August 14, 2008 - Today is my daughter's 27th birthday! I just called her and wished her a happy birthday. She lives in L.A.
Bert and I got remarried on June 22, 2008. If you want to see pictures, go to my other web site: angelstarcreations.com and go to the photos section.
It was a wonderful wedding and our daughter came out here (from L.A.) to attend as well as my brother and his wife and one of my sisters and her husband (from Massachusetts).
I have moved most of my free web sites to the site that I pay for. Much easier to take care of.
I got my Yahoo account back for good. Thank goodness, I've had that account since like 1997 or something like that. I also remembered what birthdate I used.
I no longer work at the UNM-Taos Library and I am not taking any college classes this fall and I didn't take any over the summer. I was busy! I sprained my foot a week before my wedding. That hurt! It's still not totally better. I had to wear crutches for the wedding. I walked down the "isle" in crutches. Then we got me a wheel chair so our daughter could push me around because she stayed for a week after the wedding. What fun! It was SO great having her here. I hadn't seen her since the beginning of 2006 and Bert hadn't seen her since 1999! She came out here with a couple of her friends by car and then flew back to L.A.
I recently acquired Adobe Premier Pro 7 and I'm working on making a movie of the wedding. Then I will make it into a DVD and send it to family members. Nothing fancy. Just a combination of some of the videos and pictures that were taken during the wedding.
All is well. In fact, all is Excellent!
Our two cats are getting along great!! I just love them both to pieces. They are SO cute. Especially when they sleep together.
Shakti is about 5 years old and Sparky is now a couple of years old.
Erica brought me my album of postcards. Plus I joined a couple of swap places so I now have even MORE postcards. They are cool.
She also scanned in some of my photos from "my" photo albums - which she has. She did the ones up until Bert and I got married the first time in 1977. Perhaps I will get the rest of them one day.
February 23, 2008 - I'm getting married!!! In June!!! I am remarrying Bert!!! My daughter is coming out and some other family members. It should be FUN!
We got a new cat! He's SO adorable. His name is Sparky and he's about 9 or 10 months old. He and Shakti were hissy-fitting over each other but they will get over it.
Erica sent me my stamp album. I just like looking at it. I have been collecting postage stamps since the 1970s!
March 25, 2007 - Hmmmmm.... It's been a while. The Yahoo account that I've mentioned below? I got it back and then lost it again. I don't know what's going on. I'm meditating again on occasion and I learned some relaxation and breathing techniques that I like to do.
July 1, 2006 - I just lost one of my Yahoo accounts. I guess it's my fault. Well, I guess someone was looking over my shoulder while I was using a public computer and must have stolen my password. A note to everyone: When you open a Yahoo account they ask for a birthdate. Be sure you use your own, or use one you won't forget. I signed up for that account before 1999; I thought I used my own birthdate. Now I can't get in because I apparently used something other than my birthdate. I can't imagine what else I might have used. The people who stole my password never did anything else, but I can't use that account any more. That account had an email, a website, Yahoo chat, Yahoo Music, and other things attached to it. I also had to cancel my credit card and make many changes to many of my websites. It's the pits.
May 19, 2006 - I've basically quit all the Metaphysical, New Age stuff in my life. Anyone want to write to tell me that I should keep searching? The man I had been learning from is a smoker and can't control his urges - in smoking that is. I ruined my lungs from being in his place. What should I do? I am not going to learn from him any more, that's for sure. I don't think I can learn any more from a person like that. Maybe I'll get a boost again one of these days in that area of my life. Maybe it's a lost cause for us here in the "Material World". I've learned a lot throughout my life. But, was it of any use? That is the question! I don't make much money, I don't even have health or life insurance! I don't make enough money to afford to pay for health or life insurance. I'm now 55 years old. What have I done with my life? How much longer will I have to live this life? And what will it be like when it's over? Will I be happy in the here-after about what I have done in the here?
