tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19724330776004970762024-03-13T10:54:24.692-07:00Porch Storiesmartihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.comBlogger320125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-87521333416969190992008-10-11T05:26:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:27:37.849-07:00It worked!I have officially moved!<br />I hope I can find everyone!martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-45789852627111392612008-09-21T16:47:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.197-07:00Mariah and Terry's Engagement Party<font color="#cc33cc"><font size="5"><font face="Arial Narrow">So <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdc1Z5-HzQvmbIF0oTKiOkVNTQfq8uMTKMiSDmDbj1LYhFEXeZ5hBQZN59vYMXDsEHDOR5nOEJ3KfGIQzWMoaprl-SeAXVurOjkSPJOf5zLpGozTcV05fxJbkCHz8bUQAFk1zWTCM-RqlQ/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8U-kpktJgDaB&size=m"/><br/>you can't accuse them of rushing into anything<br/>after dating 11 years<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3XXHUcXKLkVTvwwhjlFp6oYA4-TJTGnHTGGdfufl3UZHQ9m4muQor0dFAbbiw9tyzgPs7EvY7t1RuZ4Y5iirrrhdZiJKZx1_XYNqtqxhKauesqbZXoFSkK0lCgEG8x-tQ6d7krva14T0W/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8Ter5eDRYYCj&size=m"/><br/>they have decided to get married <br/>NEXT year....<br/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsv5fDVJYg7jHwDsuuX7PgdL-huwBzQfEod6jzvOlrLaQ4a0am3zRo8wFMy6haPkoPGdUxY1I8GusWJyTSdfy6lhN6ASOJQweWkQu9ZSsL0dQ2eAeodgXsXDkCRgcOR57SLW9f3jgO6Tuc/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8VdJ0TgpQzQz&size=m"/><br/>won't they make me pretty grandbabies?<br/>Stacey and the boys came into town for the occasion<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR256h7O-RUvEdtMxS-sdG4e0KsiOSSPbs43_x7PCQCcncOnSGCwdM5hyphenhyphenwPOpR7dRw_vJ6gzdb-IPw-F4lCVFOAqgejlrLmkErAVbuxT98ccKR17ouCmoloxaXbKc_tATD3v_O39_xJsKp/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8Yd02V4dXwRX&size=m"/><br/>Stephanie was there with her daughters Molly and Erin<br/>Mariah's high school friends Molly and Michelle,<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0NHrxqJz947enfvAQpmNnrdEvPsGlRQIYZx0UyccHYF1v_xtWCrY4nshozBvHsi185ygq5u556EZ7sp2iHyv5OcZtFZ29A3FLSEPpgiXeLguuwVHNKZblAPNEp5uBwFPAQutELRceLwm/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8bqQqfqXvN21&size=m"/> who grew up on my back porch were celebrating with us.<br/>A great weekend!</font></font></font><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/Marti/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt=""/><br/><font color="#cc33cc"><font size="5"><font face="Arial Narrow"><img 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alt=""/></a><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=42e0iAELKyjp5*rcZWWTo0-Ffu8DCCn9UMsj"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqHa4rEl-tSzbyXd5MH8WqQXh4T4UpL0KKJxprQovT3cppzguW95H205gc1sLThJuRJ9c1J8bEjsp7i8tf8mfeILFBHkEmIlO_ex2cBRz_NpLK6cMCSv-Gs_XI9osB1oiS3T2SE3Z00xP/s1600-r/dAMDzRCUBHLDSBK7q9uV5xnRMv+nx1n90060.jpg" alt=""/></a>Gustav is my favorite hurricane!<br/>Cooked all the meat in the freezer<br/>Invited the relatives over<br/>got a day off from school....<br/><br/><div id="metrics" style="display: none;" contenteditable="false"> <a rel="tag" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload">aoljpictureUpload</a>, <a rel="tag" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload_1">aoljpictureUpload_1</a>, <a rel="tag" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljaolPictureAdd">aoljaolPictureAdd</a>, <a rel="tag" target="_blank" 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Caitlin announced to me.<br/>I feel sure she must mean nurse sharks, but I'm thinking "this is gonna be good"<br/>"Nerf sharks?" I echo.<br/>"Yeah, they are the harmless kind", she says<br/>Now, just follow her reasoning...it's made of foam rubber and you can throw it in the house and it won't hurt anybody....yeah....Nurf Shark!<br/>I do so love her!