Next week is vacation. I'm going on a cruise with my sister, my niece and her family and a lot of my niece's in-laws. My niece's in-laws are Guyanese ( hope I spelled that right). They are fun, party people. They all speak with this lyrical Jamacian type accent. They are mostly short and dard skinned and dark haired. I, on the other hand, am tall and blonde. So I kind of stand out among them. My niece's sister-in-law's sister is the mother of children I have had in my gifted class.
My sister hasn't had such a vacation since she was in her teens and my brother took her on a cruise, about 35 years ago. I kind of talked her into this after my other sister's house, in which this particular sister lives too, burned in late June. They have all been displaced, until the house is repaired. So I had my sisters with me a few days and the younger one and I decided to take this cruise. I'm more excited for her than I am for myself. I've been fortunate to be able to travel a bit in the last 15 years or so. Prior to that I had not left the tri-state area until I was 34. A 15 year wedding anniversary as well as completing my BA. present to me from, pretty much me! I let the then husband come. (grin)
Can't wait!! CAN"T WAIT!!!!
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Friday, October 26, 2007
When I retire
Today I received an excellent e-mail entitled Happy IVGLDSW Day! Which stands for Today is International Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman's Day. In part the e-mail reads," Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, body throughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO what a ride!"
I have often said I will not go gently......... I also love another well known poem that is called WARNING first line," When I am an old woman I shall wear purple......... " Well I'm getting there and it's ok. In the class I am currently taking I am learning so much. I used to think when I retire I might get a job at an airline or airport, how hard can it be to announce "Now boarding flight 451 to Miami...." or I would like to work at Barnes and Noble or maybe not work anymore at all. I could wake up whenever I wake up and do whatever I please or nothing if I please.
I used to think this computer could get out of this house, what would I need it for? Now I know I need it to make money on my "Granny Blog" all sorts of companies will want to advertise on my site because it will be a big hit. Or maybe I'll write on wikis all day some days. The thing is it is not so far away.
I have often said I will not go gently......... I also love another well known poem that is called WARNING first line," When I am an old woman I shall wear purple......... " Well I'm getting there and it's ok. In the class I am currently taking I am learning so much. I used to think when I retire I might get a job at an airline or airport, how hard can it be to announce "Now boarding flight 451 to Miami...." or I would like to work at Barnes and Noble or maybe not work anymore at all. I could wake up whenever I wake up and do whatever I please or nothing if I please.
I used to think this computer could get out of this house, what would I need it for? Now I know I need it to make money on my "Granny Blog" all sorts of companies will want to advertise on my site because it will be a big hit. Or maybe I'll write on wikis all day some days. The thing is it is not so far away.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Hallelujah!!!
Hallelujah I have a working blog. Someday may it and I rest in peace.
Now if my classmate Christine should read this I will say that any woman who has raised children would know the popularity of a mommy blog. A mom makes about$4000 a month I read or I think heard on TV. Bet if it existed when my kids were little I may have done so too.
Unless you've experienced being stuck in the house days on end in a dreary winter with one or two small children and can't wait until your husband comes home so you have (hopefully) a grown up to talk to or can have him stay with kids so you can visit your sister or something. I was not a bingo playing mom so my brother gave me some money to start my first class at college when my second child was about 9 months old. He would also watch the kids sometimes so I could attend college. Don't remember what the EX was doing.
Soon I wanted more and took a job as an instructor in a business school so I could step up the college. This was when the older one started school and got a sitter for the little one and went to school at night.
The rest another time maybe.
Now if my classmate Christine should read this I will say that any woman who has raised children would know the popularity of a mommy blog. A mom makes about$4000 a month I read or I think heard on TV. Bet if it existed when my kids were little I may have done so too.
Unless you've experienced being stuck in the house days on end in a dreary winter with one or two small children and can't wait until your husband comes home so you have (hopefully) a grown up to talk to or can have him stay with kids so you can visit your sister or something. I was not a bingo playing mom so my brother gave me some money to start my first class at college when my second child was about 9 months old. He would also watch the kids sometimes so I could attend college. Don't remember what the EX was doing.
Soon I wanted more and took a job as an instructor in a business school so I could step up the college. This was when the older one started school and got a sitter for the little one and went to school at night.
The rest another time maybe.
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Here I Go Again
So this is my blog 2(too). Hopefully I can be patient enough when things don't show up immediately, to wait. Then maybe my blog will not disappear into the never-neverland of cyberspace. This blog business has been quite an experience. Too bad I couldn't make it like mommy blog and have some advertisers interested in me, then at least I'd make some money after all this frustration. Maybe at some point in the future when I have time I can make it worth my while.
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