And Now for a Brief Message

And now back to my favorite subject:  Phil Collins

You Can't Hurry Love


I Don't Care Anymore

Which Wich

Have you tried the Which Wich sandwich place?  We were in Dallas and ate at the Galleria.  It is an excellent sandwich.  There is also one near me in Oklahoma.  Which I will have to dine at soon.  Which I will do.  Which you can be sure of.  Which after awhile the word "which" starts to no longer look like a word spelled correctly.  Which is where they have the "Wicked."  It is double meat and cheese.  You can plan your own sandwich by writing it on a paper sack which is submitted to the cashier which hands it to the wich maker.  Which I'm hoping you will enjoy!

Phil Collins-Deserves Better

I hope he can find lasting happiness soon.  He deserves it.

He doesn't get the respect or love that he deserves.

Wordless Wednesday-Take a Look at Me Now

The Ragamuffins:
Three brothers and me!

Her wedding day!

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I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee

I haven't had a post with much text content lately but I am

working on a series for the future.  Really.  But I was thinking

about this cartoon and thought someone might enjoy it besides

me.  Little bambinos.  Shorty.  Buzzards?  Infintessimal piece

of sh--oe leather!  One of my favorites!

Jane Eyre 2006

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face



You'll Be in My Heart



“wherever you are is my home—my only home.”

Wordless Wednesday-Dad Ad

My dad in Germany during Korean conflict.

He'd make a good ad for beer and cigarettes?

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Happy Birthday Daughter!

Believe me this may not look like a great cake, but it

tasted delicious.  I made chocolate buttercream frosting 

and it was moist.  Yum!

Happy 21st Birthday, dear daughter!  (in the middle)

Phil Collins

Fun Monday looked like fun but I didn't participate. We
were asked to name our favorite words. I have always
thought "paradigm" a very interesting word and so fun
to pronounce.  I am only going to attempt to give a definition.

1. A typical example or pattern of something, a model.
2. A world view underlying the theories and methodology

of a particular scientific subject.  

3. A set of linguistic items that form mutually exclusive

choices in particular syntactic roles:  English determiners

form a paradigm:  we can say "a book" or "his book" but 

not "a his book."  

Simple common analogy: A simplified analogy for paradigm is a habit of reasoning or, the box in the commonly used phrase "thinking outside the box". Thinking inside the box is analogous with normal science. The box encompasses the thinking of normal science and thus the box is analogous with paradigm. "Thinking outside the box" would be what Kuhn calls revolutionary science. Revolutionary science is usually unsuccessful, and only rarely leads to new paradigms. When they are successful they lead to large scale changes in the scientific worldview. (Wikipedia)

Here is an excellent song called "Paradigm" by All Together Separate.


Everybody loves a rose,
But will you be thankful for the thorns?
Love is easy when you're loved,
But do you curse another when you're alone?


Chorus:
Oh, I give my life to You so I can gain it back again
Oh, I stand solid while the paradigm is shifting


You say live and let live,
But people are dying everyday
And you way what I don't know won't hurt me
But if what I do not know
Is the very thing I need,
Then I say


Humanity sees truth through a shattered window pane
That blocks the view,
And plants the seed
So we draw the curtains to close but I say
That the sun can still shine behind a closed mind
And sticks and stones do hurt
When tossed from the tongue of mankind

Wordless Wednesday-Shades of Family

My family around 1962. Mom, Dad, three brothers, and me!

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COLOR MY WORLD (Chicago)

As time goes on I realize
Just what you mean to me
And now, now that you're near
Promise your love
That I've waited to share
And dreams of our moments together
Color my world with hope of loving you

You Say It's Your Birthday!

Almost forgot to tell you:

Today was my birthday!

John Mayer Live

My daughters and I are going to Dallas to see John Mayer in concert.
We're going to stay a couple of days and do some shopping at the
Galleria too.

I Wish It Would Rain Down

I love Phil.

Ziggy

Pensieve's Poetic License-July

I am going to give it a try this month. Robin has come up with her own creative poem type.

What is a Pensieve? A titled, five-line poem; each line correlates to one of the five senses--sight, sound, scent, taste, touch--and describes the subject (title). The goal is for the reader to take on the poem as his own, being able to "experience" your subject through your words, by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and feeling what you described.

E-Bay

I spot my item on the screen.

