard of it ? So when you buy an American Car chances are 1/2 of it wasn't even made here. When I bought my Hyundaii I purchased it from an American who worked in a dealership owned by an American Franchise owner most likely. Our economy is so intertwined with other country's now ,it is more like World or Global economy.

I have purchased foreign cars for the following reasons. More car for the price. More options included for the price. Simply put the foreign cars I have owned have lasted me twice as long and for less money. Believe me I have owned both and that is just the plain truth. And why is that? Well for one they pay their workers less than we do. So they can afford to put out a car for cheaper. Well that has changed now with Auto workers making allot less than they used to. Auto Companies will be forced to put out a cheaper better quality car. Hopefully they will cut their CEO's pay down instead of taking so much from the workers,but I won't hold my breath on it. So with all that's changing my next car will be American made mos likely. But I will exercise my right to choose ,because thats the American way.