I know you've heard "It's all a conspiracy!" before, but really folks, does any of this make real sense? Have you ever tried to connect the dots? When you really stop to take a good look at what the government and media is saying about our current economic crisis and wars being waged - how plausible is it that they have such involved and sophisticated solutions within days of major crises? They must know what is going to happen sooner than we do. The corporations are in charge of this country right down to our current cabinet, and support structure. Businesses benefit from wars and financial downfalls.

Its like we are only get a few pieces of the puzzle and they aren't even giving us the right picture to work with...
How many people really know the true picture?
How many pieces are we supposed to have anyhow, 50?
Well, I only got 10.


Do some reasearch

Both sides of the election -
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/index.html

Economic Crisis -
Treasury Would Emerge With Vast New Power
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/29/business/29bill.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

He who dares not offend cannot be honest.

- Thomas Paine


Some people have problems with the truth - in giving it or receiving it.

To sum up my plight, I am honest, sometimes too honest. One thing I am not is a LIAR. No fabrications here folks. You can come to me if you really want to know if your butt looks big in those jeans - I will not be able to hold back the truth.

I have come to believe in my lifetime that there are truth seekers, and those that sweep things under the rug.

I haven't posted here in a long while. Hope that I can get my thoughts out here, and share a few moments of my life in the process. After living a few hectic years, having a baby, going to school and homeschooling 2 kids... I was not sharing the craziness. I think it is time for me to start my blog again.

At this junction in my life I have finished school and am now officially a Holistic Health Practitioner. I still need to sit for the national boards to become a certified Holistic Nutritionist, but I don't need to rush it right now. I can finally just focus on my home life and home schooling for the first time in several years.

I plan on starting my career with writing and getting my hours logged as a nutritional educator. So my endeavors now will be in planning a recipe book and creating articles to submit to magazines and websites. Once we have completely transplanted to our new destination, I will crank out a few seminar courses and offer them to the general public. I figure that will be a good way to introduce myself to our new community.

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it.

- Lena Horne

This is a great site that I came across today and wanted to share with you all. Very intuitive artwork based on current American use of resources. Enjoy!




Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds.

http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7

It has been awhile since I posted anything, so sorry about that, but life has been extreme for us these days. We have been going, and I mean going like a whirlwind for about 3 months now. We have traveled near and far and explored the world around us, as much as one little family can in due time. We have managed to see the whole West coast this year - plus AZ, UT and ID.

Let's see -

We went on a spontaneous "weekend" trip, in early Sept. to Seattle. That turned out to be 6 days and the whole WA coastline, plus some islands in the Puget Sound. Gorgeous! We of course only have 35mm of that trip since we didn't think ahead to charge the digital, so no pix to share of that trip yet.


Then we went to the OR coast aquarium in Newport for M's 4th, in late Sept. Of course stopped at every point on the coast between here and there and back again, camping each night. Totally fell in love with the Central coast. Cape Meares and Cape Kiwanda seem to have left the most impressions on us. Some really great communities down there, but just as removed from civilization.


We most recently went to CA to visit friends and for K to do some work - Redding (10 days), Redwoods camping, long boring Central CA drive to San Diego (14 days) then off to AZ to see parents, then Zion Nat. Park in UT, then long boring drive through ID and Eastern OR. All in all this trip was 3800 mi. We did get the luck of purchasing a new family vehicle for the long haul, and it was a wonderful thing for us. We had long out grown our small Subaru. We loved seeing dear our friends and catching up was long over due. We had some fun in the Redwoods, and Zion and AZ on the way. Unfortunately, we missed our animals terribly and 27 days was way too long to be away from home, for all of us. I managed to homeschool the children and keep up with my school work too, somehow. Diligence and fortitude, right ;-)



MONTEZUMA'S CASTLE [somewhere in AZ]

I will post more on this trip later. We have some neat pix. Just wanted to catch all y'all up on what's up with me and family.

"Ego has no place in rational discussion. I think it's important as a culture to become more thick-skinned and see things as they are, not as they are in relation to ourselves."

