Gracie-my cat

Well, I was covering a Basketball game Thursday night and when I got home my dad informed me that there was something wrong with Gracie.

He said that she was not acting normal and she had been just laying around. I found her in the dining room and when I went to pick her up she went cute to mean in .001. As she tried to take my hand off I noticed that she was bleeding on her stomach, but since she has grey hair I could not really tell. As she limped into the kitchen I felt the tears coming But I held them at bay. Gracie was walking like an old women.

After finding more wounds and ruling out getting run over we decided that she must have gotten in a fight.With who we don't know...Tiffany? She didn't seem beat up at all..no scratches there.

A t the vets she got shaved to find most of the wounds and a pain shot. I am now giving her antiobiotics that make her foam at the mouth.

She seems to be feeling better.

Do you feel like Dancing today?

Here is one
http://www.dancesisterdance.com/myvid/index.php?v=c4700b28759cc

Here is two

http://www.dancesisterdance.com/myvid/index.php?v=87511560788a6

Are you ready?

The other day I was doing a very mundane chore..I was getting my oil changed. As I sat in the waiting room a man came in a sat RIGHT next to me...practically ontop of me if you will. He made small talk but I was not in the talking mood. I just wanted to sit and be quiet. He eventually got around to asking me if I was ready for Christmas yet. I responded, "Sure." The lady on the other side of the man chirrped in with some long explaination of presents and such. He started talking to her an forgot all about me. I guess I wasn't meeting his words spoken quota.
His question got me thinking though. How do you get ready for Christmas? I am sure he meant buying gifts, but just what if there are families out there who only celebrate the truy meaning of the Christmas holiday. How do they prepare for or get ready for Christmas?
So I am on a mission this year to figure out how to "prepare" for Christmas.

oh and by the way everyone google the word "failure" and see what pops up first.

A week of Defeats

So the TROJANS lost last week to David Lipscomb 42-10.
It was a sad night.

Also, West Tn was suppose to get a good first snow this week....I was rooting the snowbird on, but I was defeated. I love snow !!
Let it snow let it snow let it snow

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO EVERYONE

I am officially the worst at telling my friends Happy Birthday on their birthday. I think I am 0 for 3this month. November should be an easy one for me since we have the triad for Dinah, Judy and then Kristen. Make that a quad...Jeremy too. I am planning on getting a smart phone and programming in alerts to remind me to call ya'll. Maybe there will be a fxn that will call for me with a pre-programmed message from myself. Do not pay attention if all birthday messages are the same every year from now on....it will be in your heads.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL, and to all A GOOD NIGHT!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving one and all!!

My family started feasting early this year.

My cousin Sam is playing baseball at DSCC this year and so on Monday night we all went to my Aunt Jane's to have a meal with Sam and his roommate Shawn. Aunt Jane's cooking was very good and I have to say this: I was once again made ice monitor. My job for the past 15 yrs has been to put the ice in all the glasses. No matter which family members house we are at or what Holiday......I fill the glasses with ice.

Tomorrow we are going over to Uncle John and Aunt June's house, and I am making the macaroni and cheese. Yeah baby yeah!

Gilmore Girls

As many of you all know I am a huge Gilmore Girls fan

I started watching the show last Thanksgiving and by Dec 29th had watched all episodes of the first 5 seasons. And when season 6 came out on DVD in Sept I purchased and watched it as well. It has been very hard watching the season 7 in real time. Having to wait week to week is hard.

The end of season 6 and the start of season 7 have been rough. I did not agree to the way things have been going, and due to reports of a change in writers on the series ( and that this is the last yr) I have been afriad that the new writers would try and wrap it all up and not stick to the atmosphere that is "Gilmore Girls" I have to say that the last two episodes have left me mad, upset and a little angry.

I should have known last Thanksgiving when I was not able to stop watching the Season 1 dvds (an extremly long marathon) I was in trouble. I tend to let myself get wrapped up into shows. And even though I know it is just a tv show, I still find myself feeling real feelings.

I have been torn between whether I think Lorelai should be with Luke or Christopher for 7 seasons.....7. Just think if I had started watching the show from the beginning. That would mean I would have spent 6 and a half yrs battling this decsion. I am thankful that it has only been 1 yr.

I need help. I actually had the Ugly face cry after tonights show b/c I felt bad for Luke and sad that Rory's room is not hers anymore. I know I am slow to deal with change in real life, but man this is a show...with fake people. I need help.

Hi, my name is Anna and I am _______. I don't even know how to fill that in. Are there meetings for people like me?

Its Football time in West Tn

I would like to say that I love football. All through my high school years our FB team maybe won a total of 3 games. The year I graduated they had a 10-0 regular season and went 4 weeks into the post season. I will not reveal what year that was. They have done it again. My Trojans (no snickering) won tonight against Covington and will meet up next Friday night with David Lipscomb High back here in Dyersburg.

DYE with a R, RSB with a U, URG with a DYE with a RSB with a URG with a DYERSBURG Whooooo!

GOOOOOO........TROJANS

The Leaves of Fall

After reading Terry's blog about the fall leaves I went out and took some photos of the trees around my house....

Thanks Leslie Tummel

Here is a link of a video Leslie had on her BLOG. You will laugh so hard you will cry...and if you have seen it before..here it is again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q31nA6LCMxE

I have also decided to add a new element to my BLOG..the Video of the week...this weeks is the same as the above link.

To Whom it may concern

As I sat on my couch eating some fantastic bean dip Sat afternoon watching the end of the TN vs AL game I had to smile to myself. I had a smile on my face for different reasons(could have been the bean dip)...the main one being that TENNESSEE beat alabama!!! To pay tribute to my Vols I will write the rest of this in TN orange.

Over the past years I have dove into many a battle with Alabama fans....there has been taunting and jokes.....scraps and scars.....more jokes and more taunting...threats in other countries and so on and so on.

BUT the best feeling of all is the feeling of vindication........of seeing your team beat their team on a cool brisk Sat in the fall, and knowing that over the next 365 days you and your team are the Champions over their team.

http://utsports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/gallery_index.html#


"Rocky top you'll always be home sweet home to me....Good ole Rocky Top...Rocky Top Tennessee"

Welcome Home to God's Country...Terry and Margaret!!!!!!

Catch up

OK...SO...
Here is that past few weeks of my life:

Sept 28th: Took and pasted my state boards

Sept 29th: Jennifer's Bach. party at Pickwick, TN

Sept 30th: Emily's Bach party in Nashville

Oct 1-2: Watched Gilmore Girls season 6 to prepare for season 7 on Tues
nights.
Oct 5: Goodyear goes on strike (you'll see in a min)

Oct 6-7th: Emily's Wedding

Oct 9th: First day at work for STAR PT (suppose to work at Goodyear clinic, but am at the OP STAR clinic in Union City) See CSI:LV for details on Union City.

Oct 13-14th: Jennifer's wedding in Martin, TN

Oct 15th: Softball game (we came in 2nd)

Oct: 20th: Started sports coverage "training" with Ross at DHS football game in frosty the snowman weather....D-burg won!! AND as I was running to get some atomic "bomb" balm from the supply bag, I almost bit it in front of the stands, which was packed due to HOMECOMING...nice.

Oct 21st: Worked pumpkin patch at church from 12-2

I made it out of the weddings with only 1 person stating the phrase that almost got her thrown in the chocholate fountain.

Work is good....can't wait for 1st pay check

I almost froze a the game

TN beat AL !!!!!!!!!

Thats about it.

Peace out

OH...since oct is the month of never ending weddings...hence the Chapel of Love download.

Long time gone

I know it has been awhile since I posted last, and this one will not be that exciting either. I started work on the 9th in Union City. Everything is going good...(busy).

This week end I will sum it all up.

peace out

I PASSED........I PASSED.......I PASSED........I PASSED

and WAITING

Still waiting

I am STILL waiting

The Waiting

I am going crazy waiting for the results of my exam. CRAZY!!!!!

