Ugh 5:30a ... so? ... what's your guess??? ... am I up early ... or up late? ... let's ask Mr Owl .......

<- see this 100x100 pixel image to the left, that's an "avatar" ... now you know :))

I'm going to start adding avatars to this blog ... the 'keys' I had before were helpful, but limiting ... I think the variety will be a cute change ... to see who made the avatar, just do a mouse-over ... I always give credit ;)

I love this >>> George Forman griddle --I told you I was expecting it ... well it arrived and it is the best griddle ever made ... it's big enough, the lips around the edges are high enough so you don't push things over, it heats super even, and cleans up with a few wipes ... the drain tray just sits there, doesn't have to snap in place so you don't slosh a wave of grease on to the counter ... and they had it to me in less than a day and a half ... all around excellent purchase!

The whole *world* is frosted over ... kinda pretty on a chilly spring mornin' ... going to go brew a pot of tea ... 'cause behind every successful woman is a substantial amount of caffeine ... c'ya! 

Was going through some things, and looking around at dis 'n dat ... and! ... I caught myself in the midst of that Cheshire cat kinda grin you get moments before you suddenly realize that hard work IS paying off ... ahhh  :)

Some items from my in-box ... George Forman griddle is shipped ... cordless phone set estimated delivery date ... domains need to be renewed ... Philadelphia Museum of Art is exhibiting Grace Kelly's wedding ensemble ... "It's relaxed but a bit rough around the edges. It's casual style with an attitude!" ... Topic Reply Notification - Pogo? ... a heavily forwarded joke > At my age, "getting a little action" means I don't need to take a laxative. ... Download Tomb Raider: Legend--one of my favs! ... auctions won: Nightmare Before Christmas top + Corpse Bride top ... friend asking: want to go to the Tim McGraw and Faith Hill concert? ... Green Apple Music & Arts Festival starts today ... FinFan's 'Formal Report' :) ... click here for $3 off a salad at D&B's ... plus lots and lots of spam.

Today's weather is maaavelous ... hope mother nature is being kind to you, too ...

Went to Atlantic City last week -- during the day -- ouch, no glam, blah ...

Have to renew my subscription to Whitley Streiber's UnknownCountry ... a supernatural, ufo, kinda site ... it's entertaining listening to his quite unusual interviews while I'm working ... first heard about UnknownCountry via Art Bell's Coast to Coast AM radio show ... then when Art retired something happened, and Whitley either didn't get along with George Noory -the new host of the radio show, or had a falling out with management ... whatever happened, Whitley moved his segment of the show to his own site ... I kept up my subscription not only because his interviews are worth repeat listening, but in a "support the cause" kinda way ... go, listen to recent interviews in the free section, if you get a chance ...

Oh, do I believe in aliens and supernatural beings? ... well I'm conceited, but not enough to think we're the only life force in the universe ... do I believe aliens come to earth? ... dunno, I have never had any personal experiences, but I enjoy listening to the stories of those who claim to have had them ...

"Just because I cannot see it, doesn't mean I can't believe it!" --Jack Skellington

Okay, I'm working on goal planning --- again ... I'm at a three pronged "fork in the road" with my goals ... if I go *this* way, I need to plan around [it] for only *this* long ... times three ... hmmm???! ... what's a chick to do?! ... decisions, decisions ...

Do me a favor ... peek in your crystal ball, would ya?! :)

My sister's friends' band, IKE, opened for Bon Jovi in Philly and now they are competing with other local bands to open for them at Madison Square Garden ... do the band a favor and VOTE for them in the "Have a Nice Gig: The Finals" contest ... please + thank you :)

I'm disappearing for a few days ... all e-mails will be answered, just slowly ... and ... here's some quotes to fill space here and with the hopes, I'll get you to shake' up the ho-hum things in your life :)

"A 'normal' person is the sort of person that might be designed by a committee. You know, "Each person puts in a pretty color and it comes out gray." --Alan Sherman ... errr, beige, inside joke

Love this > "Not all those who wander are lost." --J.R.R. Tolkien

"Before you can break out of prison, you must first realize you're locked up." --Unknown

"If they give you ruled paper, write the other way." --Juan Ramon Jimenez

Until the 15th ...

Yesterday I told you I was going to do the solitude thing today, so today's post will just be bits 'n blurts ...

1040hrs ... so far ... made a giant spoil-the-son type of breakfast ... ran errands - yes, I left the house temporarily breaking the solitude ...

New Yahoo I.M. message: Kimfucius say, he who laughs last, thinks slowest ...

1100hrs ... for over a half hour, the FOX News helicopter has been hovering over the dump, across the river ... I know the NJ State Troopers were looking for that missing college student there ... wonder if the hovering means there's some awful new development? ... nothing's on their site ...

Nerd trivia ... TONIGHT! ... at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00am, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06 ... 1-6 will never, ever happen again.

