tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555237585971027872024-03-13T23:47:24.923-04:00Just me, saying what's on my mindMy blog's content is a mixture of MY experiences, MY thoughts, MY feelings and mostly of MY observation of others. I am held hostage by curiosity; I hunger for knowledge and obtain an insatiable thirst for experiences... and so I share with you fine people...Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-56441663605242296122013-01-09T06:45:00.000-05:002013-01-09T06:45:00.579-05:00Updates from SE AsiaHello to you fine people.... I have updated my blog with my South East Asia travels.... click the link to check them out. hugs kisses and all that fun stuff<br />
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<a href="http://www.olecobblestone.blogspot.com/">...walk with me</a>Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-26788438664350167072013-01-01T13:17:00.001-05:002013-01-01T13:17:52.176-05:00Please click here<a href="http://olecobblestone.blogspot.com/2013/01/bangkok.html?m=1">My day in Bangkok</a><div>
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My dear fine people... Under the above link you will be able to read my post in regards to my first day in Bangkok. Hope to see you there... Hugs and kisses</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Hello to you my fine people...</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> Semester is done, all final exams taken, now it's the ole waiting game for the final grades. This semester <span style="font-size: small;">took sooo much time and energy out of me. New University and new location... looooooooong com<span style="font-size: small;">mu<span style="font-size: small;">te there and back</span></span>. Often rather tiresome <span style="font-size: small;">but we survived. I say we, as Julia is already enro<span style="font-size: small;">lled in colle<span style="font-size: small;">ge as well under the MOWR program (Move on when ready)<span style="font-size: small;">. <span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span>My apologies for this long absence here and on facebook... but as you can see, it's never forever :-) I am back, only to tell you that I will be gone once again. But not to worry, 'cause I am taking you all with me (as always). Where are we going? </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> Well, back to Southeast Asia !!!! Yipeeee... we are traveling again.. yes, soooo soon. A fo<span style="font-size: small;">ur-wee<span style="font-size: small;">k </span></span>trip filled with travel and exploration. I am excited, are you? I will not say to which cou<span style="font-size: small;">ntries and <span style="font-size: small;">locations </span></span>we will go... you just have to stay connected. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> When are we all leaving? Be ready December 13th. Yes, I know it is one day after my birthday... This time I am a bit more excited about my birthday as it will read 12.12.12 and you can bet your sweet little booty that I will have a picture taken at 12:12:12. Cheesy and lame<span style="font-size: small;">, </span>perhaps, but cool none the less ;-) So have your passports ready and be ready for a 22 hour flight. Are you with me???? Good, I thought so :-) </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> One more thing... I will switch my travel blogging soon to my very own website (I am sooooooooo excited about this website). Nothing is there yet, but be sure to remember the address:</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i> It's still in progress, but it shall be all prettied up and stuff in a couple of days ;-) Keep checking it! It has its very own e-mail address attached as well, but <span style="font-size: small;">I will share that one with you in due time. </span> </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>So what say you... are you with me???</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Tons of kisses from me to you !!!!</i></span>Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-85209729231184700542012-07-09T04:06:00.000-04:002012-07-12T01:34:32.041-04:00Singapore and Malaysia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello to you fine people.... took me a while to get back here to the blogging world, but can you blame me??? My days here in Singapore are coming to an end as I fly back to Germany tomorrow evening. It will be a sad sad goodbye to an awesome place and an awesome person. Many thanks to you, Andre, for making this an UNFORGETTABLE experience !!!! Singapore is truly a remarkable place. Although I didn't see much history here as everything is super modern, you can somehow feel its history anyway. But then again, as Andre remarked, I haven't seen all there is to Singapore during my week stay. Thus, there is one conclusion to be drawn: I have to return!!! To walk the streets in its nightly glory is mesmerizing. Day and night in Singapore is so very different just from the images its offering, but add the diversity of the people and one can not help but love this Island. Truly amazing.<br />
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Good evening to you fine people,<br />
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today was a cold, wet day, but we ventured out anyway ;-) Thus we took you fine people inside the Berlin Dome. Once again, for more info, google it :-) It is massive on the outside, but even more massive on the inside. This time, you will be spoiled with a video again, just 'cause i love you all that much ;-) perhaps even two videos. It was awesome. The video inside the "Gruft" (crypt) is a bit dark, but they are funny down there about the use of light ;-)<br />
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Enjoy ; -) I shall see you all for our next outing ;-) Hugs, Kisses and all that fun stuff to you fine people ;-)<br />
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Here are the leaders, sons, daughters and wives of the Hohenzollerns <br />
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This Sunday.. i will take you all with us to a tour of the Reichstag (Bundestag)... dress warm 'cause it is cold here !!!! ;-) Hugs, kisses and all that fun stuff from me to you fine peopleLianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-20534915751859071922012-06-19T15:29:00.001-04:002012-06-19T15:40:42.936-04:00Day II at the Museums Island<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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today was a lot more pleasant... lots of friendly Germans on the street and in the museum (except for one guard who advised me to stand back about 3 meters from the museum artifacts..tztztz). Weather was wonderful and we decided to step into the Bodemuseum which ended up taking all day looooong. As before, you may google Bodemuseum yourself for info, but I have to say, the story to that museum, excluding its fantastic exhibits, is already worth a google-read. Yes, trust me !!!! ;-) <br />
