tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52830565959424494582024-03-19T01:23:26.900-07:00Dreaming of OrcasLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-23692422006562330582011-02-16T15:52:00.000-08:002011-02-16T15:52:30.240-08:00Life in the Fast LaneI took a moment to run errands the other day and my mom, who doesn't get off her bed except to go to the bathroom, decided to take the dogs out in the front yard.....with no leashes. Maxie my Shitzu is pretty fast and sneaky and if you don't watch him every second he leaves the yard. In fact Mom forgot to bring him in the house once before because he had gone over to the neighbors and she thought he was in the back yard. Thank goodness for good neighbors and one of mine brought him back home. <br />
Well, this time Maxie took off across the street to visit another dog he saw and mom decided to go after him. Now this is someone who can barely walk without getting dizzy cause she doesn't do it enough to keep her inner ear tools working, so she's dizzy all the time. Mom decides to climb over the fence and go after the dog. I still can't imagine how she did it, but some how managed to hit the cement face first from about a three foot fall. HUGE gash in chin, right sided pain and both knees bruised up.<br />
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I came home from errands to a trail of blood leading up to the front door. Of course I'm wondering whose blood it is and if it's mom's how bad is this going to be, and if it's not mom's what kind of criminal is inside our house holding her hostage and hiding from the cops after being shot. I found my mom (just followed the blood trail) with a towel to her chin and her Raiders t-shirt looking like it had actually gone through a game, covered with blood. Cut to the chase and we spent four hours in the emergency room, of course it was shift change, and she got three stitches in her chin and found out she rebroke the rib that had just barely healed from her fall in July. Now she has another excuse to lay in bed for another 3 months like she did the last time.<br />
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I don't do well with crisis handling when it's in my own life. I had to take to my bed for a few days after all this excitement, punctuated by continous trips to take something into my mother, cause like I said, she is soaking this up! After a couple of days of feeling down my IPhone came in the mail along with a birthday party invitation! YAY! Excuses to go out and spend money!!! So I bought a case for my new phone, finally bought my favorite perfume since nobody in my life seems to remember what it is or that I wanted some, and a birthday present for yet another Pisces in my life! (That makes about four or five now). I threw in a trip to Trader Joes and I think my shopping spree is done for now. Now all I need to do is get a job to pay for all this stuff!Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-57996851579538640882010-11-02T15:11:00.000-07:002010-11-02T15:11:57.077-07:00Needed October to rest up from September<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h51gMeTx2JBgPtfjteHBgpwUg6s5kDfPpv-5j_GHsEGa2zBEqLlbJ27Yn0WCBx5SxMPNZyqaJJ8trDC5vo7EMbnDGGRucDmCS_Wg146LTkL1e1cc_VFA93YB6w461_cDkyGduju_NhDA/s1600/DSC_0018%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h51gMeTx2JBgPtfjteHBgpwUg6s5kDfPpv-5j_GHsEGa2zBEqLlbJ27Yn0WCBx5SxMPNZyqaJJ8trDC5vo7EMbnDGGRucDmCS_Wg146LTkL1e1cc_VFA93YB6w461_cDkyGduju_NhDA/s200/DSC_0018%5B1%5D.JPG" width="132" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I spent most of the summer holed up in the house because it was just too damned hot to go outside after 8 in the morning. When it's 90 degrees at three in the morning and 110 by 9 in the morning, you know its hot! I do not do hot well. THE MAIN reason why I hate living back here in the home of my upbringing. So after 3 months of almost no activity at all September came and I never stopped. Our 40th high school reunion was scheduled for the 24th and 25th so being on the committee there was lots of preparing and wrapping up to do. There were lots of September birthdays to remember, a couple of job interviews to go to and a fabulous wedding to attend. Thrown in to that mix were doctor appts and physical therapy visits for mom, so I was busy all the time it seemed.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">September went by so fast I didn't even notice how hot it still was. Then came lovely, sauntering October and the only thing I had to do was enjoy the climate change, decorate for Halloween and wait for the 30th and my moms 86th birthday. That meant of course, shopping for Cardinals hats and tees so she can be up to date with her newest favorite sports team. That being said, the Arizona Cardinals are only her new favorite because her grand nephew is Max Hall the new rookie Quarterback. He is doing a great job so far! Now I can just concentrate on finishing hauling bags of stuff out of my bedroom to the garbage and enjoying this fantabulous weather we are having and look forward to Thanksgiving in San Francisco with my family there!!!!! YAY!</div><br />
