So this evening I sit here wishing that I had something very witty and enteraining about or at least interesting to write about...as I am longing to blog. However I don't. I am just lacking creativity at the moment I suppose. It is entirely possible that the never ending rain has begun to seep in through the cracks in me and soak my brain to a useless pile of mush.
On a lighter note and note is the perfect word to describe it...gLee is returning in 2 weeks from tonight. I am not sure if any of you who are reading this have seen gLee (or if there are any of you who actually read my inner ramblings that I call my blog) but this show is so delightful to me!! I could go on forever!! Oh how I love it. However that was not really my intentions of writing this evening.
I was trying to release this "writers" block that I am experiencing if you could even call me a "writer" oh how I do fancy that notion though...Allison a writer!! But thats not really anything of consequence today either..well I suppose with these ramblings nothing this evening is really of consequence. But that is ok!
I guess today is just a day to boop boop boop - get it all out. (boop boop boop was the only noise that I seemed to be able to come up with.) I could possibly be feeling this lack of creativity due to the fact that my Spring term has begun. Although my break was only for a week and a half it was really lovely not that I did much of anything cause I really didn't. I saw my daughter off on vacation (oh how I long to take one of my own), celebrated my birthday I am another step closer to 30 which is gravy...My mostly companion and I cleaned the house, and relished in it...we had a soccer game and wonderfully enough we won!! 5 -0!! Woohoo it was our first game of the session too!! What a way to kick it off!!
Well...I have run out of ramblings. So I think I shall go and warm my feet and relax my brain and have my nightly date with Charlotte Bronte. So good night my friends and strangers!! Much love and warmth to you on this cold wet evening.
Happy Reading!!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
so happy
MY GIRL IS COMING HOME TO ME!!!
It has been 8 days since I saw my munchkin and she is coming home!! I cannot wait to kiss her face!
Happy Reading!
It has been 8 days since I saw my munchkin and she is coming home!! I cannot wait to kiss her face!
Happy Reading!
Friday, March 26, 2010
Climb This Tree
Yesterday afternoon the Widow Bailey (aka my mom) made a strange request that when I came to her house this am I was to bring my computer and my printer...I thought this very odd.
However when I arrived she explained why she had wanted me to bring these things. To my amazement she and my aunt had been discovering our roots.
I was stunned and so excited, I tried to begin a family tree over the summer last year and didn't get very far and kind of forgot to ask my mom for help with relatives names.
They had found a family tree going back 7 generations (my cousin and I - although I am not on it being the 7th) which considering I have a little one we can trace back 8 generations just on my maternal grandfathers side. So I thought that all of this was super cool, but it didnt stop there.
The Widow then started showing me more articles that they had found...all the way to the ship manifest from March 17th 1913 when my Great-Grandfather came in to United States from a ship that landed in Nova Scotia from Liverpool where he had come from Finland where he was born.
I was stunned and amazed, I was moved to tears to see so many things about my family, names I never knew, places that our family was from that I never knew...like North Carolina (I had no idea!) I had known about Missouri, but never North Carolina and Kentucky...CRAZINESS!!
And in retrospect of last night my wanting to be a better family and feeling like I need to take the initative to get the family ball rolling...or start climbing the tree so that I can build the tree house I think this is a wonderful place to start. Especially since the cousin that I ran into last night is one of cousins on my dad's side. My dad passed away when I was a child and since then the eventual demise of the family connections with that side of the family has begun...well the time has come to put a stop to that!
I am simply overcome with emotion as to what has occured in the last two days in terms of family things. First I see a cousin whom I have not seen in Y E A R S...and then I find that my mother has dug through the vast expanses of the internet to find members of family that I only dreamed existed...now ones that I could see the proof. Census' of years gone by documenting family life from when my Grandmother was a 4 year old with Finnish parents and a Finnish Grandmother in Minnesota. Records of days gone by, records of people without whom I would not be here.
I believe that the universe read my blog and heard my thoughts for being a better member of my family and I believe that the door has been opened. Thank you.
Well I must depart for the time being but I leave you with with happy ideas of family, mine, yours and all of ours. Exploring where you come from is a fascinating and enthralling experience and I think you all take...
Happy Reading!
However when I arrived she explained why she had wanted me to bring these things. To my amazement she and my aunt had been discovering our roots.
I was stunned and so excited, I tried to begin a family tree over the summer last year and didn't get very far and kind of forgot to ask my mom for help with relatives names.
They had found a family tree going back 7 generations (my cousin and I - although I am not on it being the 7th) which considering I have a little one we can trace back 8 generations just on my maternal grandfathers side. So I thought that all of this was super cool, but it didnt stop there.
