Ooohhrrrraahhhh.......

Am I going nuts that I am having some major flash back of life in the Marine Corps? For the past two days I've been having memories of the good and the ugly come to me. I cannot stop reflecting back as to what I had active or I cannot stop staring at pictures of the past. Only a few knows this feeling of connection of such a strong organization just because we are the few the proud the MARINES!

I'm just having one of those moments....

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Cover Your Cough

Fun with Alt Codes

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Touch My Hand

Snarky Archies: Fans of David Archuleta: touch my hand video! - Watch more Music Videos at Vodpod.

Little L

The difference between Military and Civilian Work

Military personnel take care of each other while Civilians take care of themselves first!!

Dog groomed in office

Sorry kira. I'm gonna get you cutter today!
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hmmm

So ive been thinking today..
Gym or no Gym...

actually im going to have to pass and indulge myself in crap food!!!

Im just not in the mood to workout today.

yeah who cares... im just blabbing.. or should i say Blogging!!! hehe

My Deck is almost done!

Thanks Grant for doing this. Your work is awesome!

Lemon butt on my lemon tree

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In the Garden Today

Here are some photos of the plants in the garden today and also some of my Succulent collection.

As you can tell, Im in my garden a lot.

so today I had to dead head flowers and kill weeds while my deck is being built in the back yard, which is going to be another post. =)

I love margaritas....

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Its friday

What a gorgeous day today and of course its Friday dammit! Lol
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Just too cute to not Post!

Front yard DONE!

PetPac: PETA Kills

PetPAC has uncovered a an official government report which claims that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has set a new record in killing over 95% of the dogs and cats in its care last year.

This is a disgrace and must be stopped! Sign our petition today to stop the pet killing.

PETA has an annual budget of $32 million much of it spent on advertising and yet they refuse to embrace a no-kill shelter policy which save thousands of dogs and cats under their control.

PETA spends millions of dollars on campaigns attempting to eliminate pet owners rights. While they call themselves animal rights advocates their record with animal shelters spotlights they are often a dog or cats worse nightmare.

PetPAC an organization of over 65,000 pet owners is working for a no-kill shelter policy to help stop these killings. Make a contribution today to help PetPAC fight for a no-kill shelter policy and against PETA's pet killing programs.

Sincerely,

Bill Hemby
Chairman

American idol results

So Lil Rounds went home and so did Anoop.

Matt G was saved so my prediction was wrong on him. I hope we get to see something great from him!

Its bed time. Goodnite!
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Goodbye to two American Idol contestant tonight!!

Goodbye Lil Rounds... its your time to go. You are an amazing singer but you need to really find out who you are as an artist. The other contestants are already proving who they are and what they can do. It's your time to go!!

Matt G... it is also your time to go. You are an amazing singer but being consistant is something that I am looking for as you are not that consistant. There was a moment when Matt performed really well in the start of live show and then started going downhill. My favorite performance from Matt had to be "So Small", the Carrie Underwood song.

other than that.....

My Predictions for top 3: Kris Allen, Adam Lambert, & Allison Iraheta.

Newsom makes his official governor bid online

(04-21) 08:45 PDT -- Aiming to stake his claim to the tech-savvy young voters who helped elect President Obama, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, 41, today took to the new media to formally announce he's running for governor - by directly addressing hundreds of thousands of supporters simultaneously via YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.

to the same old tired ideas and expect the same result," the Democrat told supporters in his three-minute YouTube announcement, part of the unprecedented "virtual fly-around" campaign announcement done entirely in the new media.

The gubernatorial candidate's announcement video, which premiered on his Web page, GavinNewsom.com, utilizes three languages - English, Spanish and Mandarin - as well as images of solar technology, schools and health care facilities. It argued that Newsom - now in his second term as the city's mayor - has created jobs, helped San Francisco establish a rainy day reserve and budgetary "sound fiscal policy," and has tackled the challenge of providing universal health care to the uninsured.

In his announcement, Newsom says his record on issues like environmental and green technology issues, health care and government spending "isn't conservative or progressive. It's just plain smart for everyone."

His advisers hope the unusual new media-based campaign rollout reaches an estimated half-million computer users in the first 24 hours - which would underscore what Newsom has called a "2.0 campaign" for the 2010 Democratic nomination. A key target will be the "millennial" voters, those technology-bred Californians born between 1982 and 2003 - part of the largest and most diverse generation in history - who helped boost Obama to the presidency, his advisers said.

Though other political candidates in California and nationwide have employed various new media outlets to bolster their campaigns - Hillary Rodham Clinton's famed YouTube campaign announcement or Obama's unprecedented use of Facebook, both in the 2008 presidential campaign - Newsom's team said his approach today represented a landmark because of its scope and variety.

"No candidate has ever used all of these tools at once - and it had to happen with a candidate from the Bay Area. This is the capital of new media," said Newsom's political consultant Eric Jaye, who noted that San Francisco-based Twitter, Palo Alto-based Facebook and San Bruno-based YouTube, now a subsidiary of Google, are all located in the region.

Jaye said the mayor has amassed some 270,000 followers on Twitter - second only to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger - as well as 40,000 on Facebook, 150,000 names on his campaign e-mail lists, and reaches thousands of others with his regular blogs on the Huffington Post and Daily Kos, two progressive Web sites.

Newsom is expected to bolster the "virtual" campaign with some more traditional face-to-face politics this week - holding a meeting today with employees at the Palo Alto headquarters of Facebook, the social network site, as well as a press conference.

Later in the week, he's expected to hold town hall events in Fresno and Bakersfield, as well as campaign events in Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego.

Garry South, a senior adviser to Newsom - and a veteran California consultant who helped the last Democratic governor, Gray Davis, win statewide election twice - said that in the 21st century and in the wake of the Obama campaign's groundbreaking use of technology, announcing a campaign through the standard fly-around "is passe."

"The Obama campaign changed politics in America forever, from top to bottom. And anyone who tries to use the old model will find, like Hillary Clinton did, that it doesn't work anymore," South said. "We're going to take this campaign for governor to places that no other race has gone."

With about 13 months to go before the 2010 gubernatorial primaries, Newsom - by formally jumping into the race today - confirms what has long been expected regarding his political ambitions in the nation's most populous state. The mayor has been exploring a candidacy for governor since July, traveling up and down the state meeting voters and raising money.

Newsom's announcement comes just days before the state Democratic convention will convene in Sacramento, where more than 1,000 delegates are expected to hear from potential 2010 gubernatorial candidates.

Those include state Attorney General Jerry Brown, 71, who has already served two terms as governor, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, 56, who was only recently re-elected to a second term. Neither has made a formal announcement for the race.

Democratic Lt. Gov. John Garamendi, 64, has already announced his campaign for governor, but he has also strongly suggested he is considering a run for the 10th Congressional District seat soon to be vacated by Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Walnut Creek, who has been tapped for a role in the Defense Department.

Among Republicans, state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman - two wealthy Silicon Valley-based technology executives - are still raising money through exploratory committees, as is former San Jose Rep. Tom Campbell, who is also from Silicon Valley.

Newsom, in the YouTube announcement that announces his formal bid, indirectly takes a jab at some of his competitors, suggesting the state is sorely in need of fresh blood - and fresh ideas - to tackle its myriad economic and social problems.

The mayor tells voters that the state's leaders must "stop looking backward and start looking for solutions."

Newsom told The Chronicle in an interview that his campaign message will also underscore his lengthy experience as a businessman.

The mayor, who co-founded the PlumpJack Group - a winery that has expanded to include hotel and restaurant interests - said he has "created jobs and a business plan," met payroll for hundreds of employees and understands the fiscal realities of doing business in the state.

"I'm taking that real experience into the public realm," he said. "If voters want a hardheaded pragmatist, I've lived in that world."

But as the top executive in a city considered one of the nation's most liberal bastions, Newsom also faces considerable challenges in his coming race.

His actions as mayor to facilitate same-sex marriage in San Francisco have become the focus of years of legal wrangling - and his statements that gay marriage, "like it or not," would be the law of the land were used to good effect in ads that supported Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriage and was approved by voters in November 2008. The city's sanctuary city policy - which has been widely criticized by Republicans, including Whitman - may also be fodder in the campaign.

E-mail Carla Marinucci at cmarinucci@sfchronicle.com.

 

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My Backyard

So this is m backyard so far,.. nothing much but its beginning to look like something.

Im really digging my Smith and Hawkins set tho!!

Today in the Garden

It was a HOT one today and boy it felt great to get things done in the front yard.

Finally the last of the mulch is put in and now its time to enjoy the plants in its setting.

My Canna's growing

The Second rose bloom of the season!!

My attempt of arranging plants in a hanging basket

Flowering Maple finally flowering

The freakin pollen that I sniffed up my nose to see if the Flowering Maple had a scent... now im saying "Fuckin Allergies!!"

Flax with flower buds.. cant wait to see it in full bloom!


My Haworthia shooting up a flower stalk!
Echeveria getting ready to bloom

My other Hawthoria shooting a flower stalk.

Awaiting the Hydrangea to flower.


New Lizard driper for the Hydrangea.

Rhododendron 'Horizon Lakeside', our favorite plant in the garden so far!!

Doggy Play Day at Pt Isobel.

Tundra, Gunner and Ginger enjoying playing with friends at Pt Isobel in the Water.

House Update: Front Yard Garden

BLAH

Gosh its Friday and im feeling BLAH...

BLAH is the word...
Busy morning at work already didnt even have a chance to sit down or anything. just BLAH from the moment that I stepped into the door.

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

any good jokes?

A WOMAN'S WEEK A T THE GYM

If you read this without laughing out loud, there is something wrong
with you. This is dedicated to everyone who ever attempted to get into a
regular workout routine.

Dear Diary,
For my birthday this year, my daughter (the dear) purchased a week
of personal training at the local health club for me.

Although I am still in great shape since being a high school
football cheerleader 43 years ago, I decided it would be a good idea to go
ahead and give it a try.

I called the club and made my reservations with a personal trainer
named Belinda, who identified herself as a 26-year-old aerobics instructor
and model for athletic clothing and swim wear.

My daughter seemed pleased with my enthusiasm to get started! The
club encouraged me to keep a diary to chart my progress.
_____________________________
MONDAY:
Started my day at 6:00 a.m.  Tough to get out of bed, but found it
was well worth it when I arrived at the health club to find Belinda waiting
for me. She is something of a Greek goddess - with blond hair, dancing eyes
and a dazzling white smile. Woo Hoo!!

Belinda gave me a tour and showed me the machines. I enjoyed
watching the skillful way in which she conducted her aerobics class after my
workout today. Very inspiring!

Belinda was encouraging as I did my sit-ups, although my gut was
already aching from holding it in the whole time she was around. This is
going to be a FANTASTIC week-!!
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TUESDAY:
I drank a whole pot of coffee, but I finally made it out the door.
Belinda made me lie on my back and push a heavy iron bar into the air then
she put weights on it! My legs were a little wobbly on the treadmill, but I
made the full mile. Belinda's rewarding smile made it all w orthwhile. I feel
GREAT-!! It's a whole new life for me.
_______________________________
WEDNESDAY:
The only way I can brush my teeth is by laying the toothbrush on the
counter and moving my mouth back and forth over it. I believe I have a
hernia in both pectorals. Driving was OK as long as I didn't try to steer or
stop. I parked on top of a GEO in the club parking lot.

Belinda was impatient with me, insisting that my screams bothered
other club members. Her voice is a little too perky for that early in the
morning and when she scolds, she gets this nasally whine that is VERY
annoying.

My chest hurt when I got on the treadmill, so Belinda put me on the
stair monster. Why the heck would anyone invent a machine to simulate an
activity rendered obsolete by elevators? Belinda told me it would help me
get in shape and enjoy life. She said some other crap too.
_______________________________
THURSDAY:
Belinda was waiting for me with her vampire-like teeth exposed as
her thin, cruel lips were pulled back in a full snarl. I couldn't help being
a half an hour late - it took me that long to tie my shoes. Belinda took me
to work out with dumbbells. When she was not looking, I ran and hid in the
restroom. She sent another skinny witch to find me.Then, as punishment, she
put me on the rowing machine -- which I sank.
____________________
FRIDAY:
I hate that witch Belinda more than any human being has ever hated
any other human being in the history of the world. Stupid, skinny, anemic,
anorexic little cheerleader. If there was a part of my body I could move
without unbearable pain, I would beat her with it.
Belinda wanted me to work on my triceps. I don't have any triceps!
And if you don't want dents in the floor, don't hand me the stupid barbells
or anything that weighs more than a sandwich.

The treadmill flung me off and I landed on a health and nutrition teacher. Why couldn't it have been someone softer, like the  drama coach or the choir director?
________________________________
SATURDAY:
Belinda left a message on my answering machine in her grating,
shrilly voice wondering why I did not show up today. Just hearing her voice
made me want to smash the machine with my planner; however, I lacked the
strength to even use the TV remote and ended up catching eleven straight
hours of the Weather Channel.
________________________________
SUNDAY:
I'm having the Church van pick me up for services today so I can go
and thank GOD that this week is over. I will also pray that next year my
daughter (the little brat) will choose a gift for me that is fun -- like a
root canal or a hysterectomy. I still say if God had wanted me to bend over,
he would have sprinkled the floor with diamonds!!!





........if any of you are planning to give a "fitness"gift certificate for Mother's Day, or
        a birthday gift.........FORGET IT !!!!

 

Bagels mmmm.......

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