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This past November my brother achieved a great accomplishment -- retirement from the Navy after 20 years of excellent service to our country.    In lieu of a gift, I wrote him a poem.  With his permission, I share it here with you. KEVIN As you sit there with those smiling eyes So very blue with sparkling pride I cannot help but join right in Strong emotions swelling inside You’re retiring from the Navy today Twenty years you have done From starting out as a seaman Into a Chief you’ve become My mind can’t help but wander. Back to a tow-headed lad Growing up on Lawton Avenue in Lawton , Oklahoma With two siblings and a dad Your spirit of life and its adventures Beginning way back then Skateboard ollies and bicycle ramps Carefree youth, seeming to never end The determination and love of a father To encourage you all the way Starting a seed of "You’re the boss" To cling to every day But alas, to Dallas off you g...

It's so funny how things can work out.  When things come up randomly and you're able to just share that little inside moment with someone else.   So I segway into the "Purple Marker".   I'm in the middle of a really big trial right now.   It's quite the high profile thing.  The District Attorney has his table in the courtroom covered with markers.  I make the comment to an assistant, "Wow!! Look at all his markers.  I don't see a purple one.  I'm going to ask him, 'Where's the purpler marker?'"  No, I didn't actually ask. We're in the courtroom.  DA calls his first witness.  There's testimony of the incident site.  He brings out a large diagram.  Says, "Mr. Witness, can you please use this purple marker and show us where the automobile was."    HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I immediately turned in open court to the assistant and smile.   She knew.   That's a small thing that...

The random thought in my head for today is about eye cream.   I'm not a doctor, clinician or whatnot, but I do use face cream and no eye cream.  Seriously, I do not get the point of a separate eye cream.  I use Oil of Olay and other face creams twice a day after washing with a washcloth.   I smear them all over my face including around my eyes.   No, I do not get the cream in my eyes, because my eyes are closed.   No, I do not have crow's feet or whatnot.   If someone could help me out to let me know the point of spending A LOT of extra money for eye cream, I'm down.   I'll try it out.  Frankly, I did try one.  It did nothing different than what I have already had. However, with all that being said, I can see the point of covering up dark circles.   Those have to go.  Totally have to go.   And also, what about those puffy circles under the eye?   I know.  I'm waiting for someone out there to say, "Hey, tha...

com·mu·ni·ca·tion kəˌmyo͞onəˈkāSH(ə)n/ noun 1 . the imparting or exchanging of information or news. "direct communication between the two countries will produce greater understanding" synonyms: transmission ,   conveyance ,   divulgence,   disclosure ;   More 2 . means of connection between people or places, in particular. It's been another few months since I've checked in.   I'm not a great blogger, but I'm not the worst either.  Well, I may be the worst.   That's okay.   I'm working on doing better.   I have many ideas for this blog and many hopes.  We'll see where those things can take me.   Along with that, I hope it takes you into a few moments of your daytime hours to enjoy. The best thing I've had the joy to experience is family.   Being awoken by your adult son calling you j...

Happiness Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being characterized by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. That's the word of the day.    It's a strong word.  It's a cool word.  It's a word that is hard to achieve for some and others it comes completely natural.   It's a word that makes others annoyed, which is the polar opposite.  However, it's something to be.   Making it also a verb.   This is the word of the day. 

http://www.duboislc.org/ED-Watch/Words/501-605.html So I'm just broadening my natural skills on my little steno machine.  I go to the link above that is taken from: The Reading Teachers Book of Lists, Third Edition ; by Edward Bernard Fry, Ph.D, Jacqueline E. Kress, Ed.D & Dona Lee Founto\ukidis, Ed.D. And I notice on this list that they misspell "clothes."   Okay.  Fine.  But come on!!!! A few words down is "Teacher".   It's spelled "Theacher"!!   That is crazy.   I had to share that with you.   :) Watch what your kids learn from teachers' lists.  

Apparently, if you're on the website you can find some really cool things.   Here's a little map of all the places in the United States I've been in so far..... It seems it's 48% of the United States.  Since I have SOOOOOO much free time on my hands now, maybe I should go on couchsurfing.org and see the rest.   But being a wimpy little girl my sense of adventure needs a jolt.  :O) visited 24 states (48%)