I went to the library today. Taylor got a Buffy book. Danny sat down and read a magazine. I wandered around the Mythology, Philosophy and Social Sciences section for quite a while. I was looking for some books on religion. They didn't have an actual religious section, which was kind of odd to me. They had a HUGE Christian collection ranging from Catholicism to Methodist literature. There were 3 books on Mormonism (including the Book Of Mormon). There was one shelf devoted to Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism. A couple of shelves about Judaism. And one shelf on Islam. That was it. Nothing else. There was a small section of Sylvia Brown books and even smaller area on ghosts/paranormal anything. I saw absolutely no books on Wicca. Which is actually what I was looking for, specifically. I was able to find a book on Crystals. Which may be helpful, but probably not. I got a book titled Illustrated Dictionary of Religions. It looks fantastic. It will contain more religions with hopefully good details. I also got Mythology for Dummies and a book about dream interpretation. Absolutely not what I was looking for. I'm kind of bummed. But I can do research on the net so it's alright I guess. It's for a book, by the way. I'm not converting. Converting from what, I don't know. But I'm not converting to Wicca.
Anyways.
Danny leaves for the field Monday. It's going to be quiet around here. I'm not looking forward to doing dishes. I'm also bummed that he's leaving before pay day cause that means I have 1/2 a tank of gas in the Xterra and 3/4 in the Mazda. I don't like not having full tanks. Even though I don't go anywhere regularly. I have a few things to do that week...so it's distressing. Cause I'm easily stressed out. He's only going to be gone 5 days, I act like it's two weeks. I need to get on the registration so that this isn't an issue. Can't do that until he returns. Things like this irritate me. I don't understand a gas rations card. They allow you plenty. More than enough even living way out here in the middle of nowhere. Not to mention my name is on the stateside registration as well as the insurance. It should be enough. Oh well. What can you do.
It's getting closer to time to start planning day trips. I am heading out to Langen to pick up my puppy in about 2 weeks. That's over near Frankfurt. So I'd like to stop there and wander around some. But around the beginning of March I would like to take another trip. I just don't know where yet. Somewhere puppy friendly, I think. So we can take Jax. Oh, and I want to go to Bayreuth. To wander around the cemetery and check out some palaces, museums. So maybe I'll plan that.
I am currently reading a Pretty Little Liars book. It's interesting. I read the first one and this is the 4th...so I'm lost. But it's somethin'. I am gonna go help do most of the dinner prep...then prepare for a bath complete with my book and some hot hot water cause baby it's cold outside.
Word.
January 29, 2011
January 25, 2011
A Little History
We went to Vilseck on Saturday to check out some furniture. Of course because it was the luck of Rachel, it was not to be. They were closed for inventory (yes, on a Saturday). Danny told me that the day I got my license they drove around a lot and happened to see a cemetery, right there on post. So we decided to go check it out. I love cemeteries, the older the better. There is potential for some VERY old cemeteries in a land that has documented occupants before the 600's!
I got quite a few pictures. It wasn't as old as I had hoped, 1930's was the earliest dates I saw but several didn't have dates. Tragically (in my opinion) around here it seems that headstones get replaced. It is a bummer cause I like the old ones...more character than these shiny black things. But I digress.
So, it seems that long ago before Vilseck was a post the land (and that surrounding all of the Rose Barracks and Graf) were several small towns. In the 1937-38 time frame the land was taken to house the German Army. This caused the evacuation of the towns, Langenbruck was one of them. In 1945 Vilseck was surrendered to the United States. Post war, Vilseck the town integrated 5 villages into one community. Vilseck the post, however, maintained some of the old Langenbruck relics. The cemetery is the one we have found, I have determined if there is more to find or not yet.
I am sure you can find most of this at the Museum in Graf or by Wikipedia (which is where I got a good portion of my info) but I just wanted to give the basic run down of the area. I feel like doing a little historical research of the places I visit is the best way to go, it's also a good learning experience for Taylor. I'm not sure how much of it she actually pays attention to but it's a good base anyways. (By the way, I live in a hamlet. How cool is that?)
