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Distance No Object II

2. When shopping at the grocery store, do you return your cart? To the store no, to the parking lot reciprocals yes.

3. In a social setting, are you more of a talker or a listener?

Depends on my mood…but mostly a talker

4. Do you take compliments well?

not really, it depends on what they are on…my work verse my body.

5. Do you play Sudoku? nope.

6. If abandoned alone in the wilderness, would you survive? definitely!

7. Did you ever go to camp as a kid? day camp yes actually summer camp not really unless it was a school trip.

8. What was your favorite game as a kid? Scrabble and Checkers

9. If a sexy person was pursuing you, but you knew he was married, would you? would i what?

10. Could you date someone with different religious beliefs than you? yES

11. Do you like to pursue or be pursued? i like to be pursued but i find that i often do the pursuing.

12. Use three words to describe yourself? emotional, friendly, forward

13. Do any songs make you cry? yes but I can’t name them off the top of my head

14. Are you continuing your education? i’m taking a year off from school

15. Do you know how to shoot a gun? Yes, have I done it often? NO.

16. Have you ever taken pictures in a photo booth? Yes!

This was my last day of High school after graduation at the Senior party

17. How often do you read books? More often now that I’m out of school I read mainly when I am required to take long car and bus rides.

18. Do you think more about the past, present or future? I am very future oriented.

19. What is your favorite children’s book? The Lupine lady,

20.What color are your eyes? Brown

21. How tall are you? I think I’m 5′5″

22. Where is your dream house located? Somewhere that is pretty, peaceful and calm. Scotland Countryside or maybe on an island somewhere.

23. If your house was on fire, what would be the first thing you grabbed? Purse because it has all my id’s then my laptop and camera

24. When was the last time you were at Olive Garden? On the day I went to prom with Jason Blatz almost four years ago.

25. Where was the furthest place you traveled today? I went to my mom’s garage today but I’ve mainly be inside.

26. Do you like mustard? only when it is matched with ham or hotdogs

27. Do you prefer to sleep or eat? sleep

28. Do you look like your mom or dad? mom

I look like my mom.

29. How long does it take you in the shower? It depends on who is in there with me.

30. Can you do the splits? Nope, but I can get close.

31. What movie do you want to see right now? Flashdance but I’m watching The Hangover so I’ll be fine for awhile.

32. What did you do for New Year’s? Last year I spent New Years in Scotland with Craig at the Hogmanay Celebration I’m not sure what I’ll be doing this year for 2010.

33. Do you think The Grudge was scary? No, kind of gross though.

34. Do you own a camera phone? yes, as of yesterday and Christmas.

35. Was your mom a cheerleader? no, not that I know of.

36. What’s the last letter of your middle name? H

37. How many hours of sleep do you get a night? normally less than recommended

38. Do you like Care Bears? Not really but I think they look cute.

39. What do you buy at the movies? At the theatre I like Ice Cream and Popcorn.

40. Do you know how to play poker? Yes, Tom and Leo taught me.

41. Do you wear your seat belt? always

42. What do you wear to sleep? sometimes clothes, sometimes pjs, sometimes other.

43. Anything big ever happen in your home town? I wouldn’t call the place where I grew up a “town” it is more of a city and yes big things happen everyday.

44. How many meals do you eat a day? 3 -4

45. Is your tongue pierced? no

46. Do you always read MySpace bulletins? no

47. Do you like funny or serious people better? I like people who know when to be funny and who know when it is time to be serious…people who have the ability to deceiver which to use when.

48. Ever been to L.A.? yes

49. Did you eat a cookie today? yes…oatmeal

50. Do you use cuss words in other languages? only when I’m upset and frustrated

51. Do you steal or pay for your music downloads? I don’t download music nowadays I look at youtube and pandora.com

52. Do you hate chocolate? no

53. What do you and your parents fight about the most? money

54. Are you a gullible person? sometimes

55. Do you need a boyfriend to be happy? honestly…yes

56. If you could have any job (assuming you have the skills) what what would it be? something I’d enjoy…wedding planner? Chef

57. Are you easy to get along with? yes

58. What is your favorite time of day? depends on who I’m with…I think night-dawn

The India Arie songs that she identified as being for me and for my relationships were really accurate this time and I was surprised…I listed to one of the songs that she said was me and Craig and it brought me to tears.

So here I share “He Heals Me” By India Arie and dedicate it to Craig McCreath: My Love and Best Friend Forever.

