photo tagged

So Deborah photo tagged me. You have to take the fourth picture out of the fourth folder in your pic file. Well I only have one file and it needs to be updated....badly. My pics are all in different spots, thus the reason I don't scrapbook.

Anyway, this is Juliet at about 4-5 months. Desperately trying to learn to walk. She never did want to sit still....she's a real go getter! Don't you just love that face?!?! It's like 'what, like you could do better?' haha, that is so her!

So there you go I've done my tagging, now its your turn. I am sure your picture file is far more advanced then mine. Considering Juliet is almost four now so this pic is 3 years old now. :)

Love ya.

Can't wait

until this election is over. First of all the suspense is killing me, I mean this is a big year, a historic moment! but I can't stand the politics anymore. Just pick one and be on with it!


I'm tired of hearing why this one or that one wont be good or what they are lying about or what not. All of them lie, all of them are good or bad in their own way. I am partial to one more then I am the other and have been following how they have run each of their campaigns.

This will be one for the history books, but dang I can't wait till its done!

Kids say the darndest things.....

Jason set up our Internet over the weekend and since then we have all been chomping at the bit to get our turn on it. Well it was Jason's turn and he had Juliet on his lap cruisen the high speed....ah isn't that cute? Anywho... Jason was reading some celeb gossip (its like a train wreck, you have to read it even though you know its no good) and saw that Gary Coleman had gotten arrested for something. This is the conversation that ensued:

Jason: That's crazy
Juliet: Who's crazy daddy, the chocolate boy?

Ok....so at no time have we ever referred to dark skinned people as chocolates but it is her favorite candy so she just made the association between the colors. After Jason choked on his laugh and walked off the total shock of it, he explained that is not how you refer to people and all that good stuff....( I have to say he did really good, not once did he smile or giggle, that would have undone everything he was trying to teach her). Of course we laughed about it after she went to bed and still sneak in a giggle here and there.

Oh, the innocence of children....cracks me up sometimes.

Doing something

I was recently throwing myself a pity part. I felt my siblings are more talented then I am and that my life was basically boring and amounting to nothing. Ultimately I was afraid I would slip into the background and not be important or even remembered when all is said and done. Well I was told my a very good friend of mine that if I had a problem with my life, to get off my tush and do something about it. I mean talent seldom just drops in ones lap and if and when it does it needs to be kept up and honed. she was absolutely right, so I have decided to take on a few new adventures. Some may fail, some I might turn out to be super good at, but at least I can say I tried them or picked them back up as the case may be.

The following activities are things I have decided to do in the next year!

Take the rest of the cake decorating classes.
Audition and hopefully be in a collage play (even if it is in the chorus. hehe)
Take an art class (pottery, painting or digital imaging)
Try my hand at writing
Start and hopefully not kill a garden. haha.
Take piano lessons


I think that is a good list to start out with. I have done the plays and the cake classes before and Loved them! the other things are new and I hope to enjoy them or at least learn something. I am actually kinda excited about it and hope this gets me out of my funk!

Go to work to catch my breath....since when?

So as most of you know I have a lot of siblings and those siblings are extremely talented! which usually means they are doing way cool things with their talents and where does that leave me. Going to watch my awesome bros and sis's in these different forums.

This means that most to all of my weekends are used going to concerts, competitions, road trips, preparations and whatnot. It's fun. I love it. But that doesn't leave room to get myself caught up on stuff at home. What kinds of stuff you ask? well there is laundry, dishes, yard work, house work, grocery shopping, spending time with Juliet and lately unpacking and starting to get ready for the holidays. I usually stagger into bed (after putting Juliet to bed for the 5th time) barely able to keep my eyes open.

So when do I get a chance to just sit down and breath? well ironically at work... Yes I have to do things. I file and input information, type up letters, send out mailers, talk to customers and insurance companies. But all of this I can stop for 5 minutes and just catch a breath. Read a little CNN, catch up on a blog or myspace or even just sit and think of nothing. I mean we get two fifteen minute breaks a day....you don't get those on the weekend. haha

Who would have thunk that work is a place where I could catch a break. Like I said earlier, I love my family dearly and love supporting them and have no regrets at all. I just have found lately with me, and I am sure with a lot of other people, work has become a place to wind down from the weekend and weeknights.

Crazy huh?

An ode to a sister.

So we all have sisters in our lives, wither they were born in or just super good friends who have become our sudo-sisters. I am fortunate enough to have several sisters and a couple of brothers. It makes it a lively bunch when we all get together as well as a real network of support and love. I love them all dearly, but one particular sister has helped me out greatly lately. I will not say her name but I am sure she knows who she is. Don't get me wrong, I love all of my family with a passion I would do anything for them. But sometimes you lean on one more then you lean on another and sometimes that leaning post changes. So today I would like to say thank you to this particular sibling with a little poem. I tried my hand at it, so I don't' know how it will turn out but I hope it gets my point across.

A Sister, An Angel
by: Maura Duke

What could be said about you or to you
To let you know how much you mean
I could call you loving, smart, a real friend, which are all true
I could tell you, you are a light, a guide, a rock on which to lean

But would it be enough dear sister
Would you understand, grasp or comprehend
That being your sister is a gift, a blessing and honor
that you are more then a rock, a blessing, a friend

You are without a doubt
An honest to goodness Angel
Put here for me, to help me out
And life without you would be sad, lonely and fickle

You lift my spirits, made me want to do better
You help me see, but not just me - everyone around you
You bring peace and love through your smile, a word or a letter
How many can do that? Let me tell you sister - very few!

So I ask you again
My dearest sister, my Angel
Can you understand or even comprehend
The sheer love I have for you, how grateful

So thank you dear one
Those tiny words do nothing for what I feel
For all you have done
You helped me live, you helped me heal

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
My Sister, My Angel.

2 words

2 words NO MORE NO LESS can be used... Have fun and try not to use the same answers as the person before you...

1. Where is your cell phone? ..................In purse
2. Your significant other?..................Have one
3. Your hair? ....................................... Short straight
4. Your mother?................................ Good Friend
5. Your father?...................................... My Rock
6. Your favorite thing?.............................my Daughter
7. Your dream last night?........................ don’t remember
8. Your favorite drink? .............................Chocolate Milk
9. Your dream/goal?.............................Cake Shop
10. The room you're in?.........................at desk
11. Your ex?....................................Which one
12. Your fear?..................................To many
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years?.........Doing well
14. Where were you last night?....................At Michele’s
15. What you're not?..................................overly boring
16. Muffin?.......................................... Chocolate Chip
17. One of your wish list items?........... Another baby
18. Where you were born?................. AFB, Alaska
19. The last thing you did?.......................Helped customers
20. What are you wearing?.................... A dress
21. Your TV?.........................................Decrative only
22. Your pets?........................................ Husbands count?
23. Your computer? .................................is packed
24. Your life?......................................... Having fun
25. Your mood?...................................very full
26. Missing someone?........................my sister
27. Your car?...........................................Love it.
28. Something you're not wearing?................ grumpy face
29. Favorite Store?.....................................so many
30. Your summer?....................................was hot
31. Like someone?.....................................of course
32. Your favorite color?......................... scarlet maroon
33. Last time you laughed?.........................just now
34. Who will re-post this?...........................good question