This is, well.....just great.




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But I found on http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/

It's almost 8:00pm on Sunday evening- post lock in. I've been sleeping off and on but still feel so so tired. I may turn in super early with hopes that tomorrow I'll be normal (if there is a chance of that ever happening). Things went really well. We had about 23 kids. It was chaos in the beginning getting everyone settled and explaining rules. I know that rules are never fun, but you know, sometimes just necessary. The good thing is that everyone listened! They followed the freakin rules!!!

The line up of the night ended up being Halloween, Child's Play, Thriller, Benchwarmers, One Missed Call, and Bruce Almighty. All but 3 people fell asleep. Yesterday was a very long day for all of us since we hosted a marching competition. That went okay. Crowds were small thanks to some fucktard scheduling it on Halloween night. But anyways, I made pancakes for the morning. We also had bagels and all the snack foods that everyone brought. The morning was spent watching cartoons and talking about how lame the movies were, how scary, along with chatter of who snores and who elbowed who.

The last kid left around 11:45am,then I crashed. Well wait, I cleaned a little and then crashed. I hope that I can get back to normal and then the memories of loudness, sugar highs, and lack of sleep will subside. The question is, will the loss of memory make way for me to do it all again next year? Oui!

Shhhhh don't tell anyone but I'm taking a small break before I finish up my cleaning. All I need to finish is vacuuming the stairs. I really hate doing that. Then I'm off to the high school to help with the marching competition. There are 7 bands coming and ours makes 8. We don't compete though, we're just an exhibition. Since the competition is so small we'll be done pretty early. Then later this evening we're hosting a lock-in. From 11pm-7am we're showing scary movie after scary movie. I'm debating if I should include the Michael Jackson Thriller video. I think I am. Maybe I'll take a poll. We'll see. Anyways, it's going to be a lot of fun and tomorrow I will so spent.

I hope everyone has a great Halloween. Please be safe. Don't eat so much candy that you get a tummy ache. I'll let you know how everything goes. Wish me luck!

Ta ta,
Aims

When Michael Jackson passed away, his good friend Deepak Chopra shared that he had spoke to Jackson a few weeks before his death. He said that among many topics, Michael asked him for suggestions in reading material. After hearing this, I wrote Mr. Chopra and requested the name of the book he suggested to Jackson.

The book is one of poetry titled Gitanjali (copyright 1913). It is a collection of Indian poems by the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. I was reading it last night and allowed myself to take in the words. The poems aren't titled, but instead numbered. I turned to poem 29 because it is my favorite number, but also the date of my and Michael Jackson's birth.


29

He whom I enclose with my name is weeping in this dungeon. I am ever busy building this wall all around; and as this wall goes up into the sky day by day I lose sight of my true being in its dark shadow. 

    I take pride in this great wall, and I plaster it with dust and sand lest a least hole should be left in this name; and for all the care I take I lose sight of my true being.

Ladies and Gentlemen,

The lesson of the day is: Follow your gut.

That's all.

Good Day,
Aims

I've been missing. I've been so focused on certain things that I've let my friends and my family slip by me. Have you ever gotten that way? Where you're so stuck in a rut, or depressed, or focused on work, or a dream that you just miss the rest of the world going by? Yeah, it sucks doesn't it? Well, I've reached the point where I need to snap out of it. I need to not waste the days that I have. Life is so precious. Now, no need to worry. Nothing is wrong with me. I do tend to focus on the value of life thanks to my dear friend Carmen. I value so many things very deeply and just want to make sure that the people in my life know that I value them. My friends are immeasurable to me. I love each for various reasons. They've all taught me something. I admire each one. My family- oh gosh, I have spent so much time wondering what I could do to be better. A better Mother, a better wife, daughter, and sister. I've spent time examining all of my relationships and learned from the past so that I can be a better person. My thoughts now are different than what I first started with. There needs to be bend and sway. As well as a need to let expectations go. I've had to do a lot of that. You know, we get this idea in our head of how we want our family to be. Sometimes you just have to let go of all of that and love and accept love the way its presented.

Personally, I do have dreams and hopes. I have faith that if they are meant to come my way- with some work, that it'll happen. I have to know that it has nothing to do with my value or my worth. That has been an incredibly hard lesson for me to learn. Still. In these years of 'fog' I've learned so much. I know I have a lot more to learn. I look forward to it. But the important thing is that I want you to know that I don't want to go missing. I want to be here. I want to be active in the lives of those I know and love. No more sitting and waiting. I'm participating again.