The Widow then started showing me more articles that they had found...all the way to the ship manifest from March 17th 1913 when my Great-Grandfather came in to United States from a ship that landed in Nova Scotia from Liverpool where he had come from Finland where he was born.
I was stunned and amazed, I was moved to tears to see so many things about my family, names I never knew, places that our family was from that I never knew...like North Carolina (I had no idea!) I had known about Missouri, but never North Carolina and Kentucky...CRAZINESS!!
And in retrospect of last night my wanting to be a better family and feeling like I need to take the initative to get the family ball rolling...or start climbing the tree so that I can build the tree house I think this is a wonderful place to start. Especially since the cousin that I ran into last night is one of cousins on my dad's side. My dad passed away when I was a child and since then the eventual demise of the family connections with that side of the family has begun...well the time has come to put a stop to that!
I am simply overcome with emotion as to what has occured in the last two days in terms of family things. First I see a cousin whom I have not seen in Y E A R S...and then I find that my mother has dug through the vast expanses of the internet to find members of family that I only dreamed existed...now ones that I could see the proof. Census' of years gone by documenting family life from when my Grandmother was a 4 year old with Finnish parents and a Finnish Grandmother in Minnesota. Records of days gone by, records of people without whom I would not be here.
I believe that the universe read my blog and heard my thoughts for being a better member of my family and I believe that the door has been opened. Thank you.
Well I must depart for the time being but I leave you with with happy ideas of family, mine, yours and all of ours. Exploring where you come from is a fascinating and enthralling experience and I think you all take...
Happy Reading!
Thursday, March 25, 2010
a surprise encounter
So tonight I had a surprise encounter. I ran into one of my cousins. And this doesnt sound as though it should be so surprising...
but it is.
And I'll tell you why, with this confession I admit a sad reality, that we are not as good a family as we should be. Please don't misunderstand me, we do nothing to hurt one another, we do not speak ill of eachother, the issue really is that we simply do NOTHING. We are friends on facebook, but that means nothing as I believe that on facebook I am a fan of my friends cat...we might even be friends.
It occured to me this evening that the last time I saw this particular cousin of mine was at a funeral, and the time before was a funeral and the time before that was at a funeral. SAD. It was truly sad to me that we really behave like a family when people die. And when I evaluating this epiphany of behaving as a family only when people die, it occured to me well we all are getting older and well thats the reason that we don't see one another, I had to ask myself isn't that exactly why we should spend time with our families, because they are growing and always adding new members.
The funeral that I saw my cousin at last, was when my daughter was first born...she is 9 years old now. Too me this is INSANE.
I know that many of us out there, say to ourselves "well they don't make the effort so why should I?" but does it ever occur to us that they might be saying the very same thing...
I guess that since this is my year of change this is something that I need to make the effort to do differently...to be a better more active member of my family. I hope that I will see this cousin of mine as well as others, aunts, uncles, everyone, prior to a funeral. Love should be what ties our families together not death.
Happy Reading!
but it is.
And I'll tell you why, with this confession I admit a sad reality, that we are not as good a family as we should be. Please don't misunderstand me, we do nothing to hurt one another, we do not speak ill of eachother, the issue really is that we simply do NOTHING. We are friends on facebook, but that means nothing as I believe that on facebook I am a fan of my friends cat...we might even be friends.
It occured to me this evening that the last time I saw this particular cousin of mine was at a funeral, and the time before was a funeral and the time before that was at a funeral. SAD. It was truly sad to me that we really behave like a family when people die. And when I evaluating this epiphany of behaving as a family only when people die, it occured to me well we all are getting older and well thats the reason that we don't see one another, I had to ask myself isn't that exactly why we should spend time with our families, because they are growing and always adding new members.
The funeral that I saw my cousin at last, was when my daughter was first born...she is 9 years old now. Too me this is INSANE.
I know that many of us out there, say to ourselves "well they don't make the effort so why should I?" but does it ever occur to us that they might be saying the very same thing...
I guess that since this is my year of change this is something that I need to make the effort to do differently...to be a better more active member of my family. I hope that I will see this cousin of mine as well as others, aunts, uncles, everyone, prior to a funeral. Love should be what ties our families together not death.
Happy Reading!
this could get ugly...
ok well maybe not ugly.
but I believe that I might be enjoying this blogging business a little too much. it is however only the first day and i guess contrary to popular belief (or my belief I actually have stuff to say not that it is really of any importance cause its not...I just wanna share.)
