howdy folks. this is just an update on stuff. my last entry spoke of my quitting smoking at some time in the future. that time came december 16th at 5pm. its not been as hard as i had anticipated, but ive definately had my moments. especially in the first 24-48 hours. im not using any meds, or nicotine patches. just bull-headedness.
im having a breast reduction in the very near future and i have to be nicotine free for one month before theyll do it. i even have perscriptions for 2 nicotine urine tests. one at 2 wks clean and another at 1 month nicotine free. can you believe that? i remember when patients could smoke in their hospital rooms.
Christmas this year was so nice and relaxing. me, and aaron and anne joined the ferg's at their home for Christmas eve. chicken and noodles and sweets and goodies. of course, joshua was the star. he can read the gift tags now so everyone has a pile of gifts in front of them at all times. all he wants to do is deliver the gifts to everyone and open his. by the end of the evening he was "sugaring" out, bigtime. he'd eat a cookie, or some other sweet sugary treat, and his eyes would glaze over and he'd begin to nod..........as his head would drop, he'd perk back up and nibble a few more bites and then nod again. i know we shouldve stopped him but it was sooooo very cute to watch.
aaron is doing well. he was written up in the kokomo tribune as a salvation army bell ringer who traded his bell in for a guitar. they came and took pictures, recorded his guitar playing and did an interview. pretty cool. anne is coming along well in her pregnancy. the pukies are few and far between, but they still come once in a while. she definately has that 'glow' people talk about. im hoping for a little girl. i need someone to play dress up with. (or on) rusty wont let me put ruffles and lace on joshua. he says they dont go well with joshua's karate gee. go figure.
suzi is still suzi. the organizer and "git er done" gal. i often think she's spreading herself too thin, but shes young and can handle much more than i. rusty has applied for a job as electrician at getrag, or whatever the new chrysler plant is thats going up on highway 31 near tipton. if he gets the position he'll be in training for 6 months in germany. 3 wks there and 1 wk home, and so on for the entire 6 months. they are excited and kinda planning around this possible happening. so, good luck and God's blessings on this tidbit of info.
gonna go for now and probably talk to you all again after the first of 2008. plans are to stay home on new years eve and try to stay awake till the ball drops. if not...................oh well. happy new year to all of you and be extra careful if you venture out on the roads with all the 'crazies'.
2008.............gonna be great!!!
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
just checkin in (late entry)
Subject: just checkin in
here goes......i am officially a recovering isolater. i never really did isolate, (at least not since ive lived in my house, on my own) i just craved my time alone. colette once asked me why i never went to those fancy drug rep suppers in the fancy restaurants out of town. we get education credits for it too. the thing is.......i went to 2 and the meal was great, but there were only a couple of 2 coworkers i enjoyed being with. then a couple other staff people began to go on a regular basis, and i KNEW i wouldnt be going. im old enough and wise enough to choose NOT to spend my time off the clock with people i dont care for. these are coworkers i get along with, and one of them makes me laugh quite regularly, but i dont wanna spend my free time with them. even if the food and the restaurant are great. plus, im still a smoker (of ciggies) and none of them were. thats a loooong ride to not smoke when youre cramped in a vehicle with people that can "irk" the crap outta ya. lol. i can easily go all night not smoking, but i really wanna smoke when im made aware (very clearly) that its not socially acceptable in this crowd. by the way.........i dont smoke all day long while at work. im too lazy to make the walk out to my car to smoke. i have no NEED during the day, at all. yeh, i know............if you can go 8 1/2 - 9 hrs a day, then why dont ya just quit? my daughter continually tells me that. i tell her to stop nagging me about quitting and give me "atta girls" for not smoking 8 1/2 - 9 hrs a day. my day of decision will come sooner or later. about a yr and a half ago i reconnected with a gal i went thru kindergarten, elementary school, high school, brownies, girl scouts, and she was even a bridesmaid in my first wedding. her name is janis, and shes an extremely independant gal. she never was a druggie/alchy, and shes a divorced gal (was married to an actor in calif) with a son whose a senior in high school in tipton. (our old hometown) shes the editor of an indiana newspaper, is a writer and has had several short stories published, and is seeking an appropriate publisher for her first novel. i, of course, have a copy of it. i really liked it, and not just because shes a friend. being the editor of a newspaper allows her many perks. first, she hears of lots of things going on all over the state that i would never even know about. and she gets to go for free, sometimes, if she does a written review for her newspaper. by the way......shes as cheap/frugal as i am. REALLY, she is. one of her perks is going to beef n boards, and then writing a review for the newspaper. its free advertisement for them. i could (would) never afford going to a place like that, but thanks to janis, we've seen several plays and had some really good meals. and of course, the company was devine.
