Getting to Know You 2008

I keep getting this e-mailed to me so I thought I would just post it on my blog!

1. What time did you get up this morning? 7:07 am
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
3. What is the last Movie you saw? Ps. I Love you -DVD, Indiana Jones-Theater
4. What is your favorite TV show? Cash Cab, Bizarre Foods, No Reservations,
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? MC Donald’s Parfait!!
6. What is your middle name? Lee
7. What food do you dislike? Parsnips
8.What is your favorite CD at the moment? Esperanza Spalding
9. What kind of car do you drive? 2008 Town & Country
10. Favorite Sandwich ? BLT with an Egg
11. What characteristic do you despise most? Perpetually crabby people
12. Favorite item of clothing? boots & shoes!!!
13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Italy or Bali
14. Favorite brand of clothing? Chico's
15. Where would you retire to? Sedona, AZ
17. Favorite sport to watch? Extreme Fighting and Boxing oh and Bull Riding!! (thats for Iris)
18. Farthest place you are sending this? To the Internet Netherlands
19. Person you expect to send it back first? Mom
20. When is your birthday? May 27th
21. Are you a morning person or a night person? Night!
22. What is your shoe size? 9
23. Pets? Grissom
24.Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? I am a secret agent!
25. What did you want to be when you were little? Entomologist
26. How are you today? Great
27. What is your favorite candy? Good n Plenty
28. What was the last thing you ate? Hard Boiled Egg
29. Do you wish on stars? No
30. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? One of those multi-colored crayons
31. How is the weather right now? Cloudy it is Toledo
32. Last person you spoke to on the phone? My Mom
33. Favorite soft drink? Coke Zero or as they say in Turkey Cola Zero
34. Favorite restaurant? Depends on my mood
35. Hair color? Natural Blond but the rest of the time it depends on what day it it!
36. What was your favorite toy as a child? My bike I loved riding it nude around the house
37. Summer or winter? Winter during global warming I hate to sweat
38. Hugs or kisses? Both, depends on who it is from!
39. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
40. Coffee or tea? Both
41. When was the last time you cried? Last Night after watching PS I love You
42. What is under your bed? Stacks of books
43. What did you do last night? Watched a Movie
44. What are you afraid of? My daughter hating me
45. Salty or sweet? Both, preferable one right after the other!
46. How many years at your current job? 7 Years
47. How many keys on your key ring? 1
48. Favorite day of the week? FRIDAY
49. How many towns have you lived in? 3
50. Do you make friends easily? Sometimes, I am an introverted extrovert

Baltimore Oriole Visit

What a Blessing! This morning I was sitting in my family room with the sliding door open listening to the birds singing. As I listened, I noticed a bird call that was not part of the normal everyday repertoire I am used to hearing. I went out on my deck and started to listen for the call. It was coming from a tree in my backyard, I scanned the tree and then I spotted my visitor a male Baltimore Oriole! In the spring there is a huge songbird migration that occurs through Northwestern Ohio but at this point we are towards the end and it is not very often you get to see such a beautiful bird. What a great way to start my day off!

The Nasaline and my Continuing Saga of My Nose!

I am so sick of dealing with nasal sprays, saline mists, pills, and my doctor shoving lights and instruments up my nose!! I decided enough is enough, if traditional medicine was not working I would try alternative medicine. I am a Massage Therapist for gosh sake! I know massage works better for most people than "here take this pill for pain and this pill for inflammation and I want you to come back in a month!" Anyway, I went out and bought a Nasaline, nasal irrigator which is a giant syringe with a rubber tip on the end. Here is the blurb from the manufacturer's website:
Nasaline is a unique, patented, drug-free nasal irrigation system designed by a team of Swedish ear, nose, and throat specialists. With the simple use of saline solution, Nasaline effectively washes away unwanted mucous, crusty secretions or allergens and provides relief from symptoms associated with allergies, colds, or the flu. I decided I would add essential oils to the saline solution to try and get a grip on my allergies and stuffy nose and it worked great! I can breath and I am not blowing my nose and sniffing every five minutes. There is a downside, because of the way our sinuses are situated in our head the saline solution can get trapped in the sinuses. You are told to blow your nose lightly after using the Nasaline but still some saline solution can be left. Sooooo... imagine this; I use my Nasaline in the morning, blow my nose, get ready for work, drop my kids off, arrive at work, drink some coffee and I get a call one of the women in the office has a computer problem. So I head down to the office and work on her computer as I am finishing someone else has a problem so I stop at her cubicle. She explains her issue and I said no problem easy fix and as I bend over to restart her computer, SALINE SOLUTION POURS OUT OF MY NOSE! OMG, how gross!! What do you say when you have just dumped nasal juices all over someones chair mat? Lucky for me she has three boys so she just laughed, thank you Jesus!

Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria

I just read a book titled "Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria," that made me realize we are doomed! The world will not end in a Big Bang we will all get some type of creeping crud caused by antibiotic-resistant organisms. All because doctors and patients insist on using antibiotics for everything under the sun! We are not happy to pay for a doctor's visit and not get some type of drug! This book caused flashback to my childhood. I was sickly and the trauma inflicted on me all started to make sense. Now I know when I was seven I was having premonitions of things to come! Every time I sneezed the Doctor had his wonder drug Penicillin ready and loaded. My Doctor, his Nurse and my mom would have to chase me around the office with that HUGE syringe of cold viscous Penicillin. I would scream, bite and crawl under the furniture. One time I actually broke the need off in my butt cheek! Now I have confirmation of what I thought then is true, they were trying to kill me!!

Bush says to Myanmar: 'Let us help'

I can't help but think that the Myanmar Government is afraid of the help Bush can provide, considering how the US Government responded to our own people during Hurricane Katrina. By the Way Mr. President, there are still people without homes and jobs in the areas devastated by Katrina!!

Speaking about Saturday TV I want to know when HR Pufnstuff will return!

In case you have never seen H.R. Pufnstuf, it was on Saturday mornings from 1969-1972. This show had more drug references in it than a Cheech and Chong movie! What were parents thinking when they let us watch this show? Come on mom pass the "puffin stuff"!

Here is a description of the show from Wikipedia:

H.R. Pufnstuf , revolving around a boy named Jimmy (played by Jack Wild) who had accidentally found Living Island, a magical place where everything was alive. The Mayor of Living Island was a friendly dragon named H.R. Pufnstuf (voiced by the show's writer Lennie Weinrib). Jimmy had been lured to the island with his friend, a talking flute named Freddie, by a magic boat which promised adventures across the sea. The boat was actually owned and controlled by their nemesis, a wicked witch named Wilhelmina W. Witchiepoo (played by Billie Hayes) who rode on a broomstick-like vehicle called the Vroom Broom. Jimmy was taken in by Pufnstuf, who was able to protect him from Witchiepoo as the cave where he lived was the only place her magic had no effect. Apart from Witchiepoo, all of the characters on Living Island were realized via large, cumbersome costumes or puppetry. Since everything on Living Island was alive (namely houses, castles, boats, grandfather clocks, candles, books, trees, mushrooms), virtually any part of the Living Island sets could become a character, usually voiced in a parody of a famous film star, such as Mae West, Edward G. Robinson or most notably John Wayne as "The West Wind".

The Sleestaks are Coming!!

Universal Pictures is remaking "Land of the Lost" and just released a still of the Sleestaks. When I was young I loved "Land of the Lost" it was the cheesiest! Yet, I did not get the Sleestaks. I never liked their costume. I always thought the Sleestaks look like they should be wearing leather coats with mirrored sunglasses. Sleestaks were interesting because they could not move fast, they were afraid of sunlight and their language consisted of loud hissing yet they terrorized the Marshalls. They ALWAYS caught the three humans whenever they came close to them which I could never understand because they couldn’t sneak up on you, and most certainly couldn’t catch you in a foot race. My grandma could out run them! I believe they moved so slow because clearly they had asthma. How else can you explain the unbelievably loud breathing noise they made as they approached anything.

This is the Truth - Make sure you watch it to the end!

The Today Show Goes to Istanbul

Check out their videos:
Day 4 of "Where in the World is Matt Lauer":


Facts about Turkey:


Istanbul: What you need to Know:


The Whirling Dervishes:


Turkish Dishes:


Quickie Tour of Istanbul:


The Blue Mosque:


Traveling to Istanbul: