Beeker’s Words

photo by: zombizi
I was reading on Haley’s site The Beacon about her recent Karaoke party. Singing in public is one of my greatest fears. I would negotiate my soul to the devil to keep from having to sing in front of others. I stay away from Karaoke parties unless I have been promised I will [...]

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Reggy at Fragileheart tagged me for this meme!
1. My favorite drink is a Sonic Cherry Limeade.
2. I once stole my teacher’s underwear. (Really long story.)
3. My favorite color is dark blue and I always wanted to be an artist, but I can’t draw a horizontal line.
4. I have conversations with my cats and my new  [...]

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Track Your Period
I thought I would share this site that I found today. My husband and I had been going through fertility treatment for a number of years. When we moved from Austin to New Jersey, we decided to take a break. In the past I have felt like I spent more time with my [...]

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While driving back from Virginia, I decided that I wanted to make some changes to my website. I created my first website while in college over 10 years ago. It had a blue background with rainbow polka dots, a Calvin and Hobbes animation, and every thing I hated and loved was expounded on for all [...]

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No we haven’t adopted a child, a cat or a puppy. We have adopted a soldier! A few weeks ago I was reading a blog and the author was talking about how she and her husband were collecting items to send to a platoon they had adopted. The platoon was stationed at a hospital in [...]

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I miss my home. In no particular order, I miss my husband, my bed, my cats, my computer, my sister and her family, and my friends.  When I travel, I carry things that are essential. I always bring my pillow, chap-stick, my husband’s stuffed llama and my after shower lotion. As each day goes by [...]

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This week I have spent part of each day running errands.  Virginia does an excellent job of marking historic landmarks and waterways. I have driven all over this country and there have been many times I would run across a name of a town or a river and wonder how do you pronounce that? How [...]

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photo by: Ticalian 
I am driving down to Richmond, VA tomorrow. WhooHooo?? Can you feel my excitement? Going home stresses me out and I am going home to care for my mother who is having back surgery this Friday. I would not be exaggerating if I said my family makes soap operas and Danielle Steele novels [...]

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photo by: supernenek
My niece Hanniah is getting into singing nursery rhymes accompanied by hand-clapping. My sisters and I loved hand-clapping games when we were in grade school. I asked her if she knew CeCe My Playmate. She did not so I started teaching her these lyrics (The hand motions are not easy to teach [...]

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I am so happy today! I got an email today from the Eddie Izzard fan club. He added two shows in late June at Radio City Music Hall in NYC. Since I joined the club (for free) I was sent an opportunity to pre-order tickets before they went on sale to the public. So I [...]

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