I HOPE I can AT LEAST get a ride of the Black Swamp Arts Festival- I LOVE THAT ONE!! I could walk to the Greek Festival, but it's too expensive to go in and pay again just to eat...There's not much else to do there, except drink Ouzo and watch Greek dancing. Not worth 8.50! (that's what the admission was in 2008! Then as soon as we got our food, it started pouring buckets and we couldn't get any of our edmission money back!)
September 10, 2010 - September 12, 2010
Greek-American Festival
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Toledo
September 10, 2010 - September 12, 2010
Black Swamp Arts Festival
Downtown Bowling Green, Bowling Green
HERE's WHAT'S GOING ON NEXT WEEK:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=resources/lifestyle_community/community/events&id=6032829
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Toledo's Labor Day parade to include Biden, Strickland - Topix
Here is the info for September 6 2010, if you happened to find my OLD OLD post while conducting a GOOGLE search:
All the other festivals and events that were in downtown Toledo are OVER. And there was NO FIREWORKS AGAIN this Labor Day, just like 2008, but there WERE fireworks if you were at the MUD HENS GAME. I just head them, with a rounding applause after ward, at 9:30 pm on Sunday night Sept. 5.
TOMORROW, Monday, all that I can find to do nearby is the PARADE in the morning, from 9 am until 11:30 am., along the parade route in downtown Toledo (I will post the photo for the parade route map)
I'm not sure if Blockwatch is going to march in it, but if they are, and usually they do, I will just join in when they come past me, IF I CAN GET UP EARLY ENOUGH TO CATCH THE TARTA BUS and get downtown before they close the streets off. I really doubt it. If I had a car, mind you, I would NEVER miss a parade, AND I WOULD TAKE MY DOG!!
Still Love, TTR 2010!
All the other festivals and events that were in downtown Toledo are OVER. And there was NO FIREWORKS AGAIN this Labor Day, just like 2008, but there WERE fireworks if you were at the MUD HENS GAME. I just head them, with a rounding applause after ward, at 9:30 pm on Sunday night Sept. 5.
TOMORROW, Monday, all that I can find to do nearby is the PARADE in the morning, from 9 am until 11:30 am., along the parade route in downtown Toledo (I will post the photo for the parade route map)
I'm not sure if Blockwatch is going to march in it, but if they are, and usually they do, I will just join in when they come past me, IF I CAN GET UP EARLY ENOUGH TO CATCH THE TARTA BUS and get downtown before they close the streets off. I really doubt it. If I had a car, mind you, I would NEVER miss a parade, AND I WOULD TAKE MY DOG!!
Still Love, TTR 2010!
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
MOST EAST TOLEDO RENTERS REALLY RAISE MY BLOOD PRESSURE!
RENTERS!!
95 percent of renters do not care about their neighbors. They let weeds grow all along the fence that turn into trees, they leave papers in their yard and walk past them without a thought of picking them up, and they let their kids bother all the surrounding neighbors while they are inside their homes watching TV. I AM SO SICK OF THE NEIGHBORS I KEEP GETTING! All the homeowners on my street take care of their homes...oh sure, not all of them will pick up a cup if they walk by it either, and none of them pick up their dog shit that they let their dogs do in everyone else's yards, but at least they give a damn more than MOST renters do. If you disagree, come over here and I'll show you..AND give you examples of what I've had to tolerate for the past 11 years, just to get along with my renter-neighbors.
95 percent of renters do not care about their neighbors. They let weeds grow all along the fence that turn into trees, they leave papers in their yard and walk past them without a thought of picking them up, and they let their kids bother all the surrounding neighbors while they are inside their homes watching TV. I AM SO SICK OF THE NEIGHBORS I KEEP GETTING! All the homeowners on my street take care of their homes...oh sure, not all of them will pick up a cup if they walk by it either, and none of them pick up their dog shit that they let their dogs do in everyone else's yards, but at least they give a damn more than MOST renters do. If you disagree, come over here and I'll show you..AND give you examples of what I've had to tolerate for the past 11 years, just to get along with my renter-neighbors.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Is it SPRING or SUMMER?
Summer has arrived- in the 80's (HIGH 80's) this week! So sorry I didn't post about Spring..I was too busy enjoying it! Well, it is STILL SPRING but it won't be feeling like it for the next 4 days...here comes the sweat..
Sunday, April 11, 2010
New Beginnings and clean yards in East Toledo
Everything seems a lot less dismal in the Spring...Thank you God!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
SAVING MONEY SHOPPING WITH "COUPON CODES"
I am having fun Christmas shopping, with no money. I have recently learned that you can save LOTS of money by getting coupon codes that you link to different store sites with, then the savings show up when you check out. I am filling up "wish lists" right now..that way if something goes on sale, it will show the new price when I come back, ready to purchase things.
Normally I would post these links at my TTown Bookmarks page, but I think lots of people in my neighborhood and family would like to save some money this year, so I am going to post them here on my "main" blog:
Offers.com: Save Offers - Save Time - Save Money
www.dealspl.us
www.couponalbum.com
www.mycoupons.com
I'll add more as I run across them!
Have a happy, stress -free holiday "shopping" season!
XOXO TTownRobin
Normally I would post these links at my TTown Bookmarks page, but I think lots of people in my neighborhood and family would like to save some money this year, so I am going to post them here on my "main" blog:
Offers.com: Save Offers - Save Time - Save Money
www.dealspl.us
www.couponalbum.com
www.mycoupons.com
I'll add more as I run across them!
Have a happy, stress -free holiday "shopping" season!
XOXO TTownRobin
Friday, September 25, 2009
Famous? Not for this I hope!
Thur, 20 Aug 2009
http://www.toledocitypaper.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1915:backelor-a-bachelorettes-poll&catid=96:cover-stories&Itemid=508"Yes, there are still plenty of proverbial fish swimming around in the Toledo dating pool — and we’ve caught some of the best. Peruse our roster of eligible bachelors and bachelorettes, then visit www.toledocitypaper.com to read more of their answers and cast your vote for who should be named Most Eligible Bachelor and Bachelorette of 2009! "
the photo I submitted...this was done on a whim..I NEVER thought I'd make the cut. I think I might need to thank my friend from the All America City competition, Jason Webber, as well..he may have put in a good word for me....THANKS JASON.
Name: "TTownRobin"
Age: 49
Occupation: mother, homemaker, Blockwatch Leader, human being
Best pick up line: "Hi, I'm Robin."
Favorite love song: "Love Song" by Tesla
Never would I ever: smoke crack
Three words that describe me: creative, neat, private (smoker)
When I get a day off work, I: move the furniture
In High School I was voted most likely to: be a writer
Age: 49
Occupation: mother, homemaker, Blockwatch Leader, human being
Best pick up line: "Hi, I'm Robin."
Favorite love song: "Love Song" by Tesla
Never would I ever: smoke crack
Three words that describe me: creative, neat, private (smoker)
When I get a day off work, I: move the furniture
In High School I was voted most likely to: be a writer
THANK GOD MY FRIEND, MARY TOTH, VOTED FOR ME OR I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN ANY VOTES!! THANK YOU MARY! - you are so sweet, kind, and thoughtful!
Oh sure other people noticed, and mostly just poked fun at me.
At least my friend and neighbor, Vickie, met someone at our nearby neighborhood block party! A really nice guy too - just goes to show ya, love finds you when you LEAST expect it!
Not that I'm looking. I just wanted to see if aanyone would notice, I guess.
I am so content right now with my life, I could do a cartwheel. Seriously!
(I probably just jinxed myself.)
XOXO TTownRobin !!
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
GETTING MOTIVATED: When you're BROKE, Transportation-less, and ALONE
Getting Motivated When You're Down
Also known as: "I can dish it out but I can't take it"
OR
"You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink"
FOUND AT: http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/printview
Chris Woolston
CONSUMER HEALTH INTERACTIVE
Below:
• When you're feeling stuck
• Exercise: The original antidepressant
There may come a time in your life in which the days go by in a monotonous blur. None of the activities that you used to enjoy so much give you any pleasure; nothing excites you; no one makes your pulse race. You feel listless and empty, although plagued by a vague anxiety and dread. Family members may accuse you of being irritable and snapping at them for no reason, and it's true that at present their demands seem overwhelming. Even the smallest task defeats you: All you really want is to be left alone.
Curiously, when we're depressed, retreat may seem the easiest way out. But health care professionals strongly disagree. If you're feeling hopeless and blue, they say, it's the worst time to be alone with your thoughts. Your reverie will likely be peppered with stinging self-criticism and feelings of worthlessness. Not surprisingly, the increasingly bleak cast to your mental landscape will worsen your mood disorder and sap your remaining energy.
If the scenario above describes your mood and has lasted for two weeks or more, you need to seek professional help: You're in the grip of a punishing depression. Both antidepressants and some forms of therapy can bring you relief. But say you're in treatment and still find it difficult to even get out of bed. The pain of depression has diminished, but you're still distant from your friends and family, since you want nothing more than to close the blinds, pull up the covers, and hunker down.
What can help pull you out of this vicious cycle? For one thing, you can learn to slow the stream of the negative thoughts that darken your mood. But just as important, you can find a way to stay active. Walk the dog, call a friend, work in the garden -- almost anything will help distract you from your dark thoughts. No matter what you do, you can probably expect to feel better.
Choosing some activities that put you in contact with other people is especially important. In his classic book Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life, Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi, a psychologist and researcher who is widely published in the area of work and creativity, explains the benefits of even the simplest encounter with a friend or stranger. "Over and over, our findings suggest that people get depressed when they are alone, and they revive when they rejoin the company of others. Alone a person usually reports low happiness, [little] motivation, low concentration, apathy, and an entire string of negative states such as passivity, loneliness, detachment, and low self-esteem. The moods that people diagnosed with chronic depression have… are indistinguishable from those of healthy people, as long as they are in company and doing something that requires concentration. But when they are alone with nothing to do, their minds begin to be occupied by depressing thoughts. This is also true, to a less pronounced extent, of everyone else.
"The reason is that when we have to interact with another person, even a stranger, our attention becomes structured by external demands... By contrast, when we are alone with nothing to do, there is no reason to concentrate... The mind begins to unravel, and soon finds something to worry about."
When you're feeling stuck
As anyone who's been clinically depressed knows, feeling good doesn't come easily -- or quickly. As psychiatrist David D. Burns explains in his book Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy (Little, Brown, &Co., 1999), depressed people often feel that there's nothing they can do to feel better. Nothing seems fun anymore; nothing seems worthwhile. Or else there's so much to do that it's exhausting even to think about. To someone who's depressed, these gloomy thoughts have the force of law.