we went to a CSI forinsics day at the indiana museum in indy. upon entering, we were given papers and suspects in a murder that they created for us to solve. it was an all day thingy, and we just went around to different places and floors within the museum and gathered clues. they also had real cops, lawyers, an expert on bugs and maggots (having to do with dead bodies), doctors, & morticians, and they spoke and answered our questions to help us come up with the correct murder suspect at the end of the day. way cool. and interesting.
we also went to a film festival somewhere here in indiana. it too, was an all day thing. very way cool. im a movie nut anyway. these were independant films that would never hit the theaters. also, do you remember 'harlo hickenlooper' and 'curly myers' from kids tv in our day? curly is from frankfort and harlo is from fairmount or thereabouts. janis knows them both and she gets invites to all of their appearances. in fact, harlo was being honored at the film festival we went to and he hung out with us for a while. at a tribute to harlo and curly, in frankfort last winter, me, suzi, and joshua went, and janis actually got on stage and did a musical/dance number with harlo. (at harlo's request)
last weekend, me, joshua (my 6 yr old grandson), aaron and his girlfriend, anne, and janis went to hartford city to the civil war reenactment. God was good to me by keeping the temperature down so i didnt get so pooped out. it was a really nice day all around. joshua is really into abe lincoln for some reason and gets books at the library all the time about him. and of course honest abe was there, walking around, and giving the gettysburg address and leading the battle on horse. the cannons were loud, the people were amazing. i have pictures of mark twain and a civil war doctor and all his amputated body parts from the battle field. (fake of course) lots of kettle cooking and old time foods. and of course....the tents that housed the many, many shops.
suzi is really into scrapbooking and she sometimes goes to 24 hour parties or all day ones on the weekends, and joshua comes and (as he calls it) does a "sleepover". we play, read, go shopping, and just hang out. ive been invited to go along on their next vacation as a free babysitter and only pay my airfare, food, and stuff i buy. they have a timeshare (they may have 2 different timeshares), so im hoping i will have a separate little appartment attached to theirs as we did when we went to taho a couple yrs ago. we're hashing out where we might want to go. i still want to return to the carribean. loved it down there, but we'll prob be going when the humidity would be killer for me. we've talked about england, italy, isreal.............all of which i really have no interest in visiting. again..........im a grown up, independant woman and i dont have to go on a vacation where i dont really want to go. id really like to go to canada, or alaska. crossing the ocean now-a-days just isnt my cup of tea. maybe my common sense is doing overtime, but hey. im not fearful, but why push the luck? lol!!!!
well, folks, im gonna close for now. i may send another installment of "the life and treasures of karyn", but for now, i gotta go. well, i guess you get the gist of all this. im just writing to let you know im doing better than quite well. life is being very good to me, and im enjoying the shit outta it.
