Lost in Y Land

ahhhh Jane

2010-03-15T15:56:00.000-08:00

So i have really been into reading Jane Austen and then watching the movie of the book. I just love her. Recently I watched "lost in Austen" apparently it was originally a mini series but i watched the whole thing one afternoon. I wish i had something good to say about it. I hated it. I don't know how anyone who really loves the Austen stories that would like it. Why on earth would you want to watch Pride and Prejudice get allllllll messed up. It was horrible.
I love how proper things were back then, even insults. haha. I guess women have a tendency to be "catty" in any time. Why can't they be more secure? Why is is that women are so quick to jealousy? oh I know I know, men can be jealous too. What I am wondering is why bother? Either you trust the person or you don't, and if you don't then WHY insist on a relationship?
Anyhow, I need to read some new books. I have re-read my favs enough and there is no lack of books in my TBR pile. Any suggestions though are always appreciated.

Been gone forever huh?

2010-01-03T11:09:00.000-09:00

I have returned from the dead, or from reading and not making time for my blog. Its a new year! 2010, wow thats just crazy! I am determined for this to be an AWESOME year!!!! No resolutions, just fun. How about you any resolutions? I recently saw Avatar in 3-d (my first 3-d movie) it was awesome! I wish I had time to stand in line and see it again. I only get to see movies when I travel to a city, since my lil town had no theater. So anytime I do leave town I have to fight the urge to just spend my entire time at the theater. I love movies! I love forgetting all about reality and just living in that moment. It is too fun!

So I will travel to ATL soon. I have a friend who is opening a restaurant and I promised to go to the opening. I am so exited, I think I will be getting a tattoo while I am there too. Woohoo!
Happy New year too everyone, I hope it is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

Ahhhh Spring....

2009-03-27T12:57:00.006-08:00

When I think of spring I think of birds and flowers. I get that we have to have April showers to bring May flowers.... but C'MON!!! I should be drowning here. We have gotten so much snow and that on its own is no biggie, I can handle that. This year though, after every good snow there had to be rain. *ugh* It has been such crap! Then when I have absolutely had it and am just about to give in to my husband and make a real plan to move.....

The sun has to come out and make promises I know won't be kept, but.... what if this time it is different? Then I walk to the post office and have to slog through this...

I threaten to be depressed and the sun teases me yet again...

So how has your winter going? I have had some inspiration and some ideas for writing and have even started a few. I don't know what works best for me though, planning ahead or just going with it. Hmmm not so easy to put in to words as it is in my head. I see everything as I want it to be but I must refine my ability to make it come across right. I had some visitors in my back yard the other day gave me some great ideas. Look at this guy....

I hope you have had a good winter and are looking forward to spring as much as me. I am starting my planting late this year, but hey, better late then never right?

I am in LOVE!!!

2009-01-12T22:06:00.002-09:00

I found the car I want...

I was watching Top Gear with my husband when I saw this, I LOVE IT!!!!!

this is how busy i am...

2009-01-11T10:55:00.002-09:00

Harry Potter Spells Trivia

You scored 9 out of 10

Take the Harry Potter Spells Trivia at Quizopolis.com

Lord of the Rings Movie Trivia - Fun Trivia

You scored 9 out of 10

Take the Lord of the Rings Movie Trivia - Fun Trivia at Quizopolis.com

The Twilight Test - Fun Trivia

You scored 9 out of 10

Take the The Twilight Test - Fun Trivia at Quizopolis.com

Past Life Quiz

In Your Past Life You Were

A Circus Side Show Attraction

Find out your past life at Quizopolis.com

Which Bed Are You?

King Sized Bed

Just like the king sized bed you have room for everyone and enjoy company

Find out your Bed Type at Quizopolis.com

new year!

2009-01-10T20:33:00.002-09:00

Happy New Year! I hope you had a good one.

here are some fun quizzes I took....

Which Deadly Sin Is Yours?

Lust

You crave the pleasures of the body. Your lustful desires make you crave more of what you know is good.

Find out your Deadly Sin at Quizopolis.com

60 Questions People Dont Ask Survey

When's the last time you ran? - today

Do your jeans have rips, tears, and holes in them? - no

What are you dreading right now? - sleep

Do you celebrate 420? - nope

Do you get the full 8 hours of sleep a night? - nope

If anyone came to your house on your "lazy days" what would ya'll do? - hang out

Who last grabbed your ass? - my husband

Have you ever been on your school's track team? - jr high

Do you own a pair of Converse? - no

Did you copy and paste this survey? - no

Do you eat raw cookie dough? - no

Have you ever kicked a vending machine? - yup

Don't you hate it when the radio ruins good songs by playing them over and over? - yup

Do you watch Trading Spaces? - no

How do you eat oreos? - biting them

Have you ever stayed online for a very long time waiting for someone? - yes

Are you cocky? - no

Could you live without a computer? - no

Do you wear your shoes in the house? - no

Who or what sleeps with you? - my husband

At what age did you find out that Santa wasn't real? - don\'t remember

How many phones, house phones and cell phones are in your house? - 1

What do you do when you're sad? - cry

Who would you call first if you won the lottery? - my bf

Last time you saw your best friend? - hmmm last fall?

Are you in high school? - NOOOOOOOOOO

What jewelry are you wearing? - none

Is anyone on your bad side now? - yes

What's the first thing you do when you get online? - check my email

Do you watch Grey's Anatomy? - yes

How do most people spell your name? - Evon

Would you wear a boy/girlfriends clothes? - yes

Where do you work? - at home

What are you doing tomorrow? - cleaning and doing laundry

Is Justin Timberlake becoming the next Michael Jackson? - don\'t think so

Favorite name for a girl? - Adele

Favorite name for a boy? - all of my boys names

Will you keep your last name when you get married? - should have.lol

When was the last time you left your house? - today to shovel snow and pack wood

Do you return your cart? - yes

Do you have a dishwasher? - no

What noise do you hear? - the fire

Would you survive in prison? - yup

Who is the youngest in your family? - me

If all of your friends were going on a road trip, who would most likey overpack? - Jess

Do you know anyone with the same name as you? - no

What's the last thing you purchased? - milk

Do your siblings ever pay for stuff for you? - sure

What brand are your pants right now? - some kind of pjs

Ever been to Georgia (the state)? - hmmm the airport

What irritates you most on the internet? - don\'t know

What brand is your digital camera? - Nikon

Do you watch movies with your parents? - yeah

What song best describes your life right now? - Its my life by Bon Jovi

Do you own expensive perfume/cologne? - nope

Are you taking college classes right now? - nope

Do you like sushi? - YES

Do you get your hair cut every month? - no

Do you go online everyday? - yes

Will you pass this survey on to 5 people? - probably not

Take This 60 Questions People Dont Ask Survey and other Myspace Surveys at Quizopolis.com

How Will I Die Quiz

You will die at the age of 101

You will die by having one too many botox injections

Find out how you will die at Quizopolis.com

Your Stripper Name is

Jessica TightSparkle

Get your Stripper Name at Quizopolis.com

How Sexy Are You

You scored 55% which makes you

Very Sexy

"You know what you want and how you want it. With an outlook like yours you are definatly enjoying life."

How Sexy Are You? Find out at Quizopolis.com

So those were a few fun lil quiz things. Hope you enjoyed them.

NaNo WriMo

2008-12-26T21:19:00.002-09:00

Yeah i tried it...i failed. I get blocked so bad anytime i TRY to write. I can do it if i am just messing around, but if i give myself a deadline or even a goal i can't think. Stupid i know. I don't know how to get around it. I can't trick myself out of it either, cause really how do you "fool" yourself?!

Whatever.

I hope everyone had a great Christmas! And don't party too hard on new year's eve, at least not so much that you can't remember anything the next day. Those were always the worst for me. I did terrible things. It was fun though!

hmmm

2008-12-08T10:32:00.002-09:00

i had ideas of what to blog today and suddenly my mind is blank. doesn't matter anyhow does it? i have school pictures of my kids that i was waiting and waiting for, i have had them for about a month.... and still haven't sent any to my family. bad me. i had big plans to send them as soon as i got them, then they came in. i didn't even pick them up from the school until a week after they arrived because i knew i would have to deal with them and yet i have not. *sigh* i think i need an assistant. someone who will do those kinds of things for me. i am terrible about mail.

i hope you had a good weekend. did you go shopping? i stayed home and had all my journals laid out in front of me and wrote for all of a half hour i think. silly.

well i better go do more of... nothing. lol.

yikes. i suppose the laundry can no longer be ignored. here goes...

myspace

2008-12-05T23:20:00.003-09:00

so, i am feeling torn. i have this part of me that is the real me. the one that my military friends know. the one that was hiding all through school. i lived in to small of a town to feel comfortable REALLY being me. now i live back in the little town i grew up in, and i feel like i am a kid again. i lack the internal strength to be me. stupid i know. i was always way to worried about what "people would think." and in the Marine Corps they take you as you are. i was free for 4 amazing years. now i am here again.

somehow it feels better to just put this out there. i know no one really reads this crap anyhow, so it is "off my chest."

the other point i was going to make is... MYSPACE. that is where the people from both my lives meet up. it is hard to juggle the two. hmmm that is not really juggling is it. just whining. lol.

i am hoping to grow up someday and become the person i was meant to be. ya know?

enough.

this seemed fitting......

Comments

fairy tale land

2008-12-04T21:49:00.004-09:00

o.k. i know i am ALWAYS gushing about where i live, but sometime i feel like fairy tale could have been born here. I mean look at this picture. It looks like it could be a little scary, but maybe magical too.

Be honest.... hmmm i can't think it is really just me. how about this one..

I think of all kinds of ideas for stories when i am out driving and i see these things. I need to start carrying a voice recorder with me. I sat down to try to write and NOTHING. *UGH* I started a fiction based story loosely based on my life, but I am forever afraid that what if the only thing i ever write worth reading is the one based on my life. I don't want people to know, ya know. Stupid ideas. I really, really, really don't think anything I ever write would actually get published but i live in my head sometimes where dreams can come true.

YIKES!!!

Anyhow the pictures, that is what I was talking about. I live in a very inspiring place. Don't you think?

Christmas is coming....

2008-11-21T10:26:00.004-09:00

Dear Santa,

I have been a very good girl this year. What do I want for the holidays? An iTouch so that I can use Stanza to read all the romance I need from all the publishers I love that I buy at All Romance eBooks. You see, Santa, I deserve the iTouch because I am a mommy with very little "me time" and I would be able to enjoy that time much more with an itouch, so PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can I have this ONE thing?

Your favorite

-Y-

Semper Fi!!!!

2008-11-10T10:48:00.004-09:00

Today is the Marine Corps birthday. So if you know a Marine give 'em a Happy B-day hug. The Marine Corps is celebrating its 233rd b-day! YAY!!!

Here is a little....history/fun about the Corps

Hope you have a good day!!!!!

I don't know

2008-11-09T08:23:00.005-09:00

Why does there need to be a title? I just want to babble anyhow. I have been missing my friends lately. I was talking to my husband about it last night. We were both in the Marine Corps. Those are the friends that I miss most. The ones I share a common bond with. I live in my teeny tiny little village and I don't really fit in with any of the circles. It can be worse then high school. Even then I had a bunch of friends. The people I was closest with then, have all moved away. My best friend lives in Montana and I barely ever get to talk to her. I don't know if I really understand that, but there is nothing I can do about it.

I have kept in touch with several of my closest friends from the M.C. and I am thankful for that. I had some friends while I was in that totally dropped me when they got married. Apparently some women are so insecure that they don't want their husband to have any female friends. Why? I am way more then happily married, I didn't want their man before why would I now? I have a theory... not only do they not trust their husband, they don't trust themselves in the same situation. I don't understand it but, there is nothing I can do about it.

