Just A Second....

This article was recently posted on Yahoo......

"Wait a second. The start of next year will be delayed by circumstances beyond every one's control. Time will stand still for one second on New Year's Eve, as we ring in the New Year on that Wednesday night. As a result, you'll have an extra second to celebrate because a "Leap Second" will be added to 2008 to let a lagging Earth catch up to super-accurate clocks.
By international agreement, the world's timekeepers, in order to keep their official atomic clocks in step with the world's irregular but gradually slowing rotation, have decreed that a Leap Second be inserted between 2008 and 2009.

The extra second, ordered by the world's nominal timekeeper, the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, will be marked officially at the stroke of midnight on Wednesday in Greenwich, England, the home of what is popularly known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) – Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to the more technically inclined – the standard time for the planet.

So at precisely 23:59:60 at Greenwich, England, on New Year's Eve, there will be a one-second void before the onset of midnight and the start of the New Year. Wednesday will see the 24th Leap Second that has been needed since the practice was initiated in 1972, and will be the first in three years."

So I ask you...... What difference does a second make? Does it mean anything? What does it represent? A "lost kiss?" A "lost thought?" A "chance not taken?" "A word not spoken?"

Damn, something thought to be so minute, something so insignificant can in turn mean so much. If we lose that second where does it go? Do we we seize the moment and use it, or do we hold our breath and wait for it to disappear, never to be used again....... Just a second, can mean so much.....

Merry Christmas.......

A new GPS for me, hanging on my tree!

A beautiful Garmin Colorado 400T!

Pumpkin........

Yep, it's a pumpkin. Beautiful and simple. Just a plain, little pumpkin given to me by my 10 year old son. Given with a smile and a kiss. Yes, this is the perfect pumpkin, given out of love....

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Got To Begin Again......

Got To Begin Again.....
Billy Joel

Well so, here I am at the end of the road
Where do I go from here?
I always figured it would be like this
Still nothin' seems to be quite clear

All the words have been spoken
And the prophecy fulfilled
But I just can't decide where to go
Yes, it's been quite a day
And I should go to sleep
But tomorrow I will wake up and I'll know
That I've got to begin again
Though I don't know how to start
Yes, I've got to begin again, and it's hard

Well, it's been quite a while since I lifted my head
And I'm sure the light will hurt my eyes
I see the way that I've been spendin' my days
And reality has caught me by surprise
I was dreamin' of tomorrow
So I sacrificed today
And it sure was a grand waste of time
And despite all the truth
that's been thrown in my face
I just can't get you out of my mind
But I've got to begin again
Though I don't know how to start
Yes, I've got to begin again, and it's hard
Yes, it's hard, oh, ooh, ooh

Billy Joel....

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Yesterday is gone, the past I cannot change.....
But tomorrow will be a better day,
Cause I know......
I got a lotta' love, still comin' my way....
I deserve a second chance,
and I'm the one to give it
It starts right here, right now...
Let it begin with me....

M....

God Bless You America.....

On this eve of one of the most costly and politically charged elections of all time, I find myself holding my breath and saying a prayer. God Bless You America, not damn you, but God Bless You..... May we survive and thrive with the outcome of this election.....

Ladies Night .......

Every year, one of my best girlfriends and I throw a party for our favorite girl friends. Some of the faces are the same every year, sometimes they change. This year many of the faces have changed since I no longer work where she does and have added a few friends of my own.

We take turns hosting the event at either of our houses. This year I'll be going to her house. We send out fancy invitations, no children, no men, just women who remain friends throughout all the changes in our jobs, our men, through broken hearts, failed careers and life.

This years menu is: Brie, Crab Puffs, Artichoke Hearts, Spinach Pear Salad, Fillet Mignon, Bacon Wrapped Prawns and Caramel Cheesecake. And oh yes, this years beverage of choice is Wine. The designated drivers are standing by and the case of wine is being unloaded.

So to my friends with whom I'm about to consume large amounts of alcohol with and share in some great food and laughs, an oldie but goodie comes to mind.....

Ladies Night by Cool & The Gang......

Mm oh yeah,what a night
Oh yes it's ladies night
And the feeling's right
Oh yes it's ladies night
Oh what a night, oh what a night

Girls, y'all got one
A night that's special everywhere
From New York to Hollywood
It's ladies night and girl
the feeling's good
(*Repeat 2 times)

Romantic Lady , single baby
Mm sophisticated mama
Come on you disco lady yeah
Stay with me tonight , mama ,yeah

If you hear any noise
It ain't the boys, it's ladies night , uh huh

Gonna step out ladies night
Steppin' out ladies night
Gonna step out ladies night
Steppin' out ladies night

On disco lights your name will be seen
You can fullfill all your dreams
Party here, party there, everywhere
This is your night, baby
You've got to be there

This is your night Tonight,
everything is gonna be alright (repeat)

Come on let's all celebrate(repeat)

Oh ladies night and the feeling's right
Come on let's all celebrate
Lovely lady, lady, I love you

Girls, y'all got one (what?)
A night that's special everywhere
You dance, you smile, the guys go wild
So chic so fine you all looks so divine

Details to follow.........

Tomorrow....

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." -John Wayne

Watching You, Watching Me, Watching you, Watch Me....

You think your special?
So did I....
I thought I had his heart,
Since I loved him from the start.

Through you, I live my past.
I watch your moves
Only to remember my own.
A repetition of days gone by....

A game of tennis, a point scored.
A photo taken, a photo shared.
A dance, a sweet embrace.
A concert shared, a song remembered....

A touch so light.
A kiss so deep.
An embrace so tight.
A release so slow....

One heart broken,
Another soars.
One tear drops,
The other smiles....

