life is good - and it's a long post!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:57 pm

Manofmusic:
Whippoorwills" are nocturnal birds that habitat woods. They will not live where there are no woods.
I grew up on 135 acres surroiunded by woods. Every night I went to sleep listening to the plaintive call of the Whippoorwill.
Where i grew up , most of the woods have been cut and removed, so you will no longer hear this meloncholy call there.
I loved this sound.
This bird still habitats the deeply wooded areas
of East Texas. But I no longer live near any wooded areas.
I miss them a lot.
One could be heard in one of the orange juice commercials on TV for a good while but I haven't heard it recently.
They can only be heard at night of course.
MJ

manofmusic · Post by **manofmusic** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 1:57 pm

Tool and Die / Moldmaking for the automotive industry. I design molds for the plastic parts that are in cars. I worked other places where I designed for the pharmaseutical (sp?) and telecommunication areas (phones, connectors etc etc.) Do a wikipedia on moldmaking (sometimes spelled mouldmaking) or tool and die. That's me.

karmaberry1 · Post by **karmaberry1** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 4:56 am

so you're smart and very talented - color me impressed but in no way surprised. throw in you shovel snow for neighbors and your parents and you are amazing!!! i will look for your wiki article.

i woke up so slowly this morning - drifting in and out of sleep. the boys were curled up with me and it was so nice. when i let the boys out the first thing black dog did was spot a cat in the garage and go over the fence. my nice awakening then became a rude awakening LOL i grabbed a coat and jumped in the car to chase him down - in 20 degree weather. he will not come back until he's good and ready - which makes me crazy!!! i worry about him getting hit by a car - they drive so fast in my neighborhood. and when chasing a cat, black dog doesn't look both ways. throw in he won't come to me if i'm on foot and there you have it - recipe for crazy!!!! i'm shunning him right now. he's on my things to not do today: do not beat black dog LOLOL i forgot to turn the water on last night - it was warm in my bedroom duh - so now i have water only from the cold water faucet in the bathroom sink. sighhhhhhhhhh lol

mama and i have grocery shopping and bits and pieces of this and that to do this afternoon. after staying in all day yesterday it will be nice to be out and about.

i fell asleep last night watching road to perdition and woke up to back to back episodes of law and order. i don't know when they started - but as the tv was on all night - i now consider myself to be a legal genuis LOL x infinity

karmaberry1 · Post by **karmaberry1** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:00 am

cornflower - i love how you write. i can both feel and hear the whippoorwills. are you a writer? if not, you should start writing about things that you so love. it would make your family and friends so happy!!!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 5:28 am

Thank you, Karma!
I enjoy your writings also. I always look forward to your cheerfulness and humor.
You are very interesting.
Anartica is ifting here today.
So maybe your hot water pipes will thaw
soon.
MJ

manofmusic · Post by **manofmusic** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:36 am

Karma (Elaine LOL)!

If I give you my boss's phone number, can you tell him that ????

What a way to wake up !!! LOLOLOL It could be worse, you could've had that ice storm ! LOL The dog slipping and sliding and you slipping and sliding right behind ! LOLOLOL

I'm having a very relaxing weekend because I don't have a dog.

I had to go and pick up a few things from the store and it was busy ! I felt an attack coming on, but I stopped it in it's tracks. I amazed myself ! LOL

I have no knots in my stomach because I will start thinking about work as soon as I get to work tomorrow. No more bringing the work home with me. Those days are now done.

Hope we have a rockin' day tomorrow ! We deserve it ! (You too Cornflower !!!!!!!!!!!)

karmaberry1 · Post by **karmaberry1** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:46 am

mama and i have been to walmart, walgreens and publix - sigh. there always seems to be something needed/necessary. publix and walgreens are places i go alone. mama and i tackle walmart together. mama doesn't like to go by herself and truthfully, i haven't tried it alone. that was something i was going to work on over the past year but haven't. i haven't been in the best of moods today so i wasn't much (any) fun.

on a positive side, the water pipes have finally thawed in the kitchen. AND i have 2 dogs LOL

i'm impressed you stopped yourself from feeling badly in the store. what technique did you use? i always try (and sometimes forget) to remember to breath. it's amazing what breathing does to reverse that feeling. next, i check how tense my shoulders are - and how close they are to my ears LOL

i'm looking forward - yes i am - to tomorrow. i've put about 10 things on my outlook calendar at work to take care off. most include learning and remembering. and yes, i have set my calendar reminder thing to send emails to here and there for meetings, etc. through next december LOL

i know we're going to have a wonderful week. it's in the (bone chilling) air LOL

jillzmind · Post by **jillzmind** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:57 am

Karma you rock girl! I love to read your posts.You should be getting paid to write ya know?
Anyway I like the stress test you posted. Next time I go shopping I am going try to catch myself and see how close my shoulders are to my ears ..LOL. Should I use a ruler? Like should they be at least 4 inches?..Man do I relate to that one. Any suggestions for a clenched jaw?
Keep on keepin on

Jilly~

karmaberry1 · Post by **karmaberry1** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:40 pm

well kids - i'm home. beaten like a small dog - battered and bent - but broken? no LOL i worked like a field hand today. i ran east, west and crooked most of the day. did i achieve goals? yes if i made mistakes, i've not been told yet. who knows, maybe i did things right!?!?! what i do know is i never stopped, never slowed down. who knew multitasking could be done at warp speed? LOL

i stopped at walgreen's on the way home and the little cashier girl asked "what did they do to you today?" LOLOL even my hair was in disarray. then i raced in the house and grabbed my library book and dvds and raced to turn them in - late again.

now i can't race anymore. even the boys are taking pity on me and being as good as gold. how sad is that? just heating up soup on the store took too much energy LOL x forever

so now the question - was it a good day? yes it was. i don't remember half of what i did or how i did it. but people i work with pitched in to aid and abet me. did they laugh at me - yes. did they laugh with me - yes. did i have answers to the questions my boss asked? for some reason, yes i did?!?! go figure.

now i'm going to kick back sorry and know "i done good" today. for that, i'm incredibly happy and at peace.

karmaberry1 · Post by **karmaberry1** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:46 pm

jill - thank you for enjoying what i write. someone told me a couple of years ago i need to have someone follow me with a video camera because my life is so bizarre LOL

ok so now you're going to remember to breath - right? and check your shoulders to ensure they are NOT covering your ears LOL i just checked mine and they were HA

IF you can remember to watch those 2 things, you can start to remember about unclenching your jaw. "we" tend to overstress ourselves by putting so much extra tension in our muscles. and it's so unnecessary IF we remember to RELAX.

we can do it. i know we can!!!! oh, i just HAD to drop my shoulders again LOL