Hi Y'all!

One of my old friends for High School recently told me to join Facebook. What a trip! I've gotten updates about people I haven't thought about for years. It's been a little frustrating because Ernie is still trapped in the World of Warcraft and I have to fight to get online.It seems that the people I grew up with have a lot of the same interests that I do. Go figure. I was always an oddball, and in High School I considered myself a "Freak". (That was the group that had all of the non-traditional… Continue

I'm very hopeful now that the elections are over. I think Obama will be a great president and things will get done. (I'm a little biased by the fact that DEMs like to build things and Ernie's a form-carpenter.) And the people of Ohio voted wonderfully on the issues. We were seriously considering leaving Ohio. Now don't get me wrong, Ohio isn't the best place in the world but it is where all of my childrens' grandparents live. We know lots of people here and the climate is actually pretty good w/… Continue

I haven't been on the computer lately because my wonderful husband Ernie has been sucked into the World of Warcraft. I was hoping we could avoid it as a family but, no, it happened. It happens around here. We are gamers. I try to keep it down to a couple of times a year myself. But I don't get online gaming. I like to get sucked into my own thing. I wouldn't want other people in there annoying me. I play to get away form it all. If I wanted to interact like that with people I would do it. I live… Continue

I'm rather new at identifying myself as a hippie and, thanks to Pasta and Royce, just rediscovered the Rainbow family. I was brought up rather conservative and had heard about them a long time ago but never really thought about it until now. I only started to think of myself as a hippie because my 15 year old son kept talking about my "free-love, hippie" stuff. I'm not a true hippie. I believe in the 2nd amendment and the death penalty. But I also believe in personal freedom, socialism, toleranc… Continue

I have seen a lot of communities that prohibit pets. They say that they are trying to foster "human" relationships or get back to how our ancestors lived. I'm sorry. I'm a dog person. But, dog's and humans have co-existed for 15,000 years. Dog's are probably responsible for much of humanity's progress. Dog's have helped people hunt, herd, keep their family safe, find lost people, pull heavy loads, and clean up for thousands of years. To deny dog's is to deny modern humans. Face it, in the wild w… Continue