The bell sounds and the challenge begins.

Wrist flicking,  Mouse clicking,

Breathing in the aroma of victory.

Nevertheless I have also tasted the agony of defeat.

All will be well when I have my prize in hand.

Go visit Robin @ Pensieve for more poems.

What I've Been Up To...

Whatever have I been doing with myself?
I work at home for my husband's business.
We are self-employed. I am the paper-work
queen.  Office goddess, if you prefer.  I do.  Hee hee.

That means I type all the invoices on the computer and

send out statements to customers.  I pay all bills for the

business and payroll for employees.  I do payroll reports

and any other nasty little report that comes along.  I have

a good program called "Quick Books" that I really like and

have been familar with for several years.  This keeps me

semi-occupied.  Now three children in college these 

past few years has kept me otherwise occupied.  All good.

As I have mentioned before, the oldest daughter has graduated

college and got her RN license and is working and living

in the nearest big city to me. (About 45 minutes away.)

My latest project which I have been enjoying is to sew

my daughter's some curtains for their new apartment

bedroom windows.  I started on my youngest daughter's

first and it turns out that she didn't like the green material

at all.  So guess where these beauties are now?  In my office/

extra bedroom.  I don't mind, I enjoyed the sewing.  I know

you're going to think that the brown/green kind of clashes

with those hot pink walls but hey! what the hay?  I enjoy

anything that I create, no matter what!  Those walls will

be transformed someday, just not yet.  I guess I can see

why she didn't like the green, but I'll try again.  This time

she is picking out the material, duh?  I should have known

better!  

Now for those of you discriminating minds that were 

absolutely fascinated with that picture of me on the wall,

here is a closer shot.  This is a artist drawing of me.  When

we went to Paris in 2000, we were in the Montmarte 

area and artists on the street everywhere want to draw

your picture for a fee of course.  They practically insist.

As you might notice, I am not smiling in this picture, 

because another artist was drawing my daughter and I

was watching and waiting while another persistant artist

kept insisting that he draw me.  One artist started drawing

my eye (and he did a very good job) but I kept saying,"no,

thank you."  He finally got mad and walked a short distance

away watching.  Another artist came up and started drawing

me and I decided to let him.  But I was not smiling at the

time 'cause I could see the other artist staring daggers at

me.  If looks could kill.  So I paid for my drawing to him

and for my daughter's to another artist.  He did capture

me pretty well even though I was not smiling.  I look very

serious.  But after all I am glad I bought it.  Also, if you look

at the above photo, on the left of it you will see a photo

that I took of my flower and I framed it.  I just happened

to have a frame already that it fit into.  Now notice that

it matches my brown and green curtains.  There!  Makes

it all coorindinate, doesn't it?  I'm sharp like that!  hee hee

This is another project that took a bit of our time last

week.  We purchased a 2008 Toyota Tundra Crew Max

for my husband to drive for his business.  We feel like

we got a really good deal.  He is taking it tomorrow to get

the front windows tinted.  He has ordered running boards

and a tonto cover for the bed.  We are getting the bed spray-

lined too.  He has to haul parts for his business in it.  We

plan on taking this jewel on vacation to Yellowstone Park

next year.  The four door crew cab has tons of seating room.

It's much bigger than a car.  We will be taking all three kids

with us too.  Our luggage can go in the bed of the pickup

under the tonto cover.  Last year we rented a SUV for

our trip to Colorado.  This time we can save that expense.

Wordless Wednesday

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Magnanimous

Magnanimous:

Very generous or forgiving, esp. toward a rival or someone

less powerful than oneself.

Now in this case I am the less powerful one but I also have

to be the forgiving one.  She always wins!  We play tag and

she wins.  We play hide and seek.  She wins.  I was looking

at her laying on a quilt yesterday and I thought, "What a life

of luxury.  She follows me from room to room and finds a 

suitable, comfortable place to sit and watch or sleep.  She

has every comfort and food that she could hope for.  But I

love her.  It is also very nice to be able to give such a small

creature pleasure.  I can massage her neck and rub her head

and it takes me very little effort.  I wish someone could do that

for me with little effort.  Her fur is so soft and pleasing to me

that is my pleasure.  Ah, the life of the indoor cat!  

Ten Years After

Do you remember this?
Ten Years After
I'd Love to Change the World