Hey all!
I've got time for a quickie...
There's a lot going on right now so i'll post something real in a few days. I just wanted to let you know that there is a new poll up and last weeks poll results are in the New Flash update on the right side bar of the blog. Any ideas for polls are greatly appreciated. I hope you are all doing well. I know many of my friends and family are going through great trials right now...please know I am here for you! Day or night. I love you all. Look for a new post soon!
Much love!
Chels
Friday, July 15, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Happy Birthday Grandpa
So, today is grandpa Cleve's birthday. I wish I could know exactly what he's doing or saying. I wondering if me feeling close to him right now is just me wanting to or his spirit actually agreeing with the kinship we feel. I like to imagine him spending time with grandma taking a drive somewhere...maybe to Fishlake.
Then again I'm reminded of his hardworking attitude and that he really probably continued the trend of getting up early and is heading out to the farm.
And then after a long hot day at "church" he'll get home just in time to sit by the fireplace maybe and watch his grandkids play a bit.
All I know...and I do know with all my soul is that he loves our family, he knows us and we are very important to him.
Happy Birthday Grandpa!!! Ti amo!
Then again I'm reminded of his hardworking attitude and that he really probably continued the trend of getting up early and is heading out to the farm.
And then after a long hot day at "church" he'll get home just in time to sit by the fireplace maybe and watch his grandkids play a bit.
All I know...and I do know with all my soul is that he loves our family, he knows us and we are very important to him.
Happy Birthday Grandpa!!! Ti amo!
What do you believe in most?
“What do you believe in the most?”
Mermaids got 3 votes
Big Foot got 3 votes
The City of Atlantis got 10 votes
Menehune got 7 votes
The Loch Ness Monster got 3 votes
UFO’s got 6 votes
My vote was for Menehune. In Hawaiian mythology, the Menehune [pronounced meh-neh-HOO-neh] are said to be a people, sometimes described as dwarfs in size, who live in the deep forests and hidden valleys of the Hawaiian Islands, far from the eyes of normal humans. Their favorite food is the maiʻa (banana), but they also like fish.
The Menehune were said to be superb craftspeople. Legends say that the Menehune built temples (heiau), fishponds, roads, canoes, and houses. They are said to have lived in Hawaiʻi before settlers arrived from Polynesia many centuries ago.
In Beckwith's Hawaiian Mythology, there are references to several other forest dwelling races: the Nawao, who were large-sized wild hunters descended from Lua-nuʻu, the mu people, and the wa people.
Some early scholars theorized that there was a first settlement of Hawaiʻi, by settlers from the Marquesas Islands, and a second, from Tahiti. The Tahitian settlers oppressed the "commoners", the manahune in the Tahitian language, who fled to the mountains and were called Menahune. Proponents of this theory point to an 1820 census of Kauaʻi by Kaumualiʻi, the ruling Aliʻi Aimoku of the island, which listed 65 people as menehune. (Thanks Wikipedia for this information).
The City of Atlantis received the most votes. Those that I talked to about this said they were inclined to vote for it because they feel there is historical evidence that this city did exist. This is what Wikipedia has to say about all of this…Atlantis (in Greek, Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, "island of Atlas") is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC.
In Plato's account, Atlantis was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BC. After a failed attempt to invade Athens, Atlantis sank into the ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune".
Scholars dispute whether and how much Plato's story or account was inspired by older traditions. Some scholars argue Plato drew upon memories of past events such as the Thera eruption or the Trojan War, while others insist that he took inspiration from contemporary events like the destruction of Helike in 373 BC or the failed Athenian invasion of Sicily in 415–413 BC.
The possible existence of a genuine Atlantis was discussed throughout classical antiquity, but it was usually rejected and occasionally parodied by later authors. As Alan Cameron states: "It is only in modern times that people have taken the Atlantis story seriously; no one did so in antiquity". The Timaeus remained known in a Latin rendition by Calcidius through the Middle Ages, and the allegorical aspect of Atlantis was taken up by Humanists in utopian works of several Renaissance writers, like Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis". Atlantis inspires today's literature, from science fiction to comic books to films. Its name has become a byword for any and all supposed advanced prehistoric lost civilizations.
UFO’s were the next in line and Wikipedia thinks that an unidentified flying object (usually abbreviated to UFO or U.F.O.) is any unusual apparent object in the sky whose cause cannot be identified by the observer, or (in a narrower definition) by investigators; though in popular usage it more loosely means alien spacecraft, being one explanation (among several) offered for such sightings. Though UFO sightings have occurred throughout history, modern interest in them dates from World War II, since when governments have investigated UFO reports, often from a military perspective, and UFO researchers have investigated, written about and created organizations devoted to the subject. One such investigation, The UK's Project Condign report, notes that Russian, Former Soviet Republics, and Chinese authorities have made a co-ordinated effort to understand the UFO topic and that State military organizations, particularly in Russia, have done "considerably more work (than is evident from open sources)" on military applications which have stemmed from their UFO research.
Studies have established that the majority of UFOs are observations of some real but conventional object—most commonly aircraft, balloons, noctilucent clouds, nacreous clouds, or astronomical objects such as meteors or bright planets – that have been misidentified by the observer as anomalies, while a small percentage of reported UFOs are hoaxes. However, after excluding these incorrect reports, between 5% and 20% of the total remain unexplained, and so can be classified as unidentified in the strictest sense. Many such reports have been made by trained observers such as pilots, police and the military; some involve radar traces, so not all reports are visual. Proponents of an extraterrestrial hypothesis believe that these unidentified reports are of alien spacecraft, though various other hypotheses have been proposed.