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And now, let me take you inside: The Foyer<br />
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And after a long day walking, we went to a cute little German Restaurant:<br />
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Hello to you fine people...<br />
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today, we took a trip to the Museums Island... they are all together five buildings with various exhibits. Julia and I made it through three of them today and will have to return tomorrow for the rest, including the Berlin Dome (not catholic, as one would assume, but it is an evangelical church). I leave it up to you fine people again to google the info if you want to know more about all the stuff ;-) <br />
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Hugs, kisses and well.. you know ;-)<br />
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forgive me, somehow those pictures are a bit out of order, but I am too tired to care to change them all... Plus, I was just sold a wrong code to fill up my phone (because the young gentleman didn't listen correctly !!! )... I did not notice this mistake until I was back at the house... that is what they are using for their defense... "once you leave the store, it's out of our hands ". <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Say what now?????? </b></span> Yeah, not gettin' my money back even though it wasn't my mistake!!!!! GRRRRR .. Anyway... Today was filled with rude Germans... i guess it was just one of those days.. tomorrow shall be filled with super friendly Germans ;-) <br />
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<br />Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-82089137083669026032012-06-14T05:13:00.001-04:002012-06-14T05:17:00.083-04:00Schloss Sanssouci 13 June 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Good morning to you fine people...<br />
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I took you all along with me to Schloss Sanssouci (Sans Souci, which means "without care" or "without worries" to visit Frederick the Great . Here too, I will not talk about the castle... you can google it and find the information on your own if you so desire ;-) This time, besides pictures, I have posted a video for your viewing pleasure ;-) This video displays the reenactment of a statue in the Schloss Park ;-) The two actors: My best friend "The Kay" and my Julia. Oh, and the loud and silly voice, well, that would be moi...(as always, the video will be open only for a short time and then I will shut it down again) (and don't forget, for larger view, click the images)<br />
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I hope you enjoy the pictures and video... until next time... tons of kisses and hugs and all that fun stuff from me to you fine people ;-)<br />
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So much for my sharing today... now let me go and watch Germany kick Portugal's behind !!!! hugs and kisses and all that fun stuff... tomorrow... we are off to a symphony in the morning and then we shall take you all to Schloss Sanssouci ;-)<br />
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Hello and Guten Tag to you fine people...<br />
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I received quite the mail and messages telling me to "hurry it up and post some 'damn' pictures"... so here I go.. sharing some 'damn' pictures with you fine people. First, I shall answer some questions I received:<br />
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No, I am not just on vacation in Berlin... besides the usual reason to visit family and friends, I am here to add a second specialization to my doctorate; suggested by two of my professors. Thus, I am now studying German emigration in 1708-9. Because the German people who emigrated during that time went through the Netherlands to England and then later to Ireland, West Indies and for some to Pennsylvania, I am able to link both of my research projects together to come up with a theses. I am meeting with Historians, Experts and Professors to get and understanding of the entire picture. We shall see how it goes. <br />
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Yes, Julia is now here with me as well and it is wonderful having her.<br />
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No, we are no longer going to Italy... I know, we are sad about it too ;-) All resorts near Rome are already fully booked, thus, we have to go to Rome another time. (However, I have been invited to come to Singapore and I am actually considering it.. Julia is not a big fan in going, so I guess I will a lone traveler for that one)<br />
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I am staying here until 2. August and then find my way back to England for a week, spending more time in the archives, seeing Stonehenge and other places perhaps.. We shall see. But, if I get more info from the Wales Archives, I might be going to Wales instead of England...<br />
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I have not done too much of any sight seeing here just yet as I have been quite busy with my German research. I have not met with many people but three as I just don't really have the time. I have to stick with priorities, which have to be my studies, followed by my mom and then whatever else comes along. But since I am here for a while, I will meet with you, my German friends, just don't give up on me ;-)<br />
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Okay, I think i answered some of the questions and now, without further adue, i shall post some pictures of the stuff I've already seen and done ;-) I might put a video in my blog with the next post so that you can see silly ole moi in action again ;-) <br />
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Kisses to you fine people... (click the images for larger view)<br />
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Well, my fine people... that's all for now. I will share more in some days..... Lots of kisses from me to you !!!!<br />
