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ok the cats PRACTICALLY out of the bag

2009-01-18T08:28:37Z

well since people keep figuring out.. geez.. so like all my friends in town know. i'm holding off on telling family. but i guess you guys can know..

I'm pregnant with #2

that damn danu necklace!!!!!!!!!! so pretty it just calls to you to wear it... so that answers some of AJ's dreams.. LOL

just for the record, i'm not excited about it yet.... i don't know how i feel about it.. BUT i'm pretty darn sure its a boy. LOL

Taurus and Libra Compatability...

2009-01-16T17:03:39Z

so any of you taurus' or Libra's out there, how well do you get along with the other??? I'm really hoping there is a good friendship here.

hehehe another store i have opened..

2009-01-09T22:31:41Z

www.sensualmagick.com/decembermoon its a naughty store..

and don't forget the magick store:

www.jupitergardens.com

WW week #4

2008-09-03T18:17:38Z

Well ok heres the skinny, LOL, I lost my job and that is where the scale was that i would weigh on. SO I guess I won't be able to see if i'm progressing or not. although I feel like i've done a back slide as far as how clothes fit.

in other news... i'm being sued.. by the hospital i transfered to after having violet. they never billed my insurance, so their fault not mine, why do i have to pay?!?!?!?!

sigh.. well i need to clean house for my Lia Sophia party...

WW update.. #??? i lost count already

2008-08-28T17:55:14Z

well i weighed myself on monday but forgot to post.. 263.. woop no change.. but then yesterday i weighed myself with the intention of posting then and forgot again.. but i was down to 259 WOO HOO.. so i don't know if i should really count the wednesday weight since it could mess with this coming tuesdays weigh in, monday is a holiday,... well i'll count it anyway

259 on the 27th..

4lbs lost WOOOT.. lets hope what i'm doing is finally working. OH and i went shopping on saturday. i have a fav pair of capri levi's well they are getting holes already (a yr old) so i went back to buy another pair, they were on sale and i couldn't remember what size the ones at home were so i picked up 2 sizes. tried them both on and concluded that the smaller size fit like the ones at home did. so i got those.. got home and my pair at home were actually the larger size.. so i feel very accomplished that i at least went down a pant size in the past year. Even if my weight doesn't show it.

but we'll see next week, as i kinda wasn't paying attention the past two days.. ice cream for dinner and donuts for breakfast. but i'll be cleaning the house like a mad woman so hopefully i can burn off some of those empty calories.. i always seem to faulter when i'm sick.

dreams

2008-08-20T19:16:24Z

Ok i have had 2 nights of weird dreams..

monday nights:

I dreamt that I was a new vampire, and i was in this loft with my new family. Well this allied family shows up and their queen tells our king that she has more "stuff" for his whole family but we'd have to come to get it. Well this is taking place in current time very NOW, and I for some reason thought she was talking about drugs of some sort. Well we all head out and some take these like expidition or hummer limos but when those fill the rest of us are told to take the boats. So I am just following along, when I realize I'm very much alone, meaning i'm around no body i know. I look around and I see these two DJ's from defcon we made friends with DJ Great Scott and Scritch. Well I try to catch up to them but by this time we reach the beach and there are THOUSANDS of us just walking into the water and swimming to these boats. Well I lost track of them in the water. I get on this boat and i'm terrified being around all these people i don't know. When we get close to our destination i see a boat next to me with the DJs on it. So they start swinging their boat in my direction and I take a HUGE flying leap towards there boat hoping that some vampire skill has set in, because i'm THAT new. Well I almost make it, but then climb into their boat. Well i guess there is some kind of limit and with me on it the boat flips. OH i'm wearing all vinyl like whats her name in shit... i cant remember the movie.. vampire vs. werewolves, she falls in love with the half breed.. you know which one i'm talking about. well we get ashore and we are in a mall and we have no idea why we are here and our only guess is that we are heading off to battle. then i wake up.

ok LAST nights Dream, this one got me out of bed for a half hour:

