A loss of Time….

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I cannot believe I am going from anime, to Maine, and thinking about my second book. A book that I haven’t even put in black and white, but I am getting closer to that unanswered question. Once I get my answer, then I can get started.

I am a little sad, because the sun has gone down and that means no more crocheting tonight. I was hoping I could finally finish working on my pink project. Oh well tomorrow is another day.

Tomorrow will be the start of a new week and it will be better then the last. I have an idea for a new anime, so I will give that a try, and call it a night. Still wondering where the time went. I seem like I just had a cup of coffee…

Bye IV Now, LD*

Not Feeling at My Best

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What do you do 

When all you

Want to do

   Is – Nothing
.

Don’t want to watch anime


Don’t feel like crocheting
.

The idea of searching for knowledge 

Of things to do in Maine..

(I will do this one day soon)

I had an easy day at work,

So not overly tired.

I didn’t cook dinner 

(even though I should have)

I want to try to figure out

How to build my blog

And get it working for me,

(with selling my crochet projects)

Because I am tired of working 

Paycheck to paycheck

And not really enjoying 

My life.

 I really don’t

Want to turn the lights on..

I guess I will checkout what is on

Netflixs and call it a  

Night..

Bye IV Now, LD*

A Day to Get Started..

I had thought I would go for another ‘lazy Saturday’, but as I looked around my room I realized I cannot do that today. I have been meaning to add some color to my room and today is the day I get started.

I also restarted my walking in the morning, because I haven’t given up on being a, ‘Better Me.” I may have only been able to walk 25 minutes, but every step counts. One can sit all day dreaming of the pounds melting away or one can get up and move.

I am about to get into the Word and then take my room one space at a time. I even plan on organizing all finished crochet projects. I am a little sad that I have to sell my friend’s rainbow blanket, but I spent more than $40.00 on the yarn and weeks out of my time to have it ready for her baby.

I actually had to redo it, because she didn’t say if she was having a boy or a girl. I was hoping for a little girl so the first rainbow blanket was yellow. She had a healthy baby boy and I got back to crocheting.

I am now wasting time typing and trying to come up with more to say, which I can, but I am going to stop now. I will get my room done today and go to Maine tomorrow.

The large picture on the left is the boy or blue rainbow, the button on the right is the girl or pink rainbow, and the top right is just my new stitch rainbow blanket.

Bye IV Now, LD*

My Note…..

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**Hello, to the person who wrote a note on Tuesday 9/28/2021 to the morning shift to clean the dressing room.

  1. Every morning, using the dry mop with the alcohol wipes, to wipe on the floor in every dressing room. (Because the floor is suppose to be cleaned at night & 9 out of 10 time its NOT)
  2. Trash bags are not always replaced when taken out & I will NOT do it. I use my own bag & take out when I leave. (Because someone does take out the trash, but 1/2 done is not done at all)
  3. I always do my job, and if I wasn’t doing it correctly. I know management would have said something. (I also make sure 2nd shift has everything they need to do the same job I do)

A.K.A  you have nothing to do with my check. So, before you leave notes telling someone how to do their job. Do your first and know what it is. YOU ARE NOT MANAGEMENT!!!

Lisa **

I was so upset when I got to work that I couldn’t wait to get home to start writing my note. My co-worker left me a note telling me to clean the dressing room before I leave. That is a joke, because I stopped counting the times they don’t replace the trash bag in the bin or the trash on the floor when they are supposed to clean at the end of the day.

Anyway. I wrote the letter not only in English, but in Portuguese and in Spanish. I wanted to do Russian as well, but I couldn’t copy it and I wasn’t going to waste my ink to print it out.

Some say I should just let it go and one manager said, “If you write her back, don’t do it when I am working.” He also told someone else he will take down the note. I will make sure it is where she will see it when she comes to work.

I don’t think I am wrong. I do feel it’s a little childish, but she has been doing it to a lot of people and people are just pushing it aside. I am thinking she will be surprised and may get loud, but I am NOT going to let her rudeness make me back down.

Oh, no one seems to know what her background is. She acts like she doesn’t understand English, so she can do whatever she is doing her way. The problem with that is, others have to go behind her, and redo everything she has done. 

I know we are short handed, but enough is enough. I want to say I can go to Maine and learn what that state is about and all its beauty. It has taken me a minute to get used to drinking hot water with lemon in it, but I actually like it. I know it is good for your liver. 

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I will crochet while there is still some light outside, because I don’t want to get up and turn the light on. I can sip on my hot sour drink in between a stitch or two
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Bye IV Now, LD*

Online Traveling #18: Louisiana…

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~ It is time to get back to me. I have started traveling across America online and I have learned that there are some good places as well as some bad places in America, my country. Just like a person no one is perfect and no country is perfect, but I am still proud to be able to be called an American.

