FINALLY!

I'm back on line after two effin weeks! (I was so pissed off they gave me a $50 visa gift card so I would continue using their service.)
I was seriously goin through withdrawals!
WHEW!
School is done for the semester. YES!
I barely eeked out an A for Business Law, and I think I got well over a 100% in Accounting.
We'll see, I haven't had the accounting verified yet.
I had a request for an end of semester haiku, so here it is !

I am so done now,
The semester is Finished!
Let Summer begin!


I'm a glutton for punishment it seems.
I already signed up for my fall classes. Took another business class (not law), another accounting class, and a macro-econ class online.
We'll see how that fares. I'm hoping I get my financial aid again. That was sweet!

Had a cool couple of weeks without the internet....
have a few pics to share and other things, but not today.
So, on with the quotes!

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Quotes for the day:

"Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes. " -- Edgard Varese

"A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B. " -- Fats Domino

"I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it. " -- Oprah Winfrey, O Magazine

Casa De Blog Post

Yes! Finally made it to the beach last weekend!

Not quite the peaceful trip I needed, but the beach is always wonderful nonetheless!

YES, we stopped by the ever so famous Casa De Fruta. It was totally casa de sexciting.

Wanna see pics?

I know ya do.

We stopped at Casa De Fruta on the way there and on the way back. Here are pics in no particular order, cause this effin site is weird when doing pics....

Casa de Greeting sign:

Casa de Me in front of Casa de Fountain:

Casa de Fish sign with the missing head:

Casa de Haunted Effin Tunnel!

Casa De Friends:

Casa de Ice Cream! (and casa de Joni)

Casa de umbrella Hole:

THE COAST! WOOP WOOP!

Casa de Krag.



Casa de cool tree:

MORE COAST! WOOP WOOP!

Casa de Tunnel in Monterey where I made everyone start honkin their horns:

Casa de Bird:

Casa de sunset:

Casa de New Armor I got at Casa de Craft Fair!

Plenty more pics to put up, but I didn't want to belabour the process...

We all had a pretty good effin time! It was a wonderful day.

Apparently I made everyone's day when I munched it in the sand while racing Miss Ashlynn.

That's where my knee slid in the sand as I was munchin. I was totally just letting her win. lol ;)

I'm looking forward to another trip very soon. Can't wait!

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Quote for the day: (maybe two)

"The only reason why we ask other people how their weekend was is so we can tell them about our own weekend." -- Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, 1999

"I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. " -- Arthur Rubinstein

The Stained Project!

The stained deck from the last entry... Much better picture!

WOOP WOOP!

Anyhoot, thar she blows!
The big rock in the center is my FN foot rest....

Other news:
We started the Castle Air Museum today. Got it all pressure washed. We're praising God for the use of their lift over there. It definitely FN helped!
Pictures to come... :)


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Quote for the day:

"Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you." -- Wally 'Famous' Amos

A little Project

Well, the deck back by the pool in the backyard has had some delapidation to it for quite a while. I tried to get pop to help me with it, but he never had the gumption, so we didn't get to it.
He actually was talking about tearing it all up and taking the pool out.
Well, I've always wanted to put a deck in the front of the house where we had some dirt and a few plants. The other day, I yanked a plant out and cleaned it up and made a nice little area to sit and smoke my cigars and watch the neighborhood go by.
Here's what it looked like! (yes, I made the chairs about 12 years ago and they're still working)

I got a wild hair and decided to take the good wood from the top of the deck out back since the wood underneath supporting it was all rotted and I positioned it in the little area and VOILA!
A deck where I've been wanting to put one for sooooo long! YAY!




It looks good for only taking about 45 minutes to do with the materials on hand.
Today I stained it and the chairs. It looks awesome!
I took a pic but it was too dark. I'll take one in the morning when the suns on it to show ya'll.
Anyways, I like it. It got some of my pent up energy out and I've improved the look of the front of the house.
YAY me!


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Quote for the day:

"Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within, as on the state of things without and around us. " -- Charlotte Bronte

Happy Birthday Pop

Happy 71st Birthday Pop!

I'm having a dinner tonight in your honor.

I wish you could be here.

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Quote of the day:

"If only we all could live up to the greatness of some few men, the world would be a better place." --- 1 FN HandyMan

Peace and Accounting Tests

Some of that mental acuity has returned! YEEEEEHAW!
I aced the accounting test I took on Tuesday night.
GO FN! GO FN! GO FN!

A Thursday haiku as a celebration?

I effin aced it!
I rocked that accounting test!
You wanna be me?


LOL, ok so my acuity hasn't totally returned...
That's ok.
Peace is somewhere out there.
And, it's waiting just for me.
In the mean time, Peace be with you my friends.
Smile.
It breaks up the monotony of your face....
;)


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Quote for the day: (maybe two)

"Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self respect springs. " -- Joan Didion, "Slouching Towards Bethlehem"

"Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving. " -- Albert Einstein

Random Pics Day!

I'm going to start a new feature here on my blog!
YAY!
I'm calling it random pics day.
If you're out and about and you see something funny, interesting, beautiful, (or whatever), snap a photo with your phone or camera, and send it to me with a note telling me where you were at the time.
I may not post all of them, but I will definitely post the most interesting ones I find and/or receive!
So, here's the first installment...



Outside my buddy Mark's house in Washington!

I just LOVE BEDHEAD! I miss my hair sometimes... lol (thanks Ashlynne)

Look! They made a sign just for ME at Walmart! (thanks J!)

OMG! The tree is coming back already. . . .

Steve and I after the funeral service for Pop.

Leyen, Steve, and I.

So, there you have it... Randomness. . . . .

Send me pics!!

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Quote for the day:

"It was on my fifth birthday that Papa put his hand on my shoulder and said, 'Remember, my son, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.' " -- Sam Levenson