So I guess Defcon has moved to california being that none of the remaining casinos in vegas will have us. And I guess Andy and I decide to get a hotel room at the convention for ease of use. Well I was out visiting you guys i think, or on my way or something, i'm not really sure where i was. But I wasn't at the hotel and my mom was, i'm assuming to watch violet. Well Andy was on his way back from working and some drunk driving atendee hit him (he was walking back) RIGHT out in front of our room. My mom hears the commotion and goes outside. Again i'm assuming violet must have been asleep or something. And she gets to him in time to watch him die. I don't remember getting a call, i think i found out when i got back from where ever i was. I remember sitting right outside the room in like a patio chair calling to violet to come out with me, and she is too scared to come out the front door. I remember thinking i wonder where it happend and looking for stains on the ground. I was sooooooooo in shock, i didn't know how to react. I then called cass to tell her what happened. And I don't think she believed me because i was so calm and not at all emotional. then i woke up in the middle of our conversation and thinking i've got a lot of people to call. I woke up litterally crying, it was very strange. Then all the thoughts of what i would have to do, and violet with no dad.. made it all worse. I had to get up at 4am go into the living room and just lay on andy for a half hour, and cry. he was of course up futzing on the computer. like usual. It would have been nice for him to have been in bed so i could have just rolled over. BUt then he would have been alseep. At least he was awake and asked what was wrong and told me everything was fine and tried to cheer me up..

weird fucking couple of days man!!!

OH then i woke up in such a hurry i didn't get my coffee or breakfast so I'm all off today

WW update week #2

2008-08-18T22:46:00Z

well nothing exciting to report. i'm back down to my starting weight 263. i think thats where i started.. still stuck in a rut...

week #1... well i'm off to a bad start

2008-08-11T19:42:21Z

well this past weekend was DEFCON and I only ate like 3 times in 4 days but I DRANK a LOT... so that must account for the gain..

current weigh in.. 267!!!! I haven't weighed that much in a year!!!

I'm hoping that there was also a lot of dancing and walking associated with the drinking so lets hope that in a few days there will be a drop.. LOL

weight loss journal #1

2008-08-04T16:24:51Z

Ok so I promised Mysty I'd go on weight watchers with her and I'm going to use this to try to post every monday on my progress.. I weighed myself on wednesday when i technically started and i was 263... which is sad to think that its taken me 15 months to loose SEVEN POUNDS!!! just 7 people.. me trying all kinds of different diets and exercise regimes and i only successfully lost 7 lbs... sigh.. hopefully weight watchers will help more...

ok so today... i weigh:
262.2

my short term goal is :
236lbs which is 10% of my current weight lost as well as where i started last time when i went on WW and lost 50lbs successfully.

My long term goal is:
165 thats almost 100lbs to loose.. wow that seems like a lot. but i've known men to do it in a year.. but i'm not a man.

wish me luck, this has been a very hard battle for me lately...

win a baby wearing essential set...

2008-06-27T04:28:16Z

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2008-05-20T21:21:06Z

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2008-04-29T16:02:50Z

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i know i'm worth at least $750 in this town

2008-03-08T07:56:24Z

Violet's other self...

2008-01-07T21:35:36Z

Ok so I was in my old bedroom in cali and decided to spend some time visiting the "other" family. well instead of visiting with some gods i am transported to what felt like Jotenheim. Large mountains, almost volcanic at times and there walking was a woman and Odin being led by his dogs. Well the woman had these reptilian/bat like wings and a long slender tail like mine. Thought it was me since my wings tend to vary shape on mood. the POV was like i was flying behind them keeping watch. I tried to put myself into the woman thinking thats where i needed to be and when i did she transformed/morphed into a dragon flying high above as to get a lay of the land, then I pulled back out of her baffled. She was gorgeous scales of dark blue indigo on top and most of the body and then some red/copper scales on the bottom. When she transformed back I could see classic red head hair and wavy. soooo beautiful, but I couldn't see the face. Thats when i realized it wasn't me, but that it was family. OH and at the end of this graceful cat like tail a few spikes like you see on a stegosaurus almost. She also wasn't wearing long flowing like clothing like i usually see on me. but more journey-ing clothes, leathers, close to the body, etc. I think at one point there was water or some kind of feeling that the dragon could just as gracefully transform to be perfectly comfortable in water.

then this morning i was just staring at her sleep and a name came to me Persephone Rayne. yeah that should have been her name. Que sera.

