Pinterest, Well Hello There…

Although Pinterest has been around for awhile, it took me some time to warm up to it.  The thought of finding another online time waster was not exactly lining up with my initiative to spend less hours on my laptop. And well, I got sucked in..

Pinterest, damn you!

So, how am I using Pinterest, you ask? I use Pinterest to organize various ideas relating to home, travel, food, vegetarian recipes, beauty, fashion, etc. on a single website, allowing me to go to this centralized spot whenever I’m in need of fresh inspiration.

Let’s take a look at fashion for example…

I started seeing several fashion pins on Pinterest and realized, a lot of the outfit ideas I loved so much there, I actually owned all the pieces but would have never have thought of putting some of the ensembles together the way I saw on Pinterest.  Since then, my outfit selection in the mornings when I want to put in the effort has increased 10 fold and I’m not even out there shopping for new threads! It’s simply gaining better ideas and learning how to better accessorize and put what I’ve already got, together in ways I just hadn’t thought of before. WIN.

Let’s also take a look at activities…

As I hinted around above, I realized recently my husband and I spend way too much &@#$%-ing time on our computers. I swear about it because it’s really gotten to that level of absolute insanity.  It’s also not just one of us, it’s both of us and while at first I didn’t think this was such a bad thing, one day I decided to shut the lid to my laptop and actually had the best day getting so much stuff done and being ridiculously productive. Being on our computers so much, him working, me surfing, has also caused sadness in me realizing we could be doing some fun kouply things together instead of being indoors being hermits in front of our screens all the time.  So, we’ve been trying to make a more conscious effort to be better about this.

So yes, then I went on Pinterest… I know.. bad, very bad! Except it was really good! I found so many fun ideas on Pinterest which my husband and I could be doing together such as new recipes we would both enjoy trying, a summer party I am very inspired to throw, and tons of DIY activities and projects both indoors and outdoors around the house which could be so much fun together.  Pinterest has given us a very nice window into life outside of laptops and technology and I love that I am getting so many ideas in addition to projects like this, that I’m able to organize in a single place.

I mean, where else am I going to learn how to make pizzas designed as international flags and use magazine racks for produce holders?

As for my husband and I spending quality time together and less time on machines… eh yeah, we’re working on it.  We’re not exactly where we need to be just yet but we’re getting there.  Baby steps.

On that note, I better sign off.. Happy Pinning everyone and enjoy Pinterest! I’m definitely a fan! It always works this way, doesn’t it? You resist something than you learn to just love it… sigh.

Over and out, Roger!

Tanya

Sorry, No Take-Out

Working downtown is wonderful because with it comes amazing restaurant options for lunch. Well, there is one special restaurant that I just love and actually think of it often and I crave some of their items badly and regularly. Today I had yet another intense craving for their food so I was chatting with a friend when I said hey, do you think I can get away with getting take out from this place since I so badly need their food? She replied, Oh totally – you should do it. So I called to place my order, mouth watering with each word that rolled off my tongue, when all of a sudden I was told the words of death: “Sorry, we do not do take-out orders.” My heart shattered into a million pieces.

NO TAKE OUT ORDERS, ARE YOU JOKING ME? WTF! Who doesn’t do TAKE-OUT ORDERS???

So here’s what I want to know. If I can take home a half-eaten meal to go from this place, why is it I can’t order the same meal and have the put it in a box. SO I started thinking about my options here:

a) Go there, get seated and fake an urgent meeting after 5 minutes and ask them to box it
b) Find a friend to come with me but on short notice this is not likely
c) Go there and request a take-out order and tell them I didn’t know the rules
d) Write a letter to their management telling them how important it is they offer take out service to people who have bad cravings for their food but no time to sit and lunch it up
e) Protest and refuse to return and give up the yummy food there… who am I kidding? Not gonna happen.

