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Super Bowl Sunday is Happening!! Feng Shui Manhattan and Long Island says Lets Go Giants!!

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:18:52 -0500

Super Bowl Sunday is Happening!! Feng Shui Manhattan and Long Island says Lets Go Giants!!

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Here we go New York, here is our second chance to claim victory against the Patriots. Starting at 6pm eastern time, the New York Giants go head to head with New England Patriots. This is probably one of the biggest sub hero selling day of the year, along with beer and wings :) So if you are trying to stay healthy, forget about today and enjoy. Make it up tomorrow. Laura Cerrano Feng Shui consultant is hitting up the gym to try and balance out tonights meals ;)

LETS GO GIANTS!!!

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*Carole Provenzale was a Certified Feng Shui Consultant graduating from the Country's very first School for Feng Shui Studies that was licensed and accredited in 1997. Carole founded Feng Shui Long Island in 1997 and provided on site Feng Shui Consultations across Long Island NY, Queens New York and New York City -Hamptons NY. Laura Cerrano her daughter and co-founder now owns and operates the Feng Shui consulting Firm.

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New York Feng Shui Manhattan New York City Manhattan NYC Consultant Laura Cerrano is a Second Generation Certified Feng Shui Consultant who has trained with Feng Shui Long Island and Masters from across the Country including Shamans to incorporate Native American beliefs and Space Clearings into her Feng Shui Consulting Firm, Feng Shui Manhattan New York City NY. After co-consulting on site for many years Laura began her own business in 2000 and has a strong client base in New York City, New York, Long Island NY, Queens, Brooklyn, New Jersey and the rest of the New York Tri-State area.

Feng Shui Workshop February 19th, 2012 at 7pm with Feng Shui Expert Laura Cerrano

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The Art of Feng Shui Workshop

Certified Feng Shui Expert Laura Cerrano of Feng Shui Long Island and Feng Shui Manhattan will discuss the deeper meanings of Feng Shui by unfolding the history, various methods, teaching you how to incorporate this practice into your daily routine, and share simple tips and stories from clients who live the lifestyle of Feng Shui. To clarify other thoughts about Feng Shui, there will be a question and answer session at the end of the workshop. There will also be a Raffle for a Feng Shui Prize!

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*Carole Provenzale has been a Certified Feng Shui Consultant since graduating from the Country's very first School for Feng Shui Studies that was licensed and accredited in 1997. Carole provides on site Feng Shui Consultations Long Island NY, Queens New York and New York City -Hamptons NY.

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Better Sleep recommendations in Feng Shui backed up with Research

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:20:41 -0500

Better Sleep recommendations in Feng Shui backed up with Research

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Do you lack your beauty sleep? If so, here is one basic Feng Shui advice to help enhance your ability to rejuvenate your energy for the next morning. Yes, Laura Cerrano Feng Shui Long Island sounds like a broken record but, there is good reason for it. As you sleep your energy field becomes open and can be prone to various negative elements because you are not awake, so you can not protect yourself. One element recommended to keep out the the bedroom or limit is Metal.

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Metal can come in the form of a Metal bed frame, dresser, Amour and the ultimate offender electronics (which is a constant battle). Some may feel no negative effect and that is just fine. Do be mindful though, Feng Shui states over time, this could become an issue. As your body changes, which it will, the way it responds to the elements will change. For those who have trouble sleeping, it will be in your best interest to take out all those electronics or at least cover them up, shut down and un- plug at night.

This is not just a theory, it is a fact. On the Today Show in NYC, Dr. Oz explained electronics in the bedroom, let that be T.V.'s, radios, clocks (which is a whole other topic), exposed wires, laptops and of course cell phones have been proved to radiate "Blue Light." In Feng Shui "blue light" is known as electromagnetic energy. Dr.Oz's advice to those who have trouble sleeping is to place their electronic devices at least five feet away from the bed, turn them off or the best suggestion, remove them out of the room. Studies also show, the "blue Light" changes the energy frequencies in your brain and becomes unsteady, which leads to restless nights.