So yesterday as my fellow Portlandites (I like it better than Portlanders) know it was a beautiful day!! I spent my day having a picnic in the park with the man I like to call my mostly companion (for those of you who have read Eloise - it makes sense.) We had a lovely time at Col. Summers Park...as I write this I almost called this KFC park as I totally thought it was Col. Sanders park. Hahaha I really enjoy that KFC park. Well anyways back to the point. So we were sitting in the park watching the people around us. And I couldn't help but observe how much I love to people watch...especially on sunny days in Portland. Portland has LOTS of characters, and being as it is a rather small town the chances of you seeing them again in a different situation are very good. But I was amazed by all the different people that the sun brings out, as though the city is really a city of hermits unless there is sun which I am still convinced that in Oregon is a government contrived invention that they pull out just to make sure that we are all still living. Like some sort of Truman Show. Call me crazy, okay, but seriously the lack of sun is something to be concerned about and why I still live here is BEYOND me.
As our day progressed, we made our way to Swirl on Hawthorne and if you have not tried it yet you should. Its GREAT! They have wonderful yogurt, and you get to pick your kind or kinds...and they you yes you get to add your own toppings, and there is everything from cereal, candy, fresh fruit, toppings of the liquid kind. Well needless to say its all very delicious and I suggest that you try it, and you create your masterpiece and then you pay by the weight. After creating our tasty treats my mostly compainion and I took our usual spots by the window facing hawthorne. And what a treat for the mouth and the eyes. As we were sitting there we there we watched the city stroll on by. What a feast for the eyes - so many different flavors of individuals. As I sat and watched the people walk on by, I love to imagine what their stories might by, what movie characters or book characters or anything that they remind me of. And please as you read this do not take this wrong way, as I am not a mean person, and I do not look at people with a mean eye - I certainly hope that people look at me with a creative eye. I find people interesting I guess is what I am trying to say and I love to watch them. Not in a stalkerish sort of way, but just a curious way. I love to see all the different ways that people dress, their hair. The way they hold themselves or eachother, their body language, everything about them.
As the day progessed and we went about the day I was noticing how when the sun comes out you truly see how pedestrian friendly and accessable our city really is. People were walking or riding their bicycles EVERYWHERE! Its really great. We are very lucky.
Ok well thats enough rambling...
Portland is truly a special place when the sun comes out.
Happy reading!
but I believe that I might be enjoying this blogging business a little too much. it is however only the first day and i guess contrary to popular belief (or my belief I actually have stuff to say not that it is really of any importance cause its not...I just wanna share.)
So yesterday as my fellow Portlandites (I like it better than Portlanders) know it was a beautiful day!! I spent my day having a picnic in the park with the man I like to call my mostly companion (for those of you who have read Eloise - it makes sense.) We had a lovely time at Col. Summers Park...as I write this I almost called this KFC park as I totally thought it was Col. Sanders park. Hahaha I really enjoy that KFC park. Well anyways back to the point. So we were sitting in the park watching the people around us. And I couldn't help but observe how much I love to people watch...especially on sunny days in Portland. Portland has LOTS of characters, and being as it is a rather small town the chances of you seeing them again in a different situation are very good. But I was amazed by all the different people that the sun brings out, as though the city is really a city of hermits unless there is sun which I am still convinced that in Oregon is a government contrived invention that they pull out just to make sure that we are all still living. Like some sort of Truman Show. Call me crazy, okay, but seriously the lack of sun is something to be concerned about and why I still live here is BEYOND me.
As our day progressed, we made our way to Swirl on Hawthorne and if you have not tried it yet you should. Its GREAT! They have wonderful yogurt, and you get to pick your kind or kinds...and they you yes you get to add your own toppings, and there is everything from cereal, candy, fresh fruit, toppings of the liquid kind. Well needless to say its all very delicious and I suggest that you try it, and you create your masterpiece and then you pay by the weight. After creating our tasty treats my mostly compainion and I took our usual spots by the window facing hawthorne. And what a treat for the mouth and the eyes. As we were sitting there we there we watched the city stroll on by. What a feast for the eyes - so many different flavors of individuals. As I sat and watched the people walk on by, I love to imagine what their stories might by, what movie characters or book characters or anything that they remind me of. And please as you read this do not take this wrong way, as I am not a mean person, and I do not look at people with a mean eye - I certainly hope that people look at me with a creative eye. I find people interesting I guess is what I am trying to say and I love to watch them. Not in a stalkerish sort of way, but just a curious way. I love to see all the different ways that people dress, their hair. The way they hold themselves or eachother, their body language, everything about them.
As the day progessed and we went about the day I was noticing how when the sun comes out you truly see how pedestrian friendly and accessable our city really is. People were walking or riding their bicycles EVERYWHERE! Its really great. We are very lucky.
Ok well thats enough rambling...
Portland is truly a special place when the sun comes out.
Happy reading!
Kid Speak
Those of you who know me...know that I have a penchant for babies and small children especially those of the chubbier persuasion.
So much so that I have a song about them...and have dreams of making a parade of them while they sing said song and bang on pots and pans.