I am just so annoyed! It’s almost like those places who refuse to give you butter or oil with your bread. It’s that “I’m so great and people love our restaurant so much, you bitches follow OUR rules.” Which is fine except for people like me (Aquarian’s) who have a hard time feeling constrained and being told what to do in situations which can have pointless rules.

What a power trip, no take out! Seriously?

This place needs to get off its hoity toity, pompous, high horse and obliged to the fact that people want to do take out. It’s a compliment – I still want your food, I just can’t eat it there! Or at least tell me one good reason as to why they won’t do it. After all, it’s a café and not a 5 star high end, suit wearing restaurant.

No take out… like SERIOUSLY? W-T-F!  I hope their favorite restaurant doesn’t do take out, either!

It’s like, no soup for you!

-Ticked-off Tanya

2011: My Year In Review

My Year in Review.

Wow, what a year! 2011 definitely hit some significant moments in my life and it feels like so much has happened! I could spend a few days writing deep thoughts and reflecting on this past year but I’ll try to keep it short and sweet.  I am excited for the new year and can’t wait to see what it’ll bring!

So, let’s get started!  First off….

My Blog is BAAACK, baby! 

After a long hiatus I finally revived my blog this past year… and it got a facelift with Word Press as well! It’s felt so good. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed getting back into writing and forgot how wonderful it is for me to use this channel as an outlet. Yes, folks you will see grammatical errors, spelling fiascos and I can promise you it will not always be 100% coherent.  But it’s mine and it’s one of the greatest channels for me to personally ponder life. I find it so amazing how much clarity I tend to gain from doing something as simple as blogging.

So, I hope you enjoyed the travel stories, hearing about wrinkled pants, the Seattle series and of course food because I’ve had a blast writing about it.

Fun with Friends!

As with any year, this year was no different with friendships thriving and other friendships naturally receding. This isn’t good nor bad and I’ve realized over years this is simply part of the natural process with relationships we have during our lives.  I feel lucky to have gained some amazing friendships with people who we’ve had a chance to spend a lot more time with. Additionally, there are also the constants, or the friendships which never change no matter how the wind blows. This year I was reminded of who those friends were, too.

I’ve had a fun year with friends! I have actually relied on friends more than usual this past year and it’s always nice to know who is there for you when you need them most. That is something I try to never take for granted.

Here is a photo with our little food group who we’ve had a blast with this past year!

Family Time Is Forever Precious.

The family is about the same but my dad’s health continues to bother me. His health has changed quite a bit from where it used to be even a few years ago. He did get a heart defibrillator this year which is great insurance in case anything ever happens and his heart stops. I just find myself worrying more than ever for his weakening health and hate the aging process with a passion.

We had a wonderful 2011 holiday season with relatives in California as well as Christmas with our immediate family. I could not have asked for more and spent some really great family time together with our relatives.

I also got to see my in-laws again back in June in Bangkok which was nice and sweet as I continue to get to know them better.  Vinit and I are a proud new aunt and uncle to a baby girl, Riva, who was born December 20^th.

Health Experiments.

Last summer was quite a bit of fun by ways of experimentation. Neda and I tried hiking and bike riding as we wanted to see what it was we enjoyed doing with the least amount of effort involved. That’s right my friends, we are no cross fitters like half the people we know.  It was such a blast!

Looking ahead, Vinit and I have family planning on the plate for this next year. Crossing fingers and saying prayers things stick better than last year and I am sure that it will! We’re gearing up to get that started again sometime this year.

Traveling Keeps The Soul Brand New.

If you’ve kept up with my blog you will have read all about our traveling adventures this year. It was one of the best things about this past year. I did a girl’s trip to Vegas in April.  Then Thailand in May and June was gorgeous and  such a heartfelt experience being with family (and friends who joined us). In October we ventured off and explored France which just knocked my socks off. France was without a doubt one of the, if not THE BEST memory for me this past year. It was the most refreshing moment for me personally this year to go somewhere far away and live life differently for a few days.  We really needed that.