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I have been neglecting this site for quite some time; quite dusty in here. <span style="font-size: small;">Although I should be typing away at a 20 page paper and work on my very last presentation for this semester (which I have to present tomorrow morning), I decided to first come here and write somewhat of an update.</span> On top of that, blogger changed their format/look on me and I have to work myself a bit through that new layout. Old dogs and new tricks and such..</h4>
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This semester was quite interesting... the work load was crazy, but I was deeply submerged in History... American Military History, where I had to listen how the Prussians got their "arses" kicked and then served on a silver platter; and I had a chance to give a presentation in regards to "...but let's not forget..." as a response to said kicking. In this same class I was able to use my personal research in regards to the discussions of King Philip's War, which was really neat (not the war, but that I could tie my research into this class). Medieval Religion and Thought was another interesting class, which gave a good understanding even into the people I am privately researching. When you have the time and the interest for a good medieval laugh, you should go to YouTube and watch any and all episodes of "Worst Jobs in History (The Dark Ages)" and "Worst Jobs of the Middle Ages". The other class was my most interesting class, I would say; Europe and the Islamicate World to the Enlightenment. This class had very little to do with my personal research, however, it teaches to look at things from different vantage points. To assess before we judge. This class, of course, had a huge emphasis on religion in the context of understanding all religions and their origins coupled with human behavior and interpretations. This class was given by Professor Tadros, which I have had for several other classes ( I introduced him to you fine people in some of my research posts on my research blog <a href="http://olecobblestone.blogspot.com/">...Walk with me</a> ). Those were the most important classes of my semester and they took up a lot of my time. Two more weeks of lectures followed by one week of final exams and then it is .....</h4>
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... Off to Europe.... good ole Deutschland here I come... I will not only go back "home", but also go to England and Italy. My travel partner is Julia, while Lewis and Jenny remain here, busy with their studies, work and dance. I am really excited about this trip... I will continue my research in England and start a new research in Berlin. Professor Tadros suggested to not only specialize myself in one area for my doctorate. His suggestion was to use my heritage of being a German and study the migration of Germans to the New World in the 17th century and then bring both of my studies together. Thus, I will go to Berlin and speak to Historians there and start my research. Hopefully, I will be spending a lot of time in the Archives in Germany and England (England, because of my specialization in the founding of New England and, of course, to find John Lewis of Westerly....AND I WILL FIND HIM!!! ). Pretty cool, yes? Oh, why Italy... Julia decided to study the history of Religions with an emphasis on the Crusades, thus, we are off to the Vatican City and the Vatican library. Lots of "good stuff". And this all begins mid-May... sooooooo excited ;-) And, as always, I will keep everyone updated via my blogs (here and my research blog) from wherever I am in Europe.</h4>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">Have a great day !!! tons of hugs and kisses and all that fun stuff ;-) </span></div>Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-75660757079108492152011-11-24T13:37:00.002-05:002011-12-02T18:05:21.428-05:00H A P P Y __ T H A N K S G I V I N G .....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-27wmaHVRjtk/Ts6BlcF8GYI/AAAAAAAAAn4/mG5mUhmtifA/s1600/baby+pumpkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-27wmaHVRjtk/Ts6BlcF8GYI/AAAAAAAAAn4/mG5mUhmtifA/s640/baby+pumpkin.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-size: large;"> ..... to you fine people. It has been a long time since last I posted. At least it seems that way. Time is not flying by at all and thus my semester is dragging on forever. December 13th is my last day of finals and then I am off until second week of January. This, my friends, is a much needed break. However, believe it or not, I am thankful for my busy time, for it means I am doing all the right things. That's always nice to know, isn't it?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I have come to the conclusion that I don't want to "just be an anthropologist" and therefor, I changed it. Come on, who doesn't like change, eh? ;-) "Ethnohistory" is the check box I am now checking off when stating my degree. How did that happen? I am not completely sure, but I think it went like this: I was supposed to transfer to GSU for this upcoming semester, however, they did not take my current credit hours into consideration and thus, I fell short with the required transfer hours/credits. I took the CLEP test (College-Level Exam Program) two days later and made a perfect score and earned 12 credit ours... on the phone with GSU once more, telling them that I now have the required transfer hours (I was only short by 4 credit hours), but they denied me again, stating that, although impressive, they cannot accept the CLEP credits for transfer credits, but will definitely count towards my overall hours. This is not helping !!! I met up with my adviser, Professor Tadros, who has been my history professor for two semesters (he should be familiar to those of you who read my research blog) to seek advice. My GPA of 4.0 seems to be attractive enough for him to try to talk me into staying at my current university as a billboard to show what kind of student comes out of this new University (the university I am currently attending is only 5 years old). However, GSU has a fantastic honor's program geared towards research and I want to take advantage of that type of program. As it stands now, I am going to my current University for one more semester (all history classes, whoo hoo, I can't wait) and then transfer to GSU for the fall semester. My professor believes that I should become a historian as he feels I am pretty good at grasping it all. Plus, I already