The Count Down

6 days. I have six days until I take the PT exam. I am getting very nervous and anxious.
Please pray for me over the next few days that God will place a sense of peace and calm within my heart.

Couple of things

First, I have finally made a decision about work......
I accepted a job on Monday (FOR REAL) with STAR PT. I will split my time between Dyersburg, Union City and the clinic at Goodyear. I like this split thing b/c I tend to get bored being at the same clinic all day everyday. I will also get to do sports coverage of Dyersburg High. GO TROJANS!!!(no snickering)

Second, UT lost to Florida. I did not get to see the game b/c I was at a wedding shower. I have many a thoughts but will not express them for fear of not stopping. I still love them though. That will never change.

Am I a grown-up or just a kid with a grown-up job

Sometimes I wonder what is going through peoples minds...
Like for instance...
Sometimes when I am around adults who have seen me grow up I feel like they still view me as that..just a kid.
I know that they do not mean to and I know that it is probably an unconscious action, but sometimes it really burns me up.

I am still waiting to get to eat at the adult table at Thanksgiving and Christmas. That could be a blessing in disguise though, b/c I have one relative who likes to ask me at family dinners (in front of EVERYONE) "So, Anna how is your Love life?"
Ok, those who know me know that there are certain things in my life that I only discuss with certain people, and would rather die than talk about in front of Aunts, Uncles and the whole gammot. And who refers to it as your "love life" anyway?

I have another family member who likes to try and set me up on dates with anyone...and I mean anyone. Once they tried to set me up with a missionary from Africa who came to do a presentation at their church. They actually went as far as giving them one of my realtor business card. Humiliation.
I mean REALLY.....who does that?
Would they do that if I was in my 40 or 50s?....probably not
What makes them think it is ok to do that at 20?

My parents do it as well...my dad more than my mom. This summer my dad, mom, Aunt June, Uncle John and I were standing in the driveway. They were about to go eat lunch, but I was just going to eat some leftover spaghetti that was in the fridge. Well, my dad made sure to inform me that I needed to heat it up in the microwave before I ate it...for at least a couple of min. Thanks dad...I would never have thought of that...glad you told me.
Here is another one...
It drives me up the wall to see that look of fear on new Mother's mothers' faces when they see that I am about to hold their newborn grandchild...(I'm talking about one of my Friend's mom who has known me since I was in 2nd grade). You know the look...the look of dread.... "Ok, Anna, this is how you hold them...place your hands here....do this...do that.." And then they stand there with their hand hovering below the child like your going to get bored in a second and drop the kid.
I have never said it but sometimes I have wanted to say..."You know I have a degree that allows me to physically treat children who have severe medical conditions....but your right, holding a sleeping newborn can be tricky....but I got it"

I love all my family, friends and their families...sometimes they just make good stories.

peace out

My rantings

I am in the Land that Time forgot....
Don't get me wrong...D-burg is inching toward thinking about advancement...but if you are in your 20s and single here you are not going to have a life here...Unless you want to spend your nights at the local Bar "Checkers" where you can shoot pool with anyone from your high school teacher to your neighbors granddad.
You might have seen K-Fed there, pre-Brittany and post, cause lets admit it...he does his wife beater proud.

Dyersburg does have a Movie Theatre, but the town is too small to DARE going it alone. Why can't it be like NYC where catching a movie alone is the norm. Here you would be cast into the pathetic pool..but you have probably already been thrown in there if you are not married by the time your 22.
I think my favorite comment is: "Anna, who are you dating?" (me): "No one" (them): " Oh don't worry..your a pretty girl...you still have time."
TIME?!!...TIME?!!....time for what? Time left before I become baron? Time left before my grey hairs overtake my brown ones? Time before I am placed in the pathetic old spinster biddy pool. Bring on the cats..oh wait ...I already have that taken care of. Give me a break.