I am gratful for my husband though, he gets me though it when I am sad or lonely. I can find that crook in his neck and get all cuddled in, and forget that I live in a village where he is my only friend. If you have looked at the beauty of the place I live in I really can't complain, can I ?

I soooooooooo need to do laundry today oh oh oh and my show is on tonight... True Blood on HBO any takers? Have you seen it? I love it. Well I better get back to my laundry. I feel better now.

ELECTION FEVER!!!

2008-11-04T13:52:00.001-09:00

Did you vote? I am dying for results! I hope you have a great Election Day.

WOOOHOOO

2008-10-24T08:37:00.006-08:00

O.k. it has taken FOREVER....but I finally have my satellite internet! I am soo happy. So hopefully I will be able to keep up my blog again.

There has been some crazy fall storms running thought YLand and I had to take some pics to share. This is what the last one looked like...

Keep in mind this is in a sheltered bay ...

but we do have some nice days....

and this is what it looked like this morning...

Yup, it was snowing! but it only lasted a few minutes and it turned to rain. I hope you are having good weather where ever you may be. Oops it just started snowing again.

T.V.

2008-09-24T10:46:00.002-08:00

what are you watching this fall? do you watch t.v.? I have a friend that only reads books. I envy her, I get soooooooooo addicted to my shows. So here is my list in no particular order:
1. Heroes
2. Grey's Anatomy
3. True Blood
4. Battlestar Galactica
5. Frasier ( i know it is re-runs but i didn't watch it alot before)
6. Paranormal State
7. Ghosthunters
8. Private Practice
9. The new adventures of old Christine
10. (crap is there really 10??)

Alright those are the ones that I can think of. That is alot isn't it? yikes. Well it is finally sunshining and it hasn't done that ALL month! so I better get outside while i can. I hope you are having a good week.
I know I haven't posted anymore of my bear pics, but i am hoping to have some pics of the blue heron in the lagoon soon. They look nice enough, but if you are on a walk by yourself in the woods and one squacks it can scare the pee right out of ya. lol.

bears

2008-08-04T21:19:00.000-08:00

I have a bunch more of these and if i could just find the time i will get them up. just wanted to share a lil of my "backyard" with ya!

Long weekend

2008-05-26T22:12:00.002-08:00

How did you spend yours? I went on a whirl-wind trip to a city north of Y-Land. I needed to get some contacts and make a Costco/Wal-Mart run. I managed to catch a movie too. I did want to see Indiana Jones, but I can't stand crowds. So I went to Prince Caspian with only 6 other people in the whole theater. THAT is how I like to see movies, the theater practically to myself.
Anyhow, I LOVED....totally LOVED it! OH....MY....*drool* something about that spanish accent, oh who am I kidding? any foreign accent gets my blood flowin' !!!
Did you catch a weekend movie?
Well I have a ton more to say... but I am getting ready to send my son to a major Alaska Native dance gathering called Celebration. There is a TON of work to do and hopefully when he comes back I will have pictures to share.
I hope you had a great weekend!!!

This is why...

2008-05-20T09:20:00.007-08:00

I have some pictures, and while they are beautiful they are not as beautiful as the ones I can get in the fall. These pictures do not do the scene justice. It is so much better in person. This is why I love living here. Even through ALL the rain (and we do get a lot) days like this make it worth while. So with out any more dumb words, here it is...

I have a bunch more, honestly I can ever seem to have enough. I used to wonder when I was a kid why my mother took so many pictures of the same dumb sunset. lol. It took me a few years to understand that every sunset is unique, like snowflakes. I hope you enjoy these. Oh and I have one more picture. It is for Rusty, I am jealous of his tulips (even though I haven't seen them.lol.) so even though these aren't MY daffodils I wanted to show off these anyhow. I found them when I was driving around town looking for the best place to get pictures of the sunset.

I hope everyone is having a good week. I think I better get the boys to the beach before they destroy the house!

SUN

2008-05-19T09:52:00.002-08:00

Its a beautiful day here! The sun is out, not a cloud in sight! I am going to take my boys outside for as long as possible. I love it when they can play out, they sleep so much better at night. lol.
I hope you are enjoying some good weather as well. I will hopefully be posting some pics late tonight of the sunset.
I missed out on a great picture of a sow and three cubs this weekend. She comes back every year and every 2 years she has new cubs, and every time it is 3. Anyhow they were in some sand pits lounging at the top of a really tall one. I booked it to town (about 12-13 mins there and back) but when I got there again they were gone. I ALWAYS have my camera...except this time. That will teach me to leave the house mad. lol.
I am crossing my fingers that my daffodils will come out today it is the first real sunny day in weeks! Well I am off to enjoy it for as long as possible!!

I couldn't be more proud!

2008-05-16T22:59:00.004-08:00

Seriously how F-ing cool is this?

This is my brother! He is ridiculously good at everything, maybe because he goes at it 100% every time. He has been my hero since I was a little girl and he was the one I wanted with me when I had to get shots. I could be tough for him.

I always wanted to do what he was doing or at least make him proud in whatever I was doing. But this day I am the one who is proud. Look at that! No fear! The best I can do is have his favorite banana bread waiting for him when he comes home. LOL. Hope you think these pics are as awesome as I do.

My home

2008-05-15T15:06:00.005-08:00

Well the weather looks like it is clearing up. It has been storming for the past couple of days. I ran out to the beach to check out the surf. My big brother surfs but not me. I just like to stay on the beach and watch. Today when I went out it was high tide so the big waved will be there in a couple of hours. I just thought I would share the pics. I love my home and the beaches here. As you can see I was the only one there. That is the way I like it. I don't like crowded beaches. I like to be able to let my kids run naked if they want and take my dog and let him run w/o a leash. ANYWAY here are the pics....

I love a good storm. I love the wind and rain, I know I have said that before but I really do. I may not be a surfer, but I just wanna jump right in the water when I see it.

What do you enjoy doing? What gets you excited just thinking about it? and you can use sex for an answer, that is too easy.

Wet Wednesday...

2008-05-14T13:21:00.002-08:00

Soaked would be a better description. It's raining, it's pouring but no old man is snoring. I love the rain. My husband is from cali so he doesn't understand he thinks I am crazy when I want to go for a bike ride or a nice long walk right in the middle of a storm. It is so fun though. How boring it would be to only go outside when it is nice. I love when it get really windy just standing and letting it blow around me, that is how i like to feel nature. Not just the flat calm of a lake w/birds or something, while that is fun too, I LOVE STORMS!!! We get some big ones too. Our big storms can have "hurricane force" winds, but here it is just a storm.
What do you do on a rainy day?
I play out.

No Poetry

2008-05-12T20:45:00.002-08:00

nope, sorry no poetry this monday. I did do a lil quiz thing on the LSB SEx blog today so I will post that instead.

1.Any nicknames? Beevo
2. Favorite drink? Hornsby
3. Tattoo? On my back across my shoulders
4. Body Piercing? ears
5. How much do you love your job? SAHM lovin it!
6. Birthplace? Mt Edgecume, Alaska
7. Favorite vacation spot? Situk River
8. Ever been to Africa? Nope
9. Ever eaten cookies for dinner? Nope
10. Ever been on TV? I don’t think so
11. Ever been in a car accident? yup
12. Drive a 2-door or 4-door vehicle??? 4 DOOR
13. Favorite salad dressing? Ranch (not the kind you get at the store the kind at a buffet. Somehow it just tastes better to me)
14. Favorite pie? MMM Pumpkin
15. Favorite number?? 11
16. Favorite movie? Pride and Prejudice the one with Colin Firth
17. Favorite holiday?? Does my anniversary count?lol. (i was married on Vetrans Day) o.k. then Valentines.
18. Favorite dessert? ? Chocolate
19. Favorite Food?? Chinese
20. Favorite day of the week?? Friday
21. Favorite brand of body wash?? Dove
22. Favorite toothpaste?? Crest
23. Favorite smell?? Smoked Fish
24. What do you do to relax? Go to the beach
25. How do you see yourself in 10 years? With my own house with a big deck for dancing and bbq for tons of fish and steak.

How was your weekend? Mine was great. I did way too much laundry for me to ever catch up with folding, but at the same time not enough because I can NEVER catch up will the dirty laundry.

super, super late Poetry Train

2008-05-06T21:03:00.002-08:00

Yes I know it is practically Wednesday, but I finished it finally. So here it is, can you guess the weather I have been living in?

Drops of life fall from the sky
Soaking the ground
Quenching an undying thirst
It Sinks into my skin
I feel like a kid again
I twirl in the rain taking back years
Like a child I stomp the puddles
Trying to stifle a giggle
Laughter wins and
I am happy.

O.k. so I know it is simple and I should have been able to crank that out in no time, but let me just tell you that wrote and re-wrote that one it took many different turns for a while it was a bit depressing, my husband was out of town. This is how it ended today, he is home.

Coffee

2008-05-06T10:07:00.002-08:00

Do you use creamer? I do. I love all the different favors there is to choose from now. My favorite is the Peppermint one that comes out for the holidays. Lately though coconut had been my favorite. I like to use it with my chocolate raspberry coffee, it tastes like I am drinking a decadent cake. LOL. I know those of you black coffee drinkers are gagging right now. I love it though. I did try a chocolate raspberry creamer once, but if you can believe it... it was too sweet. I don't know somehow it just didn't work for me. oh oh oh and there was a mudslide creamer that came out mmmmmmmmmm that was soooooo yummy. Since I live in a rural area in Alaska we only get one shipment of the experimental creamers and everyone buys them and they run out very quick. What is your favorite sweetener for your coffee?

PT monday

2008-05-04T15:44:00.002-08:00

o.k. so i will be late on this one.... i started writing a scene, and good gracious it took over me.It is too long now so I have to find something else to give.
Just in case I don't make it back here tomorrow let me offer this, one of the first poems I had to recite in grade school. I think of it often. My sixth grade teacher had several heart attacks that year and was faced with her mortality, this is the poem she made us recite.

Crossing the Bar

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Sunset and evening star,

And one clear call for me!

And may there be no moaning of the bar,

When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,

Too full for sound and foam,

When that which drew from out the boundless deep

Turns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,

And after that the dark!

And may there be no sadness of farewell,

When I embark;

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place

The flood may bear me far,

I hope to see my Pilot face to face

When I have crossed the bar.

Yup, that was my first non Shel Silverstein poem. lol. I still like it. I hope that I make it back here with my own poem or scene to add. Until then, thanks for stopping by.

alive again

2008-05-01T21:35:00.002-08:00

i know i have said it a hundred times before but i am trying to be back again. but c'mon, i know someone has to feel my pain of dial up?!
well i have given up in my high hopes of getting that house that i wanted. way to long of a story to try to post here, but the short of it is I GIVE UP!!!! sometime i really hate people who abuse their power, crap who am i kiddin i always hate those kind of people.
So what is new with me? nothing really. I am hoping to start ITT tech online this fall. *crossing fingers* lets see how that goes.
I think anyone who ever read my blog probably doesn't anymore, sorry folks. I will try to get back on schedule. I chickened out the las few months on PT Monday's I will try to get back on that one and see if I can start getting into the other posts.
I hope all is well with everyone, and for those of you who are authors... get those edits going! I am dying!!!!!!!!!!!
Love from YLand

Not commonly known

2008-03-19T09:15:00.004-08:00

So, thus far I have really only posted poetry and a few fluffy misc. posts, today is different. I should preface this by stating that I am Alaska Native, so this kind of story tugs at my very soul.