Spending some reading time with my book Living Dead in Dallas ... I've been milking it for too long ... have a great one!

Teedster got the last of the staples taken out today ... the slice is healing nicely  <3

If you're a dude, skip to the next paragraph 'cause it's time for gal talk ... I saw a mag ad for perfumed tampons ... no, unfortunately, I'm not teasing ... what super genius <sic> came up with that unhealthy idea ... I can see the commercial now, two gals walking along the beach, the sluggish one says, "Gee! Your coozcooz smells terrific! What's your secret? ......." :(

I am going into solitude mode tonight and tomorrow ... need quality time with the interior of my home ... will go through winter clothes -- trash some, donate some, and pack some for next year ... do the cleaning thing ... and, of course, I'll be adding some much needed e-things --- so much to e-do, so little e-time ... maybe I'll have time to dust the cobwebs from my message board that I have been neglecting ... bad Kimmie!

Tried AOL's browser again and it did not lag ... was still a bit bulky, size wise ... but it worked just fine this time ...

G'nite ... please excuse me while I go defy gravity ...

I appreciate, and passed on, all the well wishes for Teedster ... he's healing nicely, thank you ... they took out a few of the staples today ...

I signed on AIM and their daily ad page popped up ... so I decided to try their AOL Explorer browser ... tried to go to TeamKillas (our Socom 3 site) and it opened terribly slow --almost like the old dial-up days before the 56K modems ... I jumped on TeamKillas with my regular browser, just to make sure it wasn't a server issue ... opened fine ... also their browser is so bulky you have to scroll side to side to see a regular sized web page ... that's annoying ... it baffles me as to why AOL would produce such a substandard product ... am I missing something?

To NJ'ians > How beeeUteefull was today?! ... absolutely perfect! ... did someone mail order today's weather from a sweet Goddess or what?!

Okay, I'm off ... want to go relax and spend some quality time with my pillow + the remote ... g'nite ... have a great Friday!

Teedster was injured, needed surgery :*( ... I'm doing the caretaking thing ... so I don't hover like Nervous Nelly, I'm picking at some sites, plus playing on Pogo, slowly earning the Tri-Peaks Solitaire badge ... he's going to be fine, I'm just not used to seeing him like this :(

Surfed through a bunch of sites, making a tah-do list of things to change, fix, update, etc! ... had to stop ... wow! ... sooo much is in need of major e-TLC ... like I needed a longer list of tasks, I live in a perpetual state of always having too much to do, with too little time ... lol ...

Put up a splash page, and hiatus page on PresenceSense.com ... used a cute fairy illustration by Amy Brown ... PresenceSense was the first web site I owned ... maybe some day I'll bore you with the history of presence sense ... hey, do you have presence sense? :))

Okay ... I'm off to find a quote, I read it before, didn't use it, but something that just occurred in my life made me think of it ... heading to one of my favorite quote resources, it's a site I have zero connection with --I'm not its host or designer-- just a frequent visitor of > Quote Garden < if you are a quote junkie also, you'll love it too ...

Hope your weekend is wonderful and, please send Teedster some well wishes energy :)

I can't believe how quickly this year has gone ... it's spring ... already?! ... phew! ... crazy! ... hey, I'm doing my side-gig thang, so I have to cut this real short, just saying HOWDY!

I feel like the chunky, stinky, brown stuff ... but, I said I'd be back today ... so, I'm keeping my promise ...

Was in Durango, Colorado ... Teed213 took snowboarding lessons with a pro ... very cool ... the first day on the mountain, there was a major storm ... crazy snow, sub zero temps, whipping winds ... sooo cold I could see my breath in the lodge ... we had a blast!

More details + pics to come ... but right now I've got to lie down - sweet dreams duders :)

I'm late, I'm late ... for a very important date ... no time to say "Hello", "Goodbye"
I'm late, I'm late, I'm late ... no, no, no, no ... no, no, no, I'm overdue ... I'm really stew ... no time to say "Goodbye", "Hello" ... I'm late, I'm late, I'm late ...

Kimmie's in Wonderland ... c'ya! :))

I woke up about 4a, cleaned, made whole wheat pancakes and I've been watching this gross, yet interesting show on the Science Channel about praying mantises ...

Don't read the rest of today's message if you get grossed out easy, just have a great day! c'ya!

I was amazed at how nasty, cool this little bug is ... they had this one hanging from a branch awaiting this corn snake, it grabbed it, yanked it off the ground, and start eating it while the snake was fighting to get free ... eventually the snake got free with chunks out of it ... then they showed a humming bird happily dancing around a flower, with cutsie music playing, and then -bam!- death music, and a mantis chowing on this helpless birdie ... yikes! ... one mantis caught a mouse ... it looked just like a cat taking it down, back legs all spread, had the mouse in a head lock, held it down while it bit it to death ... I didn't realize those buggers ate any of these things ... then this cute little hedge hog started sniffing the air ... got scent of the mantis, and got all aggressive ... it battled a mantis ... the mantis was a bobbin' and a weavin' and it kept bit¢h slappin' the hog ... looked like a boxer ... but the mantis lost ... the whole show is so gross, but worth watching ... search for TV times here ...