</font><br/></font></font>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-77886053823010197302008-08-31T15:20:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.199-07:00Ridin The Storm Out<font size="4"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">So Gustav is in the Gulf<br/>We in the South are kings and queens of the euphemism.<br/>We can stretch 3 sentences into a paragraph without even thinking.<br/>Since Katrina kicked our butts so bad, <br/>we don't' even mention the word hurricane to each other.<br/>Katrina is merely "The Storm"<br/>What we are having now is "bad weather"<br/>"Are you ready for the :bad weather:?" we ask with asterisks in our voices,<br/>"Stay safe in the "bad weather"" we exhort each other in line buying candles.<br/>So I am following in the paces of women all over the Gulf Coast<br/>I am grilling all the meat in the freezer <br/>getting out pallets to lay the children on <br/>because they will all be coming home<br/>to face the "bad weather "<br/>together.<br/></span></font>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-11247093936119486172008-08-17T12:59:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.200-07:00Yoga Feels Better Than Sex<font color="#cc0000">I'm not quite sure where I'm going with this entry.<br/>I'm not sure what to do with realization I've come to mentioned in the title.<br/>It's just that I wake up stiff some mornings <br/>and so does my husband......<br/><br/><br/>My husband<br/>source of most of my joy<br/>and much of my irritation<br/>Do those of you who have been in a relationship a long time feel like this?<br/>Some days I listen to old love songs <br/>and I feel so disappointed....<br/>the inevitable lies and hurts<br/> that build up over the years overcome me...<br/>then I see him<br/>and it's like the turn of a kaleidoscope<br/>all I see is the charm and the gentleness in him I loved from the start<br/>through the lens of the laughter,<br/> the babies,<br/> the fun<br/> and the stories that aren't funny to anyone else but us.<br/>He is the only one that knows the me I once was....<br/>So I guess I'll keep him.<br/><br/><br/>Work is so hard.<br/>I hve been transferred to the Multiple Disabled unit<br/>I have 3 kids in wheelchairs<br/>2 of them are also blind and deaf<br/>I have 2 autistic kids and a brain injured child who are communication impaired.<br/>They stay with me all day.<br/>Plus I have to pull 11 other kids as a resource teacher.<br/>I have 2 paraprofessionals who are wonderful<br/>but the principal pulls one of them in the morning.<br/>It takes 2 people just to change a child<br/>3 of us to feed them<br/>and that does not even allow for teaching time.<br/>What if there was a fire?<br/>I have made an appointment to talk to the principal<br/>She is a very crazy uptight woman.<br/>We shall see how that goes..<br/>I think I will love it once I get things straightened out where I know what I'm doing.<br/><br/><br/><br/>When I pulled up at the house Friday<br/>Terry<br/>my son out law <br/>pulled up at the same time<br/>"Can we go in the house?", he said.<br/>"I have something to show you"<br/>He and Mariah have been together since she was 16<br/>They are 27 and 30 now.<br/>He shows me a wedding band and a rock the size of the end of my index finger.<br/>"why now?" I asked after the crying and hugging.<br/>"GG (my mom) is getting so forgetful and I know she'd like to be part of it"<br/>So Mariah didn't know yet<br/>and Caitlin and I have to keep our mouths shut....<br/>She called me last night and said they were engaged.<br/>"In what?' I asked innocently<br/>"Oh,come off it, Mom, I know you know!'<br/><br/>and the circle turns again.</font> <br/><br/><br/><br/>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-72554426368519447302008-08-15T18:49:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.201-07:00Grace<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">a few things happened today that made me feel a touch of grace<br/>
I'd like to share them with you<br/><font size="4" color="#00cccc"><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
a young woman comes in the classroom</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
her handicapped blind child on one shoulder </span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
