Lake Havasu

Julie and I drove up to Lake Havasu to meet some friends and go out on the boat.  We had a good time, but we had an even better time later when she and I went out on our own and got crazy.

On the drive back, we ran across this weird art exhibit type thing in the middle of nowhere and stopped to take a look.  It was definitely interesting.

Here are the photos

6am In My New House

It is 6am and I could not sleep. I woke up at 3am and noticed it was very bright in my backyard. It is usually so dark back there when all the lights are off, so I got up to see what it was. I walked out my bedroom door into the back yard (I finally have a sliding glass door in my bedroom leading to my yard! yeah!) and when I walked out I noticed that it was the moon. It is not quite full (I think they call it a waxing gibbous), but it was very bright on my back yard. Kind of cool having my own house and noticing all the little things and really starting to get to know my house.

I have been doing an awful lot of thinking lately. I feel pretty centered lately, but not quite content. I have a lot going on with the house and everything. It is a fixer-upper and I am already realizing how much time and money will be involved. And I am excited very much, but it is a bit stressful at times.

I Bought My First House!

I bought a house last week. Finally!!!! It was a foreclosure and a fixer upper. It is a 4 bedroom, 2 bath house with a fireplace and a wet bar in the living room and a fireplace in the master
bedroom and a pool in the back yard and a gazebo with a built in grill and sink and cabinets (an outdoor kitchen) and a huge workshop with
running water and electricity and air conditioning (a great future kids
play house) and it is all sooooooo wonderful and it is mine and I bought
it for $95,000.

There is some work that needs to be done, but it will be soooo fun. Check back soon for a new section of my web site that shows my home-improvement progress with pictures.

New Friends

I have not written much lately. Not that I have not had a lot to say. It is just that the winds of change have been blowing me in all kinds of crazy directions. Wow! After September 11th, I needed a break from the news and went out to a bar to have a few drinks and see a band play. Of course the news was on at the bar and the bartender could not find a channel without all the wreckage of New York being displayed. Then a man came over and sat by me and introduced himself. He seemed like a very nice guy, but I was not in the mood to be hit on. Of course that did not stop me from being courteous and having a conversation with him. Before I knew it, I was dancing with him and he was actually a very good dancer. He invited me to come to his house and see his band play for band practice. He said they had just formed their band and I should check it out. Now this is not something that I would normally do, but I did. Their band was great, they do covers of Zeppelin (which you all know will get my heart beating) and other stuff like Beatles, and 7 Mary Three. Dave, who I met at the bar is truly amazing on guitar, but what really grabbed me was the singer, Grant. He is amazing.

Since then, Grant and I have been hanging out quite regularly. We seem to be exactly what each of us needs right now and it has been absolutely wonderful. He fits my November 2, 2000 entry very well. It is almost scary.

Rose Colored Glasses

I find beauty in everything. During the course of my life, I have often been told that I am naive or that I live in a fantasy land. I used to take this criticism to heart, however, I now am sad that more people cannot be this way. As I get older, I find more and more people being cynical. Most people tell me that it is merely realism. What the heck is realism? Realism must be different for each person because your realism and my realism do not seem to be the same. My realism is not shadowed with negativity. I take what I need and leave the rest, and what I need is the beautiful things. Mark always tells me that I am living in a fantasy land and that the world is not made up of rose petals. What difference does it all make? I am happy in my fantasy world. Why should I change that? I know some older folk who claim to be realists. They are bitter. Maybe I view the world through rose colored glasses, but I am content and non-jaded.

Catching Up

What a crazy couple of weeks!!!!!!!
Halloween was great. I hope to have pictures here soon. I was a vampiress and I think I looked pretty good. Grant was a Vampire and we won a $20 bar tab at Hollywood Alley. That was pretty cool.
The Diamondbacks won the world series, and that was awesome. What a great series it was.
Other than that, I have been moving and moving and moving. I am finally just about settled in my new place. It is a little tiny apartment that I will be staying at for a little while until I buy my house (hopefully in February). It is crazy living in an apartment after living in a big house, but it is actually quite nice and all of my neighbors are wonderful.
I think that is all for now.
Peace.