Crystal Clear

Not Sure I Get

This...I put in my blog address and got something purple with lots of leaves and growth... Google ended up with a white short thing...Yahoo had more colors... Let me know what you think....

Kind of

Feels like Alice in Wonderland...

Oo Oo Oo!!!!

    Well I knew this day would come...yep... I bit... I am now starting to use an RSS aggregator and it is simply like having a new toy... I feel all giggly and goofy and just wish there was someone here who could appreciate all of this!!!! I  tried some radio RSS thing but although it might be terribly powerful and worth the 39.95 after my 30 day trial I find the other one I decided to start working with much more user-friendly...So the one I am using is RSS Reader . It so far leaves Radio whatever in the dust as far as fun and easy... I will keep you updated. I am off to play with it for 10 minutes or so before Bryceton and I have our Yoga hour and then I am watching ...you knew it...American Idol....

Hey I am Evolving...

I started out about a week or two ago in the ecosystem as a smiling microbe.. now I am

Hemmoraging the Green Stuff and Heart Stuff

I loved getting a thought- provoking comment from Andy and actually started a thoughtful response to it this morning before heading to dropping off each munchkin..I did save it as a draft but now so much has happened I may or may not get back to it before the election...At the worst I will post my unedited response this weekend...
The past 24 hours are a pretty good example of the stress I deal with and work under and fight against and try to not give up by running through the streets like a screaming meme...
First my beloved POS Chevy Blazer was left at AAMCO yesterday because I know the transmission is going out...I thought it could be fixed for around $1200 and that I would just drive it into the ground after this major hemmorage...Prolonging the inevitable. When I signed the estimate it was for $780 and I then ended up at Enterprise and because I need to get back to work I didn't throw a fit when they saddled me with a Cadillac figuring it would only be one day...Well to wind this part of the stress story up it ends up the estimate for putting in a transmission and front brakes and some motor casket gasket thing a ma jig being $3339!!!!!!!YIKES the Kelly Blue Book for my beloved POS is less than that...So I am stuck in paying them to put the transmission back in and then having to buy a new car. So then it becomes...New or Used? Buy or Lease? What car? At least in my mind the choice of cars is pretty simple it is either a PT Cruiser or a Mini-van...I am pretty sure I am going to buy and not lease and yet bottom line is I don't want to research all this right now...
On Thursday mornings I attend a treatment team meeting for the 3 CARE group homes I work with. Today was a very uncomfortable and painful day as we discussed the need for one of the young men to leave and return to juvenile hall and eventually onto a different group home placement. M has been with the group home for 39 months. That is an eternity for this type of client...His leaving CARE now may have profound life altering consequences...M means a great deal to me but I just finally reached a point where concern for my safety and the safety of others outweighed the changes he has indeed made. Sometimes decisions and choices are made regarding these type of kids and I know the decisions although hard to make really are in their best interests. This time is different in that I know part of why I made this decision is because it is in my best interest (aka safety) to not treat him as a therapist any longer. Probably more in my best interest than his. Hard to explain and hard to understand. I just don't give up on people. I just don't give up on these kids. These kids can't have people give up on them. I know I have not really given up on M but am afraid that is the way he is going to perceive it. This decision did not come quickly or lightly. I am clear on it and am certain there was no way out of it or around it. I just will continue to pray for him and hope that someday he will understand he did this and brought this upon himself. I never would have chosen this exit for him. My hope is he will face the reality of what his poor choices have brought and cost him and get back on the path that is true for him. Is that enough of a confusing paragraph to give you a taste of some of the work stress I manage?
So also today I realized was not only the 30th and I need to send my rent check but also need to add $450 for having the Ivy cut back which then leads to the Oh Shoot it means that October 1 is tomorrow and so the kids' quarterly health insurance premium is due...I knew tomorrow was Nethan's appointment with C HELL A with Dr. Derdoy and I am not going to help out with Bryceton's classroom but shoot the 9 am appointment means we need to leave here by 7am which means I need to drop off Bryceton with somebody so they can drop him at school by 8:05...That ends up taking 2 phone calls as the first family wasn't home...I was looking forward to actually watching the debate...a real grown-up event....Well we made it home just as they started and I told Bryceton he could go for it and have anything he wanted to eat for dinner but he starts asking what that means and what can he have and I realize I still need to make something for Nethan.... So while trying to watch the debate I am pouring Bryceton a bowl of Frosted Flakes and heating up a frozen dinner for Nethan. Nethan ends up whining and moaning through most of his dinner because he has some major tooth trying to pop through...Awful awful pain... I send Bryceton to the medicine cabinet to get the homeopathic teething gel and the Ibuprofen...I put on Nethan's PJs, administer drugs, and give him mommy milk... he finally passes out...
Yep I think this conveys a bit of the stress I dealt with during the past 24 hours...From what I saw of the debate and heard even less through the tears and crying... I thought Senator Kerry did a very very good job and definitely won the debate. I am still voting for Bush though and Andy my post in response to your questions will probably explain that so come on back now ya' hear!