He heals me
Told him my biggest secret
And he told me four.
He smiled at me and said that makes me love more
And then he made me laugh
And I knew it was a sign
That he was a man,
That I wanted in my life

And with every passing day
I feel more and more of that way

He heals me
He knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me
He knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me,
He heals me

I can play him songs, all through the night,
And he will listen to every line,
And even when I’m wrong, he is still kind
He chooses his words wisely when he tells me I’m not right.

And yes he is a beautiful man,
But he is also a beautiful friend

He heals me
He knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me
He knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me

The moment that we met, he made me smile.
He has so much compassion in his eyes
I have no idea, how long he’ll be here
A season or a lifetime, forever or a year
But for the first time in my life I’m not worried about the future
Because we have such a wonderful time when we’re together
However things turn out, it’s all right
Cause he’s already changed my life.

He heals me
He knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me
He knows the real me
And he accepts me, he never hurts me
He heals me

My mom has internet but it is extremely slow and annoying and it is constantly losing it’s signal. My mom has movies but I’ve seen them all. Cooking here is pointless because food is usually left over in the fridge for me to eat. I find myself reading and wasting time of my life playing catch with my smart cats Emmy and Ambross while my old cat Snow watches. It’s a sad existence that I’m trying to get out of. Since just this past week  I finished the book i had been reading Skinny Dip By Carl Hiaasen (Which has a fantastic ending) and since I’m not in the mood to begin my next Hiaasen I took time today inquiring about jobs in the classifieds and practicing my violin.

It is hard to play violin by oneself when there is no music available to you. I kept trying to think of songs that I’d played in the past but without the music available to me I had a hard time creating them like the masterpieces that they are and were when I played them with an orchestra.

I got to a point where I was humming more of the song than I was actually playing. I tried thinking of my life goals for the violin to continue to play it and to join a community orchestra somewhere. To continue to play so I could someday play it for my children while we sat in the livingroom onfamily nights like Laura’s father did in the Little House on the Praire Series. Or to continue playing just to have something that I can do as a talent that may have died since the days when classical music was a primary and popular form of entertainment and not only found on a classical music Am Radio station or in orchestra hall. I thought of why I started…it was because of film I would listen to movie soundtracks and hear the classical instruments and I would go to my older sister’s concerts and see that they got to play really fun movie themes and I wanted to do that. So I thought to myself…what are you goals for playing today? I have played the movie themes and I loved them and I can check that off the list of things I’ve done. I would like to join a professional orchestra but I need more practice to become worthy of even auditioning. I can’t play for my children as for the fact that I have none so I can only play because I find the instrument itself a great release from the stresses of my everyday life.

I attempt something that I’d been wanting to for awhile… a new project to fill my ever growing free time. I am going to try to play the violin solos that I’ve always told myself that I’d like to learn someday. From Kansas’s Dust in the Wind to Brittany Spear’s Toxic.

So yesterday…which still feels like today since it is only 1am today…I spent most of my day practicing the violin solo from Dust in the wind. I’d wanted to play the solo ever since I was in Farming Minnesota at Leo’s family farm and he’d played it for me to sing along to on the guitar. I knew the song as sung but he informed me that there was an amazing violin solo that accompanied it which he later played for me from his Mp3 player back when we got to Minneapolis. I told myself that one day I would learn the solo so I could play it along with Leo on guitar. The easiest way to learn it for me would have been finding the music for it online because  I know how to read music and that would have been the best solution. I found different versions of the song but because of my lack of money and my lack of time to wait for the sheet music to be shipped in three to five business days I decided to take the harder route. I looked the solo up on Youtube and found two great videos that featured the solo.

I played the first video over and over again playing and pausing it in sections until I was able to imitate the same sounds with my violin. And slowly I could play along with the soloist as if I was the one in the recording. Then I went on to practice the ditty almost for what felt like one hundred times over and over again for about two hours until I could play the solo with my eyes closed while skipping about my mom’s house (dangerous).

I got it up to speed and my final test of it was to play it along with the original…I found a good recording of Kansas from the 70s or 80s and I played along with the recording…the first time I didn’t do very well because the recording got ahead of me but the second and third times I nailed it. I think I listened to Dust in the Wind twenty or thirty times in order to deem myself as having mastered the solo…it was a great feeling after having begun the day only have had heard the solo once or twice before. I taught myself how to play it by ear.

I’m going to post the three videos I used and later I’ll record myself and maybe Leo playing Dust in the Wind to post on here…Being home and without webcam I felt that this was an accomplishment worth blogging about and since it is quiet here and I have the time, why not?

The Violin Solo Video I used first

Kansas: Dust in the Wind (The Link to the Version of the Song I tested myself with second to see if I’d mastered it)

The Mixed up solo that I used last

A Spent the rest of the night Playing a Christmas Music book I’d found in a corner. When my mom got home I showed her what I’d learned and she told me that she’d always thought that the solo was played by two different violins…She was impressed and now I can’t wait to show Leo!

