Since I got a new camera over the weekend, I have decided to copy many of the blogs I have seen and start a photoblog. I am calling it Scenes from the Parenthesis. So far I don't have much up. And while I am figuring out my camera, the pics might be a little rough, so be gentle.

Okay this is for Ms Wendi. And I did change it a little, instead of Top 10 list of who I'd have unadulterated, wild, passionate, unabashed sex with if I could, I am going more milder, the top ten list I have big ol crushes on...

1. Vincent D'Onofrio!

2.Sting

3. Jeese L Martin

4. Nicholas Cage, from way back in Valley Girl

5. John Travolta, from way back in Grease

6. Johnny Depp, remember 21 Jump Street?

7. Jerry O'Connell

8. Steve Valentine

9. Andre Braugher

10. And did I mention Vincent D'Onofrio?

Jeez that was hard...
Oh and I tag whoever wants to do this, lol

This is Olee. He is a Blue Crowned Conure. Great temperment, and very friendly. I am just happy.

I am a happy camper right now. (do people still say that or will I get the you are so lame eye roll from my son?) I got my books, I got my books. I can't begin to describe how my I love opening a book for the first time, e it a fiction or non fiction book. Don't matter, the window to a new world thing. I am so looking forward to setting up this website. I really want to do something special and unexpected for my Dad. It s hard to get anything for him, he either gets whatever he wants when he wants it or he has hobbies that you can't really buy things for without him being right there. So this will be really cool.

Oh in case you haven't noticed I changed the look of my blog. I just couldn't look at the grey anymore. I know, I know, I just said I wanted grey but not in my blog, in my sky. Which by the way is a beautiful blue, with light clouds and you guessed it WINDY. It was a good thing I went out and got the trash can yesterday because the folks that didn't had to walk the neighborhood to find theirs. Gotta love the wind.(did you feel the sarcasm in my voice?) I am also thinking about adding a new thing to side, my current Netflix movie. I will think about and do it after the bus if I do it.

Now back to my books!

This quiz just made me smile...

Your 80s Heartthrob Is

Jason Bateman

I was going to try and do a whole theme thing today but I can't think of a theme that I like so I guess I am going to go random, because I am feeling a bit random today anyways. (that sentence would have made my college comp teacher nuts)

1. I really like going to the supermarket, food shopping. I love going to new stores and wander around, looking at the different stuff. It is the putting away of stuff I hate.

2. When I was growing up I didn't like my name. People always said it the wrong way, mine is Meegan, long e. It is Welsh version. Anyways, I always wanted my name to be Jean, so when ever we would play a make-believe type game that was always my name.

3. I no longer can sleep unless I have socks on, even in the summer. Don't know why, but it just is.

~I love shopping on line,the prices are great and the selection just can't be beat at places like Amazon. But I want my stuff! I have decided to teach myself HTML. (And yes I know there is sites out there that are free, but I like having a book.) I want to surprise my Dad by setting up a website for his art. He is a very talented artist and I would love to set up a site for him to sell his work. So I found some great books at Barnes and Noble, came home checked the price on Amazon and with the free shipping saved tons. So now I am just waiting, and waiting and waiting. Did I mention I hate waiting? Hopefully it will be here tomorrow.

~Do any of you get those telemarketing calls that ask you to wait for the next available person? Those are the ones I hate the most, how rude to call me them basically put me on hold. Now I am on that do not call list, but still I get the calls.

~The is great here today. Sunny and almost 60. And frankly it is depressing to me. I think I have SAD in reverse. I want grey, cold, cloudy and snowing. It is winter for crying out loud. In Colorado, it is supposed to snow! Or at the very least be cold enough to wear a sweater without risking a heat stroke.

~Emma just shared with me what she wants to be when she grows up. A bunny, one that hops. When do we change for wanting to be a bunny to a real career? Alli has, she has 3 careers picked either police officer, baby doctor (and this one has Emma being the doctor that babies out of mom's tummies) or a drawer (I think that is an artist)

Well I think that is all the random odd thoughts I have going right now. Clay is due home from the Keystone Science School, where he has been all weekend. Can't wait to hear all about it.

Hey the sun went behind a cloud, Yippee!

Feel free to copy and post on your blog!