yeah pretty cool!!! I'm just waiting for the day she'll turn to me and tell me "mom, i'm Persephone not Violet"

my cafe press want list

2007-12-19T21:09:13Z

http://www.cafepress.com/cgod20.55984111 <kimberly i thought of you http://www.cafepress.com/littlemonkeytee.128498922 http://www.cafepress.com/mamadiggs.192997175 http://www.cafepress.com/brainchildshop.151707689 http://www.cafepress.com/dotted_quad.46468694 http://www.cafepress.com/rebel_scum.199843388 <LOL Kat http://www.cafepress.com/eteez.28813965 http://www.cafepress.com/bitmason.52983545 http://www.cafepress.com/outer_monologue.193691289 http://www.cafepress.com/oddmatter.177070350 http://www.cafepress.com/aplacewithrocks.188958346

Irye for president 2012!!

2007-11-20T22:20:47Z

Yes 69%
No 23%

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my degree

2007-11-10T01:12:21Z

ok so y'all mostly know that i've dropped out of college programs again and again, for one reason or another. It has always bothered me that I didn't get a degree, even though I only had 2 classes left to take for my AA. I keep trying to find ways to go back to school and get my bachelors but I keep not being able to afford it, or not finding something i'm extremely interested in that is easy enough for me to do. Now that I have Violet traditional classes will be even harder.

Well I think I may have found something that I can do. I can take as long as I want, it's one flat fee, and it's actually something that I find interesting and am already learning about.. HERBS and Holistic Medicine!!!

http://www.gcnm.com/bachelor-of-science-in-holistic-health.html

now I just need to stock away a little of every paycheck into a savings account until I have enough $$ to enroll. Even if all I do with this degree is use it's teachings for my family, it will have been worth it, plus I can say I have my bachelor's degree. which would make my parents VERY happy!! It will be a great way for me to play with herbs and I can even play with them magickally. I may not have been able to complete natural magick but at least I can learn some this way too!!

ya ya I know I change my mind soo much we'll see if this one sticks long enough for me to do anything with it. but you have to admit $3200 for a bachelor's degree is pretty cheap. And yes they are an accredited college!! then another $3200 for the master degree and then $5200 for the doctorate. I don't know if I'll go that high. I mean hey if I win a jackpot and can afford the $10,000 for all three degrees I would probably do it. It would take me forever to complete but then I'd be a doctor of holistic medicine!! I know I'm dreaming but how cool would it be to know accupressure, Qi Gong, reflexology, and gods knows what else.

well we'll see. first off i'm going to start by joining our herb co-op and making tinctures for us to have for the ickys season. see how i feel after that.

feel free to tell me I've lost it, I won't mind.

Gene 'links breastfeeding to IQ'

2007-11-06T02:09:55Z

A single gene influences whether breastfeeding improves a child's intelligence, say London researchers.

Children with one version of the FADS2 gene scored seven points higher in IQ tests if they were breastfed.

But the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study found breastfeeding had no effect on the IQ of children with a different version.

The gene in question helps break down fatty acids from the diet, which have been linked with brain development.

Seven points difference is enough to put the child in the top third of the class, the researchers said.

In the past people have had different results about whether breastfeeding improves IQ and this would sort out the reason why
Professor Jean Golding

Some 90% of people carry the version of the gene which was associated with better IQ scores in breastfed children.

Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London, used data from two previous studies of breast-fed infants in Britain and New Zealand, which involved more than 3,000 children.

IQ was measured at various points between the ages of five and 13 years in the studies.

Previous studies on intelligence and breastfeeding have come up with conflicting results.

There has been some debate as to whether mothers who had more education or who were from more affluent backgrounds were more likely to breastfeed, skewing the results.

Nature versus nurture

Professor Terrie Moffitt, a co-author on the paper, said the findings gave a fresh perspective on the arguments by showing a physiological mechanism that could account for the difference between breastfed and bottle-fed babies.

"The argument about intelligence has been about nature versus nurture for at least a century," she said.

"However, we have shown that in fact nature works via nurture to create better health outcomes."

Since the studies used in the analysis were done, manufacturers have begun to add fatty acids to formula milk but there have been inconsistent results on the benefits.

Belinda Phipps, of the National Childbirth Trust, said: "This shows for the majority of parents they can have a positive effect on their babies IQ by breastfeeding."