~ Gloredhel (fellow Buddhist homeschooling momma)

I try to step aside in awkward or stressful situations and just "be." Things don't always work out the way I prefer, but this definitely helps me to process and move on.

Next time life tries to slap you in the face, just "be" and see what happens. You will be greatly surprised how much effort it takes to react to a situation versus watching the situation resolve itself naturally.

Life is funny that way, things always seem to work out. Try to stop fighting the process.

Hello, all 2 of you~

I have not written in awhile for a few reasons: life is crazy busy, and my wonderful neighbor somehow reverse checked my email and found my only outlet for my angst!!! What a loser, does he have nothing better to do, but look at what I am doing? I haven't posted anything due to this violation, hopefully he has moved on with his life by now.

Ken and I have been busy looking for a new house, mostly because of said loser, but also because we seem to somehow attract them in this wonderful place, like flies. I didn't want to say anything about the hunt because I would rather him not know anything that we are doing, but who really cares what HE thinks after all. We just don't want him to be more rude and invasive then he already is. The last time the cops came to my house though, it seems they may have finally told him to leave us alone; because I had it, I cracked and called him a bad name - and he called the cops on me - it was great. I have never been in trouble before, it was kind fun!! They told me to never talk to him and don't let him get to me, since that is what he truly wants - to irritate. They also got an ear full from me about how the situation has escalated to this point and they have taken almost 2 years and 10 cops to actually hear what I was saying - " this guy is a bully and is trying to claim our property, and that we are guardians of the house we live in and we are looking out for the best interest of the owners, in the long run..." Surprise! Our great officers of the peace have really impressed me now.

Overall, we are not loving it here in this town, and the family has come to a consensus that we are searching for a better place. We will stay put for now and save up some money until the day comes. No worries, that is just life sometimes. We are making lemonade of it, taking trips and learning about new places in the NW. We know we really like it in the coastal areas up here - gorgeous; just where we like seems to be the issue. There are many great communities around here. We just want to find one that offers plenty clientele for both Ken and I (construction and alternative medicine) and activities/schools for the kids (neither of which are very good here.) Coming here has definitely given us the opportunity to catch up on life and get to a good place in our marriage, so there are some benefits to dealing with strangeness in the world, you can actually befriend your mate in the process ;-)

Moving on....

We are staring our 4th year of homeschooling D. I am really nervous and excited. I start school again this month, having 6 weeks off for summer with children, which was nice. Plus, this year I have the added bonus of pre-schooling M. Finding activities for her outside the house seems to be a little easier in this town, luckily. We are doing a children's choir and tap dance this semester. D is a little harder to provide activities for, but we have him doing soccer this season and maybe we will try jujitsu again after that, since the instructor seems to have a kids class finally. We stopped going due to the fact that he had no kids in the classes regularly and D was stuck grappling with 6 ft. men 3 times his size. Not cool! He actually came home with a pinched nerve one time, it was scary.

Anywho, I have babbled enough. Just wanted to give a quick update on the blog. I will be trying to post more frequently now. I truly enjoy the writings, and I need to have a place to put all my thoughts, whether or not anyone reads them is another issue. I plan on at least leaving quotes and quips on the bloc for viewing on dry days. Those I am full of - I have been meaning to write a book, and someday may. Until then, I have this tiny bloc....

Amazing optical illusions within the real space of buildings. These are pure artistry. Imagine the mind at work here...










http://mightyillusions.blogspot.com/2006/03/3d-painted-rooms-illusion.html
Checkout the link for more cool images.

Wow! I took this online color quiz. It took a few minutes of my life, and I like color; so thinking not much of it I gave it a wirl. Surprisingly it was quite accurate for my current personal life:
Working on finishing up this semester's classes - almost done. Dealing with shitty neighbor situation. Looking for new home - getting warm. Husband working way too much for the last several months - stressing out. Dealing with bored summer children everyday - aggravating and time consuming, yet somehow fun. The list goes on.....

Try it yourself, if you dare.

WHEN NEIGHBORS DON'T GET ALONG - This is a legal option ;-)