Life Path

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Your Life Path is one that emphasizes expression, sociability, and creativity as the lesson to be learned in this life.

You are among the entertainers of the world, bright, effervescent, sparkling people with very optimistic attitudes.

 

You possess the most exceptional creative skills: normally in the verbal realm, writing, speaking, acting, or similar endeavors.

The lesson to be learned with a 3 life path is that of achievement through expression.

The bright side of this path stresses harmony, beauty and pleasures; of sharing your creative talents with the world. Capturing your capability in creative self-expression is the highest level of attainment for this life path.

 

You are warm and friendly, a good conversationalist, social and open.

A good conversationalist both from the standpoint of being a delight to listen to, but even more importantly, one who has the ability to listen to others.

You are always a welcome addition to any social situation and know how to make others feel at home.

 

Your reative imagination is present, if sometimes latent, as the you may not be moved to develop you talent.

Your approach to life tends to be exceedingly positive, and your disposition is almost surely sunny and open-hearted.

You effectively cope with all of the many setbacks that occur in life and readily bounce back for more.

It is usually easy for you to deal with problems because you can freely admit the existence of problems without letting them get you down.

 

You have good manners and seem to be very conscious of other people's feelings and emotions.

Life is generally lived to the fullest, often without much worry about tomorrow.

You are not very good at handling money because of a general lack of concern about it.

You spend it when you have it and don't when you don't.

 

On the negative side, a 3 may be so delighted with the joy of living that the life becomes frivolous and superficial.

You may scatter your abilities and express little sense of purpose.

You can be an enigma, for no apparent reason you may become moody and tend to retreat.

Escapist tendencies are not uncommon with the 3 life path, and you find it very hard to settle into one place or one position.

Guard against being critical of others, impatient, intolerant, or overly optimistic.

 

Typically, the life path 3 gives an above-average ability in some art form.

This can encompass painting, interior decorating, landscaping, crafts, writing, music, or the stage, or all of the above.

You are apt to be a happy, inspired person, constantly seeking the stimuli of similar people.

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Tagged - 23rd Entry

Well I got tagged by Mara...this game is being played all over by Journalers...I know a couple of people over in England got tagged already so this thing has gone global.

What you do is go into your archives and find your 23rd Entry..scroll to your 5th line entry...and put it here:

Mine said....Seabiscuit & War Admiral.

It was an entry about my Dad being the first person to "break" both Seabiscuit and War Admiral in the early 1930's. 

The strange thing is....the only reader or only comment that I got on this particular entry was from Mara. Isn't that funny?

Now I have to "tag" five people to do this too..guess what you're it!!

Mzgoochi
Jayda30
Astaryth
Cherry2Sweet2Eat
Dcmeyer420

 

Then go tag another five each...we shall tag the world....LOL     Sandi

Bullies

Normally I try to keep myself upbeat, not to dwell on things I cannot really change. I never could stand a bully..so of course, when faced with a grown-up bully I fight back.   For the past year I have seen another journaler manipulate, lie, twist facts..anything..to get her ignorant points across. Unfortunately, she has been spewing her hatred of certain people for months on end. After several months of her constantly pounding home twisted facts several people started to believe the lies. So now this twisted soul had a following...some are people that I had respected at one time.    Today was a day that I was totally dismayed by the fact that my friend had to literally "bare" her soul to prove she was not a fraud or a liar. It took courage for her to do it, and it reaffirmed to me just what a strong soul she has.   Cancer is no laughing matter, it is not to be toyed with, made fun of in any way..to do so reveals such an evil in a person as to be considered pure filth.   So to those of you who have no patience for all the nonsense on the boards, I apologize for my part in this...but there was no way to ignore the hurtful slings & arrows aimed at my friend.   

Saturday Six

week's "Saturday Six" questions.  Either answer the questions in a comment here, or put the answers in an entry on your journal...but either way, leave a link to your journal so that everyone else can visit!  If you don't have an AOL journal, you can still play, but of course you'll at least need an AOL screen name, which you can get for free with AOL Instant Messenger, to be able to leave a comment here.  To be counted as "first to play," you must be the first player to either answer the questions in a comment or to provide a complete link to the specific entry in your journal in which you answer the questions.  A link to your journal in general cannot count.  (Again, if you're playing for the first time, please be sure to say so in the comment!)  Enjoy!


1. When is the last time you took a vacation and went basically nowhere?  Was it as relaxing as previous vacations where you have actually planned a trip?

1. Leaving my last job was a vacation in itself. But almost all my vacations have been spent up with my children, loving my grandbabies for the last eight years. Four kids under age 7? Relaxing? I think not! I love kids...bring em on. The monkey and I are ready.  My last planned trip was to my sister's in Washington State...just beautiful country.  I enjoyed myself  totally, it was a chance to reconnect with her, see her life from her view and she allowed me to unwind from my own life turmoils. So I have to say that my planned trip was much more relaxing.

2. Take this quiz:  Which historical lunatic are you?

2. Ye Gads..I'm the idiot Charles the IV of France.

a blithering, blubbering, babbling king..oh my.