her 3 month old beautiful baby on the other</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
baby screaming</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
her face is totally composed </span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
she is so serene</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
I have to stop in my frenzied preparation for the day </span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
and enter her world</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
all is content there</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
She hands me the baby </span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
kisses her son</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
In her eyes </span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
a joy</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
I talk to a mother </span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
about her daughter</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
who has a severe seizure disorder</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
leaving her mentally slow</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
"she is a gift from God" </span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
her mother says</span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
her face glows </span><br style="font-family: Times New Roman;"/><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">
Do they know their lives are poems</span>?</font></font>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-80612363321940465322008-08-04T12:34:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.202-07:00Walking in Love<font style="font-family: Comic Sans MS;" size="4" color="#3366ff"><br/>I strolled into my school today, thinking I'd set up a few things in my classroom<br/><br/><br/>My principal, who is not known for her tact, said,<br/>" where have you been?"<br/>I was taken aback<br/> "It was summer, wasn't it?"<br/>She said "we've been trying to call you for 2 weeks. <br/>I decided to move you to a new grade level and a new room.<br/>The teacher who is going into your room wanted to set up , so we moved your stuff."<br/>I said, "I changed my phone number"<br/>,thinking to myself,<br/> "I'm gonna do this every year, or else give them a fake one."<br/> Well all my stuff had been moved by the other teachers and THROWN in a pile on the floor.<br/>I was not upset at all, while they were doing this , I was lounging at the beach.<br/> The teacher who had been in this room before never threw anything away. <br/>There were still record albums in there!<br/>And does anybody remember those purple ditto sheets?<br/> I worked all morning till my back hurt, then asked the principal for a key<br/> She said "you're not supposed to be in the office"<br/>I had my IPOD on and Bob Marley was singing <br/>"Dont' worry about a thing, cause every little thing is gonna be all right"<br/><br/>So I just smiled and gave her one of my earphones<br/> then she laughed and asked me what I wanted <br/>so old Bob works his magic from beyond the grave!<br/>I'm gonna have an awesome year!<br/>If people throw hate at me, I'm gonna throw love back!<br/><br/><br/>I will love my new assignment, teaching intervention to K, 1st and 2nd grades plus I will have 3 multi disabled children who are wheelchair dependent, non verbal and must be fed and changed. <br/>It's a real spiritual sort of feeling , working with people in that elemental level</font>.<br/><font size="5" color="#3333ff">I'm going to have a good year<br/>I decided already</font><br/>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-49542554645571836142008-08-03T20:16:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.202-07:00Lagoonagether<a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=6570roNDnguelhhpO1S9RUo8RR3gQr1mqtBs"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXG0JtELtYiYQO8tdyeMInzyk-Bl1vemuiIKH7SnSXiHVN1Z6ZsOhh0wFVaANIT96-wCLo1_FUJix3rB8GM1M4zwHN8QfF0A2OMzkudJBnyar1niEYQHtcxg-GoWfby4FWJX8Yg8vLwHQr/s1600-r/IWW69CNaGGeSuKTzBlAE0hDosy+9j-170060.jpg" alt=""/></a><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=6570roNDnguelhhpO1S9RUo8RUQdfKAS8qmo"><img