In November we spent Thanksgiving in LA which as I mentioned was tons of fun just being with family. We then closed 2011 for NYE with friends in Las Vegas.  What a blast that was!

2011 was a great travel year for us and we are currently in talks (negotiations rather) about where we want to go this next year.  We drew places written on paper from a cup last night, having listed 4 places each and so far it looks like Turkey.  We’ll see…

Career and Learning.

I have continued to explore new things, having been doing this the past few years now. This past year I was part of a startup effort on the side in addition to consulting during the day. My day job has been enlightening as well as very generous to me this past year. It has been nice because it’s given me a chance to continue to explore other interests not demanding more than a normal schedule. I feel very lucky to be in the position I am in and still don’t know how I got here when I stop and think about it. As for the startup, I learned so much and enjoyed working on something completely different with some really smart, fun people!

As great as this has been though, still, there is a burning desire in my heart of hearts to jump and do something on my own and get that going. That’s been no secret to anyone either. This burn has been there for a very long time now. I have had a lot of great conversations around this lately with people I really respect professionally and as I keep saying, I really feel I’m getting closer and closer to it. I have this feeling once I find what I’m looking for, watch out… I really hope this is the year!

In summary…

All in all, I’m ending this year on a solemn note with these thoughts and lessons at the forefront of my mind:

· Get out there and explore the unknown
· Stop and appreciate what’s right in front of you
· Learn to be resilient and not discouraged
· Each day remember to be grateful for something, even for the small things
· Give back and help others whenever you can
· Be genuinely happy for the people around you
· Eat good food.  No seriously, eat food that is good for your body.
· Truly and honestly love the people  dear to your heart and don’t forget to show it

…and last but not least never, ever give up hope. ever.

Happy New Year to you all! Wishing you a year full of love, peace, good health and happiness!

Love,
Tanya

Pets, Parents, and the Cycle of Life

I think one of the hardest things we will ever experience in life is losing loved ones. It’s precisely this reason why I’ve chosen to forgo pets for as long as I have. Let me tell you why…

When I was born we already had a yellow lab named Goldie. I grew up with Goldie and loved her like nothing else. She let me pull her ears, cut her eyelashes, ride her like a horse and Goldie just always seemed to be there for me from the time I crawled to the time I went off to summer camp as a 12 year old. This dog meant a lot to me.

At age 4, I also got a kitten and named her Teeger. I was obsessed with this kitten but she ran away and I cried and cried. Shortly after, I got another kitten. I named her Teeger II. I was even more obsessed with this kitten and I remember needing to be around this cat as much as I could. I would do things like bring Teeger to school with me for show-n-tell. I had professional pictures taken with Teeger as a child. I color coordinated my stuffed animals in my room based on Teeger (Teeger was all white).

At age 6, a wiener dog roamed into our yard and after weeks of posting FOUND signs in our neighborhood we adopted the wiener dog and named her Precious. Precious and Goldie were instantly best friends and you can also imagine knowing their size differences how adorable and yet odd that was, but they were. LOL! They loved each other soooo much!

At age 12, I was coming back from summer camp after a week being away and as we approached my friend’s house where my mom was to pick me up, I saw my mom’s car. I jumped out of my friend’s car and said, Mom, where’s Goldie? My mom just looked at me with a blank face and I bursted out crying. She didn’t even have to say it. Goldie was close to 15 years old and I knew the end was near. Still, Goldie watched me grow; Goldie was my protector, my dog, my family and I was devastated, expected or not.

It wasn’t but a few months later that Precious, whose age we never knew, passed away one day while waiting for me as she always did, near the mailbox as I walked home from school. We actually believed after Goldie passed on, Precious never got over losing her best friend. She was sad and her personality changed a lot and it was hard for us to watch.