Catherine Collins, a dietician at St Georges Hospital in London and spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association, said the study highlighted the interaction between nutrition and genetics.

"In this study you have an effect that suggests that nature is more important that nurture.

"If nine out of 10 babies benefit, then that is a very good chance."

But she added the study did not specify how long babies were breastfed for and it may be that even breastfeeding for a short period may be beneficial for intelligence.

Professor Jean Golding, who founded the ALSPAC study set up in the 1990s to follow the development of thousands of children in the South West of England, said the results were fascinating and they would be doing a further study of the gene.

"In the past people have had different results about whether breastfeeding improves IQ and this would sort out the reason why," she said.

YAY for breastfed babies!!!!!

a bit of dreamy weirdness

2007-10-19T18:48:19Z

ok last night i remember parts of one dream, violet's not sleeping well so i don't get finish them.

someone died.. and someone and i have this person in two trashbags and we are trying to find a place to dump the body. then i remember something andy told me in real life about hydrocloric acid and a hack saw... then i wake up..

and EVERY morning for months now i've been waking up with the SAME song in my head.. and it's not something i have even heard in years.. Geggy Tah "whoever you are"

All I wanna do is to thank you
even though I don't know who you are
You let me change lanes
while I was driving in my car. . .
Whoever you are
I wanna thank you who...

WTF!!!!!

go figure

2007-10-06T08:21:58Z

The Archangel Within (An Archangel Quiz)

Azriel - "Whom God Helps On Their Way". Mysterious, intelligent, honorable, and introverted most likely best describe your character. Like Michael you have a certain sense of purpose in life, even if you are not entirely sure what that purpose is just yet. You are most likely soft-spoken, meaning you speak when it is necessary and usually have something thoughtful or insightful to say. On the exterior you may seem cold and harsh, but that is just your nature, you are more then likely not like that at all.Biblical Facts: Azriel is the archangel in charge of helping those who die pass into the afterlife. He gained his position by simply completing a task that God had asked all the archangels to participate in and complete. Unfortunately the other archangels were so busy arguing that Azriel devised an intelligent and sensible method of completing the task in a timely manner before they could stop bickering.
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writing test...

2007-10-06T08:10:47Z

Ok so i'm applying for this work at home job, finally something legit that pays $12/hour. But I have to do this writing test.. so here is my test. if you wouldn't mind reading the two letters behind the cut and letting me know if they sound good. and yes they are supposed to be of opposite views..

test here

October 6, 2007

The Honorable Harry Reid

528 Hart Senate Office Building

United States Senate

Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator Reid;

I am a loyal voter in Nevada who is very concerned about the upcoming adjustments to the CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) Standards. I believe that these standards are in dire need of being drastically raised especially in the areas of larger vehicles over 8,500 pounds. These standards have long been outdated and are in desperate need of action; their inception in 1975 had a standard at 18 mpg increasing to 27.5 mpg in 1985 and has not increased since.

As our society is buying more into larger SUV type vehicles, the need for regulation on their fuel economy is not only necessary but essential to our environment and the effect of emissions. The lower the fuel economy the higher the carbon dioxide exhaust into the atmosphere, increasing greenhouse gasses and thus global warming. This isn’t the only negative side effect to no regulation to the standards for larger vehicles. Car manufacturers are opting to manufacture cars that do not meet these requirements and pay the hefty fines to increase their production of high performance vehicles so as to increase their profit. If we only increase the CAFE standards for all vehicles including those over 8,500 pounds, they will have no choice but to put in time and money to research and development to find more fuel efficient alternatives. Studies have shown the technology is there and relatively inexpensive. We just need to enforce our domestic manufacturers to incorporate these technologies like our foreign cohorts have done.

We are last in line of the civilized nations when it comes to our fuel economy standards. By increasing our standards this will not only help contribute to decreasing our country’s dependence on oil producing nations, but it will also keep us competitive with our foreign car manufacturers. In this time of mass layoffs in Detroit, due to our citizens opting to purchase more reliable and efficient foreign vehicles, it is even more important to encourage our domestic manufacturers to get on the fuel efficient and economic bandwagon.

I would like to encourage you to please support Bush and your fellow Democrats for his proposal of increasing the CAFE standards. This is in the best interest for all Nevadans as well as all Americans.