Of course, some laws deserve to be broken. In Feeling Good, Burns has come up with a very practical plan for people so depressed that the smallest activities -- from taking a shower to eating lunch -- seem beyond their grasp. He suggests keeping a Daily Activity Schedule, a simple but effective tool that can help you organize your day and regain your motivation.
Here's how it works: At the beginning of each day, write down what you'd like to accomplish in each hour. (A daily appointment calendar could be a helpful place to keep these notations.) And what you plan to accomplish, at least until you feel better, may be very basic. From 8 to 9 am, for instance, you may write eat breakfast, balance checkbook, or read the paper. At the end of the day, record what you actually did. Burns further recommends marking each productive activity with an M (for mastery) and each fun activity with a P (for pleasure.) According to Burns, many depressed people do not plan any activities that could give them pleasure; a mix of both practical and pleasurable activities, he says, is important.
After listing your activities you can score them on a scale from 0 to 5. Something really fun or challenging gets a 5; anything dull or simple gets a 1 or 0. You can set different goals that you want to reach each week, raising them slightly each time.
Czikszentmihalyi has also suggested engineering daily activities so that you reap the most rewards from them. Of course, he says, this is easier said than done. "This sounds simple, but the inertia of habit and social pressure are so strong that most people have no idea which components of their lives they actually enjoy, and which contribute to stress and depression," he writes. "Keeping a diary or reflecting on the past day in the evening are ways to take stock systematically of the various influences on one's moods. After it is clear which activities produce the high points in one's day, it becomes possible to start experimenting."
People with an artistic or creative bent don't need to feel at all constricted by a schedule, he adds. "Creative people are especially good at ordering their lives so that what they do, when, and with whom will enable them to do their best work. If what they need is spontaneity and disorder, then they make sure to have that, too."
If you keep your schedule for several weeks or so -- and really try to stick to it -- you may begin to regain a sense of control over the most basic parts of your life. According to Burns, you'll see that you can enjoy yourself and get things accomplished. As he points out, life doesn't seem so overwhelming when you take it one hour at a time.
Exercise: The original antidepressant
If at all possible, make some room in that schedule for some exercise. According to a recent report in The Physician and Sports Medicine, exercise is a potent remedy for depression. A walk around the neighborhood or a good swim can enhance self-esteem, provide a sense of accomplishment, and burn pent-up anger and stress. Exercise may also boost the brain's supply of serotonin, mimicking the effects of Prozac and many other antidepressants.
If you haven't had much exercise lately, take it slow at first. Your doctor can help you find an exercise program that's right for you.
Whether you decide to go for a jog or read a book, remember: Something is much better than nothing. Whatever it takes, try to resist the temptation to curl up and hide. Depression may drain your energy, but it doesn't have to bring your life to a halt.
-- Chris Woolston, M.S., is a health and medical writer with a master's degree in biology. He is a contributing editor at Consumer Health Interactive, and was the staff writer at Hippocrates, a magazine for physicians. He has also covered science issues for Time Inc. Health, WebMD, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. His reporting on occupational health earned him an award from the northern California Society of Professional Journalists.
Further Resources
National Institute of Mental Health 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville, MD 20857 Phone: (800) 421-4211
National Foundation for Depressive Illness, Inc. P.O. Box 2257 New York, NY 10016 Phone: (800) 826-3632
References
Beck, Aaron T., MD. Cognitive Therapy and the Emotional Disorders. Penguin, 1976
Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. David D. Burns, MD. Avon Books, 1999.
Artal M. Exercise against depression. The Physician and Sports Medicine. October 1998. Vol 26(10)
National Institute of Mental Health. Depression. May 2006. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/depression.cfm
Mayo Clinic. Depression. February 2006. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/depression/DS00175
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THIS IS WHERE I'M AT. AT LEAST I'M TRYING TO LOOK UP STUFF TO HELP ME FEEL BETTER AND GET MOVING AND MAKE ALL THE CHRISTMAS GIFTS I WANT TO START MAKING.
My Step-Mom, Nan, (who doesn't like me very much and is mean to me on the phone when I call to see how she is) has colon cancer and is not doing very well. I don't think she will be here by this time next year. Who is going to take care of my Dad?
STRESS DEPRESSES YOU.
ANYWAY....Have a nice day!! Happy Halloween!!I get to go out FINALLY to karaoke with my neighbor friend Vickie for her birthday on Halloween! There's something to look forward to! I even got my "Sober-X" Hangover prevention sample patches in the mail today!!
:o)
TTownRobin
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This Article was First published May 25, 2001
Last updated February 14, 2008
Copyright © 2001 Consumer Health Interactive
Copied with permission from the website at: http://www.ahealthyme.com/
Monday, August 18, 2008
COOLEST MINI-INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEOS ON INDOOR HOUSE PAINTING, EVER
what a purdy paint doctor he is!
LISTEN TO THE "PURDY" PAINT DOCTOR AT:
http://www.purdycorp.com/dvd/playqt/purdy
http://www.purdycorp.com/dvd/playqt/purdy
UPDATE: 8-18-08 "KEL HAS BEEN LOCATED. There is still a reward for info leading to her arrest!
I JUST SAW HER ON HER FRONT PORCH...A YEAR LATER.
....AND SHE SAW ME AND MY DOG TOO.
She lives at 1308 NEVADA STREET IN EAST TOLEDO,
and she STILL owes me a new back door which is still all busted up from her kicking it in, and some new screens.
Is she a DRUG-ADDICT, an idiot, or just plain stupid, or does she just want to lose her kids (from what the neighbors have told me)..again ?
The lady who watched her daughter told me that she had given this "Kel" all her money to "get something" (some mothers are real idiots) and allowed her 13 year old daughter (who was smoking and cussing like a sailor at the corner at 6 years old) to go out to a party and get wasted till dawn with this 20 something nasty woman, whose last name she did not even know, then actually complained to me that "Kel" left her kid there and never came back for her and then...ACTUALLY ASKED ME ID I KNEW WHERE SHE WAS!!
CAN YOU BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE???
It's people EXACTLY LIKE THIS THAT GIVE EAST TOLEDO A BAD NAME.
PLUS THIS LADY WAS UPSET BECAUSE THIS "KEL" USED UP ALL HER MONEY!! awww.
What a bummer, huh? You didn't get your drugs "Mom", your daughter and her friend you barely knew, did them all up. Gosh DARNIT!! What a world; what a world!
Yes folks. I am still bitter. i actually forgot to pray to ask God to help me forgive Kel for this. Seeing her is actually a reminder. So for that I am thankful.
This was one time then the TOLEDO POLICE let me down though, and I cannot forget that. Well, this was actually 2nd time...The male officer that responded after an hour and a half and expected me to do the detective work myself.
WELL - I DID. NOW LET'S SEE IF ANYONE ELSE CAN COME THROUGH FOR ME. FOR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE WHO ARE TIRED OF GETTING RIPPED OFF AND THE LAW DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE HAS BEEN, AND STILL IS, A REWARD ALL THIS TIME FOR HER LAST NAME AND INFORMATION WHICH WILL LEAD TO HER ARREST (that part is very important). AND THIS STILL STANDS, as of AUGUST 18th, 2008.
PLEASE EMAIL ME VIA THIS BLOG.
If I had done what she did, which I never would, I would, at the very least, apologise, when she was drunk and drugged out of her mind and managed to break halfway into my back door, screaming every name in the book at me and telling me she had to pee..As explained once again, below, she must of thought it was her house...who knows. She hasn't been around this part of the neighborhood since that incident.
But the gig is almost up MISS "KEL".
Charges are soon to be pressed.
HERE IS THE INFORMATION REPEATED FROM A YEAR OR SO AGO, WHEN THE INCIDENT FORST OCCURED:
DO YOU KNOW "KEL"?
"This morning at 6 a.m., on Saturday, September 29th, 2007, a wasted-out-of-her-mind, dyed-diswater-blond, trash-mouthed 29 year old ** named KEL ** (petite: about a size 3**) with thick lips and a weather-worn, partied-out face, broke into my back door, after coming out of my screen room screaming loudly, to "let her in because she had to "piss".
She was yelling and calling me every name in the book at the top of her lungs and not one neighbor came out to help me. The men (spoiled 20-something father-babied-boys) neighbors on my right side were UP with the lights on and they didn't even come over after it was and said and done to see if we were alright.
**About 1:30 p.m. this afternoon, the white trash parent who lives down at the end of the street, a few houses from the Sports Center Bowling Alley, came down about 1:45 p.m. to see if I knew where she went because the tramp left her little (around) 3 year old at their house and had not been in touch or come back to get her, as well as her purse (full of make-up only from what we could see using a stick to open the top**) and her JEANS (!!) were still hanging from the outside of my fence along the sidewalk on Greenwood Street(that she took off out on my sidewalk evidently before she came in my house with just her white nasty cotton undies and t-shirt on),
...but JUST moments before they came to ask me this, the jeans disappeared.
I looked out the front door, and there that trampy-looking-girl was, talking to the 15 year old (named Jordan) that she had gone out partying with the night before, the mother, whom had just been at my door,, and sister, handing over her daughter to her in a stroller. As soon as she saw me, she took off down the street with the stroller and the daughter in tow. I followed her for 6 blocks, up White Street, then Nevada, then Plymouth, then Willard, taking her picture with the digital the entire way. I was determined to find out where she lived or hung out at because it was evident that the police were going to do absolutely nothing about her break-in. I finally got up to the area of Idaho and Willard, and she had hid somewhere there..and learned from the mother of the 13 year old that that is where her girlfriend lives and where she hangs out.
When the police FINALLY came back a 2nd time (about an HOUR after 3 of us called about her...oh it was longer than that...THEY GOT HERE AT 5:00 PM!!) they said they would drive over to that area and see if they saw her. WELL DUH! Who with any brains (especially a white-trash girl who had already lost 3 of her kids, and must be familiar with the law) whatsoever would stay in a place with the one kid they have left (that isn't in Child Protective Services out of the 4 total she has**) knowing that so many of us had called the police and that I knew where she had gone and had a picture of what she looked like.
She threatened to kick my ass, and I have no intention of starting anything with her. I have better more productive ways of dealing with this. It may take some time, but I believe in fate and God's laws.