border="0" 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwQYCkP4o4lVCNEJVfF7KtvDCiFT8vTMCLVzerKqA-JujWun9tJyTvnZgw3gJPJyMh-eusiz0ThMOeCSxhEcy2ZGFqD8zNwETOeZU8vpBZV-Qusa76jvrLDOYM68nIXjbWmNvmkjTrn6h/s1600-r/GYTz4ZQzvfjT8oKmd7uazl81YixDI1zH0060.jpg" alt=""/></a><font color="#cc33cc">All's right with the world<br/>Stace, Steph, Paula, Dana and I spent the night together<br/>no kids <br/>No husbands<br/>No hesitancy<br/>Just pouring out all our feelings<br/>pouring a few cocktails too<br/>saving up the fun till next time<br/><br/><br/><br/></font><div id="metrics" style="display: none;" contenteditable="false"> <a rel="tag" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljaolPictureAdd">aoljaolPictureAdd</a>, <a rel="tag" target="_blank" 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Meyers tells the story at an exhausting pace and can stretch PG rated sexual tension till your hormones ache<br/>but it is all about love <br/>romance<br/>waiting<br/>anticipation....<br/></font></font>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-67893622370329329572008-08-02T00:25:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.205-07:00Landmark<a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=a6f0oU9wVH-jWWL2ile*eYA9p6gOZdYxWSoF"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcssSXn94MzCBdJvNzvjPPxTgC1LnuwOLNAbzxS4wQUfANKbgO89iQczjrYIdQDvy_3ns4UfmR6k7RPvACfboi9wphL5PFxp02ESlOrKoF7eQVzZ0aXFpPEvmrlsveNEEvSTimy5JVix1m/s1600-r/+m-qHtUW2Voq-k+Iq0+T1eAUp8vH4FZR0060.jpg" alt=""/></a><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=a6f0oU9wVH-jWWL2ile*eYA9pzQ7lMxt6-ut"><img border="0" 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3aEDwn9LWOI73j5Cao-6imAIwWdvTxxW74XYoEPknDd_PJnVR9qJesDLaGTQx5V8tp8qh0febo6MSyDBQSZWn2Z0BdbjGZr18sGCC0y0-66GZM8Wg8XVb7VhXBCje2Cb9d3-cGoq6GvI/s1600-r/4rYFiozUd32kGeNFnM47AaeSeAtenbEJ0180.jpg" alt=""/></a><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=a6f0oU9wVH-jWWL2ile*eYA9p5dS20zSBnu2"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWP5L1XJn4fOrz5mHQK5I1Su8AgxLKTd9yPd1o5nj2thxWUZHjnN9cDV5mzOHzbnvRYpkpjFEgBXcqkKEkmvyCikrGZcXzXh7OyEe6b9tg9OA_zzXBuYFKbUwJNwynCZt3eBQNRJh3TF5P/s1600-r/N-BmqdnjJctMWpuqapgEiHMAMyWVMSu90180.jpg" alt=""/></a><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=a6f0oU9wVH-jWWL2ile*eYA9p23MkiDT6QQJ"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRz6JGe0ZiBjz9_KRZxNn8uB_CK9m0wbWf59035dWlhXyCg4j0ncnvnELCfYBasAs_dGLHGEUtdnxmE3pXTycpPNHkBQcajkfHLWljx3nrnkHB2akusfzfvw3zfHF2uVuPkilWiRzDAil/s1600-r/DEqVP-n6BsqSAHTF5oT16WF-Rm+qx3XF0060.jpg" alt=""/></a><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#3366ff"><br/><font size="5">This day was a long time coming<br/>but it took such a little while for it to get here...<br/>My baby had her senior portraits made today.<br/>These are just some I snapped<br/>It just hit me<br/>I don't know why I was surprised<br/>Growing up happens so gradually<br/>And all at once<br/>At the same time. <br/><br/><br/><br/></font></font></font><div id="metrics" style="display: none;" contenteditable="false"> <a rel="tag" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljaolPictureAdd">aoljaolPictureAdd</a>, <a rel="tag" target="_blank" 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<p>My eldest two all dressed up</p>
<p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLEckTGo25i9zCa7eY-1esuyv66UpjqFQf6AoitbmQnz0NcU0Pi_Ridu9HJc_OghE_jKKGpQ-fxksma6M-JLI4nbmeWJrNjbvffN6J-7L-H8rVSWcLcLuiup_HnNlUAUL8XwbzdPZftTFE/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8UgXYhJh210U&size=m"/></p>
<p>Mariah and my son out law Terry</p>
martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-66715099983139673792008-07-24T17:39:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.206-07:00Small Joys<font color="#006600">Little things<br/>pieces of my life's mosaic<br/>Ordinary days<br/>with small joys<br/>to run through my fingers like rosary beads<br/>Caitlin took me to lunch<br/>and for a pedicure<br/>ten toes<br/>giggles <br/>and just us girls<br/>a memory to keep<br/></font>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-19702451207158403152008-07-23T14:40:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.207-07:0052 woo hoo<font size="4"><font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#cc33cc">I'm feeling good here lately<br/>I find feeling good has little to do with what is going on in my life<br/>and much with what happens in my head<br/>I have been given a gift of peace <br/>I don't know exactly how I arrived here<br/>I started taking care of myself<br/>doing what I wanted to do<br/><br/>there are some things I am powerless to fix<br/>so I may as well <br/>let them go<br/>toss them in the figurative river <br/>let it flow on by<br/>every one has their own path they need to follow<br/>we all have to find our own way<br/>so I go my way <br/>make my own choices <br/>not excuses<br/>and find what joy I can along the journey.<br/>I've also been playing with some new friends<br/>babysitting Mariah's friend Michelle's boys<br/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisdYbtkBCuLiCa0SiW0eQAvfHecVcJyhdr5cIiX67faTUiNGGevqeQxVBUOciZunwawVDn0D9c5JgdjKSi3h7bJm79oxCqwl2b1D_llff04NGgTfxmRoIHXGkK3FonUTvTetcDUANBuOjS/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8ezg6KNy8gZV&size=m"/><br/>renewing an old friendship with Dell<br/>who used to live next door<br/>we lost touch for a few years<br/>but fell right back into our comfortable ways<br/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBwuE2g0n-VorKWGqVQdv1XUkAHWxbztzihv8ksdO5lp38PgXm5lou36gDOqEcOPtaOlmGGm7JRzvFKs91AJAbv5boKbTiiFAEgS4z09fy1OgiLYXL5cR5OC6IlPTLlTwYz3xv_1NChY6/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8UEKdSqEYnAq&size=m"/><br/>and like a baby turtle<br/>blindly headed for the ocean<br/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnJX5TZnCUyh7w58ef_hxk4GWyRglk2ZsumtZEhE_n1_py7ilLxFASJQG2S6aflCiXfxrVVuAd5JggnWjIrZMy3ZsNWP2XmVZjkzz40q9LvWBBqocZWhKP5Hhh8sdtOv9vt7GxVx65BPJX/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8dOJ7BtPW5dG&size=m"/> <br/>floated in the amniotic fluid of the Gulf of Mexico<br/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAkSNEtwSGveoPtBN4iCCgoavcotV3QtXypsoGqYbY1ow9Iqlb82jvcfB1OKiXxYu4YeVyk2FpiptpozfGfILIFYetybhogozG35ty9dHWmTQcjXqtIkL6-WzAeJKgPJ5eHXqr6YS_nKmb/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8eBFO5paB-wI&size=m"/><br/>and emerged reborn<br/>finding my smile on the beach <br/>like a seashell<br/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHlSmdpEJhAZgz555pbt_x1TWX0N3b5QgJp21X16kYz-OelXbjG-RCNOmU2D4lVy3GuA8iJCGOxyjfTg_1gJ9mdYdxmSy0V9fKd2bzCpNf9K9PpvVkSTgOyT8vPzuiTuP5wIyffZbYB8Zq/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8aLXbCAwqWNK&size=m"/><br/><br/>wishing you happy births all of your days, <br/>Marti<br/></font></font></font>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-17766180753463376492008-07-09T03:47:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.208-07:00On Base<font color="#ff0000"><font size="5">When you are on base<br/><font color="#3366ff">You are safe<br/><font color="#ff0000">No one can touch you<br/><font color="#3366ff">You can catch your breath<font color="#ff0000"><br/>Before you have to start running again.<br/><font color="#3333ff">I was with Dana, Paula, Stacey & Stephanie this weekend<br/><font color="#ff0000">I was safe.<br/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvowZtO5sNVv_rQQvDafstTVy2BLIAAh5T6s-0hg0tlOkkIPzewF9rZMWkl-x_vjcywPqE0s3vpt3U5o9ZNrch-djsZUQE3R2cZeRA4WSuLRhnyU50A8oGUlTFQLmQ-1klVJvr6yMfV9_l/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8TWFaL5mQnR0&size=m"/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq9EgE6q9NkGrc-nK3AbR9rYwGIExLyC-mJecT87mSWNVFPD2YR2DAhtcAz18g7WCfNYya48BOYjpH5gsiNVl4rVfAbiHfD78QU13s7sq7Q6-l15rl-9ftjQs62J-VFr3N5G0Tj1Pqtstt/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8cfyf47r4ffE&size=m"/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3XfFH8VHKApKqCa9gCPHae31BzN3e7zPfQ9D1OEdNYZGiQq2iKY1kR1DH8zxDvBvKWT2FOHYf93ceZhdtIo3e3cwP7frBH-MUAOx3tJr2KhTBRVPqoDsqvdXkcpqcaD_JhcejI7VF6Vu/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8TO5NrXiWFlj&size=m"/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYoFwE5ozG9-rW898HPvQyxRrMHZ_UN-LHcvgcdwAgDpi1HpZtjuOjQe2UgKxWpBlRt-jAdt4B0PokL5AwkyN2bbev0YT9CyJ-BYtCCwmF-c7__x4KIxJP_2m1nKfwoREVaJQuG3tK9yLW/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8fdOmLFjBkKm&size=m"/><br/><br/>Wishing