Friday, October 10, 2008

NEW BEGINNINGS

 
 
 
 
 
 
Hi Everyone!
 
 
Some of you know that I now have a new "Journal" on Blog Spot.  I actually have 2.  One is my test Blog named "Imagination",  but I may use that for my Graphics.  I haven quite decided yet.
 
The main one I'll post on is I left the name the same as here on AOL because of lack of "imagination".  For some reason I just can't think of a cute or attention getting name. 
 
So I go for simple.  LOL!
 
So here she is....Palm Harbor
 
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As of October 15th I am discontinuing AOL.  I maybe be able to get Email thru AIM.
 
Also if you see an Email addy of ShdwDancer@ymail.com that is me.
 
ShdwDancer is my original screen name from way back in 1993 when I first went online & I was dancing every night.  What can I say, I like that name : )
 
And my attitude is much better.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Hugs & Blessings...

Monday, October 6, 2008

An Ah-Ha Moment

I called AOL this time. instead of online Tech Support.  It took another 1 1/2 hours.  What I accomplished is that I now know HOW to get AOL completely out of my computer when my time runs out here. 

 

That AND a bit of information....I said to Techie "I hear that AOL will be no more as of January". 

He said, "We are not allowed to comment on that issue". 

While waitng for all the Uninstalling, Restartind, deleting program files, restarting  I said to Techie that it certianly appears with AOL closing Journals and pictures and sending us all to Google that either there is a merger taking place or Google is buying out AOL.  ::silence::

I don't Techie really knows.  I've been with companies that were sold and even with me being in management I wasn't priviliged to any information.

Certainly if it wasn't true AOL would give instructions to say it isn't true.  Not an "We aren't allowed to comment".

 

~So Much For A Positive Attitude~

I am having AOL problems.  I don't think I'll be on AOL much longer. In fact I told the to terminate my account because my Email is all messed upand none of thier techs know how to fix it. I can't reply or forward mail.  Can't download attachments.  

Just wanted to say g'bye if I don't come back. I think I have most Blog Spot Addies and will try to catch up with you there.

 
I haven't been able for figure out how to do much with blog spot.  The aggravation of Sprint, HP (printer problems), AOL and Blog Spot has me so totally frustrated I think I am throwing in the towel.  Will try to plow through it, but not having much luck. 
 
Blessings and hugs to all... 
 
 

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

~Here Kitty~

 

This was a lesson challenge.  I had to do it this way-not sure I like it.

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It might not have been a mouse, but it was a little critter.  I edited out the part where I had to open her mouth to do a swipe and swoosh.  

 

Oh, Mau'i is a REALLY good cat.  She has never jumped on the counters, climbed the curtains, the shower curtian, or the screen door.  She doesn't beg for food & has never pee's or poohed in the house.  After she started going out in July I never had to empty the box again.  So that thing had been gone for a couple months now.   Every night she sleeps in her crate and at 6: 15 she meows a couple times for me to take her out.  I put her out with fresh water and kibble and I go back to bed.  Yep I tell her to "Go eat a Bug"!

 

And except for the morning wake up call she only meows outdoors to me.  Indoors not a peep. Isn't that an odd thing?

 

  This morning I heard the tink, tink, tink of her tags and thought this is good I'll just go get her before she meows.  Ha!  She didn't have to.  She had somehow gotten out of the crate.  I must not have completely had the door latched in.   This video is only 45 seconds long.  She is one wild & crazy girl.

 

 

 

 

Today I saw 3 of Maui's 4 brothers and was able to pet them.  Miss Mau'i is only about half as big as the one Ingrid calls "the Runt".  They are all orange tigers,  coats are rough & coarse.  Their heads large & are all very muscular.    I do brush Mau'i a couple times a day for a few minutes to get the dirt and hair off her before I let her in the house & have noticed a big difference in how nice & sleek she is looking.  

 

Before I get razzed for totally spoiling her I must tell you that she has claimed the couch has her own (well, the spot between Jazzy & I).  She cleans the dirt from her paws & fur on the sheet covering it.  I was cleaning up the fur & sand she left behind a couple times a day.   Not only that, but one evening after she ate & then commenced to clean herself she jumped up & urked on me & the laptop. All in one gracful motion.

Think that's gross?   Ya should have been on this side of the screen :  /

With me brushing her she is not grooming nearly as much an I am no longer giving her a full serving of kibble when she comes in at night.   Yes, I'm trainable!

 

 * If you a re having trouble viwing You-Tubes they've been doing maintenance off & on for a week.    

Saturday, September 27, 2008

~Blazing Palms & Fences~

 
 
 
 
 
Where to start....
 
One night last week I was out with the "girl-animals" around dusk when HillBilly Bobby and his wife stopped to say hello after their return from Kentucky.   That was nice ((??)  The REAL reason HillBilly Bobby stopped was to spread the word that Sandy had quite her Park Manager's job and was moving out of the Park.  Really no news to me, I had seen Flo in with Ingrid behind the desk of the office that day after a bus trip to Tarpon Springs.  Intuition told me that was probably the case.
 
