My Monday......

Hello Dear World !!!!

First things first..........AOL JOURNALS IS CELEBRATING "3" YEARS.....YEAH !!!!!!!

So how have you been dear world ? For me it was back to work after having been on vacation. Anyway.....It was hot again in my neck of the woods which as you know is Georgia and yes this morning I was up before the roosters. I would like to share another poem with you on this 7th of August 2006. The poem is titled

"Haiku #19"

drops of dew clinging

to a web beside the trail -

Monday morning wash

________Mr. Brimm

c. 1995

( originally published in Haiku Headlines ) As you know Mr. Brimm was the poet who once kept the journal Chosen Words here at J-Land. I miss him and I'm sure many of his readers miss him as well. I was thinking of him so I thought I would share a little something of him as a tribute. WE ALL MISS YOU MR. BRIMM !!!!!! AND WE SURE MISS "CHOSEN WORDS".

On a different note my dog Hobo is getting quite a bit bigger these days. He goes back to the vet on Thursday. My family and I first found Hobo outside of our house by one of our basement doors downstairs on May 26, 2006. He is getting bigger more and more every day did I tell you that ?

In other news my youngest niece will be starting 1st grade tomorrow. My oldest niece won't have to go back to school for a few more days. I just thought I would share that with you.

What I am about to tell you now is a little bit of what happened at my job. Today an inmate was brought out to the employees entrance of my work to be transported to where he was supposed to be taken which I don't exactly know at this moment. Anyway.....the inmate was a fairly young guy. Apparently from what I heard he had a charge of ( 2 ) armed robberies against him. It seems like the ones who are being arrested these days are getting younger and younger and younger and younger. I wonder why that is. Did I tell you....I have been at my job for over 2 years now. I just thought you might like to know that.

Do you think I'm silly my dear world ? I just come and tell you the most smallest little bits of this...that and the other. I just wanted to share my day with you.

I know its a bit late so I will say good-night for now.....

Sleep Well Dear World !!!!!!

An Intimate Entry.....

Boun Giorno !!!

How are you this evening ? Let me begin by saying that John Donne the poet was in my opinion, a romantic. In reading his "Elegy XIX: To His Mistress Going To Bed" is a very sensual poem. I really enjoy reading the poems of John Donne he is one of my favorite poets next to Pablo Neruda, Del Cano, Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost just to name a few of my other favorites.

I will share with you a little sampling of his Elegy with you now. -------

"License my roving hands,

and let them go,

Behind,before, above, between, below.

O my America ! my new-found-land,...

To teach thee I am naked first; why than

What needst thou have more covering than a man ?

____________________John Donne

You can check out the rest of his poem at this site -----> http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/donne/elegy20.htm .

Last night I also read another wonderful poem titled "Took You To Bed With Me" which is another sensual poem . I will share a little bit of it with you also......

"Carried you to bed with me

at least in my vivid mind.

Allowed a free for all with you

my favorite keeping kind."

___________________Del Cano

You can check out the rest of his wonderful poem at one of my other favorite journals titled "Spencer's Place". Here is the journal --------> http://journals.aol.com/yeolecontractor/SpencersPlace/ .

Anyway....I thought I would share an intimate moment with you. A few minutes ago we had a little bit of thunder here in my neck of the woods. Of course the thunder did nothing but tease us with its noise. No rain was to follow any of the thunder. Before I go I would like to share another poem with you titled "Six Kisses" written by a lady named Nancy Sullivan.

Six Kisses

1

No longer itself

the hand on that bare thigh

becomes the woman it touches.

The two merge in the hush.

Their skin sweats through the stone.

2

She brings news to the blood,

promises to the mouth.

Their ruly hairs combine.

For once, nothing is wrong.

3

The parts in touching kiss

and in parting touch on what it is

a kiss is.

4

Who speaks ? No one.

The tongue, ripe as a noun,

tastes of poems.

5

The arch of arm, the foot's arch.

Every nerve confides in another.

The mouth was made for such involvement.

This kiss causes them wonder, causes them

panic, joy.

6

They are each other.

__________Nancy Sullivan

 

Perhaps there is a poem you like that you would like to share. I just wanted to share some of myself with you. I have never shared this side of myself with you until now that is.......

By the way did you see my boyfriend Jeff Gordon on Nascar? Well here is his site --------> http://www.nascar.com/ .

For now I will say................

Good-night dear world !!!!!!

May you find a moment of bliss in your life...

 

Something New.....

Hello Dear World !!!!

How are you ? Recently my dear friend Sandra of Sandra's Scribbles sent me a little something I would like to share with you. By the way here is her link -------> http://journals.aol.com/labdancer51/SandrasScribbles . She sent me a little questionnaire that I hope will tell you a little bit more about myself so here it is.......