Sincerely,

Mindy LeFort

Henderson, Nevada

October 6, 2007

The Honorable Harry Reid

528 Hart Senate Office Building

United States Senate

Washington, DC 20510

Dear Senator Reid;

I am coming to you as a concerned Nevadan and parent who is worried about the impact of the proposed increase to the CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) Standards currently in front of the Senate. There is more at stake here than just decreasing our country’s dependence on oil. Our domestic car manufacturers are already in financial trouble, by increasing these standards this is sure to only lead to more layoffs and unemployment. I also have significant concern that by forcing our manufacturers to produce more fuel efficient vehicles that this will decrease their overall safety.

My main concern is with the future of vehicle safety, A Harvard study showed that when the CAFE standards were increased that this led to an additional 2,200 to 3,900 automobile fatalities per year. This wasn’t the only study that concluded a similar result, a National Research Council study showed that during CAFE’s implementation an additional 1,300 to 2,600 vehicle fatalities that occurred in 1993 were probably directly related to these standards. Vehicle manufacturers are going to be forced to use lighter materials and to make smaller cars to comply with these drastic regulations, in order to stay afloat in an already volatile market. This will surely increase the amount of layoffs related to poor annual profits. Smaller vehicles sell for less. Not to mention the investment that will need to be made in research and develop of the new more fuel efficient technology will force our domestic manufacturers to make budget cuts elsewhere to turn a profit. It has been pointed out by many critics that as fuel efficiency goes up, people tend to drive more often, any gains to be had on carbon dioxide pollution would be offset. This will not even decrease our dependency on oil producing nations; our usage is unlikely to change much if at all. Is this enough of a reason to sacrifice the health and wellbeing of our nations citizens?

I implore you to please motion against this proposal when it hits your desk. The minimal advantages to oil dependency and environmental effects are far less dramatic than that of our children’s safety whether it be due to increased traffic fatalities or increase in unemployed factory workers. I, for one, want to be able to buy a SAFE vehicle the next time I purchase. Not one that has safety compromised for the sake of fuel efficiency.

Sincerely,

Mindy LeFort

Henderson, Nevada

Grey School

2007-09-21T18:20:19Z

YAY!!!! thanks to Mysty's generosity I have joined the likes of the Grey School Students. I'm sooo freeking excited. I felt kinda lonely and lost without anything to "study". I swear if I could be a perma student I would be!! LOL

so for all of y'all on grey school, stop by and say howdy.. Irye is my magickal name there.

well at least i was heading in the right direction

2007-09-14T18:08:28Z

1. Go to http://www.careercruising.com/.
2. Put in Username: nycareers, Password: landmark.
3. Take their "Career Matchmaker" questions.

1. Art / Music Therapist

2. Makeup Artist

3. Costume Designer

4. Set Designer

5. Child and Youth Worker

6. Special Education Teacher

7. Humanitarian Aid Worker

8. Speech-Language Pathologist

9. Music Teacher / Instructor

10. Recreation Therapist

11. Special Effects Technician

12. Taxidermist

13. Logistics Specialist

14. Veterinary Technician

15. Gerontologist

16. Sign Maker

17. Fashion Designer

18. Animator

19. Occupational Therapist

20. School Counselor

21. Marriage and Family Therapist

22. Teacher Assistant

23. Magician

24. Adoption Counselor

25. Director of Photography

26. Mathematician

27. Early Childhood Educator

28. Graphic Designer

29. Artist

30. Computer Animator

31. Video Game Developer

32. Addictions Counselor

33. Musician

34. Picture Framer

35. Upholsterer

36. Actor

37. Industrial Designer

38. Database Developer

39. Furniture Finisher

40. Web Developer

my little future geek

2007-08-23T15:41:48Z

Level 1 Human

STR 3
INT 6
WIS 3
DEX 3
CON 4
CHR 18

AC 6
HP 2
exp 0

she's soooo damn cute!!!!

i love LOLcats!!!

2007-07-23T17:04:08Z

Your Score: Lion Warning Cat

88% Affectionate, 69% Excitable, 44% Hungry

You are the good Samaritan of the lolcat world. Protecting others from danger by shouting observations and guidance in cases of imminent threat, you believe in the well-being of everyone.

To see all possible results, checka dis.

Link: The Which Lolcat Are You? Test written by GumOtaku on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test