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Sunday Scribblings ~ Phenomenon "Elvis is Dead!"

Phenomenon’s are this week’s prompt for Sunday Scribbling’s.

If you are an Elvis fan, please read with caution, I wouldn’t want to offend anyone.

The whole Elvis is not dead phenomenon is something I really stop and go huh? Don’t get me wrong I do like some of his music, though I was not a die hard fan. I was only around eight years old when he passed. But come on people! Alive!

Elvis was influential musically. He lived a very extravagant lifestyle with woman, drugs and booze consistently. For what sane reason would he supposedly leave his family, clean himself up and go into hiding the rest of his life. I cannot be convinced that he would leave his beloved Graceland to live anywhere else in the world. He really wasn't the sex maniac that he let one to believe. Some say he really wasn't that interested in sex at all though he had multiple affairs with various women throughout his life. Elvis' true down fall began when Priscilla divorced him. It was at this time he began to become morbidly obese, and turned to prescription drugs even harder than before. His self esteem hit rock bottom. Had his daughter Lisa Marie truly had her dad’s influence in here life after childhood, I just have this feeling that she would not have been so messed up. Somehow, I also do not see Elvis approving of her marrying Michael Jackson, no matter how famous and talented a musician people see him as. In his final years Elvis literally has checked out on life. He barely made it to performances , and when there was hard to understand. When he was at home he was practically bedridden. It was known that towards the end of his life that he had numerous health conditions. But in the end his drug use is what is known to have eventually ended his life.

Yes, I believe that Elvis is dead. He abused drugs and he abused his life. May he rest in peace.

See more phenomenon's here.

Sad Life Moments...One Bundle of Joy

I am having very sad moments in my life.

• The realization that that "happily ever after" with the man I married was never meant to be.
• That every time I express my thoughts or myself to my parents they do not really care or listen.
  
• That I am at an age where I should be prospering in my life doing what I love and being truly happy and I am completely not.
  
• That for no reason at all I sometimes find my self in tears and wish I could snap my fingers and I can make everything go away and start from scratch (new place to live, new friends, totally different life.

But despite it all, I survive becasue of my one bundle of joy, my daughter. She is the most amazing, spectacular little person that I have in my life at the moment. She is my sunshine in my moments of sadness that makes me realize that I can continue to smile despite all the sadness that surrounds me.

Two of my favorite things at the moment...

I love tea and I drink lot's of it. I am always seeking out new ones to try. Trader Joe's Pomegranate White Tea is my new favorite tea. I can't seem to go a day without having at minimum one cup. It also has hibiscus flowers and lemongrass mixed in and the flavor is exceptional.
Off and on this year I have been experimenting with eating RAW. In the last few months I have gone back to it and began using Agave nectar as a sweetener in most of my nut milks. When I went to the store the last time they did not have the usual brand I was buying so I decided to try this one; blue agave. Agave is sweet. So much so a little goes a long way. It is smooth tasting and also a very healthy alternative as a sweetener. I even started substituting it as syrup for my daughter when she wants to eat pancakes.

So if you haven't ever tried either these come highly recommended.

Upsherin

I am going to keep this one short. Not too much excitement this week as I have been extremely busy doing multiple things at once. The highlight of my week so far was yesterday. One of the boys in my daughter's class experienced one of his first rights of passages in Jewish tradition; an Upsherin. There was a small ceremony at the school and lot's of eating and socializing afterwards. Did not want to go the entire week without posting something.

Sunday Scribblings~Slippery

What came to mind for me when I first saw this week’s prompt was Wham-O’s infamous Slip N' Slide. When I was a kid growing up in the 70’s it was a simple little blue or yellow flat sheet of plastic that was powered by a sprinkler. I can remember how much fun we had on them though at times, let it be known sprinkler injuries on them were often. Today the Slip n' Slide is made in a variety of styles (superhero’s, waves and animals). They now come with heightened protectors on the end for stopping, there are tunnels and boogie boards to make the slide even more extreme and enjoyable, features that also allow you to bounce as you slide across them and would you have guessed that now multiple people can slide at the same time making it great for competition with your friends.

When my daughter is of age I can’t wait to introduce her to a Slip N' Slide. If they’ve come so far since the early 60’s when they were invented won’t it be interesting to see the future generations of slip and slides evolve.

See more Slippery Scribblings here

Happy Fourth!

Our country is yet another year older today! I spent most of the day at home with my daughter and playing on the computer designing a new website I am working on. We went on an early morning walk as the weather for July fourth was very mild and cool. I brought along my new point and shoot camera that I got for my birthday. I shot a series of pictures on our walk this morning. We went to my parents for a cookout and then my daughter crashed in the car on the way home, not having napped today. Lucky me, I was able to put her to bed early tonight.
I am working on moving this blog as well over to WordPress so that I can expand into a different creative direction. Hopefully, I will have the new blog up and running by Monday of next week.
I had an interview yesterday for a part-time Electronic Marketing Specialist position that I think went really well. I am excited at the opportunity of having a position such as that becasue it is a field I have always wanted to work in. So we shall see what comes of it. I am going to send out my post interview thank you letters tomorrow and then wait for a call one way or another. I also have a meeting with a search firm tomorrow morning to go over my resume for other possible positions. After not having interviewed for a new job in so many years I am surprised I am less nervous than I thought I would be.
Nice little break today but tomorrow is back to business in every since. Until that moment though I am going to go catch up on a few shows I have tivoed before catching some zzzzz's.