Whether you call it science, theory, superstition or Feng Shui, it's a lifestyle. If you intuitively feel something is off, it probably is. Your body is reading the energy of that space or situation, so listen! :) The best advice is to try this suggestion and see if you notice a difference in your sleep pattern.

There are many other factors that can also contribute to better sleep, they type of bed, layout, items/images surrounding your bedroom, the list goes one. But, you need to start somewhere, so why not with these suggestion.

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Life With Wee People: Put your building samples to the test...

C Tann-Starr (Tann Starr Music CarolynTannStarr.com TannStarr.com) — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:45:48 -0500

Life With Wee People: Put your building samples to the test...

Fun is letting your kids abuse your building supplies (LOL). If you are going to install flooring you should buy a sample and put that puppy to the test. If you read my blog you know that my kids are not shy and every so often something gets destroyed by accident or design (making them the ideal test subjects for experiments in durability - silly grin).

Building Direct is kind of cool because they invite you to beat, bash and inspect their samples. We consider that minion friendly advice and decided to give their sandstone, marble, granite, slate and engineered hardwood a run for its money. We even threw in the peel and stick vinyl stuff because it looks like wood, cleans easy, is reasonably priced and a kid friendly project for the lanai.

The Little Minions spent their holiday weekend scratching the floor samples with their toys, drowning them in the tub, drying them in the sun, walking on them like stepping stones, tossing them onto the rug and lawn and incorporating them into their building blocks for Hot-Wheel-NASCAR and Thoms the Train adventures.

The "sun walking" was a particularly brilliant idea. Turns out some materials warm up and hold heat faster than others.

We're not sure if the thickness plays a factor or the composition of the materials (maybe both?) but the engineered products felt better under our toes during our cooling/heating outdoor experiments than the tiles and stones. It's all fabulous building materials but my kids have a sensory preference so I'm bowing to the wee people since home is their fave space to run amok and play.

We wanted to be fair with our toe tests so we tried them all at different times during the day and realized drowning them in the tub may have gently warped a few wood products (making our toes a wee bit picky regarding the bare foot sun test).

Turns out these were more minion proof when push came to shove:

All of the samples were very cool to fool around with and are great to work with for a number of interesting projects we're cooking up.

I'm sketching what I want to do and am looking forward to ordering more material from them. Turns out I prefer high density fiberboard. It has great moisture resistance. Mr Autism and Mr PDD-NOS also enjoyed playing with it and the engineered hardwoods are easy to manipulate and install. The boys want to line their custom toy and art boxes with the click maple engineered flooring and put down the Vesdura vinyl flooring in our art spot instead of slate. It's textured and feels really good on our toes...

FYI: They learned a new word from the DIY Network: Banquette. Being visual learners they want to take a crack at creating a couple of custom storagebox seating sets to park their stuff. Turns out piano hinges are not that expensive so we're making a tools and materials list to design custom wee people seating.

Stephen thinks we should install the flooring on the walls and floor of a workshop play shed so it will all match.

That might actually work...

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Feng Shui request, If you have something great to say please do....

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:02:02 -0500

Feng Shui request, If you have something great to say please do....

Google is ranking sites and business based on reviews, which is almost as good as a real life referral. Laura Cerrano of Feng Shui Manhattan and Feng Shui Long Island is asking those who have worked with and/or enjoy the information shared by "The Feng Shui Voice," to be so kind as to write a simple review on Google.

No matter how big or small the review, every one helps to spread the word about the positive effects Feng Shui had and can have for potential clients who are Nationally, Internationally and locally based.

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Laura Cerrano

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Question: When do I need a permit?

C Tann-Starr (Tann Starr Music CarolynTannStarr.com TannStarr.com) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:55:40 -0500

Question: When Do I Need A Permit?

Answer: Per the Florida Building Code - Building 2001, Section 104.1.1 When required:

"Any owner, authorized agent, or contractor who desires to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy or occupant content of a building or structure, or any outside area being used as part of the building's designated occupancy (single or mixed), or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system, the installation of which is regulated by the technical codes, or to cause any such work to be done, shall first make application to the Building Official and obtain the required permit for the work."

I have to contact the Building Division at 321-953-8924 on Monday. Some of their forms are on-line so I have to read fast because it's Saturday, football starts at 4 PM and I have to finish picking the brains of the Florida builders I've been quizzing all day. My naked backyard has me ordering samples from BuildDrirect.com while driving my set creators crazy. We've decided if we're going to do something interesting with all that wasted space behind the house we better start designing something useful for the buildings department to approve.

Yeah... there will be before and after video because we all know how easily amused I am. Since the boys have The Den and The Man Cave the girls want a womens retreat out back where we can spar on an outside kitchen deck without getting ants in our pants when we give each other the smack down (evil grin).

My kids have been measuring the yard, planting potters and sticking little pegs into the ground where they want stuff. As soon as we find out where all the pipes and electrical lines are we are going to Feng Shui the backyard (LOL).

I have to fly into NYC to pick up some equipment and drive it down with my gal pals. I figure by the time I get back my stone, tile and floor samples will be here. When I get the rest of my tools out of storage the kids and I are going to be building some custom furniture in The Man Cave. I miss my wood working set, need to set up the workshop because I've been itching to carve something interesting and really want to finish putting my office together... I have one framed sketch leaning on a table against the wall. I need to start framing and hanging stuff...

If we're going to start installing stuff to play in and on, state law requires jurisdictions "to provide comprehensive building code enforcement services, including plan reviews and site inspections" so I am picking every helpful brain I can get my social media hands on to figure out how to design the best amount of play area for the buck. I have very talented friends I'm dragging down from SC and NYC so I have to make sure all of our paperwork is correct so we can do something cool with the house. Build Direct, Home Depot and Lowes are my fave on-line places to be right now.

I have approximately 8 minutes left before hubby gets back from his sister's house and I start waving my laptop at him again. Next week we have to rent a 10 foot box truck for me to drive. I'm very excited about that and don't need a commercial license for it as long as I only haul my own stuff. Looking forward to it (LOL). ;-)

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Now you really need to get into Google Plus

Jeremy Blanton (210 Consulting~ Social Media Advisors) — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:19:33 -0500

Social Search went live this morning on Google. No, not Google Plus – but GOOGLE, the mothership of the internet. They’ve been hinting that social has been influencing the Google algorithm for a while and as of today there’s no more hinting. It’s in your face. Bamm!

Here’s how a search for an Irish Pub in NY looks to me. Remember, I’m in San Francisco. You can see there’s 30 of my friends that have recommendations for me.

Google has placed that right at the top!

I didn’t know I even had 30 friends in NYC, let alone personal recommendations for me.

The truth is, they might be friends, but they might also be friends of friends. That means they might be someone you don’t recognize, don’t know and yet they just influenced your search result! Wow! They might have written a review on Yelp, or uploaded a picture to Posterous, or liked a YouTube video. Those are the rare instances. The majority of what shows up as a ‘recommendation’ in search is either a share to Google Plus or just a simple +1 by them.

That’s why, even though you don’t think you need another social network, you do need to understand what’s happening. Lucky for you, we have help!

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Life With Wee People: The Planter Expedition...

C Tann-Starr (Tann Starr Music CarolynTannStarr.com TannStarr.com) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:23:31 -0500

Life With Wee People: The Planter Expedition...

Noah the Net Geek is on-line playing World of Warcraft while Stephen the Minion Blur is lining up the gardening tools for some fun. We asked Mike to stop by Wal-Mart for some potting soil and a planter. We have most of what we need and figure by the time he gets back three out of four will be planted. :-)

Mr PDD-NOS is getting really good at measuring stuff. Cooking and planting gives Shorty an opportunity to get his math on. We are going to keep moving the plants around to chase the sun and figure out the best spot for them. When Spring comes we will to have to transfer his plants into the ground so I have to give my Guy Pie a lot of time to make up his mind how to arrange the bird/butterfly garden.