Melissa Sweet STYLE MS110…bridesmaid dress wow.

Love this Dress

This is the new Podcast Craig and I have started about Long Distance Relationships… episode 1 is a complete: conversation…totally unscripted and perfect.

http://mylifeonthenet.com/2009/10/29/distance-no-object-001/

Man in Boat (Craig)

What did you need to do in the waning days of summer for it to feel complete?
Find a JOB and a place to stay.
A person I know was wrong for me but about whom I frequently thought after a break-up was…
Both Jason Blatz & Scott Haiden
If you could only attend one major sporting event what would it be?
Baseball
Assuming that you write an anonymous or partially anonymous blog, by what non-physically identifying characteristics might you be identified in a bar?
the “…” or Random Capitalization of WORDS!
Most blogs cover some sort of niche – personal, political, dating, culinary, etc. What topic, if any, would you like to address on your blog but doesn’t fit into your niche?
Politics because mine is personal and often about my relationships.
If you could manipulate the time space continuum and give as many as three pieces of advice to a younger version of yourself, what advice would you give and to what age of you?
SAVE ALL YOUR MONEY, GET YOUR LICENSE AND ESCAPE!: Me in 6th grade BE COMPLETELY HONEST EARLIER BETTER THAN LATER: Me at age 5 DON’T GET PHYSICAL ON THE FIRST DATE: me at any age younger than now

Who among your friends do you really wish had a blog because their stories, or perspective on something ought to be shared?
Jimmy Hines, Sean Phillips and… my Rita Salone
If you were to take an e-cation (vacation from the trappings of our electronic world,) and assuming that employment obligations would allow it, how long of a break could you take? What would you miss the most, the least?
1 year or longer and I’d go to all the places I’ve ever visited in my dreams and that I see picture of online.
On September 11th of this year, I attended a couple of parties and was somewhat conflicted by the fact that this ignoble anniversary shall pass with it being just another day in the eyes of many (and in some ways my own eyes as well.) Thoughts?
The confliction will be an acceptable acknowledgment till the end of time.
How high are your walls? Who was the last person to scale them? What tools should would-be climbers have on their belt?
The walls are constantly changing and the tools are determined by what I feel will make it safer for myself as I put up more walls. Last person to scale them truly Kyle Parsons during Summerfest.
T he sexiest thing a man or a woman can say to you (or has said to you) is: Can’t think of one off the top of my head. Sorry.

2. How do you like your steak?

done.

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?
Not sure, um…I know I went with Jacque Blackamore though.

4. What is your favorite TV show?
Favorite? That’s hard… probably True Blood on HBO or Angel

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be?
Scotland

6. What did you have for breakfast?
saltine Crackers

7. What is your favorite cuisine?
Not sure yet.

8. What foods do you dislike?

I’m not really into bugs at the moment

9. Favorite Place to Eat?

Where ever I can afford…home at the moment

10. Favorite dressing?
French or Ranch

11.What kind of vehicle do you drive?
A bike or the bus…but I don’t drive that.

12. What are your favorite clothes?

Jeans and a comfortable top…some sort of jacket to layer it or sweater

13. Where would you visit if you had the chance?
Australia

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full?
1/2 Full

15. Where would you want to retire?
Somewhere warm and cozy with little work and a lot of pleasurable activities

16. Favorite time of day.
Mornings when I’m with Craig …Midday with the Family…and Nights with Friends

17. Where were you born?
At the University of Minnesota Hospital

18. What is your favorite sport to watch?
Baseball

19. Who do you think will not tag you back?
Everyone

20. Person you expect to tag you back first?
not anyone.

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this?
Craig…if he actually does this

22. Bird watcher?
yeah, sometimes

23. Are you a morning person or a night person?

Night when it is changing to Morning

24. Do you have any pets?
Yes 3 cats and 6 Hamsters

25. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share?
I just found a new place to stay that is all the way out in Brooklyn Park

26. What did you want to be when you were little?
An Artist

27. What is your best childhood memory?
Too Many to just pick 1

28. Are you a cat or dog person?
Cat person

29. Are you married?
not yet

30. Always wear your seat belt?

yes

31. Been in a car accident?
Never one caused by me.

32. Any pet peeves?
Spitting in public

33. Favorite Pizza Toppings?
A lot of Green Olives

34. Favorite Flower?
not sure yet

35. Favorite ice cream?
Vanilla

36. Favorite fast food restaurant?

WAY TOO MANY

37. How many times did you fail your driver’s test?
permit 3times

38. From whom did you get your last email?

Craig McCreath or my Mother Rita Salone…haven’t checked today

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card?