At age 13, Teeger died when I was in CA visiting my grandparents with my mom one summer. Turns out, Teeger was chased by a kid up a tree, and he shot her with a bee bee gun and Teeger fell out of a tree and died instantly. My dad called that evening and the first thing I said was, “is everything OK with Teeger, Dad?” He said yes but I could tell in his voice it was no. He asked to speak to my mom and my mom tried to act controlled but I knew right then Teeger was not OK. She broke the news to me and my poor Filipino grandparents looked at me (who had never had pets) and said “I hope you cry like this when we die!”

I mourned for 3 years over Teeger’s death. Anytime I would see white cat hair I would cry my brains out.

I also want to point out just how great my mom was with our pets obsession.  She was not raised with pets at all and despised the idea of them.  Still she graciously and selflessly allowed us to have them and she simply tried to keep her distance and bite her tongue a lot.  I know she truly understood how happy they made all of us and at times I’d catch her petting the dog or holding the cat when no one was looking.  My dad on the other hand was the pets lover in our house.  He was (and is) so good with animals that he’s even helped train our friend’s dogs at times because he has an amazing amount of patience and skill with it all.

In college my dad decided it would be a great idea to get me a cat. I was so excited about it, too!  On the way to get the cat, we ended up looking at puppies instead and walked away with a puppy yellow lab somehow, haha! That dog, Alex ended up being my dad’s soul mate, I swear, and I surrendered ownership of Alex as soon as I saw how happy he made my dad, as now there was an empty nest and my dad just needed something to take care of in place of us kids. Alex was a godsend not only to us but to many.

Thankfully we live in a neighborhood which was fine with things such as allowing your dog to roam around unleashed, etc. Well, there was a little girl who called for Alex every day while walking home from the bus stop and Alex would do his neighborhood dog duties and meet her then walk her home. No joke. My dad used to take Alex to rest homes to visit the elderly because he was so good with people and he put huge smiles on their faces when they would see him and pet him.

To this day there are more framed photos of Alex decorated throughout our house than of US KIDS. LOL! Sadly Alex passed away shortly after my Grandma died, and my dad actually said he felt Alex’s death was a bit harder just because it was more unexpected. Alex had quite a number of tumors and it was beyond the point of saving him when we found out so it happened pretty quickly.

I’ll never forget what Alex did right before he passed away. At our house we have woods on our property and Alex began going out to the woods daily. My dad soon realized what he was doing – he was going out to the woods to die. Dogs often do this when they know it’s time. They will go hide somewhere where they can go on peacefully. Well, my dad kept finding him there just sitting or lying down and my dad would carry him back to our house and try to nurse him back to good health. Finally, my dad realized it was much too selfish to let him live on and a vet was called out to our house and Alex was laid to sleep.

Tonight my dad called me to see how it was going with considering a puppy, since it’s taken me awhile to muster up the courage to go through the whole life process with a pet again since I’m one who gets incredibly attached to my pets. I told him that I was pretty set on the idea finally and he gave me some tips like to wait till Spring as training (i.e. potty training) a puppy in a little bit warmer weather will be much easier. He kept encouraging me to get a small to medium sized dog but I told him the only kind of dog I could honestly imagine owning was the kind I’ve been around my whole life: Labradors. He told me he didn’t blame me one bit and then got a bit excited that I seemed firm on carrying on our family Labrador tradition. I told him when it was time to go pick out a puppy he had to come with me and I said he should also think about picking out a puppy too. Then he said the words that broke my heart just a little bit more… he said…

          Sadly, I think if I got a dog now, it would outlive me.

Knife to heart on repeat please. Argh that just kills me to think about that. I realize parents do age (he’s almost 70) and his heart is very weak but that has me torn up a bit tonight. I don’t even want to think about that possibility reality or not!

So my response to him immediately was…

          No dad you’re wrong. It’ll only add more years.

And of course I hung up shortly afterwards completely shaken up and texted my mom what dad just said and mom replied saying he meant it’s just a lot of work and it’s harder when you get older. Of course I responded with, No, no that’s not what he said, Mom. He said the dog would outlive him. She responded with no, he just phrased it in a silly way… don’t worry.