Four Jobs I Have Had In My Life :

1. Grocery Store Bagger

2. Daycare Worker

3. Housekeeper

4. Custodian

Four Movies I Would Watch Over And Over:

1. With Honors

2. Gladiator W/Cuba Gooding Jr. and James Marshall

3. XXX  With Vin Diesel

4. Love Actually

Four Places That I Have Lived:

1. California

2. Georgia

3. New Orleans

4. Nowhere Else

Four TV Shows That I Love To Watch

1. House

2. Bones W/David Boreanaz

3. CSI Miami

4. Law & Order

Four Places I Have Been On Vacation:

1. Florida several times

2. Some Georgia Campgrounds

3. New Orleans once

4. California a couple of times

Four Websites I Visit Daily:

1. AOL Journals and Mine

2. Travel Channel

3. Discovery Channel

4. E! Entertainment

Four Of My Favorite Foods:

1. Lemon Pepper Wings

2. Chocolate

3. Any kind of Mexican Food

4. Hamburgers

Four Places I Would Like To Be Right Now:

1. Paris

2. Italy

3. Hawaii

4. Hershey, Pennsylvania

Four Friends I Think Will Respond:

1. Jeannette

2. Dan

3. Stevie

4. Helen

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Well that's about all for now. I hope all of you my dear friends will have a nice evening. I will talk to you tomorrow. I do hope you are all well.......Take care my dear world

Sweet Dreams !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Again !!!!!!!

Aloha !!!!!!!

No, I'm not in Hawaii. I just thought I would say hello in a different way today. Well I thought I would share with you a little note...This week was Shark Week. Here is a site you can check out ---------> http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/sharkweek/sharkweek.html  . I must tell you I prefer seeing sharks on television than being in the water with them. I couldn't see myself getting in the water with them not at all. Would you want to swim with sharks ? Anyway....Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs even got a bite out of Shark Week. Check out his site here --------------> http://www.discoverychannel.ca/dirtyjobs/ .

I also wanted to tell you that some of my favorite movies came on television. My movies included "The Wedding Singer" with Adam Sandler. My other favorite is "Simply Irresistible" and "Children Of A Lesser God" with Marlee Matlin and William Hurt. By the way what is your favorite movie ?

I have a journal I think you will like. The writer of the journal is one of my dear friends named Mary. She keeps a journal titled "View From A Farm House Window". Recently she went to the grocery store and she has some rather great audio entries you might want to hear. So drop over and say hello to my friend. Here is her link -------> http://journals.aol.com/thisismary/ViewFromAFarmHouseWindow/

Of course here in Georgia its been hot,hot,hot. How is the weather where you are ? I also would like to know how you are doing my dear friends ? How is life treating you ?

Anyway.....Have a good one and I will talk to you later.

Byyyyyyyye!!!!!!!!

Just A Few Thoughts.......

Hello Dear World !!!!!!!!

How are you this rather warm afternoon ? Here I am once again. I hate to report this but my dog Hobo had diarrhea and yes I had to clean it up. I doubt that celebrities like Kate Winslet or Nicole Kidman pick up their own dog's little accidents. I'm sure they have people who do it for them. Anyway....after all of that I sat down and watched quite a bit of Kathy Griffin's  "My Life On The D-List" here is the link to her show -------------->  http://www.bravotv.com/Kathy_Griffin/  . I think that Kathy is really funny and I like her show. After seeing her show all I can say is Jay Leno needs to be banned from television for life. The Tonight Show should run out and get a restraining order against him.

On a different note I am happy to report actually I am more than happy I'm excited to tell you that I got a beach towel with my boyfriend's picture on it. Yes I'm ready to go public with the fact that Jeff Gordon who just so happens to be the world's greatest race car driver is my boyfriend. Yes you heard it here first.

By the way has anyone seen the commercial from the Real California Cheese Company. The slogan on the commercial reads " Great cheese comes from happy cows". Let me ask you this what kind of cheese would come from depressed cows ? I think the commercial isn't a good one. I think they could have come up with a better slogan than that one. Here is the link if you would like to see the commercial --------------> http://www.realcaliforniacheese.com/ . When you click on the site click where it says "Happy Cow TV" and the commercial picture will come up. Then click where it says fence and you will see the commercial. Please do tell me what you think of the commercial.

Anywho......I just had to share this with you. How are you dear world ? What's going on in your neck of the woods ? For now I will say

Have A Good One............Byyyyyyyye !!!!!!!!!!

More About My Camping Trip.......

Hello Dear World !!!!!

