Today's Big Blog Challenge assignment is to post your summer theme song. I have two of them.
The first one is "California" by the group Wave. Whenever I hear this song, I see myself driving along a California highway somewhere. I'm in a red convertible, with the top down. The sun is setting, and the evening breeze is blowing through my hair. I'm alone on the road: there's nothing around me but open sky, highway and sand. I don't know where I'm going or what lies ahead for me; all I know is that I'm at peace and I feel totally free. (Whenever I get stressed out, this is where I escape to get away from the pressures of everday life.)
My second, and new favourite, summer song is "Sunshine and Summertime" by Faith Hill. It's one of those what I like to call "wake you up, kick you in the butt and get you going" kind of songs. I can almost picture a big block party with gorgeous women in bikinis and gorgeous suntanned surfer guys everywhere.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go get in my convertible, go find some little beach bar and have a few margaritas. Cheers!
TTFN!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
A Very Important Link
Today's topic for the Big Blog Challenge is to post a link(s) to someone or something I love. As strange as it may sound, I had a really hard time coming up with anything. Many of the things I love I don't have links for: my parents, my dog, and so on. Of course, if I got off my butt and set up an online photo album and then uploaded my pictures to it I could change that, but moving on... I decided to take this topic in a slightly different direction, and talk about the special link I have with someone I love.
Anyone reading this who knows me knows that 8 years ago, I was lucky enough to receive a new kidney. The donor was none other than my very own mom. She had always said, right from the time that the doctors first discovered that I had chronic renal failure, that if the time ever came when I needed a transplant that she would give me one of hers. That's it, just like that she was ready to give me a part of herself. There was no hesitation, no discussion, nothing. Just "if my daughter needs a kidney she can have one of mine". Little did we know how much I would end up needing that kidney!
So, my mom and I are connected not only through DNA, but also through our kidneys. And because of that gift, our hearts are more strongly connected than ever. To me, this is the most important link of all, and one that I will always cherish.
TTFN!
Anyone reading this who knows me knows that 8 years ago, I was lucky enough to receive a new kidney. The donor was none other than my very own mom. She had always said, right from the time that the doctors first discovered that I had chronic renal failure, that if the time ever came when I needed a transplant that she would give me one of hers. That's it, just like that she was ready to give me a part of herself. There was no hesitation, no discussion, nothing. Just "if my daughter needs a kidney she can have one of mine". Little did we know how much I would end up needing that kidney!
So, my mom and I are connected not only through DNA, but also through our kidneys. And because of that gift, our hearts are more strongly connected than ever. To me, this is the most important link of all, and one that I will always cherish.
TTFN!
How refreshing!
The blog challenge topic for the 3rd (yes, I know it's the 4th now LOL) was to post a picture of something refreshing. Here's what I thought of almost immediately:
I love a good rain shower. Not the weak drizzly kind, or thunderstorms that are so loud they shake the house, but a good soaking rain. The kind that soaks right into the ground and makes everything look bright and new. And after the rain ends, the air smells so fresh and clean. I love it when it rains at night, and I can fall asleep to the sound of the rain on the roof; it's so soothing and peaceful. I can't remember just when it was, but there was a soft drink company (I think) who used the slogan "The pause that refreshes". That's exactly what the rain does - the earth pauses and is refreshed.
TTFN!
Monday, June 2, 2008
My weekend shopping spree
Okay, so I got a little carried away on Friday. After creating my list of books I want to read, I decided to go and visit my favourite bookstore and see if I could find a couple of the ones I really wanted. Well... I only found one of the three that I had wanted, but I came out with a whole armful of other books. A couple of them were on sale, and I get a 10% discount with my Chapters card, which is probably a good thing. I shudder to think what the total would have been without the discounts. So what did I buy, you ask?
1. "The Other Boleyn Girl" - Philippa Gregory (basis of the movie, read it this weekend, pretty good book)
2. Chicken Soup For The Soul: Life Lessons For Women
3. "Life Is Short - Wear Your Party Pants" - Loretta LaRoche (can't this is the one of the three that I actually went to Chapters to buy, can't wait to read it - the author is absolutely hysterical)
3. "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff For Women" - Kristine Carlson (wife of Richard Carlson who wrote "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff")
4. "Squeeze The Day - 365 Ways To ... (I can't remember the rest) - Loretta La Roche
5. "Grace For The Moment, Volume II" - Max Lucado
I'm pretty sure that there's a couple more, but I can't remember what else I bought. I love books, and when I have the opportunity (like on Friday, which was payday) I like to indulge myself a little.
TTFN!
1. "The Other Boleyn Girl" - Philippa Gregory (basis of the movie, read it this weekend, pretty good book)
2. Chicken Soup For The Soul: Life Lessons For Women
3. "Life Is Short - Wear Your Party Pants" - Loretta LaRoche (can't this is the one of the three that I actually went to Chapters to buy, can't wait to read it - the author is absolutely hysterical)
3. "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff For Women" - Kristine Carlson (wife of Richard Carlson who wrote "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff")
4. "Squeeze The Day - 365 Ways To ... (I can't remember the rest) - Loretta La Roche
5. "Grace For The Moment, Volume II" - Max Lucado
I'm pretty sure that there's a couple more, but I can't remember what else I bought. I love books, and when I have the opportunity (like on Friday, which was payday) I like to indulge myself a little.
TTFN!
Scrapbook.com Blog BIG Challenge
Today's Topic: Write about something "hot". What does that mean to you?
The word "hot" has come to have a number of interpetations. There's temperature hot ("This coffee is really hot"), there's popular hot ("Big sunglasses are hot this season") there's good-looking hot ("Whoa, he's HOT!) and there's Paris Hilton hot ("That's hot!") which actually means "that's cool" (anyone else confused yet?). For this little exercise, I'm going to talk about popular hot.
The use of the term "hot" to refer to the latest trends bothers me. I feel like I'm being told that because such-and-such is "hot" this season, I need to run out and buy it, get it or do it or I won't be considered cool. Here's the problem: most of what is considered "hot" is not in my taste. For example, one of the things that seems to be hot right now is those huge, big over-sized sunglasses. If you're of small stature like me, you just can't pull those puppies off - half your face disappears behind them! Another "hot" trend I just don't get - those gaucho pants with boots. Maybe it's just me, but it seems redundant to me to wear short pants, and then cover the rest of your leg with boots. If you want your whole leg covered, wear long pants! (This is JMHO, by the way.)
And so I buck the trends! I laugh in the face of what's "hot", and I wear and do what I like. I refuse to be dictated to about what I should wear just because everyone else is wearing it. I go with my own flow, if you will. Now that's hot!
TTFN!
The word "hot" has come to have a number of interpetations. There's temperature hot ("This coffee is really hot"), there's popular hot ("Big sunglasses are hot this season") there's good-looking hot ("Whoa, he's HOT!) and there's Paris Hilton hot ("That's hot!") which actually means "that's cool" (anyone else confused yet?). For this little exercise, I'm going to talk about popular hot.
The use of the term "hot" to refer to the latest trends bothers me. I feel like I'm being told that because such-and-such is "hot" this season, I need to run out and buy it, get it or do it or I won't be considered cool. Here's the problem: most of what is considered "hot" is not in my taste. For example, one of the things that seems to be hot right now is those huge, big over-sized sunglasses. If you're of small stature like me, you just can't pull those puppies off - half your face disappears behind them! Another "hot" trend I just don't get - those gaucho pants with boots. Maybe it's just me, but it seems redundant to me to wear short pants, and then cover the rest of your leg with boots. If you want your whole leg covered, wear long pants! (This is JMHO, by the way.)
And so I buck the trends! I laugh in the face of what's "hot", and I wear and do what I like. I refuse to be dictated to about what I should wear just because everyone else is wearing it. I go with my own flow, if you will. Now that's hot!
TTFN!
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