Sorry for the deep babble. Just roll with it. Or ignore it and know that tomorrow will be a lot lighter. I promise!!!

Thanks for putting up with me. You're the best!!!

Be Well,
Aims

Hey Peeps! What's up? I am AMPED up! I've been drinking the best coffee ever and I am hy-per. Beyond belief hyper. I had a glass of wine with dinner and thought I was going to pass out at 6:30, so instead of having a second glass of wine, I decided to brew me some of the great bean elixir. So ladies and gentleman, here's my juice:




Green Mountain Sumatran Reserve. I get mine in the little K-cups for my Keurig, but the Green Mountain Coffee website said you can get it in ground coffee. BUT I don't drink it all the time. I don't want to become immune to the power of the fabulous great bean elixir. So, there you have it. If you try it, I hope you enjoy. By the way, it's extra bold, so you might want to have your big boy pants on.


In other news. Life is okay. Perspective is golden. Being present is very valuable. We are here to learn and grow from each experience and each encounter. Sometimes it's not pretty, but you just gotta push through. Can I get an 'amen'? So, let's go out there and give 'em hell! Hahahahahaha. Oh my gosh, I am so caffeinated.

This is a topic I've been taking inventory on personally. I'm the daughter of a truck driver and the wife of a sailor, so I have a pretty healthy mouth on me. I don't think over use profanity, but I am a regular offender. I saw this post on Twitter about cursing done by ABC's Juju Chang. What was said in it really made me think, so I thought I would post it here. Please watch the video.....maybe you'll walk away with a new perspective. Or maybe you'll go wash your mouth out with soap.

The Quick Fix: Juju Juggles Cursing - Juju Juggles

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LiveSTRONG,
Amy

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Bye bye Summer...... hello Fall!!!!!!!


Giants won.

Patriots lost!

Auburn won.

I sucked at picks this week.


I love Don Draper even though he's a naughty man.



I can feel the caffeine flowing through my veins.


How cute was Neil Patrick Harris on the Emmy's? And Alec Baldwin? And Drew?
Love 30 Rock.
Love Mad Men.
Love that creepy guy from Lost won.
The Daily Show.
And for the record, I love Jennifer Love Hewitt's look. So cute.


It's Monday and I'm looking forward to Friday. It's the first home game for the high school. I luvs me some football.

Okay kids, I need to get a move on. We'll talk more....in fragments, later.

I have stuff swirling around inside....electric. All good stuff. Good vibes. I'm not sure where it all came from, but I just woke up and as I finished 'waking up' I could feel this positive vibe inside. Some might say that it's a manic thing, but as far as I know, I'm not bi-polar, so I'm just going to roll with it. I believe that great things are about to happen. *huge smile

Can't let a moment pass by with regret. Can't be sad about what I don't have. Live. Go. Grab. Be at peace with trying my best.

I made enchiladas the other night. Like from scratch. I know, just amazing. Here's the deal though. They were super spicy. Make your nose run spicy! And then even worse, I got heartburn. Freaking heartburn! I NEVER get heartburn. Okay, that was last week and guess what? I have heartburn after eating dinner tonight! What's up with that? Is this what happens when you turn 35? Dear Lord, find some way to make it stop. I don't want Tums to be a part of my life.

I know. I'm just pitiful.

I got yelled at for deleting my blog. Sor-ry! Sometimes there are just things that you don't think are important, but they are. And then of course there are things you do think are important, and they aren't at all. You know what I'm sayin? Yeah, well I'm not sure I do. Hahaha.

I need a job. Seriously.
It'll all work out. I have faith that it will. I really do. Yes, it'll all be alright.

To teach theater and speech communications in high school. And no, I made other choices.

Why was Glee so sexual? What up with that?

It's that time again! I put together a Yahoo Pick Em group for the season. Basically all you do is go in and pick who you think will win each game for the week. It's not difficult. You don't have to be a diehard football fan to do it, and the competition (and trash talk) is fun.

Here's the link if you want to join: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/pickem

Click the link to join a private group.

Group Id# 47454
Password: cave09nfl

The first game is Thursday, September 10th so don't wait!!!!!!

There are several pictures on the internet and well, it looks like Eva is losing her lovable curves, not to mention she looks like she's off. I know in the past she has admitted to problems with .....substances. I hope she's not heading back in that direction. She's so beautiful. So so beautiful.







Older pictures of my girl crush:










Yeah, I'm a pig. Oink oink.