So here are my pictures...there aren't a ton, it's a small area.
I got quite a few pictures. It wasn't as old as I had hoped, 1930's was the earliest dates I saw but several didn't have dates. Tragically (in my opinion) around here it seems that headstones get replaced. It is a bummer cause I like the old ones...more character than these shiny black things. But I digress.
So, it seems that long ago before Vilseck was a post the land (and that surrounding all of the Rose Barracks and Graf) were several small towns. In the 1937-38 time frame the land was taken to house the German Army. This caused the evacuation of the towns, Langenbruck was one of them. In 1945 Vilseck was surrendered to the United States. Post war, Vilseck the town integrated 5 villages into one community. Vilseck the post, however, maintained some of the old Langenbruck relics. The cemetery is the one we have found, I have determined if there is more to find or not yet.
I am sure you can find most of this at the Museum in Graf or by Wikipedia (which is where I got a good portion of my info) but I just wanted to give the basic run down of the area. I feel like doing a little historical research of the places I visit is the best way to go, it's also a good learning experience for Taylor. I'm not sure how much of it she actually pays attention to but it's a good base anyways. (By the way, I live in a hamlet. How cool is that?)
So here are my pictures...there aren't a ton, it's a small area.
January 24, 2011
And one more...
So, way back in 2000 I was managing a coffee shop. There were a whole bunch of guys that hung out at the shop. The above just happens to be two of them, the brothers Dusk1 and DJ Honna aka Ryan and Ben. I actually hired Ryan to work at the shop at one point and he went on to be a manager of another store. I always knew Ryan was a super talented artist, I bought two of his paintings and still proudly display them. But I didn't know about this Hip-Hop awesomeness until later, after we had moved. I am a huge fan. So I just wanted to share a little bit of great.
January 20, 2011
health(ier)y
I am trying to eat a bit more on the healthy side. I'm not being fanatical about it because...well I have before and I just don't have that kind of time right now. I'm starting slow. Making small changes. It really seems like when I go all dramatic and change everything all at once it not only fails miserably but I feel a little craz(ier)y. So right now I'm still making dinner however I want. But breakfast and lunch are changing. Typically I only eat one, but today I decided I'd have toast for breakfast since I was up at 8am. For lunch it was pita with hummus and bell peppers with ranch I made myself using a seasoning packet and skim milk, I substituted Greek yogurt for the cup of mayo though. Dinner was pasta salad and Veg burgers on whole wheat buns. So it was small tweaks here and there. For desert tonight we had apples with caramel dip...one day I will forgo the caramel dip but the serving size is 2Tbsp per apple and we averaged 1Tbsp...so I guess that's better. I had grapes too. Cause they looked good. And they're grapes, not crepes. I really have to start taking this heart health stuff more seriously. I started riding my exercise bike last week, 25mins a day is my max so far but better than nothing I guess. I still drink a pot of coffee a day but we cut back from 2-3 diet Cokes a day to 1. The rest is water with Real Lemon or Lime. I know I need to quit smoking. I fully understand how much of an impact that would have on everything. But lets be real. Right now, it's not going to happen. I have my limits. If I wanted to get on some serious daily anxiety meds (instead of the "as needed" I have now) maybe. But I sat myself down and I said, "Self, let's be realistic. What's more important. Diet and exercise or smoking." I could not answer myself. But I did determine that if I quit smoking and that's all, I will probably gain wait and increase negative eating habits (need hand to mouth motion? reach for a Cheeto) which has counterproductive issues, obviously. As it is, I have cut back to anywhere between 1/2 to 3/4 pack a day. That's much less than it used to be. I got up to 1 1/2 at one point. 1 a day is bad. But it's still an improvement that doesn't cause added stress. So I guess I'm trying to move in the right direction. I'm pretty convinced I'm going to have a heart attack. We'll see what my blood pressure is tomorrow. I'm hoping lowwwwwww. It's possible!