I heard this on the radio last summer. It is a report on how Native American women are being sexually abused and nothing is being done about it. The second part of the report can be found here.Their report says that one in three Native American women will be abused in their lifetime.

According to a study done by the Justice Department "Native American women are two and half times more likely to be raped than other women. The majority of victims said they were raped by men from outside the reservation, according to a victimization survey. " (quoted from NPR)

How this kind of report doesn't get National attention is beyond me.

They report on the legal hassles that hold them up when trying to prosecute. Here is one of those examples:

"If a Native American man walks into the mini-mart and steals a carton of cigarettes, O'Neal can arrest him. If a non-native man commits the same crime, O'Neal would let him go and forward a report to the U.S. attorney's office."

So you can see how easy it would be for a non-native to come onto a reservation, rape a woman and leave without fear of EVER being caught or punished. How can it be possible that if I go to another country, or lets even just say another state, cripes even another town and I break the law there, I can be held accountable to those laws BUT if it happens on Native land and I am non-native I am basically allowed to get away with it? Do you remember Michael Fay? He was the boy who was caned in Singapore for vandalizing cars. Do you remember all the news coverage that was generated from that? Here in our own country the Native women are being abused and even killed and because of the way the Federal government deals with these cases, nothing is being done. How can this be? Shouldn't anyone that chooses to come on Native land be held accountable for any crimes committed on that land?

I hope you take the time to read these reports. These are thing that are happening in America "Land of the free, home of the brave." Expect to hear more about this. I intend to get VERY involved with this cause.

Movies

2008-03-12T09:25:00.002-08:00

I do love living in rural Alaska, but one bummer thing for me is that we don't have a movie theater. I LOVE movies. When I was stationed in Arizona I used to go to movies all the time. I would talk a bunch of big tough guys into going to a chick flick, not because I was dying to see it, but just cause it was funny. The only movies I really like to spend the $$ to go to see in theaters are BIG scenic or CG movies. You know what I mean? I like romantic comedies probably more then the average person, but I don't think that I would spend the money to see it unless one of the girls saw it first and said it was THAT good.

What kind of movies do you like? I like suspense(without gore), comedies, romantic comedies, fairy tales, action....pretty much anything but gory horror, "no blood and guts thank you". I have VERY vivid dreams so I can't put those kind of images in my head I will dream about it. I am not one of those people who can wake themselves up from a bad dream. I will feel like I am really living it or watching in and I can't get away. *sigh* I get all tense just thinking about it.
I just recently watched Stardust. I really liked it. I wanted to see it in the theater but I watched something else....I don't remember what. There are a few movies that I would like to watch if I go out of town and several I am looking forward to, how about you? I want to see Jumper,10,000 B.C. , Fools Gold, Prince Caspian, oh oh oh and I am really contemplating taking my kids to visit their uncle on spring break and take them to Horton Hears a Who. Has anyone seen anything really good lately?

Well I am feeling like making some cream puffs so off I go, hope you have a good week!

Poetry Train Monday

2008-03-10T12:56:00.001-08:00

o.k. i know this poem might not make any sense to any one, i dreamed it. i woke up and had to write it down. hope you are having a good Monday DESPITE stupid dumb pointless crappy daylight savings.

endless cosmic tears

fall

from dragon eyes

listening for years

waiting for

goodbye

silence bursting to

have its say

spring battles winter

rain and snow

today is the day

and

tomorrow i will know

I am trying to be optimistic, but the March weather tends to get me down. How is the weather in your part of the world? Y Land is ready for spring. I can't wait for summer. I want to go camping with all of my boys. I hope everyone has a good week.

sigh my balloon has been deflated....

2008-02-27T21:55:00.002-09:00

my laptop was declared dead on arrival. i am sooo sad. i will try to be on and post as often as i can, but i am using my man's laptop and he travel's a lot. i am looking into getting another on though.
thank you to those of you who try to check back and see if i am still alive, (RJ, Ann, Jill, Ange). i am still here, but not here. lol. i am the ghost on your blog. i miss everyone and i am hoping that in a months time i will be back and with a killer satellite connection too.
until next time. hope to see ya around.
~y~

alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllrighty then!

2008-02-01T11:15:00.001-09:00

o.k. got the first one. Thank you Lisa. Here it is

The rules:
Link to the person who tagged you;
Leave a comment on their blog so that their readers can visit yours;
Post the rules on your blog;
Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog;
Tag 7 random people at the end of your post;
Include links to their blogs;
let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

7 things about me:
1. I want to get licensed as a skydiver. I went once this fall and I am hooked.
2. I am afraid of the dark
3. I want to be a paranormal investigator. YES I know this conflicts with my previous statment.
4. I might be getting my own house (finally!!! cross your fingers for me)
5. I love crafts. Not actually doing them, but the idea of having the time to do them.
6. I miss Calvin and Hobbes. They were my favorite.
7. I have a love/hate realationship with....*sigh* bread.

O.k. so I don't actually know enough bloggers to tag 7 so I am going to tag 1
Ange "the romance groupie"
I will be back later for the other one I was tagged for.
WHOA, Jill that is a crazy meme. I am going to have to get back to you on that one. I think it will take me a while. Thanks for stoppin by.
5.

Down for the count...

2008-01-23T20:18:00.000-09:00

Greetings fellow Y-land travelers!

This is Ange not Y. Unfortunately, Y is missing indefinitely. Her computer bombed on her and now she is totally without computer access (a horror of such gigantic proportions that I can't even bear to imagine it!) so she asked me to pop on and post that she won't be on for a "long time" - her words. I can only hope that that means weeks not months without a little "Y" to brighten our lives.

~Ange

yikes i need to catch up...please be patient.

2008-01-14T19:40:00.000-09:00

I have to do a SUPER late post for the poetry train, post a recipe for "titalate you tastebuds tuesday" AND....thanks to Lisa Andel *smirk* i have been tagged. So please be patient between tonight and tomorrow i will try to catch up. Come on in have a seat, the bar is open and the dj is playing non-stop. I'll be back in a bit.

FLASH ME!

2008-01-13T09:33:00.000-09:00

It is that time again....flash fiction Sunday at the
LSB SEx Blog.
Come join in the fun!

Marco.....

2008-01-10T10:38:00.000-09:00

Hello, I have awakened from my holiday coma and I have probably gained 10 lbs too! *ugh* So how was your season? mine was great. I was able to spend time with my family and bake and just relax by the fire. I LOVE books and if you could see the Christmas presents I received you would have no doubt. lol. One of my favorites my mom bought for me, Jane Austen's complete works, in one of those big oversized coffee table books. I love it. She wrote it in that when I am old my grandchildren can sit and read to me out of it. What a fun thought.
So here goes, a new year. Do you have any resolutions? nope I try not to make any. O.k o.k. I will make one teensy tiny one.
I resolve to be better at keeping up my blog, I will do my best to blog at least three times a week.
There now we shall see how I do. I hope everyone has a rockin year!!!!!!!!!!

sorry, guess all the baking has been keeping me away

2007-12-19T10:36:00.000-09:00

Hello, sorry i have been neglecting my blog. I have been baking up a storm. A Christmas tradition for me. I think I may have mentioned before, I like to bake a ton then take the goodies to the bachelors and people who might not have family around this time of year. I have had to bake more every year because my friends and family don't want to be left out. It does take up a huge chunk of time, but it make me feel good. So here is one of my essentials that I have to do and also makes me get in the Christmas spirit *grin* super easy and insanely good. One is NEVER enough.

Russian Tea Cakes

1 cup butter or margarine, softened
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 1/4 cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
3/4 cup finely chopped nuts
1/4 teaspoon salt
Powdered sugar

1.Heat oven to 400ºF.
2.Mix butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and the vanilla in large bowl. Stir in flour, nuts and salt until dough holds together.
3.Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
4.Bake 10 to 12 minutes or until set but not brown. Remove from cookie sheet. Cool slightly on wire rack.
5.Roll warm cookies in powdered sugar; cool on wire rack. Roll in powdered sugar again.

Hope you enjoy these as much as my family!! I will try to get on again this week to post at least one more fun Christmas Recipe. Thank you to RJ and Ann for checking in!!!

catching up

2007-12-11T13:53:00.000-09:00

O.k. I am back.
I will try to post my late addition to the Poetry train, and a Recipe tonight after my kids are in bed.
Thanks RJ for checkin in, hope you didn't use all your milk money.

Poetry Train

2007-12-03T08:09:00.000-09:00

sorry, nothing to add yet. I might be able to hop on later. I am dealing with frozen pipes. *ugh* Ah the joys of living in Alaska. LOL. Hope everyone is having a good monday.

Wet your Whistle Wednesday.

2007-11-27T21:45:00.001-09:00

silly title i know, but it is late and i am feeling silly. I got a recipe book called "the art of the cocktail" by Ron Reed. It has some good stuff in it...I just can't try some of the stuff that looks good to me.
See livin in Alaska is expensive, so a lot of stuff can cost 2x the normal amount.
I used to live in Az. My husband and I used to like to go to the drugstore and get a bunch of those lil bottles to try out new concoctions. I miss that, so I read about them.
This is one I would like to try it is called "Black Velvet". When I first heard that I was grossed out (my first taste of hard liquor was BV). It is half Guinness and half champagne. It doesn't give a specific brand of champagne but I am sure I would go through several before finding the right one. Do you have a favorite cocktail? I love to try new ones, I have just learned to stay away from shots now (long story ending badly). I would love to hear about some fun ones. I am trying to plan a girls night, where we get together for fun stuff like this. We would love some suggestions. Happy Hump Day!

Wet your Whistle Wednesday.

2007-11-27T21:45:00.000-09:00

Titillate your Taste-buds Tuesday (what do you think?)

2007-11-26T21:11:00.000-09:00

O.k. I am still open for suggestion on the title, RJ left some in the "here we go again" post.
I will admit that I am a cheesecake fanatic! I shared my super easy pumpkin cheesecake recipe with you, now I will share one of my favorite cheesecake recipes. It is simply called Chocolate Cheesecake, but could easily be given a "death by chocolate" or "chocolate coma" or some other kind of fun name. My family freaks out if I make this too often. It is THAT rich. So here it is, OH and it is a rather large cake, so if you have a extra large (10 in at least) springform pan, you will be fine...but if you don't; i have made this recipe in two 8 in pans and it works fine. hehehe.

4oz unsweetened chocolate
6oz semisweet chocolate
2 1/2 LBS cream cheese (at rm temp)
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
4 eggs (at rm temp)
3/4 cup sour cream

-crust-
1 1/2 cups chocolate graham cracker crumbs
6-8 tbl spoons butter (melt)
cinnamon to flavor
4 tbl spoons sugar

1. Mix the crust ingredients together in the bottom of your pan. Then press lightly and evenly to the bottom of the pan.
2. Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or a heatproof bowl then set aside to cool.
3. Use your heavy duty electric mixer to beat the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Don't forget to scrap the bowl throughout the mixing process.
4. Mix in the sour cream.
5. Last, add the melted chocolate. Pour into the prepared pan(s) and bake.

O.k. here is where i disagree with most recipes. They say to cook at 350 degrees for about an hour.... I say that is too hot. I tend to cook mine at about 250 degrees for an hour and a half (or however long it takes, I am not good at giving times because I judge by how each cake progresses.) Yes, it takes longer at this temp, but I am always happier. I have found (with my cheesecakes) that if i cook at the hotter temp, my cake cracks. No matter how slow I cool it. I have tried the whole water bath thing too and it never worked for me, HOWEVER, if these methods work for you go with it.
Sorry for rambling for a bit there, if I have confused you please feel free to ask questions. Hope you try the cake, I love it!!!