have my Ph.D. theses in the works (New England Colonies...). I think, it also has something to do with him being a bit bias toward "history" as that's his field ;-) This is one thing for which I am definitely thankful : having met Professor Tadros who is a phenomenal professor. Because I love History and the Human Behavior (in the context of history), he suggested the field of Ethnohistory which is comprised of History AND Anthropology... YIPEEE, the best of both worlds ;-) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Jenny has changed her future goals as well. Not having gone to the University of Hawaii may have been the best thing for her after all. She has picked up ballroom dancing again and fell in love with it once more. Jenny decided to make "ballroom dancing" her future, however, it has become not only a future plan, but her life. Another thing for which I am thankful : Jenny finally found her place in this huge world... she found her passion. She has changed her major from Marine Biologist to a Business Major in an effort to build her own business, a dance studio. We couldn't be more proud of Jenny. And those of you who are connected with me through facebook have seen Jenny "in action" ;-) soon, she will participate in her very first dance competition (ballroom dance). And I am thankful for my mother-in-law for it was her who introduced Jenny to ballroom dancing and who is supporting Jenny immensely in achieving her goals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Julia is faced with a decision of dual enrolling for next year. As you all remember, Julia wanted to get a degree in Music from Julliard. Her passion has been her Viola for the past 6 years. I still tear up when I take my seat in the audience and look upon the stage; whether she is already seated or the stage is still empty... the tears don't care.. they will flow as they please. However, Julia has changed her mind as far as her degree is concerned. First, we thought she wants to have a degree in the field of linguistics, as she has said after her return from a summer camp where she studied Arabic (two semesters in 3 weeks). But no... not even close; Religious History is her field of study now, in particular the Crusades. Another thing for which I am thankful. Her decision, however, does not come as a surprise per se, as she is fascinated by various religions and their fall and/or progression. She has been doing her independent research project for a bit over a year now and is doing a fantastic job with it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You all know how thankful I am for Lewis. To this day, he is the best thing I could ever have come across. I believe I have mentioned it somewhere that Lewis is "back to school" as well... his EMBA with GSU; a 3-year program in only 18 months. He is so very busy with work and school, but we manage. Family life has changed with all of us being in school, but we will be okay (if I say that often enough, it will be true, right?). We try to put as much family time into this busy life as we can. Next year, with Julia being in the dual enrollment program, all four of us are sitting at University-lectures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I am thankful for all of you.. my family, my friends, my online friends and those who just follow either of my blogs. I appreciate all of you... and more than you will ever know. You all are soooo good to me. I thank you all for sticking around, even though I am a sucky friend at the moment. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING IN MY LIFE !!! May you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and may you all have plenty to be thankful for. Tons of Hugs, Kisses and all that fun stuff !!!!!</span>Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-79249588527144075492011-08-14T21:46:00.001-04:002011-08-14T21:53:36.873-04:00The Final Touch?<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I opened the shower door and reached for a towel this morning. I barely open the door to avoid the cold air to enter and I am basically blindly picking an available towel. My luck, I grabbed my favorite towel. Yes, I have a favorite towel. This piece of fabric has touched, wrapped and caressed my body since the age of 10. This towel has gone with me to oh so many places of this wonderful planet and through a lot of life situations. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My towel wears my most favorite color blue and displays my name on the bottom side. It traveled with me eleven times to different places in Spain, touched a tip of Portugal, been thirteen times to France, rushed around a corner of Luxemburg, seen the Netherlands, been all over Germany, enjoyed the water in Switzerland, gone to Austria, Hungry, Poland, has seen tons of America and the U.S. Virgin Islands as well as the B.V. I.’s. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">One can say, my towel and I are inseparable indeed. It is not the prettiest towel you have ever seen, and it is not huge, nor fluffy. Wrapping yourself in it does not make you feel as if you are in a spa. It does not make you feel like soft hands are running all over your body. None of these hold true for my towel, yet I don’t enjoy another towel more on my skin than this one. And today, when unfolding my towel in the shower, I had to see, that my towel is succumbing old age. A hole has formed in the middle of its body. I have noticed that it has gone thinner over the years; dismissed it as typical wear and tear… Seeing this hole makes me rather sad, as it only recalls the obvious. Nothing is safe from getting old and eventually fading away. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">With this hole, memories are starting to fade away. Often, I would just stay wrapped in my towel and dwell in memories of where we’ve been together or situation we have faced throughout the years. This towel survived break-ups in which I would lose important documents, baby pictures and other memorabilia, but never did we get separated. I never made the notion to make sure to safe this towel, it just always happened that way. </span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thirty years this towel was my loyal companion, my servant, my comfort. Yet again I face the true nature of time. The cruel presence of age. And the realization that nothing is forever.