I refuse to allow this to just drop. She terrorized my child, broke all the screens on the street side of my house and broke the front and back doors as well as the screen room door. They're trashed. I don't have the money to fix them! And the officer this morning said, "Well, if you find out who she is through Block Watch or something, then you can press charges", and he took a report of some of the damage..I found more damage after he left) just because some waste-case chose my house randomly to be the one where the white-trash tramp decided to want to go to the bathroom at.
HOW IN THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT HER LAST NAME AND ADDRESS!!?? THAT'S THEIR JOB!!
THIS IS BULL SHIT!
I never claimed to be a vigilante. But when no one will tell you her last name, (even the MOM who claimed to have given that girl all her money and lost it out of her pants pocket or whatever (this was told to me later - like I care - (WHY WOULD SHE GIVE A TRASHY GIRL WHOSE LAST NAME SHE DID NOT KNOW, ALL OF HER MONEY??? WHAT DO YOU THINK??? I CAN PRETTY MUCH TELL YOU WHY IF YOU DON'T FIGURE IT OUT) but everyone in the neighborhood knows her...I refuse to be a victim again.
And with the dispatcher for the police dawdling around asking stupid questions, my phone number TWICE, my spelling of my FIRST AND LAST NAME JUST WASTING TIME!! WHILE THAT GIRL WAS SCREAMING SO LOUD THAT THE DISPATCHER COULD BARELY HEAR ME - I KEEP SAYING SEND THEM NOW _ I'LL GIVE YOU THE REST _ JUST PLEASE DISPATCH THEM NOW and she wouldn't until she was all done taking information..when my child is screaming and crying - I will never wait on them or depend on them again. I'm done.
One of us could have been lying in the road by the time the officers got here the second time (AN ENTIRE HOUR!! AFTER I TOLD THE DISPATCHER I HAD BEEN THREATENED! THEY DROVE RIGHT BY ME AND WAVED AND WENT TO ANOTHER CALL!) I can't wait for them anymore.
We are virtually ON OUR OWN PEOPLE!! and everyone needs to make sure they have a weapon to protect their homes and their children in case someone comes into YOUR HOME and then comes back and threatens you like what happened to me.
I have protection - do you? All it would have taken was one more footstep into my door...(of course I could have dragged her in, but I was trying to give the drug-addicted-whore the benefit of the doubt..sorry, Lord)...At the time, I actually felt sorry for her. Not any more.
PLEASE NEIGHBORS AND CITIZENS!!
STAY INVOLVED WITH YOUR LOCAL BLOCKWATCH!!
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DEPEND ON EACH OTHER FOR HELP
..Like the wonderful neighbor, DEB - I will never forget your kindness..) that came by in her car to help me find that girl when I was on foot.
We can't depend on our law enforcement, especially with the budget cuts as they continue to be, and the fact that we have ONE UNIT from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. some days, as I was told by a local officer. If they need another one, it has to come from Downtown. LIKE THEY CAN SPARE A UNIT FROM CENTRAL CITY!
IF SOMEONE COMES INTO YOUR HOUSE YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO PROTECT YOURSELF. DON'T WAIT AROUND FOR THE POLICE TO DO IT. They might not ever show up at all.
I found out also that the girl went into another man's house before mine and he pushed her out too, but not without a fight**
I used to love East Toledo. I SUPPOSE I STILL DO. I HAVE EAST SIDE PRIDE - THERE's NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT...BUT I'VE FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL to make it nice. Today is just one of my bad days. I could tell you so much more. But I'd rather go to bed and start all over again tomorrow. Today really sucked.
Keep up that East Side Pride!!
That old fashioned TOLEDO PRIDE!!!
Toledo "LAW ENFORCEMENT" can take a big suck of my ass today. I'm tired of beating a dead horse.
Later,
TTR
If you give last name AND info leading to her arrest, there will be a reward:
GO YOU KNOW THIS GIRL NAMED "KEL"?
....AND SHE SAW ME AND MY DOG TOO.
She lives at 1308 NEVADA STREET IN EAST TOLEDO,
and she STILL owes me a new back door which is still all busted up from her kicking it in, and some new screens.
Is she a DRUG-ADDICT, an idiot, or just plain stupid, or does she just want to lose her kids (from what the neighbors have told me)..again ?
The lady who watched her daughter told me that she had given this "Kel" all her money to "get something" (some mothers are real idiots) and allowed her 13 year old daughter (who was smoking and cussing like a sailor at the corner at 6 years old) to go out to a party and get wasted till dawn with this 20 something nasty woman, whose last name she did not even know, then actually complained to me that "Kel" left her kid there and never came back for her and then...ACTUALLY ASKED ME ID I KNEW WHERE SHE WAS!!
CAN YOU BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE???
It's people EXACTLY LIKE THIS THAT GIVE EAST TOLEDO A BAD NAME.
PLUS THIS LADY WAS UPSET BECAUSE THIS "KEL" USED UP ALL HER MONEY!! awww.
What a bummer, huh? You didn't get your drugs "Mom", your daughter and her friend you barely knew, did them all up. Gosh DARNIT!! What a world; what a world!
Yes folks. I am still bitter. i actually forgot to pray to ask God to help me forgive Kel for this. Seeing her is actually a reminder. So for that I am thankful.
This was one time then the TOLEDO POLICE let me down though, and I cannot forget that. Well, this was actually 2nd time...The male officer that responded after an hour and a half and expected me to do the detective work myself.
WELL - I DID. NOW LET'S SEE IF ANYONE ELSE CAN COME THROUGH FOR ME. FOR PEOPLE EVERYWHERE WHO ARE TIRED OF GETTING RIPPED OFF AND THE LAW DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT IT.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THERE HAS BEEN, AND STILL IS, A REWARD ALL THIS TIME FOR HER LAST NAME AND INFORMATION WHICH WILL LEAD TO HER ARREST (that part is very important). AND THIS STILL STANDS, as of AUGUST 18th, 2008.
PLEASE EMAIL ME VIA THIS BLOG.
If I had done what she did, which I never would, I would, at the very least, apologise, when she was drunk and drugged out of her mind and managed to break halfway into my back door, screaming every name in the book at me and telling me she had to pee..As explained once again, below, she must of thought it was her house...who knows. She hasn't been around this part of the neighborhood since that incident.
But the gig is almost up MISS "KEL".
Charges are soon to be pressed.
HERE IS THE INFORMATION REPEATED FROM A YEAR OR SO AGO, WHEN THE INCIDENT FORST OCCURED:
"This morning at 6 a.m., on Saturday, September 29th, 2007, a wasted-out-of-her-mind, dyed-diswater-blond, trash-mouthed 29 year old ** named KEL ** (petite: about a size 3**) with thick lips and a weather-worn, partied-out face, broke into my back door, after coming out of my screen room screaming loudly, to "let her in because she had to "piss".
She was yelling and calling me every name in the book at the top of her lungs and not one neighbor came out to help me. The men (spoiled 20-something father-babied-boys) neighbors on my right side were UP with the lights on and they didn't even come over after it was and said and done to see if we were alright.
**About 1:30 p.m. this afternoon, the white trash parent who lives down at the end of the street, a few houses from the Sports Center Bowling Alley, came down about 1:45 p.m. to see if I knew where she went because the tramp left her little (around) 3 year old at their house and had not been in touch or come back to get her, as well as her purse (full of make-up only from what we could see using a stick to open the top**) and her JEANS (!!) were still hanging from the outside of my fence along the sidewalk on Greenwood Street(that she took off out on my sidewalk evidently before she came in my house with just her white nasty cotton undies and t-shirt on),
...but JUST moments before they came to ask me this, the jeans disappeared.
I looked out the front door, and there that trampy-looking-girl was, talking to the 15 year old (named Jordan) that she had gone out partying with the night before, the mother, whom had just been at my door,, and sister, handing over her daughter to her in a stroller. As soon as she saw me, she took off down the street with the stroller and the daughter in tow. I followed her for 6 blocks, up White Street, then Nevada, then Plymouth, then Willard, taking her picture with the digital the entire way. I was determined to find out where she lived or hung out at because it was evident that the police were going to do absolutely nothing about her break-in. I finally got up to the area of Idaho and Willard, and she had hid somewhere there..and learned from the mother of the 13 year old that that is where her girlfriend lives and where she hangs out.
When the police FINALLY came back a 2nd time (about an HOUR after 3 of us called about her...oh it was longer than that...THEY GOT HERE AT 5:00 PM!!) they said they would drive over to that area and see if they saw her. WELL DUH! Who with any brains (especially a white-trash girl who had already lost 3 of her kids, and must be familiar with the law) whatsoever would stay in a place with the one kid they have left (that isn't in Child Protective Services out of the 4 total she has**) knowing that so many of us had called the police and that I knew where she had gone and had a picture of what she looked like.
She threatened to kick my ass, and I have no intention of starting anything with her. I have better more productive ways of dealing with this. It may take some time, but I believe in fate and God's laws.
I refuse to allow this to just drop. She terrorized my child, broke all the screens on the street side of my house and broke the front and back doors as well as the screen room door. They're trashed. I don't have the money to fix them! And the officer this morning said, "Well, if you find out who she is through Block Watch or something, then you can press charges", and he took a report of some of the damage..I found more damage after he left) just because some waste-case chose my house randomly to be the one where the white-trash tramp decided to want to go to the bathroom at.
HOW IN THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO FIND OUT HER LAST NAME AND ADDRESS!!?? THAT'S THEIR JOB!!
THIS IS BULL SHIT!
I never claimed to be a vigilante. But when no one will tell you her last name, (even the MOM who claimed to have given that girl all her money and lost it out of her pants pocket or whatever (this was told to me later - like I care - (WHY WOULD SHE GIVE A TRASHY GIRL WHOSE LAST NAME SHE DID NOT KNOW, ALL OF HER MONEY??? WHAT DO YOU THINK??? I CAN PRETTY MUCH TELL YOU WHY IF YOU DON'T FIGURE IT OUT) but everyone in the neighborhood knows her...I refuse to be a victim again.
And with the dispatcher for the police dawdling around asking stupid questions, my phone number TWICE, my spelling of my FIRST AND LAST NAME JUST WASTING TIME!! WHILE THAT GIRL WAS SCREAMING SO LOUD THAT THE DISPATCHER COULD BARELY HEAR ME - I KEEP SAYING SEND THEM NOW _ I'LL GIVE YOU THE REST _ JUST PLEASE DISPATCH THEM NOW and she wouldn't until she was all done taking information..when my child is screaming and crying - I will never wait on them or depend on them again. I'm done.