IBKARYN4U
we went to a CSI forinsics day at the indiana museum in indy. upon entering, we were given papers and suspects in a murder that they created for us to solve. it was an all day thingy, and we just went around to different places and floors within the museum and gathered clues. they also had real cops, lawyers, an expert on bugs and maggots (having to do with dead bodies), doctors, & morticians, and they spoke and answered our questions to help us come up with the correct murder suspect at the end of the day. way cool. and interesting.
we also went to a film festival somewhere here in indiana. it too, was an all day thing. very way cool. im a movie nut anyway. these were independant films that would never hit the theaters. also, do you remember 'harlo hickenlooper' and 'curly myers' from kids tv in our day? curly is from frankfort and harlo is from fairmount or thereabouts. janis knows them both and she gets invites to all of their appearances. in fact, harlo was being honored at the film festival we went to and he hung out with us for a while. at a tribute to harlo and curly, in frankfort last winter, me, suzi, and joshua went, and janis actually got on stage and did a musical/dance number with harlo. (at harlo's request)
last weekend, me, joshua (my 6 yr old grandson), aaron and his girlfriend, anne, and janis went to hartford city to the civil war reenactment. God was good to me by keeping the temperature down so i didnt get so pooped out. it was a really nice day all around. joshua is really into abe lincoln for some reason and gets books at the library all the time about him. and of course honest abe was there, walking around, and giving the gettysburg address and leading the battle on horse. the cannons were loud, the people were amazing. i have pictures of mark twain and a civil war doctor and all his amputated body parts from the battle field. (fake of course) lots of kettle cooking and old time foods. and of course....the tents that housed the many, many shops.
suzi is really into scrapbooking and she sometimes goes to 24 hour parties or all day ones on the weekends, and joshua comes and (as he calls it) does a "sleepover". we play, read, go shopping, and just hang out. ive been invited to go along on their next vacation as a free babysitter and only pay my airfare, food, and stuff i buy. they have a timeshare (they may have 2 different timeshares), so im hoping i will have a separate little appartment attached to theirs as we did when we went to taho a couple yrs ago. we're hashing out where we might want to go. i still want to return to the carribean. loved it down there, but we'll prob be going when the humidity would be killer for me. we've talked about england, italy, isreal.............all of which i really have no interest in visiting. again..........im a grown up, independant woman and i dont have to go on a vacation where i dont really want to go. id really like to go to canada, or alaska. crossing the ocean now-a-days just isnt my cup of tea. maybe my common sense is doing overtime, but hey. im not fearful, but why push the luck? lol!!!!
well, folks, im gonna close for now. i may send another installment of "the life and treasures of karyn", but for now, i gotta go. well, i guess you get the gist of all this. im just writing to let you know im doing better than quite well. life is being very good to me, and im enjoying the shit outta it.
IBKARYN4U
Friday, November 16, 2007
ahhhhh.....the holdays
howdy everyone! holiday greetings to you all. well, its that time of year again. the cold weather, scraping ice from the windshield, wandering around in those crazy stores looking for that perfect gift, and the holiday cheer.
personally, i dont mind the cold weather. dont care for the wind much....it messes up my hair,(my big hair keeps me closer to God) and makes my eyes water. im not real keen on the really cold weather because i dont have a garage and the scraping of windshields is a real bummer. i dont do a lot of scraping tho. a few yrs ago i found a product called "FIRE" and its in a bright red-orange bottle. its the best spray deicer ive ever used. it works great on everything except that 1/2 inch thick ice that we get in feb and march. tip: spray 4 parts white vinegar/1 part water onto your windshield before you turn your car off for the night (and its still warm) and it works like a teflon coating. it may freeze but itll come off in huge sheets. just a little commercial stuck in here. try both these things...they really work.
as for the holidays..........thanksgiving is next week and i have so much to be thankful for. my lil house that God provided for me, my kids, (suzi & aaron), including my precious grandson, joshua, my extended family being rusty and sweet anne, and the miricle grandchild (IVE determined its a girl) anne carries within. this child is a miricle because all of annes life shes been told by drs that she could never get pregnant. shes doing pretty well, but has the 'pukies' quite a bit. shes also got twins on both sides of her family, and from what ive been reading, women who get pregnant after 30 yrs old have a much stronger chance at having twins even w/o the hereditary thing. life is pretty darned good, and God is in His Heaven. suzi is having the dinner this year. she does a lot of step saving things to help de-stress thanksgiving day. she knows that most people dont want the dark meat so she bought several turkey breasts. she serves on nice sturdy paper plates and uses her good silveware and glasses. the clean up is next to nothing and everyone brings plastic bowls to take home leftovers. aint my kid clever?
