Merry Christmas Baby.... a new poem for you!

(With hope I become so inspired.....)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHzjPnuxREQ

Uncle Kracker ~ Follw Me

Song /Video for this post

There is one...

Made for me it seems

Special & Unique.

Easy to be with 

knows me in and out .

Head and heart

All my secrets spilled

From the start.

 

Gets me all undone....

Truly "Gets" me....

From sunrise to the set of it.

Seems to know "how & what"

makes me "tick."

Special to have this friend in You!

Very Very Thankful too!

Merry Christmas Baby....

2010

xOx ~ j

keepitbubbly!

When I Need You

When I need you to be mine

I find a better you for me

Its the you I keep in my heart

Its the you I saw from the start

Before hurtful intrusion of others.

Locked away in my heart is the illusion
of blissful innocent lover...

The one that I see from there

That's the you I need in my life...

I can go there anytime

I need you to be mine

Dare to compare the real you to he...

Measure up? 

I'm sure you'd agree.

It would pain not just you...

But me.

The you of my mind and heart is better for me,

But must Learn to sustain balance or can not be....

Until balance can be found

Illusion must abound

In that silly place in my heart...

 Special & belongs only to you....

I go there from time to time

When I need you to be mine.

 ~ Jeri Sharpe
12/17/201

 keepitbubbly ~ xOx ~ Jeri

Video / Song Link  for this  post: Bon Jovi ~ What Do you Got?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWvbR2MxuxI

Enjoy your holiday!

The Ultimate Gift

The Ultimate Gift.... Sometimes it takes losing everything before you know what you really have

Watched a great movie today with my kids and my nieces.  "The Ultimate Gift" had us all very moved.  If you haven't seen it this movie, its worth watching.  I am thankful to have shared it with my family.... now I share it with all of you... my other family!! 
http://www.theultimategift.com/home.php?cid=4294967295&cat=home

May we all have the true blessings of the gifts he received in this movie.

1) the gift of work (he must learn to work for his money)
2) the gift of money (he must learn to handle his money wisely)
3) the gift of love (he must learn to love unconditionally)
4) the gift of friends (he must find friends who accept him without his money)
5) the gift of laughter (he must learn to see the joys of life)
6) the gift of giving (must learn to be generous, especially with money)
7) the gift of family (he must spend time with family)
8) the gift of problems (he must learn to face and solve problems for himself)
9) the gift of learning (he must learn to learn, he doesn't know everything)
10) the gift of dreams (he must have dreams, dreams for his life)
11) the gift of gratitude (he must learn to be thankful for what he has)
12) the gift of a day (What would you do with your last day on Earth)

A Song for you too...  Because as my brother once told me... "With somethings, you have to be all in.  It has to be all or nothing Sis."  I believe he is right when it comes to all of the above,  I believe he is right when it comes to love....All in....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1odkjJCA10c

 Have a sweet and lovely, warm giving of thanks....  Safe travels if you are,  if you are not...Enjoy those you've got! :)

keepitbubbly~ xOx Jeri

Matt 6:21

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Areatha Franklin Sang about it. Hit men mafia types

Aretha Franklin Sang about it.

Hit men mafia types talk about it in movies.  We all want it in all facets of our lives.  It is all about R~E~S~P~E~C~T!

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0XAI-PFQcA)

(Aretha Franklin Song ~ Respect)

Bubbly Me:"Think Pink!"

Yes, you may have guessed it.  Today I am talking about relationships.  This topic comes up a lot between my friends & I.  No matter if it is between a man & a woman, or just between us gals & the friendship we share.  Bottom line, it is the proper care & respect you give each other that counts.  There are times when we want to say something that is off our general character.   The old saying, "if you can't say something nice, it is better to not say anything at all" applies here.  We all know that we are not perfect and sometimes we speak before we think.  No one in their correct mind can say that they "always" or "never,"  because it is simply impossible to keep to that.  We can simply do our best on a daily basis.  If we mess up then we must say so,  apologize and move forward.  To justify our behavior just makes it worse and hurts feelings more.

Ramblings about Relationships

Sometimes those who are hurt, fall back on what they know.  They run to their safe place.  From there they lick their wounds, re-evaluate their situation and muster the strength to either confront their attacker, or cut them loose.   This has always been my strength.  I tend to run.   I have always felt that there is no point in being with someone, or around them if they do not want to be with or around me.   If they did not truly value our friendship enough to protect it, and invest in it then it was not as important to them as it was to me.  It was better to have found out sooner rather than later.  I would end up being hurt more the further involved I became.  It always took me a while to learn this however.
I'm not perfect and I had some major crushes in my time.  One boy in high school, ( who will remain nameless....) I believe I wore his name out by the amount of times I said, "Hi ******" to him in a day!  Now that to me is funny! At the time it was crushing for me, when I found out that he had gotten a girlfriend over the weekend.  I was so innocent about what boyfriends and girlfriends were about.  Up to that point, the most consistent boy relationship I had was a boy that had moved away from our school who had held my hand at lunch.  Before that, (a different boy in Colorado) who liked me used to send notes to me through my friend.  His mother was my teacher at Jamestown Elementary School.  I met him through her, but he went to school with the kids from my father's neighborhood in Boulder.  We would see each other at the roller rink sometimes, but really how silly is that?  I don't even remember what the notes said.  I just remember that my brother gave me a hard time over the notes and how bad I felt when we "broke-up" through a note.  It is funny how people talk now of the text message break-ups.  They used to complain of the break-ups over an answering machine and really how do you think people used to do it?  If they had no phone, they would have to drive over (by car or before that horse back??) and see them face to face, or "send a letter."  Which is today's email or text message!

Emily,"It's Magic!

I have never figure to know it all about relationships.  I just know what I have been through.   I have been the ear to many of my friends over a box of Kleenex .  It seems that my heart, or the heart's of my friends (both male & female) have played the part of muse to most, or many of the "love gone wrong" songs on the radio.  It is my new belief that the reason we seem to like the songs like,
            "Rhythm Of Love" by the Plain White T's
      (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWiwuiT58Yc ),
is that we are all still in a constant state of hope.  Hope that it is out there & that it does last forever!  That true love is real!

I believe true love exist, it is real & can last forever! I believe that  ALL relationships take work.  They take time & proper care.  You can't call it a relationship if you do not "relate" at all.  It starts with simply thinking of the other person.  I remember my mom and I watching a movie when I was a bit younger.  The Creator (Creator is a 1985 film directed by Ivan Passer, starring Peter O'Toole, Vincent Spano, Mariel Hemingway and Virginia Madsen ) in it the professor spoke of the formula for love being that you take the number of times you think of yourself in a day from the number of times you think of that person.  If you have a number leftover and are not the negatives you are in love.  It was something like that anyway.

(Oh how many times I have sat around singing the Supremes ~ Come See About Me ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PycKSdKG_74 ) 

I just remember my mom telling me that  the formula from the movie was true.  I think the point being that you think of the other person more than you think of yourself.    It is not about the 'hook-up!'  It is about the connection.  I am just a hopeful romantic!  Another tip of GOLD my mom told me and I believed it to be true.  There is only one reason for anyone to ever marry..... "For Love."    If you really think about it... even in the vows, there is only one thing that can sustain you.  Fame and stability of fortune can be gone in the beat of a heart.  The only thing that can pull you through is the person for whom your heart beats.  To quote my friend who was responding to my question: "What drives you?"  He said,

                               " To wake up one more day next to my beautiful wife and have one more 

shot at this wonderful thing we call life." ~ Duane Clark

Thank you Duane...I believe that proves love does exist.  It does not mean that it is perfect or has to have been proven so.  What happens between two is between two.  No one truly knows unless they are one of the two and even sometimes it is hard for the two to explain it.  As my daughter would say, "its magic!"   I myself have known the feeling.  I have gone weak in the knees, had butterflies in my stomach & my heart has raced, but the best part about being in love, is how easy it is to be around that one special person.  You still have to take what you find... or it can be taken away in the beat of a heart.

What needs to be said about respect and relationships.

When you stand in front of all the people you know..... you choose the person who you believe at the time will sustain YOU.   You are telling all of those people that this person is the person for you.  You are not standing there to tell them that this is the person for them.  I find it so interesting how people seem so invested in a couple's relationship and become so involved in their marriage, when it really has nothing to do with them.  Those people are standing there to bare witness for your union.  They are your supporters at that present time and it is your hope that they will be your supporters in future in a positive way.  I believe that people on the outside of a relationship can make or break that relationship, but what it comes down to, or the bottom line are the two people in it.  From that point on..... it is the two of you "as one!"   All opinions of others do not matter.  If they question that....  Just ask them to walk in your shoes.   Have them take an honest look at how they would treat their spouse in the same position.  Glass houses are a fragile place to live.  Take another look at the three little pigs fairy tale.  Shall we all go live in the house of bricks or the house of straw?  Build your foundation strong and build it together to last forever.  No matter how similar your upbringing, two people who come to live in the same house are going to have issues.  You will learn what is important and what isn't real fast.  You learn what will make or break you real fast and you must learn to talk to each other.  Talking is IMPORTANT!!  If you can't talk to each other, try having kids!  NO!!  Kids will only complicate an already difficult relationship.  You will never have time to talk, or learn to talk to each other if you have children!  Every conversation will become about them.  Even if you have an incredible amount of things in common, if you do not learn to talk out your little issues before kids it may never happen.  So before you complicate it, make sure you have that all worked out.  From what I have heard the top three major relationship issues are: 1. Financial, 2. Communication, & 3. Family.

I believe the only drama in a relationship is the drama people allow in it and create.  It is  simple, just be good to each other and respect what you have.  Don't do things that will hurt the other and give them the benefit of the doubt first when you do not have all the details.  Do not doubt your love or yourself.  Believe in yourself and know your worth.  Everyone has excuses, but the point & bottom line is.... if two people want to be together... there is nothing anyone can do about it. They will be together.  One way or another, it will happen. You can be the best at everything and if a guy cares for someone he will go be with the one that he cares for. It is either meant to be or it isn't. If he cares for you .... you will know it.  You both either respect what you have in each other or not. 

Like my brother used to tell me, 

"if a guy likes you... he will call... He will show you how he feels about you by how he treats you.... he will care enough to give you the respect you deserve.. I didn't always listen to Chas, but I always remembered that he told me that." ~ 

Good luck to you & much love my dear friend #1... always remember that you deserve the flowers, candle lit dinners out and a guy who is proud to show you off & happy (feels blessed to) share your company.  If he doesn't treat you well and with RESPECT (believe me) it only gets more complicated later,  when there are more heart strings involved.

Good luck & much love to my dear friend #2... please know that you deserve a girl who wants to take care of you the way you take care of her.  Who can't wait to see you when you come home each day and strives to look her best to make you wild for her.  The right girl will see the value of your heart, not the value of your pocket book.  Hang in there my friend.  You are valued.

One last song to start the day....only took me a few days to get this one going!!  HA!

(Train - Hey, Soul Sister)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVpv8-5XWOI

Have a good one! ~  keepitbubbly ~ xOx ~ Jeri

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Safe....

**Please NOTE:  My poems reflect moods... not always so BUBBLY...not always in the now... So, my family & friends before you worry & start calling me... pleases know...If I write about you... it is because I care... if I write about me.... it is because I care.... I love to love on my family & friends...If it is sad... it could be past coming to boil... or just stuff turned up in the soil... so please just enjoy the brew... and let the garden grow.... blogging is about life, love & living ...you know?  ;)  **

Safe....

Some emotions of the heart

Should never be expressed or explained

You find no resolve

Awkward still remains

 ~

Impossible to Quiet

An innocent quake

Keep such devotion locked away

Delicate parts break

~

Still is the wind

As you breathe all you can in

Release the ache that your heart pains....

Feel the upheaval of the fall

Hear soulful call from within

Proving life flows through your walls

~

Cruel reassurance of trust

Is only a dishonest lustful game

So be mindful of those users of heart

Dismissing their servant players just the same

They never prove real

Equal affection shared & claimed

~

Your heart can push the fear to the side

...............Oh how you fight to pushed the fear away

Once you are vulnerable

Your point of view brought to light

Hurtful opinions invade your fragile position

You are

Over exposed 

Unsafe..

~

How long has it been to let love in?

To feel safe..

...no tears in the night?

(who advised?..It's best to not let anyone see you cry?)

Breathe deep from your belly..

Laugh from there too...

Smile at the sun?

When did you last dance in the rain?

Feel the softness of  touch

let go of the pain?

....When were you held by

caring arms of one who loves you?

are you safe....?

....how long has it been my long lost friend?

Jeri Sharpe      

 Hanging By A Moment

Song Video link for this post..... Lifehouse's ~ 'Hanging By A Moment.'

On Hold... pushed aside...

Just a moment.... feelings impossible to hide...

When you can't say the things you want to say...

When you can't be who you want to be...

When you can't be there.....What is one to do?

Cry?...Did you ever see me cry? 

You know your heart... & I believe you know mine...

 Please...Know ....I write these words....for you.
xOx~jds

To not love .......is to not live.




enjoy your week!
Always,


keepitbubbly! :)  xOx ~ Jeri

I Am A Mountain Girl.... That Is Who I Am!!

In search of a treasure, I go to the boxes my father gave me to hold onto.  They were four boxes now condensed down to two gray plastic tubs that hold a history.  Family photos and keepsakes that his mother, my grandmother Bea left for him. (my father's Mother)

~"please note...while I would never tell my father how or what to write... he has decided that our relationship is about him telling me how and what I should write".... In an effort to keep the peace... I am deleting some of what I posted and I am not including names that I grew up knowing.~ 

  Here is what I found that makes me even more convinced of what I have always felt.  I am a mountain girl.  I may love to look at the ocean and venture to it now and again.  My heart belongs to the mountains.  Here is a bit of why....