Poetry Train

2007-11-25T19:55:00.000-09:00

Alrighty then... I am feeling more comfortable with this each time I do it. So while I am feeling brave here goes!

cold wet and hungry

i sit alone

independence is what i sought

now i refuse to go home

my naive heart

followed love

now it has been torn apart

and i look for help from above

home is where it has always been

shame keeps me where i stand

what i would do to talk to a friend

someone to walk with me and hold my hand

independence leans in and holds me tight

we walk together through the night

Rain washes me clean

I feel my rebirth

today is a new day

and now I know my own worth.

For more poetry fun stop by Rhian's blog, she has links to other people jumping on the train. Thanks for stopping by!

here we go again

2007-11-23T16:20:00.000-09:00

I have the worst luck with computers. I just got mine up and running again and now I can't log in to blogger *grrr*. So I am using a friends computer. Then as if is isn't bad enough...my youngest son thinks its his job to push in off any surface he sees it on. I might have to send it back to the manufacture. Thank goodness I got the extended warranty and accidental insurance on it.

So I will do my best to put up a post for Monday's PT and "Happy Hungry Tuesday" (whaddya think? i haven't made up my mind on that title yet.)
Oh and RJ thanks for the tip on the broadband...but we don't have cell, cable or any kind of broadband....remember I live in a tiny village in Alaska. When they do the commercials "can you hear me now?" they don't come here. LOL.

I hope everyone has a great weekend. If I don't make it on again by Sunday, stop by the SEx blog for some flasher fun!!!

Tuesday....hmmm i can't think of a good title...well here is a favorite recipe of mine

2007-11-20T08:55:00.000-09:00

I was visiting at Rhian's blog and we decided that Tuesdays we could do a recipe swap....thingy. *grin*
So here is one I grew up with. I have had, what other people call "haystacks" with the chow mien noodles, but this is what I know as Chocolate Haystacks. They are a wonderful no-bake lil cookie that I NEVER get tired of.

2 -c granulated sugar
1/2-c cocoa (i just use Swiss Miss or any other kind of "hot chocolate"mix, i have recently started using some of the "Land O Lakes" flavored hot chocolate for a little different flavor.)
1/2-c milk
1/2-c butter
3 1/2-c Oatmeal (fast cooking type)
1 -c flaked coconut
1/2-c chopped walnuts or pecans which ever you prefer
1/2- teaspoon, Vanilla

Here is where is gets hard...LOL.

1. Put the first 4 ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a full boil.
2. While you are waiting for those ingredients to boil, add the rest of ingredients to a large bowl and set aside.
3 Remove from Heat
4. Now, mix in the previously set aside ingredients.
5. Quickly drop from a spoon onto wax paper.
6. Wait oh so impatiently for them to cool, and try not to eat the entire batch!!!

I hope you enjoy these. I like to make them with my boys, I only let them put together the last half of the ingredients though. The hot mixture and boys just don't mix. They have to just watch, and when we are done I always make sure that I have put some on a plate to put in the freezer to cool, because they have NO patience.

Monday Poetry Train/ Rhian's Blogerversary!!!!

2007-11-18T18:08:00.000-09:00

WHOOOHOOO!!! YAY for Rhian. I wanted to write you a poem....but I couldn't seem to come up with one worthy of the celebration, sorry. Here is one i did in college, i was such a drama queen, maybe i am still... just not as obvious.
I have never been really good at the rhyming ones, they seem to come across as silly, but oh well. This one starts out w/o rhyming then ends with it. Hope you enjoy *grin*

~no title~

i see the danger in your eyes

it draws me closer

you are becoming my addiction

that i don't ever want to shake

i see the danger in your eyes

i can't turn away

you have diseased my heart

there is no cure

i see the danger in your eyes

it calls to me, decieving me

i am lost in your world

you don't even know it

the danger in your eyes is killing me

i have lost the fight that i didn't want to win

i have lost the right to hate my own sin

the danger is your eyes

but i have a danger too

you can find it between my thighs

or am i too much for you?

Come join the fun @ Rhian's blog!!! there are many other bloggers on the Poetry Train and there is a linky thing at her place. Happy Monday!

sigh

2007-11-17T15:22:00.001-09:00

It is that time of year.... it is not cold enough to enjoy any snow yet, but to cold to go play at the beach. I am kinda stuck indoors. I do enjoy the rain too, but now that I have lil ones I can't just take off and go for a jog (which i totally need to be doing). I would just load them up into the stroller to go, but it is cold enough that they would catch a cold.
Soooooooo *sigh* here i am, stuck inside with a slooooooooooooooooooooooooooow internet.
*shaking it off* Oh well, no biggie. I will bake. That always make me feel better. Hmmm what to bake? Oh yeah, Thanksgiving is coming up...I need to dust off the pumpkin cheesecake recipe.
I hope you have having a good weekend, here in Yland it is cold, rainy and gray. Tomorrow begins the party at Rhian's blog. It is her one year blog anniversary and she has some awesome prizes. Hope to see everyone there!!!

"whatsa happening hot stuff?"

2007-11-13T23:07:00.000-09:00

Hello all! How is everyone? not much going on in Y-Land...I will be joining the fun @ Roscoe's come hang out if you wanna have a good time. We will be gearing up to celebrate Rhian's 1 yr blog-iversary!!! which she will be celebrating on Monday the 19th on her site, with all kinds of prizes and mayhem. Sure to be a good time.
I don't know if i will make it on again b-4 then but i will try! I am soo loving that I have time to hang out in blog world again! Hope to see everyone...around at some point.
Till next time....GO BIG or DIE TRYING!!!! i am sooo in love with skydiving right now!!!!

Monday Poetry Train

2007-11-12T11:47:00.000-09:00

I just got back from Vegas where my sister got married. I had so much fun. It was my second time there, but the first time shouldn't count because I had a baby with me. I decided to write a poem about it. It is just a fun, silly one.

OH the lights
the action
the thrill

from Phantom

Tournament of Kings

dressing up

dressing down

"what happens is vegas stays in vegas" right?
It better!

going to a strip club

clubbin on the strip
this was one AWESOME trip
I jumped out of a plane at 13,000 ft
a feeling that can't ever be beat
I can't wait to do it all again

No idea when i will return
but one thing that i learned
24 hrs around the clockVegas seriously ROCKS!!!

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

2007-11-04T00:07:00.000-08:00

hello!!!! i am visiting a friend who has access to *deep breath* broad band internet. wooohooo. so i just wanted to hop on while i have the chance and say hello. I will try to get on more often, at least on monday's to hop on the poetry train; other then that i can't promise much from home when i am on dial up. I miss playing with everyone hope to be around more...*crossing fingers* we'll see huh?
later gators
-y-

late monday poetry train....bringing up the caboose

2007-09-17T08:26:00.000-08:00

I am back! kinda, here is my silly lil addition to the Monday Poetry train.

here i sit in my cyber nightmare

longing for connection,

creative inspiration,

ohhhhhhhh and nekkid TTs

there is it the button

so close yet so far

i have the ability

just not the opportunity

or do i,

there it is

the other way

dare i

*sigh*

swallow my pride

relearn the meaning

of patience

here i go

ah, the old familiar sound

it haunts me

yet if i wait it will connect

tsk tsk i am not to proud

dial up here i come.

LOL, hope you enjoyed that! It will only take me a half hour to publish this post...o.k. so maybe it will only take 10 minutes, but still i miss my satellite. Happy Monday All!!!

thank you RomanceGroupie

2007-09-14T17:25:00.000-08:00

o.k. i am coming out of a cyber coma, Rhet i am feelin your pain... i think. I am on dial up @ 26.4 kbps...yikes that is hell lemme tell ya! so i will have to suspend my Friday Hotness until i can figure out my satellite connection. If you have come looking for some nekkid men check & Ange's blog on the daily dose or to Lisa on her TT. I miss you ALL. I hope everyone is doing good. I will try to visit everybody's blog's but i don't think i will be able to catch up until i have a better connection!
until next time!
Y is still lost in Y Land *grin* feel free to join me, we like to dance a lot here.

Y is lost in Y-land...

2007-09-05T21:27:00.000-08:00

QUICK... send out the search party!

Ok.... yeah, so it was a REALLY bad pun. Sadly, it was the first thing that popped into my head when Y asked me to log on and post for her.

Due to technical difficulties, Y cannot be "with" us right now.

Her satelitte connection is FUBAR and she can't access the blog using the dial-up connection.

So she asked me to log in for her and let y'all know what's going on. She is still working to fix the problem (and probably ready to heave her computer out to sea right about now) but there is no ETA for when she'll be back on yet. Here's hoping it's soon!

However, because I now have the keys to the castle (aka... Y-land) I'm going to leave some little 'gifts' for your viewing pleasure while we wait for the regularly scheduled Y-land programming to resume.

Happy drooling!
~Ange

Can you say.... YUMMY???!!!!!

Hmm... we appear to be fixated on hot ass... let's try a different view next. I think the full monty is a no-no on here though. Bummer.

Oh YES! A man who knows what to do with his sword!

Awww, don't be shy honey... SHOW IT ALL!

Here's one of Y's favorites (and mine too).

Okay ladies it's time for bed. Grab your pillows!

Monday Poetry Train

2007-08-26T20:19:00.000-08:00

No sexerpt today. I am not feeling particularly inspired. I am not so good at poetry either but I am going to give it a try.

Second Chances

rain so cold it slices
through me like daggers
and I feel nothing

my head pounding
a cacophony of thoughts
none of which I can sort

is there anything

I could have done,

anything that I can do

I sit helpless on my porch
waiting for someone who will
never call looking for someone
who will never come

Hope makes me stay here
Hope helps me sleep
Hope he is alive
Hope he will come home

He is my bother, my friend
He survived cancer only
To be swallowed by alcohol

We used to be really close, he even switched colleges for me. We used to have a lot of fun, he was a great big brother, but now he is a homeless alcoholic. He breaks my heart everytime he calls. I know this is a bit personal for my blog, but.... well this is just how I feel today.

its that time again!

2007-08-26T10:40:00.000-08:00

Flash Fun as LSB

Come on over, read some and give it a try its fun!!

Hottie Friday

2007-08-24T16:33:00.000-08:00

O.k. one of theses Friday's I will have this up before the day is over....better late then never ;-)

Have a kick ass weekend!!!! Enjoy......

TT- Facts about Alaska you may not know....

2007-08-22T21:12:00.000-08:00

Here in Y land Alaska is appreciated for its uniqueness, I hope there is at least one thing on this list that you didn't already know. Happy Thursday!

1. There are 7 different Alaska Native Tribes. 13 regional tribal corporations. Within these tribes there are sub-divisions which make 26 different Ak Native tribes. (more info here)

2. ANCSA or Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act was the LARGEST land claim settlement is United States History. ( this info from wiki)

3. The state of Rhode Island could fit into Alaska 425 times!!!

4. Juneau is the only state capital accessible only by boat or plane.

5. The largest cabbage recorded was grown in Alaska weighing in at 98lbs in 1990. (info found on the same site as above)

6. Alaska has 17 of the 20 highest peaks in North America.

7. 2 women have won the Iditarod. The 1,100mile sled dog race from Anchorage to Nome. Libby Riddles and Susan Butcher.

8. Susan Butcher, who had won the race 4 times(1986, 1987, 1988, and 1990) died in August 5th 2006 losing a bought with cancer.

9 .Sailor Boy Pilot Bread would not exist without the demand from Alaskans. (link)

10. Alaska holds the 3 largest cities in the United States by area: Sitka, Juneau and Anchorage.

11. The Alaska state bird is the Mosquito....o.k. so that isn't factually correct but did I at least made you smile?

12. "Alaska is a geographical marvel. When a scale map of Alaska is superimposed on a map of the 48 lower states, Alaska extends from coast to coast." (info found here.)