One of us could have been lying in the road by the time the officers got here the second time (AN ENTIRE HOUR!! AFTER I TOLD THE DISPATCHER I HAD BEEN THREATENED! THEY DROVE RIGHT BY ME AND WAVED AND WENT TO ANOTHER CALL!) I can't wait for them anymore.
We are virtually ON OUR OWN PEOPLE!! and everyone needs to make sure they have a weapon to protect their homes and their children in case someone comes into YOUR HOME and then comes back and threatens you like what happened to me.
I have protection - do you? All it would have taken was one more footstep into my door...(of course I could have dragged her in, but I was trying to give the drug-addicted-whore the benefit of the doubt..sorry, Lord)...At the time, I actually felt sorry for her. Not any more.
PLEASE NEIGHBORS AND CITIZENS!!
STAY INVOLVED WITH YOUR LOCAL BLOCKWATCH!!
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DEPEND ON EACH OTHER FOR HELP
..Like the wonderful neighbor, DEB - I will never forget your kindness..) that came by in her car to help me find that girl when I was on foot.
We can't depend on our law enforcement, especially with the budget cuts as they continue to be, and the fact that we have ONE UNIT from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. some days, as I was told by a local officer. If they need another one, it has to come from Downtown. LIKE THEY CAN SPARE A UNIT FROM CENTRAL CITY!
IF SOMEONE COMES INTO YOUR HOUSE YOU HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO PROTECT YOURSELF. DON'T WAIT AROUND FOR THE POLICE TO DO IT. They might not ever show up at all.
I found out also that the girl went into another man's house before mine and he pushed her out too, but not without a fight**
I used to love East Toledo. I SUPPOSE I STILL DO. I HAVE EAST SIDE PRIDE - THERE's NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT...BUT I'VE FOUGHT TOOTH AND NAIL to make it nice. Today is just one of my bad days. I could tell you so much more. But I'd rather go to bed and start all over again tomorrow. Today really sucked.
Keep up that East Side Pride!!
That old fashioned TOLEDO PRIDE!!!
Toledo "LAW ENFORCEMENT" can take a big suck of my ass today. I'm tired of beating a dead horse.
Later,
TTR
GO YOU KNOW THIS GIRL NAMED "KEL"?
Thursday, October 18, 2007
East Toledo is only a "stones-throw' fom OREGON,OHIO
I am so sorry I have neglected oregon for so long!! I was raised in Oregon, Ohio and Oregon is actually THE PLACE where most East Toledoans wish they lived if they could afford it (if we had to live in this area anyway..)
So here is the run-down on th history of OREGON, OHIO as well as a few links to give you more information:
Oregon - City History
Oregon was once part of the Great Black Swamp. The swamp area was rich with oak, hickory, ash, walnut, elm and maple trees. This led to the establishment of numerous sawmills and settlements.
The harvested forests created rich farmland, but the area remained swampy and there was a need for storm drainage. Major ditches, usually along roadways that followed the path of old Indian trails, were constructed. These ditches continue to provide storm drainage today carrying storm water into Maumee Bay.
"The town was name Oregon by Pierre M. Irving, a nephew of Washington Irving, author of the popular book Astoria. This book attracted considerable interest in John Jacob Astor's trading lands which were located in what is now the city of Oregon. The story, however, is an account of Astor's fur trading in the territory of Oregon; but since the nephew was representing Astor's interest in fur trading east of the Maumee River, he succeeded in having the town named Oregon. In 1838, Mr. Irving accompanied by his wife, went to New York expecting to remain there for the summer; but for some reason he never returned." Quoted in the "History of Oregon and Jerusalem" book, authored by Josephine Fassett.
The first government was Oregon Township, formed in 1838. The land was surveyed and there were public sales for settlements. The area that was the township, is now the City of Oregon, which is bounded on the west by the City of Toledo, the North by Maumee Bay/Lake Erie, on the east by Jerusalem Township (Lucas County) and on the South by the City of Northwood (Wood County). In 1856 the township took ownership of two cemeteries which remain owned by the City today.
The 1800's and 1900's saw the development of an extensive rail system. The Port of Toledo began operations on the south bank of the Maumee River in the early 1800's and developed port operations on the Maumee Bay in Oregon in 1955. These operations continue in the Northwest area of the City.
Because of the water, rail, and surface transportation access that was available in the City, two major refineries, British Petroleum (BP) and Sun Marketing located in Oregon around the turn of the century. These two refineries have historically been two of the City's largest employers..
The northwestern end of the City grew as an industrial center with a coal powered electrical generating facility and several chemical plants. Pipelines were laid to carry petroleum products to and from the port facilities and other regions. Buckeye Pipeline has the largest pipeline distribution system in Oregon.
As industrialization continued, commercial and residential growth followed. Generally, urban growth continued eastward from Interstate 280 - one of the nation's first Interstates. Recently, residential growth has also occurred south of Maumee Bay in the waterfront areas and with perimeter development in the more rural areas.
In 1954 Oregon Township trustees sought to zone the area. At about the same time, City of Toledo officials sought to annex the northwest industrial area of Oregon Township. The annexation failed, and in 1957 there was an election for Oregon to become an incorporated City. The vote was 3,660 in favor and 2,925 opposed. A key issue in incorporation was to have Oregon own and operate a water and a wastewater plant.
The City of Oregon adopted their Charter in 1958. The new City adopted a slogan of "City of Opportunity." In the mid 1980's the City added Oregon on the Bay to the City of Opportunity. In 1959 voters approved an "earnings tax" now known as the municipal income tax. The water plant was constructed in 1964 and currently over 90% of the land in Oregon is serviced with waterlines. Plans for an estimated $17.9 million in improvements to the water plant continued in 1998. The
original water plant was paid for by a combination of local and federal funds. The City also has a wastewater treatment plant, constructed in 1977, with local and federal funds, which can process up to eight million gallons per day. In 1997 a major upgrade to the wastewater plant was completed. Approximately one-third of the land in the City is serviced by sanitary sewer lines. The City's water and wastewater operations also service portions of Jerusalem Township, northern Wood County and northwest Ottawa County.
Form of Government
The original Charter adopted in 1958 called for a Mayor/Council form of government. The City was divided into five wards, each represented by a councilman, and there were two at-large members for a total of seven councilmen. The Charter named the Mayor as the Administrator. The Mayor and Council were elected for two-year terms. In 1968 the Charter was amended to elect all councilmen at large. In 1988 the Charter was amended to change the term of the Mayor to four years. In 1993 there were two Charter changes: one was to create the position of City Administrator who would report to the Mayor; and the other was to abolish the position of Clerk Auditor and to create the positions of Finance Director and Clerk of Council. Other technical charter changes, such as reading the title of an ordinance instead of the entire ordinance, have been periodically approved by the voters.
Location
The City of Oregon is located in northwestern Ohio in the Toledo Metropolitan area. Oregon is Lucas County's largest suburb with 28.5 square miles and a population of 18,326. The City has approximately five miles of shoreline along Maumee Bay/Lake Erie. The City's elevation is approximately 606 feet above sea level. Local temperatures average 73 degrees in the summer and 25 degrees in the winter. The City has approximately 120 miles of roads with I-280 (which links the east - west Ohio Turnpike, I-80/90 with north-south I-75), State Route 2 (Lake Erie access road) and State Route 51 (Wood County and Ottawa County access road). The port facilities service foreign and domestic cargo for shipment in the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes.
The City of Oregon provides a variety of recreational opportunities for residents, workers, and visitors to the area. The City is home to Pearson Metropark, Maumee Bay State Park, South Shore Park and the Coontz Recreational Complex. Maumee Bay State Park has over 1,800 acres. The northern border is one mile of shoreline on Lake Erie. Maumee Bay has an eighteen hole Arthur Hill golf course, lodge and conference center, cabins, campgrounds, inland lake, nature trail, tennis courts, sledding hill and amphitheater. Wave runners, parasails, paddleboats, bikes and canoes are available for rent at the park. Pearson Metropark has 320 acres for biking, a nature center, fishing, picnicking, and paddle boating. The City of Oregon has two municipal parks, Coontz Park for active recreation with eight lighted ball fields and South Shore Park with a sledding hill, picnic area, and fitness trail.
Oregon schools offer a full range of programs from advanced placement courses to vocational education. The Oregon City School District includes a high school, two middle schools, and four elementary schools, one of which is located in Jerusalem township. Also located in the City is Cardinal Stritch High School, a coeducational parochial school. In addition to the Oregon schools, the region is serviced by the University of Toledo, Medical College of Ohio, Lourdes College, Owens Community College and Bowling Green State University. All of these schools are within approximately one-half hour drive time of the City.
Municipal Services
The City provides a wide variety of services authorized by its Charter and administrative codes. City services include police and fire protection, emergency medical service, municipal court, planning and engineering, zoning, code enforcement, street maintenance, traffic control, parks and recreation, building inspection, cemetery, community development, curbside recycling, solid waste collection and disposal and general administrative services. The City does not operate hospitals, schools or landfills. In 1998 the City continued to receive federal funding for persons, with qualifying income levels, to rehabilitate and/or receive down payments to purchase homes.
The City also operates two enterprise activities: water treatment and distribution, and wastewater collection and treatment. The enterprise funds are used to account for activities operated in a manner similar to a private business. The intent of the City is that the costs of providing the services to the general public on a continuing basis be financed primarily through user charges. The cost of capitalizing the water and wastewater plants is subsidized with a voter-approved designation of approximately twenty percent of income tax revenues for said purpose.
The City's enterprise activities are not subject to rate review or determination by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio or any similar regulatory body. The City Council has the necessary authority to establish and to amend appropriate user rates as required. The rates are monitored on an ongoing basis to insure their adequacy to meet operational and maintenance needs. The rates remain competitive in Northwest Ohio. Responsibility for the frequency and amount of rate change lies solely with the City Council.
FOUND AT: http://www.ci.oregon.oh.us/history/history.htm
THIS PAGE OFFERS LINKS TO THESE PAGES OF INFORMATION ABOUT OREGON, OHIO AS WELL:
Mayor Welcome and Link
City Departments
Schools
City Council (I was searching for the 2007 City Council candidates, and ran across this site...unfortunately, I STILL haven't found the 2007 candidates and their afiliation for my Aunt Sissy!)
Attractions
Directory
Search
MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT OREGON IS THAT IS IS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO LAKE ERIE and offers the beautiful MAUMEE BAY STATE PARK (and campground!).