I am going to be in 2 weddings in Oct. I do not have a problem being a bridesmaid. I love my friends and will support them...BUT, the first person who pulls me aside and says, "Just think..maybe this could be you next year" is going to get thrown in the chocolate fountain...no wait they don't deserve the fountain..they will get thrown into the ginger ale, Sprite and orange sherbet punch bowl.
While I am on this subject.....
I am also annoyed by Church "Singles Class." Especially in small hometown congregations where you find a canyon between the participants ages that you would think your at the playboy mansion sitting next to Hugh.
What makes Leadership of the church think we would want to spend your time sitting in a room feeling like your on display in a storefront window.
You look to your left and see that your sitting next to the guy who taught your 5th grade Sunday school class..who came to the hospital when you were born.....that is niiiccce! Lets get real here...when you walk into a new congregation..and are bombarded with questions...as soon as they find out you are not permanently attached to a member of the opposite sex we all get herded in like cattle...some of us are willing participants but other are prodded with the electrostick. "Let's go Bessie..put your nice shiny bell on ...its time for market" It also seems that the topic of discussion always leans toward the newest best selling christian dating book by the lasted hot author. Why can't we discuss more meatier topics like the couples classes. A poorly run singles class is like quicksand and the only way out is to get hitched, then your allowed to mingle with the rest of the population. I'm sorry, if I wanted to be thrown into a vat of random aged singles I would go hang out at Checkers.

Has no one figured out that a mixed small group can benefit everyone....think about it...

And doesn't it seem like your married friends, the ones who don't know their like ability score will decrease as soon you see the look in their eyes of them scrolling down their list of available men/women they know, always like to pull you over to the "new guy or new girl" to introduce you. Like we don't know. My closest friends know that the way to get me fired up is try and set me up.

Oy with the poodles already!!!

Next topic: Am I an adult or just a kid who has a grown up job?

Why I will not treat family

Over the past 3 yrs I have heard from our Belmont Professors that it would not be a good thing to treat family members, for various reasons. I have agreed, and this is my reason for feeling this way.....
I have a horse..her name is Contigo's SuperLove, but I call her a Haven. I got that name from her mom's name, which was Pinehaven SuperLove, but I called her Ginger. Anyways....Haven has had continuing problems with her feet...for different reasons, but last week she started limping. This time she was actually limping on the tip of her left hoove.
So I proceed to put her in her stall and try to figure out why she is
limping. Although I am not a Veterinarian, I did get my undergrad degree in Animal Science. That combined with my PT degree gives me an in site into the foundations of musculoskeletal conditions...even in animals..we are all pretty much the same. I was working my magic and by Sat evening she was walking around better....well my dad thought we could let her out into the small pasture....I said, "that is not a good idea...she will start running around and jumping." My dad said, "she will not since her foot is hurting her." I said" Yes, she will b/c she will excited to be out of her stall." GUESS WHAT? He let her out...she walked out....then trotted...then broke out into a run...then began bucking and jumping.....Fast forward to Sunday morning...Haven is back in the stall....worse.....
It is now Wed....she is not any better..no matter what I do....
That my friends and family is why I prefer not to treat family..and some friends.......b/c they DO NOT LISTEN!!!!!

