sailing away

happy New year
indeed

i should update this no matter what!


we had a GREAT Christmas
and coming down from all that
fun is just taking
a while to adjust
I did three massages this last week
and have an important appointment tomorrow
mom is doing well

coffee is in the cup
mom is in her chair by the woodstove
david is at the computer
Fire burning ( barely)
and the day is off and running
"Holy Christmas, Batman!"
only a dozen things to do

i think I will make a new years resolution

to go sailing, a lot

can you imagine?

IF i was pushed around by advertising
i might think some strange things:
That more channels is a good thing.
That I really can get a new bathroom in one day.
( I can but it is out back and has a crescent moon on the door)
that a Shark steam mop will make cleaning quick and fun.
IF I believed the commercials I might be fooled into thinking
that I can make LOTS of money in Real Estate.
and I would look better if I let some DOCTOR cut pieces off my face
in just an HOUR....

Ok - so I choose not to buy the hot new toy, the smallest laptop or the Tropical vacation where I can play with Dolphins.

to be cont.

Happy trails ( even through the snows of winter)

Some trails are happy ones, others are blue.
It's the way you ride the trail that counts,
Here's a happy one for you.
Happy trails to you until we meet again.
Happy trails to you, keep smilin' until then.

how I use the internet

well mostly it uses and abuses me
but ONCE in a while I use it to further my knowledge and expand my experience of the world from this safe little place up high in the mountains

This past summer, my daughter began to talk of traveling to Europe, and to Spain and to Barcelona in particular. Her Spanish teacher has a trip planned for 2010 that Hannah probably will not be able to manage with her studies. I have a blogger friend in Spain so the first way I used my internet resources was to ask her advice re the safety of traveling to Barcelona and how best to enjoy that experience.
The next step was to g**gle the words Barcelona and crime rate.... DING DING! Ding! did I get results! woo hoo
Seems like some folks think that Barcelona is the theft capital of the EU and perhaps the world... I found the brilliant writings of Bob Arnot and ThiefHunters
I take no delight in tearing down another city ( i hate almost all of them equally)
and neither does the author. His travel advisory is both a warning and a tutorial on how to avoid being a victim, and he also takes time to school the authorities on what the negative perception of their city is and will be doing to the tourist trade.

Check it out... Bob and his wife are professional pickpockets who use their skills in a comedy/ educational show that they have presented onboard cruise ships, to help people avoid crime in port. He goes one step further, he steals BACK what the pickpocket took, so that he can get a chance to talk with them about their work... seems like thieves respect someone who can out-snatch them.

I read his stuff for hours, but if you don't have that long... read for a few minutes and be smarter and less likely to be a victim..

AFter talking to my blogger friend I knew I would have to go with My Hannah.
after reading Bob, I knew we would go somewhere safer, Like Israel! Shalom

saw this on Facebook

what you would get for Christmas

If I was sending you a gift I would buy it here,
and send it over there
and simply send you a card that said
politely, "we have so much
and these people have so little. So I hope you don't mind that
I sent a gift to a poor family in your name. "

If your family is understanding, like mine, send a gift to Heifer.org so that others can have a better life.