CURRENT THOUGHTSPAGE TENPAGE NINEPAGE SEVENPAGE SIXPAGE FIVEPAGE FOURPAGE THREEPAGE TWOPAGE ONE Back to Diane's World Oct. 11, 2000...What a wonderful feeling when all seems to be right with the world and there is so much beauty to enjoy, and maybe even a spare moment or two to enjoy it! (I just love a surprise early quit especially on such a gorgeous autumn afternoon!) This weekend I plan to get out and take pics of the foliage before it's gone, but here's a preview of the brilliant colors. The gentle breeze was making my chime tree sound like a symphony of beauty! If you look closely some of the chimes are peaking through the leaves.... It feels very good to be alive....
This weekend "Indian summer" weather is expected, get out and ENJOY!..(Any bike rides planned??) Hard to believe there were huge snow flurries and even a coating of snow on the ground Monday morning....EEKS! Oct. 9, 2000...Happy 18th Birthday to my First Baby, Gosh I'm feeling old!...Naa-a!...I love being a Mom! : ) 18 years ago it all began... Oct. 8, 2000..very often I am VERY stupid! Oct. 7, 2000...Autumn with all it's splendor & beauty is still a sad time of year--especially when it's cold, a taste of what's to come, everything dies or becomes dormant, takes extra effort in the short days of winter to keep a happy outlook, to see the sunshine, gotta make that effort....Gotta stay the course.
Is a clean break or a quick cut easier in the long run, than a slow, painful dull cutting--suffering kinda thing? ... things I ponder....every smoker I know that successfully quit, gave it up cold turkey--a clean break, these patches and quick fixes seem to just prolong the inevitable and only double the nicotine,---- similarly, the tender garden plants seem to suffer a shock from the cold nights and then a warm up seems to bring them back--just a little, only to soon face a hard freeze, you just have to wonder,....
Dangling loose ends you trip on, a clean slate or a clean break makes for focusing on the future and what needs to be done....A new start.....
there is no band-aid for a broken bone or a broken heart.....
Before you can love or be loved you must be happy with yourself, how else can you be the best you can be and the best for someone else?....
...I have a constant worry for loved ones and their trials & tribulations, if I could solve everyone's problems and make the world a happier place that would make me happy...: )..I am truly a lucky person....and I ponder how Dave & I have been so blessed in this ever-conflicted world......
...On a more upbeat note...I LOVE this pic! These guys remind me of the three stooges...nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!!..Oh, wise guy, eh!--Hey! Is that Abbey Road???..Where's John, Paul, George, & Ringo???....(guess they're fueling up down the Turkey Hill..hehe) We followed Lester, Kevin, & Lonnie (Shadow was a little further up the road) part of the way home. ... OR maybe these guys are the Three Amigos, or the Three Muskateers/Mouseketeers?? I dunno...On a roll here....M-I-C-K-E-Y----M-O-U-SE!! : ) Oct. 6, 2000...too many thoughts, minds wandering, too hard to narrow them down....thoughts of shorter days, brilliant leaves--gotta keep my camera with me at all times---gosh, never thought it would be so difficult trying to rent-a pickup truck, [and how to pay...: ( ] everybody's got cars and cargo vans--sheesh!...transmission troubles--eeks!...haunted house preparations....all for a good cause, World Hunger....set construction for an upcoming play--oo yea, Nuremburg Community Players presenting "Hot Property" Oct 27, 28, & 29th-- a Dinner Theater at The Towers, BE THERE, (Carl is Directing! Woohoo!)....ummm, what else? that NS Girls Volleyball team is sure coming around! Great job Lady Spartans!.. de-stressing, exercise (gotta do it!), fewer bike rides, snow for the weekend--eeks, well flurries anyway, gotta get a fall foliage ride in somewheres--this year's leaves spectacular--oops I said that----10,000mi checkup needs to be scheduled (Wow!) My firstborn baby's gonna be 18 in a few days! Double EEks! an official adult, well they can draft him & send him to war ----but he still can't consume alcohol legally--guess there's a bright side....Is Meem alright? I must call her, I worry about her....I worry about everything.... Where did the time go? and where does it go? I'm suddenly feeling old....sad...but always having hope for the future...always...enough rambling....
..Oh no! Now I'm really worried! Carl just came in and informed me what he plans to do Monday after he turns 18yrs old--an "official adult",---- register to vote, register for the draft, drive after 11 PM, get a tattoo (or two--hehe), a few body piercings, buy cigarettes legally--- find a strip club, get in some trouble and read his name in print under the police report in the local newspaper, (not an anonymous juvenile), get tried as an adult in court, EEKS!....so much for your kids growing up and you stop worrying about them...: ) Oct. 4, 2000...As Christian and faithful, I really don't think making deals with God is allowed, however when we repent or as Catholics, we say our penance for our sins and we are forgiven (I'm Lutheran--we're forgiven regardless) : )..isn't that sort of like bargaining?..like I'll be good, so look kindly upon me?....I dunno, trying to stack the cards in my favor...oops, no gambling allowed either...