A Blast from the Past

This Sunday during church Mike talked about not waiting for the world to change....and during his sermon he told the story behind a watch that he wears. He received the watch from a family that were members at a church he was the minister at in Texas. The family had the watch engraved and gave it to him after the funeral of the family's mother, who had passed away from cancer. The engraving was Jeremiah 29:11. As Mike said the verse my Adult ADD kicked in and I started to look up the verse, instead of listening to Mike, who was actually reading the verse. As I turned in my bible to the verse I saw that I had already underlined it...sometimes I see that I have underlined verses in my bible but do not remember doing so, but as soon as I read it I remembered when and where I had underlined this verse.
Back in the last part of Feb 2003 (was 23) I was in St. Louis at a Christ in Youth conference for Jr. Highers called "Believe." I was on the trip as a sponsor. I was there to be there for the kids but that weekend my mind was occupied with a battle that was going on in my mind and with a decision that I had made the previous week. Cindy and Jan were on the trip too, and I talked with them about wheter I had made the right decision or not, but Marla, the children's minister, was not aware. I am not sure how the conversation started, but prior to Friday nights worship I was trying find peace about my decision while reading through my Bible, when Marla, who is sitting next to me, leans over and asks me, "What battle are you fighting up there?"..referring to my mind. I was taken aback. I filled her in on the situation...and then worship started. During the message Marla puts her Bible on my lap and points to Jeremiah 29:11, which reads, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." I can not tell you what the speaker spoke about b/c I spent the service staring at that verse and tying other verses together (which I cannot remember where they are or find them at the moment). Here is what God revealed to me that night through scripture and through conversation....When you are truly seeking God in your life He will give you the desires of your heart, but as you seek him your desires and dreams in life transform into God's desires and dreams for you. Although the verse did not answer my question it provided the peace I was searching for.
My struggle began 3 weeks earlier when I found out that I had been accepted into both PT programs at Belmont University and New York University. I had until the Monday after the Believe conference to let NYU know if I was coming to there program or not.
My struggle was: Do I let go of my dream (my desire!).. .that God had blessed me with (b/c we all know He is the reason I even was accepted), OR accept the alternate route that God had also paved for me {by having Jon and Becca move to Dyersburg after grad from Belmont PT...working with Hope, my friend and youth minister's wife (Her own person though) and creating the opportunity for the conversation with them that led me to PT.}
I had chosen Belmont earlier in the week...I think to please my parents and b/c it seemed the safe choice, but that verse gave me the courage to..Stop..and seriously reconsider the decision I had made.
I remember on Monday morning I was in the computer room and found myself writing Belmont on one piece of paper and NYU on another. After 10 throws the outcome was......NYU-10 and Belmont-0.
I was also doing a lot of praying and listening.
I finally emailed NYU and told them I was not coming..that I was going to Belmont.
I wish I could say that God stood before me and said, "Anna, go to Belmont." He did not..I know you are surprised, but He did lay Belmont on my heart that morning.
Even after accepting Belmont I did not mentally accept it...I might have been a little bitter and not really excited about it, but over all I knew that even though He had given me my desire I needed to trust in his plan for me in Nashville, even if I didn't know what it was. I am not saying if I had gone to NYU I would have been going against God's plans for me, or never have achieved them...... I just feel that sometimes God's gives us our desires and also gives us a better option. Each are fine and He will use us no matter what.
So like the verse says, I didn't know the plans He had for me But I had to trust He HAD plans for me.

I don't know if that all made sense..

So, that whole struggle was what flooded back into my mind during church yesterday..just thought I would share how God provided me with a peace about the unknown and sometimes unwanted paths in life.

A lot happened over my 3 yrs at Belmont..a lot of people I might never have met and possibly a lot of places I might never have gone.

I love how God's word can grow with us..that it transends time...
I am again touched by this verse as I am trying to decide where to work. I know that anywhere I go I will benefit from the things that I will learn there. I just have to remember to seek God in this search, go forward with the knowlage of Jeremiah 29:11, and then trust He will place before me the desires of my heart.

The date is set

TODAY I finally got comfirmation to schedule my exam...AND I scheduled it....after many weeks of waiting and hair pulling out....So you are wondering when I am taking the exam....well I will tell you...
September 28th at 10:30 am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am now very nervous and a little scared...ok alot scared.

I was planning to take it alot sooner but with the delay in scheduling the date kept getting farther and farther away, and also feel I could spend an extra week studying. Better safe than sorry.

If anyone out there has a special secret to making the last 3 years

A New Look

I am doing all I Can do besides study for the Boards, so I thought I would update the look of my Blog. First I transfered my blog to blog beta, which is suppose to be better and easier to manage....it is...after you figure it out. At first I thought I lost all the previous blogs and pictures, but as you can see I did not. You actually have more freedom with the layout of your blog...like rearranging the order of your info, links you read and stuff like that.