So here is the run-down on th history of OREGON, OHIO as well as a few links to give you more information:
Oregon - City History
Oregon was once part of the Great Black Swamp. The swamp area was rich with oak, hickory, ash, walnut, elm and maple trees. This led to the establishment of numerous sawmills and settlements.
The harvested forests created rich farmland, but the area remained swampy and there was a need for storm drainage. Major ditches, usually along roadways that followed the path of old Indian trails, were constructed. These ditches continue to provide storm drainage today carrying storm water into Maumee Bay.
"The town was name Oregon by Pierre M. Irving, a nephew of Washington Irving, author of the popular book Astoria. This book attracted considerable interest in John Jacob Astor's trading lands which were located in what is now the city of Oregon. The story, however, is an account of Astor's fur trading in the territory of Oregon; but since the nephew was representing Astor's interest in fur trading east of the Maumee River, he succeeded in having the town named Oregon. In 1838, Mr. Irving accompanied by his wife, went to New York expecting to remain there for the summer; but for some reason he never returned." Quoted in the "History of Oregon and Jerusalem" book, authored by Josephine Fassett.
The first government was Oregon Township, formed in 1838. The land was surveyed and there were public sales for settlements. The area that was the township, is now the City of Oregon, which is bounded on the west by the City of Toledo, the North by Maumee Bay/Lake Erie, on the east by Jerusalem Township (Lucas County) and on the South by the City of Northwood (Wood County). In 1856 the township took ownership of two cemeteries which remain owned by the City today.
The 1800's and 1900's saw the development of an extensive rail system. The Port of Toledo began operations on the south bank of the Maumee River in the early 1800's and developed port operations on the Maumee Bay in Oregon in 1955. These operations continue in the Northwest area of the City.
Because of the water, rail, and surface transportation access that was available in the City, two major refineries, British Petroleum (BP) and Sun Marketing located in Oregon around the turn of the century. These two refineries have historically been two of the City's largest employers..
The northwestern end of the City grew as an industrial center with a coal powered electrical generating facility and several chemical plants. Pipelines were laid to carry petroleum products to and from the port facilities and other regions. Buckeye Pipeline has the largest pipeline distribution system in Oregon.
As industrialization continued, commercial and residential growth followed. Generally, urban growth continued eastward from Interstate 280 - one of the nation's first Interstates. Recently, residential growth has also occurred south of Maumee Bay in the waterfront areas and with perimeter development in the more rural areas.
In 1954 Oregon Township trustees sought to zone the area. At about the same time, City of Toledo officials sought to annex the northwest industrial area of Oregon Township. The annexation failed, and in 1957 there was an election for Oregon to become an incorporated City. The vote was 3,660 in favor and 2,925 opposed. A key issue in incorporation was to have Oregon own and operate a water and a wastewater plant.
The City of Oregon adopted their Charter in 1958. The new City adopted a slogan of "City of Opportunity." In the mid 1980's the City added Oregon on the Bay to the City of Opportunity. In 1959 voters approved an "earnings tax" now known as the municipal income tax. The water plant was constructed in 1964 and currently over 90% of the land in Oregon is serviced with waterlines. Plans for an estimated $17.9 million in improvements to the water plant continued in 1998. The
original water plant was paid for by a combination of local and federal funds. The City also has a wastewater treatment plant, constructed in 1977, with local and federal funds, which can process up to eight million gallons per day. In 1997 a major upgrade to the wastewater plant was completed. Approximately one-third of the land in the City is serviced by sanitary sewer lines. The City's water and wastewater operations also service portions of Jerusalem Township, northern Wood County and northwest Ottawa County.
Form of Government
The original Charter adopted in 1958 called for a Mayor/Council form of government. The City was divided into five wards, each represented by a councilman, and there were two at-large members for a total of seven councilmen. The Charter named the Mayor as the Administrator. The Mayor and Council were elected for two-year terms. In 1968 the Charter was amended to elect all councilmen at large. In 1988 the Charter was amended to change the term of the Mayor to four years. In 1993 there were two Charter changes: one was to create the position of City Administrator who would report to the Mayor; and the other was to abolish the position of Clerk Auditor and to create the positions of Finance Director and Clerk of Council. Other technical charter changes, such as reading the title of an ordinance instead of the entire ordinance, have been periodically approved by the voters.
Location
The City of Oregon is located in northwestern Ohio in the Toledo Metropolitan area. Oregon is Lucas County's largest suburb with 28.5 square miles and a population of 18,326. The City has approximately five miles of shoreline along Maumee Bay/Lake Erie. The City's elevation is approximately 606 feet above sea level. Local temperatures average 73 degrees in the summer and 25 degrees in the winter. The City has approximately 120 miles of roads with I-280 (which links the east - west Ohio Turnpike, I-80/90 with north-south I-75), State Route 2 (Lake Erie access road) and State Route 51 (Wood County and Ottawa County access road). The port facilities service foreign and domestic cargo for shipment in the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes.
The City of Oregon provides a variety of recreational opportunities for residents, workers, and visitors to the area. The City is home to Pearson Metropark, Maumee Bay State Park, South Shore Park and the Coontz Recreational Complex. Maumee Bay State Park has over 1,800 acres. The northern border is one mile of shoreline on Lake Erie. Maumee Bay has an eighteen hole Arthur Hill golf course, lodge and conference center, cabins, campgrounds, inland lake, nature trail, tennis courts, sledding hill and amphitheater. Wave runners, parasails, paddleboats, bikes and canoes are available for rent at the park. Pearson Metropark has 320 acres for biking, a nature center, fishing, picnicking, and paddle boating. The City of Oregon has two municipal parks, Coontz Park for active recreation with eight lighted ball fields and South Shore Park with a sledding hill, picnic area, and fitness trail.
Oregon schools offer a full range of programs from advanced placement courses to vocational education. The Oregon City School District includes a high school, two middle schools, and four elementary schools, one of which is located in Jerusalem township. Also located in the City is Cardinal Stritch High School, a coeducational parochial school. In addition to the Oregon schools, the region is serviced by the University of Toledo, Medical College of Ohio, Lourdes College, Owens Community College and Bowling Green State University. All of these schools are within approximately one-half hour drive time of the City.
Municipal Services
The City provides a wide variety of services authorized by its Charter and administrative codes. City services include police and fire protection, emergency medical service, municipal court, planning and engineering, zoning, code enforcement, street maintenance, traffic control, parks and recreation, building inspection, cemetery, community development, curbside recycling, solid waste collection and disposal and general administrative services. The City does not operate hospitals, schools or landfills. In 1998 the City continued to receive federal funding for persons, with qualifying income levels, to rehabilitate and/or receive down payments to purchase homes.
The City also operates two enterprise activities: water treatment and distribution, and wastewater collection and treatment. The enterprise funds are used to account for activities operated in a manner similar to a private business. The intent of the City is that the costs of providing the services to the general public on a continuing basis be financed primarily through user charges. The cost of capitalizing the water and wastewater plants is subsidized with a voter-approved designation of approximately twenty percent of income tax revenues for said purpose.
The City's enterprise activities are not subject to rate review or determination by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio or any similar regulatory body. The City Council has the necessary authority to establish and to amend appropriate user rates as required. The rates are monitored on an ongoing basis to insure their adequacy to meet operational and maintenance needs. The rates remain competitive in Northwest Ohio. Responsibility for the frequency and amount of rate change lies solely with the City Council.
FOUND AT: http://www.ci.oregon.oh.us/history/history.htm
THIS PAGE OFFERS LINKS TO THESE PAGES OF INFORMATION ABOUT OREGON, OHIO AS WELL:
Mayor Welcome and Link
City Departments
Schools
City Council (I was searching for the 2007 City Council candidates, and ran across this site...unfortunately, I STILL haven't found the 2007 candidates and their afiliation for my Aunt Sissy!)
Attractions
Directory
Search
MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT OREGON IS THAT IS IS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO LAKE ERIE and offers the beautiful MAUMEE BAY STATE PARK (and campground!).
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
HOROSCOPE=Real Life
ALSO: "LIFE" on NBC
THIS - REALLY, honest to God, happened to me today:
October 17, 2007
Capricorn (12/22-1/19)
"You can expect to start this day with a lot of high energy -- so much so that you might jump out of bed and dance the tango! There are a lot of ideas swimming around in your head right now, and they are giving you a blast of physical strength that will carry you through the entire day. There is no question that you will have all the drive, rhythm and stamina you need to tackle all your tasks -- and complete them with the grace and ease of a real dancer."
Ever since Jo told me that she started playing her Bob Seger every day and trying to dance around and move (even if it's just tapping a foot) constantly, that she took off 4 more pounds, i have started trying to at least listen to more music and MOVE MY BODY.
OH SURE...I DID lie in bed and sleep off and on till almost 3 pm today...it was a cloudy, moist, cool morning, and I had stayed up all night on the computer looking for "writing programs, and grammar checker" downloads, as well as material to use in my NEW, UPDATED WEBSITE that I am going to begin re-vamping this month and throughout the winter..which is at http://www.geocities.com/webscoollinks
THEN when it's complete, I will purchase the domain for it again, but this time under a catchier name.
ANYWAY...GTG - "LIFE" my new favorite Fall program, Channel 24, 9:30 pm, is on. I Can't miss it.
TTYL!!
God Bless,
TTR
PS. LIFE on NBC:
http://www.cinemablend.com/television/2007-Fall-TV-Preview-Life-on-NBC-6264.html
Life - Season 1
Premieres: Wednesday, September 26th at 10:00 p.m. EST
Network: NBC
Creator(s): Rand Ravich
Starring: Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi, Adam Arkin
Website: NBC.com
Watch Life on NBC
Don't Miss the New Series - Life on Wednesdays at 10/9C only on NBC!
www.NBC.com/Life
THE RUN-DOWN:
Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis) was a succesful Los Angeles detective before he was sent to jail for a triple homicide he did not commit. After years in prison, in solitary lockdown because of his reputation as a cop, Charlie is finally exonerated and sent back to the force. He’s partnered with Dani Reese (Sarah Shahi), who served her own time in rehab after her career working undercover in the drug world got a little too real. He’s also got the help of Ted (Adam Arkin), a friend from the inside who’s genius with money-- even though he’s an ex-felon. Now Charlie has to do his duties as a detective while still coping with the new reality of life on the outside.