While UFOs have been the subject of extensive investigation by various governments, and some scientists support the extraterrestrial hypothesis, few scientific papers about UFOs have been published in peer-reviewed journals. There has been some debate in the scientific community about whether any scientific investigation into UFO sightings is warranted.
Mermaids, Big Foot and The Loch Ness Monster all only got 3 votes so if you want more info on them you’ll have to visit WIKIPEDIA yourself. Thanks for voting and I look forward to your answers on this week poll about movie sequels.
Dr. Pepper
I was drinking a Dr. Pepper the other day…one of my top three sodas that I LOVE! I kept looking at the can and the writing ”23 flavors” were almost taunting me…throwing me into this claim of diversity and making me wonder if I have diversity within me. So, since I don’t exactly know all the “flavors” that make up my body…I mean there’s potassium, sodium, oxygen, water, carbon, amino acids (which are made of a lot), nitrogen, urea (again, I think made of other things), bile, tears, sweat…all of which have water in them…I don’t know. This is why I’m not in a profession where these things are vital for me to know.
So, I will write my list of 23 things (flavors if you will) that would stop me in my tracks…or at least get my mind thinking on it for a bit.
The flavors in Dr. Pepper are:
cola herry licorice amaretto (almond) vanilla (vanillin) blackberry apricot caramel pepper anise arilla
ginger molasses lemon plum (prune) orange nutmeg cardamom all spice coriander juniper birch rickly ash
1- A girl named Navy
2- A story about a woman named Dobson
3- Babydoll…sorry “Babadoll”
4- Gummy bears
5- Mashed potatoes
6- My father’s eyes
7- My mother’s hands
8- Pretty much all sports
9- RJ’s laugh
10- Rosemary
11- Snow skiing with the sisters
12- The color blue
13- The endless blue in his eyes (this applies to several people)
14- The feeling of sand between my toes
15- The peace I can find inside myself when I’m alone
16- The phrase, “what is this?”
17- The smell of leather
18- The sound of a guitar
19- The sound of the ocean
20- The way a marble twirls
21- The way a wiggle car corners
22- The weight of Ginger against me
23- The word acceptance
24- The word Gypsy
25- An ice cold Dr. Pepper
So, I will write my list of 23 things (flavors if you will) that would stop me in my tracks…or at least get my mind thinking on it for a bit.
The flavors in Dr. Pepper are:
cola herry licorice amaretto (almond) vanilla (vanillin) blackberry apricot caramel pepper anise arilla
ginger molasses lemon plum (prune) orange nutmeg cardamom all spice coriander juniper birch rickly ash
1- A girl named Navy
2- A story about a woman named Dobson
3- Babydoll…sorry “Babadoll”
4- Gummy bears
5- Mashed potatoes
6- My father’s eyes
7- My mother’s hands
8- Pretty much all sports
9- RJ’s laugh
10- Rosemary
11- Snow skiing with the sisters
12- The color blue
13- The endless blue in his eyes (this applies to several people)
14- The feeling of sand between my toes
15- The peace I can find inside myself when I’m alone
16- The phrase, “what is this?”
17- The smell of leather
18- The sound of a guitar
19- The sound of the ocean
20- The way a marble twirls
21- The way a wiggle car corners
22- The weight of Ginger against me
23- The word acceptance
24- The word Gypsy
25- An ice cold Dr. Pepper
Monday, July 4, 2011
Declare Your Independence
Today I celebrate my Independence! Although I can not possibly know the feelings of the authors that created a path for my freedom of speech that allows for me to even write this post...I know the feelings and sense of appreciation I have for such freedom each day. I would love to say that I have never taken my freedom to speak, worship, vote, sing, dance, THINK for granted, but that would be a lie. I am human. I am not considered by anyone I know as a political person and I certainly couldn't tell you the entire history of the country I call home...and am PROUD to call home. I do however know that I do now realize the blessing it is to live where I do and have the opportunities I have in the United States. I even love the name of my home...and I like the idea of unity...and will only focus on that today!
I can also say that I have read the Declaration of Independence...and if you haven't, I challenge you to do it. I guarantee that it will bring emotions to the surface that other writings will not. There is a beauty in the wording and definite patriotism in the message. I have journeyed through the streets of my nations capitol and have seen this document at the Library of Congress. I continue to stand amazed at the courage and stories that weave through the history of America. I know I am grateful for all that I have and hold my independence extremely close to my heart...it is sown into my soul.
Happy 4th of July...please DECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE!!!
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation...And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
SO beautiful! I pledge my life, my fortune and my sacred honor to you!
I can also say that I have read the Declaration of Independence...and if you haven't, I challenge you to do it. I guarantee that it will bring emotions to the surface that other writings will not. There is a beauty in the wording and definite patriotism in the message. I have journeyed through the streets of my nations capitol and have seen this document at the Library of Congress. I continue to stand amazed at the courage and stories that weave through the history of America. I know I am grateful for all that I have and hold my independence extremely close to my heart...it is sown into my soul.
Happy 4th of July...please DECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE!!!
"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation...And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
SO beautiful! I pledge my life, my fortune and my sacred honor to you!
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