..And who the heck is Remeron?...
Have you ever thought about the fact that a beautiful pearl starts out as an oyster's "thorn in the side" grain of sand....now THAT'S ironic... Oct 3, 2000..."most of the weekend should be rainfree but a shower is likely"...now is that reduntant or what??? That's a quote from Tom Clark's online forecast...sheesh!
sometimes, solving a problem is as simple as a phone call...and then sometimes not...if it were only that easy, somebody said today it feels good to be upset about something else for a change---words of wisdom...a gift of time can be found in the most unlikely places... Oct. 1, 2000...October! Eeks! Where did the new millinieum go???...Before you know it Thanksgiving, Christmas and then toasting in another New Year....Double Eeks!..This year flew by along with all those resolutions....but I learned to ride a motorcycle and that wasn't even in the plan! Woohoo! : ) Tis the season to capture all nature's beauty..today we got a brief sampling of it, the scarlet maple leaves, amber oaks, against the vivid deep green of those yet to change, fall foliage rides all coming up....ride slow enough to capture the beauty!~~~~ Sept.30, 2000...York Open House was really cool! So-o-o many bikes! Brought back memories of a past visit and memories to come...Gotta squeeze those riding days in though, when we left at 8am there was heavy frost and 30-40 degree temps---br-r-r! chaps weather for sure!..soon the snowfall...: ( Sept. 29, 2000...Prayers for Meem.... Sept. 28, 2000...It's amazing to me how quickly time goes, the seasons seem to change so abruptly, the fall foliage this year in the Northeast is promising to be spectacular, all the right conditions, the rainfall, amount of sunlight, etc. Today I jarred the last batch of tomatoes from the garden, sort of a sad time of year but a comforting feeling looking at the jars, like we're ready for the winter, sorta like the farmer with the barn full of hay or the squirrel who has hidden away enough acorns, a feeling of security. Tonight is the first threat of killing frost, It seems like just yesterday I was planting these dahlia's with loving care and tonight they are threatened with the first frost, but with the seasons changing comes the beauty of each season and before we become sad over the end of a wonderful time we must think of what's to come and the beauty that lies ahead.... Sept. 27, 2000...Well here's the schedule of events for this weekend's upcoming Open House at the York Harley Davidson final Assembly Plant...and a beautiful weather forecast predicted as well! : ) Sept. 26, 2000... Sept. 25, 2000...Of course it's Bloomsburg Fair Week and there's rain, rain, rain in the weather... Happy B-day to Meem... Sept. 24, 2000...Can you imagine living in a musical family that walks around playing guitars all the time?...Imagine, every event that occurs has theme music in the background, I can't simply have a temper tantrum without having appropriate music, Can you imagine me scolding Carl and hearing this in the background, in some form or another???....Speaking of music,I'd like to think this is our family Theme Song. : ) Sept. 23, 2000...Gee wittle ol' me gets no respect! A night out at a local, respectable (cough! cough...aHEM!) bar, I see somebody putting Neil's money in their pocket, nobody listens, but Big Neil comes back out and asks for HIS stolen money and....everybody listens! (hehe) What a cast of characters, the best hot wings though! a fun night out all in all---much needed!
What do ya think of a bar tender at night and a "dental hygentist" by day?, what a contrast!..Then the other bartender works for a manufacturer of "rat cages"--no kidding, and says the government is their biggest employer! All that rat research, wonder which government rats they're makin the homes for, think he mentioned a rat duplex costing $24,000.00 No kidding! YIKES! Sept. 22, 2000...Happy Birthday to my Mommie! I won't mention the exact year but technically she's a full-fledged senior citizen---(oh no!) Did I say that out loud!!?? eeks...I love my mom a bunch, even though she refused the harley ride Dave offered, to do something wild & crazy for this milestone b-day... Sept. 21, 2000...Gee, everybody waits for "Friday", no fair, Dave's Thursday is his "Friday" and he gets me thinkin it's my friday, and then, my Friday morning comes and I still gotta wake up! Darn!...What's worse is when ya gotta work Saturday morning and your Friday is just another day--jumpin jeepers!....*sigh* Sept. 19, 2000...WOW! I think I fell and bumped my head and got amnesia! (or is alzheimers setting in already--EEKS!) No thoughts at all for quite awhile, all I can vaguely remember is volleyball season is here--(run to games, run to practice, giggling girls, if there's not a game/ there is practice and I'm on call to drive) and [almost mandatory] overtime at work....zzz-zzz-zzz-z-z-z...the stress level there is thickening....