"PREVIEW PULP"
Meh. Police procedurals do little for me unless they’ve got a neat hook (the upcoming New Amsterdam, for example). The idea of a cop who’s been in prison just doesn’t intrigue me-- don’t all TV cops act like they have some special insider knowledge? It’s also strange that there’s been virtually no promotion for this show, given that it comes right after Bionic Woman, which NBC is clearly expecting to be their new cash cow. As someone who can barely watch House without getting annoyed at the formula, I have my doubts that Charlie Crews will be a character worth watching this show for.
October 17, 2007
Capricorn (12/22-1/19)
"You can expect to start this day with a lot of high energy -- so much so that you might jump out of bed and dance the tango! There are a lot of ideas swimming around in your head right now, and they are giving you a blast of physical strength that will carry you through the entire day. There is no question that you will have all the drive, rhythm and stamina you need to tackle all your tasks -- and complete them with the grace and ease of a real dancer."
Ever since Jo told me that she started playing her Bob Seger every day and trying to dance around and move (even if it's just tapping a foot) constantly, that she took off 4 more pounds, i have started trying to at least listen to more music and MOVE MY BODY.
OH SURE...I DID lie in bed and sleep off and on till almost 3 pm today...it was a cloudy, moist, cool morning, and I had stayed up all night on the computer looking for "writing programs, and grammar checker" downloads, as well as material to use in my NEW, UPDATED WEBSITE that I am going to begin re-vamping this month and throughout the winter..which is at http://www.geocities.com/webscoollinks
THEN when it's complete, I will purchase the domain for it again, but this time under a catchier name.
ANYWAY...GTG - "LIFE" my new favorite Fall program, Channel 24, 9:30 pm, is on. I Can't miss it.
TTYL!!
God Bless,
TTR
PS. LIFE on NBC:
http://www.cinemablend.com/television/2007-Fall-TV-Preview-Life-on-NBC-6264.html
Life - Season 1
Premieres: Wednesday, September 26th at 10:00 p.m. EST
Network: NBC
Creator(s): Rand Ravich
Starring: Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi, Adam Arkin
Website: NBC.com
Watch Life on NBC
Don't Miss the New Series - Life on Wednesdays at 10/9C only on NBC!
www.NBC.com/Life
THE RUN-DOWN:
Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis) was a succesful Los Angeles detective before he was sent to jail for a triple homicide he did not commit. After years in prison, in solitary lockdown because of his reputation as a cop, Charlie is finally exonerated and sent back to the force. He’s partnered with Dani Reese (Sarah Shahi), who served her own time in rehab after her career working undercover in the drug world got a little too real. He’s also got the help of Ted (Adam Arkin), a friend from the inside who’s genius with money-- even though he’s an ex-felon. Now Charlie has to do his duties as a detective while still coping with the new reality of life on the outside.
"PREVIEW PULP"
Meh. Police procedurals do little for me unless they’ve got a neat hook (the upcoming New Amsterdam, for example). The idea of a cop who’s been in prison just doesn’t intrigue me-- don’t all TV cops act like they have some special insider knowledge? It’s also strange that there’s been virtually no promotion for this show, given that it comes right after Bionic Woman, which NBC is clearly expecting to be their new cash cow. As someone who can barely watch House without getting annoyed at the formula, I have my doubts that Charlie Crews will be a character worth watching this show for.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
I hate to talk against "my people" but...MEN!
I'm noticing something about a male "neighbor" of mine that I picked up on right from the week he moved in...
He was a typical East-Side dude: cocky, self-assured, no job (at the time. In his case, living off of worker's comp, not looking for a job and falsifying some of the info that he was looking moe than he really was), had a nice car which was unusual (but it's a sport racy-type car), but it was broken down, and had a broken windshield because an ex-girlfriend had smashed it. (probably, because he was unfaithful, I'm guessing): TYPICAL!
He was just the sort of guy that I am sucked in by, and attracted to most of the time...and I noticed it right from the git-go.
He wasn't really awesome looking, but not bad; it was mostly that cockiness that made me feel the same ol' feeling but, going what i had gone through with my last ex, i know now (finally0 to fight this attraction off and move on. My "Old" Doug had it, Paul Bertok had it, Larry had it...and they all broke my heart, and in some cases had fooled around on me. Actually Doug is STILL a jerk and Larry is a big bragger, and both of them are fast-talking, don't-want-a-regular-job-because-they-owe-child-support, eat-the-women's-food and get them to buy their beerm SLEAZES! But they were cute. i thought so anyway. Most of my friends would beg to differ.
This neighbor guy, I am noticing, since he has gotten a job (from what he told me, it sounded good - desk job - so easy he could nap at it!) worked for about 10 days...then (he told me) called off this past Saturday (I almost went over and woke him up - something in me just wants him to succeed! But it wasn't my place! It was 4 am, which was when he usually leaves, and I am usually up because of my insomnia), Now, today, here is his car sitting there again on a weekday. WELL SURE! One usually has a 90 day trial period. If you call off within that period of time, forget it, you're done; fired;kaput.
I would be VERY surprised if he still has this job.
BUT LIKE I SAID - IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS. NOT DO I CARE. I am just making an observation, like I said.
Now you are probably seething - who am I to even be noticing, a nosy-neighbor? Well, like I said, I am simply making an observation: that I will never meet a man that I am actually attracted to that is worth a damn here in East Toledo.
"I gotta get outta this place, if it's the las thing I ever do," "We gotta get outta this place, GIRL(S) THERE'S A BETTER LIFE FOR ME AND YOU" (THE BYRD'S IS IT?)
PLEASE - FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME IF YOU THINK I'M WRONG!
Have a good one,
TTR
He was a typical East-Side dude: cocky, self-assured, no job (at the time. In his case, living off of worker's comp, not looking for a job and falsifying some of the info that he was looking moe than he really was), had a nice car which was unusual (but it's a sport racy-type car), but it was broken down, and had a broken windshield because an ex-girlfriend had smashed it. (probably, because he was unfaithful, I'm guessing): TYPICAL!
He was just the sort of guy that I am sucked in by, and attracted to most of the time...and I noticed it right from the git-go.
He wasn't really awesome looking, but not bad; it was mostly that cockiness that made me feel the same ol' feeling but, going what i had gone through with my last ex, i know now (finally0 to fight this attraction off and move on. My "Old" Doug had it, Paul Bertok had it, Larry had it...and they all broke my heart, and in some cases had fooled around on me. Actually Doug is STILL a jerk and Larry is a big bragger, and both of them are fast-talking, don't-want-a-regular-job-because-they-owe-child-support, eat-the-women's-food and get them to buy their beerm SLEAZES! But they were cute. i thought so anyway. Most of my friends would beg to differ.
This neighbor guy, I am noticing, since he has gotten a job (from what he told me, it sounded good - desk job - so easy he could nap at it!) worked for about 10 days...then (he told me) called off this past Saturday (I almost went over and woke him up - something in me just wants him to succeed! But it wasn't my place! It was 4 am, which was when he usually leaves, and I am usually up because of my insomnia), Now, today, here is his car sitting there again on a weekday. WELL SURE! One usually has a 90 day trial period. If you call off within that period of time, forget it, you're done; fired;kaput.
I would be VERY surprised if he still has this job.
BUT LIKE I SAID - IT'S NOT MY BUSINESS. NOT DO I CARE. I am just making an observation, like I said.
Now you are probably seething - who am I to even be noticing, a nosy-neighbor? Well, like I said, I am simply making an observation: that I will never meet a man that I am actually attracted to that is worth a damn here in East Toledo.
"I gotta get outta this place, if it's the las thing I ever do," "We gotta get outta this place, GIRL(S) THERE'S A BETTER LIFE FOR ME AND YOU" (THE BYRD'S IS IT?)
Have a good one,
TTR
Saturday, September 22, 2007
My "One Saturday Mornings" (for the last 10 years)
"ONE SATURDAY MORNING" Disney cartoons have been a tradition with me and my daughter ever since she graduated from Barney and Sesame Street children's programming to regular cartoons, and for both, we have always watched them together.
Either with Oreos and milk, or potatoes, eggs, and toast, or curled up in a quilt on the floor or the couch.
Now that My baby girl's 16, we've, just this year, stopped watching them together, but I still love them so much, I set my alarm so I can be sure to get up to watch "my cartoons". Even the re-runs...
The best period of time was when they still were broadcasting "Doug" and "Pepper Ann" in my opinion. If I had cable, I could still watch some of the old ones.If you enjoy any of these cartoons too, please write and let us know what your favorite episodes or cartoons were!
You can find links for all the shows below at: http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/
or by clicking on each of the program names.
The Emperor's New School(33 Cartoons)Based on the Disney movie "the Emperor's New Groove".
The Replacements
(3 Cartoons)
..(NO WAY! bcdb.com says 3 episodes; I know there are at least 6 because they play them alternately, every Saturday, over and over!)
That's So Raven
EPISODE CAST AND CREW
Actors
Raven Symone............Raven Baxter
Orlando Brown...........Eddie Thomas
Kyle Massey.............Cory Baxter
Rondell Sheridan........Victor Baxter
Anneliese van der Pol...Chelsea Daniels
Hannah Montana
EPISODE CAST AND CREW
Actors
Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana...Miley Stewart
Billy Ray Cyrus..............Robbie Stewart
Emily Osment.................Lilly Truscott
Mitchel Tate Musso...........Oliver
Jason Earles.................Jackson
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
EPISODE CAST AND CREW
Actors
Kim Rhodes......Carey
Dylan Sprouse...Zack
Cole Sprouse....Cody
Phill Lewis.....Marion Moseby
Ashley Tisdale..Maddie
*ACTOR'S NAMES POSTED IN HONOR OF MY SPECIAL LITTLE BUDDY, WHO KNOWS ALL THE NAMES: Cody Benore
WHEN THESE ARE OVER, I CHANGE THE CHANNEL OVER TO WGTE "Qubo" cartoons for an hour...till the morning concludes for me at 12:30 pm. The Power Rangers weren't too bad, (I watched them for about 6 months) I just happened to like those last two "Qubo" toons better.
These include:
Jane and the Dragon
and
Jacob Two-Two
THEN..sometimes I'm lazy and fall back to sleep for an hour or so, or sometimes an afternoon movie begins at 1pm on FOX and I continue to lay on my fat lazy butt and watch that. But if I decide to be good, my daughter and I start on our Saturday chores as soon as the main set of One Saturday Morning Cartoons are over.