March 15, 2006 - I was watching part of an old TV show from the 70's last night on Youtube.com. It brought to me how much things have changed over the years. Particularly regarding TV. Back then we never expected that we were going to see a particular TV show again, ever. Maybe there would be a re-run over the summer but that was it, and only some shows had re-runs. We had three TV channels to choose from plus public TV, and we accepted whatever they fed to us - we had to. The Ed Sullivan Show and many other TV shows were a live, does that happen much any more? There was no way to record a show. Now we have VCR's and DVD players. We have IPod and ICast and can watch Music Videos and music clips over and over again on places like YouTube and Yahoo. When I saw the Beatles for the first time in the 60's there was no thought that I would ever see that particular broadcast again. That was a one-time shot as far as I was concerned at the time - now they are all over the Internet and available on VHS or DVD. When we had to choose between two television shows that were playing at the same time, we didn't think we would be able to see the one we didn't watch, unless it happened to be a re-run. Things have changed a lot over the years and not only with TV.
8-14-05 - It's my daughter's birthday today. She's turned 24! I called her and wished her a happy birthday!
I've practiced TM for over 20 years. I just, today (August 14, 2005) discovered that it may be ineffectual, at best, and maybe even harmful. I quite going to the "Golden Domes" in Fairfield Iowa in 1996. Today I quit practicing TM all together, I may never do it again. Check out my New Age Links page to follow the links and read more from other ex-TMers who tell their stories of recovery from TM.
2-25-05 - My dad died about 5 days before his 96th birthday last year. He would have been 96 on October 26th. He also died a few days before the Boston Red Sox won the world series. He'd been hoping that they would win the world series most of (if not all) his life. On the plane ride out to Massachusetts to attend his funeral I cried when I saw the headlines on a newspaper. Check out the memorial site for (now) both my parents - http://www.geocities.com/musiclover1111us.
I've changed my cat Shakti's name to Alcyone. She mainly stays in my room although last night she ventured out into the living room for a brief time with the dogs. (I'm reading this over in 2008, I changed her name back to Shakti)
8/1/04 - I'm ready to attend this coming fall semester at UNM-Taos and I'm enjoying my life. I got all A's again this past spring semester and I hope to keep up my good grades. I moved into another place with a room-mate in April of this year. We have two dogs and one cat and get along great! One of my cats left even after I kept them in for two weeks. So now I only have Shakti. I believe that Shiva has found himself a fine home with no dogs - he was not pleased about the addition of the dogs in the household.
May 2004.... My hair is now red. See new pics at http://angelstarcreations.com
February 24, 2004. I am now attending two college classes (WaterColor and Vector Graphics) and Celtic Shamanism III. I am also continuing to work part time earning my "living" and enjoying my life. This new year has brought many good changes to my life. I am feeling better and better every day and feeling more self-assured every day.
1/17/04 ... It was still a difficult time especially through December. My mother's birthday was December 6th and then Christmas was a sad time also. Plus I was sick from about December 16th till just a little while ago. Actually, I still have a cough, but I'm definitely gettting better. I even lost a lot of hair during the summer and into the beginning of the fall, everything in that area is fine now though. Those were all results of my emotional trauma of having my mother die last year.
I've signed up for two college courses this semester. Plus I am continuing with my Celtic Shamanism studies. I'm now about to start Level 3. I just completed Level 2. I'm feeling better these days and I'm happy to see the days getting longer.
November 19, 2003. Attending college and enjoying it. I'm taking four computer classes: Advanced Web site design, Photo Shop 1, Intro to Micro Computers, and Intro to the Internet. I'm working toward my Certificate in Internet Technology. I'm also taking a class in Celtic Shamanism. It is lots of fun and I am learning lots. I just updated my Web site; consolidated the front page and consolidated some other things.
July 3, 2003. My mother passed away on June 9th. I miss her. I didn't know I would miss her this much. She was in a nursing home for several months. On May 28 I talked to my oldest sister on the phone and she mentioned that she was calling a priest for last rights right that moment for my mother. My mother was fading fast. I also talked with my oldest nephew and mentioned that I didn't want to go to visit. But he said, "You're the youngest; you have to go!" It was a long trip almost all the way across the country for me. So, on the spur of the moment I called the airlines, made reservations, and went "home" to visit my dear mother in the nursing home. I'm glad I arrived when I did - on May 30 - because she still recognized me and was very happy to see me there. I talked with her and said some "Hail Marys" with her. She liked that a lot. I also meditated with her and while I was sitting quietly in the room with her I would send white light to her and I would talk to my guides about what was best to do, and the energy I sent to her, I believe, helped her in her transition to another world. A friend of mine in California said that I was an angel that helped my mother transition more comfortably. We don't, of course, just disappear when we die - we move on to another dimension. Our bodies stay here and our soul or spirit moves on. Many members of the family visited her often. Some family member or other was there every day. Some of her last words to me were, "You are pretty" and "Are you going to be okay?" As always, she was thinking of others. I extended my stay there in Massachusetts till July 15. I certainly didn't know she was going to die shortly after I extended my stay; it was a total coincidence. She was ready to go...... I attended her wake in Methuen, her funeral also in Methuen and her entombment in Lawrence. Maybe some day I will get over this loss. Maybe some day. .................... Meanwhile I've created a Memorial Web Site for her. I hope some more people in my family contribute to the stories I put there.