On Sunday I got hooked into watching the last 3 episodes of Band of Brothers, which is a miniseries produced and directed by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielburg. I have watched all the episodes before and I still get wrapped up into the story. For those of you who do not know, BOB is about the 101st airborne division during WWII. It follows the guys from basic training till after the end of the war. The story, the action, the actors are all amazing. There are 10 discs in the set, and each are about an hour. So, if any of you want to start a marathon or a quest to watch these, hold on to your seats....and when you hear the last line in the entire series call me.
DISCLAMIER: The TV verison has alot of the language edited out, but the real versions have not, so beware....when I rented it I watched it with my parents...and yes I was a little embarresed, but I telling you...this series is amazing...esp if you are a history buff.

Also on Sunday I did some studying, but better than that I washed the dogs b/c on Monday I was taking them to the vet for their annual checkup and shots, and I did not want my car smelling like wet pondy, cow manure. I did anyway after I took them, but probably not as bad if I had not washed them.

NYC pics

Here are some more pics of NYC:
The angle fountain across the pond from the boathouse


The Statue of Liberty at weird angles


The original SOL flame that is located inside of the monument



A view of the SOL from Ellis Island


Ellis Island


George Washington on the Arch leading into Washington Square Park

A pond in Central Park


A close up of the Bull

The Downtown Skyline fromt the Boat that is going to the Statue of Liberty

Graduation Pics

Here are some random pics from Graduation .
Dennis and I waiting to walk out of the auditorium

The Honduras crew

Kristen and I on the Fork lift

Judy and I waiting to walk

Justin and Cara

Kristen and Kevin at Laz Paz, the after party

So, as many of you know I am a Gilmore Girls fan. I have seen all the episodes at least 3 times up till the beginning of season 6 b/c of school.
Well, this summer the WB has been replaying all of season six, and it seems that the only time I catch an episode is one that I have already seen. Well, yesterday I was excited b/c I was going to get to watch new episode, but not just any new episode, it was the first one of season 6, the one where we find out what happens after Lorali asks Luke to marry her. HOW EXCITING. Ok well, the first bit airs then the theme song and THEN our cable goes out. When our cable goes out, which it does reguarly, it out for the count. We are talking hours. So, I still did not get to see the first episode of season 6.
The devil is playing games, he was taunting me.

Wrapping things up

Well, Graduation is done with!!!

Just call me Dr. AnnaJane

Also, I let the truth be known that I am NOT moving to Alaska. I was letting some friends from Sarasota (and some now of Nashville) think that b/c they LIED to me about thier Torch trip getting to go Roatan. I believed it for like a month. I had to let some innocent people believe it in order to make it believable. Sorry.
BUT, only 24 hrs after the truth came out, I got it back. I will NOT reveal how b/c that will give them credit.

I stayed in Nashville after Graduation to help Terry, Margaret and Nate move their things, and some how managed to be persuaded into staying until today. Fun was had by all. I now have been embarrassed in the Bellevue Walmart as well as know the feeling of cramming myself into the "bob the builder" coin truck inside of the Walmart. (sorry no photos)

Love to all

Dr. Palmer

GRADUATION

I am back for NuwAuwlins and I am leaving tomorrow to head to Nashville for GRADUATION!!!
About time..I started my college career in 1997 at Harding, --> Dyersburg State --> Abilene Christian University-->University of Tennessee, Martin (B.S. in Agriculture) and then Belmont (DPT)
8 years and some a penny.

Friday Night 7pm Curb Center, Belmont University, Nashville TN
All are welcome

New Orleans

I am going to New Orleans tomorrow, so I will be out of the pocket till Sat. I am going with Brett and Judy and the Faulkner Soccer team to do some relief work with Hill Top Rescue. Look it up. It is based out of Chalmette, LA, which I think is southeast of New Orleans. I haven't been there since before Katrina, so I am in anticipation to see how it looks and to see how things are movin along.