Super Target or its European equivalent Primark

40. Do anything spontaneous lately?
I got fired from my job and moved out of the house I was staying in 1 day…I moved in with my mother and found a new place to live all in a week and a half

41. Like your job?
what job?

42. favorite veggie?
Broccoli …no wait! Corn.

43. What was your favorite vacation?
Greece

44. Last person you went out to dinner with?
Rita Salone my mother

45. What are you listening to right now?
My Love by The Bird and the Bee

46. What is your favorite color?
Light Pink…or Baby Pink or PeptoBismol Pink

47. How many tattoos do you have?

zero…but I want one

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz?
none?

49. Coffee Drinker?

occasionally

50. Ever sing Karaoke?
Yes and I love it!

so I’d like to say that this is featured website of the week…_____

I was looking around for pictures of Judy Jetson for my History of Halloween Blog when I came across a very pretty dress and I clicked on the picture. I was taken to the Blog of a woman who is using patterns she sees in fashion magazines like vogue to create her own wardrobe. This girl then models the clothing she’s made and blogs about how she made it what he problems were and how a person can do the same thing back home.

Very Praire Posing in a vest she made

I particularly like this website because it reminds me of the old fashioned values people used to have…where woman would make their own clothing and a mother would present her daughter with a prom dress or a new blouse. A real timeless feel that I never received from my mother or grandmother because they aren’t the type to knit or sew…they are rather the type to buy you new clothing or pass it down to you.

I feel that when I get older I’d like to be the kind of woman who has the skills to make my own clothing as this woman does…I wish I could hire her as my personal tailor so she could make dresses for my body that could fit me and look as nice on me as they do her.

I can really see where she is coming from for what she thinks is beautiful I lOVE HER STYLE!

The Blog I am Featuring is Called Very Praire:

Click on the Picture to get to the Site

It is owned by a young woman who I have yet to learn the name of… who started the blog in 2006. She goes by the alias Very Prairie…she poses for most of her own work and she is very beautiful check out her site you’ll be amazed at what she can do!

1.What was the last thing you put in your mouth? Kool aid and bobby pins

2.Where was your facebook profile picture taken? In front of Sebastian Joes in Uptown Minneapolis after I had a successful job interview for a job I have since left

3.Can you play Guitar Hero? I spent all my free time in Scotland mastering Craig’s guitar hero…it was awesome!

4.Name someone who made you laugh today? Craig (in an email)

5.How late did you stay up last night and why? last night is this night and it is currently 2:44am so I’m assuming till 3am

6.If you could move somewhere else, would you? If I had money…Scotland with my current situation anywhere but home…but nice!

7. Ever been kissed under fireworks? YES! So fun! New years omg that was amazing! (Love you Craig!)

8. Which of your friends lives closest to you? Not sure I just moved back home

9. Do you believe ex’s can be friends? Kinda.

10. How do you feel about Dr Pepper?I like it but I wish i could tell the 23 (or something) flavors 1 from the others.

11. When was the last time you cried really hard? Last Sunday when Brian and Janel Goff semi fired me

12. Who took your profile picture? me.

13. Who was the last person you took a picture of? person? um my mother…picture in general cat

14. Was yesterday better than today?today is just beginning

15. Can you live a day without TV? yes.but not for long…I wouldn’t die without it

16. Are you upset about anything? not now

17. Do you think relationships are ever really worth it? definitely w people & God

18. Are you a bad influence? It  depends on what you consider bad

19. Night out or night in? Depends on my mood and what I could fill my time with

20. What items could you not go without during the day? my computer and a bra

21. Who was the last person you visited in the hospital? Decent Dosh,yesterday afternoon@ hcmc

22. What does the last text message in your inbox say?TEXT? I have no cellphone but email…probably one from Craig talking about some voicemail…

23. How do you feel about your life right now? I pray that one day I can get more of what I want out of it, I’m not happy with where it is going

24. Do you hate anyone? no but I have some problems with some people

25. If we were to look in your facebook inbox, what would we find? messages from everyone except my boyfriend and family

26. Say you were given a drug test right now, would you pass? I have Ibuprofen in my system would that turn up?

27. Has anyone ever called you perfect before? no never

28. What song is stuck in your head? Little ol me by Carman

29. Someone knocks on your window at 2:00 a.m., who do you want it to be? CRAIG!…hopefully no one hears him and he’s here to stay the night!

31. Name something you have to do tomorrow? Call people for job interviews

32. Do you think too much or too little? too little?…but I think it is hard to think too much

33. Do you smile a lot? I used to not really now.