Sunday..........

Hello Dear World.........

It was another cold day here in Georgia but I'm getting along fine. Tonight I treated my folks to dinner at Outback Steakhouse, check it out ---------> www.outback.com . For dinner I had what was called the "Rockhampton Rib-Eye" which was pretty good. Our waitress seemed stuck in another world but our food was good. One of the male servers helped us out a lot. My folks said they enjoyed dinner which made me happy. I kept seeing their commercials on t.v. so I asked my folks if they wanted to eat which of course they said yes to.

When we got home I watched my favorite show #1 Single which stars Lisa Loeb is also happens to be my favorite female singer. Her show is about her being single, her life, hanging out with her friends and her experiences dating. On her show tonight she went on a two seperate dates with two guys which didn't turn out too good. I really think that she has a great sense of humor about it all. She is single just like me except I haven't started dating as yet. Her show comes on every Sunday at 10 p.m.

Before I go I had to tell you........let me leave you with an image. I'm beginning to feel like a polar bear who has lost its fur.....I might need someone to send me a few thousand pounds of heating blankets before I turn into a rather huge block of ice.

All in all my Sunday was a good one despite the deep freeze here in Georgia ....... I will chat with you again soon dear world .......... Good night

My Saturday.....

Hello Dear World......

How are you ? You will be glad to know that all of my fingers are still attached and there's no signs of them being frozen. I'm sure your waiting to hear how my day was so here it goes.......Today ( 2 ) guys were supposed to come up our refrigerator due to the fact that the inside liner is tearing. The thing is they couldn't take it because the water has to be shut off from the street. They will have to come back tomorrow to take it. I spent half the day taking the stuff out of the freezer because we thought the refrigerator was going to be going with the guys. The other half of my day was spent putting the frozen food items back into the freezer which was a rather freezing task to complete. I also put stuff into the refrigerator which was a cold task as well. My dad was not too happy let me tell you. They told my dad that they would have to go because he was searching for the water valve which was finally located at the street. They told him that they had other stops to go to which upset him. After all of that they left and stuff was put back into the refrigerator. Let me give you a little friendly advice......Make sure if you ever have to have your refrigerator picked up make sure you take out whatever will spoil first and also make sure that you turn off your water at the kitchen sick you will thank me for it.

After all of that we cleaned the carpets with a carpet cleaner which let me tell you is quite a task if you have nieces and nephews who tend to walk around with food in hand. I'm sure you know what I am talking about. Anyway....I did get to see a little of the Winter Olympics on television and let me tell you. Seeing olympians skiing up a hill is something to watch because it sure looks hard. Have you been watching the Winter Olympics so far ? What do you think ? I heard that the Olympic ice skater Kwan had a hard day and that she is thinking of quitting. I hope she reconsiders she is a good ice skater.

On a more different note........I have been an avid fan of a particular journal which never gets any kind of recognition. Tonight that will change. I have decided that the journal "Bee's Shutter" should be guest editor for the week. The journal can be found at ----------> http://journals.aol.com/redbaranjj/BeesShutter/

I also think that the journal titled "I'm Going Sane in a Crazy World" is an interesting one so I would like to recommend it for myself. You can find it at -------------------> http://journals.aol.com/mikev009/ImGoingSaneinaCrazyWorld/

I hope you will drop by these journals and say hello. Bee's Shutter has lots of wonderful and beautiful photos that I'm sure you will love as I do. So what did you do today dear world ? I hope tomorrow you will have a wonderful day. I can't wait to hear all about it.

Good - night..........

Just A Little News.......

Hello Dear World.......

You might want to know that its beginning to feel like I should be living in Alaska right now. Its gotten pretty cold here in Georgia and my fingers will soon be falling off. If you don't hear from me after this know that my fingers and toes turned purple and fell off due to hypothermia.

In other news there has been tons of drama, drama,drama,drama at my job but I won't bother you with the endless details of the soap operaish insanity taking over the building where I work. I'm sure that you know the feeling.

There is something exciting in the news.......I don't know if you heard. The 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in the city of Turin (Turino) in the Piedmont (Piemonte) Region of northern Italy. I have NEVER been to Turin myself though. The Opening Ceremony will be held Friday February 10 at the newly built Olympic Stadium. This is the 20th Winter Olympics to be held. The first Winter Olympics were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France which I heard is not far from Turin. Approximately 2500 athletes from 85 countries will compete. I myself wouldn't mind going to Turin it sounds like a really interesting place to see and visit.

Will you be watching the olympics dear world ? I read that in Turin there are 160 types of cheese and famous wines like Barolo and Barbaresco. Turin also has some outstanding pastries especially chocolate ones. Did you know that........Chocolate for eating as we know it today ( bars and pieces ) originated in Turin. Wouldn't you like to go there and try some of their chocolate ? I also read that The Piedmont Region has some of the best food in Italy. Turin also offers some unique architecture and museums throughout Turin.

