| Lookin' like a monkey |
[Apr. 19th, 2008|12:10 pm] |
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Today is my little Chula's 18th birthday.
I talked with her a little bit ago and she is so excited and happy. Yay for her! I have been thinking so much about her this week and all it means to turn 18. She told me she went into the smokeshop to buy lottery tickets since you have to be 18 to do both. She sounded so excited she said she asked the guy "don't you want to see my id? It's my birthday!" LOL. That's my girl! I told her when I turned 18 I wanted to go to the X-rated theater but they had closed it just before my 18th birthday! She also told me she wants to get a tattoo. She said she's been talking with her father about it and she wants to get a bird with a feather falling from it. I asked her what the symbolism was ans she said for Brian. This is the most we've discussed him since he died. I think this is a good sign. I'm happy she and Jorge are talking about him and maybe getting closer as a result. She also said I'm the only one in her family who has tattoos and she thinks that is rad. YAY! I'm back to being the rad Auntie! WOOT! I know it is selfish of me but I love her so much and miss her and it makes me so happy when she wants to spend time with me and of course that she thinks I'm cool. I asked her if she thought she could wait until July when she visits so we could go together since I have been planning to get one of mine recolored and enhanced. She sounded really excited and said "Let's do it!" Sigh, I love her! I keep thinking of the past 18 years and what we have done and what has changed for us. I am missing Brian today as well and I know I am not alone. I hope he would be proud of his sister. |
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| Protesters |
[Apr. 9th, 2008|04:29 pm] |
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Ok. Today the Olympic Torch was scheduled to be carried along the street I work on. The closing ceremonies were going to be held across the street from the building I work in. Well, you know, the Olympics are being held in China this year and we can't let that happen without protesting. Or something. So. I was making deliveries in the building today and what did I see? I saw a group of bout 6 women wearing black tracks suits gathered around their Apple laptop. Ok nothing too weired about that right? Oh man. The back of their suits had Team Tibet 08 on them. Lord help me but I laughed so hard! I mean come on man. You with your expensive computer and your matching track suits, I'm sure you're really helping the cause. Well maybe you are, I don't know but Team Tibet? Oh man..You made me snort!
And then. Lord help me the customers. The Asian customers were so sweet and kind. The ones who came in with their "China stop the genocide in Darfur" hats? Stupid and annoying. I swear I had this woman wearing this hat come up to buy a roll. She had her designer jewelery and her free the people (or whatever) hat on took 5 minutes to decide which roll to buy then asked me if there was someplace to buy a piece of cheese in the building. HELLO! Did ya see the cheese shop RIGHT NEXT DOOR!!! I mean it's not like it's even a separate door! For Jesue sake we share walls! Oi. The funny and sad thing is she was not the only one to ask me this question. I saw more people wearing free Tibet and Free Darfur hats and shirts asking me what was in a sourdough baguette today and I'm thinkin, um, ok you can spell Darfur but you can't read the ingredients on the sign in front of you? Um, ok, let me read it to you... it says if you can't read this you can't buy it... or something like that... |
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| Maybe it's time |
[Feb. 3rd, 2008|10:26 am] |
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Well. Jeff just changed the XM station. When the song came on I listened for a moment and asked if it was the 70's channel? He said it was and I listened ans asked " is this the Osmond's"? he replied that it was. I kind of cried for a moment and sighed. Jeff asked if I was sad that I knew it was the Osmond's. When I said yes he said I should be... Perhaps it is time for me to let go of the 70's channel? Oh so very very sad...... |
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| Ho Hum Ho Hum |
[Jan. 22nd, 2008|06:42 pm] |
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I want to love it I really do. It's just not a Pirate's life for me.... I really wanted to love Pirates of the Burning Seas I just couldn't. It's a wonderful game I am sure just not for me. I couldn't really tell you exactly what is missing. Maybe I'm just too hooked on Lord of the Rings online. Not having played any other on line game I kept expecting the Burning Seas to be the same type of gameplay and it isn't. I wanted it to be like Sid Meir's Pirates and it isn't. It's just not for me. Sigh. I'll have to keep playing Whiz Kidz pirates! |
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| I love XM |
[Jan. 22nd, 2008|11:12 am] |
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I am so in love with the XM 70's channel. I can be a 15 year old girl again. Slow Dancin is on and oo boy does it take me back! Hee now though I have mah beautiful Jeffe to dance with. YAY. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee |
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| Excuse me guys....... |
[Oct. 24th, 2007|10:52 am] |
Imagine if you will.. Jeff and Dawn exiting a taxi in downtown Seattle walking toward the ferry terminal only to hear: "Excuse me guys, would you happen to know where any cool rave parties are?"
Really, some poor sweet boy of about 18 asked us if we knew where the raves were happening. Life is beautiful. We told him we were from out of town and he said he was too and we wished each other good luck and went on. Oh man life is good. Jeff and I both thought he was gonna ask for change little did we know..
Then, yesterday in Poulsbo we were resting on a bench and some guys in driving by asked if we knew the classic rock channel for the area. Nope not us but thanks for asking!