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As we waited for some late arrivers we started the BBQ going and forgot all about the fact that there was no light out there. Mary Ann and Carg each held flashlights in the dark while they barbecued. It was the funniest thing I have seen in a while. Or maybe it was the wine.....any way, it was a pretty funny site! You had to be there! (Imagine pitch dark. two very dim flashlights and two giggling cooks at the helm!) It really was funny! The morning after was the true testament to how good of a time I had. I was actually hung over!!! A good sign that fun was had by all when you wake up needing the hair of the dog! <br />
The only bad part is waking up to the reality that I am still stuck at my mothers house caring for her and hating every minute of this triple digits heat. I need to figure out a way to get out of here for a few days and run up to Oregon for a massage and fun with friends. Any suggestions????<br />
Thanks again M.A.! Had a grrrreat time!Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-90380337039300744312010-07-23T08:59:00.000-07:002010-08-09T09:48:47.183-07:00What happened to May & June???Thank God I had the second annual Advanced Directives Day out of the way before my mother decided to crump on me. I guess she had not been able to pottie for weeks and was having to strain which sent her heart in to atrial fibrillation and a trip to the ER that ended up in a month in and out of the hospital. We never did find out what had caused her heart to do that until the week she came home on home health and IV antibiotics. Because she wasn't emptying her bladder which had collapsed on itself, she retained all that IV medication and after four days it was back to the ER for a blood transfusion and an attempt to stave off kidney failure. It was during that stay that a kidney ultrasound showed that her bladder was full she just wasn't able to empty it because of the prolapse. Fast forward to weeks home with a foley catheter and pee bag and chasing UTI's with antibiotics and we finally got to bladder restoration surgery on June 9th. June 10th mom took a fall in her bathroom at the hospital but with her memory deficits and pain pills on board just simply forgot to mention it to anyone.<br />
Needless to say the morning after I brought her home she was in excruciating pain and after an examination it was determined she had a huge bruise on her back on the ribs. Probably cracked or broken ribs. And once again my very stubborn mother refused to go back to the hospital for an xray. So the saga of daughter waiting on mother hand and foot continues. She is two weeks in to mending, the catheter came out yesterday and hopefully she has peed. We'll see today! In the meantime I have become addicted to face book scrabble and have my face buried in my computer all the time. The only silver lining is that there are a bunch of my friends who are also likewise addicted, so I get to play alot! Oh, the bestest part yet is that moms heart rate has returned to normal! YAY!!! Now if I can just get her strong enough to be by herself again I can maybe go on a trip and get the flock out of here! I am so bummed I had to cancel my birthday trip to Laguna Beach. Maybe I can squeak in a visit to Portland next month! That would be great! Anything would be better than this 111 degree weather. I can't go out of the house after 10 in the morning anyway!Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-42882842762941530052010-04-06T17:59:00.000-07:002010-05-03T15:29:08.590-07:00Had a girls night out with Melissa!!!!!!!!!!!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8yCA1PX14SWAlLnrzsbWXayW3kvwQiemBIeLWJBTJ2WUSNfDmzY2NudPWeR2ilc2aX4LUZt9JTAwJpDz1nEqm-Q-N8D2HFpvrMpbEkoxC9bGqg_UyevX-G1uulzZwEiij5k8jblOWvPQ/s1600/melissa+picture.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467076894681221522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8yCA1PX14SWAlLnrzsbWXayW3kvwQiemBIeLWJBTJ2WUSNfDmzY2NudPWeR2ilc2aX4LUZt9JTAwJpDz1nEqm-Q-N8D2HFpvrMpbEkoxC9bGqg_UyevX-G1uulzZwEiij5k8jblOWvPQ/s200/melissa+picture.jpg" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 146px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I went to see Melissa Etheridge the other night. Oh man that lady can jam! My wonderful nephew who is with the marketing dept. out in Primm got me two tix, second row! We also got to go back stage before the concert for the meet and greet and got our picture taken with Melissa. Melissa was so gracious and smiled all night long. She jammed her butt off and changed guitars 5 or 6 times. There was even a point where she sat down in front of the drums with the bass player and they jammed while the lead guitarist had a solo spotlighted up front. (see post). The crowd roared up to the front and we thought we were going to be trampled. We stayed where we were and had the perfect spot. I have to say, that lady can really show you a good time! I highly recommend catching her the next time she comes in to town.I wanna shout out to my BFF M.A. for driving! It was such a luxury and I enjoyed it so much! </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Since that concert Melissa has been on every talk show that exists hawking her new album "Fearless Love". Sad to hear about another of her marriages hitting the skids. Marriage is hard work. That's why I don't wanna do it ever again! <br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7x2Vn3CZeAnJp16RJIOo0eyPd4UGnz0ZBJJk2owd8Y8cZY00RH9qEuK6pCfFxz7z6U0RzSHobmbJItg7myvAFmwZcdvIXzjJh5HUcPeSsQJMMs4lk6wAJ0UNimRsFbOJ_0msnoN5I5QC/s1600/thebass+player.