</span></div><div style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So there we were, all ready for the new frontier (for us) of an ancient civilization and the ocean blue of Cancun, Mexico. The phone rings at 6 a.m., American Airlines on the line, the flight from Atlanta to Dallas has been cancelled, but not to worry, we are getting on the flight from Atlanta to Miami and we will catch a connection flight from there. Great, not too bad, it only puts us 30 minutes behind the original arrival time in Cancun. We can actually leave the house a little later than originally planned. After careful consideration, Lewis decided that we drive ourselves to the airport and will just park at one of those "protected" off-site parking places, since we have to be back earlier anyway. We learned a couple of nights ago at a cocktail party that Lewis really needs to be back on Thursday as he has Exams Friday and Saturday and there is no way that he can miss those [He is doing a 3 year MBA in only 17 months... you can imagine the work load]. But it's all good, we got this, so we just shuffle around our plans for a week and make the most of it in 4 days ;-) Let's go... we are soooo ready.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We get to Miami and the lovely pilot informed us that we were put into a holding pattern due to some storm clean-up. An extra circling had to be done as a machine was still occupying our gate. Finally, we are on the ground, out the door and a quick stop at the restrooms before continuing on to our connection flight to beautiful Cancun. Lewis checks the monitors one more time for the accuracy of our flight information, as he always does and "what's that?" Our flight number is not to be found... not to worry, out comes the Ipad.... What? The flight is cancelled? And so the running begins... Gate D10... "sorry, the flight has been cancelled, we can put you on stand-by for the next flight out to Cancun, but it doesn't look good, it's a full flight". "What other options are there?" There are flights to Cancun tomorrow through Dallas, but they are all fully booked as well, doesn't look good for a stand-by." We were placed on standby for the next flight out to Cancun... we didn't make it... the flight was super-full. So, we rush to the counter of a Dallas-bound flight, thinking that we could catch a flight to Mexico from there [Miami and Dallas are the only hubs for Cancun]. We made it there in the middle of boarding.... "sorry Sir, the flight is full". We pass the line for "re-booking flights" holding at least 200 people if not more. By now, it is close to 8 p.m., we are not going to stand in this line and miss even more flights. We found a quiet corner and Lewis is dialing American Airlines...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is nothing that gets us to Cancun tonight, nor tomorrow. There is nothing that gets us to Dallas, not tonight, nor tomorrow. Okay, how about back to Atlanta? ... we made it to a different terminal, lungs are burning, but we made it and Lewis tells that nice gentleman behind the counter that he has just communicated with a lady from AA and she booked us on that flight. "She is not supposed to do that, you have to go through "re-booking flights" this is a full flight.... step aside, I will call your name shortly".... Yessssss, we got on the flight, but our luggage will have to stay behind. "What happens to our luggage?" it better not be seeing the airport of Cancun... one should never ever be jealous of ones luggage, is all I'm sayin'. "You have to file a claim in Atlanta". This is the only flight to get the heck out of Miami and the most disorganized airport we have ever encountered.. [well, there is the story of Charles de Gaulle, but I shall not get into that one]. We get our tickets.. different seats, but by now, we just don't care. Departure is at 8:43 p.m. We run to grab a quick bite to eat; we only had about 10 minutes or so. "Boarding Zone 2 now".. that's us.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(To add insult to injury, Lewis just got off the phone... jealousy knocked on the door, our luggage is in Cancun!!!!)</span>Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-8328659638406282072011-07-29T19:39:00.001-04:002011-07-29T19:43:49.857-04:00A well deserved update.. or just a sign of life...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JGcIHeja6js/TjNDrCcPASI/AAAAAAAAAnc/rpfiewXaoC8/s1600/Cancun+Photo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JGcIHeja6js/TjNDrCcPASI/AAAAAAAAAnc/rpfiewXaoC8/s320/Cancun+Photo2.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br />
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Oh my gosh it's dusty in here !!!! Haven't shown my silly ole face in a while, haven't I? All I can say is that I have been quite busy. School, research, my girls, and planing a vacation. It's final !!!!! Vacation is booked and we are leaving the second week of August. Where are we going? CANCUN, Mexico... whoo hoo. We wanted to go to Aruba, but timing was just not on our side for that. Then Lewis thought of a Caribbean cruise which would end in Aruba... same timing issue.. Puerto Vallerta... same thing... and then Lewis just booked a vacation and hoped for the best. Well, turned out that there was a timing issue yet again, but he is done playing around with all of it and we will be going anyway. I can't wait.<br />
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I've downloaded a currency converter App, as well as the spanish-english dictionary to fill in where Lewis might draw a blank ;-). I will brush up on my Spanish a bit too and then just hope for the best ;-) I will be the good little tourist, giving it a shot. My dilemma, however, I don't like Mexican food. So what will I do? Again, I will be the good little tourist and not at all that spoiled brat and will actually eat the real Mexican food. To my defense, this will be a different kind of Mexican food anyway... this will be AUTHENTIC !!! perhaps I like authentic Mexican food. who knows. I will give it a try!!! Cross your fingers for me, otherwise I will go hungry.<br />
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Classes start up August 17th. This will be my last semester before I transfer over to GSU to complete my classes. Thus far, I kept my 4.0 (not bragging or anything). But sometimes I feel like "man, I am too old for this ^&%$ . " But I shall not waste another thought on school for I have to think about Bikinis, dresses, shoes, a cocktail or two, snorkel, another cocktail or two, lots of stuff to see, perhaps a margarita, and getting a lot of natural Vitamin D. Come join me? ;-) As usual, I will blog while on my vacation, showing of said bikinis and cocktails. So pack up your flip flops, your spf 50 and let's gooooooo ;-)<br />