Who knew we had to leave California to regain our cool points? |
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| Abandon hope all ye who live with me |
[Oct. 8th, 2007|10:17 am] |
Oh man. I am lost. My sweet Jeff is doomed. He is going to be a Game-Widower. The Pirates of the Burning Sea is coming out in January. The more I read about it the more smitten I have become. I am in love and it's for real. If I get my pre-order done correctly I can have a shoulder-riding parrot. Sigh. Drool. I am forever lost to Davy Jones. |
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| Thank You |
[Feb. 28th, 2007|10:59 am] |
Thank you my beautiful Jeffe. I am so grateful that I was rewarded with you. I love you. I give thanks every day that you chose me. My life is blessed every day you are with me.I am looking forward to the good times that will come. Smooches. Love you. Mean it!
Your Dawnie-O |
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| happy birthday to my beautiful Jeffe |
[Jan. 3rd, 2007|12:14 pm] |
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I am home waiting for baking a cake for my sweet wonderful husband's birthday. YAY! I am very happy that I can share this day with him. I hope you are having a "Dynamus Day"! xoxoxoxo |
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| Oh |
[Dec. 22nd, 2006|06:14 pm] |
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Oh.......
(just felt like dancing) |
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| Saying Goodbye |
[Dec. 18th, 2006|04:58 pm] |
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I hate to say good bye. I am the person who says "see Ya" when some one gets a new job or moves across the state. I am too emotional to face them leaving. We are currently have to say goodbye to our youngest cat Molly. We found out for certain last week that she has cancer and treatment is not an option for her. We are hopeful that she has a few months and she's doing really well these past few days. Every day is a blessing but at the same time is so very hard. I am getting up to look for her every 5 minutes it seems, even though I know that is not true. We had been planning a trip to Monterey to celebrate our anniversary next week but we cancelled because neither of us feel up to it. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful husband and partner to live through this with. I am not really sure how I would be doing if it were not for him. I first asked him for Molly when Brian died almost 7 years ago. I had taken Jessica for her shots and the vets had a litter of kittens that needed homes. I was so depressed and needed something to focus on and asked Jeff if we could have a baby (a kitten baby). Well, I brought her home and from that first day when she met him she bonded with him. She crawled on his shoulder and neck and snuggled with him. She has been his ever since ,really. Molly has blessed us and given us so much pleasure and it's because of her the phrase "no stalking Jessica" was created. Thank you my Monkey. |
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| Properly Attired |
[Oct. 12th, 2006|10:43 pm] |
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I was at work this morning about 7ish. I looked down and noticed my shirt was on inside-out. The first thing I thought of was what ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) swtalmndwould say. Then I shrugged and thought she'd say "go Dawnie!" So I did. I thought you know, this is me, I have time to correct it but I just don't have the ambition. It was dark and I was cold and I hadn't slept too well. And really, what's a day without me wearing some item of clothing incorrectly? Guess what? No one said anything. Well, that burst my balloon. I'm thinking these people were all too polite or they are just used to me. I may have to rethink my fashion sense. |
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| Pirates |
[Oct. 7th, 2006|09:26 am] |
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I love pirates. I have been infatuated by them long before Johnny Depp became the Ultimate Pirate. Last night I went with skaldheim swtalmnd ,jacesan , to a Pirate Haunted House in Fremont . It was AWESOME! I really did not want to leave. I'm really not a very participatory person at concerts, baseball games, etc. I don't do the organized clapping, let's go who-ever kinda thing. Oh man! Did I want to be a pirate last night! It was soo cool! I wanted to have my pirate hat and sword and necklace and skeleton key and what ever else I could find and just blend in and stay forever. There was an incredible strobe light maze which was disorienting and even more fun when other people came in and I thought they were part of my group and grabbed them by mistake. A really neat 3-d underwater tunnel and then The Haunted Ship. Aw man! They kept pushing me forward and I wanted to look around and just live in there. There really was so much to see and touch my favorite was the giant alligator or crocodile, what ever it was. It was quite fabulous. Jeff has promised to take me back. I am not sure if I can only go back once. |
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| Music |
[Sep. 27th, 2006|03:15 pm] |
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I think I need to expand my music vocabulary or taste or library or knowledge or something.
I have the song "Undercover Angel" in my head. It came from no where. I have no music or TV or noise in the house except my keyboard clicks. ..I'm blaming it on jacesan and his "Undercover agents". Yeah, that and the "Hippy Stuff".
Yeah, it's his fault I'm musically illiterate. |
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| Open Letter |
[Sep. 12th, 2006|09:08 pm] |
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An open letter to our future Birth Mother.
Dear Birth Mother:
This is the letter I would send to you if I didn't have to follow the rules of etiquette and political correctness.
First I want to thank you for giving us the highest honor and privilege that is possible, the gift of trusting us to raise your child.
I want you to know that they will never have to ask about you, they will know who you are and how we became their parents. They will know that you loved them as much as we do.
I want you to know that your child will know everyday that they are loved and they are special and have a purpose to their life. I want you to know that they will have food and clothes and toys and pets. They will have Aunts and Uncles and Cousins and Grandparents and Adopted Aunts and Uncles. They will be comforted when they are sad and encouraged to dream and to follow their dreams even when we don't understand them. Your child will be a gift that we are thankful for everyday.