The whole thought disturbs me so much. First of all I don’t want to think about anyone dying – pets, parents, nobody. I know its part of life’s process, I know, but parents, the people, the pets I was blessed with having in my life, I just never want to let go of.  I hate the idea that I can’t have them forever here with me, right by my side always.  Oh how sad I get over this…

And now I’m back to square one. To get a pet or to not get a pet. That is the question – should I go through it all? Is it worth it? It might be and in fact I realize it’s most likely one of those “it’s better to have loved than to not have loved at all” situations. I know it’s part of life and the happiness a family pet will bring will be greater than not having it at all but gosh… As for my dad, no more silly talk from him please. Sheesh. Not a fan of that talk whatsoever.

Live each day to the fullest my friends… and hug your parents and pets as often as you can.
Tanya.

Sometimes…

Sometimes the reasons are not always known, but faith keeps us hopeful and optimistic. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes I send love letters to my best girlfriends thanking them for not being big assholes. – Tanya Jain.

Sometimes there’s a lot to be thankful for and it’s good to stop and remember that. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes  the thought of your family you rarely see but is so dear to your heart, can put a smile on your face for the rest of the day. –Tanya Jain

Sometimes an entire weekend day spent watching the Food Network is a day well spent. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes when you think you married the right person, you realize you were completely wrong. You didn’t marry the right person you married the BEST PERSON ever. – Tanya Jain.

Sometimes mother’s are your strength. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes God’s time is not your time. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes it’s just nice to be. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes happiness means eating peach yogurt in bed on a Friday night next to your husband while the rest of the world is out causing havoc. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes rainy days are underrated. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes you need to use your voice and make no apologies for it. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes it’s ok to be disappointed and feel sadness because sometimes you just need to go through that. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes it’s important to go on a lunch date with Dad, just you two. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes as a daughter you feel your mom will understand you best.  Sometimes you are shocked to learn how well if not better your dad seems to understand you, too. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes you need to plan a pamper day.  Just cuz. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes you realize you work with the nicest, most caring people ever. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes you just need to go to Paris. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes it’s ok to not want to talk on the phone to anyone. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes life becomes more colorful than you had hoped for, but then you remember even those colors need to be embraced. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes the people you thought you could live with out make you realize you really can’t. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes making friends with strangers and confiding in them provides more comfort than anything else. –Tanya Jain

Sometimes I have visions of running around in a field full of red poppies. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes you need to let the simple things make (and keep) you happy. –Tanya Jain.

….And sometimes you just need to jot down random thoughts of the moment because it seems like the most logical thing to do. –Tanya Jain.

Sometimes.

You Are So Full Of ….

Warning: this blog may contain some inappropriate language so reading digression is advised.

Some people are full of sh–. Seriously. There are varying levels of sh–with people but this blog comes at a time where I believe sh– needs to be talked about.  I continue to hear from others about full of sh—encounters lately and I think enough is enough.

So why am I writing this? I’ll tell you why – because a lot of the times I find that people full of sh—don’t even realize:

a) they are full of sh—
b) how obvious it is and that people really do recognize it

A few findings about people full of sh—is that these people are of different genders, ages, socio economic classes, statuses, professions, shapes, sizes, and religions. Meaning, it’s not a single type of person and these full of sh—, sh– sh—y people run the gamut.

Let’s talk about just a few of the different kinds of full of sh—people, shall we?

*examples and persons mentioned are completely fictional

Phony Bolonies

Yes, I KNOW I spelled bologna incorrectly, sheesh. So PhonyB’s are basically people who act one way but say something else. Here’s an example of a PhonyB:

“Hi Sally – I really love that red dress you’re wearing. You look amazing with it on! In fact, I’d love to borrow it from you sometime”

“Thanks Sarah – that’s so nice of you! You can borrow it anytime at all!”