HERE'S A LIST OF SOME OTHERS THAT WERE SHOWN ON "ONE SATURDAY MORNING" on ABC OVER THE YEARS:
(information and links supplied from http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Walt_Disney_Studios/Television/)
The Adventures of Lilo & Stitch
(59 Cartoons)
Disney's Lloyd In Space(21 Cartoons)
The Proud Family (53 Cartns.)
Disney's Kim Possible (88 Cartoons)
Pepper Ann
(60 Cartoons)
Cast
Kathleen Wilhoite - Pepper Ann Pearson
Pamela Adlon - Margaret Rose "Moose" Pearson
Danny Cooksey - Milo Kamalani
Clea Lewis - Nicky Little
April Winchell - Lydia Pearson
Kimmy Robertson - Gwen Mezzrow
Luke Perry - Stuart Walldinger *FROM ANOTHER OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS FOR 11 YEARS:
BEVERLY HILLS 90210!*
Jenna von Oy - Trinket St. Blaire *AND FROM ANOTHER OLD FAVORITE: BLOSSOM!*
Don Adams - Principal Herbert Hickey
The finale of Pepper Ann aired November 18, 2000.
Disney's Fillmore!(26 Cartoons)
Disney's Hercules (65 Cartoons)
The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa(140 Cartoons)
Disney's The Weekenders
(78 Cartoons)
Disney's Teacher's Pet(47 Cartoons)
Disney's Recess (131 Cartoons)
If you've watched it as much as I have, you may enjoy this RECESS QUIZ:
http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/ForChildren/The-Disney-Cartoon-Recess-64832.html
Out of all of them, my VERY FAVORITES were:
"Pepper Ann", "Recess", and, "Doug":
Disney's Doug
YOU CAN PURCHASE THE ENTIRE DVD SET BY GOING HERE!:
http://www.nickclassics.com/store/product.php?productid=21803&gclid=CMXikLa0144CFSadIwodTiIM8A
The complete original 4 Season Enhanced DVD collection of the hit show on 8 disks- which ran from 1991 to 1994. All 104 commercial-free episodes, plus bonuses in one great collection. Each of the 52 - 30min episodes consisted of 2 seperate episodes making it 104 total. We have chosen to only include the original series (seasons 1-4) and not the later Doug airings as they do not compare to the original show. Professionally packaged in a sealed box set, ready to make a special gift for you or someone else. Get this classic DVD Set before it's gone, only limited quantities are available at this price. Only Available from nickclassics.com.
(My daughter was born in 1991 and I was dating someone named Doug by 1994!)
YOU CAN JOIN THE DOUG FUNNIE FAN CLUB BY GOING HERE:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dougfunniesfanclub/
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
(I never watched this one - didn't like it even though I LOVE TOY STORY..)
W.I.T.C.H. was shown for a short while. I thought this was AN AWFUL cartoon to show children. That's all our kids need is to want to become witches!! Thankfully it didn't last long at all.
Jane and the Dragon Song Lyrics
There once was a lady in waiting
Let's call her Jane.
That girl wasn't ordinary-
No way for me a lady stuck in waiting
I'd rather battle fire-breathing dragons
I knew I could prove that a girl could be a Knight
Though my friends all laughed at me
but...
I wouldn't be discouraged and trained in secret
Then a dragon pinched the Royal Prince
and everyone was freaking
So I went alone to the dragon's home
to slay the dragon
Hey now, hey now now
Jane and the Dragon are best friends now
Dragon's sweet, he let me save the young Prince
Then the King made me a Knight apprentice
Hey now hey now now...
With Dragon's help I'll be a Knight someday
Composed by Martin Kucaj
Lyrics by Arlene Bishop
Published by Cinesymphonies, Nelvana Limited 2005
Link to all Disney Cartoon Guide: http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Walt_Disney_Studios/Television/
Either with Oreos and milk, or potatoes, eggs, and toast, or curled up in a quilt on the floor or the couch.
Now that My baby girl's 16, we've, just this year, stopped watching them together, but I still love them so much, I set my alarm so I can be sure to get up to watch "my cartoons". Even the re-runs...
The best period of time was when they still were broadcasting "Doug" and "Pepper Ann" in my opinion. If I had cable, I could still watch some of the old ones.If you enjoy any of these cartoons too, please write and let us know what your favorite episodes or cartoons were!
You can find links for all the shows below at: http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/
or by clicking on each of the program names.
The Emperor's New School(33 Cartoons)Based on the Disney movie "the Emperor's New Groove".
The Replacements(3 Cartoons)
..(NO WAY! bcdb.com says 3 episodes; I know there are at least 6 because they play them alternately, every Saturday, over and over!)
That's So RavenEPISODE CAST AND CREW
Actors
Raven Symone............Raven Baxter
Orlando Brown...........Eddie Thomas
Kyle Massey.............Cory Baxter
Rondell Sheridan........Victor Baxter
Anneliese van der Pol...Chelsea Daniels
Hannah MontanaEPISODE CAST AND CREW
Actors
Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana...Miley Stewart
Billy Ray Cyrus..............Robbie Stewart
Emily Osment.................Lilly Truscott
Mitchel Tate Musso...........Oliver
Jason Earles.................Jackson
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
EPISODE CAST AND CREW
Actors
Kim Rhodes......Carey
Dylan Sprouse...Zack
Cole Sprouse....Cody
Phill Lewis.....Marion Moseby
Ashley Tisdale..Maddie
*ACTOR'S NAMES POSTED IN HONOR OF MY SPECIAL LITTLE BUDDY, WHO KNOWS ALL THE NAMES: Cody Benore
WHEN THESE ARE OVER, I CHANGE THE CHANNEL OVER TO WGTE "Qubo" cartoons for an hour...till the morning concludes for me at 12:30 pm. The Power Rangers weren't too bad, (I watched them for about 6 months) I just happened to like those last two "Qubo" toons better.
These include:
Jane and the Dragonand
Jacob Two-TwoTHEN..sometimes I'm lazy and fall back to sleep for an hour or so, or sometimes an afternoon movie begins at 1pm on FOX and I continue to lay on my fat lazy butt and watch that. But if I decide to be good, my daughter and I start on our Saturday chores as soon as the main set of One Saturday Morning Cartoons are over.
HERE'S A LIST OF SOME OTHERS THAT WERE SHOWN ON "ONE SATURDAY MORNING" on ABC OVER THE YEARS:
(information and links supplied from http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Walt_Disney_Studios/Television/)
The Adventures of Lilo & Stitch (59 Cartoons)
Disney's Lloyd In Space(21 Cartoons) 
The Proud Family (53 Cartns.)
Disney's Kim Possible (88 Cartoons)
Pepper Ann(60 Cartoons)
Cast
Kathleen Wilhoite - Pepper Ann Pearson
Pamela Adlon - Margaret Rose "Moose" Pearson
Danny Cooksey - Milo Kamalani
Clea Lewis - Nicky Little
April Winchell - Lydia Pearson
Kimmy Robertson - Gwen Mezzrow
Luke Perry - Stuart Walldinger *FROM ANOTHER OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS FOR 11 YEARS:
BEVERLY HILLS 90210!*
Jenna von Oy - Trinket St. Blaire *AND FROM ANOTHER OLD FAVORITE: BLOSSOM!*
Don Adams - Principal Herbert Hickey
The finale of Pepper Ann aired November 18, 2000.
Disney's Fillmore!(26 Cartoons)
Disney's Hercules (65 Cartoons)
The Lion King's Timon and Pumbaa(140 Cartoons)
Disney's The Weekenders(78 Cartoons)
Disney's Teacher's Pet(47 Cartoons)
Disney's Recess (131 Cartoons)If you've watched it as much as I have, you may enjoy this RECESS QUIZ:
http://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/ForChildren/The-Disney-Cartoon-Recess-64832.html
Out of all of them, my VERY FAVORITES were:
"Pepper Ann", "Recess", and, "Doug":
Disney's Doug YOU CAN PURCHASE THE ENTIRE DVD SET BY GOING HERE!:
http://www.nickclassics.com/store/product.php?productid=21803&gclid=CMXikLa0144CFSadIwodTiIM8A
The complete original 4 Season Enhanced DVD collection of the hit show on 8 disks- which ran from 1991 to 1994. All 104 commercial-free episodes, plus bonuses in one great collection. Each of the 52 - 30min episodes consisted of 2 seperate episodes making it 104 total. We have chosen to only include the original series (seasons 1-4) and not the later Doug airings as they do not compare to the original show. Professionally packaged in a sealed box set, ready to make a special gift for you or someone else. Get this classic DVD Set before it's gone, only limited quantities are available at this price. Only Available from nickclassics.com.
(My daughter was born in 1991 and I was dating someone named Doug by 1994!)
YOU CAN JOIN THE DOUG FUNNIE FAN CLUB BY GOING HERE:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dougfunniesfanclub/
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command(I never watched this one - didn't like it even though I LOVE TOY STORY..)
W.I.T.C.H. was shown for a short while. I thought this was AN AWFUL cartoon to show children. That's all our kids need is to want to become witches!! Thankfully it didn't last long at all.
There once was a lady in waiting
Let's call her Jane.
That girl wasn't ordinary-
No way for me a lady stuck in waiting
I'd rather battle fire-breathing dragons
I knew I could prove that a girl could be a Knight
Though my friends all laughed at me
but...
I wouldn't be discouraged and trained in secret
Then a dragon pinched the Royal Prince
and everyone was freaking
So I went alone to the dragon's home
to slay the dragon
Hey now, hey now now
Jane and the Dragon are best friends now
Dragon's sweet, he let me save the young Prince
Then the King made me a Knight apprentice
Hey now hey now now...
With Dragon's help I'll be a Knight someday
Composed by Martin Kucaj
Lyrics by Arlene Bishop
Published by Cinesymphonies, Nelvana Limited 2005
Link to all Disney Cartoon Guide: http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Walt_Disney_Studios/Television/
Sunday, September 2, 2007
VAN HALEN, thanks to my brother, I'M GOING!
This was so important (to me) that I posted it on BOTH of my blogs:
....Cleveland: Quicken Loans Arena
OCTOBER 10, 2007
I'm so excited I could cry.
I still have to find a hotel under $50.00,(my little brother's treat as well!), I have a plan of just about what I'd like to wear (ruffled-front shirt, short motocross-type black jacket, straight-leg Levis. etc.)...the planning and anticipation is ALMOSt as fun as the event itself, I think.
I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT WAIT.
Any of you other readers going to see them play this tour?
I can share some awesome tracks with you to help get you psyched up!
