New Year haiku

A new year begins
Resolutions to be made,
and often forgotten

Haiku

The cold wind blows strong,
Kids wave at people watching
the Zilker Zephyr. Toot!

I'm Love

Which Positive Quality Are You? Your Result: Love You are Love. Love is the glue that binds us all together. The love of family, the love of friends, the love between husbands and their wives--these things form the foundation of our happiness, our security, and our comfort. "All you need is love."
Charity
Peace
Friendship
Faith
Courage
http://www.gotoquiz.com/which_positive_quality_are_you">Which Positive Quality Are You?

A message to my older Bro, who I know will eventually read this post...

I miss you and wish you were joining us for the fam's Christmas festivities. I'll drink some wine and think of you.

Love you,
Your favorite sis.

Writing haikus is fun

My co-worker and I decided that instead of exchanging gifts this holiday season, we would write each other a haiku. It was fun to write one about her and now I am addicted!
I hadn't written one since 8th grade. (Which was published in the school's annual "literary" publication.)
I'll post a couple of my haikus in the next couple days.
Wait for it...wait for it...

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The West Your accent is the lowest common denominator of American speech. Unless you're a SoCal surfer, no one thinks you have an accent. And really, you may not even be from the West at all, you could easily be from Florida or one of those big Southern cities like Dallas or Atlanta.
The Midland
Boston
North Central
The Inland North
Philadelphia
The South
The Northeast
What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes

Haven't done an online quiz in awhile. This one is pretty interesting...

Are you freakin kidding me?!!

O.J. Simpson wrote a book called "If I Did It."
"O.J. Simpson, in his own words, tells for the first time how he would have committed the murders if he were the one responsible for the crimes," the network said in a statement. "In the two-part event, Simpson describes how he would have carried out the murders he has vehemently denied committing for over a decade."

Yahoo story

I am appalled at this. Even though I like true crime books, I would never pay money to read this story. I hope the book flops, but I'm sure with all of the media attention and the fascination that comes with this topic, it will be on the best seller list.

WikiHow.com

Even though everything is wiki these days, this site is addictive!
I have read how to make pumpkin pie straight from the pumpkin, how to do nothing and how to handle your child's temper tantrum.

A quote from the latter: "The only people who find temper tantrums amusing are a child's grandparents—because it’s finally payback time as they watch their grown children struggle helplessly with their own little monsters."

Pretty useful little site.

Came across this little graphic that I thought was cute...

Elliotville, TX
Population: 10

Today, on the way to a pumpkin hunt adventure, I went through a town that had a population of 10! There were no stores, gas stations or even churches. Just 5 farm houses and lots of cows.

After seeing that "town," part of me is grateful to live in a city and part of me wishes for that peace and quiet.

My favorite Ethan sayings (part one):
--"What's his name is?"
--"I luv her" (while hugging his stuffed animal)
--Calls Grandma "Mema" and Grandpa "PoPa"
--When he can't see the moon in the sky he says it is hiding. He starts saying, "Moo-oon?! Where are you?" in a really high pitched voice.

Here's another one. (See my entry before this.)
NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month

Since November is national novel writing month, they have a contest where you have one month to write a 50,000-word novel.

I would do it if I had the time. Maybe next November?

SoLa?

Okay, calling South Congress SoCo was one thing. But, now, South First is SoFi and South Lamar is SoLa?! I also heard that the Triangle area at North Lamar and Burnet were NoBu, but I can't find a written record of that. Yikes!

This is Ethan at the Vancouver Aquarium. The beluga whales were so impressive. I love this photo because if I am feeling stressed out, I look at it and it relaxes me.

I found this link while reading the latest news on the campaigns for TX Governor. (I am a Kinky fan, but will most likely vote for Chris Bell.)
http://www.trueblueliberal.com/store
Pretty hilarious...wish I could have come up with it and marketed it.
Reminds me of the great store that was in South Austin before the presidential election of 2004, Two Unemployed Democrats. Looks like they are an online store now.

A photo of me. Actually, this photo was taken by me on a minature train outside the San Antonio Zoo.