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