Some Thoughts, January 2003. I'm now a college student attending The University of New Mexico - Taos full time. I started August 2002. I've never attended college before and it is a new experience for me. Erica has moved to California. I wish her all the best. I also wish she'd send me my stuff!!! My "stuff" includes my stamp album and my album of post cards. I also wish I had all my photo albums so I could put all the pictures on a CD Data Disk. I guess there may be other things I wish I had but those are the ones that come to mind right now. I left them in Iowa and now I don't have them any more. Perhaps she'll find it in her heart to send them to me one day.
I've discovered that I can do pretty well in college. I've written some essays in my English class and I suppose I will be writing more in the new class. I never knew I had things to write about. I hope I don't run out of things to write about. I'm enjoying winter in Taos. People sometimes ask me if I'm going to take a vacation, like around the holidays or whatever. I tell them I still feel like I am on vacation in Taos! It is a tourist trap after all. The almost constant sunshine is great. I love the sun! The mountains are beautiful. Even the sage and the high desert around Taos is beautiful.
I decided to go blonde in May of 2001. It's fun! See my photo album to see me as a blonde.
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Written January 2002: Well, I ran away from home again at the beginning of this year. I couldn't kick my daughter out of the nest so I left the nest. You want to know where I am? Write me and maybe I'll tell you. :-) Erica is in Iowa still in college.
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More Thoughts November 2001: My wish is to move somewhere else in May or June of 2002. To L.A. as some people suggest? Back to Taos? I don't know right now. I am a free spirit and feel I can be more free in a large city; preferably in California. I don't want to play any games with people. I only wish to be myself and be friends with people who wish to be honest, open and true to themselves and true to others. I am divorced (since August 2000) with a 20 year old daughter living in Iowa (I don't know exactly why I moved to Iowa originally. **Smile**). I'm originally from Massachusetts and have lived several places in the United States. California is the only place I remember actually crying when I left. I lived, in 1979 thru 1980 with my now-ex-husband, in the San Francisco Bay area. I want to go back to CA. It's scary for me to think such a thought, but I'm going to go for it, in a manner of speaking, by placing some personals ads! I feel like a 20-year-old stuck in a 50-year-old body. I enjoy Life, Love, Passion, Dancing, Music, walks in the moonlight, thunder showers, dining out, hugs, kissing, laughing, spending time at the beach and the mountains. I practice meditation -- Transcendental Meditation, among others. I'm kind, considerate, loving. I believe in Reincarnation, Intuitive information, that there's life elsewhere in the universe. I occasionally do soul clearings. I want to learn Spanish! I am currently living for the present moment and enjoying life as it comes along. If you want to write to me to encourage me and tell me I am doing the right thing, feel free - or if you just want to chat then go right ahead and write me!
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Thoughts November 2001: My Daughter and I have been residing in Fairfield, Iowa since June 24, 1999. Erica and I had an appointment with Rob Robb again in September of 1999; and yet again in October of 2000. He says we are doing great!! I had another appointment with Rob Robb in November of 2001. He thinks I should get out of this town. I think so too! Check out his web site at http://www.robrobb.com.
I am currently doing several different kinds of work including: Personal Assistant, Web Site Creator, Soul Clearing, and other types of computer work. Very varied and very interesting.
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Thoughts some time in 2000: We moved to Taos, New Mexico in August of 1997. I learned part one of a Soul Clearing/Healing procedure in September of 1998. I learned part two of the process in April of 1999.
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On October 26, 1998 my Dad celebrated his 90th birthday and I was there - in Massachusetts visiting my family for the first time in three years. That was lots of fun!! There is one picture of me with my Mom & Dad taken during that time. (See my photo album)
Three days before Christmas of 1998 I decided to color my hair again after letting the white hair grow out for over a year. People tell me I look a lot younger. So much for going "natural." ** Smile**
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