5 minutes later…

“OMG did you see Sally’s dress? Like, OMG. She looks like a horse! What a terrible color and she should really not be wearing that – I would die if I had to wear that dress.”

So this is an example my friends, of PhonyB’s. It seems childish, wouldn’t you say? It is and we’re seriously not in 4th grade anymore.  But that is probably the number one trait of a PhonyB: immaturity. PhonyB’s have not grown up and learned to say what they mean and mean what they say so instead they say terrible childish things behind other’s backs out of their own insecurity. It’s nuts to see adults behaving this way yet so many do at varying levels.

How to spot a PhonyB:

· they are always smiling
· when you confront them after catching them, they never seem to know what you’re talking about
· while they try to act overly nice to you, you start to notice mutual friends no longer talk to you
· they are often times conspiracy theorists
· they seem to use you when they need something and then have nothing to do with you when they don’t
· they love Uncle Seth’s cookies just because they are pink

Let’s move on to another type of person full of sh–!

Mind Players

These are the sneakiest of all the people full of sh—types. The reason they are tricky is because if you don’t know an MPlayer well, chances are you won’t even recognize or realize what’s really going on here. It’s only once you get to know the person do you realize the mind games they tend to play on you which is really pathetic. Here’s an example of an MPlayer:

John tells Joe about not getting promoted at work and how upset he is about this. Josh overhears this and a few days later and asks John when he’s getting promoted. John sadly says he’s not getting promoted and talks about how upset he is about it. This occurrence will then repeat itself with the same conversations and Josh badgering John a little bit more.

Though subtle, Josh in this case, is a mind player and absolutely full of sh–. His whole goal for repeatedly discussing promotions in front of John is to make him feel bad. Yes, people, this sort of thing exists in the world. You don’t see a lot of it or you don’t recognize it but people’s own insecurities drive this full of sh—person and just remember, in this case, misery loves company.  The number one driver behind this full of sh—type is insecurity.

How to spot an MPlayers:

· they always have a constipated look on their face as if they are in distress
· they nod in agreement with you even when you clearly know they very much disagree
· they talk about being in the “A” league of a basketball team and then you find out they just barely made it into the “C” league
· they focus and talk about something to a point of nauseam
· they are really into cats

How about another one?

Liar, liar pants on fires

I find these full of sh– people probably the most entertaining of the types. I do. I find them kind of fun because:

a) you never know what you’re going to hear which is most of the time truly entertaining
b) these people aren’t as malicious as the other two types I’ve discussed where it negatively impacts you, but their bullsh—is much more obvious than the others, and therefor funnier.

So what kind of full of sh—person is this? This is the kind of person who makes a cherry sound like a watermelon or a kitten sound like a lion. Additionally, they flat out lie but never to make anyone feel bad necessarily, in fact they do nice things for others, but along the way tell some over the top sh—forcing their friends to sift through what was truth vs. what was a bunch of doo doo!  The number one sign of this full of sh—person is that they offer up way too much personal information (on free will) about themselves including how much their house costs, what their salary is, then change these numbers in future conversations (like 2 days later) and in the positive.

Here is an example of a LLPOF:

Bob was born in 1930 and tells Steve he fought in World War 2. Steve, knowing when World War 2 started, does the math and calculates Bob to have been 9 years old when World War 2 started and around 15 years old when the war ended. Steve quickly questions Bob having participated in the War where Steve swears he did. Steve realizes Bob is then, full of sh–!

How to spot a LLPOF:

· they wear gaudy jewelry and try to convince you Kim Kardashian is not the ONLY person with a 20CT ring on her finger.
· they might claim to be experts  on things they have never heard of
· they follow practices but mispronounce all the names of those practices
· they tend to forget their own stories so details change quite a bit
· you’ll find modeling pictures of themselves framed in their own bedroom
· they are always eating strawberries

Alright, so there you have it! A few types of full of sh—people who hopefully won’t fool you! Shame on you full of sh—people! It’s sad that insecurities or jealousy drive a lot of these really silly behaviors because it’s unnecessary. I am shocked I even have to write this type of post at this age or point in my life but as I get older, I find it even more prevalent than before. Just recently I’ve heard stories from others where it was very clear there are people out there incredibly full of such sh—in the world! It never ceases to amaze me!