you all freedom and family, <br/><font color="#3366ff">Marti</font><br/></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font><div contenteditable="false" id="metrics" style="display: none;"> <a rel="tag" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload">aoljpictureUpload</a>, <a rel="tag" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload_4">aoljpictureUpload_4</a></div>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-8570293423067220732008-06-26T13:25:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.208-07:00Bad Idea<font color="#333333"><font size="5">I was tootling around<br/>putting off doing the dishes<br/>when I got the idea to look back<br/>to see what was in my journal this time last year.<br/>I thought I might ask everyone to do it<br/>Post an entry from a year ago.<br/>Never look back<br/>I saw pictures of my dear dog I lost<br/>pictures of my little Victoria (the child I babysat) <br/>who moved away<br/>and I had to curl up in the big chair with Emily kitty and a blanket for awhile<br/>It was a rough year, folks<br/>Lots of bad vibes and negative thoughts at work<br/>I used up so much of my energy trying to stay loving<br/>Some nasty old misunderstandings between Tom and I keep rearing their ugly heads<br/>I never know whether to beat them back down <br/>into the psychic swamp they crawled out of <br/>or to sic them on him and let them fight it out!<br/>I am trying to walk this road peacefully<br/>but there have been some potholes to circle around this year.<br/>I want better times<br/>I have to make them myself, I know.<br/>Gathering courage,<br/>Marti<br/><br/></font></font>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-26602415782587815182008-06-25T14:33:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.209-07:00Perspective<font color="#009900"><font size="6"><font face="Comic Sans MS">My eldest, Mariah<br/>is my staunchest ally<br/>my best friend<br/>but she gave me a special wrinkle in the middle of my forehead during her teen years.<br/>One day I was at work<br/>and received a phone call from a neighbor informing me<br/>there was a great party going on at my house.<br/>As I was storming to the phone to call Mariah, <br/>I was called into the library by the principal.<br/>She asked the whole staff to join hands <br/>then she told us the book keepers seventeen year old had been diagnosed with a brain tumor.<br/>After we all wept together, I left a message n the answering machine<br/>"you're busted, Mariah, pick up"<br/>"Yes, Mom?"<br/>"I just called to tell you how much I love you".<br/>I never caught her skipping school again.<br/><font color="#33cc00"><font size="3">As a postscript, the child with the tumor is a 10 year cancer survivor, married with a four year old.</font></font><br/></font></font></font>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-7898407934062248582008-06-24T23:41:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.210-07:00and it's another party<font face="Comic Sans MS">My Friend Steve tended bar with me during that magic time 25 years ago at a little Irish pub.<br/>He found my first gray hair.<br/>He taught me how to dance the Hustle.<br/>We shared a lot of stories after last call in the light from the exit sign.<br/> </font><font face="Comic Sans MS">I don't keep up with people I went to high
school or college with but all of us from that little bar stay close,
even though our evenings consist of tea sipping much more than beer