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P.S. I've received plenty of e-mails in regards to my other blog "<a href="http://olecobblestone.blogspot.com/">...walk with me</a>" with the questions of when I will continue those posts... well, I will continue once I've made a connection from Caleb to John and when I have a program which prohibits copying the content (text and images). I have found a few programs which are quite costly, so I have not yet decided on such a program. Be patient with me !!! as always !!! <br />
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As blogger decided to pull a yahoo 360 on me, I have no clue who commented on my previous post before the blog post disappeared other than my dear Sir Thomas ;-) . Blogger was nice enough to return the stolen post, however, the comments seem to be lost in cyber space forever. <br />
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Sir Thomas commented in part in regards to the mentioned non-existing green thumb and my avocado tree ;-) So here you go, Sir Thomas, a picture of my tree , tadaaa ;-) One more week and I can pick my first avocado..LOL<br />
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This past week has been nice not worrying about the ole classes (kept a 4.0, by the way..just sayin' ;-) ) I have been able to get a lot of sorting out done... lots of what I gathered in Rhode Island (will share soon on my other blog <a href="http://olecobblestone.blogspot.com/">Walk with me</a> ) has finally been organized and placed where it belongs and lots of it now makes sense. However, the missing link still exists and a trip to Connecticut is unavoidable. Lewis tells me that this might be a trip I have to do on my own as he is just not all that excited about sitting in a vault filled with old documents.. I just don't understand ;-). So, instead he is planing a week trip for us somewhere else... it better be somewhere where there are lots of palm trees and the ocean and never ending flowing rum... I'm just sayin' ...<br />
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Classes start up this coming Monday again, the day of our 17th wedding anniversary. Gosh, time flies, doesn't it?! this time, I won't be going 6 days a week, just 5 days a week, keeping the weekend free for some fun. During the week, classes will only be from 7:30 until 1:30, hopefully leaving enough time for me to concentrate on my research. Semester will be done July 18, Julia's 16th birthday. Fall semester won't start until august 20th or so, leaving me with plenty of time to travel to Connecticut ;-) I need a travel partner!!! ;-) Anyone up for it??? ;-)<br />
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Hugs, kisses and all that fun stuff!!Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-55596722672362745972011-05-12T07:52:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:48:13.553-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dd5l6c0fMng/TcvLH6QuK-I/AAAAAAAAAms/hy9sc6o74-o/s1600/893146_i451-797460.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dd5l6c0fMng/TcvLH6QuK-I/AAAAAAAAAms/hy9sc6o74-o/s320/893146_i451-797460.jpg" width="270" /></a></div>Good morning my fine people... <br />
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Finally I find some time to sit here and write to you all. Semester is done, I've made my A's and am now enjoying a two-week break before my summer classes. Tuesday was my last final and it is nice to not have anything on my mind but to enjoy the day without having to worry about writing a paper, finishing a math program, studying for an exam... Needless to say there were times when I asked myself why the heck I am putting myself through this.. where I wanted to talk myself into being way too old for this "&*^%". But now that I am all done, I am already thinking of my transfer to GA State University. Life is good !<br />
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August is coming about faster and faster. Jenny will be leaving us in August to go to the University of Hawaii to obtain her degrees in Marine Biology, Zoology and Psychology. Can you guess what our vacation destination will be for the next 6 years? ;-) Yeah, that's right... aloha oe ;-) Lewis will bring Jenny to her new paradise and set her up and make sure all is taken care of. Julia and I shall remain in Hotlanta as I have school to attend.<br />
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Julia has been accepted to a really neat summer camp. It's a language camp sponsored by the FBI, CIA and Homeland security. She will attend this camp for a few weeks learning the Arabic language. This is nice as I have to study that language myself soon. She will also do her music during the summer, as always. She is finishing up her year with MYSO (Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra) and then join the one-year music program with the Emory University. <br />
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We couldn't be more proud of our girls !!!<br />
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I will spend my short break before summer classes with some research. For those who follow my other blog at <a href="http://olecobblestone.blogspot.com/">Walk with Me</a> know that I have had absolutely no time to catch up with my research after my return from Rhode Island. I planed to go back up to Rhode Island during this summer, but, for now, there is no need for that. My History professor sat down with me and we somewhat discussed what I should do. I will be hunting down a lot of primary sources and build up my theses for my Ph.D. So that's where that's at.<br />
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Hotlanta is currently treating us to temperatures in the low 90's. Quite wonderful!! Meanwhile, I've planted an avocado pit and it has become quite the little tree. It is growing dramatically in the last few days and if it keeps up the speed of development, we shall have avocados by the end of next week instead of waiting ten years. Crazy !! You have to know, I don't have a "green thumb" at all. So for this avocado tree to do as well as it does it is soooooo exciting. Just smile for me !!<br />
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Let's see, what else should I update you all on? Oh yeah.. Lewis is going to start his Master's Program as well. Now this one is quite exciting... During his program, he will be going on two trips. One to South America and one to Asia (China, most likely). Yes, yes, yes, I will be going with him !!! You all know how much I love to travel the world. Lewis can study while I play tourist. <br />