(Music Video Picks for This post: Jessica Andrews "Who I am" 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd9zYKLepCw 

and Alabama's "Mountain Music")

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NshQKDfFPlw 

The Article I found "Requiem for a lake ~ Readers morn loss of 'Spirit'" from the 'living' section of the Oregon Journal (Oregon Journal Tuesday, June 10, 1980.) is here in its entirety.  My great uncle sent it to my father shortly after that date with a note that I will also post.  The article was compiled by Jack Pement Journal Staff Writer (no copyright infringement intended) and is a lovely tribute to a beautiful place.  

Requiem for a lake

  Readers mourn loss of 'Spirit'   Compiled by JACK PEMENT Journal Staff Writer

It's the sense of tranquility that people seem to remember more vividly than anything else.

     True, they speak of the majestic sight of the white-clad mountain and the towering trees, the chill of the sparkling water and the sweet scents of the forest floor, but in saying "thanks for the memory" the people who have been there seem to want to dwell most of all on the peace and the quiet - the almost eerie quiet - that they found at Spirit Lake.

     The Journal recently invited readers to share reminiscences about their visits to the Mount St. Helens recreational area.  Some wrote poems in reply, others filled many pages with their fond memories, and a few who wanted to say something themselves more fully simply wrote that there was no place in the whole world to match Spirit Lake.

     Losing the lake was, for Robert W. Manners of Longview, "one of the biggest tragedies" of his life.  It was there he had met his wife-to-be.  That happy occasion was June 12, 1938, while he was on a DeMolay outing.  

     "It was the day our lives began..."  wrote Manners.

     "It was ours, the mountain and the lake, and the memory of it all will live forever in our minds."

     Michael and Gail Warren of Beaverton remember a man from Arizona strolling repeatedly past their camp to get water from a nearby pipe.  The man said he had never tasted anything so delicious.

     Mrs. Myra K Ladder of Gresham was 17 and just starting her freshman year at Reed College when she visited Spirit Lake for the first time in 1961.  From her camp she wrote a letter to her parents in Los Angeles.  It said in part:

    "I am curled up in my sleeping bag....The lake is next to 10,000-foot Mt. Helen (and Daddy, it has real snow on it!)...The camp is a YMCA camp.  Lots of kids have guitars and banjos and play quite well... their repertoire of political parodies seems endless.  Everywhere you turn there is a group discussion of politics or philosophy or literature...

     "The sky is beautiful blue all day.  The sun shines on the lake, but the rest of the camp is in shadow all day (except maybe at noon) because it is surrounded by enormous trees...."

     V. M. Hamilton of Milwaukie remembers the happy time when with his loved ones he "drove through tall, green timber and rented a cabin a mile from the lake."

     "What a batch of huckleberries we gathered!"  he wrote.

     "Pail after pail of cool, sweet and plump huckleberries!"

     John V. Johnson of 804 NE 23rd Ave. spent a two-week vacation at the YMCA camp in 1926 and remembers climbing St. Helens in a party led by Lige Coalman, the legendary Mount Hood figure who spent his later years with the Y at Spirit Lake.  He remembers something else too.

     "For minor infractions such as smoking and swearing, we had to face a kangaroo court," wrote Johnson.  "Sentence usually was they would smear your body with iodine.  We would have to lather up with soap and dive off the dock into that icy cold Spirit Lake.  It took several latherings and dives to get rid of the iodine."

   When Isma A. Kaiser of Grants Pass heard what had happened to Spirit Lake, she wept.  She considered it "her" lake.

     "Fifty-one years ago I had the pleasure of spending a whole summer there," she wrote.  "My husband Jerry Menane, was topping and falling trees to make room for resort cabins at Harmony Falls.  The tree branches were burned to melt the snow so they could build a cabin for us to live in...We had a launch to bring in our supplies as well as our customers....

     "There was and old log cabin, perhaps a miner's cabin, and this was turned into a kitchen.  Our refrigerator was a small double-walled room with the space between the walls filled with sawdust....

     Guest started coming as soon as we had three cabins available....

     "My husband caught a rainbow trout that was so big my 4-year-old daughter could just get its tail off the ground while she held it for a photographer....

     "It was at Spirit Lake I gained my reputation as a fabulous cook.  Guests would tell me they would just want a half grapefruit and toast for breakfast.  Then they would go for a walk in that marvelous air and beautiful scenery and come in and eat a stack of hot cakes, two eggs and a slice of ham. Ha!  They thought it was my cooking!...