Have a good one ...

In Pisces from March 2nd to March 25th ...

Even if you believe astrology is nothing but horse hockey's ... just follow the major Mercury is retrograde biggie > don’t sign contracts or any other important agreement papers ...

Catch up on correspondence and paperwork ... but, don’t commit to anything new in writing ... basically, anything you do should start with “re” ... rewrite, revise, review, research, reorganize ... hopefully not too many redo's, unless you plan it ... instead of new projects, clean out the clutter in those file cabinets and closets ... back up your computer files ...

It’s best not to travel ... but if you can’t avoid it, confirm your airline and hotel reservations ... and! get to the airport in plenty of time to clear security ...

Pisces is a water sign ... so it’s likely that there will be lots of hurt feelings going around ... misunderstandings that occur while Mercury is retrograde can be downright hilarious ... otherwise intelligent people will say and do goofy things ... but! ... I doubt "Your honor, that Yo Momma statement I made to the police officer wasn't my fault --- Mercury was retrograde in Pisces!" would fly as a defense :))

The red didn't work, I looked demented ... patches and streaks of cool azz red ... but since I don't want to bleach it out and risk ruining the locks ... fading back to black :)

Wrapped my legs around a RoadStar Warrior yesterday ... so beautiful, so hot ... was gonna buy it, when suddenly there was a shift in the time continuum -haha, so nerdie- and bam! I decided it will wait, until .......

Been goofing off with Pogo ... my two favs are Mahjong Garden and Tri-Peaks Solitaire ... our nick is, of course, Teedsters ... friend us :)

I've decided to go from real dark brown to fiery red hair for the summer ... after lightener + four boxes of dye, I now have cool red roots with long, wavvy black hair that shimmers red--ish ... haha! ... decision time ... do I give up and go back to black; or do I risk straw hair and keep trying --- 'dat is the question ... ???

Visit my son's Big Time Cheats gaming chat ... right now there's a game from me where you can win a $50 Amazon gift certificate ... all you have to do is post, accidentally post the *winning* word to win it!

Ran errands yesterday ... went out to dinner with family, friends last eve ... did the side-gig thing today ... not going out in this freeeeeeezing evening ... going to go snuggle under the quilt and spend some warm, quality time with a book ...

I'm reading Living Dead in Dallas, the second in Charlaine Harris' Dead series ... a telepath has a vampire boyfriend series ... don't know about this one yet, but! for the first one, some editor must have said, "Char! People want sex! Add it!" ... so you're reading this cute story and bam! ... some poorly described med past the yawnage so I didn't fall asleep and read the story ... o'tay ... I'm off to bed/read ... nightie night!

Hey ... yo! ... hope you've been doing well ... that was an extended hiatus, huh?! ... okay, what I've done with my blog is put the old look, that I got so many compliments and web site mentions about, and put it in the new look ... and yes, the motivational quotes after the posts have returned too, glad you liked that :)

First, let's say good-bye to this ...

Yo!  everything has been on an extended hiatus 'cause there's a whole lot goin'on! ... my life is changing so rapidly, I can't list everything without having a panic attack --hehe, teasing! ... errr ... well, kinda ... aarrgghhh! ... it's not bad changes - just changes - a whole lot of them - all at once ... I will tell you about everything once my journal goes live again ... but I'd rather work on stuff right now ... to be "in the loop" subscribe to my e-list ... don't miss me too bad :)) ... hope the universe is treating you maaavelous!

Remember ... there were no archives kept during the hiatus, the below are all that were 'live' today ... the archives from 1998 until before the hiatus may make it to the site again ... some day ... ehhh week, month, year, decade :)

Saturday, February 11th @0922hrs E-mail glitch :( Lost all of Thursday's, Friday's, and saved messages ... if I didn't respond, I didn't get it --please resend.

Tuesday, February 7th @ 0950hrs Feeling under the weather ... intend to spend quality time with my pillow and the TV remote today ... have a great one!

Monday, February 6th @ 0658hrs Logo refreshed ... like the sneaks?! ... yup, only a teenie update today ... gotsta go .........

And ... here is one more from the hiatus period that kept for the date ...

Monday, October 24th @ 1122hrs <snip> ... a surprising feature of the weekend was the confirmation of bullogna ... phew! ... so relieved that wasn't yes ... seems a *hmmm?!* is in order ... hmmm?! yes. really?! yes. wow, that's huge! yes. <snip>

Of course, as always ... I'll post pages in this site as they are in progress ... there will be a few things missing here and there ... but personally, I find it interesting to watch a site 'grow' ... rather than just appear different one day ... but I'm real geeky like that ...