Day 2, 10 Things I Love

1. My Children

2. Bill and Erin

3. Slapshot and Josie

4. My Family

5. Good coffee

6. uninterrupted sleep

7. Fine fabrics

8. Art, making it and viewing it

9. Clean sheets off a clothes line

10.God, actually he's first because without Him the other things wouldn't exist

Ten Day Challenge Day 1, 10 Things about me

1. I love being a mother

2. I have never been really in love.

3. I am an artist.

4. I am a very good nurse even without a BSN.

5. I am a very good cook.

6. I love to fish

7. I don't like to eat fish

8. I am very religious even though I don't go to Mass very often

9. I am very studious, if something interests me I learn all I can about it.

10.I love dogs, aside from my own dogs my next favorite breed is Pit Bulls.

Bicycle Cop

I saw the most amazing thing on Wed. It truly was a YouTube moment but happened so unexpectedly there was no time for a camera. I work in an old Mall that had been left to ruin until it was converted to state of the art Vanderbilt Health Clinics. Wed. afternoon I was standing outside in the back ONE-WAY alley smoking a cigarette with my friend Karen. A VUPD police officer rode by us on his police bike. We waved and he rode on by waving back.Next thing we knew a big SUV sped by us going the wrong way in the alley. Behind the SUV in hot pursuit was the bicycle cop pedaling as fast as he could with a little blue light flickering on the front of his bike. I mean we are talking a little light the size of a mini mag flashlight, just flickering away. Karen and I died laughing. All that was missing was the cop making siren noises. They apparently don't put sirens on police bikes. I wonder if he was radioing ahead to headquarters located around the bend in the alley to throw down the spike strips in the alley! Vandy's finest at work. Got to admire that cop for giving it all he had, sadly I doubt the SUV could even see him in the rear view mirror. Close your eyes and try to get a visual on this as there are no pictures of this awesome event.
Just to make it perfectly clear, this was a very funny moment but our Vanderbilt Police do an incredible job. They have reduced the crime in the area of this old mall to almost nothing. The retail stores on the street level have <3% shoplifting since the VUPD arrived and the movie theater next door is now a safe place to visit, where in the past there was guaranteed at least one shooting a night on the weekends. They might want to consider giving the cops horses instead of bicycles though. Yee Haaw!

Through the Years

OK, so I'm a goober but I like Kenny Rogers. Today I was listening to him on my iPOD in the car. This song came on and instantly a vision came into my mind of a picture Lizzy got at her first SEARCH. All of a sudden the words of this song took on a whole new meaning for me.


I can't remember when you weren't there
When I didn't care for anyone but you
I swear we've been through everything there is
Can't imagine anything we've missed
Can't imagine anything the two of us can't do

Through the years, you've never let me down
You turned my life around, the sweetest days I've found
I've found with you ... Through the years
I've never been afraid, I've loved the life we've made
And I'm so glad I've stayed, right here with you
Through the years

I can't remember what I used to do
Who I trusted whom, I listened to before
I swear you've taught me everything I know
Can't imagine needing someone so
But through the years it seems to me
I need you more and more

Through the years, through all the good and bad
I knew how much we had, I've always been so glad
To be with you ... Through the years
It's better everyday, you've kissed my tears away
As long as it's okay, I'll stay with you
Through the years


Through the years, when everything went wrong
Together we were strong, I know that I belonged
Right here with you ... Through the years
I never had a doubt, we'd always work things out
I've learned what love's about, by loving you
Through the years