Monthly Archives: July 2010

Pauline’s Daily Tweets

  • Sakura was spazzing big time this am….jumping on everything with her claws and fluffing out….got Drew freaking and fluffing his tail. #
  • Human rights activist tries to stop death by stoning for Iranian woman – http://lnk.ms/91PB2 #cnn Sick, twisted& misogynist =( #
  • Nothing like getting badged through my work email…..makes me very irritable towards people right now. #
  • At least I got a good workout in today, weather is still overcast and chilly…..ggeezz #
  • Marijuana Prohibition And "Racism Without Racists" http://lnk.ms/BMvxj #
  • Watching Gasland : http://lnk.ms/BN59R This is extremely, extremely disturbing…now we know what Cheney's close meeting were about. =( #
  • 'Gasland' Documentary Shows Water That Burns, Toxic Effects Of Natural Gas Drilling http://lnk.ms/91hrZ #
  • New Law Provides Support for Families Who Care for Injured Soldiers – ABC News: http://lnk.ms/BN5gY #
  • Punishing the Unemployed – http://lnk.ms/91rxc #
  • Once revered, Rangel stumbles after reaching top http://lnk.ms/BNKc1 #
  • Will SB 1070 hinder abuse victims? http://lnk.ms/BNQLl #
  • First Amendment suspended in the Gulf of Mexico as spill cover-up goes Orwellian – http://lnk.ms/BNcXj WTF? #
  • Supreme Court Press – http://lnk.ms/BNqdY #

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Pauline’s Daily Tweets

  • The Afghan War and the Spirit of Jefferson http://huff.to/bv1jSl #
  • Jacob Leicht, 1,000th Serviceman Killed In Afghanistan, Born On Independence Day http://huff.to/ceiu8o #
  • Ghana team cheered up by meeting Nelson Mandela http://yhoo.it/d2qUnk #
  • Well, I goof something while updating on my small private blog and it is down. =( I submitted a ticket, but with it being a holiday… #
  • And it just being a small personal thing, I understand if it isn't fixed until tomorrow….feel bad about causing more grief for the techs #
  • 8 Historic Symbols That Mean The Opposite of What You Think http://lnk.ms/BLJXv I LOVE that part about Thomas Paine….grin #
  • Report: Female Circumcision in Iraqi Kurdistan Still HighRead more: http://lnk.ms/BLKYb #
  • The Fight of the Century — Really – Culture – The Atlantic: http://lnk.ms/8zy5Z #
  • The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till http://lnk.ms/BLP37 Just got done watching that unjustice. #
  • Founding Fathers' Rap 2010 http://lnk.ms/BLPLl #
  • Sinking oil threatens historic Gulf shipwrecks http://lnk.ms/BLPW1 #
  • The First Amendment http://lnk.ms/BLPbT #
  • Just went for a quick walk to get out of the house. It is overcast and in the low 70s, so the house is chilly and we dress accordingly…lol #
  • Watching An Unfinished Life http://lnk.ms/90GvD I really like this movie……classic. #
  • I did want to wish everyone a safe and great 4th of July….among all the fun, try and remember the true meaning of the day. =) #
  • How We Adopted the Fourth of July – http://lnk.ms/BLj4K #
  • With a Veto, the Miller House Is Left Unprotected – http://lnk.ms/BLjJY Where Gen Washington planned the Battle of the White Plains #
  • Robert Byrd and the Bard – http://lnk.ms/BLmvn I thought that this was interesting #
  • RT @theGrio Why blacks should embrace the red, white and blue http://lnk.ms/90Vzr How black history is american…. #
  • Just got back in from walking down the block and watching the firework across the river in the hills of WA. #
  • The fireworks look great in the hills, much better then the flat lands of the midwest. =) #

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My random thoughts…

11:42 Even after watching it 100+ times, my doofy wife still cries during “Wall-E”… women…
12:52 Geeze, amazing its still 0-0 #worldcup
13:10 Wow! What a score by Spain! #worldcup

Pauline’s Daily Tweets

  • 'Airplane!' 30th Anniversary: Pick Your Favorite Quote! http://lnk.ms/8yKLG #
  • Cat lovers will LOVE this…grin Lions Tigers vs BOXES! http://lnk.ms/8yT1r #
  • Hubby was making fun of me for still tearing up over WALL*E even though I've seen it a 100 times……lol #
  • Hubby has the #worldcup on….I think mainly because there is nothing else….but we still get sucked in. =) #
  • Politics and the Supreme Court – Politics – The Atlantic: http://lnk.ms/8yXsG #
  • RT @religulous: "I Think. Therefore I Am An Atheist." ~ Bumper Sticker #
  • Vacuuming and wiping down the inside of my truck…holy cow those spiders get their webs everywhere….in places you don't even realize. =) #
  • Got the inside of my truck clean, wasn't that bad…just lots of spiderwebs…don't go out that much to notice the nooks & crannies. =) #
  • Blogger face-off: What is patriotism? – The Hill's Pundits Blog: http://lnk.ms/BKJW9 #
  • The Secret Founding Fathers http://lnk.ms/BKYbx #
  • July 4th's Forgotten Partisan History http://lnk.ms/BKYk9 #
  • Fourth of July 1776, 1964, 2010 – http://lnk.ms/BKZwC This ties current senators that trashed Marshall to the racist Thurmond's tactics #
  • Just took my 151st mugshot! http://www.dailymugshot.com/main/show/44426 #
  • Oil Companies Reap Billions From Subsidies – http://lnk.ms/BKbnq This turns my stomach. =( #