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC7x2Vn3CZeAnJp16RJIOo0eyPd4UGnz0ZBJJk2owd8Y8cZY00RH9qEuK6pCfFxz7z6U0RzSHobmbJItg7myvAFmwZcdvIXzjJh5HUcPeSsQJMMs4lk6wAJ0UNimRsFbOJ_0msnoN5I5QC/s200/thebass+player.jpg" tt="true" width="200" /></a>Well that's all for now. Nothing exciting enough to publish so will look forward to something fun coming up in the future!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9R1w33SZzfH_ouayps2Q4J_EYg0Px_Mf1o61mHd5-wVa4W-HBWXz-3LtGfH6PcASO-MUhNn3YkZ2-YyfEpvwpsnILA_AJguALdRG5NvIIk7QQkmdLYlY9ca_4-7c95p2HrZM1la8Rv0u/s1600/HiMelissa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH9R1w33SZzfH_ouayps2Q4J_EYg0Px_Mf1o61mHd5-wVa4W-HBWXz-3LtGfH6PcASO-MUhNn3YkZ2-YyfEpvwpsnILA_AJguALdRG5NvIIk7QQkmdLYlY9ca_4-7c95p2HrZM1la8Rv0u/s200/HiMelissa.jpg" tt="true" width="200" /></a></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-40423600899863550192010-03-09T12:38:00.000-08:002010-03-09T15:51:54.203-08:00I FINALLY have some cred!!!!!For most of my life I've been documenting and telling people that I see things happening before they actually do, mostly in dreams. Some label this clairvoyance or precognition. Not very often have I had the opportunity to verify these events, but now I do.<br />My father, rest his soul, and I always had a difficult time communicating. Two of the things we were able to talk about though were the war with "the Japs" and the fact that he saw things happening before they actually did. Since I had not experienced my precognition on a conscious level yet, I got to know all about the war with the Japanese, the March at Bataan, the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, etc. from him. The one thing he stressed over and over again to me was that the Japanese had made the promise that they would seek revenge and someday take control of us from within our own country next time. That has stuck with me my entire life.<br />So, to make a long story short, I grew up to be an adult that was always wary of the Japanese. Yes, I bought a Toyota and a Datsun once (and loved them both) but shortly after I became aware of my gift of precognition I had this thought in the back of my head to "not trust the Japanese". I have told many of you, my friends and family and strangers alike, that I would never buy another Japanese car. To those of you I felt closest to I would also tell you about my fears and the fact that I thought someday all the Japanese cars would suddenly have doors that locked shut and all the occupants would be gassed to death. (Many of you have thought me nuts!)<br />Now we see that Toyota and other Japanese cars have indeed started targeting the American public that purchased them. There has been no news in Japan about any problems with the cars over there, has there? Nope! So now instead of my silly dreams of being locked inside the car and being gassed to death, we are seeing car computers failing (or are they?) and cars speeding down highways and wrecking into other cars. I wonder how many speeding tickets were given or deaths related to sudden heart attacks or other medical reasons that were just out of control speeding Japanese cars?<br />I am really feeling some validation here folks. I think I am going to start telling more people about the dreams I have and see just how much cred I can build. If I can prove that I see things before they happen maybe I can find a way to make a living from it. Maybe a book? My own stall at the psychic fair? (ha-ha) Who knows! (Stop laughing!) I'm just feeling like I have some real cred now! You know who you are out there, those of you that joked at my Japanese fears! Now what do you think?Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-14223979173620868652010-02-14T13:09:00.001-08:002010-02-15T17:48:17.146-08:002010 Resolutions-Made it thirty whole days!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYlbYhU7eUk_cKPBZPFBym2vHhfXJ_42OD_6LSwOGG3jPXIoR8r2JBqIfkFVIuTXSjQ1Ew8Wd4oE4R5ZrGIhVhpBaSgCUIVyr2bV-Th4To2bxgUCjWXmLr7aFpUwxZU-wDdBk-8sD-Bxs2/s1600-h/Ourxmascard.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYlbYhU7eUk_cKPBZPFBym2vHhfXJ_42OD_6LSwOGG3jPXIoR8r2JBqIfkFVIuTXSjQ1Ew8Wd4oE4R5ZrGIhVhpBaSgCUIVyr2bV-Th4To2bxgUCjWXmLr7aFpUwxZU-wDdBk-8sD-Bxs2/s200/Ourxmascard.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438651402033276578" /></a><br />I'm usually the one that says my New Years resolution is to not make any resolutions but this year was different as it may have been the first time in my entire lifetime that I was able to make the one and only resolution that I have always wanted to make: "To see just how long I could go without having to do anything that I didn't want to do". Sounds like a pretty lofty goal, right? I actually made it to thirty days. That was quite a fete since I live with and care for my very demanding mother.<br />Just before midnight Maxie our Shi Tzu and Jasmine our Bischone starting barking like crazy and woke us up. Our third little love, Biscuit the Yorkie, was in congestive heart failure and couldn't breathe. After calling the emergency vet and getting directions I grabbed him and headed out. The closest emergency vet was in Las Vegas almost 18 miles away. Needless to say, Biscuit died in my arms along the way there. Driving my puppy to the vet for an emergency was definitely something that I did not want to do. Now I am on a quest to find a new vet here in Henderson that will open their office after hours for an emergency.