christmas is right around the corner too. in years past i dreaded it. not the day, but all of the preparation for the day. oh my gawd..........the shopping in those insane stores with all those insane people. a few yrs ago i learned something that made the holidays pleasant, relaxing and enjoyable. i learned to have a lg box (i have a big laundry basket) in a room not used, and i pick up things i see thru out the yr that would be a great gift for this one or that. that helps spread out the money spending. thats a BIG ahhhhhhh! and last month i went thru all my "do-dad" catalogues and ordered by phone, everything else i wanted to get for gifts. whats a "do-dad" catalogue, you ask? lol! its those little gift catalogues that have you on their mailing list and you get them all the time. harriett carter, miles kimball.........that kind of catalogues. they have stuff in there that you might see and might want but not willing to spend the money because you dont NEED it. im a very practical person and like to give and recieve practical gifts. none of that knick-knacky crap that just gathers dust and sits around. lots of people think gift certificates are lazy and thoughtless. i think theyre grand. its that little frosting on the cake that lets you blow some money on something you absolutely dont need but would love to have.
now, for the decorating of the house. i dont do outside decor. never have. i drive around and admire what others have done. thats good enough for me. as for the inside...........im very minimalistic. i have two little 3 ft trees. one goes in my front room so it can greet people and be seen from the street. its decorated kinda fancy. lights, white and maroon poinsettias. gold garland and lots and lots of white lights. in my living room the tree decorations are gold garland, green/red/gold plaid ribbons, and again.........lots and lots of multi colored lights. i dont do bulbs, icicles, or any of that stuff. my tree skirts are lace in both rooms and i have a zillion candles that i use a lot at holiday time. i have a little white church that has snow, a bell in the steeple, and evergreens on it, and it winds up and plays 'oh holy night'. (my grandpa gave it to me before i was even in school) i also have a latch-hook christmas rug that lays in front of the TV. it was made for my mom years ago so it means something to me. to me, value is in my heart and my eye. the money value of anything just doesnt matter, because if i love it im never gonna get rid of it anyway, so who cares how much its worth? its already pricless to me. one more thing ive learned that makes the holidays less hassel.....i dont take the lights off my two little trees. theyre on really well and lots of them, just the way i like them and all i do is take off the garland and gently bag the trees in their own indivual lg trash sack and carefully carry each one down into my basement and sit them on a table.
gonna go for now. if i dont check in again till after the holidays, have a joyful and peaceful holiday season. i hope that some of the tips i shared here might help you de-stress your holidays and allow you to really get into the "spirit" of the season. remember.....JESUS is the reason for the season. lets choose to celebrate and not allow commercialization to take the joy out of it all.
God bless us all...........every one!!!
IBKARYN4U
personally, i dont mind the cold weather. dont care for the wind much....it messes up my hair,(my big hair keeps me closer to God) and makes my eyes water. im not real keen on the really cold weather because i dont have a garage and the scraping of windshields is a real bummer. i dont do a lot of scraping tho. a few yrs ago i found a product called "FIRE" and its in a bright red-orange bottle. its the best spray deicer ive ever used. it works great on everything except that 1/2 inch thick ice that we get in feb and march. tip: spray 4 parts white vinegar/1 part water onto your windshield before you turn your car off for the night (and its still warm) and it works like a teflon coating. it may freeze but itll come off in huge sheets. just a little commercial stuck in here. try both these things...they really work.
