11 Oct 2009 10:17 PM

My daughters Melissa and Rachel had another craft faire on Sat.  It was called "The Witch's Faire", since Holloween is this month.  Everyone was dressed in costume, form fairies to outer space aliens, and I am sure they had their "green card" LOL.. 

Anyway, we had to set up by 5pm, the faire did not finish until 11pm, it was a long, fun and interesting evening.  It was a lovely evening, with just a bit of cool crispness that comes with the coming of Fall! 

My daughters did quite well selling their jewlery, but while they "manned" the store, I was free to walk around and enjoy the sights, sound and smells!  There was a "Gypsy" camp with crystal balls, palm readers and just beautiful colors! 

There were string lights everywhere, in every color, it almost made the evening seem "surreal", as if I was walking in another world, among people free to be whatever or whoever they wanted, hiding behind masks or face paint, and I in my jeans and sweater was the "outsider", the ordinary person, wondering, looking, almost feeling like a child, smiling at all the "monsters", "witches", and other beings I encountered!! 

Yes it was a long night, did not get to bed till well past my bedtime, but it was a wonderful, "other" world I will always remember, and hopefully, will attend again next year, maybe this time being someone or something, other than me in my jeans and sweater LOL...  Sweets            There are a couple more pictures on my profile....

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7 Oct 2009 11:33 AM

In the travel business, you are always on the go,  no pun intended LOL 

This week I had to travel to Wildwood, NJ, a wonderful seaside resort, to meet about 35 senior citizens who are enjoying a "holiday" by the sea!!  This usually requires me to do a lot of running around,  ensuring everything is taken care! 

It truly is hard work, no time to relax and enjoy the wonderful weather, no time to put my feet up or sit by the pool!!!   

At least this is what I tell my Boss, but you be the judge of that LOL  :)

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4 Sep 2009 8:38 PM

There has been so much negativity lately, that well I thought I would just say a few quotes on "LOVE", since everyone has been in love, out of love or just somewhere in the middle... Enjoy  Sweets 

If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were.  Kahlil Gibran

Live well, laugh often, and love with all of your heart!  Unknown

Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, is not pompous,
it is not inflated, it is not rude,
it does not seek its own interests,
it is not quick-tempered,
it does not brood over injury,
it does not rejoice over wrongdoing but rejoices with the truth.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Love never fails.  St. Paul, 1 Corinthians 13:4

Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever. Unknown

We come to love not by finding a perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. Sam Keen

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Absence diminishes small loves, and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place. Zora Neale Hurston

Love doesn't make the world go 'round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
Franklin P. Jones

We like someone because. We love someone although. Henri De Montherlant

Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes someone special to catch your heart.
Unknown

'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

Love is what we were born with. Fear is what we learned here. 
Marianne Williamson

May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live. Robert A. Heinlein

There is no remedy for love but to love more. Henry David Thoreau 

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30 Aug 2009 11:50 AM

I wanted to give everyone an update on our friends Nana and Buck.    I spoke with Nana last night from California, and both her and Buck are in a wonderful and loving place....they both sound great and so happy! 

Nana asked me to inform all their friends they do not have access to the internet, but to convey their happiness and that they are doing very good :)

There is more news to tell, but that will be at a later date.. lol

Sweets

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26 Aug 2009 6:13 AM

Nothing more than just that!!!! Thoughts that make you your HMMMMM...LOL  Sweets

Random Thoughts of the Day:

More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish, so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.
 
Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.
 
I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does.
 
I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
 
The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.
 
Do you remember when you were a kid; playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no Internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
 
There is a great need for sarcasm font.
 
Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the HECK was going on when I first saw it.
 
I think everyone has a movie that they love so much; it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.
 
The other night I hit a new low at an open bar. I had already hopped on highway blackout when, inevitably I had to find a bathroom. Eventually I decided it was probably on the other side of the bar so I tried to walk over there, but ran into a guy coming the other way. We played that, Both go left, Both go right game to no avail, so I finally put out my hand to guide myself past and that's is when I realized, yup, that's a mirror I just tried to walk through. And the guy on the other side is me. Even cats can
recognize their own image.
 
How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
 
I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
 
I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.
 
Was learning cursive really necessary?
 
Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
 
I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
 
Whenever someone says, "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
 
How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
 
I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a �D� from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"
 
What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
 
While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
 
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
 
I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
 
Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.
 
Bad decisions make good stories
 
If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
 
You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
 
There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
 
I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
 
"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.
 
I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
 
I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darn!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
 
I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.
 
As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
 
Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
 
I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
 
I think that if, years down the road when I'm trying to have a kid, I find out that I'm sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.
 
Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
 
Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the �Great�-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I'd bet my *** everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
 
I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
 
I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
 
The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat �B� before dinner.

All in good fun!!!  Sweets :)

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