Explain it I cannot.
But I LOVE CHUBBY BABIES!!
I am very fascinated by the way children speak as well. The way that they interpret language is a very special thing. Since I am a single mom I spend lots of times with my little one. I also get to spend time with my other favorite little people, my niece and nephew. Together the three of them are the most amazing group of little people, in fact I wish that I was able to video tape their conversations because they are so fascinating.
A few months ago we were all eating pizza together and I heard the greatest conversation EVER. It began with my nephew who is about to turn 5 asking my daughter who is 9 what Candian Bacon was (as it was on our pizza) she simply turned to him and explain very matter of factly "Bacon, from Canada" as if we all should know what "Canadian Bacon" was. And he simply replied "Oh, ok." and that was all the explaination that he needed. However she went on to explain where Canada was as she was using a placemat map of the world...and how Canada was really further away than we thought because the world is round.
I LOVE IT!
My nephew also uses "shut off" instead of "shut up" which I myself have adopted how perfect...someone is driving you nuts...SHUT OFF. It speaks so truly to what it is that you want them to do.
Kids...so creative and straight to the point. I wish that the language that we used as adults adopted this philosophy of just say it, say what you really feel, what you really mean. As I find the truth to be less harmful than beating around the bush.
Happy Reading!
So much so that I have a song about them...and have dreams of making a parade of them while they sing said song and bang on pots and pans.
Explain it I cannot.
But I LOVE CHUBBY BABIES!!
I am very fascinated by the way children speak as well. The way that they interpret language is a very special thing. Since I am a single mom I spend lots of times with my little one. I also get to spend time with my other favorite little people, my niece and nephew. Together the three of them are the most amazing group of little people, in fact I wish that I was able to video tape their conversations because they are so fascinating.
A few months ago we were all eating pizza together and I heard the greatest conversation EVER. It began with my nephew who is about to turn 5 asking my daughter who is 9 what Candian Bacon was (as it was on our pizza) she simply turned to him and explain very matter of factly "Bacon, from Canada" as if we all should know what "Canadian Bacon" was. And he simply replied "Oh, ok." and that was all the explaination that he needed. However she went on to explain where Canada was as she was using a placemat map of the world...and how Canada was really further away than we thought because the world is round.
I LOVE IT!
My nephew also uses "shut off" instead of "shut up" which I myself have adopted how perfect...someone is driving you nuts...SHUT OFF. It speaks so truly to what it is that you want them to do.
Kids...so creative and straight to the point. I wish that the language that we used as adults adopted this philosophy of just say it, say what you really feel, what you really mean. As I find the truth to be less harmful than beating around the bush.
Happy Reading!
A New Beginning
So here goes nothing....
As my birthday has come and gone I have decided that this year...at this age I would attempt new ventures in my life that some are yet to be determined...
And some you see here before you. I thought that I would give this "blogging" business a try. Although I am not sure if I will have anything of value to say or if anyone will find my thought processes of any value, maybe they will provide you with nothing more than a little entertainment value, all of which is fine by me. Needless to say I don't find myself to be terribly interesting, but one of my friends has convinced me that I am and she'd like to read my thoughts. So ok! I'll give it a whirl.
I suppose now I ought to introduce myself (although most of you or all of you who read this will already know me and my story) however on the off chance that you don't know. I'm a mom. That is the majority of what I am. I find being a parent VERY interesting, my little one is 9 and it has been just us from pretty much day one. I adore her. She is an amazing little person - who surprises me daily!
I also am a full time student, last year I decided to head back to school as I encountered a series of unfortunate events that have allowed me to change my life and career. God I hope it all works out.
ok...well I am out of things to say about myself as some form of an introduction so I shall return with far better things to say.
Happy Reading!
As my birthday has come and gone I have decided that this year...at this age I would attempt new ventures in my life that some are yet to be determined...
And some you see here before you. I thought that I would give this "blogging" business a try. Although I am not sure if I will have anything of value to say or if anyone will find my thought processes of any value, maybe they will provide you with nothing more than a little entertainment value, all of which is fine by me. Needless to say I don't find myself to be terribly interesting, but one of my friends has convinced me that I am and she'd like to read my thoughts. So ok! I'll give it a whirl.
I suppose now I ought to introduce myself (although most of you or all of you who read this will already know me and my story) however on the off chance that you don't know. I'm a mom. That is the majority of what I am. I find being a parent VERY interesting, my little one is 9 and it has been just us from pretty much day one. I adore her. She is an amazing little person - who surprises me daily!
I also am a full time student, last year I decided to head back to school as I encountered a series of unfortunate events that have allowed me to change my life and career. God I hope it all works out.
ok...well I am out of things to say about myself as some form of an introduction so I shall return with far better things to say.
Happy Reading!
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