as for the holidays..........thanksgiving is next week and i have so much to be thankful for. my lil house that God provided for me, my kids, (suzi & aaron), including my precious grandson, joshua, my extended family being rusty and sweet anne, and the miricle grandchild (IVE determined its a girl) anne carries within. this child is a miricle because all of annes life shes been told by drs that she could never get pregnant. shes doing pretty well, but has the 'pukies' quite a bit. shes also got twins on both sides of her family, and from what ive been reading, women who get pregnant after 30 yrs old have a much stronger chance at having twins even w/o the hereditary thing. life is pretty darned good, and God is in His Heaven. suzi is having the dinner this year. she does a lot of step saving things to help de-stress thanksgiving day. she knows that most people dont want the dark meat so she bought several turkey breasts. she serves on nice sturdy paper plates and uses her good silveware and glasses. the clean up is next to nothing and everyone brings plastic bowls to take home leftovers. aint my kid clever?
christmas is right around the corner too. in years past i dreaded it. not the day, but all of the preparation for the day. oh my gawd..........the shopping in those insane stores with all those insane people. a few yrs ago i learned something that made the holidays pleasant, relaxing and enjoyable. i learned to have a lg box (i have a big laundry basket) in a room not used, and i pick up things i see thru out the yr that would be a great gift for this one or that. that helps spread out the money spending. thats a BIG ahhhhhhh! and last month i went thru all my "do-dad" catalogues and ordered by phone, everything else i wanted to get for gifts. whats a "do-dad" catalogue, you ask? lol! its those little gift catalogues that have you on their mailing list and you get them all the time. harriett carter, miles kimball.........that kind of catalogues. they have stuff in there that you might see and might want but not willing to spend the money because you dont NEED it. im a very practical person and like to give and recieve practical gifts. none of that knick-knacky crap that just gathers dust and sits around. lots of people think gift certificates are lazy and thoughtless. i think theyre grand. its that little frosting on the cake that lets you blow some money on something you absolutely dont need but would love to have.
now, for the decorating of the house. i dont do outside decor. never have. i drive around and admire what others have done. thats good enough for me. as for the inside...........im very minimalistic. i have two little 3 ft trees. one goes in my front room so it can greet people and be seen from the street. its decorated kinda fancy. lights, white and maroon poinsettias. gold garland and lots and lots of white lights. in my living room the tree decorations are gold garland, green/red/gold plaid ribbons, and again.........lots and lots of multi colored lights. i dont do bulbs, icicles, or any of that stuff. my tree skirts are lace in both rooms and i have a zillion candles that i use a lot at holiday time. i have a little white church that has snow, a bell in the steeple, and evergreens on it, and it winds up and plays 'oh holy night'. (my grandpa gave it to me before i was even in school) i also have a latch-hook christmas rug that lays in front of the TV. it was made for my mom years ago so it means something to me. to me, value is in my heart and my eye. the money value of anything just doesnt matter, because if i love it im never gonna get rid of it anyway, so who cares how much its worth? its already pricless to me. one more thing ive learned that makes the holidays less hassel.....i dont take the lights off my two little trees. theyre on really well and lots of them, just the way i like them and all i do is take off the garland and gently bag the trees in their own indivual lg trash sack and carefully carry each one down into my basement and sit them on a table.
gonna go for now. if i dont check in again till after the holidays, have a joyful and peaceful holiday season. i hope that some of the tips i shared here might help you de-stress your holidays and allow you to really get into the "spirit" of the season. remember.....JESUS is the reason for the season. lets choose to celebrate and not allow commercialization to take the joy out of it all.
God bless us all...........every one!!!
IBKARYN4U
Monday, October 29, 2007
the slumber party
hi all. just though id stop by and fill you in on my weekend escapades.
saturday i got a phone call from ann, (my sons gf, & mother of my next grandchild). she asked me if id like to come to a slumber party that night. it would be her and 3 of her good friends. come in your jammies and bring a pillow. well, i went.
when ann and i got to lanies, she opened the door and snapped a picture. great way to start a party. we had pizza, cookies, & gobs of junkfood of all sorts, pop, candles, no TV, no men, no kids, played 'spin uno', and 5 gorgeous women blabbin and blabbin. and of course, lanie kept the random snapshots going thru out the night. what more could one ask for as ingredients for a perfect party? i mean......REALLY!!!