3. READER'S CHOICE QUESTION #64 from Jaymi:   What is your favorite book from childhood and why?

3. I always loved The Jungle Book. The fact that someone could speak to the animals amazed me at a young age.  I always wanted to do that...hubby swears some animals do talk to me..at unusual times. Our resident Peacock will poke it's head around the corner at me, as if to say "Hello there..what are you up to today?"..and don't get me started on our Opposum..it thinks it's human, comes to the back door and wants in. Last time it brought it's kids...like "Here I am I'm moving in!"

4. READER'S CHOICE QUESTION #65 from Hannah:  What book character do you most identify with and why?

4. This one is difficult. I read too much. I used to love the Angelique series of books. It was written by a husband/wife team and they wrote so well. They had both perspectives male/female views interwined within their stories...I just fell in love with the characterization of Angelique. I still have all my copies...now I have to go and reread again....just because I can!

5. READER'S CHOICE QUESTION #66 from Holly:  What do you think is an appropriate gift to a party?  What do you consider a quality Christmas gift from an acquaintance to a party or get together, a friend, and a GREAT friend?

5. I would think a combination of decorative cheeses and wine would be appropriate for a holiday gift. It would serve as a nice gift for a party. A gift for a friend requires more thought..whatever your friend is into..a special book, a special puzzle etc.  Your knowledge of your friend should be put to good use in choosing the proper gift.  A very good friend is in itself a gift.

6. READER'S CHOICE QUESTION #67 from Judi:  If you had to make a choice for the rest of your life between food and sex, which would you choose, provided the following conditions: If you chose sex, you would never feel hungry, but just wouldn't be able to enjoy a nice meal or the tastes of good food or drink; if you chose food, you would no longer have the physical intimacy and pleasure, but you still wouldn't feel deprived of it.  In other words, whichever one you choose to give up will be a series of pleasures you'll never be able to experience firsthand again.

6. Oh, I can tell this one's answers are going to be interesting.  Hmmm...well, you can live without sex but you can't live without food. Now I know most men would rather die than give up sex....women, on the other hand are different story.  Not that I intend to give anything up...but faced with this type of situation...I would have to choose food.  I love to cook..always have..always will. 

Come play too at...http://journals.aol.com/pattboy92/PatricksPlace/entries/1290 

Tagged!!

 

Oh I have to admit it. I've been bad. I've been avoiding playing this game...and I really don't know why.

Anyway I got tagged by Lahoma, Courtney, Imperfectlyavg & if I forgot anyone else I apologize...here goes:

7 Things I Plan to Do Before I Die:

1) Finish writing the novel I started
2) Open My Own Flower Shop
3) Learn to Drive
4) Learn to take good Photos
5) Attend my Grand-daughters Weddings
6) Hold my Great-Grand babies
7) Love More

7 Things I Can Do:

1) Draw and Paint
2) Write Poetry
3) Write Stories
4) Gardening & Growing Plants
5) Pottery Casting
6) Gourmet Cooking
7) OOAK creations

7 Things I Can't Do:

1) Drive a Car (never learned how)
2) Climb high mountains...breathing problems
3) ignore someone I love
4) Shut up when I'm under verbal attack
5) Give up
6) Lie
7) Hate

7 Things That Attract Me To The Opposite Sex:

1) A sense of humor, wit and intelligence
2) Of course, a rock hardbody doesn't hurt
3) Rippling abs, thighs...whole nine yards
4) A masculine image with a hither come yonder look.
5) Eyes that peer into your very soul and set it on fire.
6) A man that only had eyes for you and let's you know it.
7) Someone you can count on..white knight in shinning armour..saves the day. Good Lord I've created a Ken doll! Bad Sandi!

7 Things I Say Most Often:

1) Hmmmmm
2) Oh, well....
3) Holy Crap!
4) Ugh..I've heard this before...
5) Say What?
6) Damn...sometimes double Damn
7) Jeeze....

7 Celebrity Crushes:

1) Patrick Swayeze
2) John Denver
3) Fabian
4) Sal Mineo
5) Elvis
6) Nicholas Cage
7) John Travolta

7 People I Want To Do This....well, I will try the following but I don't know if they have been picked as yet:

1) madmanadhd
2) anarchitek
3) chaispice1023
4) glopsblink
5) hestiahomeschool

Gave up on the others....Sandi

 

 

 

 

 

Four Years Later

Four years have passed. Time does not ease the pain.  I'm drawn back to that day like a moth is drawn to a candle flame. It plays over and over across my mind - like a never ending movie show.

I can tell you where I was, the horror and fear that I felt....nothing is faded.  Perhaps it is just as well, to have it fade would somehow not be fitting for this particular day of days.

I say a silent prayer for those that are gone, and for those whose lives were ripped apart on that bright oh so bright day in September, 2001.