It's 2am. I'm going to stop typing about food and take all my multitudes of vitamins and go to sleep, or at least go lay down. I'm not finding that regular blogging is helping my writers block but I am determined to push through it!!
Word.
It's 2am. I'm going to stop typing about food and take all my multitudes of vitamins and go to sleep, or at least go lay down. I'm not finding that regular blogging is helping my writers block but I am determined to push through it!!
Word.
January 19, 2011
vita-meeta-vegee-min
I'm sitting here watching The Troop (on AFN Family, not entirely by choice) and trying to get the courage to start taking my nightly medicines. Only 3 of them are real prescriptions. Zyrtec, cholesterol pills and the anti-cuckoo pills. Then starts the vitamins. I'm going to name them then take one. Cause maybe it'll make it easier to down them. I will want to get this over with to get on with the rest of my life. So. Vitamin E, 2 little gels. Easy. The end of easy. Now lets go with...the giant oil pill. I forget what it is except that there is sunflower oil and I think (gag) fish oil...it helps my heart and I need all the help I can get there right now. It's huge though. This one take the most courage. Yup, I gagged. Moving on. Hair, skin and nails vitamin. Check. I really think it's working, especially in the cocktail I take. Mmmk. Now...2 Calcium/Vit D pills, total of 1200mg calcium. This doc insisted since I'm lactose intolerant and old. Got those 2 down. Alright. Now some super B-complex vitamin. Not bad. And last but not least, the prenatal vitamin. Don't be crazy. It's just the same as a good multi-vitamin only the doc can prescribe it aka it's free instead of $10+ a bottle. Ta-Da! That only took about 5 minutes. That's not bad at all. Not for me anyways.
The vitamins really are working for my hair and nails though. My hair is growing way fast and my nails are stronger. It's great since I'm actually trying to grow my hair out. The nails have got to go though. They're horrible.
Today Taylor fell. On her face. She and Kiara came home and worked on their homework and they did really good. They helped each other I guess so they did really good and only missed 2. Not too shabby. So I let them go to the park since it has still been decent out. About 15mins later someone knocks. It's two older girls I don't know. They say, "Um, Taylor fell, um, on her face? At the park? And she's hurt? She went to Jasmines? Jasmine wanted us to tell you?" - - I swear to God every single thing was a question. Poor kids lol. So I found shoes and started to head over to Jasmines but Taylor and Kiara were already heading up the driveway. Tays lip was all bloody and her chin was scraped up. She also has a scrape on her cheek right below her eye. Poor kid. Jasmine's babysitter cleaned the cuts up so I went over them again and then put Neosporin on them. I gave her tylenol and ibuprofen cause the swelling was ridiculous. It still hasn't gone down. I just emailed her teacher to let him know she's not going to be there tomorrow. She bursts into tears every time she looks in the mirror and says she looks "hideous". What 9 year old has issues like that? Apparently all of them. I tried telling her she looked like a UFC fighter but that did not work. At all. It may have even had the opposite effect of the one I was going for. Sigh.
I guess I should try to get off of here. Pretty Little Liars is on...I'm guessing this is a REALLY old one...and it's the only one I've ever actually watched...but maybe I can fall asleep and have just serial killer dreams instead of vampires AND serial killers. We'll see.
Word.
The vitamins really are working for my hair and nails though. My hair is growing way fast and my nails are stronger. It's great since I'm actually trying to grow my hair out. The nails have got to go though. They're horrible.