of course, i was the oldest, 59 1/2 yrs old. there was one 40-ish lady, two 30-ish ladies (ann, being one of them), and an l8 yr old. what a range of ages, life styles, and personalities. maybe im delusional, but i felt that each one of us clicked and 'fit' as soon as we met. i must remind you all that i was the only "newbie". the other gals all knew each other for some time. like i said, i may be delusional, but i felt accepted immediately and completly. it was so much fun. i did begin to wind down around 1:30 AM and decided to drive on home and sleep in my own bed. believe it or not, i wasnt ready to stop partying, but they were pooping out and trying to decide who would sleep where. i had so much cappachino in me that i could have kept up with them for a few more hours. weiners!! young wippersnappers!!
as i said before........lanie was a great lil hostess, the company couldnt have been better, nor more fun. im so grateful to ann and lanie for inviting me. in my humble opinion, theres no greater time that laughing till your face hurts. i did that many times thru out the evening. to all 4 of the lovely ladies who attended and made me feel as tho id known each of them all my life.................thanks!! thanks!! and thanks again!!
we spend our lives looking for a place to "fit". saturday night, i went to spend the evening with 3 women i didnt really know. today..... i would no longer call them strangers. sure, i still dont really KNOW them, but for that night............we all "FIT"!!! there was no outsider, and i dont believe anyone felt left out at any given moment.
wouldnt it be great if we all allowed ourselves to be the "newbie" without fear of rejection, and if we could be like these 4 ladies were to me..........accepting and comfortable. ahhhhhhhhhh!!!
flash a smile at someone, today, who looks like they need one. say a 'shotgun prayer' for a stranger. be the kindest you that you can be "just for today".
IBKARYN4U :)
Thursday, October 18, 2007
my job and stuff
good day to ya'll. surprised im back so soon? me too, actually.
i just thought id fill you guys in on my job. i wear several hats on my job. in the AM i pull and put away charts for therapists and doctors, keep things straight in there, split/purge charts and a bunch of other lil stuff under the title of organization. i do this in a little room with wall to wall charts. there is a window in there so im not disconnected from the outside world. however, i do shut the door and kinda honker down in there by myself, turn on the radio, and rock and roll to the peru classic rock station.
i think i have the best of both worlds in my job. in the AM i can close myself off and enjoy peace & quiet, and of course i "rock on". i dont really have to deal with any human beings if i dont want to. great way to start a day, huh?
in the PM i go downstairs to the in patient unit and round up my patients for relaxation/acupuncture group. those that are here for detox can get the acupuncture. its really great. i 'needle' myself daily. its so relaxing and for me, it stimulates my imagination, by means of my senses. my ability to imagine aromas is greatly increased while 'needled'. my sense of physical touch is too. for instance i notice every little hair that moves on me, my nose tends to tickle a lot, it breaks 'stuff' up so my smokers cough is productive. (ew, gross) ive had patients tell me all kinds of stuff that the acup does for them. oh yeh, after i get the detox pts 'needled' we all put our feet up and many of the pts bring their blankies and pillows. some take naps, and and others choose to remain alert but relax. when everyone is comfortable, we turn out the lights, and i turn on a water feature that looks like a candle flickering, and turn on soft relaxation music. then we have about a half hour - 45 min to just 'chill'. i must explain that this is aricular acupuncture, not full body. i use 5 needles in each ear. (the front outter part of the ear)
anyhoo, after relax group is over, we go to what they insist on calling activity group. also led by me. this time we go into a room (with lights on, he-he) with tables and chairs and i teach on something. self esteem, more about relaxation techniques, thought processing and ways to learn to have control over your own thoughts and behaviors, we play games, we simply blab, when the weather is nice we go outside and play croquett, blow bubbles, write on the sidewalk with big hunks of chalk, play horseshoes, and i try to go with the flow with the type of pts we have at the time. i love it. as a kid, i wanted to be a teacher. never in my wildest dreams did i think it would take this kind of turn. i get to teach from my own life experiences. how ive screwed up and got better, (or not) and how to not screw up in the first place. what a great job i have. ive been here at trinity almost l8 years. coworkers are mostly recovering addicts and alcoholics and are so much fun to work with. sometimes we catch the patients watching us, and wondering why they are on 'that' side of the desk and we're on the other. ive had the same immediate supervisor since day one, and shes one of the reasons im choose to remain. to have a boss that really cares and doesnt hide out in an (as she calls it) 'ivory tower'. and im not butt kissing either. we all feel that way about her, and we're all pretty verbal about it.