Crafty Corner

I am trying to figure out how to make my profile pic larger, so bare with me through fuzzy
wuzzy wuz a bear. But here is a preview for coming attractions!

Random Pictures

Here are some random pics...

My Dad and Maggie in the field behind the house Feb 2006

Some of the Cows hoping we will feed them some grain

A picture of the backyard looking into the big field, and the view looking across the field (from the north side of the house) to the hay barn.

a view from atop ahill in field behind our house looking at the shop, and back of the haybarn.

Priscilla in the field.

Alaska and other things

Schools out for Summer
Schools out for summer

I am done with classes at Belmont
I am graduating in 2 weeks....August 11th 2006

I am done with classes!!!!!!!

The only thing I have to do now is study for my boards that I will take sometime in Sept.
I will have to study about 4 hours a day for about 6 weeks...yikes.

I have been looking for jobs with various companies. Some I've looked at are private companies and some are not, some are travel companies some are not.

I have looked into living in different states and in Tennessee

AND it has come down to this.....

To start I am accepting a job that will help me pay school loans off faster and allow me to start investing for my future.

I have always been an adventure type of person..and I am about to embark on the biggest adventure of my life.......

I have accepted a job in ALASKA!!! For a small community Hospital in Juno.

I know what ya'll are thinking...what am I thinking, but hear me out...

For signing a 3 year contract they are going to pay 75% of my loans back, and the salary in VERY competitive.

I know I have always said that I can live anywhere for a year, well let's see about 3 years.

Alaskan cruise anyone?

I'll provide you with a clue ..
So that you can guess who went and got a tattoo.

She resides in LA
But when she goes home for a stay
Beneath the maple trees she walks in the fall
And listens to the sound of the Blue Bird's call.

Honduras 2006

The link to my Honduras journal in on the right side labled torch 2006, along with other blogs I read

I'm back

Well I am back. Got back into Nashville last night at 10pm and started class this morning at 9am.

I am going to create a link to my journal for this years TORCH trip sometime this week.

I have a ton of laundry and reading assignments this week so maybe this weekend I will get it started.

In and Out

To continue with the previous blog....

I left the Tequilaria and headed to my gate only to find out is has been moved across the airport.

I lugg my bags at least 1.5 miles to gate D12 only to then be told it has moved to D4. Let me tell ya D4 is NOT near D12 and D4 is not near a concession stand. I make it to D4 and the counter lady tells me that the fight is booked solid and that she cannot tell me if I will get a seat or not. It is about 330 now and so I remember that I have a disc of Gimore Girls in my laptop!!! Things are looking up. I watch 2 min and my laptops battery dies. The only plug in around is being used so I pull out my newly charged IPOD and start listening to some tunes.

About 5 min in, an announcement is made that the gate has changed again to D2. So I pack up again and move. The lady at the D4 counter is at the D2 counter and I wait for her to leave and then I make my way tp the counter to ask it they know anything. The guy tells me there are plenty of seats available, but the plane is old and there is a weight limit and they will have to wait and see if it is already too heavy for me to get on..... RIGHT.
The plane is late arriving by 20 mins, but right before the planes starts boarding...I get a ticket AND when I arrive in Nashville my luggage is there as well!!!!

So tommorrow I leave for HONDURAS!!!!!!
Be back July 9th.