How are you ? Well here is a little more news about my trip. On our 3rd day at Duckett Mill my family and I did go fishing by our campsite which as I told you was a rather steep hill down from us. Of course it was a really hot day for us.Anyway... here is a little bit of wisdom I can pass on to you. 1.) Never go fishing when its extremely hot. 2.) Never go fishing around rocks. 3.) Never walk on wet mud in flip flops.

Later in the evening we went to dinner at a wonderful restaurant called "El Sombrero" which is a great Mexican restaurant. The restaurant was pointed out to us by a rather nice gentleman who happened to live in the area. We followed him to the restaurant where the food was quite good. By the way the restaurant is located by an Amish Furniture Store. After dinner we went to a store called Ross where we purchased some items during our trip. When we returned to camp the sun was going down which was a sight to see.

The next day we had to return to Ross to take back a war DVD my dad bought. Three of the DVD's were missing out of the case which is why we returned it. I also purchased a journal for my oldest niece. Later on we went back down to the water by our campsite. My mom and my nieces caught some little sunfish. I myself didn't catch anything but it was fun fishing. The fish that my nieces caught had yellow on their stomachs and they had green on their tails. They were pretty fish and they were put back when we took them off the line. I wanted to bring them home but we ended up throwing them back into the water. A few hours later we went back up to camp and watched the sun go down which was an amazing sight. It was a really fun day for all of us.

I will tell you about our last day tomorrow. It was nice camping and our last day was just as fun as the other days we had. Anyway.....I can't wait to go camping again with my family. We are going to see what campground we want to camp at so I will let you know when our trip is.

You might be happy to know that I'm going to let you in on a secret my family and I have. On the road when my family and I see a Volkswagon Beetle we say Beetle and the color of the Beetle as a game. We identify the cars as if they were endangered species. Its a really fun game and we do it whenever we go camping. Its a little secret of ours. I thought you might like to be in on my family's little games when we're on the road. Its just a little something of a tradition my family and I have. What traditions do you have in your family if you don't mind me asking......

I will tell you more about our trip later. I would also like to know how you are doing dear world ? How are things with you ?

Until then.....have a wonderful day.....

Byyyyyyyye !!!!!!!!

I'M HOME !!!!!!!

Hello Dear World !!!!

I'm backkkk !!!!!!

I'm sure your anxious to hear all about my trip well let me start with a few entries. I will tell you more as the days go on. First things first....How are you ? On our way down we saw lots of farm land and cows chewing on grass and things. There was even a store called "Raspberry Beret" no the singer Prince was not the owner I am sad to tell you. Anyway....... on our first day my family and I arrived at Duckett Mill at site #6. Our campsite was right by the water which was nice. It was rather hard to get to it due to a rather steep hill. Once we got to the water to the water it was warm which we all liked. The water was a dark turquoise color which made our trip a great beginning. Unfortunately it did rain when we arrived but we went foraging for food at a little fast food place and when we got back we set up the pop up and we made camp. Did I tell you ? We have a pop up camper that goes with us on our travels. I am also sad to say that there weren't any cute single guys there for me to drool over while I was on my trip.....Just saying. It was nice to be camping again though. I also learned on my first day that I wasn't cut out to be a hiker of any kind.......Yes its important to learn these kinds of things along the way.

On our 2nd day of our trip we awoke to a rather steamy day at Duckett Mill. It was also nice to wake up to the sound of boats on the water and the view from our campsite was an added delight. The nights down at Duckett Mill are rather cool which I found delightful. There were also no mosquitos in the area. Let me tell you the ants at Duckett Mill were "HUGE". I can honestly tell you than an army of them could have more than likely eat a newborn baby whole within an hour with no one around to watch the baby. We sprayed them a lot and they seemed unaffected by the spray. Here's something else you might like to know......our next door neighbors spray paint the bottom of milk cartons orange and they also stick a fishing line through the milk cartons as a way of fishing for catfish.

The one biggest thing I didn't like about the place was the fact that there were no benches inside the actual shower area. You step into the shower, undress and find NO place to put your clothes or anything. You had to step out of the shower and stick your things on the wall. My thing is what if someone had come into the bathroom and seen me or my mother or my nieces undressed ??? Luckily no one came in. The water was hot it was like no one ever used the showers but us. I think the other campers went to those with big rigs and payed them to use their showers that seemed to be the only explanation.

Anyway.......I will tell you more about our trip next time. I'll leave you wondering what else we did on our trip. I have much more to tell you. It was nice to see some place new and we had fun. We arrived home later this evening and I will hate to unpack my things because unpacking means the trip is officially over.

I did miss you all........How were things with you ? Did you miss me ??? I will talk to you all later........Its nice to be home to come back and read your journals and catch up on my reading. For now I will say good-night and wish you all.........

Happy Dreams !!!!!!!