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Summer Time

I hope everyone has had a good summer beginning.  Ours has been below average on temps and way over on rain…icks….still waiting for summer weather…dry and comfortable.  We were in the 60s this pass Wed/Thurs and we are suppose to be hitting the 90s this upcoming Wed/Thurs.  Lets just say I’ll believe it when I see it.  I really don’t want it to hit the 90s…I want mid 80s, that is perfect.  Then our house doesn’t have that chill and we can wear shorts and tank tops.  =)

I did finally vacuum out my poor truck in about a year today.  Those spiders get into everything and left cobwebs everywhere….lol

We haven’t been up to much other then work and the normal.  We do need to get a hike in, that I would like.  Not sure where, at this time of the year the mountains and Crater Lake still have a bit of snow.  If it melting you have higher rivers/creeks to deal with when crossing.  So we have to balance that.

We will be heading up to Canada sometime this month for a bbq with our sister-in-law  Eliza and our nephews.  It will be to in remembrance of Diesel, since it has been a year that we lost him.  But it will be great to see how our nephews have grown, they are so young that they grow so fast.  I miss seeing them.

We are still doing the gym.  I know it sounds annoyingly repetitive, but considering it is so easy to fall into bad habits the fact that we are still doing a good one….I’m grateful and proud of.  It has been over 2yrs and I’ll take it.  I will say that I didn’t end the week on a good note.  I did good Mon-Wed, but Thurs and Fri I was not mentally in it at all.  I did get my cardio and weights in, but didn’t get my 20mins on abs.  It didn’t help that I didn’t do very well on my eating habits this past week.  Went over my normal daily 2k a day, so I need to do better this week. My sweet tooth and munch urges just kicked in big time….drove me nuts.

I spent the week doing my normal….working, what else?  LOL  Which is partly why I died at the gym Thurs and Fri, my brain was on that and won’t stop.

Last weekend I couldn’t get a hold of my extra sister, Sandi.  Her dad isn’t doing very well at all and is in hospice and I knew that she would be visiting and dealing with the drama that is her siblings.  I knew that they would be totally, totally stressing her out and a few of siblings are good for tearing her down……and totally negate the ones that are supportive of her..ggrrr  So I was totally stressing about getting a hold of her and checking in.  Anything to make her feel better and let her vent.

Well, that didn’t happen, so I sent her encouraging texts and my sister Melinda actually got lucky and got a hold of her.  Since I wasn’t doing to good on making contact to her, I googled her parents and got their number and made a call.  She wasn’t there, but I was able to find out what was going on and let Ma vent some.  Between me trying to get a hold of her, texting and Melinda actually making contact, it was a help to her and made her feel better.

I was not happy to hear what her siblings was putting Ma though and I knew if Ma was going through hell, then Sandi wasn’t doing too well.  =(  I let mom know that I was in her corner and whenever she needed to talk, she can vent at me.

Sandi’s siblings were totally surprised to hear that I even called Ma just to make contact, that I wasn’t too happy about what Ma was going through and then turn around and my little sister called her.  Sad, that we give her more emotional support then her some of own drama selfish siblings.  If her husband Ed wasn’t there for support, she would’ve totally lost it…no idea how he puts up with her family sometimes.  Tries and keeps peace just for her and her parents sake.

Sandi is finally back home (a state away…which is a good thing when dealing with them) and eating, trying to get a sense of her self back, I spent 3 hours on the phone with her last night.  She couldn’t hold anything down while dealing with them.  I’m going to try and give Ma a call tomorrow to check in.  I just suck at it due to the 3hr difference.  I wish I could be there to help Ma and her, those are the 2 that I really care and worry about.

My god daughter Cassie has made me feel old.  She graduated from HS, turned 19 and is now expecting her baby in Dec….wow.  I remember when Sandi was pregnant with her at my HS graduation.  I was so totally afraid that she was going to have her right there…..lol  Ended up having her a few weeks later.  I was looking at some pictures that were just taken barely 10yrs ago….damn, she has grown.

I found some paper where I can make my own postcards.  If you didn’t know, when we travel I love getting postcards and sending it to my family.  =)  So now, unless we are doing a bunch of traveling and I want to get them postmarked from that location, I can just use the pictures that we take for them.  I totally love that.  Especially when we are doing hiking around here in OR.  I spent time figuring out how to the line up everything and even printing out the addresses and messages on the back.  With my horrible handwriting I’m doing the post office a favor…..lol  I already sent out postcards from our visit to the coast in May…..grin

Our kitties are doing good. Drew and Sakura are now 2yrs old.  Drew is such a long cat and is still in the over energetic teen stage that drives his sister Sakura nuts.  Sakura has become a chunk bugger that is addicted to brushing…..grin  She is such a spoiled daddy’s girl and Drew is very much a momma boy when it comes to bedtime.  Alexis is going to be 16 this coming Oct and tries her best to ignore Drew and Sakura….lol

I’m currently half way through President Bill Clinton autobiography, My Life.  It is huge with a lot of policy thoughts and stories on where they came from.  You can tell that he likes to show where an idea came from.  It is interesting.  I have Audition by Barbara Walters and My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House by Lillian Rogers Parks that I would love to get into next.

It is amazing how long it takes to right just a few things…..lol….but that is what is going on so far around here.  =)