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Well, now that I updated you fine people, it's your turn... catch me up... what have you guys been up to??? Any special plans for your summer? Tell me, what's new in your world? tons of hugs and kisses and all that other fun stuff ;-)Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-37238316436857787972011-03-20T18:27:00.002-04:002011-03-20T21:41:08.470-04:00A New Kind of Fight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K65NZ60ctXs/TYZ-MM5sSTI/AAAAAAAAAmA/7ihA6x4ul3A/s1600/5_jan_scholz.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K65NZ60ctXs/TYZ-MM5sSTI/AAAAAAAAAmA/7ihA6x4ul3A/s320/5_jan_scholz.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">D</span></b>uring her eight-hour travel, she could not help but keep thinking of his words. A question he asked to which she very <br />
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well knew the answer but decided to rather give a more general than the true answer. But now she wonders, where does her <br />
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faith lie? Can she even truly answer that question anymore? He has triggered a series of thoughts and a brief return to <br />
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her own past. She started to question if her true answer to his question was just formed by anger at the time. For <br />
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seventeen years she has not questioned, nor challenged her “answer” until the day he asked the question. This question <br />
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shouldn’t even phase her. It should not touch her in a way it did. It never did before. Her answer was the perfect answer… at<br />
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least that is what she thought until he came along.<br />
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How is it, that one simple question can shake her entire belief? Although the general answer she gave him has not changed <br />
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at all, the true answer seems to be on shaky grounds now, with repeated aftershocks. She is trying to tell herself that the <br />
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answer is still the answer and to not pay attention to the falling pillars on which her answer stood. Somehow, he keeps <br />
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finding his way into her head, creating yet another tremble. <br />
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What is the purpose of his question anyway, she wonders. What does it matter if one person does not want to go there, even <br />
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though, her reason for not wanting to go the "path of faith", whatever that may be, is created for the wrong reason? She had <br />
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tried to make sense of it, bring logic into the game, but the pieces are falling and she tries to stand them back up, but <br />
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they won’t hold. One question, one simple question met by what she thought was a simple answer, while holding back the <br />
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truth. And why is she not willing to openly argue her true reason for avoiding the first step? Why can’t she just sit and <br />
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listen to his reason? Why won’t she allow his words to just reach her? Instead she puts on the gloves, ready to resist… <br />
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but why?<br />
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All was well in her world before he stepped into it with that question. All was perfect the way it was. She was successful <br />
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in staying objective, while keeping her own reason as a watch-dog at the front gate. There was just no way that she will <br />
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ever believe differently. Nobody, no matter who would try, can persuade her otherwise. She would not give anyone the chance <br />
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to come up with any plausible explanation to excuse what happened. There just couldn’t be a right explanation and she would <br />
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never be able to feel forgiveness. There is no such path of faith. There is only the betrayal.<br />
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If that’s truly so, then why is his question still in her head? Why does it linger? Why won't he leave? Why can't she push him<br />
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away? Why won’t this question leave her alone and allow her to get back to where she knew her belief is. After all, her belief was <br />
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strong and could not be questioned… why did he have to ask that question? She is fighting to hold on to her true answer… <br />
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but …Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-22505418514302692722011-03-05T08:59:00.001-05:002011-03-05T09:04:08.157-05:00Long time no read...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gk7kKpDHY2E/TXJCYRqjwnI/AAAAAAAAAjU/jSEi2MDYKZQ/s1600/2d7a89d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gk7kKpDHY2E/TXJCYRqjwnI/AAAAAAAAAjU/jSEi2MDYKZQ/s640/2d7a89d.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> G</b></span>ood morning to you fine people. Wow, I haven't been here in what seems forever. I've been quite busy. I have to say, i miss blogging and especially reading your blogs... I keep asking for more hours in my days, but nobody is listening..<br />
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This as well as last week were even more crazy. My studies, tests and papers just keep piling up on me... but i guess I did ask for it, didn't I? Our Simba (white cat) died and Jenny is just not doing so well with the loss. He was 17 years old... I watch Jenny and I can't help but thinking that he wasn't just a cat in our household... to her, he was so much more... a life long companion... Interesting how an animal can be this deeply connected with a human. Today, she will plant a rose bush on his grave.<br />
