Today's status is sponsored by: Quotes to Live By & other semi-important news topics of the day...
 

<<~ Is waiting for 13:00 hrs to appear on my time machine so that I might partake in Four Hundred & Twenty sparkly moments as they explode into the gorgeous Fall day outside that is resplendent with heavenly sunshine! :cheesy:

In other news, I leave a few favorite quotes I often live by and other sweet & sassy notions of semi-importance:

• This is to love: To fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First, to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet. -- Jalal ad-Din Rumi

• Faith is the bird that feels light and sings when the dawn is still dark. -- Rabinranath Tagore

• 5 Must-Haves: water, food, cash, love & a home.

• Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit next to a pretty girl for an hour and it seems like only a minute. That's relativity. -- Albert Einstein

• Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. -- Marcel Proust

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was up late last night, got up about an hour ago to find out it was afternoon, not morning. Was listening to 80s music earlier, is now listening to favorite country-western songs and super grateful that today is Saturday. :)

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMbvcp480Y4"]Adagio in G Minor (Albinoni) - YouTube[/nomedia]

Thank you for posting those songs Katzchen...

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vGyXvYwSdc"]Bach Adagio - YouTube[/nomedia]

Better version[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooe2nUhkdQw"]Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, II. Adagio - Otto Klemperer - YouTube[/nomedia]


and a a aa allegro...wake up[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK6-x9sdEYo&feature=related"]Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major BWV 1050 - 1. Allegro - YouTube[/nomedia]

I've spent the last hour or so perusing the oldddd fluff topics here.....i think I've gone cross eyed!! :seeingstars:

Well Happy Birthday to you!

<<~ what a beautiful day this Sunday has been. I've managed to not do a whole lot except spend time in reflection, read here - off and on today, and it just occurred to me that I am starving. I must make something to eat. I'm thinking I will make.... French Toast. *yes* Heavy on the maple syrup and make some homemade hot chocolate and heavy on the cinnamon, too. :)

<<~ is staying in bed today, listening to the quietness in the neighborhood today: cars driving by slowly, a lawn mower in the distance, the wind chimes on my patio deck and will probably drift off to dreamland again before long. Hopefully, I will feel better tomorrow.

<<~ I have been in the kitchen, for the most part, today. I am making a batch of Garlic-Rosemary bread: 2 loaves, a pan of rolls and breadsticks out of the left over dough.

I also am making a soup for tonight. It takes all day to make it. What I do is take fresh, organic vegetables (carrots, celery, onion, tomatoes) and take half of my supply and make juice out of them for a soup base. Then I take the other half of the supply and slice them up, as well as adding Crimini mushrooms and ginger root and beets and slice them up too. I simmer the vegetables in the juice until they become very tender. Then I turn the heat down on low and add shredded roast pork and cilantro and a few leaves of basil and a small chile pepper to the soup base and let it simmer on the lowest setting possible for about 3-4 hours. About an hour before supper, I add a handful or two of cous cous to it.

So, this is what my son and I are having for supper tonight: homemade soup and bread. :)

Was out for pizza with my 6yo first-grader baby-butch/possibly TG granddaughter today, asking about her day, and got this tidbit. "There's this girl in second grade who likes me. She keeps following me around the playground and watching me. She thinks I'm a boy. I think she knows I have a girl body but she still thinks I'm a boy. She thinks I'm hot."

Oh dear Maude, she's SIX and already has an older girl (baby femme?!?) thinking she's hot. I explained that six year olds can't be hot, only teenagers, but this was largely just rambling in order to keep from howling with crazy laughter in the restaurant.

<<~ has tried to fall asleep with her pillows tonight and is still wide awake....
Will try to fall asleep again, soon. :candle:

Will listen to the surf of the Pacific Ocean....
until I fall asleep.

<<~ I'm sitting here listening to a Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks song (Midnight Up in Harlem) off their album: The Revelator. I love the guitar, the steel guitar, Hammond b3 organ, vocals, the good vibrations I feel when I listen to this song or most songs their band plays. :stillheart:

I'm on my 3rd cup of coffee, laundry detail is calling my name, then get ready for work this afternoon. If I have the energy after work tonight, I might go to a private party hosted by a group of friends I have known for years.... do a little bit of sofa surfing tonight, because last time I went to a summer party they had back in July, I was in no shape to be taking the train home by myself, late at night. SoOoOoOoo, I guess it's *ciao* for now. :)

Going to Ventura for the weekend with my babe and her kiddo for some beachin, antiquing and outlet shopping!! Yay! :-)

whew...!!
 

PASSED MY NASM (NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SPORTS MEDICINE) EXAMINATION TODAY... AM NOW A CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER!!!

Sweet! Congrats!

Heading to Capital Hill with Scuba for a little guys out day. What trouble can I get into today? Muahahahahaha