     "When I wasn't busy i picked huckleberries and made pies which I sold for $1.25, which was a big price in 1929.....

     "When the stock market crash came the people who were building the resort at Harmony Falls could put no more money into it and we were out of a job.

     "About eight or nine years ago my daughter and I returned to Spirit Lake and rented a cabin after phoning for a boat to come pick us up, and we lived over our memories of that summer so long ago.  I'm glad we did....

     "Today, as I write, tears have welled up and spilled over."

     Dorothy Knoll Gehrhart of 1730 SW Custer St. said that she, her husband and their two daughters had just moved to Portland form Detroit and were "still in awe of the wonders of the Northwest" when they saw Spirit Lake for the first time in the summer of 1942.

     "We had heard about Spirit Lake and a 'fabulous' eating place there.....At the park we were shown to a tree with a phone in it!  This was exciting in itself, but what came afterwards was delightful.

     "On this phone we called the lodge on the other side of the lake, ordered our dinner (a choice of beef or chicken as entree) and a boat was sent to pick us up!

     "I'll never forget that beautiful trip across the clearest water we had ever seen, and the wonderful dinner served country-style to a few people who were strangers to start with but who were soon talking as old friends."

     As the daughter of an executive board member of the Northeast YMCA, Mrs. Maxine Shannon visited Spirit Lake every summer in her childhood, each time with happiness, but the one winter trip she made to the Y's Camp Meehan in 1937 started off as a nightmare.

     She was 16, and she had received her first set of skis as a Christmas present.  The day after Christmas she and 45 other young people boarded a bus bound for the Y camp.  It was to be a winter ski trip, something the Y had never tried before.

     But somewhere short of the camp the bus bogged down in snow.  The driver told his passengers to get out, put on their skis and make their own way into camp.  Maxine asked the driver how far they had to go he said 13 miles.

     "I was sure he was joking," recalls Mrs. Shannon.  She had never been on skis.  That's why she had joined the Y party.  She was going to learn how to ski at the camp.

     It turned out that the driver was not joking.

     "The snow kept getting deeper and deeper,"  Mrs. Shannon remembers.  "Naturally the good skiers were way ahead of the slower ones.  Soon the sun set and we found ourselves having to climb over log after log that had fallen across the road.

     "Soon it was dark and there were four of us girls who were all alone in the woods - fallen trees all around us and still falling, and the wind howling....

  "It was a nightmare.  I was scared to death...."

As they were ready to despair the girls saw a lantern ahead, and they made way for it.  Advance units of their group had broken into a trapper's cabin.  There everyone spent the night, cold, cramped and hungry.  The next day newspapers were reporting the entire group as "missing."

     It wasn't until the end of that second day that they finally made it, exhausted but safe and sound to camp.

     Mrs. Shannon learned to ski that week at the YMCA camp, and by the time she and her party were ready to return home she skied out six miles, smugly, to meet the bus.  Later, when she went to Oregon State University, she made the ski team.

     "That  winter trip to Spirit Lake was the most memorable and rewarding experience of my life," wrote Mrs. Shannon.  "It's something I will never forget."

     Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Pickens of 5256 NE 48th Ave. camped one summer at the edge of the lake with their daughter and two grandchildren.  Everything was serene and "fantastic."  Then a family of 12 moved in next to them.

     "I said to my husband, 'Oh no! Our peace and quiet are over!'"  wrote Mrs. Pickens.  "But I was wrong!  I never saw such an organized family, and not a litterbug among them.  All the children stood in a perfect line for their meals.  Gramma and grampa did all the cooking, and the young ones cleaned up."

     The Rev. Charles H. Reep of 13505 SE River Road visited Spirit Lake in 1952 with his wife and daughter and was delighted when he was invited to conduct a Sunday service at the Girl Scout camp.  He still remember the subject of his sermon.  It was "Choosing Values and Priorities in Life."

     "Our days there were restful and relaxing, and we received impressions that will remain with us all through life,"  wrote Reep.

     Spirit Lake's Harmony Falls was something special for Julie Bernard of 7011 SW Hunt Club Lane.  She had known the place all her life.  She wrote:

     "After something close to 50 years of variations on the theme and lots of water under the bridge, Harmony Falls probably changed less in its true nature than any other place I can remember in my lifetime..  It was a renewal place for all of us who went there.

     "When I was 3 my grandmother and I stood ankle-deep in clear water on the lakefront at Harmony Falls, and tried to catch glistening ninnows in a milk bottle.... I think it was still a mining camp then with one small green cabin that my mother and father rented.