soooooooooooo, after group and charting on each pt, i come back up to my little office and either score psych tests, or read/go online and create and put together new things to teach and present to the patients. i have a very strong 'yearnin for learnin'. creating new lessons, keeps my mind open to new and different views.
well, folks, i know i tend to get pretty long winded, but i do that more when i talk. so consider yourselves blessed that youre only reading my words, not having to listen to them. lol!
gonna go for now.............you all have a great day, and be extra kind to someone today.
:) ibkaryn4u
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
just checkin in
i know its been almost a month since i first introduced myself to you, and im so sorry about that. actually, i forgot that i created this site. i dont know what brought it to mind today but once it got in my head i couldnt get it out till i finally sat down and got in here to talk to you all. THEN, i couldnt remember how to get around on this site. i told you guys that i was less than apt in the "puter knowledge" department.
not much has been happening that has been extra-ordinary.
me, my son (aaron), his girlfriend(ann), my grandson(joshua), and my childhood buddy, janis, all went to the civil war re-enactment in hartford city on sat. God kept the weather cool especially for me, cause i sure wouldnt have gone if it had been hot and humid. it was a really nice day and a very pleasant time.
by the way, janis is someone i need to introduce you all to because we hang out and some of my most exciting adventures have been places where we've gone. janis is a gal that i went all thru grade school, high school, brownies, & girlscouts with and she was a bridesmaid in my first wedding. over the years we lost track of each other when she moved to california, and had a hollywood life. she even married an actor. she also divorced him. typical hollywood, huh? this lady is such an independant woman, and its so great to have her back in my life. we reconnected when she was put in charge of our last class reunion. we've stayed in touch and hung out ever since. shes the editor of a newspaper and she hears of places to go and things to do that i would never hear of. we've been to a forensic day at a museum (like CSI), where we spent the day attempting to solve a murder with all the clues they provided for us, we spent another day at an independant film festival..........really cool, we've spent lots of time with "harlo hickenlooper & curly meyers" who hosted tv shows for kids WAY back when she and i were kids. if youre any where near the age of 60 yrs old, then you probably remember these 2 guys. harlo was known especially for his 'happy, happy birthday, happy birthday, happy biiiirthday, and so on and so on.......song'. very dorky, very memorable. as are he and curly. gooey sweet older gentlemen.
well, i think i'll get the heck outta dodge, for now, and hope to check back with you all much quicker than i did this time. i guess i could safely say, "ill catcha once a month", but i had really intended to visit with you a little more often than that. hey, they say it takes about 3 wks - 1 month to form a new habit or break an old one. i guess you could say ive had my 3wks, huh? lol! id tell you all that i'll blab atcha, again, when i get around to it, but some genius would send me a bunch of "round tuits". actually, i think i have a few in a drawer somewhere.
anyhoo, you all take care and be safe in all your comings and goings. and God bless!!!
:) karyn
not much has been happening that has been extra-ordinary.
me, my son (aaron), his girlfriend(ann), my grandson(joshua), and my childhood buddy, janis, all went to the civil war re-enactment in hartford city on sat. God kept the weather cool especially for me, cause i sure wouldnt have gone if it had been hot and humid. it was a really nice day and a very pleasant time.
