Blog Fodder

"Love me without fear, trust me without wondering, love me without restrictions, want me without demand, accept me the way I am."
 
This quote makes for good blog fodder. I am just not up to the task today so I am saving it for later. I stole it from somebody on facebook, LOL. OOOOO I really must quit using that! Haha…
Published in: on July 19, 2010 at 9:19 am  Leave a Comment  

Can’t Wait!

So I am loving summer, especially this one because it has been pretty hot and it makes for good swimming weather. There is nothing like spending hot days at the pool or beach. I had to take a break from the water this week-end though. My 6 year old nephew called me last night and wanted me to come swimming with him nut I had to tell him no. I felt bad but I guess I have an appointment with him today. He said "OK but you come over tomorrow and go swimming. Come over at 2 o’clock!" LOL. I have some pics I took with the water resistant camera of him and all the kids swimming I can’t wait to get developed. Well anyway as much as I am loving this summer I can’t wait until near the end of it, or for fall.
 
I also can’t wait for Labor Day week-end, we are doing the bridge walk this year. I need to start getting in shape for that though becuase it is a five mile walk and the bridge has an incline (a hump for lack of a better explanation). I am not at all sure how I am going to handle the whole heights thing – it makes me shaky (weak in the knees – ah! I don’t think I will make it) just thinking about being that high up over the Straights. Yikes, maybe I can wait for that.
 
Right not I am waiting in anticipation for the books I ordered to come in. I ordered all my books for fall semester plus some GRE practice books. Shows you how much of a nerd I am – I want to get a jump on my reading for fall! I also need to start thinking about the GRE. I probably should have taken it already but I am not ready. Just thinking about it makes me anxious but I can’t wait to get the books and start studying. This fall I really need to eat, breathe, poop and sleep psychology. If anyone thinks I am a bore now just wait until this fall. LOL. I can’t wait!
 
Some favorite bridge pics:
 
 
Published in: on July 19, 2010 at 8:45 am  Leave a Comment  

Tootie Boo Boo

I had a weird dream last night but what stands out the most is the fact that my old kitty, Tootie Boo Boo who has been dead for almost 4 years, was in the dream. I was holding her and petting her. I could actually feel her presence, I could actually smell her. Tootie always smelled like a store bought kitty – like new clothes from Hudsons (Hudsons = Macys). I just can’t get over how strongly I felt her presence. I actually think it was her ‘visiting’ me because try as I might I cannot re-create that feeling of her presence now. I wonder what the dream means…

Tootie Boo Boo – she was a stray cat that basically adopted my family. There was a rumour in the neighborhood that her name was Melissa and she belonged to a woman on our block who was dying of cancer. The woman’s husband did not take care of the cat while she was dying so there she was. I am not sure about that story and I didn’t investigate at the time. All I knew was there was a nice black cat hanging out by our house and she would wait for me to come home from work with scraps of food. I always did have a soft spot for cats. I convinced my Mom to take her in and that was the beginning of Tootie Boo Boo.

We realized that she was pregnant not long after we took her in. We also discovered that she may have been abused – when we bathed her she was full of oil and had what looked like cigarettes burns on her body. I named her Tootie because she had bad gas due to the pregnancy, LOL. She had her 4 kittens on my bed. Later she acquired the name Boo Boo – one day I was playing a sort of peek-a-boo game with her. I popped out around the couch at her and said “BOO” and she jumped about a foot high, I kid you not. It was a funny sight! Her eyes got wide and she jumped on all fours about a foot high! It looked like a cartoon. So after that I started calling her Boo Boo. She was quite a little character, my Boo Boo.

I loved that kitty. We had her about 16- 17 years. My Mom and I had to put her to sleep in September 2006 because she was sick – liver problems I believe. I thought she was going to die the year before but we were blessed one more year with Boo Boo before her illness could not be controlled. The thing I remember about the illness the year prior to her death is when I took her to her vet. It was on a Monday morning after being at the emergency animal hospital all week-end – her vet came in after looking at her labs and said rather dramatically (and brusquely), “She’s gonna’ die!” I was stunned but I turned and looked at Boo Boo as she turned toward me and looked at me with her wide, green eyes – I got the feeling we were both thinking the same thing, “Thanks for the info Mr. Obvious…we’re all gonna die, aren’t we?’ There was a connection between me and Boo Boo, I felt it. I started laughing and my sad mood lightened for a moment. I can’t explain it, just like I can’t explain the dream or why I feel the need to write about this today.