I will try to read more about Turin and share what I find out for you........

At this moment its colder here in my neck of the woods. I wonder what the weather is like in Turin right now ? How is the weather in your neck of the woods dear world ?

Good night dear world.........sleep well

 

Is There Anyone Out There In Need Of Some Rain ??

Hello Dear World........

How are you first of all ? Let me begin by saying that all morning and all afternoon and all night it rained and rained and rained and rained and rained........You get the hint. I came upon a poem which I thought I would share with you titled "Little Wind" by a writer named Kate Greenaway. Here it is :

Little Wind

Little wind, blow on the hill-top,

Little wind, blow down the plain;

Little wind, blow up the sunshine,

Little wind, blow off the rain.

- Kate Greenaway

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While it rained it also turned out to be quite cold which lead me to another poem titled " What No Snow ? " by another writer named Bill Boyle. Here is the poem :

What No Snow ?

Why doesn't it snow ?

It's winter, isn't it ?

Then it's supposed to snow.

How else can you make snowmen,

Or fight each other with snowballs,

And slide down on sledges ?

 

It's not fair, is it ?

Soon it will be summer,

Than it'll just rain and rain for months.

Can't anyone tell me,

WHY DOESN'T IT SNOW ?

-Bill Boyle

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While I was catching up on my reading I came upon some great journals that you might want to check out dear world. Here are a few that will get you reading........

Wanderer --------> http://journals.aol.com/bgilmore725/Wanderer/

First Digital Photos ---------> http://journals.aol.com/tc01hm/FirstDigitalPhotos/

Jeannette's Jottings ---------> http://journals.aol.co.uk/jeanno43/JeannettesJottings/

Stop by and say hello to these wonderful and interesting writers. You might end up with some new friends along the way. There is another journal written by a wonderful person named Meg who has a journal titled "Friendship, Loyalty and Love" I will share her journal link with you next time. Her journal is also quite amazing............

Anyway..........Before I go. I thought I would share another poem with you titled "Mother Nature" by Emily Dickinson.

Mother Nature

Nature, the gentlest mother,

Impatient of no child,

The feeblest or the waywardest,

Her admonition mild

 

In forest and the hill

By traveller is heard,

Restraining rampant squirrel

Or too impetuous bird.

 

How fair her conversation,

A summer afternoon, -

Her household, her assembly;

And when the sun goes down

 

Her voice among the aisles

Incites the timid prayer

Of the minutest cricket,

The most unworthy flower.

 

When all the children sleep

She turns as long away

As will suffice to light her lamps;

Then, bending from the sky

 

With infinite affection

And infiniter care,

Her golden finger on her lip,

Wills silence everywhere.

-------------Emily Dickinson

Good night dear world.......Sleep Well.

 

" My Superbowl Sunday"

Hello Dear World......

If you haven't heard the news.......The Pittsburg Steelers won in the Superbowl. For the first time I made egg rolls and they turned out good for my first time. I also cooked some sausages and some kicked up cheese dip which was also very good.

I really hate to say this but the Stevie Wonder entertainment portion of the game was terrible. I think his show could have been much better. I also think that Aretha Franklin and Aaron Neville could have done a much better job singing. Listening to them was like watching two really bad American Idol auditions. For talented singers they did a terrible job singing. My family agreed that their singing could have been better. What happened to Aretha and Aaron's singing ? Did they leave their singing ability at the airport ? On the other hand "The Rolling Stones" did a great job performing and singing. I think that it was great to see their talent shine as it did tonight.

Later in the evening I watched my favorite show "#1 Single" starring my favorite singer Lisa Loeb. She is single but she is dating now. I am 29 years old and I haven't started dating yet. I am going to have a buy the book titled "Flirting For Dummies". Being that I am not dating yet I will probably have to also buy the book "How To Land A Date In Less Than 60 Seconds". You might say that I might have to seek the help of a professional. I am afraid to try Online Dating because I don't know how I will do at dating in the first place...........I know what your thinking. Your thinking........Ugh here she goes again talking about being single. I might need my own reality show like Lisa does. I could spend an entire 30 seconds taking a class on "Flirting 101". I'll say it for you.......Ugh !!!!!

Of course tomorrow starts another week at work for me.....I don't know what will happen this week you just never know.........

Until I return again with more news of my life you might want to check out a really great journal titled ----------> Jeannette's Jottings. You can check out her journal at ----------> http://journals.aol.co.uk/jeanno43/JeannettesJottings/

Jeannette is a really great lady and interesting as well. Go by and meet her for yourself and you can tell her I sent you.........

