Giving Thanks...

Have A Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!
Originally uploaded by Jeff Holbrook

Thanksgiving - a time to reflect on the things we are truely thankful for.

1- My health, due to being hospitalized earlier this year I realize how much I took "being in good health" for granted.

2- My friends, both old and most particularly my new "girls" I met this year. They have truely come at a time in my life when I needed them most and I will always be grateful for the times we have shared and look forward to the times yet to come. I only hope that I have been as much a blessing to them as they have been to me.

3- My Love, what was once lost, has now been found.

4- My "self" - sometimes you relly have to be down in the dumps to regain focus and start anew. There is nowhere to go but up from here...

If I wasn't me...

The Grand Canal, Veince, Italy
Originally uploaded by Top Gun 4850

Do you ever play this game? If I wasn’t me, I’d be…… Feel free to join in!

If I wasn’t me, I’d be………..

Called….. Stella Rose

Dressed….. boho chic...long flowing skirts with jewlery that I find at flea markets.

Working….. as a philanthropist

Living….. in the European countryside or the coast of italy

Having fun….. shopping at every little antique/candle/soap shop that caught my eye, spending long afternoons at sidewalk cafe's drinking coffee

Planning….. to take a trip around the world

Dreaming….. of being a writer.

Remembering….. the moment I met Wonka and breathing the smell of his cologne

Thinking….. that love makes the world go round

Your turn!

NaNoWriMo

My Couch to 5K program has come to a screeching halt since I have been stuck in bed these past few days with a cold (eventhough I am excited to use my new high-tech pedometer)- but today is Day 3 of NaNoWriMo and since writing doesnt require me to make a public appearance outside, I can hopefully stay on track with completing my novel by the end of the month. I'm keeping my "plot" kinda hush hush until it comes together more but i wlll hopefully have something to post by the end of the week.

Barack the Vote

Senator Barack Obama
Originally uploaded by goodmosconi

I totally Ba"rocked" the vote yesterday !!! Because The Commonwealth allows early voting I was an "in person absentee voter" on Saturday. It was quite refreshing to see so many people in line with me yesterday doing their civic duty of democracy. Luckily I was one of the first people in line (#38 actually) so my wait time wasn't nearly as long as I had anticipated (though I did wake up at 6am to stand in line by 7:30am on a SATURDAY). I just saw on the news that the last person in the queue didn't cast their ballot until 9:30pm (after waiting in line for 4+ hours...). The election official actually said that they were averaging between 1,500 to 1,800 people PER DAY for the past week (it was actually closer to 2,000+ people yesterday since it was the last day of in person voting before the election).
I am sure that like you, I will be eagerly anticipating the poll results on Tuesday and no matter the outcome, I know that I have done my duty to make history...

YES WE CAN !!!!