Today Taylor fell. On her face. She and Kiara came home and worked on their homework and they did really good. They helped each other I guess so they did really good and only missed 2. Not too shabby. So I let them go to the park since it has still been decent out. About 15mins later someone knocks. It's two older girls I don't know. They say, "Um, Taylor fell, um, on her face? At the park? And she's hurt? She went to Jasmines? Jasmine wanted us to tell you?" - - I swear to God every single thing was a question. Poor kids lol. So I found shoes and started to head over to Jasmines but Taylor and Kiara were already heading up the driveway. Tays lip was all bloody and her chin was scraped up. She also has a scrape on her cheek right below her eye. Poor kid. Jasmine's babysitter cleaned the cuts up so I went over them again and then put Neosporin on them. I gave her tylenol and ibuprofen cause the swelling was ridiculous. It still hasn't gone down. I just emailed her teacher to let him know she's not going to be there tomorrow. She bursts into tears every time she looks in the mirror and says she looks "hideous". What 9 year old has issues like that? Apparently all of them. I tried telling her she looked like a UFC fighter but that did not work. At all. It may have even had the opposite effect of the one I was going for. Sigh.
I guess I should try to get off of here. Pretty Little Liars is on...I'm guessing this is a REALLY old one...and it's the only one I've ever actually watched...but maybe I can fall asleep and have just serial killer dreams instead of vampires AND serial killers. We'll see.
Word.
January 16, 2011
your mom goes to college!!
I got all registered for school. I'm somewhat scared of Biology. I'm not even really sure how one accomplishes labs while in an online class. I guess I'll learn. I'm BEYOND excited to start Philosophy. The Library Skills class will be pretty painless, I think. It's less than a month and it just teaches me how to research things online. Which I think is strange. Maybe I'll find better methods through this class. But I think in these days and times everyone knows how to find things on the net. Google is a glorious thing. We shall see. 2 classes I don't care to take and 1 I am dying to take. Next semester will be the same. Math and Writing with a good class thrown in. Soon I'll get to 2 good classes and 1 "meh" class. Maybe. The beginning isn't as fun as the end. Math. Ew. Biology. Ew. Oh and some computer course about systems and stuff. Ew. Sociology. Philosophy. Psychology. Those are my classes, the ones I want to take. Just gotta get these icky ones out of the way.
Today I was cleaning the big bathroom and got all crazy. I decided it was time to move EVERYTHING. I moved Tay's bed off of the full size frame we had it on...it was weird. Cause her bed is a queen. We need to find a new frame for it but we have limited access. I really need a road trip to Ikea. But anyways. So I moved her bed. Then I moved the full bed into the other room and rearranged the other 2 beds...then I moved 4 dressers all around. Then I moved an armoire and night stand table thing. And now I can't move. It hurts. I took a bath and 3 Tylenols. I'm on my second batch of 3 Tylenols. It's not pretty. So far I can still walk though, that's a plus. If this continues (the range of movement) I'll get some more done tomorrow!! It's very exciting. I don't have a lot left up there...it needs to be done. My whole downstairs is finished. Swept and mopped ala Danny and Taylor.
I got more pictures of the puppy!! I'm so excited. I'm just rambling and not even all that coherently. I guess I'll stop this blogging and go back to watch some more Rules Of Engagement and drawing. I've been drawing a lot. I can't draw. So it's interesting, to say the least.
Word.
Today I was cleaning the big bathroom and got all crazy. I decided it was time to move EVERYTHING. I moved Tay's bed off of the full size frame we had it on...it was weird. Cause her bed is a queen. We need to find a new frame for it but we have limited access. I really need a road trip to Ikea. But anyways. So I moved her bed. Then I moved the full bed into the other room and rearranged the other 2 beds...then I moved 4 dressers all around. Then I moved an armoire and night stand table thing. And now I can't move. It hurts. I took a bath and 3 Tylenols. I'm on my second batch of 3 Tylenols. It's not pretty. So far I can still walk though, that's a plus. If this continues (the range of movement) I'll get some more done tomorrow!! It's very exciting. I don't have a lot left up there...it needs to be done. My whole downstairs is finished. Swept and mopped ala Danny and Taylor.
I got more pictures of the puppy!! I'm so excited. I'm just rambling and not even all that coherently. I guess I'll stop this blogging and go back to watch some more Rules Of Engagement and drawing. I've been drawing a lot. I can't draw. So it's interesting, to say the least.
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