<br /><br />The first two weeks in February have been brutal with puppy deaths and best friends getting devastating health news. Thank God I am not working right now and can process all this pain. Looking forward to happier months to come. Send love and healing energy my way will ya? Thanks!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em></em>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-85043303241797690802010-01-04T20:52:00.000-08:002010-06-30T09:20:01.737-07:00Happy New Year/Decade/Full Moon<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBamUhiNlJZu9Z2Q-hd32Hw-jYMdhMOI6iuuLl-IFyCD8PTBmN1OQWyiXBLywOBgBMo4cdWfG6mazEmF5jHgFKWbCTScoVcNY767t_mukG64OcTszzoZjG4sO1k-uoO6qVLWa4lJ8VT0pk/s1600-h/NYreve.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423739120139885234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBamUhiNlJZu9Z2Q-hd32Hw-jYMdhMOI6iuuLl-IFyCD8PTBmN1OQWyiXBLywOBgBMo4cdWfG6mazEmF5jHgFKWbCTScoVcNY767t_mukG64OcTszzoZjG4sO1k-uoO6qVLWa4lJ8VT0pk/s200/NYreve.JPG" style="cursor: hand; float: right; height: 130px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 195px;" /></a><br />
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<div><div>New Years eve brought in the new decade with a full moon/blue moon/lunar eclipse, one of the strongest energies in our universe. I hope you took the time to sit quietly with yourself and commit to bringing in the most positive energy you can in the coming year. Remember your spiritual connection. Reconnect to your inner true self. Release what no longer serves you. Receive guidance from your soul. Relax and get recharged! Sit in a sacred space and receive a high vibrational transmission of sound healing through meditation to direct you to your grounded expansion as you move through life’s challenges with grace and love. The wave of Source energy from which we all come ignites and supports you in creating and living abundantly through safety, trust, love, acceptance and reverence for the light you are.<br />
</div>I was privileged to join those at the White Star Sanctuary in LV New Years eve for a magnificent meditation which included meditation, channeling and shamanic fire rituals. We used toothpicks as our tools for those things we wished to throw in to the fire and release forever. I was able to let go of a lot of stuff that was blocking me. I was able to wake on new years day with a sense of renewal and peace that I haven't experienced in a very long time. This past decade was pretty stressful as I worked hard to get where I thought I wanted to be. Now as the new decade begins I have new goals, but not as stressful or lofty as in past decades. I am older and wiser now and have come to know the authentic self that resides within. Can't believe it took all these years to get to this place. My wish for all of you, my friends, is for you to find that place within yourselves! <br />
Namaste!</div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-45348919276597639182009-12-08T13:00:00.000-08:002009-12-10T07:45:24.341-08:00Thanksgiving in San Francisco<div><br /><div>Had the best Thanksgiving this year! All of my favorite people together for a lovely meal, one which I didn't have to help cook! I love going to San Fran every year for Turkey Day as mom only wants to lay on her bed all day and watch football games, and this way I don't have to cook. My family in SF always makes the best full on turkey meal with all the trimmings and helping to clean it all up is the least I can do afterwards. This year things <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Bb1eG1G9X5ak1vtpw9viY4CEXGDTbMYjTYAC83TjRbPmfAOaaVtDsKGxjPkgT6VhV9zpwMQlzw1cC0x5kFbFfPaAk648mfOD4Lzgo9uQ0bdLZfdMBU7ekPxviE46odMsHscrv-9tam1K/s1600-h/pacifica.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413633134012942226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Bb1eG1G9X5ak1vtpw9viY4CEXGDTbMYjTYAC83TjRbPmfAOaaVtDsKGxjPkgT6VhV9zpwMQlzw1cC0x5kFbFfPaAk648mfOD4Lzgo9uQ0bdLZfdMBU7ekPxviE46odMsHscrv-9tam1K/s200/pacifica.jpg" /></a>were a little less crazy than usual, I think because my cousins new boyfriend was there and she didn't want him to not want to come again! (haha) The last hour is always crazed with more than one control freak trying to make everything perfect, all at the same time. I learned years ago not to go in to the kitchen area at all until it is time to set the food on the table. It's always better than they think it is going to be. They always out do themselves!<br /><br />The bestest part was the clear blue skies that lent themselves to perfect weather and gorgeous beaches to walk along. Cousin Jan and I drove to Pacifica on Saturday and walked in the clear crisp daylight along the water and it was heavanly! Friday she had to work so I did my best to talk my exhausted 90 year old Aunt Flo into going to the Tutankamen Exhibit in downtown SF to no avail! So I ended up going to the movies and seeing Blindside, which was fun! Just before the movie started security came in and wanted to see everyones tickets and half the room cleared out! It was a pretty funny thing to witness.