Published in: on July 19, 2010 at 8:19 am  Leave a Comment  

Tall Ships

The tall ships were in Bay City, Michigan this past week-end. Part of the highlights of living in the Great Lakes Region – a great interest in boats, sailing, etc. Bay City has a big tall ship festival every year and I always want to go but never seem to make it. I didn’t make it this year either darn it! I was talking with some friends who went and they said it was interesting but a lot of the ships were metal and not wood like the real old time ships would have been. They were somewhat disappointed by that and the fact that the festival closed early each day. I still would like to go and I will have to remember to keep my eyes open for the festival next year and plan ahead.
 
Talking about the festival got my memory working and I remembered when my husband and I (along with my stepson and parents) actually sailed on the tall ship Manitou in Grand Traverse Bay a few years back. The company is called the the Traverse Tall Ship Co. and they do just 2 hour trips to 2-3 day excursions. I really want to go sailing again and it would be great to sailing on the Great Lakes for a few days.
 
 
There are some other places in Michigan that have tall ship festivals also. A long, long, time ago my husband, stepson and I went to one in Detroit – with ships on both sides of the Detroit River. This had to be pre- 9/11 because we went over to Canada without a problem. I loved looking at all the replicas of old time sailing ships. I am not sure if Detroit does this every year or not – I have not seen or heard anything about it since but it was an awesome festival. I know Chicago has a festival also. I would love to check that out one day. I love history and I love the Great Lakes so pursuing this interest in tall ships would be fun and interesting.
 
 
Pictures of us on the Manitou
 
 
 
Ooooh I found some links:
 
 
 
 
 
Published in: on July 19, 2010 at 12:17 am  Leave a Comment  

My Wonderful Husband

I asked my husband what I should write about and he said "Write about how wonderful I am." LOL …typical male always thinking about how wonderful they are or a certain part of their anatomy is.
 
I was thinking about how wonderful he is though, especially to put up with me and all my eccentricities. He is a hard working man, and pretty tough in his way. I would say mentally tough because he has had to put up with a lot of BS and still keeps on going. He is very loving and thoughtful too. Also very goofy, which is important because I need to laugh on a daily basis.  I am lucky to have him – getting together with him was one of the best things that ever happened to me. I like to think that I am the best thing that ever happened to him too. LOL  
 
This about sums it up; my husband is so good at balancing all this:
 
"Love me without fear, trust me without wondering, love me without restrictions, want me without demand, accept me the way I am."
Published in: on July 17, 2010 at 10:43 pm  Leave a Comment  

Blogging is a funny thing.

So I want to get this blog thing going on and I want to write about more than just myself, haha. I really must be forgiven for blogging so much about ME – I learned about blogging from a self-centered gay guy. Seriously though, I just have a lot of ‘me’ stuff I want to explore and get out there right now. Better to get it done now (while I am in school and being forced to be so ‘self’ focused) so later I can concentrate on other things. Plus I feel like I am only qualified to write about my experiences and I want to keep a record of my memories – blogging (or at least publishing/saving it online in one place) is a good way to do that, in my opinion.

 
I just feel the more I write the easier I will find it to express myself in other areas. I want to try to achieve a balance though. For every negative thing I write, write something positive; for every ‘ME’ thing I write, bring in an outside perspective or write something totally not about me. This is going to be challenging.
 

I do have some qualms about who may read my little meanderings of the mind (LOL) but for the most part I like to live my life like an open book and if people can’t take it, can’t accept me the way I am then tant pis! Too bad for them and too bad for me.

 
 
Published in: on July 17, 2010 at 2:00 am  Leave a Comment  
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