_______Best________
1. Male friend: Ron (DH)
2. Female friend: Hmmm.... don't really have one
3. Vacation: Hawai'i
4. Memory: each of the kids births

_______Worst________
1. Time of day: that time of night when you wake up, know something is wrong but can't figure out what, usually about 3:30am
2. Day of the week: don't really have one, I guess Monday
3. Food: most seafood, I don't like fish
4. Memory: the call when we found out Ron's little sister died or the call about Grandma's stroke

______Lasts_______
1. Person you saw: my kids coming home from school
2. Talk on the phone: Ron
3. Hugged: My youngest, Emma
4. Email/message: My Mom
5. IM: My oldest, Brit

_______Today________
1. What are you doing now: I could be smart and say taking this survey, but I am also playing wordox
2. Tonight: date night with Ron
3. Wearing: My apple sweatshirt and grey pants
4. You eat for lunch: leftover potato soup
5. Better then yesterday: about the same, which is good

________Tomorrow________
1. Is a good day to be alive: yes
2. Got any plans: work
3. Dislikes about tomorrow: not really
4. Do you have work: yes

________Favorites________
1. Number: 99
2: Song: right now, Scared Love, by Sting
3. Color: red
4. Season: fall
5. State: here, Colorado

1. Have you ever been searched by the cops? questioned, not searched
2. Do you close your eyes on roller coasters? Nope
3. When's the last time you've been sleigh riding? Like the one horse open type? High school
4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone? Depends on the person
5. Do you believe in ghosts? yes
6. Do you consider yourself creative? yes
7. Have you ever Ice Skated? yes, indoor and outdoor
8. How often do you remember your dreams? most nights, not always a good thing
9. When was the last time you laughed so hard you were crying? over the weekend
10. Do you believe in love at first sight? lust yes, true love, no
11. Do you know who Ba-Ba-Booey is?nope
12. Do you always wear your seatbelt? yes
13. What talent do you wish you had? I wish I was artistic
14. Have you ever been on TV? yes
15. Have you ever narrowly avoided a fatal accident? yes
16. What do you wear to bed? depends on 2 things, temperature and who I am with
17. Been caught stealing? out of mom's purse
18. Does size matter? yes
19. Do you truly hate anyone? no
20. Do you like Rap or Rock n Roll? both, depends on the song
21. If you could sleep with one famous person, who would it be?Not really my style
22. Do you have a relative in prison? By marriage, yes
23. Have you ever sang in front of the mirror like your favorite singer? No
24. Do you know how to play chess? yes
25. What food do you find disgusting? most fish
26. Did you ever play, "I'll show you mine, if you show me yours"? no
27. Have you ever made fun of your friends behind their back? no
28. Have you ever stood up for someone you hardly knew? yes
29. Have you ever been punched in the face? elbowed, slapped, kneed and kicked yes, never punched
30. When is the last time you threw up? Over the weekend
31. Have you ever walked out on a movie at the theater? Once a long time ago, Firefox
32. Do you ever sit through a bad movie, just to see how bad it is? yes I have
33. Would you consider yourself obsessed with anything/anyone? no
34. Have you ever met someone famous that you really wanted to meet? yes, a bunch of the Broncos
35. Have you ever been stood up? yes
36. When's the last time you screamed at the top of your lungs? this morning when I was calling Nate from the basement and he was upstairs
37. Did you ever do something that you didn't want to, just to fit in? yes
38. Do you consider yourself "the biggest fan" of something? no

Well it is snowing to beat the band this morning so I thought I would do a wintry themed TTT

1. My favorite comfort food meal to make for snowy days is really thick potato soup. (Will be starting that soon too)
2. Eventhough I have lived in Colorado my entire life I have never been downhill skiing. Cross Country yes but never downhill.
3. Shovelling the driveway, walk, whatever is one of my favorite chores. I think it is because you can she the results to easily.

Yes it is windy again. Seems like that is all we have had this winter, wind no snow. I want my snow dang it.