<br /><br />I came back on an earlier than usual flight as I had to be back to work Monday at 7 a.m. Then my dimwit bosses decided that Wednesday was a very good day to lay me off from my job. They couldn't have done this before I went to to San Fran so I could have stayed longer????? Needless to say they are not some of my favorite people in this world. I just go on chanting my favorite chant....."Karma"! I'm going to miss those who I have come to love there but those who were ugly, negative monsters are now no longer part of my life and I am sooooo happy for that gift. So I am not complaining at all about this unexpected early retirement. It would have been even nicer if they would have done this last summer when it was in the high 110's. But then that would have meant they would be doing something nice for me. That was never going to happen.<br />Shout outs to those of you I love there. Missing you very much!<br /><br />So now I have no excuse to find that perfect job out there or to get this house cleaned out. My mother hasn't thrown anything away in 50 years, so I'll let you know when we have the garage sale! haha</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwvFGkrRmf_NwXg42_asPax4Sn6MH2HQNo4PoTgViHyL_Nez8NVBlhnCL-sTPLiwk6LdMOcFdm2IKjw-c8bxiNfXJlyC24HNZdG9wntQSYfaWcrLSIuNgJm2DsGV4fhu0Xzw5gAhSj6fC/s1600-h/thelma&louise.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 206px; HEIGHT: 147px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413629941086188194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrwvFGkrRmf_NwXg42_asPax4Sn6MH2HQNo4PoTgViHyL_Nez8NVBlhnCL-sTPLiwk6LdMOcFdm2IKjw-c8bxiNfXJlyC24HNZdG9wntQSYfaWcrLSIuNgJm2DsGV4fhu0Xzw5gAhSj6fC/s200/thelma&louise.jpg" /></a><br /><br />our Thelma and Louise shot!<br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div> </div></div>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-91037265513172267952009-10-12T16:57:00.000-07:002010-02-14T13:08:02.863-08:002 Donkeys and a Wedding<span style="font-size:85%;">Had the best day yesterday! Went to a gorgeous wedding at the Springs Reserve followed by the reception out at Bonnie Springs Ranch. A real live saloon fest complete with a live cowboy band and staff in costume. Come to think of it most of the guests were in western attire also! It was perfect weather and the drive out to the ranch during sunset with all those beautiful red rocks as scenery was truly breath taking. I witnessed another small wedding out in the desert, a beautiful couple being photographed by a professional photographer with the Red Rocks as their background and then entered the wonderful world of a blooming desert as I drove down the road to the ranch. It was then that I encountered 2 donkeys just standing in the road waiting for someone to either feed them or actually try and make them move. ha ha Folks just slowly drove around them as if they were afraid they would be rammed by them. Lots of folks got their cameras out and started taking pix like they had never seen donkeys before! Well, maybe they hadn't. I'm a native, therefore I am jaded! I've seen it all!! Wish I had thought to bring my camera!</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The wedding buffet was heavenly with Prime Rib, new tators, green beans, salad, a pasta bar and best of all a CHOCOLATE fountain with strawberries, marshmallows, you name it! The bartenders were pourer friendly and each guest got 2 free drink tix! The cake was lemon AND chocolate, how can you lose with that??? Gorgeous black forest red roses and candlelight were everywhere and the young couple's energy made me ache to be young again. Mom and Dad Morris looked like they were having a blast! I'm so glad, they worked so hard to help pull off this beautiful day for their kids. Almost makes me want to put on a princess gown! Almost! What a wonderful celebration of love and family and I'm so grateful to have been included. It was great to see friends from long ago once again.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I'm glad the wedding wasn't the night before cuz that was the BYU/UNLV game and it would have been a hard choice to make! The game was so much fun, I really enjoy yelling my head off like that. Missed Cousin C and WC boy. Shout out! You were the only Halls that weren't there I think! We know you were there in spirit. Did you see us on camera at all?? Mom had the time of her life and it was a good birthday gift. I also got her a real #15 jersey and had HALL put on the back! She wore her new BYU watch and earrings and was just stylin'! Here's some of the action below! Happy Birthday to you-59 to 21!!!!!!</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKDsZzwVwkaLZ4DJSt6em016dpM598O-EOii4VMXgN09KBVQ1gx7ajO2xT6QzqLPzFfqurdpXhlT3J6Grj2zDD2Zr9nsXqUMeAxDli1E7v6lp535NVGtzIngZ2N8U6v7ebwaIxhf7tvPq/s1600-h/max+and+mom.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391881946503908946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPKDsZzwVwkaLZ4DJSt6em016dpM598O-EOii4VMXgN09KBVQ1gx7ajO2xT6QzqLPzFfqurdpXhlT3J6Grj2zDD2Zr9nsXqUMeAxDli1E7v6lp535NVGtzIngZ2N8U6v7ebwaIxhf7tvPq/s200/max+and+mom.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFC5UQjLFUDdbVZbzF0KEVXiCRjKEcBoj93MiAyoYevkrbYTo70U02tyEoyaD0Zz2JfGkijWgI1WT_VcKmWUyJd5tGhcAYjaSXZMmUGZpnV6zQUAtd1B4aV7hP3SJOv8eX7KgpDFIGglUG/s1600-h/Hall&Pitta+moms.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391885777283715842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFC5UQjLFUDdbVZbzF0KEVXiCRjKEcBoj93MiAyoYevkrbYTo70U02tyEoyaD0Zz2JfGkijWgI1WT_VcKmWUyJd5tGhcAYjaSXZMmUGZpnV6zQUAtd1B4aV7hP3SJOv8eX7KgpDFIGglUG/s200/Hall&Pitta+moms.