Lord bless us all.....Sandi

Bits & Pieces

As I watched the T.V. seeing all the devastation spread across such a wide area...the people faces...the desperation...I could not help but write the following:

Bits and pieces hang waving  high in trees.
Life treasures so carelessly tossed.

 Faces staring blankly in two's and three's.

Stumble along intently seeking relief,

looking for the lost.

  Gentle people old, young - hearts melted.

 Lord help the children such grief did I see.

 Wring their hands at such a sight.

 Mighty men try with all their might to rescue the most.   Scenes of devastation as the city is lost.

 Nothing could stop it, nature gone wild at such a cost. Oh, my heart weeps at what I must view.

 The City with soul shall rise again, as a Phoenix from the ashes nothing less will do.

  Oh, ye Gods of fate one would go and one would stay. How high will the count go?

 Believe me I don't want to know.

Dear Lord there has to be a better way.

Hear our prayers for better days. 

A Nation of Grief

It's hard for me to put into words the feelings, the emotions that I have felt this past week as I watched the drama play out in the storm tossed area's of our country.

 I feel the vast majority of moral minded Americans felt sickened, betrayed and humbled by what they were viewing.  There is no worse feeling in this world than to want to be able to physically help someone and not be able to.

Sitting here, shouting at the T.V. "Get them off the roofs!" "Get more boats!" For the love of God...do something. 

Ok, I know that all cities are supposed to have an emergency plan for evacuating in case of a dire event.  Well, I personally think a lot of different things came in to play.

1) It was the 29th of the month, a lot of the residents are on either Social Security or benefits that come in on the first of the month...they had no money to leave.

2) A certain percentage could possibly of left, but wanted to stay to protect their "stuff"... I've seen it happen here in Florida too..people consider their "stuff" more important than their lives.

3) Absolutely no concern from the city or state government as to how the poor would leave other than head to the Super Dome.

4) Super Dome was understaffed, and not set up for 30,000 people they truly believed it would be about maximum 10,000.

5) There should of been buses commandeered from Grey Lines to travel tour buses to get the people out of the inner city.

6) It all comes down to preparation. They were not prepared for this at all.

7) The Federal government's response was slower than thick molasses poured on a winter's day...it was shameful.  The greatest nation in the world could not respond within hours? It took five to seven days? Someone's head should roll.

8) If they couldn't be reached by the roads, Paratroopers could of been dropped into the parking lot at the Dome to )believe me) instantly restore civilization within. That could of been done within hours of the storm's end. Then the food/water etc...heavy drops kept coming.  Chaos would not of reigned, some people would not of died...it just took planning.

9) Heaven Above...New Orleans sits on water, in water...send boats...little boats, big boats.  The Cruise liners to house people that was a no brainer but it took six days to do it. Hell, my folks made it to Alaska on a cruise in less than six days.  Hello?

10) Well, I have a thought, maybe some people won't like it too much but here goes....

The Federal government owns all kinds of houses that are being foreclosed, are in foreclosure....why not take those and offer the houses to people who lost their houses? These houses of course are all over the United States..it would mean that people would move permanently into a new area. It would spread the displaced people out and not concentrate them into one state...like Texas so they would not become a burden.

I know this would only take care of a percentage of the people, but it would be like the old time "Land rushes" that they used to have...remember the land giveaways of the old west?

I think it could work. I also think it would give these people something to look forward to in the future.

I've read a couple of blogs from abroad and people are shaking their heads over our response and I can't blame them one bit. I wanted an instant Hollywood ending to the story, John Wayne comes riding in and saves the day.  Harrison Fords conquers all. Mel Gibson finds a way to stop it.  Even Johnny does good, don't even get me started on Patrick Swayze....I need a Hero...

Hurricane

  My heart goes out to all.  I know so many people are weeping over viewing the terrible scenes of the people up there that have been affected by this awful tragedy.   I sat, watching on Tuesday, hearing the pathos in the reporter's voice as he reported that people were beyond themselves for news.  News of when the relief was coming, news about where they were going, anything that would connect them to the outside world.  Their radios, the batteries died...cell phones weren't working, they felt lost, alone and cut off.  That feeling alone was causing chaos in the Dome and the streets.   As we have had to so often in the past, pack up due to an impending hurricane, my husband had purchased two hand cranked, solar powered radios.  They have come in handy, last year we were without power for five days.  At least, we were connected because of the radios.   The company that sells them is C. Crane &  Company, a California based company.  I took a chance and immediately emailed C. Crane corporate offices and asked if there was any way that they could donate their radios to the hurricane effort.   I had not expected a reply.  This morning when I checked my emails this is what I found:     Dear Sandra,

We appreciate you taking the time to write our company. We have donated some Free Play Life Line Radios to the Red Cross to help the victims of the hurricane.

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Patty Guidry, Customer Support Specialist
C. Crane Company Inc.        Boy did that make me feel good.  C. Crane Company has my business from now on and I will rave about this company for a long time.  This is a company that shows what they are made of..and not just the almighty bottom line.  If you ever needto purchase a solar powered anything...please check them out. Good companies need to be held onto like precious jewels.