When we get finished making a mess in the drive we're migrating to the backyard so Shorty can peg where the patio or deck needs to be and we can chat about what type of pavers to buy. He's looking forward to tapping sticks into the ground and running amok with the tape measure and string. ;-)

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Drafts

C Tann-Starr (Tann Starr Music CarolynTannStarr.com TannStarr.com) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:51:01 -0500

Drafts

Finally got around to reading some e-mails and turns out I left my last post in draft mode but gave peeps the link. They couldn't read it all day. My apologies. I'm obessing over the writing projects and forgot to switch modes. Yeah, I know... bad mommy blogger (LOL).

We're dirt digging today. I shall update you guys in a few and promise not to inadvertently leave it in draft. I'm explaining the differences between the grape vines to Shorty. He wants to pot them until they get bigger. We're about to have a water hose fight so I gotta go get messy with the wee one before dinner. ;-)

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Writing, writing, writing...

C Tann-Starr (Tann Starr Music CarolynTannStarr.com TannStarr.com) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:35:36 -0500

Writing, writing, writing...

I'm in One-Track-Mind mode and have been typing like a lunatic on my laptop for hours. Banging out chapters and scripting is time consuming and I periodically find myself gravitating towards working during the wee hours of the morning. I usually have to do it between wee people activities and was on lock down for most of yesterday. The shorties were pretty cool with it because it afforded them the opportunity to repeatedly raid the pantry for snacks and it's kind of fun watching them wipe out our Twix and Oreo stash.

My 5 year old believes going to the bathroom during the wee hours of the morning requires a reward of hugs, kisses, cuddles and/or snack-age. I'm waiting for Shorty to put in his request so I can get back to writing, writing, writing (before I hit the gym).

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Life With Wee People: The Autism/PDD-NOS Yard Survey

C Tann-Starr (Tann Starr Music CarolynTannStarr.com TannStarr.com) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:13 -0500

Life With Wee People: The Autism/PDD-NOS Yard Survey

So I'm in The Man Cave hanging with Mr PDD-NOS chatting about the fact that Mr Autism is turning 10 in a couple of weeks. We want to throw him a small party. Ever try having a conversation with a 5 year old riding circles around you? It's a fascinating experience because Stephen, the Minion Blur will suddenly decide we need to go for a walk in the middle of it. Translated: he rides and you jog through the neighborhood (LOL).

Turns out he wants to look at other yards and see what the neighbors have done with their seating arrangements. Shorty has concerns about a party disturbing our birds. He's taking planting the yard very seriously. The picnic table we wanted to get for the drive has been discontinued by Home Depot so we're back to square one (sigh).

The neighbors on the left help feed the birds and put three spikes in our tree by the garage. One has a little bird bench to hold food and we usually sit in The Man Cave watching them eat. It's one of our fave quiet time moments.

Noah decided he wants a bird and butterfly garden so we're researching tasty plants and trees. These are going to be fun to add to the wee people landscaping list:

Stephen was adamant we had to have a lot of red and blue flowers.

My kids think Home Depot is da bomb diggety. So do I. It's going to be a blast getting Noah's birthday presents from there. The boys asked Mike for watering cans today. They're insisting they each have to have their own set of gardening tools to tackle The Naked Yard.

I can't wait to dig in the dirt with my kids. They're mad funny to work with and rarely play in the back yard so we're gonna pimp the front yard first. (silly grin).

Having all of this empty space and not using any of it is making me crave Black & Decker tools. I happen to love power tools and know how to use them. My Mom's Dad was a very cool grandfather. He was a carpenter and let my sister and I hang out and help when we were kids. Then I took sculpting on Saturdays at Cooper Union and started messing with my Dad's tools. Now I have more tools than Hubby (LOL). ;-)

Did I mention my kids love Realtors and Bob the Builder? They're visual learners and also like books with lots of pictures.

Yup. This is definitely going to be a fun birthday gift. Mr Autism and Mr PDD-NOS will be pegging the yard tomorrow to let me know where they want their stuff. Then we have to go high-jack Daddy (poor Mike - LOL). ;-)

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Life With Wee People: Stalking the moon...