Come away with me

Let me take you thoruogh my day so far.
So, my flight to Nashville was suppose to leave this morning at 6:30am. I got up at 3:30 to get to the airport an hour ahead of time. I got there at 4:30am. Well, the morning started out good with the car service being early and not late...that is the last thing that went right.
At the Airport the self check in computers were not working so it had to be done by hand.....then the earliest flight (5:50am) people were late arriving so the tickets people would only check them in and we had to wait 45 min to check in.....then when I got to the security check I had to cram my overstuffed purse into my already stuffed to the gills backpack (yes I know only two carryons but sometimes they do not care) Continental cares...only to 5 mins later have to unpack it to take my video camera out of the backpack to go through the scanner.
The plane leaves the terminal on time but we end up sitting on the runway for 2 hours b/c of some storm we never saw.
I get to Cleveland at 10:00, but SURPRISE my connection alreadyl left at 8:45am.
I am told to go to the customer service desk to get a new flight....I am on standby for the 4:30pm flight to Nashvagas, and if I don't get on that I have to spend the night here.
So, since I was starving and my stomach digesting my spine I made a beeline to Cinnabon, only to be told that it will be 20 mins for a bun. AGGGHHHHH
So, now I am sitting in Tequileria bar and grill. I have got some stuff done though. I checked my email and download some pics AND I am charging my IPOD that died 10 min into the 2 hours of runway sitting.
so, maybe I'll be home tonight in my own bed and maybe not.
Maybe I'll have my luggage when I get there and maybe not.
Peace out

More New York Photos

These are a few of the suger packets I used to get through the Italy vs USA game
This is a picture outside of the TODAY show studio , plus Cambell Brown, Matt and Ann. Me and Judy in the NBC store with freinds.



Here is the Ed Sullivan Theatre where the Late Show with David Letterman is filmed and The Hello Deli where Rupert works.

Here is a view from atop the Belvedere Castle "as seen in the movie Step Mom". The view is looking northeast.

A little bit of everything

Here is a pic from this past weekend with Judy and Brett. It is small so just use your memory to imagine our facial expressions. This is a pond on the east side of Central park around 70th street and 5th ave. It was HUMID and you can't tell but there are waterfalls pouring down our faces.
The hill in the background is a knoll that I prefer to study on, yet sometimes there are little green instects that like to fall on you, so I usually get frustrated and move to the hill to the right that you cannot see. On this particular day, on the hill you cannot see, the hill should have been called, "MY EYES....MY EYES!!!" b/c it was covered with persons who belong to the family of "Oh, you should NOT wear that bikini. Is that a spare tire?"

Brett, Judy and I walked all over Manhattan and I am now feeling the effects. I should say my Left foot is feeling the effects. My great toe is NOT happy with me.

Tonight I am going to the airport to pick up Mrs. Charlotte and Jaylin. They don't know it yet, but we are eating dinner at Serendipity and then Going to The empire State building!!! I printed out the tickets already so hopefully no 3hr wait this time.

REMEMBER: Tomorrow morning TODAY show!!!!!!

This Friday

Watch the TODAY show this Friday morning. Mrs. Charlotte, Jaylin and I will be there. We will be there rain or shine.

2.5 days of Clinical Left....FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another week, another weekend

Well,

one more week down here in the city....I am having mixed feeling about leaving.
Of course the whole experience started with a little drama, but after settling in it has been an amazing opportunity and experience.

I am ready to see my family and friends in TN whom I have not seen since March and Gracie as well, but I am definetly going to miss New York.

Why I love the city:
10. The people (everyone is there own person)
9. There is something always going on
8. The subway ( although there can be interesting smells there is something to say about
paying $2 to go 100 blocks)
7. The view from the empire state building (the view not the line you wait in)
6. The food (serendipity's frozen HOT chocolate)
5. Street vendors ( pictures, books, you name it it is there)
4. Book stores (they too are around every corner and the used ones are the best)
3. EVERyTHING is delivery (groceries can be delivered to your door)
2. Broadway shows
1. Central Park ( it is beautiful and full of life)

there are sooo many other things

Here is Jeremy and I at the Yankees game
Here is a view to the south from Central ParkHere is a view from the Empire state Building
Jeremy and I on the boat ride to Statue of Liberty. The statue of Liberty, me looking up at it and me standing in front of it. Jeremy had to layon his back upside down to take it b/c he was only 15ft from me.


Jeremy and I in central park. See no muggers around.
Jeremy's cousin, Richard and I watching Jeremy take a pic of us. I look tired.



AND now the awaited photo.........Me bullriding on Wall street!!!!