drinking these days.<br/></font><font face="Comic Sans MS">We celebrated his birthday this weekend <br/><br/>Every birthday is precious because we almost lost him 10 years ago.<br/>He is HIV positive, but doing well. <br/>His partner Vaughn fell right into our family.<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JDrA14NHLyX0KKVNY6ws8XuQHxRDkA809kuoS9AljQwnM2VvHyuyYnrHAZNDvtuZLkLEjnWcTiqWnOck_ZJCUSJq_ZkiVyVEsfhPvbmzYNCEtif20VzXUxFZvP296AWCYe8S84dmow8r/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8QuaulgJTYck&size=m"/><br/>Tom was not up to a road trip so I went all by myself<br/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF2SPvr872NvQy9ZwOPfVv0FOhau-RvVQ-LbNxZ3Ik0jEhTvaeRKx6kjmuHtil8aI6DgvMYWrogG2lFjEdpRQH1BXApvluBwjRJQv72m787ngr6NzBSk-E4KMAR-O8TibLKbV_zB1wZ-DT/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8QqnJAopdaDE&size=m"/><br/>The trip went fine except a raft blew out of the back of a pickup truck and hit my windshield,causing a really scary moment of blindness!<br/>It was a great weekend.<br/>I met some interesting people and enjoyed old friends I don't see enough of these days<br/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepgupMZS_FTPn-cGnqFbCMLwfvhOSbbIVorf0U_QIDys1y0qh7dkQYYh_oim4cuvjxGN1iLAcwOrtmZqeUnvsvxVlUOLcYTLY2RMeIqBIQT2wHm_h3y4MAKdDXNrs_hPOaLiDgFf7Wi6b/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8WAQW1L*sTId%26size%3Dm"/><br/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhqoesp-b-0jh-ToXsapQbAV_YC9tujisJXO2t94j1uMPthuOGGkwT2F_QBNRwsLghFXSKsm_t5SR_nLhRCSd4Bev9ORSEofFYScHfpSUYnHrnv95XVveh0lOHw2LB4HmlSxmvALqqugk/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8fXcxeeDYFXI&size=m"/><br/><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_YEHH6gZwHKVqQoiWMqaAVjho-_JAr0O8fe2R_T9jEUzKD0Upy0LtaAIDHwA69OpOMWJE3C9r4OToU17qrZIX5kvhUOdeVg6UY93AkPth41mTxvoHKRaEr94Mvls1msNxjyYlT5QQmaL/s1600-r/pic%3Fid=afd0mikfx7jwdfkxhOmwjvZN8U4iTXRh*oJP%26size%3Dm"/><br/><br/>and I was reminded so strongly of why I quit drinking tequila that I gave myself the opportunity to quit drinking it again!<br/>I don't think anybody has ever died from a hangover but I may be the first!<br/>Lemons and Love to all,<br/>Marti<br/><br/></font><div contenteditable="false" id="metrics" style="display: none;"> <a rel="tag" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljpictureUpload">aoljpictureUpload</a>, <a rel="tag" target="_blank" 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NRW9JTKkcrFIECbQLMbpH0EDv6ThS179tOK0RSBqFGLqMrNyO5cVAsCojKHCRIiJbi9jOnQxBMoAre-C7aw_lXSDIyE5sTNrtbSKRnZzCOTf8falAM2aXTg0oaHqJoyjACeTML5yMGxs/s1600-r/pToJaVwKCaXpoy14ADNM5HwgUGsZt+bb0060.jpg" alt=""/></a><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=aff0ReKLPsPTIqoGv38ysRs5xw7ksYqQx9rJ"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLOsm0CB0wNafLYet0HxQBbjjy13FWos2FxME1LgJkWa5f3O60Eomgcm6unwjRPf-2Qq5hDqHcH2hk-A_EgIe1Gh_jodvpdAAdGDf6DjwcGRHerxkRUPfZO8PRdlCLIyvGHYih-4vm19M/s1600-r/0CSLZNpYj+l9io60zhA6tJqZtMMJGwTE0060.jpg" alt=""/></a><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=aff0ReKLPsPTIqoGv38ysRs5x1RqLpuVzGIe"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVtZBJ7tbSuPChV7cEjTCt_yOKdEzA0g_GQ4_ng8sM5A4E-Kfmh5uhhNjWzFnnUfEdIcJDIAH8vNYq1EQMwu8mW7UvERE1w5pbRGp8P3_ES1G_ckFGZdDA41EYZHU7IgktbL_V8B_SL1Vt/s1600-r/+4AOHH+fqoqQr7eDpy7fV6mUmJ1-dNMe0060.jpg" alt=""/></a><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=aff0ReKLPsPTIqoGv38ysRs5x0OBd*rsogB2"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21bSc2caHTL5hwTvKwHZqcMursVY4Hih0NlYomJWcr9DhFy8tKRWPSgRbNjdIxFiGcqli7b715taTi2qVG9mnmBhziMXrlcX1y7yO_UbGhqJLyihNtbNJPcLOxMEEo2KefJaOdMDkYf1c/s1600-r/D8AyWTjX1ZD1D9Ao2WVzk465fWe7DK160060.jpg" alt=""/></a><font color="#cc33cc"><font size="5">A year is too long to go without Mardi Gras<br/>so we had a summer solstice parade!<br/>I do so love my home town!<br/><br/></font></font><div id="metrics" style="display: none;" contenteditable="false"> <a rel="tag" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljaolPictureAdd">aoljaolPictureAdd</a>, <a rel="tag" target="_blank" href="http://technorati.com/tag/aoljaolPictureAdd_7">aoljaolPictureAdd_7</a></div>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-52800783001935907752008-06-16T08:48:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.211-07:00Father's Day<font color="#336666"><font size="5"><font face="Comic Sans MS">We found a secret way through the woods to the beach!