At one time, he was mine,
A moment later, he was yours.
But facts are the same,
There is only one winner in this game....

She's the one who rolls the dice,
Who writes the rules.
Who dreams her own dream
Of a soul far away....

What a silly game we chose to play.
Risking it all for a love far away.
Clinging to someone,
Who is as lost as we are....

Love....

There are a million songs I could sing, to tell you how I feel.

Perhaps, I should quote a phrase from some long, dead, famous soul.

But those words would only belong to someone else but me.

You hold my heart within, the palm of your hand.

You may choose a soul other then my own,

But facts remain, despite my pain, I'll love you to the end.....

Stronger Woman - Jewel.....

I guess you could say I'm one of those girls
That's always been with one of those guys
You know the type
Like right now, he sleeps while I write
But it's better than crying
I'm worn out from trying
From loving a man who always makes it clear
I'm not welcome here
Just when he's hungry or frisky or needs something clean
You know what I mean

But not tonight
'Cause come the morning light
I'm gonna love myself more than anyone else
Believe in me, even if someone can't see
A stronger woman in me

I'm going to be my own best friend
Stick with me till the end
Won't lose myself again, never, no,
'Cause there's a stronger woman,
A stronger woman in me

Light bulbs buzz, I get up
And head to my drawer
I wish there was more
I could say
Another fairytale fades to gray
I've lived on hope
Like a child
Walking that mile
Faking that smile
All the while
Wishing my heart had wings

But from now on,
I'm going to be
The kind of woman
I'd want my daughter to be, oh

I'm gonna love myself more than anyone else
Believe in me, even if someone can't see
A stronger woman in me
I'm gonna be my own best friend
Stick with me till the end
I won't lose myself again, never, no
'Cause there's a stronger woman,
A stronger woman

This is me, packing up my bags
And this is me, headed for the door
And this is me, t
he best you ever had
I'm going to love myself
More than anyone else
Believe in me even if someone can't see
The stronger woman in me
I'm going to be my own best friend
Stick with me till the end
Won't lose myself again, no, no
'Cause there's a stronger woman
A stronger woman
There's a stronger woman,
A stronger woman in me


Thanks to you my friend, A Stronger Woman I will be.....

It Is What It Is.........

I saw a show tonight so profound it may quite possibly have changed my life. About a man dieing from Cancer. A noble, brave, honorable type of man. The kind of man that has left footprints in the souls of almost every person he has crossed....

While the man's courage and conviction of his destiny left me in awe, his wife who will one day be the survivor of the legacy he leaves behind, affected me just as much.

When speaking of her husband's impending death she said, "It is, what it is." Simple and pure, spoken in truth and compassion. A fact she cannot change but instead embraces with knowledge that how she deals with her loss may be greater then pretending it never existed.

We all experience loss, lose grasp of the very things that make us feel alive, make us feel loved, makes us part of who we are. Somewhere along the line, someone takes a left, when we take a right and as we look over our shoulder in search of our destiny, the plan we envisioned, the dream we nurtured we find it running in the opposite direction of no fault of our own.

Maybe, just maybe our destiny, is bigger then a person, place or thing. Maybe our destiny is a chance not taken on their part, a path the lazy man cannot follow, a destination not achievable by all. Maybe our desires are greater, grander, felt with more conviction then theirs. Maybe, just maybe, life 'It is what it is.' Maybe it's God letting us know, that there is something so much more in store for us, then that little thing, person, goal that we thought meant everything......

Maybe it really isn't maybe. Perhaps things happen for a reason. To learn and grow bigger then the things we thought were possible. Maybe God believes we are capable of so much more. I think beliveing in ourselves is far more important then believing in those around us...... Maybe surviving has everything to do with ourselves, and maybe we deserve so much more then "that" person is capable of giving, maybe we give "them" so much more then they deserve. Maybe it's up to us, Maybe, "It Is What It Is".............

Have A Litte Faith In Me........

When the road gets dark
And you can no longer see
Just let my love throw a spark,
baby Have a little faith in me

When the tears you cry
Are all you can believe
Just give these loving arms a try,
baby Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me

When your secret heart
Cannot speak so *easily*
Come here darlin’
From a whisper start
To have a little faith in me

When your back’s against the wall
Just turn around, you will see I will catch ya,
I will catch your fall
Just have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me
Have a little faith in me

Well, I’ve been loving you for such a long, long time baby
Expecting nothing in return
Just for you to have a little faith in me
You see time, time is our friend *for you and me*
Cause for us there is no end
All you gotta do is have a little faith in me

I said I will hold you up, I will hold you up
Your strength gives me enough
So have a little faith in me

Hey baby, oh, baby
All ya gotta do is have a little faith in me
All ya gotta do is have a little faith in me
A little faith in me

I'm happy to say, today, I believe in me..............

You are My I Love You....

I am your parent;

you are my child.

I am your quiet place;

you are my wild.

I am your calm face;

you are my giggle.

I am your wait;

you are my wiggle.

I am your carriage ride;

you are my king.

I am your push'

you are my swing.

I am your audience;

you are my clown.

I am your London Bridge;

you are my falling down.

I am your carrot sticks;

you are my licorice.

I am your dandelion;

you are my wish.

I am your water wings;

you are my deep.

I am your open arms;

you are my running leap.

I am you way home;

you are my new path.

I am your dry towel;

you are my wet bath.

I am you dinner;

you are my chocolate cake.

I am your betime;

you are my wide awake.

I am your finish line;

you are my race.

I am your praying hands;

you are my saying grace.

I am your favorite book;

you are my new lines.

I am your night-light;

you are my starshine.

I am your lullaby;

you are my peekaboo.

I am your good-night kiss;

you are my I love you.

Written by: Maryann K. Cusimano