I had every intention of sitting down and writing a witty , introspective piece today but I just don't have it in me. Don't know why. Maybe because I woke up with a headache. Nothing starts a day off on the wrong foot like a good morning headache. Maybe I am not in an introspective mood, who knows. I have had a pretty good day so far. The weather is beautiful (if you ignore the wind) and I love watching the girls play before the bus. They jump, spin and laugh. Oh that laugh, I love that laugh. Unguarded and with their whole being. Emma does everything with her whole being. From wearing her princess dress (old Halloween stuff) to jumping off the bed (cannonball!!!) to watching Finding Nemo. When does that change? When do we start guarding ourselves? Half laughing? Half living? I see it in the kids. Not as much as adults or some kids, but some. We laugh a lot here. Belly holding, snorting, tears rolling down your face laughing. Hopefully that won't change, I want them to feel safe here, safe to be silly, safe to cry, safe to rage, safe to live. That is what home should be, safe.

I thought about using the I have a dream quote for thoughts of the week, but I couldn't post the whole thing. This man was important in so many ways and in a very real way Ron and I wouldn't be to together or have the kiddos without him and the others that worked so hard. So here is the the complete text of the speech. If you would like to hear the speech Click here

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity.

But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.

But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.

As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality. We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

I am such a dork. The littlest and strangest things make me so very happy. While walking home from work today I watched a bag float and dance on the wind. I am pretty sure I was grinning like an idiot. Hmm what are some of the other things that have made me happy today? Finding School House Rock on Napster (I think it was Napster). Loved School Rock, that was waaay back went Saturday mornings meant cartoons. Super Friends, Fat Albert and Bugs Bunny. Hey anybody remember Land of the Lost. I loved that show, we used to play it in the back yard. Oh and Isis, loved that show. What else happy- wise, oh Law and Order is new tonight, loving that. And on that same note their is a Vincent movie on this week. Hmmm, what else? Oh I know reading a virgin Sunday paper. I am anal about very few things, but the order to which I read the paper, especially the Sunday is one of them and I hate reading a paper that has already been read. Thankfully I have an understanding hubby. Oh and the biggest thing that is making me happy right now, all of my kiddos are laughing... Pretty good day....

I have been up all night with sick kids, so with that as my mind set, I think I will use that as a theme today.

1. When I am really sick, I can't sleep. Everybody else in the world sleeps when they are sick but not me.
2. One of my favorite memories when I was little was my Dad bringing me Sesame Street finger puppets when I was sick. Do they even make finger puppets anymore?
3. One of the comfort foods my Mom used to make me when I was sick was what she called a Flapper Coke. Vanilla ice cream with Coke poured on it. To me that is what vanilla coke and pepsi taste like.

Shelia started this, lol.


You are Poetry.
You are often the most emotional of the arts. You
are introverted, in that you tend to let people
come to you rather than trying to get their
attention. You get along well with Music and
Literature.


What form of art are you?
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This list of words is from Lake Superior State University for 2006. Click here for the complete list. I spent way to much time this afternoon reading and laughing.

Lake Superior State University 2006 List of Banished Words

SURREAL – One part opiate of the masses, 13 parts overuse. Oddly, news anchor and television small talk is becoming more surreal. “Dreams are surreal, not daily adjectives.” – Tracy from Murray, Ky.

HUNKER DOWN – To brace oneself, in anticipation of media onslaught. Trotted out in reports about everything from politics to hurricanes. “I have a hankering to ban all of this hunkering.” – Kate Rabe Forgach, Fort Collins, Colo.

PERSON OF INTEREST – Found within the context of legal commentary, but seldom encountered at cocktail parties. “People with guns want to talk with you.” – Melissa Carroll from Greensboro, NC. “Does this mean the rest of us are too boring to deal with?” – Patricia Johnson from Mechanicsville, Va.

COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS – A five-dollar phrase on a nickel-errand. Value-added into many higher education mission statements. “Not to be confused with ‘school.'” – Jim Howard from Mishawa, Ind.

UP OR DOWN VOTE – A casualty of today's partisanship. No discussion on this one; the committee just tossed a coin. “I see a bright future for ex-senators as elevator operators.” — Allan Dregseth, Fargo, ND.

BREAKING NEWS – Once it stopped presses. Now it's a lower-intestinal condition brought about by eating dinner during newscasts. “Now they have to interrupt my supper to tell me that Katie Holmes is pregnant.” — Michael Raczko, Swanton, Ohio.

DESIGNER BREED – Many nominators consider this a bastardization of dog breeding. It may be a good line to use on angry neighbors when an un-neutered dog escapes. “When you mate a miniature schnauzer to a toy poodle, it's not a ‘Schnoodle,' it's a mongrel.” – George Bullerjahn, Bowling Green, Ohio.