13. Elizabeth Peratrovich, wow she is a huge name in Alaska Native History. Elizabeth was amazing, she was a woman who stood up for Native rights before we had any. She fought to pass the Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, our Nation's FIRST anti discrimination law. It was the "No Natives Allowed" sign,prevalent among businesses that spurred her first "ban" efforts.

She even has a day,February 16 the day the Anti-Discrimination Act was signed. I saved the best for last I think and if you want to know more just click here. Isn't she beautiful?

MEME catch up #2

2007-08-22T12:45:00.000-08:00

A Whining and Moaning MEME

Rhi- tagged me for this one a couple of weeks ago. So here goes:

5- five people who will be annoyed you tagged them:

1. Lila (hehe I got you back *grin*)

2. Ange

3. Lisa

4. Ann

5. ugh i can't think of anyone else *whine*

4-things that should go into room 101 and be removed from the face of the earth

1. speculums- I know it is a necessary evil but i can still hate them, back me up ladies.

2.Anime- don't freak out it won't really happen, its just that here in Y land we don't get it?!

3.All stupid overly happy ridiculously annoying Dinosaurs, ie: Barney and that one from the Disney show Wiggles.

4. telephones- mine won't stop ringing today and it is pissing me off!

3-things people do that make you want to shake them violently

1. Pretend to not hear me when I know for certain that they do.

2. Try to talk to me when I am obvioulsly engrossed in my book.

3. Promise to be there for me when I need them only to have them NOT be there.

2-things you find yourself moaning about

1. Life, just when I think things are starting to roll in my direction I get run over.

2 Coming to the end of a good book, I just want it to keep going.

1-thing the above answers tell you about yourself

1.That I whine and moan far too much!!

I didn't write the following paragraph. It's a "rule" so that should be your first clue. Second - you REALLY don't want to know the REAL me. And THIRD - that whole insulting really ugly people - that's just not cool. Ugly Ducklings can grow up to be Punkass Swans ya know. With switchblades and attitudes. *Glaring at the "rules"*
RULES: *Link to the original meme at FreelanceCynic.com so people know what it's all about!*Be as honest as possible, This is about letting people get to know the real you!*Try not to insult anyone - unless they really deserve it or are very, very ugly! *Post these rules at the end of every meme! Finally remember, cynical is sexy.

What makes you whine or moan.... besides SEX?

MEME catch up

2007-08-22T12:07:00.000-08:00

I have been tagged a couple of times and today I will catch up, first is Lila's...

Blogging TipsIt’s very simple - honest. Even you can figure this out. When this is passed on to you, copy the WHOLE thing, skim the list and put a * star beside those that you like. (Visit the * starred ones or ELSE.)Add the next number (1. 2. 3. 4. 5., etc.) and write your own blogging wisedom for other bloggers. Try to make your tip general. And don’t mess with these rules. After that, tag 10 other people. Link love some friends!Just think- if 10 people start this, the 10 people pass it onto another 10 people, you have 100 links already!Oh come on, is this a pyramid scheme or what?

1. Look, read, and learn. *****http://www.neonscent.com/
2. Be, EXCELLENT to each other. **http://www.bushmackel.com/
3. Don’t let money change ya! *http://www.therandomforest.info/
4. Always reply to your comments. ********http://chattiekat.com/ I do my best, and since I don't really get a ton...it is pretty easy!
5. Link liberally — it keeps you and your friends afloat in the Sea of Technorati. ****http://chipsquips.com/
6. Don’t give up - persistance is fertile. **http://www.velcro-city.co.uk/
7. Give link credit where credit is due. ****http://www.sfsignal.com/
8. Pictures say a thousand words and can usually add to any post.*****http://scifichick.com/ I love pictures!
9. Be Brave, some of the best posts are when you step out of your comfort zone. ****http://twisted-kingdom.blogspot.com/ I wish I could be more brave.
10. Follow the links in posts and comments. You never know what blog gems you will find!* -**** http://readingadventures.blogspot.com/ This is what I like about the Poetry Train on Monday, I have found some really great reads along the way.
11. If you’re visiting a new blog for the first time, comment. You never know what kind of blogger buddy you might make because of it.**http://cranberrytarts.blogspot.com/
12. Create a good blogroll and keep it updated. It’ll create interest in your blog as well as other interesting sites.*http://www.scooper.wordpress.com/
13. Adding your own evil touches to memes and sending them back out into the world is a heck of alot of fun. Words to live by. **http://creativegoddesses.blogspot.com/ Memes scare me.
14. Don’t bring drama home. If something you say or do causes drama- fine. But don’t post about other random drama. Go there to comment on it.*http://lila.dubois.wordpress.com Yeah no drama, I like that.

15.This is something I need to try to do more: Stay current. I started out blogging daily, but lately I have not been keeping up and I don't want to bore those who do stop by. Does that make sense? Sometime things sound better in my head. http://lostinyland.blogspot.com

So now I am supposed to tag 10 people, but I don't know that many and don't want to tag someone who won't "play" so how about if you would like to participate let me know and I will add a link? (doubt this will work but its worth a try)

What book am I?

2007-08-22T10:01:00.000-08:00

Alrighty so I was checking out blogs, Lila and Rhian had this quiz so I decided to give it a go here is what I am...

You're Watership Down!

by Richard Adams

Though many think of you as a bit young, even childish, you're
actually incredibly deep and complex. You show people the need to rethink their
assumptions, and confront them on everything from how they think to where they
build their houses. You might be one of the greatest people of all time. You'd
be recognized as such if you weren't always talking about talking rabbits.

Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

What book are you?

Monday Poetry Train

2007-08-20T01:25:00.000-08:00

Alrighty here goes again, but first I feel the need for a disclaimer... this lacks dialogue. For some reason I just didn't do it and didn't realize it till now, and I don't have time to redo. Thanks for stopping by. Hope you enjoy it. *crossing fingers*

Kalea’s mind was racing, she loved him, but he was gone and she really needed him. What he was asking was unfair. She had no guarantee that she would live through what he was proposing.

Jaden was pacing, he knew Kalea couldn’t see him. He knew that what he was asking was a lot, but if she would just have the faith in him and trust him to not let her go, it would all work out. If she did this only for him it would not be enough, she had to want it with every fiber of her being; she had to want it with her soul.

Kalea’s senses were on edge, she thought for sure she could feel his presence. She knew from experience, that if he didn’t want to be seen that she wouldn’t be able to find him.

“Jaden, are you there? I need you.” She whispered

The longing in her voice was enough to kill him, but that wasn’t a possibility since he wasn’t really alive. He looked at how beautiful she was, she had been up all night, pacing the bedroom, she had this adorable way of fussing with her hair when she was upset. First she would pull it up in a pony tail but not tight enough to stay up, as she walked the room it would begin to fall and the tendrils would fall framing her heart shaped face. There were tears threatening to fall from her eyes, she was too stubborn to let them go.

A breeze blew through the room, “Kalea” it was a whisper in the wind; she knew it was him; she closed her eyes and gave him her answer.

“touch me Jaden, I want to feel you, I need to feel you inside me” she looked into his eyes, blue as the sky by night and black as night by day the eyes that looked in side her and knew her every want and need before her lips could utter them.

Jaden took his spirit form and became apart of her body, feeling her and making her feel him becoming a part of her for only a moment. He quickly changed back to his human form and thanked her the only way he knew how. He appeared in front of her and pulled the silk chemise she was wearing up over her head.

A breath escaped her as she relaxed and promised her soul to him. She could feel his hands exploring her, roaming her body, she was already dripping wet. His hands moved up her body and tangled in her hair as he pulled her into a fierce kiss, she opened her mouth to him, his tongue found hers, she met him with the same ferocity sucking his tongue into her mouth giving him a taste of what she would do to him, given the chance.

He knew couldn’t wait anymore. He pushed her up against the wall and impaled her, one quick thrust filling her. He moved one hand from behind her and reached down to her clit, he could feel her throbbing with desire; he teased it back and forth, slowly adding and relieving pressure massaging her need. He kissed her neck slowly working his way across her chest, nipping and tracing the lines of her with his tongue.

She pushed against the wall rocking forward and grinding into him. Kalea wasn’t sure she could last much longer, Jaden was bringing her soo close to her climax, Kalea writhed against him begging for him to let her finish, but she knew the more she begged the worse or better it could be. She was now faced with a question, both of which would probably give her the same answer but in very different ways, so to beg… or not to beg? Begging didn't become her so she let him take her however he wanted.

Jaden loved to look at Kalea when she wasn’t sure what she wanted. He knew better though, it was just that she was afraid to ask for it. She hadn’t awakened that side of her, but slowly she was learning that she would always get what she asked him for, she was learning to trust him. That was what he needed from her. He didn’t require words. So he gave her what she needed from him.

He gingerly laid her down on his plush carpet and propped a pillow under her bottom. He floated down her body and nestled himself between her thighs. He worked his mouth up her leg licking and sucking a trail to his prize. He plunged into her with his tongue, nipping at her folds and savoring her like a desert he would never taste again. Jaden felt her body tense, first he felt her legs, they wrapped around his head as she pushed her heels into his back thrusting her pelvis in the air; next her fingers gripped the loose curls of his hair, just as he felt her stomach tighten under his head, a wave of her aqueous soul poured into him, he was careful to lap every last drip of her essence.

Kalea felt her body fall to the carpet. She felt him there resting on her legs. She lay for what seemed like forever if only a few seconds. She felt his arms around her, his skin against hers. She felt a breeze blow through the open window. She felt the air around her. For a moment she forgot what was happening, and then it happened. Kalea became the breeze that had just glided about the room and her body disappeared. He looked up at her and smiled, he joined her in spirit form, they did it and she lived. Her soul was a part of him now and forever.

Flashing Fun at SEx!!

2007-08-18T22:31:00.001-08:00

Come to the LSB blog for Flash Fiction Fun!

What is flash fiction? You must write a scene in 100 words, there is usually a theme of some sort given by the person hosting, so come by and join the mayhem!!

Late Hottie Post

2007-08-16T22:35:00.000-08:00

Hope you have a great weekend! Sorry I didn't get this out sooner, been having probs with my computer being ssssssssslllllllllllooooooooooowwwwwwwwwww, but I think I have it sorted out now. These are just hot bods....no faces.

Isn't that nice? how many times have you seen a pic of a hottie only to be disappointed by the face? happens to me all the time, LOL. Have a great weekend.

I'm Alive....and TT

2007-08-16T10:25:00.000-08:00

Alright so i know i sorta dropped off of the edge of blog land, I had to fly out of town to get some emergency dental work done. No fun. Any how here is my Thursday13!

13 things I love to bake...

1. Carmel Pecan Cinnamon Rolls! These are fun to make, especially since I have a new oven they turn out just right now.

2. Chocolate Cream Pie, my cream pies turn out more of a mousse like texture.

3. Coconut Cream Pie. I like to add toasted coconut to this one, the different colors make it look better.

4. Banana Cream Pie. This one is cool cause I make a toffee almond candy to add for a different texture.

5. Cookie Bars. This one is mostly because I don't have the patience to do single cookies, just make a double batch of cookie dough toss it in a pan and bake...sooo easy and still yummy.

6. Cream Puffs. These are fun because they can be sweet or savory.

7. Eclairs- alright so I know this is the same dough as above, but what makes them special is the ganache and my special pastry cream.

8. Ganache- I LOVE this stuff, I can use it for anything. I really enjoy making it too watching the ingredients meld, it is a thing of beauty.

9. Biscotti- This one is my brother's favorite so I like to make it from time to time, usually as a thank you for something he helps me with.

10. Coffee Cake- Too Easy, but still fun.

11. Cupcakes- awwww Baby Cakes what could be more fun?! *whoa just reminded me of a childhood nick name*

12. Trifle- this one is more recent. I always wanted a trifle bowl and my best friend just gave me one this summer, it has been soooo much fun with all the summer berries.

13. Tiramisu- Honestly this is one I haven't done. A certain someone always wants me to make it...but I am intimidated by the expectation and I haven't tried yet. For now I can get away with the excuse that my town doesn't have the right ingredients, but in a bit I won't be able to hide behind that anymore.

Hope everyone has a awesome day, it is beautiful and sunny here!

monday poetry train....almost

2007-08-13T08:04:00.000-08:00

i am having some computer probs, i will have a scene for the poetry train...it will just be late. i don't think i will be able to get it posted until this evening or tomorrow. sorry.
thanks for stopping by i will try to get my scene posted a.s.a.p.

FLASH....SEx....need I say more?

2007-08-11T21:35:00.000-08:00

I will be at the LSB blog today. Flash Fiction Sunday is what I look forward to all week. You have to do a story in 100 wds, the person hosting it will say what it should be about or any other restrictions they want to put on it. It is soooo much fun, so stop by and have some fun.

SEx blog!!!!!!

Yummy Friday!!

2007-08-10T08:13:00.000-08:00

Hey there, I have missed a few weeks of fridays so I am going to try to make up for it. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by Y Land!!!

TT-Toys that scare me

2007-08-08T10:28:00.000-08:00

I had no real clue about them. I have read a few books that mentions some that seem..intriguing *grin* but so did the situation, so I figured since I mostly read paranormal that it was just a passing thought.

Then last night I saw a commercial for adameve.com and thought I would check it out.... ohmygodholycrapwhoa..... what is that and where....yikes!!!! Okay so I would have to admit just looking at the site makes me blush. Honestly a lot of that stuff just down right looks scary.

1.Like *ahem*..... anal beads....these are supposed to be gel ones but still, I guess I just feel like that is a out-only area.

And I didn't know that there were such things

2. as cock rings....

3. or butt plugs much less vibrating ones...

I didn't know about them at all until I read about them and even then I just thought it was from an amazing imagination.

4. uh... a.... strap on, don't think i need to say more.

5. Nipple clamps, i have a pretty high tolerance for pain*i think* but these... might test me

6. And here are some that just look too complicated to keep the "mood"

7. 8.9.while this product claims to be painless... I just am not there yet when it comes to even a tiny bit of bondage...

10. Sex swings.... I was going to post one, but I couldn't find one that wasn't being...modeled. I have heard they are amazing, but, well I just don't think I could be talked into it.

11. o.k. so this one looks "cute" but I don't want anything that even resembles an animal in that...area.

12 Somethings it is just the size that scares me...

13. I found a few others but they were just different versions of earlier ones. So I might be afraid of these things I would never want to give the impression that I would chastise someone who might find pleasure in them, as a matter of fact I applaud those that do. Perhaps someday...but that someday if ever is quite a while in the future.

Hope I didn't gross you out and I hope you have a good Thursday.

Manic Monday....

2007-08-06T01:13:00.000-08:00

O.k. so i am a big fraidy cat.....but i did it! I hopped on the Sex (poetry) train. I was just innocently having fun at the SEx blog yesterday and a scene presented itself. I will be COMPLETELY honest, I have never ever, ever........EVER written a *ahem* sex scene before. So with that said...here is my first try. Please feel free to leave comments and opinions I will need them if I am ever to try this again *grin*.

“I am a good swimmer, but I have never tried surfing, maybe I will just watch”

“I am not going to play your little game and beg you, I am going out, if you would like a lesson then let’s go, but I can promise you it will be unlike any lesson you have ever had”

Kendra stood there contemplating the offer as she looks over his beautifully sun kissed skin and his more then athletic physique. She had heard lines like that before and she hadn’t met a man yet that could live up to all his big talk. “Well I don’t beg either but if you are handing out free lessons I will take you up on that.”

He could tell she was used to putting on this front that she didn’t care but she was really just trying to hide her fear. This is going to be fun. “I hope your balance is good, otherwise you may as well just stay on the beach.” He knew he was baiting her, but it was just too easy.

“I can balance just fine, so don’t think you are going to blame it on me if you aren’t a good teacher!” she said frowning at him. “Shit” she said under her breath. It had been far too long since she had gotten any, and this guy was way too smooth. Dangerous combination for her, she was afraid of deep water and off she went anyhow, and it was obvious that surfing wasn’t really on the menu. It was what was on the menu that kept her paddling.

“Just hop on your board and follow me. I’ll start you off slow.” He was on just the right part of the beach were there was no break at all, just the right amount of tiny swell for what he had in mind.

Just as she caught up with him he reached in pocket for the clip he made, just making sure it was there for when he needed it. He had planned this many times but never tried it yet, but now was as good a time as any.

She looked up at him and was a little scared but more excited, sex on the beach was fun but this was looking like it was going to be interesting. She knew her balance standing up was just fine, but she had never tested it this way before. He better be worth it.

“So how am I supposed to learn to surf when there is…no surf? I know I am no pro or anything, but isn’t that kind of important?” she was grinning now and her dimple right below her eye was betraying her despite how much she tried to hide behind her hair.

“You are the one who mentioned surfing, I did no such thing. If you will remember I only promised a lesson, in what I didn’t specify” He reached out and pulled her board up to his.

She felt his hand slide up her thigh and she stifled a moan.

He saw her tense and try not to moan but he heard it, throaty and so sexy it made him hard. He pulled out the clip and connected their boards. His hands continued to explore her body, hungry for the parts covered by her barely-there bikini.

His hands were too good to be true; he knew just the right places to touch her. She fought the urge to melt into him. She knew it was just what he wanted and she wasn’t sure she wanted to give in quite yet. While the internal struggle raged on in her she relaxed for one second and the next thing she knew he had pulled her on top of him and he rolled over on top of her. It all happened so fast she was sure she was going to end up in the water, but he was just fast enough. Oh yeah he was dangerous for sure.

“d-don’t you think I should know your name before we…uh… go any further?” Kendra always knew people talked about how blood rushing to other parts of the body made it harder to think, she had just never experienced it. It was all she could think of to say and once the words came out her mouth she wished she could take them back. She wondered why she always said the stupidest things at the shittiest times.

“You can call me Teacher, and if you are a good student I might give you my name when we are done.” He knew the dominance in his voice was going to piss her off but he suspected she would be better that way, letting her animal instincts take over and let her emotion run her body, it was more fun that way.

“Fuck you and your little game, I don’t need it that bad. I am out of here” She tried desperately to hide what it did to her to hear him take charge like that. She was so tired of trying to teach boys how to be men. She wanted to just let her body take over and give in but she wanted to make sure he was up for the job.

“well, if that is what you really want, which I doubt, if you want to take a chance you might just have some fun” He leaned into her making sure his raging hard cock was throbbing between her thighs. He wasn’t going to be able to continue this much longer he wanted her and he knew she wanted him.

She didn’t try to fight it anymore. “Here goes nothing” she though to herself hoping against hope that she didn’t say it out loud. She tasted him as he kissed her, he tasted sweet and just a little salty from the ocean, and it was definitely something she could work with.

He kissed her plunging his tongue into her mouth losing himself in their combined passion, before reminding himself this had to be about her right now. He prided himself on putting others before his own release; it was what set him apart from the other assholes. He reached his arm back and gently rubbed her thigh, as her worked his way up her leg he pushed his fingers past her silky folds into her dripping sex. He looked up at her eyes that until this moment he didn’t realize where such a dark brown they could almost be black.

“Oh god” was all she could say. The last one to touch her there was her B.O.B (battery operated boyfriend) and there was no comparison to the real thing. The ebb and flow of the tide was perfect and she pushed against him with the rhythm of the tide.

“No sweetness, I am not God, but flattery will get you everywhere.” He timed his movement with the water and moved her body and board up as he moved down. He thrust his tongue into her, tasting her and wanting more he lapped up her wetness and then flicked her clit like the snake that was tattooed on his back. He was keeping an eye on the beach and, not wanting to get there too soon, he would feast on her and paddle the boards back out as he brought her almost to her climax and then painfully kiss her and let her relax a bit more.

He was killing her in the best way, Kendra felt like she was wound up so tight she was going to find a sweet release and pass out on the beach. Then she would remember she wasn’t on the beach. “Please….oh please, I ...I … I…..ohhhhh puh-leeeeease”

“Talk to me sweet,” oh lord, the sound of her voice begging was enough to make him come. He pulled the strings on her bikini while she was making “short” work of his board shorts. When he was free he submerged his cock deep in her. She wrapped her ankles around his back and they were a model of movement. She would thrust up as he pushed down. They matched each other push for thrust and used the ocean to guide their movement.

“Uh..pl…oh…yes, harder….fuck….me….harder!!!” She was shocked at the words just came flying out of her mouth. She was so used to thinking of how to make the guy do what she wanted she hadn’t ever figured on him doing all the right things at all the right times.

The song coming out of her mouth was all he needed. He flipped her over and pulled her ass up to him, he reached into her and used her juices on his shaft and was thrusting himself in and out of her faster and harder. He saw how close to the beach they were and brought her, as her intensity carried him, then just as if the gods smiled, the sun was setting.

She felt him release as she tightened around him and let herself go. She would have sworn there was more going on then she could see, her eyes deceived her as she saw the sunset. It had to be sunspots she saw just before she passed out, and then she heard his bourbon voice in her ear….

“Mathayus"he whispered in her ear. He had never told anyone his real name before, but for whatever reason....he wanted her to know. He hadn’t ever told anyone his real name before, but for whatever reason….he wanted her to know.

O.k now for some real fun pop over to Lisa or Lila's blogs!!!!!

cripes

2007-08-04T13:25:00.000-08:00

well for anyone that may have noticed my absence.... I lost my power cord for my laptop. so i haven't been able to blog in forever! it looks like i have 2 weeks of friday eye candy to catch up on.
i have been reading a lot since i couldn't be on my computer. i hope all is well with everyone. i will try to blog again later.
-Y-

WTF...over!!!

2007-07-26T00:02:00.000-08:00

O.k. so it is really late at night, probably not a good time to blog...but sadly it is too late for me too call any friends and i have about a millions ideas running through my head
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
shit!!!! i can't even put them down.... life, kids, moving, friends,writing, weddings, baking, friends moving, awwww falling in love (my best friend *grin*) shit toooooooooooo many things!!!!!!!!
maybe i can get it all sorted out tonight in my sleep.

Wedding Cake

2007-07-23T16:00:00.000-08:00

Alrighty, so it looked like my cake was a hit! I missed the ceremony and reception I got there about 2 hours after the reception started. When I finally did make it there wasn't a CRUMB left!!! I talked to the bride and groom and they were both happy, which made me feel great cause this was my wedding present to them. So here are the pics.... what do you think??

Well there it is, my first.... and probably only one. The couple I did this for was really easy going and didn't have high expectations. I think I will stick with pies *grin*

Happy Monday!

Flash me

2007-07-22T10:34:00.000-08:00

Its flash fiction sunday at the LSB blog. I will be hanging out over there today. Oh and the cake turned out good. I will post some pics later today!!!

Cross your fingers for me!

2007-07-21T09:58:00.000-08:00

So today is the BIG day! I am making my first wedding cake *yikes* I know I just said "first" but I don't have any plans to make more, I am just really, really, really, really nervous!!!!! It is a simple cake, which is why I said I would do it, but still! So cross you fingers for me, and if it turns out.... I might post a picture *grin*

Hottie Friday

2007-07-20T11:09:00.000-08:00

MMMMMMMM hottie Friday, I wanted to go with a theme this week I got a little distracted but oh well. I didn't have time to find the exact ones I wanted (this week really flew by) so I hope these ones will do....