For now have a great week...........Good night

 

My Saturday.......

Hello Dear World.......

How are all my friends today ? I thought I might share my day with all of you. You might say this is ripped from the headlines of my life. Earlier today my mother, nieces and I took a trip to our local grocery store , Kroger. I had a great time shopping and so did my nieces and my mother. We went down each and every aisle picking up things we like. My nieces loved the fact that they could buy whatever they wanted. I thought I would spoil them rotten as I usually do which for me is fun.

Weather wise - its been quite cold here in fact. If you ask me you could put a box of popsicles outside and they would stay frozen with the amount of cold we have had here in Georgia. We still haven't gotten any kind of snow though I don't know if we will. I have talked enough about the weather.

In other news...... Later in the evening I watched a rather good movie called "Barefoot In The Park" with Jane Fonda and Robert Redford. "Barefoot In The Park" is a very funny movie. To be in a movie with Robert Redford I would take up acting or at least I would take a dozen or more acting classes. Robert Redford is a great actor in my opinion. By the way he is also a great looking man.

On a more different note......I'm sure everyone knows that tomorrow is Super Bowl Sunday. Of course I don't know much about football. I'm sure that many guys will be glued to the television like an octopus stuck to its favorite meal. What does an octopus eat anyway ??? For all you guys and sports fans Tom Arnold has a sports blog which might have you wondering who is Tom Arnold ? Well go check out his blog at "Tom Takes Detroit". Here is his link ---------> http://journals.aol.com/sblradio/TomTakesDetroit/

What did I eat today you might wonder....Well I ate a few very delicious pieces of some Pepperidge Farm Mini Milano Dark Chocolate Covered Cookies, talk about a mouthful say that 5 times fast.....a little bit of humor. The cookies were good by the way. They were also quite rich and chockedfull of chocolate which is in my opinion is good,good,good. Check this site out at ---------->  www.pepperidgefarm.com/

 

After my junk food attack. I watched a program on the Discovery Channel called "Grizzly Man". A guy named Timothy Treadwell made a documentary of his life. He lived each summer on an Alaskan wildlife preservation with Grizzly Bears. He was attacked and killed by a Grizzly Bear along with a woman that he knew. His documentary shows that he was a huge fan of the bears he loved them all a great deal. It was sad to hear that he was attacked by a bear but he did provide a wonderful documentary of life on the preservation while filming the bears.

The book I have been reading is turning out good. I didn't describe some of them in my earlier entry. Princess Minikin is 3 feet tall. Samuel also known as Fossil Man is half ape. Harold who is the main character in the story also meets a fortune teller named Gypsy Magda. On her wrists and her ankles she wears silver bracelets and scarves. She walks with a jingling and a tingling of metal. I will tell you more about the story later as I continue my reading. I thought you might like meeting some of the characters in the story.

All in all I hope that your Sunday is a good one. For now I will say good night and sweet dreams............

My Youngest Turns "6" Today......

Hello Dear World......

First of all how are you ? I have some rather exciting personal news......My youngest niece officially turned the big "6" years old today.......But more about that later.

On a different note I recently started reading a book titled "Ghost Boy" written by a writer named Iain Lawrence. The story is about a boy named Harold Kline. Harold is an albino and his skin is described to be like rich white chocolate. He also has a dog named Honey. The boy in the story lives in a city called Liberty and he likes to go fishing at a little spot called "Rattlesnake River".

In the story a circus called Hunter and Green's Traveling Circus comes to town. Harold first meets two sideshow curiosities named Princess Minikin and another named Fossil Man. One of the sideshow people he is eager to meet is known as the Cannibal King. Harold finds out that the Cannibal King is an albino just like himself. I will tell you more about the story later. I will leave you wondering about it until next time........That should have you coming back to find out more or perhaps on the edge your seat with frustration not knowing more......Sorry.......

Anyway.......

Earlier my family and I took my now 6 year old niece whose name is Megan to Chuck E. Cheese's which is her favorite place in the whole wide world.You can go see it at this link ----------> www.chuckecheese.com/  She really liked her birthday by telling us over and over that she had fun. She had a cake which she loved especially the frosting. She also ate the pizza at Chuck E. Cheese's, she opened her presents and she went and played different games. Each game costs 1 token and if you have a certain amount of points at a game you get tickets. If you get a certain amount of tickets you get a prize at the front desk by the entrance. She really liked her prize. It was a light up toy which she lovvvvvvvvvves.

My 6 year old is the cutest and funniest little girl I have ever known...........Dear world you should have seen her.......She is getting older and taller by the minute.....I just can't believe she is 6 years old already. They grow up fast don't they ??

Well I'll tell you more later..........Have a good night.......Sweet Dreams