I think in the last few weeks I did have some fun...hmmmm I know I had a birthday somewhere in there, got some weekend riding in....when I'm fully recovered from this delirium I'll return....
a happy Me & Dave at Lansdale Bike Night. Sept. 10, 2000..just gotta go out again, too nice a weekend, gotta check out those hill climbs and hopefully I'll get some good pics, after the great day out yesterday, about 40 miles from home Les's clutch cable breaks, what a scary experience, but Les's riding skills put to the test he made it home safe. Good job!
Congrat's to Nuremburg Community Players on the eight nominations and two wins for the "Sensuous Senator" Comedy at the annual NEPTA awards! If the judges saw the show they would have taken all the awards! : � Sept 9, 2000...sunny weekends are for riding, especially since the season's running out, a day trip to Landsdale where 30,000 bikes are expected sounds good!...pics later Sept. 8, 2000...work, work, volleyball game..work longer....volleyball...weekend work, yawn...yawn...zzz-zz-zz, ..laundry....cooking....oops family portrait...gotta smile...zzz-zzz-zz..oops dead battery...wrong battery...weekend YAY!!!!...I'm tired! Sept. 2, 2000...I must really be nuts (!) or I must really trust Carl...Today I encouraged him to get his motorcycle permit and learn to ride, with MY BIKE! My first-born baby on my newest baby..hehe..here's pic's. Sept 1, 2000..It's about time Biker's got some attention for all their charitable fundraising rides & events...Carol Shaeffer, owner of Shaeffer's Harley Davidson will appear on the nationwide telethon Jerry Lewis telethon to present the "Ride for Life" MDA donations, cool! About time all the bikers got noticed for something positive! August 30, 2000...Work memos always create some sort of buzz, even the most trivial, but when the word "mandatory" is on it, well! a work memo today has caused quite a commotion, seemed, like Norma Rae in action when the union reps got word...I'll just sit back, watch, and wait... August 28, 2000...All the kids are sooo-o-o happy! School's Back in! Yay! No, not really, because that means "Mom's Taxi Service" is also back in full swing...*sigh*
..speaking of school bells, we've added another set of chimes to our collection, that makes for six in one tree...I think we have a chime tree! : ) August 27, 2000...Know where you are, Remember where you've been, Look to where you are going...What do you see?
(...and watch out for whipped cream pies...:�)
And speaking of whip cream pies...Gee, I'm just having TOO much fun here...You're a good sport, Donnie. : ) August 26, 2000..Today's the "Town Social" Wooohoo! Be there! Lots of good food, fun, entertainment, and happy smiles! (was I this stressed out last year at this time???...) August 24, 2000 ...How do ya know? Just how do you know the difference between real Love, Obsession, and/or Addiction?? (all emotions that run deeply)....how does a person give up all for "love"? ..even the people that love THEM, the lives they have built, and even their very souls, that what makes them who they are....obsession, addiction, or true love?.....
LOVE n. 1. A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness. 2. A feeling of intense desire and attraction toward a person with whom one is disposed to make a pair; the emotion of sex and romance. 3. An intense emotional attachment, as for a pet or treasured object. 4. A person who is the object of deep or intense affection or attraction; beloved. Often used as a term of endearment. 5. An expression of one's affection: Send him my love. 6. a. A strong predilection or enthusiasm: a love of language. b. The object of such an enthusiasm: ////
ADDICTION n. 1. The quality or condition of being addicted: had an addiction for fast women. 2. Compulsive physiological need for a habit-forming substance: //// OBSESSION n. 1. Compulsive preoccupation with a fixed idea or an UNWANTED feeling or emotion, often accompanied by symptoms of anxiety. 2. A compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion. August 23, 2000...where the heck have I been?..i dunno....I filled in a few blanks, ya might wanna scroll back... : )
DON'T FORGET! This Saturday, August 26th our church "Town Social" with "Cruisin' Down Memory Lane" best of the 50's 60's & 70's sounds, maybe more whip cream pies in faces, lots of smiles, laughter, and old-time fun! Be there!
Sometimes I think everyone should own a sign (t-shirt, paper bag for over their head..whatever..) that reads, "Leave me alone, I'm goin' through a crisis"..plain & simple, then the world just might listen.... August 19, 2000...
Amazing contrast here...the week of the Sturgis bike rally, this is what Main St, Sturgis, SD looked like (hey charlie, you there somewhere? : �)....a week later; a ghosttown....