I love Brad Pitt, this one is from Troy. I loved that movie. I think the picture speaks for itself *grin*

Colin....o.k. i know in this movie he is gay, but who cares? he is still HOT!!! stupid picture is to small though.
Yes I know I just posted him last week, but c'mon look at that bod!!!

Damn these lil pictures, I would have liked him to be shirtless, but I just wanted a gladiator pic.

LMAO, I just put this one in for fun. hehe its Dar, The Beastmaster. So I like to watch muscled men run around on loin cloths, so sue me. LOL

Happy Friday ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!

False Hope

2007-07-19T16:26:00.000-08:00

So I tracked my oven and it made it on the freight plane to Juneau, half way here. I checked again after the Juneau - Yakutat flight took off. YES it is on board. I will have a whole day to bake in my oven before having to bake the wedding cake. The flight leaves and my husband calls to tell me he will be bringing my oven home with him at lunch time (or so I thought), I answer the phone and he says he has bad news..... Well what did I expect really? This whole order has been a shit storm from the beginning. Apparently the people unloaded some freight off the plane and *sigh* forgot to load my oven. So now.... if the plane makes it in tomorrow and they remember to load it, I should have my oven. ONE day before the wedding. Cripes. Today sucks.

Customer Service....

2007-07-18T10:01:00.000-08:00

Or lack there of. I have been dealing with Home Depot for over a week now, trying to get the stove I paid for here to my home. While this isn't as simple as delivering it to my house, it SHOULDN'T be any harder....perhaps even easier. Since I live in a rural area I have to have things like appliances flown in. This is a very common thing in Alaska. Alaska Airlines is great about getting us the things we need out here. Anyhow, back to the delivery, all they have to do is drop it off at the Ak Air freight office. From there it is up to the airlines to get it to me. Simple right? Nope. No such luck. I have been on the phone every day for 5 days with Home Depot. I placed the order over a week ago, but then I was stupid enough to think that they would really call me back in a couple of days when they had delivered it to the freight office. So I did a follow up call to get a airway bill number so I could track it ( I was positive they would have called with any problems, if there were any). I got a "customer service" person who goes to check on the order and track down the person who took my order because.... its NOT in the system!!!!!!!!!!!! When he asks the "sales associate" why the order hadn't been completed he says...."I couldn't finish the order because I had some question and no number to call back." Uh...WTF..... it couldn't possibly be the same guy who DID call me back to make the sale?!!! he took my credit card info shipping details and said it would be to the airport by the end of the week. WHATEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So from that day forward I was on the phone with them trying to figure out when they would be delivering it. Every single day I was promised, they would guarantee that it was going out that day 5 days went by, and let me tell you if I wasn't so insanely desperate (because I have a WEDDING cake to do in 3 days!!!) I would have canceled the order and gone with a competing company. So we are now on day 9, I finally got confirmation that it was delivered to the airlines, and I have a tracking number....now all I have to do is pray that there will be space available on one of the jets coming here to get my stupid-dumb stove here. I thought I was going to have plenty of time for it to get here, but NOW I have to pay more for it to get a "priority" listing to *crossing fingers* make it here in time. *sigh*
So.....how is your week going?

Ghosts

2007-07-16T09:43:00.000-08:00

Do you believe in ghosts? In the paranormal? I do. I don't want to go into why, or my "experiences," what brought this subject to mind it a program I like to watch on Discovery channel called, "A Haunting." Have you seen it? I don't know why, but I am totally addicted to
that show. I am a big fraidy cat though, I am not one that would want to go "investigate." I mean, more power to those who do, I can barely handle watching the re-enactments. I don't like to watch scary movies either, my dreams are too vivid. This show doesn't seem to bother me that way.

On a similar subject I have been into paranormal romance since the first one I read. It just seems to spark my imagination, I like to go away to the world in my book and just live there for a bit. I have recently read some of Shelly Laurenston's shifter books...wow, I totally LOVED them. I love the idea of shifters. I read another good one by Lisa Andel that had a paranormal side to it and I totally loved it. I seem to have lost my train of thought.... I guess since I just watched my show my mind was just working overtime for a minute. Seems my mind does not want to work for me today *sigh* Time to take a break from reality and lose myself in a book for a bit *grin*
Hope you have a great Monday.

FLASHER!!!!

2007-07-15T10:47:00.000-08:00

Flash Fiction Sunday
at the
LSB BLOG
come play!

I am going to go play at the beach, I will be back to "flash" later *grin*

hmmmmm

2007-07-14T20:25:00.000-08:00

Not a lot happening in Y land today. I was hoping to be baking up a storm today in my new oven, but STUPID home depot keeps screwing up my order. Sooooooooo instead of posting pictures of all the yummies I would have made, I will post a different kind of yummy *evil grin* oh yeah ladies, yummies in kilts! Just a couple...

*drool* ahh what the heck just one more....

thats all for today. hope everyone has a good weekend!

TGIF

2007-07-13T11:22:00.001-08:00

Looking for this weeks dose of eye candy, well I stumbled across this guy and it was the best day of my week. I wanted to post him right away, but decided it would be worth it to wait *grin* This is Paul Telfer. He is a Scottish actor, *yum* this guy is my new favorite.

Well? isn't he positively YUMMY?!!!! Yeah so you can feast you eyes on him whist I go in search of more beautiful things for today.

Bees, Bears and Rain

2007-07-12T12:06:00.000-08:00

Bees, I have seen some kind of special on t.v. about bees disappearing, but that was maybe a year ago and I didn't think twice about it. Now here we are in my little village, for the second year in a row of NO berries. Which I am not sure if I can explain how crazy that is, for here anyhow. No berries in my village is like.... no rain in Seattle or no smog in L.A. *grin* Seriously though, it is really weird. We have at least 6 wild types of berries here that we eat, I am positive there are a bunch more, but I can't think of more right now. I have a humming bird feeder. I love those lil birds they are so cute, and in Y land I am convinced they NEED me. I feel they depend on me to provide them with their (man-made) nectar *LOL*. Now what does this have to do with bees? well I used to get so mad at them, they seemed to bully the hummingbirds at the feeder,even though they could not reach the nectar inside (the feeder i bought says it is designed to keep bees out). I can honestly say I have not seen ONE near the feeder at all this year. Here we are in the middle of July, and there are no berries. NONE. This leads me to bears.

I enjoy eating berries. I like to go out with my boys and eat berries and just hang out, BUT we don't depend on it. Bears do! They eat A LOT of berries. Yes they eat fish and many other things but they do eat a ton of berries. Being that last year was a bad berry year (and i am sure for other reasons as well) we had a serious bear problem. I know I live in Alaska and a rural area as well, so if you are thinking I should be used to such problems...yeah kinda. It was just that last year was one of the worst I can recall. We didn't have a dog to keep the bears aways and they were constantly on our porch and in our yard. I decided that I didn't want to put up with them again so I got a dog. I'll let you know this fall how he does when they start coming around again. It wasn't just my town that was having problems either, all over southeast we were having bears looking for food where they don't usually have to look. I can only hope that it is a good fish year so they can eat their fill of that and not come looking on my doorstep for food to fill them up before hibernation.

Lastly, Rain. This doesn't really have anything to do with the two previous subjects but I just wanted to take this second to appreciate it. I really do love it. Its funny to me when people come here and complain about the rain. It would be one of the things I miss if I ever moved. I lived in the desert for 3 and a half years. I remember when they would freak out about 1-2 inches of rain, and it was a serious threat of flooding. That just boggled my mind. I grew up where there is one main paved road, so all the rain is just absorbed into the earth. So I did some quick research online trying to find out what our average annual rainfall is (there were a few conflicting numbers so i won't list that till i know for sure), I found out that we get the more rain the Seattle, which wasn't even in the top 10 rainiest places and we even get more then Hilo, Hawaii which is often thought to be at the top of the list. I know of people who have moved here when they saw the beauty of the land, only to move away again because they could handle the weather. So I guess it is a good thing I love it so much. My mom and I like to joke that it is the moisture (the rain) that keeps the people here looking so young. My mother who is over 60 years old, HONESTLY doesn't look a day over 40. I hope to age as well as she. I guess the key is to stay here where time barely exists and rain is more likely then sun. It is worth it to me, because when the clouds part and the sun comes out.....there isn't a more beautiful place on earth. *grin*

Little Browns

2007-07-11T09:49:00.000-08:00

So have I got you wondering WTF I am talking about? Unless you happened to take an interest in the genus Myotis otherwise known as the "mouse eared bats," I wouldn't expect you to know. Why on earth would I bring up this subject? Ahhh well not because I have any interest in the foul little beings, it is because they reside in the roof of my house! Gross I know, and really the only reason I know exactly what kind of bat is living in my house is because there was some college students that came to town a few years back, they came to my house to find out what species we had in this area. I have since found out how helpful they are, they can eat a ton of mosquitoes and other insects. I appreciate that, but what I don't appreciate is the sound of little mice with wings scurrying across my ceiling. Oh and I haven't mentioned that when the people who were doing the study on bats where here they found out that i house FEMALE bats.... and if you look at the link above, you will find out that males and females live separately. I provide these things with a place to have their.... *gulp*.....ewwww....babies. Yup, the researchers found out that most of the bats they were catching that came out of my house were, pregnant. As it turns out the female one are the "noisy" ones. They make these sort of squeaking sounds and kind of..uh... grunting sound, i don't quite know how to explain it.
Now, I have tried to live with these and tell myself the noise doesn't bother me, but OMG this is it!!!! This will be the last year I put up with this. I have tried and tried to get someone to help me. The problem is that I live in a house with a really tall roof, and there is a hole at the very tip of roof and that is where they are getting in and out, well one of the ways. See the only need the teeniest tiniest hole to get in and out, and they have found a few. I took care of some of the ones I can reach, but this fall when they move out I am going to plug ALL the holes. I am not even sure how I just know that if I don't do it, come next spring I am going to FREAK out!!!

On a much happier note, today is Lila's b-day...HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILA!!!!!

Lila Dubois

2007-07-10T15:53:00.000-08:00

My computer is giving me crap, so I haven't been able to blog *sad face* BUT my friend Lila needs some help deciding on her next project. Please stop by her blog, Lila Dubois she has two different stories to choose from... and good luck with that, they are both great! So hop over there and let her know which one you like.
Hopefully I can work out the probs with my 'puter. Until then, go check out the "blogs I enjoy"
Thanks
-Y-

2007-07-08T11:42:00.000-08:00

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO it is Flash Fiction Sunday!!!!

Come join the fun at the SEx blog

YAY Friday!!!

2007-07-06T11:47:00.000-08:00

I thought I would be more excited about friday, but really it makes no difference to me. My husbands days off are tuesday and wednesday so that is my weekend. I am looking forward to flash fiction this sunday at the SEx blog that is tons of fun.

Last week I decided that friday's would be for appreciating beauty. Of course my first thought is for eye candy...

Which is fun... but I thought I might share a lil of my culture this week. This is some amazing art work that I was able to see when a dance group was in town. This is Northwest Coast Native Art, more specifically Tlingit Art.

I have a cousin that does this kind of work if you want to check it out stop by his website John Demmert. His work is amazing. The intricate work he does, the attention to the smallest detail, well it isn't common. Well I can't help it, here is an example of his work...

This is the top of a hair pin he carved!!! Isn't that beautiful??? O.k. well I wish I had more to share but my house has been taken over by a flu bug and I have 4 boys and my husband to take care of. Hope everyone has fantabulous friday.