by the way, janis is someone i need to introduce you all to because we hang out and some of my most exciting adventures have been places where we've gone. janis is a gal that i went all thru grade school, high school, brownies, & girlscouts with and she was a bridesmaid in my first wedding. over the years we lost track of each other when she moved to california, and had a hollywood life. she even married an actor. she also divorced him. typical hollywood, huh? this lady is such an independant woman, and its so great to have her back in my life. we reconnected when she was put in charge of our last class reunion. we've stayed in touch and hung out ever since. shes the editor of a newspaper and she hears of places to go and things to do that i would never hear of. we've been to a forensic day at a museum (like CSI), where we spent the day attempting to solve a murder with all the clues they provided for us, we spent another day at an independant film festival..........really cool, we've spent lots of time with "harlo hickenlooper & curly meyers" who hosted tv shows for kids WAY back when she and i were kids. if youre any where near the age of 60 yrs old, then you probably remember these 2 guys. harlo was known especially for his 'happy, happy birthday, happy birthday, happy biiiirthday, and so on and so on.......song'. very dorky, very memorable. as are he and curly. gooey sweet older gentlemen.
well, i think i'll get the heck outta dodge, for now, and hope to check back with you all much quicker than i did this time. i guess i could safely say, "ill catcha once a month", but i had really intended to visit with you a little more often than that. hey, they say it takes about 3 wks - 1 month to form a new habit or break an old one. i guess you could say ive had my 3wks, huh? lol! id tell you all that i'll blab atcha, again, when i get around to it, but some genius would send me a bunch of "round tuits". actually, i think i have a few in a drawer somewhere.
anyhoo, you all take care and be safe in all your comings and goings. and God bless!!!
:) karyn
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
"newbie" - keepin it simple!
hi all! im going to make this as easy as i can for myself, by writing as if i were instant messaging online. no capital letters or special marks. if i keep this simple, i just might be able to post more regularly. my daughter, suzi, created her own blog a while ago and encouraged me to do one, also. i tried, but the computer i have to work on is VERY slow, and kept blocking me from even getting to this page. for some reason, today, i decided to try again. and lo and behold.................here i is.
i call this blog, Karyn's Ts & OPs................meaning............Karyn's thoughts & opinions. (of which i have MANY! lol!) over time, i may (probably will) offend some, and/or hopefully make many of you smile. the smile part is kinda my purpose, as i begin this new journey of 'blogging'. smiling from the 'inside' is something i believe in with all my heart. im also a 'smiley face' addict.
im pretty lax in computer wisdom but i somehow find, and get around to where i need to go. i dont have a puter at home so being 'regular' is going to be sporadic. i guess many of us around my age can say 'that' with total certainty. (get it?) im almost 60 yrs old and looking forward to the big 60. i love my job, have great co-workers, a boss that cares, a cat that has a personality just like mine, and a little house built decades ago...........just for me. (this will be my 3rd winter in my lil house) in my future writings i will tell you about myself and my family in more detail.
well, folks............i need to get goin, but its been really kewl blabbin with you all. please come back every once in a while and see what tidbits that float around in my head, have been posted for all to share.
i call this blog, Karyn's Ts & OPs................meaning............Karyn's thoughts & opinions. (of which i have MANY! lol!) over time, i may (probably will) offend some, and/or hopefully make many of you smile. the smile part is kinda my purpose, as i begin this new journey of 'blogging'. smiling from the 'inside' is something i believe in with all my heart. im also a 'smiley face' addict.
im pretty lax in computer wisdom but i somehow find, and get around to where i need to go. i dont have a puter at home so being 'regular' is going to be sporadic. i guess many of us around my age can say 'that' with total certainty. (get it?) im almost 60 yrs old and looking forward to the big 60. i love my job, have great co-workers, a boss that cares, a cat that has a personality just like mine, and a little house built decades ago...........just for me. (this will be my 3rd winter in my lil house) in my future writings i will tell you about myself and my family in more detail.
well, folks............i need to get goin, but its been really kewl blabbin with you all. please come back every once in a while and see what tidbits that float around in my head, have been posted for all to share.
by the way, i have no idea what they mean by labels for this post. oh well, catcha all later. this newbie is checkin out. uh-oh.........i mean signin out!
im hitting the publish button. im sooooo nervous!
diggin ya'll. God bless and keep ya!
IBKARYN4U = (i'll be carin for you) DUH!!!
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