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Max and mom Shirley Hall (gramma to Max) Pitta's mom and my mom</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEickRqDBNWxGbTYuc6IQI8JuUBk7ZeD2mEhcacvUbJDQE3OXtF_hXB2-1Lt7MaCpVd0tduZkN1Zr-5e6Wz2iaP3NkTwgfTrsHcuuicaWTNp0JtM9rChB-6_aXE0qRlmVRFGxvioKOY1lIKZ/s1600-h/max+and+mom.jpg"></a>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-46204757405946436672009-09-12T18:05:00.000-07:002009-09-20T12:11:09.895-07:00Julie and Julia<span style="font-size:85%;">I have to recommend Julie and Julia to everyone who wants to catch a really fun movie...you know, something to lift the spirits in these dog days of a crappy economy and healthcare cost debates with the holidays lurking just around the corner. I belly laughed out loud and longed for the good old days of the 50's and 60's and REALLY longed for France since a lot of it is filmed there during the years Julia Child was training at The Cordon Bleu. It's not just because I love to cook, either, I really liked this movie. It's been awhile since I liked a movie. </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I wake each day and thank the universe that summer is practically over and my days of driving in Las Vegas traffic in 110 degree heat are almost over for good. Read my lips, I WILL NOT DO THIS AGAIN NEXT YEAR! I am missing my co-worker Marlene who shared my days and talked me down occasionally. She has been out with surgery things and I am just so pissed that I couldn't think of anything to have removed or repaired myself so that I could have had the summer off, too! Luckily there have been wonderful patients this summer that made my job easier and not harder. I never knew being a social worker could be so hard, but then again I think it's just Las Vegas. There are just no resources to help those who need help here.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Well, I am thinking of going to the big island of Hawaii again soon, maybe in December. I went to a bridal shower yesterday (shout out Bradi and Sue!) and they are going to Hilo for their honeymoon and I got soooo jealous! I love it there so much and just have to get back there soon. I have to use my PTO hours also before the new year or I lose them. Hmmmmm, I think I'll check out </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.kalani.com/">http://www.kalani.com/</a> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">website and see which week would be best! It's one of my favorite places in the world! Top ten at least! I just hope I can wait till then cuz I am exhausted from my life and need more time off! I know, I know, I just had a week off in July, but when I go to Hawaii I go to Kalani Retreat where there are no t.v.'s, computers, telephones, just good food, breathtaking scenery, exquisite massages (shout out Lillia and her magical Watsu massages!) I sure hope she is still there! Now I'm really getting excited!!!!!!! I'll keep you posted!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-9516715555985438792009-08-15T16:45:00.000-07:002009-08-17T05:32:18.470-07:00Still dreaming of Orcas<span style="font-size:85%;">Back to reality. Awe shucks! It would help if I could breathe. This heat!!! well, you know.<br />Just saying!<br />Had a most wonderful vacation. Did everything I wanted to do, ate and drank everything I wanted to and gorged <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">myself</span> on fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables. Ducked out of the heat by seeing movies and driving up <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">to where</span> it was cooler. Saw my wonderful friends in Oregon!!!Everything went as planned without as much as a hiccup or flat tire. Got my salmon jerky at Pikes Place market and thought of the many times and many friends and loved ones I had been there with. Good memories. Went antiquing in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">LaConner</span> and ate great Greek food at the old place I used to waitress at that is now called Olympic Gardens right on the main drag in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Anacortes</span>. Its been so long since I had a whole week to just do anything I felt like, without any <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">responsibilities</span>, that I had <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">forgotten</span> how wonderful it is. Have to do this more often!!</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Until I figure out how to post pix properly, they are stuck at the bottom of this page.</span>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-36879483652923313652009-07-28T16:17:00.000-07:002009-07-29T16:04:15.413-07:00They have summer in Oregon too...........<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">My Oregon friends have started sending me hate emails and phone calls complaining that I brought the horrible Las Vegas weather with me. With news reporters commenting on the "record highs" "longest stretch of heat" and no end in sight I am really catching some flack. Got to tell ya, it's hotter than hell here because of the 80% humidity that comes with living by the water. Oh and did I mention? The friend I'm staying with doesn't have air conditioning? Happy Birthday to me! haha</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">No really, I'm having a great time spending gift cards and hitting sales in the land of no sales tax and visiting with friends I haven't seen in way too long! It's so incredibly beautiful here and I took a drive up the Mt. Hood corridor and had to catch my breath as I remembered just how gorgeous it is here.