I would let you know that Jeff is the best person I know. I have never had someone who cared for me and about me like he does. I am a blessed woman and I know he will be a good father.
I wont tell you we will never be angry or unhappy or upset with your child but I will tell you that even when we are that they will know why we are upset. They will know even though we may be disappointed at this moment that we still love them and will get over whatever it is. We will do everything we can never to raise our voices in anger toward your child. We will never hit your child. We will do everything we can to ensure that they grow up knowing their value to themselves and to other people. |
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| The Geek World |
[Sep. 7th, 2006|11:10 am] |
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I know I am a nerd of a certain degree.
Jeff recently sent me the cartoon Home on the Strange and reading it has given me a lot to consider. I read through the archives and found it really very funny. A lot of it I could relate to in our relationship and some I read with big question marks going off in my head.I am often amused and not always quiet about the things our friends are interested in. I tend to make fun of it mostly out of not understanding it. I am my geek in my own way, about cooking and certain books and old movies which I love most of all. Sometimes when we are talking or playing I feel so out of my depth and sometimes not interested but what I find most fascinating is the history that they all have with each other and with the interests they share.
It kind of hit me this weekend at the convention I was looking around at the crowds and seeing people I recognized from other conventions. I remembered the first convention Jeff invited me to eight years ago. Hee. Back then the only thing I knew of Dungeons and Dragons was the Tom Hanks movie. The only games I knew about were really Monopoly, Life, and various card games. The only role playing I had done was in sales seminars for work which I truly hated. I'm not sure how much of a true gamer I am now except for my love of computer games and Pirates of course even thought I don't really play them. I think I'm slowly branching out.
Jeff bought a couple of dragons this weekend and my little Godzilla. I was looking at his dragon and thought about smirking and then realized well hey,I have a very unrealistic dragon tattoo that I truly love and have had for 20 years, way before I ever played my first D&D game, so maybe I just needed coaxing for my inner geek to come out. I looked around at the room with all of the toys and thought wow, this is really cool and fun! |
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| A Chic with Scars |
[Sep. 5th, 2006|01:49 pm] |
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Woot! I am now a chic with scars.....and you know guys dig Chics with scars! hahahahah.
Actually I don't know if I have scars but I have a nifty template for that bowling ball tattoo I've always wanted! Please tell me I'm not alone in thinking that! I've actually thought about it in that I would never do it but wouldn't it be funny kind of way. Oi. I am a freaky girl.
Well the surgery was successful I am told. The hospital people were all so very nice. I was really quite nervous before they took me in. I am feeling pretty good now, very stiff and achy but not nearly in the same way as before the surgery. My sweet and beautiful Jeffe has been so kind and caring. I am indeed a blessed woman. Ohhh! And he bought me a mini Godzilla stuffed animal! He rules! I tucked Godzilla in my sling all weekend and he walked around with me. I think we were a hit!
Oh and Amy, here's one for you: I had a corner bed in the recovery room and the nurse had to pin the the curtains together. Of course when she was helping me dress they opened just as we were trying to put my underwear on and I flashed some man who was sitting across from my bed. Nice......HAHAHAAHAHA |
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| Gnarly Stories |
[Aug. 30th, 2006|07:15 pm] |
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Well. I just had an interesting conversation with Marissa. I called to ask her about her first day at school and we had the usual chat about that. She then told me that she and her boyfriend might be getting back together. They had broken up at the beginning of summer. She told me it was a really gnarly long story and she couldn't talk with her mother about it and she wanted to talk about it with me. I'm very happy that she wants to share with me especially if it's something she thinks her mom would freak out about. Partly because I want her to talk about stuff with some one who is supposed to be an adult and also because I want her to trust me. I have felt alienated from her as she's gotten older and been interested in things I am not; clothes, music, shopping. I was telling one of my customers today that I miss the times I would pick my niece up from school and she'd run up to me and hug me so happy to see me! Well, I think she just gave me a big old hug! I'm concerned about whatever the story is. I'm guessing it's drugs or drinking because she said it's something that some people wouldn't understand. I told her I've had some pretty gnarly experiences myself in my day so I probably wouldn't be too shocked. We'll see! Oh yeah, she also told me she really really wants to make sushi again which made me very happy too since it's something we did did together as well! Yay for Auntie Dawnie! |
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| Surgery Update |
[Aug. 30th, 2006|03:55 pm] |
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Well that wasn't what I was expecting.....
Looks like I will be off work from 9-1 until 9-11 and then on "light duty" until 10-21. I didn't quite catch it when the Doctor said I'd be off, I thought he meant light duty and Jeff told me "no, you wont be able to go to work at all"! Uh Oh! I was not expecting that. Sure changes things a bit. Specially since I don't have a counter person hired or trained yet. Oops! Well, it turns out that we are only short staffed for 3 days but it will be a long 3 days. I'm also not clear on driving. I don't think I can drive until October which means Jeff has some early early mornings ahead of him. My real concern at this point is just being able to use my arm again. That sure sounds nice. |
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