C Tann-Starr (Tann Starr Music CarolynTannStarr.com TannStarr.com) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:37:58 -0500

Life With Wee People: Stalking the moon...

We just got back from exploring Indialantic and Melbourne. Hubby was a sweetheart and let me be a pain in the a$$ back-seat-driver chasing sunsets, stars and generally running amok with the shorties in tow. Our late night objective? Stalking the moon...

The kids had a blast because we love exploring piers and strolling beach side. It's hard counting stars in NYC but there's plenty of open space down here to give it a go.

We had dinner here... Stephen, the Minion Blur wanted to be two doors down chillin' at Starbucks. He was quite vocal about it (LOL). I shall be updating Diary of a Five Year Old Yuppie shortly. After that insane parking lot debate how can I not? (silly grin) We owe Little Man a Tazo Tea and a Lemon Loaf. ;-)

It's kind of fun playing with the kids on the boardwalk. Listening to the ocean waves and stalking the moon is a Noah, the Net Geek thing. He loves taking pictures of the sky... We also cloud watch. Lately, I've been shark and jelly-fish watching but I'll save that for my next jogging on the beach post (wicked little grin).

We've been running the streets almost all day and scoping landscaping and picnic benches for our front yard (happy sigh). Chillin' beach side for the evening was a neat treat but now I have to get back to writing because my Editor is waiting...

The wee people are working on their books as well. While the kids edit their audio tracks I'm gonna be stretched out on the floor with my chapter print outs, a couple of sketchbooks and black pens scribbling away. Hopefully the cartoons in my head will misbehave enough to keep me entertained, drawing and writing.

The wee people are all set to help out tonight. They also have their side amusements set up to spark their creativity. Their trains and hot wheels are lined up on my sleeping bag and since Mikey is hanging out next door my butt has literally been designated a Thomas the Train hill tonight (LOL).

I bet you wish you were a fly on the wall for the boobies conversation. Apparently, Shorty thinks they're just another set of hills to drive on (LOL).

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As 2012 Begins, Do You Still Think Twitter Is Stupid

Jeremy Blanton (210 Consulting~ Social Media Advisors) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:41:59 -0500

This past year I've had the honor of traveling the country as a social media speaker sharing on all types of social media topics like using Facebook for business, how to blog, video basics, and many other topics. One of the top statements that I've heard this past year while traveling is some variation of this: "Twitter is stupid, I don't get it" which normally leads into a discussion on how Twitter can be used to help your business.

Is Twitter Stupid or A Great Source of Traffic?

One of the things I usually try to point out to people is that Twitter is a great referring source of traffic to your site. During this past year, it is responsible for 22% of referring traffic. The only traffic referrer to beat it was Facebook at 33%. The bounce rates as well as time on site are very similar between the two social networks. So is Twitter stupid, or a great source of traffic? I'd have to say the latter.

Twitter Is Stupid, Only Celebrities Are There.

This is another common complaint I hear. Since you only hear of big name celebrities like Oprah or Justin Bieber on Twitter in the media, many thing that is the only people signing up and using the social network. Here's a really great visualization of Twitter adoption in the US over the past few years:

As you can see, there are many more signing up for Twitter each & every day. In fact, over 100 million users are active each month according to Mashable.

Twitter is Stupid I Don't Care What You Ate For Lunch

Why should someone care what you ate for lunch or what you did last night for fun. I get it, not everyone is going to care about everything you do. But, if you take some time listening to what others are doing, you can learn a tremendous amount of information about your sphere. And, build some of the strongest relationships with people. This past year I made a trip to Seattle to speak and while there some of my Twitter friends a meetup while I was in town. Thanks to my friends Stephanie, Dale, Linda, & Debra, & Chris, I spent a wonderful evening with a great group of friends, all that I mainly communicate with just through Twitter. So while some may not care about those types of things, I cherish the friendships I have made through Twitter over the past year. I know more about some of my friends on Twitter from the other side of the country than friends of mine that live within 5 minutes of my home.

So Is Twitter Stupid or Valuable?