     "Later Jack and Tressa Nelson leased the place built cabins and a great log lodge below the falls.  Who can forget the old boat called the Tressa and the one called Ruby after Jack's sister? Jack would come over to get us in the Tressa and we would load on the people, dogs, guitars, booze, fruit, ice and stacks of gear....

     "We remember Jack Apeman's stories around the campfire.  My brother singing 'The old 97' and the kid who could recite 'Casey at the bat' and all of Robert Service.  We remember the sign my brother carved for our cabin, 'Harmony Fails.'  And after that all of the cabins got names.

     "There was the great peacefulness of water washing against the white seahorse log called 'Wrggly' and the herds of sleek-haired little girls, giggling and skinny-dipping at night.

     "There was my mother reading in the warm cabin while rain swept across the lake and danced on the roof.  There were my own children later and my friends' later and then my grandchildren, and my daughter and son-in-law finally there at Spirit Lake running the lodge at Harmony Falls and bringing back the good food of Tressa days and the smell of fresh bread and pie...

     "Mountain - we won't be here when you are ready for us again.  When you have finished with your great new design bless our descendants with the same spirit of love that was ours when your countenance was calm."

     James J. Fenwick, assistant superintendent of Portland Public Schools, has some unusual souvenirs from St. Helens.  He writes:

     ".....My most treasured recollections involve the joy of discovering the bonsai forest that covered the north face of the mountain just at the level of the timberline (about 5,000 feet) and above the lake.

     "These beautiful dwarf trees were, for me, a sheer delight since my hobby is collection and growing bonsai.  Now, as I look out in to my apartment deck, there are three prize keepsakes growing there - a dwarf Western hemlock standing 1 1/2 feet tall and perhaps at least 50 years old; a dwarf alpine fir of the same age, and an unusual multiple-trunk lodge pole pine standing one foot tall and at least 40 years old.

     "The trees are a reminder that life goes on. Each is a reflection of the tenacity of nature."

     Spirit Lake was "beautiful and peaceful" when Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hamm visited it in 1945, using precious gas rationing stamps to get there.  When they ended their camping-fishing stay they stopped at a gas station on their way home and an attendant told them the war had ended in the Pacific.  Now the occasion is "a rare memory," said Mrs. Hamm, who lives at 3913 N. Longview Ave.

     "My mother and father spent their honeymoon at Spirit Lake 51 years ago, riding out from the Castle Rock area in a wagon pulled by a team of horses," wrote Shirley Hamilton of 2337 NE 130th Ave.

     "When we camped at Spirit Lake my brother and I would always be on the watch for sidehill gougers, thunder bobs and mountain apes (we hadn't heard the word Sasquatch at the time.)  It was always a fun kind of scary to sit around the campfire and listen to our father and grandfather tell of these weird animals!

     "A sidehill gouger was supposed to have two legs on one side shorter than the other side so he could walk around the mountain easier.  Strictly imaginary, but we kids loved it.  There really is a thunder bob - a burrowing type of animal that gets its name from the way it bangs rocks together underground.

     "Walking through the picnic area and looking down the fenced-off holes where trees had rotted out after the last eruption gave us a small feeling of the power of nature.  Little did we know that we would see in our lifetime just what that power could do....."

     Dorothy Spencer White of Tigard, the daughter of a YMCA secretary, had been acquainted with Spirit Lake sense her childhood.  She and her husband spent their honeymoon there.  She wrote this:

     "Cabins can be rebuilt, but never again in many lifetimes will this once serene area ever be enjoyable again.  We have suffered an irreplaceable loss.  My memories are many and vivid.  But I hear the sound of taps echoing across moon-mirrored lake."

My Grandmother

 The way I understand it, my Grandfather Jerry Menane (who is mentioned in this article by his first wife Isma) fell in love with grandmother at first sight when she came into the cafe where he at the time was the "cook."  He was quoted as saying that his knees went weak and felt ill at the sight of her.  Which sounds funny, but he was struck by her bubbly personality, beauty and charm.

She fell in love with his kind ways and "his cooking!"   It truly was a good match.  I have been told that they enjoyed their short lived romantic life together, as they had much in common.  My grandfather died when my when my father was just five years old.

     Isma also mentioned her daughter, my father's half-sister.  I knew Louise Menane as a truly wonderful woman.  She was kind and loved her family.  She was smart and very much a career woman.  From what I understand she did very well in the vitamin industry and later retired to Sedona Arizona.  Aunt Louise had a son John and daughter Starleen.  

Aunt Louise (Isma's Daughter)

John and his two daughter's opened their home when I was a young girl and shared their mountain life with me above Jamestown Colorado.  I was only in the sixth grade and lived with them while my father lived down in Boulder.  I missed my family, but truly it was one of my favorite times of my life.  