A nice road trip, with nice people, even got a ferry boat ride across the Susquehanna River! A real nice day, even a rollercoaster ride for the finale! Life is like a rollercoaster...ups & downs, highs & lows, thrills, and chills, anticipation, excitement, disapointment when it ends before it's over....always leaving you wanting more... August 18, 2000...Prayers for the navy men aboard the Russian nuclear submarine "Kursk", and their families and loved ones, what a tragic fate, to be trapped under the icy waters the Barents Sea, with little chance of rescue and limited ( a few days) amount of air, God be with them....We must count our blessings--Everyday.
EEKS...Back to school shoppers at the mall are almost as bad as Christmas shoppers, you can't get a parking spot and when ya finally get inside ya wait in line forever..sheesh!..I think I'll avoid the malls for at least one more week, if I can.... August 17, 2000...Whew!! I'm back... (I think!) Yahoo/Geocities has really been misbehaving lately, lotsa technical difficulties, and now it all seems to be running smoothly. I'm keeping my fingers crossed : )
We all heard of the calm before the storm, but bumpy trails make for skillful riding too,hopefully they got all their puter bugs out---ya can't grow and expand without a few glitches along the way, now lets hope there's not a relapse : ) Yahoo! : �
If you want a rewarding harvest, you must tend your garden with loving care, else you'll only nurture weeds and no fruit will your neglected garden bear....catching up in our garden August 2000 August 12, 2000...the new specifications & modifications on the 2001 Harley models are out...seems they lowered the seat heigth on the Dyna low rider...it's almost 2" lower than my hugger! got the wheels in my head turning abit, seems like the sporty look and handling with the comfort of a cruiser, Woohoo..can it be the bike customized for me? after that long-g trip to Virginia-- I finally experienced the "Sporty" numbing effect, and if I plan to keep traveling long distances, well I just gotta figure on a smoother ride...hmmmm....
...went to see "Live" and "Counting Crows" at Montage, I like the old mountain set up better, the performance by "Live" was great, great music, great stage show, just that I was too short to see alot of it, and then there was "Fabio" in front of us tossling his hair in our faces and swaying with his girlie friend right where we were stretching a peek to see, oh well, next time I gotta take a booster seat (not insulting the real Fabio..sorry)..."I caun't believe he tossled his hair through the whole show while cuddling his gal and scoping the crowd for admirers...hehe..talk about multi-tasking!" guess ya had to be there....incidentally, Kudos to the band "Live", like the "Badlees" they emerged from this depressed small-town area and made it BIG! favorite songs by "Live", "Dolphin's Cry" and "I Alone" August 11, 2000...Pandora's curosity got the best of her and she opened the sealed box, out came the world's Troubles. Just as all seemed forever lost, there in the bottom of the box was Hope...forever more there was hope in the world. August 4, 2000..seems there's a "Harley Angel" where I work..hehe...or at least one annonymous nice person...during a brief downpour, during work, I look out & notice someone has covered my bike seat up so my lambskin doesn't get wet, well I go out at my lunch to look & thank whoever & as mysteriously as it appeared, it was gone, so a big "THANKS!" to whomever and more importantly, it's nice to know there are thoughtful people in the world : ) August 3, 2000...All I been thinking it's not fair! All this rain, it's been torrential downpours at night all rainy, wet in the morning, not conducive to bike riding but then the sun comes out & it's all warm and nice during the day, so I get brave and ignore those black thunder clouds on the weather forecast and ride to work today, well it did get nice, until quitting time! Right then it starts downpouring! Sheesh! oh well I made it safely, gotta say those boomers had me a little nervous and the poor visibility was scary. I'm home safe & sound : )
..and on the subject of fairness---some things just aren't fair, that's it, ya just gotta face that and move on, else you'll drown in a pool of self-pity & excuses.... I've swam upstream against a current, became breathless, exhausted, but felt all the stronger for it in the long run--harder at the time but later you reap the benefits of your hard work. August 2, 2000...HAPPY B-day to WENDY!!! the big 40! I asked her to fill me in on how it feels to be "4-0", (seeins it'll be me in a year--EEKS!) and she had a whole list of ailments..oh no! So a few blibbles later, we were both shmily-ing! : ) August 1, 2000...Sturgis is next week *sigh* everybody packed and ready to go??? Mort, George, Tom, and all the ladies? and all the others headin out from this County, wish we were joining them....: ( July 30, 2000...Whew, I finally got in here!! What's going on with geocities??!!or is it Yahoo?...All I can say is stay on your toes because you never know when the next door opens what might be behind it...Life's full of surprises, good & bad, ya gotta make the best of things and turn misfortune into opportunity, somehow, someway...sometimes things are just the way they are, can't be changed so if your life has to change--so be it, but move forward not back...