LET ME KNOW!
OH AND WHAT A RELIEF
...after I read this story, I don't feel so bad about going to a concert, making signs to hold up, & rocking out at 48 years old:
Eddie Van Halen, Acting His Age
As we grow older, so do our icons. Suddenly the latest "hot young things" seem barely legal (Keira Knightley, Lindsey Lohan) and Keith Richards' decomposition is finally somewhat age appropriate.
And, although apt to grumble about our own advancing years, we also make excuses for ourselves. We don't tend to be as forgiving of our objects of idolization. If they show their age, we mercilessly take note of every sag, every wrinkle. If they try to hide it with makeup, dye or surgery we tend to disparage their refusal grow old gracefully. In short, we want it both ways. We seem to expect our icons to always just shine on as is, forgetting that the camera can be unkind to someone who has lived in front of the flash for a few decades.
(AP)Still, it was jaw-droppingly upsetting to see this photo of Eddie Van Halen come across the wires from Sunday's Oscar after parties.
This is almost too much to bear. 1984 - both the album and the year - may have been two decades ago, but in 1984 Eddie Van Halen was generally agreed to be the hot Van Halen brother (sorry, Alex)... at least around my junior high. And he is over a decade younger than the afore-mentioned Mr. Richards (who has been considered the extreme example of an aging rocker for about a century now).
At 51, Van Halen has had a rough past decade or so. He lost his mom, split with wife of 24 years Valerie Bertinelli, battled alcoholism and cancer and weathered so many reconfigurations of Van Halen that even I'm drained. Also, he's never traded on his looks; he staked his claim on his guitar wizardry.
This time, let's give him a pass -- let's remember Eddie in 1984 and remember that after what he's been through, he's a survivor in 2006. But maybe we can have it both ways. We can agree to look at Eddie with a forgiving eye, but maybe Eddie could agree to tame the hair, see a good dentist and stand up straight. And maybe we can hope, just a little, that the rumors about Van Halen being the next "Rock Star" reality band are true.
FROM: blog.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2006/03... by Liz | March 7, 2006; 11:00 AM ET | Category: Celebrities
Previous: Tuesday Morning Mix | Next: Wednesday Morning Mix
I still have to find a hotel under $50.00,(my little brother's treat as well!), I have a plan of just about what I'd like to wear (ruffled-front shirt, short motocross-type black jacket, straight-leg Levis. etc.)...the planning and anticipation is ALMOSt as fun as the event itself, I think.
Any of you other readers going to see them play this tour?
I can share some awesome tracks with you to help get you psyched up!
LET ME KNOW!
As we grow older, so do our icons. Suddenly the latest "hot young things" seem barely legal (Keira Knightley, Lindsey Lohan) and Keith Richards' decomposition is finally somewhat age appropriate.
And, although apt to grumble about our own advancing years, we also make excuses for ourselves. We don't tend to be as forgiving of our objects of idolization. If they show their age, we mercilessly take note of every sag, every wrinkle. If they try to hide it with makeup, dye or surgery we tend to disparage their refusal grow old gracefully. In short, we want it both ways. We seem to expect our icons to always just shine on as is, forgetting that the camera can be unkind to someone who has lived in front of the flash for a few decades.
(AP)Still, it was jaw-droppingly upsetting to see this photo of Eddie Van Halen come across the wires from Sunday's Oscar after parties.
This is almost too much to bear. 1984 - both the album and the year - may have been two decades ago, but in 1984 Eddie Van Halen was generally agreed to be the hot Van Halen brother (sorry, Alex)... at least around my junior high. And he is over a decade younger than the afore-mentioned Mr. Richards (who has been considered the extreme example of an aging rocker for about a century now).
At 51, Van Halen has had a rough past decade or so. He lost his mom, split with wife of 24 years Valerie Bertinelli, battled alcoholism and cancer and weathered so many reconfigurations of Van Halen that even I'm drained. Also, he's never traded on his looks; he staked his claim on his guitar wizardry.
This time, let's give him a pass -- let's remember Eddie in 1984 and remember that after what he's been through, he's a survivor in 2006. But maybe we can have it both ways. We can agree to look at Eddie with a forgiving eye, but maybe Eddie could agree to tame the hair, see a good dentist and stand up straight. And maybe we can hope, just a little, that the rumors about Van Halen being the next "Rock Star" reality band are true.
FROM: blog.washingtonpost.com/celebritology/2006/03... by Liz | March 7, 2006; 11:00 AM ET | Category: Celebrities
Previous: Tuesday Morning Mix | Next: Wednesday Morning Mix
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
AUGUST 22: MySpace 6 hr. streaming concert including MY FAVORITE BAND: My Chemical Romance!
MySpace Announcement from Tom
Latest Update: Aug 21, 10:00pm PDT
"i wanted everyone to know about the linkin park, my chemical romance, taking back sunday / projekt revolution concert that's showing live tomorrow on myspace: check it out here myspace.com/nowwhat"
GO HERE FOR MORE DETAILS: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=217700935
ENJOY! (hope I remember tomorrow...)TTR
Sunday, August 19, 2007
RAINED OUT: the Hungarian Festival and MY LIFE
East Toledo's famous annual Hungarian Festival is still going on, but without me. I am SO DEPRESSED! True, it has been raining off and on all day, but I talked to someone who is already there and the festival is still going strong, and plenty of people were there milling around, buying awesome Hungarian food, listening to great music (a friend of mine, Bill Leonhardt, who played in Pictures, my band ex-husband played bass for, is playing drums in another band at the festival today. I REALLY wanted to go and listen to them! AND see a BUNCH of people who I haven't seen in a while - that's the MAIN ATTRACTION of the HUNGARIAN FESTIVAL!)..until 9 pm tonight in fact. I called anyone I could think of that might want to go with me, and that could pick me up (since I no longer have a vehicle) and had no luck. One person I knew That might want to go with me, had already left for it, one person was working, another one who offered to take me and hang out, either decided to go after telling me he wasn't going because of the rain or isn't calling me back, or went and didn't feel like getting me now, and the other two are evidently avoiding me because I know they have their phone with them and didn't return my page or cell call.
(sigh)...This reminds me of last winter...
The Hungarian Festival is actually the beginning of Fall for me, because after this festival (Ethnic Festivals = Summer here in Toledo)it's the Greek Festival, the weekend of Sept 8th, then school is in (our's starts August 27th already!!) and the Fall just flies by, then the cold weather starts. Before you know it, it's Halloween, then Christmas,(Christmas has become SO STRESSFUL for me with family shit and lack of money to make my daughters holiday something to really look forward to) then the THREE UNGODLY MONTHS OF DEEP DEPRESSION FOR ME, when the only thing that makes me feel better is eating.(I still have ONE MONTH to get off 5 pounds, almost impossible for me when all we have to eat is crap in the house and no money to get fruit and healthy food, and get under 200 at least!)Throughout the winter, I don't hear from anyone, no visitors, no calls, no going-out, nor do I have any extra money. (Hell at this point, I probably would give-in and go to the bar just to be around some PEOPLE!)
But....the NASCAR Race up at Michigan International Speedway (about 45 minutes away) was rained out, and that was the only other thing I had to look forward to today. In the past 5 years, I used to AT LEAST be up at Sunny's Campground, camping behind Karl (who passed away last month) and JJ, trying like hell to talk someone at the campground into driving up to MIS to LISTEN to the race and be in the mix! I didn't even go camping in the past 2 years,(except once for my daughter's birthday out at Maumee Bay). Anyway, the race is supposed to re-air tomorrow at noon. The forecast says rain for the next 3 days so I guess we'll have to wait and see.
The "Hunky" Fest will not be postponed. They are all partying right with the rain. This is it for the year. And this is my life for this summer.
I need to find a friend that LIKES ME. And I need a boyfriend even worse (I'm finally READY I DO BELIEVE), and I need to get my finances in order (Oh I have a water line leak, a mushy area in my grass too - it looks like I have a leak in my pipes and that costs about $1,200.00 to fix, my neighbor, Victor said..that's all I needed to push me over he edge. Time to sign up for counseling again....
GEES! I HOPE THIS IS PMS! I HATE TO THINK I HAVEN'T PROGRESSED AT ALL THIS YEAR! I'm still spinning my wheels.
Ta Ta for now,
TTR
PS. Please pray for me.
The Hungarian Festival is actually the beginning of Fall for me, because after this festival (Ethnic Festivals = Summer here in Toledo)it's the Greek Festival, the weekend of Sept 8th, then school is in (our's starts August 27th already!!) and the Fall just flies by, then the cold weather starts. Before you know it, it's Halloween, then Christmas,(Christmas has become SO STRESSFUL for me with family shit and lack of money to make my daughters holiday something to really look forward to) then the THREE UNGODLY MONTHS OF DEEP DEPRESSION FOR ME, when the only thing that makes me feel better is eating.(I still have ONE MONTH to get off 5 pounds, almost impossible for me when all we have to eat is crap in the house and no money to get fruit and healthy food, and get under 200 at least!)Throughout the winter, I don't hear from anyone, no visitors, no calls, no going-out, nor do I have any extra money. (Hell at this point, I probably would give-in and go to the bar just to be around some PEOPLE!)
But....the NASCAR Race up at Michigan International Speedway (about 45 minutes away) was rained out, and that was the only other thing I had to look forward to today. In the past 5 years, I used to AT LEAST be up at Sunny's Campground, camping behind Karl (who passed away last month) and JJ, trying like hell to talk someone at the campground into driving up to MIS to LISTEN to the race and be in the mix! I didn't even go camping in the past 2 years,(except once for my daughter's birthday out at Maumee Bay). Anyway, the race is supposed to re-air tomorrow at noon. The forecast says rain for the next 3 days so I guess we'll have to wait and see.
The "Hunky" Fest will not be postponed. They are all partying right with the rain. This is it for the year. And this is my life for this summer.
I need to find a friend that LIKES ME. And I need a boyfriend even worse (I'm finally READY I DO BELIEVE), and I need to get my finances in order (Oh I have a water line leak, a mushy area in my grass too - it looks like I have a leak in my pipes and that costs about $1,200.00 to fix, my neighbor, Victor said..that's all I needed to push me over he edge. Time to sign up for counseling again....
GEES! I HOPE THIS IS PMS! I HATE TO THINK I HAVEN'T PROGRESSED AT ALL THIS YEAR! I'm still spinning my wheels.
Ta Ta for now,
TTR
PS. Please pray for me.
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