FEMA – Dedicated to the memory of a great federal agency consigned to the ash heap of parody. “If they don't do anything, we don't need their acronym.” – Josh Hamilton, Tucson, Ariz.

FIRST-TIME CALLER – Preamble often heard on talk radio. “I am serious in asking: who in any universe gives a care?” – Miguel McCormick, Orlando, Fla.

PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO YOU! – Marketing catch phrase that became a lost-leader long ago. “Read: Pass the markup along to you.” – C. W. Estes, Roanoke, Tex.

97% FAT FREE – Adventures in delusion. “Still has 3% fat . . . accept it.” – Andrew Clucas, Canberra, Australia.

AN ACCIDENT THAT DIDN'T HAVE TO HAPPEN – Best-laid mayhem. “This means some accidents need to happen, for whatever reason, I can't figure.” — Thomas Price, Orlando, Fla.

JUNK SCIENCE – Banished from the Marketplace of Ideas. “It's not scientists who are using this phrase so much as the people who practice junk politics.” – Ron LaLonde, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada.

GIT-ER-DONE – (Any of its variations) It's overdone. “There's no escaping it. It's everywhere, from TV to T-shirts,” says Amanda Tikkanen of LaGrange, Ind. “Please tell me when we're done with this one.”

DAWG – No designer breed here. Someone should wash out this Spot. “Even parents are starting to use it!” – complains Mrs. Swartz's Fifth Grade Class in Church Road, Va. “This is species confusion.” – Rob Bowers, Santa Clara, Calif. “Don't call me ‘dawg'! I'm not your pet!” – Michael Swartz, Albuquerque, NM.

TALKING POINTS – Cover your ears! “Topics which will please those you want to impress.” – Michele Mooney, Van Nuys, Calif. Joe Wonsetler of Swanton, Ohio, believes the phrase was created after PR staffers stopped attending seminars on how to put a positive ‘spin' on their press releases.

HOLIDAY TREE – Many salvoes were fired during this past season's “war on Christmas.” At the risk of jumping into the breach, the committee feels that “Holiday tree” is a silly name for what most folks hold as a Christmas tree, no matter your preference of religion. Thank goodness we all agree on the first day of winter.

LSSU accepts nominations for the List of Banished Words throughout the year. To submit your nomination for the 2007 list, go to www.lssu.edu/banished.

This will be my 3 goals for 2006

1. Continue to get healthy, both by eating better stuff and exercising.
2. Finish 3 large cross stitch projects, this makes me focus on relaxing
3. Teach myself HTML and create a professional looking web site for my Dad's artwork

Not glamorous but realistic and me

Kids back in school, life returned. I love my kids, but 2 weeks is enough. I miss having my alone time with the girls. And I miss having my house the way I want it. I am not overly anal about housekeeping, ask my Mother. She will tell you, plenty. But there are somethings that drive me crazy. The blankets, I can't stand them not folded, and there is something in my boys' (and that includes Ron) Y chromosome that prevents them from folding, it is more of a wadding thing. Anyhow...
Had some fun yesterday, took Brit clothes shopping. I was surprised that he openly allowed his mom to be so involved. Although the fact I didn't not follow him into the dressing room to check the fit of the jeans, I am sure is a big plus. It was nice to be out with him, talking and really listening. I can honestly say that I not only love my kids but I genuinely like them. The only blip was work. I stopped in to get my check and check on somethings and now I fear I am being drawn into some drama. We are a small shop, less than 10 of us working there. One of the girls is a high schooler, and not dependable. When I was a manager, if she had pulled the stuff she does I would have fired her a long time ago. Anyhow, she is basically spreading stories, some about my work habits. I confronted the manager who had told the owner I was lazy and she was shocked, she never said it, and I could tell she was really upset. So the manager has spoken to the owner and she may be out of a job come Saturday. And I am not terribly worried but I don't want anything to come back on me. I did not spread any untruths about her, I only was concerned with the things that she was saying about the manager calling me lazy. Ugh. This is so high school and I hate it. Hopefully things will be okay. We will have to work a little harder but since she only shows up when she wants and late at that, I doubt if her absence will make much of an impact. Drama, I could so do without it.