today was a hectic day for cleaning house

i figured with the cold weather and tons of snow that they have to bulldoze literally out of my neighborhood. i would get things together for donating. i do it a few times a year and so i got a lot done. over four huge bags. and i still have more to go. i am looking at a pile of clothes and shoes now. i also get my new desk on monday to have my new area so that i can update more often and feel comfie. after my ex and i broke up when i lived in nj i didn't bring his desk and the one i used to have i had given to my girlfriend. So now back to the desk so i can sit there and update some great videos and photos that have been shot.

also i found a site that bugs me out www.december212012.com i agree with that and i am considered about our world. i am not a nut but i think that we in the us aren't taking it as serious as we should. in the netherlands they are stopping building b/c they don't want their ground to sink. they are getting life rafts and starting to stock up on supplies and food. In Russia they are building over 5000 shelters. so if these countries are taking public initiative why is it the us only provides us www.ready.gov and www.fema.gov and for new yorkers www.readynyc.org....
doesn't seem like they are preparing us for what areas can get what and how to protect ourselves and after reading this site i was freaked out in my thoughts all day!...

oh .. my goodness...lexus lexus lexus!!...

I drive a lexus i love the car.. I have had lexus's for years. I had it serviced before the holidays fluids, shocks blah blah.. and everything seemed great. I went on my regular errands yesterday and poof! the transmission just stopped. no single just couldn't drive couldn't reverse just .. there!... i would push gas the rpms would excel but no movement. i glided into a parking space at my place. i was lucky to know to go home and i was lucky i was close enough to home. i can't believe it!
and of course my warrantee is just up!.. someone told me my model and year had problems with the transmission you would think that they would notify you..
now i have to find out. i have to get a rent a car. i have shell out .. oh my goodness over 2000! close to 5000!.. talk about... unecessary!

deck the halls and go to mall!

still have last minute shopping to do.. we rush to get everything done and we go from place to place visiting friends and family. its all exhausting but at the same time the excited from being festive seems to be the wind under our wings lol.
i feel like a little elf wrapping presents hamging decorations and spreading joy and peace!.

last week i got to enjoy the rockettes christmas show. it was beautiful. i felt like i was 9 yrs old.. from there my friends and i went to rockefeller center to see the enormous tree and beautiful star on top!.. then we walked down 5th avenue where there were gorgeous lights and displays everywhere!.. then went to central park for a carriage ride. Then to this fabulous restaurant on the upper west side. It was called "accademia di vino" where the owner treated us amazingly. He brought raddiccio to our table and showed us how beautiful it was before its cut up. It was brought straight from Rome, Italy. Again amazing! The cheeses there were to die for. The wine excellent and robust! And they had riccotta cheese cake drizzled with honey. Which is one of my favorite desserts. harder to find then the normal new york cheese cake.

Then i poured myself into bed and had plesant dreams! lol
I hope all of you are taking advantage of such a wonderful season and holiday and enjoying wherever you are!

Christmas Tree up so beautiful! Christmukah!

I hope everyone has a great holiday. I have been so non stop i haven't been on computer. I also had a small 3 day flu too. yucky. Today is my Mai-tai's birthday. my shihtzu. The other one buddha his birthday is december 29th. so both so close! and a year apart.
I haven't finished my shopping which i definitely have to do!
I also want to get small things done that i have been putting off. i know what a time to do it when i have so many other things to do.

I love my tree its huge!My dogs love going under it and sitting behind the train set!
The smell of pine fills the house which i love!
lol

Anyway late night and i have an early day. I miss ya! just wanted to drop a line so you didn't wonder what was going on. So much I did this week I will write more tomorrow to fill you in.

HEARD from a good friend tonight!

My armenian friend quoted Nietzsche tonight. Who is one of my favorites and i should definitely brush up on. (haven't in a while .. bad girl) anyway b/c i am back to business as usual! and always looking to be creative, model, act, write, shoot etc.. my friend Artsvi .. quoted the following...

We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least
once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at
least one laugh.

F. W. Nietzsche

finally need a new computer

well i have had a sony vaio for a while. i now need a new computer and i like that commercial for that one that turns into a swivel flat screen. i have to find someone who knows about that. i need to get one that is great at video editing, big, easy to use and portable. now that i have all these great adobe programs on my computer my computer is going so slow of my goodness it sounds like it is having a work out just being on. can't be good. so i am stressing about that. i also found a desk i am in love with at www.homedecorators.com its so me and gorgeous it looks like a henry the 8th or louie the 10th desk.. so much to do. i put up holiday lights and now for my tree. which i love so much.. my dad gave me a ton of decorations this week its amazing how much we have in common in taste. when growing up i always thought we weren't alike i guess thats signal for how much alike we really are! everything two peas in a pod. i love it though!

going home for thanksgiving.

i am headed home to albany for thanksgiving with my family. i wanted to start early this am but now i am getting on the road late. hopefully i won't run into too much traffic. leaving today instead of tomorrow i wanted to avoid traffic. but other people can be thinking the same way i am . lol.

the dogs are excited and my car is loaded so they know they are going for a fum ride. lol. they exhaust me. lol
shih tzus are definitely hyper! but i love it!
keeps me going !
feel it getting cold..
so i am ready.. oh.. thank good ness i almost forgot my uggs
i need to get a new pair!
variety!
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added a photo to remind you of the warm weather in case you miss it!
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