Life is different away from town on the mountain.  There is a lack of utilities and yet the resources and your resourcefulness become limitless.   




So much was learned there that I could never have learned anywhere else!!!

Christine (C.C.), Natasha (Tashi) & Me!  Mountain Girls

C.C., Tashi, (Grand daughters of Louise) & Me

Us Three..... Later, Uncle John married & added another blessing to our Club!!  ANOTHER GIRL!!!    I've yet to meet her, but know that she is fantastic!!  She has to be!  She comes from good stock!!  Ha!   :) 

I hope you have enjoyed this as much as I have!  What a treasure it is to find out more of where you come from.

Enjoy your week!  keepitbubbly!!  xOx ~Jeri

Jeri Sharpe

Natasha Bedingfield - Pocketful Of Sunshine

For You....

  Good Saturday!  Okay..so almost..anyway...for today....share a bit of peace..


 Song pick for the day...Peaceful Easy Feeling ~ The Eagles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44_rtJxPg0s


Their talent amazing!  I am going to find my peace today.... possibly on a mountain top!!!  Enjoy your day...



Enjoy my latest poem I call:  "For You" .......


~For You ~
       
How You Touch A Heart Like Mine

Some are caught up by finer things
All Sparkle & Shine
A must for them is pricey & new
For myself
It will never do.

Those are not the things
That leave me the need to catch my breath
My heart Skip
My foot misstep
It is not that I am strong
For I go about just hiking along
Stumble I do...
When sharing real moments of a heart that is true.

My mouth goes dry
My knees go weak
I babble on nervously or I
I can't even speak
Relaxed glances
Shared laughter filled looks
That's what trips me up
Or catches my heart on hook

It is never the things that money can buy
That will make me think twice
Or catch my eye
The only way to touch a heart like mine
Waste none of your money
Spend only your time

Make me stumble
Heart that is true
Even play me for a fool
Much enjoyment found
TIME spent with you.....

The risk at finding happiness
Comes at a price
Many reach to the wrong wallet to settle their accounts...
Realizing later their very best account has been lost.


(Lifehouse ~ Broken)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6cdPeYJh0s

(Lifehouse ~ You and Me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac3HkriqdGQ



(my most recent~  Enjoy!  Keepitbubbly!  ~xOx~Jeri

The Eagles - Peaceful Easy Feeling

Four Agreements ~ If nothing else...

 July 14, 2009

This is One of my very favorite books:  My Father had it at his house one of the first times I visited Sedona.  I began to read it, and then I found it by chance at Jamba Juice when I returned.  I figure when you keep running into a book, you are meant to read it!  I really like what this book is about and I have tried to live up to each one of these rules for myself.  
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz ~A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
 (Front Cover Flap)
BE IMPECCABLE WITH YOUR WORD
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

DON'T TAKE ANYTHING PERSONALLY
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

DON'T MAKE ASSUMPTIONS
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness, and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

ALWAYS DO YOUR BEST
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.



I find that I will often forget and have to remind myself of these.  I also find that I will want to give this book to friends.  Then I end up buying myself a new copy.  I tend to tell kids at school as well as my own kids the following when I find that they are choosing bad words in their vocabulary:  I will tell them that if a person's only chance at getting to know who we are is the impression of the words they hear us speak, and those words that they hear are bad, then what will they believe about us?  Will they believe that we are good or bad?  The answer being obvious, I then follow with:  If people hear us speak good nicely chosen words, they will know us to be the good smart people that we are!  I have told my kids this over and over.  I also try to tell them that actions speak louder than words as well.  Sometimes the impressions we give people in how we behave toward them will also do the same.  If we go to a lunch and act wild and that is the only lunch we ever attend with them, then of course they will think we are just all the time wild people.  Well, of course how would they know that my children just aren't used to drinking soda pop? 
Anyway, I know that I just am still learning it all myself and that I have a long way to go in this life.  I think I have done pretty well so far.  I think learning the above agreements have helped me tremendously.  I hope they help some of you as well!
Enjoy your Day!  Keepitbubbly! ~xOx~Jeri

Getting To Know Each other :) Facebook Notes of Past....still :)

Getting To Know Each other
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 10:22am
You've been tagged, you have the honor of copying all these truly comprehensive mind-blowing..just gotta know questions, writing your own response, and tagging 25 other victims. You have to tag me so really you just need 24 more people. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you - but not in a creepy stalker kind of way, at least that's what I'm writing.

To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your title as "Getting to know each other", tag 25 people including me (tagging is done in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.