I know there was a bad storm in Louisiana and a few people have suggested I bypass this state, because of that. I thought about it, but then I realized why am I listening to those who as far as I know haven’t read my blog. 

If they had read anything I have written, they would know that I like to stay positive about all things, and one cannot do that if they are focusing on the bad things. Yes, I know bad things happen, but do we focus on that and NOT try to move past it to make things better or do we just stay where we are at?

I only know of a few things about  Louisiana  other than Mardi Gras and Louis Armstrong. I am looking forward to learning more about this state..

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I just remembered a movie I once saw a long time ago that was set in Louisiana.  Brad Pitt( who played Louis) and Tom Cruise (who played Lestat) in the movie called, “Interview with the Vampire”, which was based on a book by Ann Rice.

After I saw this movie back in 94’ I read the book (and as I read it I saw Lestat or should I say Tom Cruise as  brought Lestat alive on screen) and the six books that followed. I read  “Queen of the Damn”, and was highly disappointed when I saw the movie. It had nothing to do with the actors, but it wasn’t like the story I read.

{} city of New Orleans  – The holiday of Mardi Gras is celebrated in all of Louisiana, including the city of New Orleans. Celebrations are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday (the start of lent in the Western Christian tradition). Mardi Gras in New Orleans – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org â€ș wiki â€ș Mardi_Gras_in_New_Orl
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~ Sorry, no picture for this kind of party isn’t really to my taste
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 {} Louis Armstrong was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 4, 1901.   He was raised by his mother Mayann in a neighborhood so dangerous it was called “The Battlefield.” He only had a fifth-grade education, dropping out of school early to go to work. Biography – Louis Armstrong Home Museum

Louis Armstrong – IMDb imdb.com

30th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Louis Armstrong Archives! Sep 5, 2021

Louis Armstrong House Museum   On September 5, 1991, the Louis Armstrong Archives was dedicated with a special ceremony in Rosenthal Library on the campus of Queens College. Hosted by then-QC President Shirley Strum-Kenny, the event featured trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie, Jon Faddis, Wynton Marsalis, Doc Cheatham, Jimmy Owneds, Nabate Isles, and Donald Byrd (the latter representing QC’s Aaron Copland School of Music) and was attended by many luminaries, including Jimmy Heath, Arvell Shaw, Marty Napoleon, Phoebe Jacobs, Honi Coles, Then-Armstrong House Director Julian Euell and future Armstrong House Director Michael Cogswell, who had just been hired two months earlier to put together the first exhibit for this event.

For the 30th anniversary, we’ve reached into our Archives to share a 17-minute video compiled by Queens College of the Dedication! The first 10 minutes is footage from the ceremony, climaxed by a full performance of “St. Louis Blues” featuring many of the trumpeters in the house. The rest of the video complies TV news coverage of the Dedication, featuring even more interviews and glimpses from a memorable day.

Today, our Archives–the world’s largest Archives for any single jazz musician–have been completely  digitized thanks to a $2.7 million grant from Fund II Foundation and are searchable online  at https://collections.louisarmstronghou


And don’t miss the curated virtual exhibits from our Archives on our “That’s My Home” site here:  https://virtualexhibits.louisarmstron
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#1  It is always nice to remember those who came before us and their GREAT music. I wish that sound where you can relax to or even get you off of your feet and simple d.a.n.c.e 

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{} Baton Rouge City in Louisiana                                                                    Description  Baton Rouge is a city on the Mississippi River, and the capital of Louisiana. Antebellum landmarks include the castle-like Old Louisiana State Capitol, now a museum, and Magnolia Mound Plantation, with its French Creole house. LSU Rural Life Museum is a complex of refurbished buildings illustrating 18th – and 19th-century life. On the river, the USS Kidd is a retired WWII destroyer that is now a museum. – Google 

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#2  I like the old capitol building. It reminded me of a romance book or two, it looked cool. I wouldn’t care for the outdoor or water parks, but they have some nice museums I would like to visit.

I went to Addis, Louisiana and found more than five videos, but nothing with talking information. They showed buildings, a zoo, a restaurant, and well I was looking for something else. Here is a site if you want more information: https://www.addisla.org
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#3  This is a nice park to visit. I could see myself sitting with a book for a while. 

I was in Addis ,Harahan, and Youngsville, but there wasn’t anything that caught my attention.  I am going to look for more cities to visit
.   I am done looking for something that’s not about food, places to live, or  –    Things to do in Louisiana you can find out more info on this site. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Products-g60864-New_Orleans_Louisiana.html

Bye IV Now, LD*