Big Skinny-Yakutat

2007-07-05T17:56:00.001-08:00

i wanted this to be at the end of my last post...but *sniff* i don't know how to do that. so here it is, i hope you like it.

why i won't be moving to a city anytime soon...

2007-07-05T09:15:00.000-08:00

Yes, on occasion I toy with the idea of moving from my lil paradise. As it turns out the cost of living in paradise is pretty high *ugh* but I thought I might share s few of the reasons I love it here.

Isn't that great?!! It is Mt.St Elias. I get to see that ALL the time, that is of course when the weather cooperates. I never get tired of looking at that. Sometimes the view is so amazin it looks fake. Like this, this is the view from the beach only a one minute walk from my house

That is the lagoon, when the tide comes in there is a cute lil island there. It has a small group of trees there and grass all around. When I was a child I wanted to have goats that I could raise on that island. I had it all planned out. I wouldn't need much, my family could bring me food and essentials, I just would need a very small cabin (with plumbing for a bathroom) and a bunk. I figured I would live there quite happily with my goats. It is funny to think about that now. I remember spending a lot of time thinking about how great it would be.

The next thing is both a reason to stay and a reason to go. I love the winter, well for that matter I love seasons. Here in my neck of the woods we do have all four...sorta. Sure we did get a fair amount of snow this year

But, that was inbetween rain showers, which makes for an unpleasant winter. Does that make sense? I really enjoy winters, I loved all of that snow but when it snows foot after foot and then rains then snows then rains then snows, it can make the winter kinda suck!Now last but definetly not least

Yup, its all about the Benjamins right? Well that is what holds me up, even if I REALLY wanted to move, it would be insanely expensive. Although I do toy with the idea, I can't really see myself living anywhere else, at least for now *big smile*

Happy 4th of July

2007-07-04T09:20:00.000-08:00

So, our independence day is upon us already! cripes, where is the summer going? time is running away from me. I should be making pies right now but what am I doing, well besides the obvious (blogging), I am watching the HBO first look at Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I sooo can't wait for that movie to come out! Even more exciting to me is the last Harry Potter book. When the excitement get the better of me I end up reading the whole series again (which my best friend got me for Christmas last year!!!) I am sure that I will at least read O.O.P. one more time before watching the movie, and that will probably lead to me reading the next book to get myself ready for the last book.

Today my husband has planned a big party, and I think I remember him asking if I would make some pies, but again where the crap did the time go? So I did a cheesecake and a cherry pie last night, but today I still have to do a banana cream and a coconut cream pie and of course an apple pie. I, myself prefer the cream pies. I never have liked fruit pies. I know I am in the minority in that, but YOU have never tried my cream pie *grin*.

I hope everyone has a great 4th!!! I think I will buy that new Linda Howard book, I saw it at the store yesterday. I wanted to read the 2nd Raintree book, but of course if I want to get a certain book then my silly lil store here doesn't have it. So I suppose I will just have to go online and find it, but I always hate the wait.

I wanted to leave you with a great photo finish.....but alas, my connection is crap and I don't have time to play. I hope everyone has a fun filled independence day!!!!!!!

Baking

2007-07-02T16:04:00.000-08:00

I know I have mentioned how much I love baking and I am pretty good at most things....*ugh* long story short I have agreed to do a Wedding cake. I have until now turned down orders for ANY cakes, because of the decorating part. I am not positive why I said "Yes" but here I am only 3 weeks away from the wedding and baking cakes like mad and decorating in my sleep, just to prepare. I do have a great family, and they are extremely supportive and eat TONS of cake, but.... I am so nervous.

The cake is actually simple: 5-6 tiers of alternating German chocolate and carrot cake each layer on its own set up like a spiral staircase. The bride has been great and told me not to be nervous because she only thinks of it as cake and not necessarily the centerpiece of the reception. *whew* I was glad to hear that, and since the German chocolate icing is not a real decorative (super easy) and the cream cheese frosting for the carrot cake isn't either.... I feel certain this won't be as scary as it seems (i must keep telling myself that). So when I do actually do the cake I will have to post pictures until then I will share my 7 layer strawberry and blackberry torte. The decorating on it have no rhyme or reason I was just trying to practice technique.

Hmmm that came out kinda big...but (Ange you will understand) my connection can be crap sometimes and it might not upload if I try again. well it looks like I need to work on making my layers more even huh? Oh well it still comes out yummy!! Happy Monday, oh and for some super hot reading stop by Lisa's blog she started an amazing poetry train worth a ride....or two!!!

Bummer

2007-07-01T20:39:00.000-08:00

So I totally love flash fiction, I found it on a the blog at Liquid Silver Books....well to be truthful I found it through Lisa Andel's blog. Anyhow I was really looking forward to it this week, but as it turned out I couldn't rise to the challenge *defeated sigh*. The challenge was to use as many descriptive words in a story (in only 100 words) as possible. That doesn't even expain it well, but if you check out the Liquid Silver Books blog for July 1st, The Prolix Queens of Verbosity, you will understand. It was fun, I enjoyed reading the ones that were posted and I was going to post my favorite one...but i couldn't choose one. So sadly this week as much as I wanted to and intended to play, all of my chores that I have been ignoring all week finally had caught up with me.

I am always afraid that people from that TLC show about cleaning people's insanely dirty houses, will show up at my house to find a maze of laundry that I find impossible to keep up with. So I was stuck doing laundry, dishes, and cooking a KICK ASS dinner ( I made an 8lb herb crusted pork roast, with garlic mashed potatoes and steamed broccolli). I might still try to kick one out just for fun, I know there probably won't be anybody around, but so I can feel like I got to play a lil bit.

Sunday.......I am trying to think of an excuse for eye candy.... oh hell who needs and excuse, its my blog right?

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww you gotta love that, he can pilot my jet anyday. LOL. Hope everyone had a awesome weekend!!!!

Yikes...I've been tagged

2007-06-30T18:28:00.000-08:00

O.k. so i had to have a friend explain the whole "blog tag" thing to me here is what i copied from my friend who tagged me...

Here are the rules:
a. Each player lists 8 facts/habits about themselves.
b. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning before those facts/habits are listed.
c. At the end of the post, the player then tags 8 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

Now heres the prob.... I don't know 8 bloggers so I will have a short but KICK ASS small list. So here I go.

1. I love to bake. I love to try new recipes especially if they are supposed to be complicated.

2. I hate cleaning, I hate that things don't just STAY clean so I feel like I am going crazy cleaning the same things over and over and over.

3. I like to think of myself as a private person, but I am not really. If someone asks me nicely about anything I am likely to give an honest answer.

4. I don't like people I don't know AT ALL to touch me. (i recently had a bit of an arguement with a girl in a bar, who wanted to hold my hand, and well long story i will have to tell another time)

5. I love books that can tear emotion out of me, they are the BEST kind.

6. I love milkshakes, the really thick lumpy kind.

7. I would die for an In-n-Out burger. (i haven't had one since i moved about 4-5 years ago)

8. I hate over cooked fish.

So I hope I didn't put anyone to sleep with that list, I think my belated new years resolution should be to live a little crazier. LOL.

Hmmm who to tag???

Stella

Roxy

and thats my list.

Thanks for including me in the fun Lila!!!!

Pet Peeve

2007-06-29T21:26:00.001-08:00

Weakness.... I loathe it.

I have been thinking about this for a while. Its one thing to be hurt and in serious pain and unable to handle it, but i can't stand people that roll around in the muck of their own weakness, "oh feel sorry for me i am soo hurt" "oh poor me did you see what happened? should i tell you the story for the 100th time?"You know the people I am talking about, even if they don't say anything but are constantly grimacing and groaning purposely when you are around as if to say those things it still drives me NUTS.

If pain is weakness leaving the body then BRING IT ON!!

Honestly, my father deals with the kind of pain daily, that puts people in the hospital. He is amazing. Dad gave me some advice when I was young, he would tell me"give people a chance to step up and do the right thing... but be ready to pick up the slack if they don't." Since he lives like that he ends up doing more work then he should at his age, which is the cause of his pain.

o.k. I will get off my soapbox. I have just found myself disgusted with weak people latley.

2007-06-29T17:53:00.000-08:00

YAY!!! today is Friday. It hasn't been particularly eventful, i am enjoying not having a lot to do, hmmm well i am putting that wrong; i have plenty to do....i am just reveling in my procrastination. I don't think anyone read my blog yesterday (partly because i am afraid to tell anyone i have one)anyhow i said that i was going to go out for ladies night i wasn't feeling really jazzed to go but i thought it might be fun. so i put the babies to bed and the next thing i knew i was waking up this morning. i felt like the sandman didn't just sprikle sand on my eyes, he buried me in the stuff.

Well i am thinking Fridays in Y land will be a good time to appreciate beautiful things and this first friday i will share one of my favorite works of art and i might need to preface this by saying that i belive art can be shown in many different ways *giggle*

soooo what do you think??? yeah totally art *evil grin* so i know this a late post but is still counts for friday. LOL. Have a good friday night and if you go out drink one for me!!!!

banging head what was i thinking?

2007-06-28T15:35:00.000-08:00

O.k. i haven't the first clue about blogging, and i am sure i will only have 1 or 2 readers so it shouldn't matter, but seriously what was i thinking? I can't even keep my own journal and isn't that what a "blog" is?
So i am a blog virgin, please be gentle with me *grin* i can only get better with time and experience *stifled laugh*. LOL you will find with time that my mind often runs away with me and i lose track of what i was talking about, but i will do my best to stay on track, its just so fun to get lost in my head sometimes. I hope you will stop by often and enjoy my blog!!
Its ladies night here in town so to all the ladies if you haven't already get your self a drink and raise your glass, "heres to firsts and to my new blog"
thanks for stopping by "Y land" hope you come by again,
-Y-

Lost in Y Land

ahhhh Jane

Been gone forever huh?

Ahhhh Spring....

I am in LOVE!!!

this is how busy i am...

new year!

NaNo WriMo

hmmm

myspace

fairy tale land

Christmas is coming....

Semper Fi!!!!

I don't know

ELECTION FEVER!!!

WOOOHOOO

T.V.

bears

Long weekend

This is why...

SUN

I couldn't be more proud!

My home

Wet Wednesday...

No Poetry

super, super late Poetry Train

Coffee

PT monday

alive again

Not commonly known

Movies

Poetry Train Monday

*sigh* my balloon has been deflated....

alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllrighty then!

Down for the count...

yikes i need to catch up...please be patient.

FLASH ME!

Marco.....

sorry, guess all the baking has been keeping me away

catching up

Poetry Train

Wet your Whistle Wednesday.

Wet your Whistle Wednesday.

Titillate your Taste-buds Tuesday (what do you think?)

Poetry Train

here we go again

Tuesday....hmmm i can't think of a good title...well here is a favorite recipe of mine

Monday Poetry Train/ Rhian's Blogerversary!!!!

*sigh*

"whatsa happening hot stuff?"

Monday Poetry Train

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

late monday poetry train....bringing up the caboose

thank you RomanceGroupie

Y is lost in Y-land...

Monday Poetry Train

its that time again!

Hottie Friday

TT- Facts about Alaska you may not know....

MEME catch up #2

MEME catch up

What book am I?

Monday Poetry Train

Flashing Fun at SEx!!

Late Hottie Post

I'm Alive....and TT

monday poetry train....almost

FLASH....SEx....need I say more?

Yummy Friday!!

TT-Toys that scare me

Manic Monday....

cripes

WTF...over!!!

Wedding Cake

Flash me

Cross your fingers for me!

Hottie Friday

False Hope

Customer Service....

Ghosts

sigh my balloon has been deflated....

sigh

banging head what was i thinking?