Say what you feel, show through your actions, have integrity, and seriously… don’t lie for crying out loud!

Full of sh—police,
Tanya

My Hottest Blog Post

As much as I resisted using wordpress there are a few features which I happen to really love now that my blog is being hosted here. One of the features is called Site Stats. This basically tells you how users find your site, which blogs are being viewed the most and a lot of other snazzy information. Great? Great. In reviewing visitor trends with this blog, most of the time the most common search criteria used for finding Tanya Talks is “tanya webb talks” or something along those lines. The #2 most common search string where people are finding my blog is this: Why isn’t she calling me back?

Haha!! I cannot help but laugh my head off with how many people are performing searches on why they aren’t being called back and it cracks me up so much! Yes, ions ago I wrote a blog on why isn’t she calling me back because I had a friend who was getting terribly harassed by a guy who could not get a clue.  Here’s the blog post.

I am tempted to come up with similar blog topics such as:

• 10 ways to get a clue
• How come when I call her she replies with a text?
• Why is he not calling me back?
• Why won’t he marry me?
• Does she even like me?
• How do I know if I like him?
• Why isn’t he texting me back?

Oh, I could go on and on!

I’m thoroughly entertained because with how much random crap I write about with regards to apples, shoes, princess tortes and I how pour my heart out over handbags and friends and family and traveling and all, people want to know why she’s not calling you back! LMAO!

Here are today’s stats on search criteria. See! I’m not kidding!

I just thought I’d share this and do not be surprised if in the near future a blog post pops up talking about these topics. Hey, I hope my advice has helped if nothing else. So funny!  Hahaha!

Cheers and I hope she calls ya back :)

-Tanya

President Obama Announces the Death of Bin Laden

Today President Obama announced the death of Bin Laden.  While this does not mean the fight against terrorism is close to being over, it is a great victory among the American people that our government and troops were so persistent in taking him down.  Here is a fascinating article about tracking down OBL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42853221/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

My heart and prayers go out to the families and people who lost so much if not everything because of his hatred and inhumane mentality.  While today’s news will never make the pain and suffering go away for many still mourning the loss of loved ones, hopefully hearing that this announcement today provided some sort of closure to the families who’ve experienced a great deal of loss due to his acts.

I am proud of my nation. So very proud.

Thank you.

Going Public.

…and not in the IPO kind of way.

This morning I finally decided to make my wordpress blog public after a long hibernation period since windows live spaces decided to burn and die on me. Thanks, there go all my privacy settings. I decided to make my blog public so a few friends could read my blog but I’ll be honest, I’m really uncomfortable without having privacy settings. WordPress, you hear that?

I took a trip down memory lane and started reading some of my previous blogs this morning. I was laughing, crying and kicking myself for being so terrible with my blogging lately. I’ve started using yelp as a way to channel this lifelong need to express myself in writing, only I don’t think yelp is really the place where I want to talk about elevator behaviors, office flossing and how my relationship is my handbag.

Here’s something new – bookmark http://www.meravie.com which will be a new website where I’ll be writing about life tidbits, tips, etc here and there. I’ve been working on this site for a few weeks but have not yet hit the publish button so hopefully that will be up soon.

Stay tuned. In the meantime I’ll pretend I’m 5 years old again and enjoy my Peanut Butter & Jelly sandwich with apples for lunch. You can’t deny some days are definitely PB&J days :)

One day..

There once was a day where I used to actually blog.  Hopefully that day will come again!  For now, I’ll just finish this spec.