<br/>(no one I know locally reads this, so it will stay secret)<br/><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=3a90JvYNYjlMJxQ*3pFrtPRdkPYGSHBg2evC"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgR5VMLzoZhUYRoQaStxa7R8NUGsyjeqPQAq2gmZK67sU-oTNGh8aM3knedoFhpR36eIM9Cho3-8BucM1-OlmgSQ8ddMY8Gf2RBZMo-tQZ1JCThwMPW_eJDRnFVskgAEdSN8X1w2ksbejy/s1600-r/0STYurCHdLuhvPZRfE+FyXAot4KXzq300180.jpg" alt=""/></a><br/>Sneakin<br/><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=3a90JvYNYjlMJxQ*3pFrtPRdkEYHib9*f4lw"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDr1WDJKMpwYaF9kOySXwRGCjnGKoVrPMUES1ZGyMGzbBJF_rnrlw-YUGrcN-2lmomp6tQtxh-AZQWnubBdD6VCcxgNguMmcY-z7LZxA54EUwm9NKtkrDIexk-WpLPjJgvNvOC3eDrLfu/s1600-r/ES1pWzuzXZLpS12Gw9o8LoWzp3MiIqf60180.jpg" alt=""/></a><br/>Smilin<br/><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=3a90JvYNYjlMJxQ*3pFrtPRdkLzpyFcF2uRF"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyyS9-qsgKo1JJnytXocNrmZWqpgWHb1hTu0-t6xHVkcMOdaJuc_ZpwOQuwqSGaBZTuDVY3dsnuFCc6FVTSN010-L9tbTDOZ7U7YyPvNf-NHCcE1iUqM4Ty3qpwpYHAzCBoomd3F8aRyw8/s1600-r/SOevH+DsQUvEZPT7zW2jFMYmlA8huL0d0180.jpg" alt=""/></a><br/><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=3a90JvYNYjlMJxQ*3pFrtPRdkBb-GA2tCZ6H"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvR0gGz_s6yXabZodkoyEXfCgTw5l78LhKM1sgrnkACuyam1b2OPd0d_bQTpw3V1TtonllWehUcNoz5DwY_gKi4MOIznbPzKVJugpTr8VcgcT-rVLSXwie0uK2ue04gLv8U6VZytV3b8Ro/s1600-r/NpNJ9cK1z9RBczMxeSpNpn56rHZ7uJxX0180.jpg" alt=""/></a><br/>Still smilin<br/><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=3a90JvYNYjlMJxQ*3pFrtPRdkHdaSbtRN2Tq"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-PIhQ0fADPxu676ioVg-UfnjPcYh8TGsl3CvSkM_rZpdWKZfZdpraYulMJObAt03hPrjrJtpqaVS8gvhlrfzqpMZRNNleotX9OIjhz2HAwR4ety7ScK_c5QyhI-pD6ipR7dphsqj4NmG/s1600-r/lw5BvGw-YGqqUK8yRye1+B866gMwGwtz0180.jpg" alt=""/></a><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=3a90JvYNYjlMJxQ*3pFrtPRdkHgGYe2tty6h"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHbRbFFLUEy7FmDlUyoCuQSpq5lNtK1AXpUudd0LCZ0NhCe3XFvfYtlSjQLshNUm0wnTGcPp1smaK1MlGOnwC_SVcirhS65sPAAgiTh-mk3u2aHJxRM9rmsrZa_g1TBWyIxjYI_NyesEW/s1600-r/JRk5-H8WMlrE0-TMx3YsAC9VhVWYVGG70180.jpg" alt=""/></a><a class="pp_image_instance" target="_blank" href="http://pictures.aol.com/ap/singleImage.do?pid=3a90JvYNYjlMJxQ*3pFrtPRdkMuxS3ytu2yX"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Lg4uVQa8ZHc-ZarsjECOG8fXEhsDONz07co3kqFTcvu8nIkaEHDWusHvuLvIirS8fYRV8ykgXAQldzzZhB4v8_DYQ383Y4c4MF2e21M8s2lkZM65iaqSMSAQ6Q84Wt219-ZD0-IZjpm_/s1600-r/DYSw8fjhSLQ1u80Y5krtgR4qvy26ctH40180.jpg" alt=""/></a><br/>You should have seen us parking way down the street and darting through the underbrush!<br/>Wishing you all a sweet secret place, <br/><br/>Marti, Tom , Caitlin and Jack<br/></font></font></font>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-64515936139082247062008-06-07T19:38:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.212-07:00Kathleen<font face="Arial Narrow"><font color="#ff0000"><font size="5">Kathleen is from New Zealand.<br/>She is a sheep rancher<br/>A crew person on a sail boat<br/>and Cissie's life partner.<br/>She can't stay in the United States <br/>She cant get a visa.<br/>So she and Cissie snatch what little time they can<br/>traveling back and forth.<br/>They hired a lawyer who told them<br/>"If you could just get married there would be no problem"<br/>But Kathleen was the one<br/>at the ball game<br/>who told us all<br/>"Stand up!"<br/>When the National Anthem came on.<br/><br/><font color="#3366ff">Let me add a postscript here.....we ALWAYS stand for the National Anthem. We were tailgating outside the stadium and Kathleen was the first to hear it. (even though it's not the point of the story, I dont' want to be offensive)</font><br/><br/><br/></font></font></font>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1972433077600497076.post-32037348715494758902008-06-07T19:23:00.000-07:002008-10-11T05:26:09.213-07:00And the circle shifts<font face="Comic Sans MS"><font color="#00cccc"><font size="6"><i>Long time ago<br/>It was me and Tom <br/>in love <br/>on the beach<br/>Then there were parties till the dawn<br/>Then there were little sandy children<br/>Now its me and Tom <br/>on the beach<br/>in love.<br/></i></font></font></font>martihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02893821778233129286noreply@blogger.com7