The next night while I was out walking with Jazzy and Mau'i I heard Sandy calling from her front door as I was heading up the hill towards home.   I turned around and went in and she told me how she couldn't take the disrespect from the owner of the Park and HillBilly Bobby anymore.  Not only that, but I guess the "Snoop Sisters" had been particularly nit-picky and it just hadn't let up.  And I think the crap with "Art"  added to it.  I am sure there was more.  But, I didn't ask. 
 
She told me that she and hubby were moving just north of Tarpon Springs to a Park that cost less per month and is three times as large.  It's a good thing.  It's really a shame that a job that should have been so easy an cushy turned out to be so stressful.  Sandy's birthday is in a few months and she will be able to collect Social Security.  And she plans to get a part-time job doing "what-ever" comes her way. 
 
We talked a little & I told her I really missed our friendship.  She said she was leaving everything up to me and I just hadn't been around.  I went down the next evening to ask if she needed help with her plants.  Sunday, with help of Jerry & John who live across the street from me the trailer was moved.  It's a "Park Model" like mine. Large, but movable.
 
 
 
 
Two winters I've told HillBilly Bobby that I had seen burning embers falling from Palm frones (leaves) of a neighboring house onto the roofs and ground of the RV Park.  Then again this spring.  when I told him that I feared there be a fire he dismissed my concern.
 
 
The other day the wind was coming for the north, which was very unusual.   And don't you know some frones hit the power wires, the tops of all 4 palm trees caught fire,  the frones then fell hitting the power lines bringing them down catching the lawn and fence on fire. 
 
Luckily Elaine was coming back from the pool and spotted the fire. And her husband called 911 using a cell phone which meant he had to go thru the Orlando 911 then transferred to Palm Harbor.  Meanwhile HillBilly Bobby grabbed a hose and climbed on Jerry's trailer to water down the fence. 
 
All this is going on outside my door and I didn't realize it until a fire truck pulled up.  Then before the fire men could get the hoses connected to a pumper tanker the entire fence flashed into a huge fire as did the 4 palm trees. 
 
I didn't have time to get my video cam out until afterwards.  You can see the 4 charred palm trees.  Then fence is gone.  I believe the firemen were chopping it up in the yard and hosing it down.  Jerry's  trailer had a good deal of burn damage to the awning and roof from falling embers.  He has a couple of Hairless Rat Terriers and was called at work and told of the fire.  He only works about a mile away & came home immediately to check on the dogs and trailer. 
 
The next day the morning light revealed areas that look like cigarette burns in my awning.  I called the fire Marshal, but he said that because it was the next day there was nothing that could be done. 
 
Just some video I took from my deck.  Sorry it isn't better video...the temperature was 93-94 degrees that day and the rising heat can be seen.  Please forgive my sarcastic/disgusted tone.  This fire could have been avoided.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Thank you Teresa
 

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

~Celebration of the Late Autumn Harvest~

         

 

 Yesterday was the Day of the Autumn Harvest/Mabon/Fall Equinox. September 22nd marked the day where the day and night are equally divided.   I spent the day nuturing and loving my Plants as I repotted them.  The Herbs and Pineapple are doing great.   Jasmine & I went across the street to Crystal Beach to collect some Shells  & Sand to Renew the replace the Sand and Shells I have in the Earthenware container that sits next to my door.  In the other terra cotta planter I have Rosemary.  I picked a few Avocados from the tree along the fence as they are just coming into season now. It's so nice of this wonderful Tree to provide me fruitful nourishment through the Fall months.

 

 

 

 

 

For my little feast I roasted a Cornish Game Hen with Rosemary,  baby Carrots, & Red Potatoes, homemade Applesauce , one of  the Avocados sliced,  and cinnamon sugar cookies (Snicker Doodles).  On the table I placed  cinnamon candles that I pulled from the cupboard along with my little corn husk men and purple and orange Indian corn along with a couple of Miss Tree's fruit, lite the Candles and and put some Orange Oil in the tart burner.  A small alter which was so nice to reflect upon my life the past year and the changes that have taken place....I gave thanks for friendships, the plants that  grow so naturally for me, and the Animals I nurture.  I ate my little feast of Mabon as I felt closer to Mother Earth and at Peace.

 

 

  

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Snags and Tags

 

 

Sorry I haven't been around much. I've been very tired and have even taking afternoon naps.  I guess I need to get into the doctor & have my blood counts checked.  I'm feeling that I am more anemic than "my normal anemic".

 

I accidently missed my last appointment.  So I know my chart indicates I was a "No Show".  I'm sooooo embarassed.  As a nurse I should know better and not be a "No Show". 

*Note to Self ~ call Monday  & reschedule

 

Anyway, I have been doing some PSP and did a few decent tags this past week for Fall.  It's still in the mid  90's here in Plam Harbor during the day so it's a little difficult to get into the spirit of "Autumn". 

 

You may snag these if you like and this time I'll even offer to tag them. 

 

 

 

           

 

           

 

What these look like with names...

 

                         

 

 

Hugs to All!