</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Tomorrow is my BD and I have the day planned out like a spa day. Chiropractor, massage therapist, followed by lunch with Kathy at her office and then the doc she works for will make my forward crease go away with that wonderful invention in a syringe! Then back home for a nap and waiting for Kathy to come home and help me bbq some steaks and figure out the blender. Thursday we will be off for the great Pacific Northwest and our journey to Orcas Island. Thursday will be fun with Pikes Place market in Seattle, a visit to the little seaside tourist trap called La Conner, then over to Anacortes. I sure hope that little Greek restaurant I used to work at is still there! The way things have been changing these past years I doubt it! I promise to get some pix posted soon! Can't wait for Friday and that ferry boat ride. I never could figure out why ferry boats rides excite me so until my friend told me it was because they are so phallic. Oh yeah, of course. I get it now.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;"></span>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-63744304932849534402009-07-24T17:05:00.000-07:002009-07-24T18:00:50.014-07:00On Vacation......WooHoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!<span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">2 more days till I'm on that plane for the beautiful Pacific Northwest!!!! Today it was 78degrees there!!! I cannot wait! My job just had to go out with a crazy bang today with one of my patients catching on fire from trying to smoke with oxygen on.....even after being warned every day by every body! I really didn't think this day was going to go by smoothly now did I????<br />Thank you to all that are wishing me well and a happy birthday. I can't think of a better place to be on my big day than the places that I love the most. I bought myself a new little camera to take with me to take pix of my vacation. I'm already excited about sharing my pix with you when I get back!<br />The ladies from my mom's church brought over a huge strawberry cheesecake for by BD. Like my big fat gut needs cheesecake, but man it sure looks good! My new boss United Health Care sent out a memo today stating that there will now be random drug testing. </span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;">Happy birthday to me!</span>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-56256179830977584712009-07-21T07:39:00.000-07:002009-07-21T07:59:46.721-07:00Hanging on by a thread..................<span style="font-size:85%;">......a very moist thread! I woke up this morning in Florida, I swear it! The humidity is as high as the temp and I cannot breathe! I am just not used to this crap! Thank goodness for the monsoon weather tho, as if it were truly 115 without the cloud cover I am certain I would have evaporated by now. Disintegrated is more the word I'm looking for here. The real bummer is I am seeing that my vacation destination weather is up in the 90's WITH the humidity and I am getting anxious that I won't be able to breathe the whole time I'm there! 4 days and counting until vacation starts and a mere 6 days until I am in Portland and looking at the water and the trees! Hang on baby!!!!! I'm looking forward to a week filled with no news about Michael Jacksons death or Paula Abduls return to Idol. OMG! With all thats going on in the world why is our news so censored???? When I was in Europe all those times all their news channels spoke of was the US news, I couldn't even get away from it there! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Wishing all of you that are recuperating a speedy get well wish! Nothing worse than being sick and stuck inside because of the heat. Let me know if you need anything! Remember tonight is the solar eclipse transitioning in a new era for all of us. Channel the positive energy that it holds to exact change in your life. The solar eclipse will occur from approximately 6 pm to 9 pm. Though we won't see it from our location on the earth, as its path will cross over India, China and Indonesia, we will certainly feel its effects. The total eclipse will begin at approximately 7:31 pm PST and end at approx. 7:39 pm. We have a rare opportunity to create sacred space during this auspicious time and release pain, struggle, confusion and fear, while inviting in more of our authentic true divine nature and assist you in letting go of what no longer works for your well-being and provide a transmission of light for you to step into if you so choose.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Our soul's are longing for this growth and we can not experience it when we are speeding up to maintain the old familiar way of pushing to make it happen. Trust, Safety, Surrender, Self-Love, Spontaneity are all keystones for this new earth reality. Set your intention tonight to align with these resonant frequencies and to integrate them more fully into your lives. Just chanting them like a mantra for 8 minutes from 7:31 pm to 7:39 pm can help to bring them more fully into your energy field. Holding your positive intention for creation at this time is perhaps the most powerful message you can send out to the universe.