My Version of the Olympics

Until the opening ceremonies were actually happening I honestly had no idea it was even an Olympic year. Yes I know I should probably be embarassed or ashamed to be so out of the loop but I just have no interest and actually could go off on quite a rant about all that is very very very wrong about the Olympics...Instead I will share Yeti Sports with you. I found them on Fej's Blog and they really are quite a hoot in addition to being able to suck an hour out of you before you even know it...Clearly I should have followed Jeff's example though and made Bryceton's lunch for the first day of school before I started playing...Guess I just send him with a Lunchable since I still have to clean up dishes from dinner and get the video camera and digital camera ready for the First Day of 2nd Grade footage...

Better Than Sliced Bread

If you have ever clicked on the Moblog side link then you know that I am the proud owner of a TREO 600 and I am trying to improve my skills at taking pictures with it. You may not know that I think this phone truly is a Smartphone and is better than sliced bread. I bought mine through Amazon back at Christmas time for a present for myself and frankly I fall a bit more in love with it each and every single day... Tonight I downloaded MMPlayer and am now able to watch MOVIES on my phone....When I was in Hawaii I had purchased the Pocket-tunes and was able to use Shoutcast to listen to various radio stations and my MP3 collection... So on the beach I was listening to music and playing chess with my phone. Basically my phone is a phone and a whole lot more...It is also a camera and it is a date book and all that other palm stuff and is really an ipod too ...well actually I think it is far cooler than an ipod cause you can also play games and a whole lot more.... This thing is major fun and I would of course suggest you do the same and get one right now cause trust me you will thank me. Yes it is a tad pricey but when you think about it ..and trust me I did think a great deal about it... you carry your phone with you each and everyday and will carry a phone for several years...So really it is quite the deal! Just think of how much an ipod costs alone or a gameboy advance or a phone! So get one and then we can SMS each other and send pictures to one another and you can keep up with this and other blogs and you will wonder like I do now ... How did I ever live without it?....
Will write more some other day and put up the links to the stuff I have on mine but right now I am going to go play a bit more with it...Yes I have had it since Christmas but it is the gift that keeps on giving and giving and giving...Any questions ask away...

I Should be Ashamed...

How did I ever not know about this?

I told you I was an internet junkie...How else could you explain surfing the web intermittently for hours while in Hawaii getting a kick out of stuff like that??

Ok but in my defense, it is raining and Nethan is taking a nap and I did partially clean the condo this morning.....

Happy Mother's Day

You Typepad Savvies Have NO Idea...

Really you have no idea how long and frustrating and yet rewarding and crazy-making typepad and blog stuff can be. I just spent god knows how long trying to get the link for my newly listed blogshares listing up under the "Worthwhile Surfin" list. Of course NOW it seems so ultra simple and sensical. I was trying to make it a whole lot more difficult. I was trying to make it like HTML..... Joke is on me. I don't even know what I am doing with HTML! So you see maintaining this blog is fun for me in that sense. I know I am crazy and weird but there is just something sooooooooo satisfying about figuring something like this out. Especially or rather in spite of the fact it is figuring it out myself. You may find it so simple you don't even realize ...

Stress Test

Hmmm I either have too much time on my hands or I am just happy in my own little cyber world. However, this test settles it.

Insomnia S U C K S

Have I mentioned lately how much I love my Treo 600?. It truly has become a wonderful companion. The camera on it is not that great but I am quite forgiving. I also have decided that for at least one of the photo challenges I am doing I am going to challenge myself to use my Treo. For example here is an entry for "Curves" for the Tuesday Phototime Challenge. If you realize how smart this phone is you really need to get one. If you do please let me know what you think

I surf too much

I always think I will post b e f o r e I surf but then one thing leads to another and next thing you know I am too tired to really post anything of any value. Maybe an excuse? Who knows I do know this site is just too fun to be missed.