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Oh... other news... my research is taking me on a trip. I am quite excited over this one... you can read about it (and hopefully follow me over there) on my other blogspot page (which is just for my research)<br />
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May you all have a most wonderful weekend. Tell me how you've been. Tons of hugs and kisses...</div>Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-156957524003361332010-12-23T22:28:00.000-05:002010-12-23T22:28:23.332-05:00Merry Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SPsBbaZTPI8/TRQR0GP29gI/AAAAAAAAAiY/B-F8HRs-Yug/s1600/CAO53VDD.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SPsBbaZTPI8/TRQR0GP29gI/AAAAAAAAAiY/B-F8HRs-Yug/s320/CAO53VDD.gif" width="256" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #38761d; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">I wish you all a most wonderful and most magical Christmas. Funny how fast time has passed me by as it seems Christmas of 2009 was just a short while ago. Don't know about you, but the older I get (yes, yes, yes, I have just recently added another digit to my countdown) the sand seems to run much faster through the little opening. It kind of scares me to watch time ticking away in such a hurry. But I guess 'tis the season to celebrate... so... let's celebrate....</span></b></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: red;">Merry Christmas to you fine people. tons of hugs, tons of kisses from me to you, as always ;-)</span><span id="goog_530760056" style="color: red;"></span><span id="goog_530760057" style="color: red;"></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: yellow;">and don't forget to join me on my other site... the ole project, if you will ;-)</span></span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tons and tons of hugs and kisses and all that fun stuff ;-)</div>Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-84933896982952334612010-06-21T12:51:00.001-04:002010-09-10T14:37:13.488-04:00I just have to ...... finally show off my Julia. For those of you who don't know me in "real life" sure know Julia from my stories I tell on here. The rest of you, family and friends, well, you just know who and how she has grown to be what she is today. Since my family and friends are all over the place and we don't get to see everyone as much as we like, some of you we haven't seen in oh so many years, I thought, I'd share something with you right now, right here... <br />
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Julia went to the University of Georgia Music Institute a couple of weeks ago, where she stayed for four days and learned what you are about to see and hear. For those of you who don't know, or don't remember, Julia plays the viola. She is in 9th grade, actually, after the summer, she will be in 10th grade (another gray hair just popped up..ggrrr). She auditioned in the form of a recorded music CD (thanks to friends of Julia's grandma who have a music studio and made the audition CD happen) for this camp and originally was denied as she was too young for a new member. Julia went for the seating audition for the music camp instead, where she was placed in the higher orchestra, so the director of the music institute told Lewis on the phone. Long story short, she made it into the Chambers Orchestra of the Institute after all, where they created a third chair just for her; usually they are limited to two chairs. Family members will receive a DVD upon request, which Lewis put together... but I wanted to share some of her music already via this medium and for that, Lewis created the following videos (and those are very different then what he'd done with the DVD). Now my warning: Lewis put it into 3 youtube videos all of somewhere around 9 minutes, so you may want to fluff up your pillow before viewing ;-)<br />
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Get your pop corn ready, turn up those speakers, lean back and enjoy !!! Hugs and kisses and all that fine stuff ;-)<br />
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Since last time, Jenny has graduated and started college even before she was finished with High School. She is doing pretty well with the ole college thing. She decided that she wants to do one year of college here before going to Hawaii where she had been accepted, whoo hoo. Julia is off to music camp now. I am telling you, my girls are growing up way too fast on me. Oh yes, and I changed my hair color (yesterday)..lol.<br />
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The ancestry study is going really well. I have uncovered oh so many things. I have learned that two family members were executed in the Salem Witch trials, some fought in various Indian wars, some fought in the Revolutionary war, a lot fought in the Civil war. This is quite the trip. While my own blood line still remains at seven people.<br />
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So, now it's your turn... tell me.. how have you all been? What's new with you? Tons of kisses... Liane :-)Lianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255523758597102787.post-70487274775032314202010-05-11T13:19:00.002-04:002010-06-07T09:16:32.156-04:00My sister and I<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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Wow.. look at this, i am blogging once again.. whoo hoo. And, and, and.. I even show you guys my silly face on a video once again ;-) What a treat, eh?!<br />
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The following video was taken in a park where I live.. a little pavilion and they play the music every day at 11 a.m. I chose to share this video with you all, because it shows my sister smiling, even laughing. Something, I don't see enough from her as of late. I enjoy my sister greatly when she laughs. In this little clip, I am trying to make her talk... to say something.. didn't even matter what it is she'd say. You see, she has a problem with her voice.. she doesn't like to hear her own voice played back and with this, she avoids "talking" at all cause.<br />
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So this is it.. just a little video clip of silly ole moi and my sister, whom you've met last year via youtube video while i took you all to Berlin, remember??? ;-) <br />
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Tons of kisses, from me to youLianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12181900468218990677noreply@blogger.com18