I am not going to force you to use Twitter in 2012, but as for my business, I know I will be continue to integrate Twitter into my online marketing strategy. If you are not sure how to get started there, that is understandable. Here's a few great resources to get you going in the right direction:

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Sponjetta Parrish Ten Dollar Pizza Hut Song on Facebook...

C Tann-Starr (Tann Starr Music CarolynTannStarr.com TannStarr.com) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:14:49 -0500

Sponjetta Parrish Ten Dollar Pizza Hut Song on Facebook...

I have waaaaaay too much fun in social media. Seriously... (LOL)

I am supposed to be in Facebook leaving a message for my borther Cedric but instead I'm instant chatting with Sponjetta Parrish and watching a cool contest with Pizza Hut on Facebook. Everybody is making videos of the $10 Pizza Hut song for a chance at being selected for a commercial so go vote and/or upload your own song.

People are having a lot of fun doing this. I'm cracking up over here... OMG - some of the videos are pretty creative. Others, not so much (but very entertaining - LOL)

I'm spoofing my a$$ off instead of jogging beachside but will be leaving shortly after I view some more video and may get my kids in on this later (evil grin). They love watching real people YouTubes so this will probably get them laying down more Autistic/PDD-NOS audio tracks. I may have to hide the camera (LOL). ;-)

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Dear Laura C...

C Tann-Starr (Tann Starr Music CarolynTannStarr.com TannStarr.com) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:40:32 -0500

Dear Laura C...

Okay. You win. I'm blogging (LOL) ;-)

Went to DMV and had a silent cow because unlike NY (a) FL does not have Enhanced Driver's Licenses (that let you drive into Mexico and Canada without a passport) and (b) they don't have Commercial Chauffeur licenses either. I had to give up a perfectly cool commercial license for a regular drivers license and must now go to school for an A, B or C if I want to drive commercial vehicles (sigh). Can't get appointed as a Notary if I don't have FL state ID so I handed it over and tried not to cry...

I'll need it for the real estate license too (sigh). Guess this means I'll finally apply for a passport, eh? I may have to start another To Do List.

Kids are on their school buses, Mike is munching in the kitchen and now I have to shop on-line to find a driving school for the motorcycle designation, then another driving school for a bus/16 seater minimum vehicle plus I have a FL CDL book to memorize. I'm nervous because I'm reading a stat that states approximately 50,000 people fail the FL CDL a year. Jeez...

I've driven small trucks, limo, 12 and 14 seaters so this should be interesting... I'm oogling big truck pictures thinking my kids would like that (so I really need to pass this test - LOL). My brother is a truck driver. I may have to FB him and see if we can Skype later. I'll need pointers on those hydraulic air brakes. There are a lot of diagrams in this book I need to memorize and I'm thinking a trip to SC is in order. I'd like to learn his technique for pre and post trip inspections (and I need a military duffle bag of tools, fuses, emergency equipment, the correct CDL extinguisher and those orange triangles truckers have). ;-)

I'm going jogging. Will share some beach pictures when I get back and update you on the home office exploits. I've been a good little author in training editing my book and my kids have been mixing and mastering audio for their childrens' stories (LOL). Their version of dictation requires 99 tracks of unreliable narration and musical interludes of wee people mayhem (silly grin). ;-)

I also have to write a Dear Cindy T post. I've been keeping my gal pal on the phone for HOURS and I promised to clean my house of the toy explosion and take updated picks of the Living/dining room. She's going to help me do something useful with my unfinished space and naked yard so I need to brave the bugs and go out back to walk the fence line and pick her brain. I also have to finish the guest room so she can visit and we can gang up on Mike. If Jen and Cindy both come we can have an Asian Invasion cook off in my kitchen.

I love doing sleep overs with my girlfriends. We like cooking together. I can't wait for Emelia and Nydia to come for a visit as well. The girls are mad fun.

My house is their house (and it's mad noisy over here - evil grin).

Laura, will let you know when Mike and I are coming up to NYC. We have a house and minion sitter. Will see you soon... We have to plot an ActiveRain get-together when I get back. I owe Jesse dinner and have got to go see Josef (and my cousins). ;-)

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