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Namaste'</span>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-76607176344515569172009-07-15T17:57:00.000-07:002009-07-16T14:50:18.592-07:00120 at 1:20Yesterday I got into my car after an <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">appt</span>. and looked at my dashboard. It was 1:20 in the afternoon and my car said the street temp was 120. Welcome to my hell. The heat here is one that the air sears your lungs when you inhale if you are out in it after noon. Then we get to breathe various types of air conditioning the rest of the time. No wonder there is so much lung cancer in this town!<br />Still on vacation countdown.....9 days and counting!!!!! Yippee! Lots of family and friends having surgeries this month. I want to wish you all the best in your speedy recoveries!! My unrequited love interest is off to the California beach with someone that's not me. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">BooHoo</span>! Oh well, my time will come and I'll be walking on the Pacific Northwest beaches soon enough! Perhaps I'm really not ready for love after all or I am certain it would be here by now!<br />Dreaming of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Orcas</span> as in Island. Look it up!!!!!! Can't wait to post pix!Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-71220886735475286702009-07-06T18:42:00.000-07:002009-07-09T16:04:50.541-07:00Mondays have to go!!!!!!<span style="font-size:85%;">I have hated Mondays for more years than I can count. They are evil and should be destroyed. They ruin the great buzz we are just starting to get from having two days off and blast our bodies and brains with the worst stress there is, Craziness and Chaos! We should just start the work week on Tuesdays after the quell of Mondays is past. All in favor say "aye"! I miss working three 12's!!!!!<br /><br /><br />I'm going on vacation July 25th! A whole week off! I will actually be going to Orcas Island in the San Juans so will have pix to post when I return. I am so excited to be going back to Portland and Washington State!!! Getting out of this blasted heat!!!! I'm going to start the countdown today! okay, 17 days and counting!!!! WooHoo!!!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Shout out to the Raders and our Kai. Hoping all is going well! Love you guys!!!<br /></span>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-26905154335320555612009-07-03T17:54:00.001-07:002009-07-06T18:42:08.429-07:00Oprah quoted me today!!!!!Today was a re-run on Oprah all about mom's who are having a hard time dealing. (shout out to TCB!) I have been saying FOR YEARS that mothers need a wife! I've been saying this for as long as I can remember as it was part of my defense for not having children myself. I yelled at Oprah, "I've been saying that for years"! Does anyone ever listen to me??? NO! My Karma has come back to bite me on my butt tho, as I must have done something terrible in a past life. I escaped all these years without children only to have to care for my 85 year old mother who acts like a 3 yr old. Remember last week when I took her to the 51's game? I actually did it again tonight because there was a promise of fireworks. Well, there were fantabulous fireworks, but I'm not taking my mother back there again, ever. Ever.<br />Oh and P.S.<br />Aren't we glad Sarah Palin wasn't elected our Vice President? She would have quit that job too the first time anyone criticized something about her. Then who would we have been stuck with?<br />Rush Limbaugh????????????? Gawd help us! Latest Artic sport "Iquitarod". Can't get that book deal without quitting her responsibilities! SHEESH!Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5283056595942449458.post-75920214795448704672009-06-28T14:36:00.000-07:002009-06-28T14:49:25.636-07:00Welcome to my blog!<span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;">It's Sunday and of course I've left all that is undone till today to do. Instead of doing my chores I woke up inhabited by the spirit of Martha Stewart and spent the morning making chicken noodle soup, potato salad, egg salad and guacamole, with a brownie box mix still beckoning to me as I hide in my room. Gawd, I'll do anything to not turn my computer on! I'll do it tomorrow, my favorite saying, next to "No good deed goes unpunished", which is my mantra! Took mom out to see the 51's play last night against Sacramento. Now that they are the farm team for the Toronto Blue Jays and not my beloved Dodgers (stop laughing), I'm not all that excited about going to the games. And the 11 to 5 score just goes to show you that my Dodger farm team was a lot better! But mom LOVES going to the club house and sitting in the air conditioned luxury of the buffet and bar and upper crust. (so she thinks) It is fun to do a couple of times, but I could never be a season ticket holder. Unless of course it was the REAL Dodgers! </span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:85%;">Well, this being my first blog I really just want to say hi and hope that those who think I am funny or goofy or just plain crazy (shout out to tcb!) might get a laugh or two when they check in! I'll see what I can come up with!</span>Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459800309041701666noreply@blogger.com1