1. What time did you get up this morning? -- 4:30am (out of habit)

2. How do you like your steak? -- medium

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? -- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinos

4. What is your favorite TV show? -- Right now? Tru TV: Dumbest Criminals Caught on Tape is fun, & I do like CSI & Criminal Minds, & America's Funny Video's.

5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? -- A mountain top near a lake.

6. What did you have for breakfast? -- 2 cups of coffee & 1/2 of egg & cheese burrito

7. What is your favorite cuisine? -- Mexican(right now)

8. What foods do you dislike? -- Lima beans

9. Favorite Place to Eat? -- The Mayan (Really good Fish Tacos!)

10. Favorite dressing? -- Ranch

11.What kind of vehicle do you drive? -- Chrysler LHS

12. What are your favorite clothes? -- Jeans & t-shirt

14. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? -- Over flowing

15. Where would you want to retire? -- Mountain top/ lakeside

16. Favorite time of day? --Sunrise & Sunset

17. Where were you born? -- Santa Barbara, CA

18. What is your favorite sport to watch? -- Miami Dolphins! Only really because of Tim & TJ

19. Who do you think will not tag you back? --no clue

20. Person you expect to tag you back first? -- no clue

21. Who are you most curious about their responses to this? -- All

22. Bird watcher?-- Dog feeder?. Love to watch all animals

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

24. Do you have any pets? -- Dog, RustyPete "Marino" Sharpe~ he is my first born!

25. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share? -- Emily starts Kindergarten on the 20th and TJ will start the 2nd grade!! What will I do without them at home?

26. What did you want to be when you were little? -- A Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader!! LOL!!

27. What is your best childhood memory? --After not seeing my Mom for almost a year, she showed up at Boulder Park when we were playing there one day. I will never forget how excited I felt when she called out to us from across the park. I jumped down from the bars and ran across the park. My arms stretched open as wide as the world! I gave her the biggest squeeze as I jumped into her arms. I didn’t want to stop holding her. I was 8 years old. They had never explained to us what was to happen with their divorce. They just stopped living together & began pushing us back and forth between them.

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

29. Are you married? -- yes

30. Always wear your seat belt? -- yes

31. Been in a car accident? --yes

32. Any pet peeves? -- Pretentious idiots, who feel that their life & rights are more important than yours!

34. Favorite Flower? -- Yellow Roses, Star Gazer Lilies, Pink Roses, Bird of Paradise, Orchids (all tied to memories!)

35. Favorite ice cream? -- Spumoni

36. Favorite fast food restaurant? -- In~ N~ Out or Tommy's

37. How many times did you fail your driver's test? --Never

38. From whom did you get your last email? -- My Uncle Ray Burroughs

39. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? -- I hate SHOPPING!!!!!!

40. Do anything spontaneous lately? -- Went for a hike the other day. Just hit the trail with hubby & kids!

41. Like your job? -- As a Mom ALWAYS! As a Wife, well of COURSE! (except the cleaning part!!!lol!) As a soap maker / Love the creativity ~ OH YES! LOVE MY JOB!!

42. Broccoli? -- Yep! I love all grilled/steamed/ roasted/veggies my most fav is butternut squash.

43. What was your favorite vacation? -- oh yes! Live for it!! Camping at the lake or river.

44. Last person you went out to dinner with? -- Tim

45. What are you listening to right now? -- TJ & Emily, jumping on Emily's Bed!

46. What is your favorite color? -- Red

47. How many tattoos do you have? -- None

48. How many are you tagging for this quiz? --I will follow the instructions.

49. What time did you finish this quiz? and they said there is no such thing as a dumb question, i finished it right now(10:15am)

50. Coffee Drinker? yep & tea!

Comments:
Written about 11 months ago
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William C Green: OK I dun it Miss Dallas Cowboy
August 4, 2009 at 12:32pm · Like this /Terri Erickson Dinsmore:  you could totally be a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader...the Miami Dolphins will forgive you ;o)


Hope you enjoyed... my little getting to know me post!  now... let me get to know you!  jot down some notes about you!  Send me an  email!  Love to hear back! As always...Keepitbubbly! xOx~Jeri

Facebook Notes of Past....

Here are some more fun notes of past...   Some much loved...some funny and even educational! Enjoy!!

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Three names I go by:
1. Jeri /Jer
2. Mom/Honey
3. Sis

Three Jobs I have had in my life:
1. Bar Tender/Waitress
2. Medical Office /Accounts Manager
3. Child Care Business (Sharpe Family Child Care) Almost 10yrs

Three Places I have lived:
1. Boulder, CO
2. Santa Barbara,CA
3. Marina Del Rey, CA

Three Favorite drinks:
1. Water
2. Coffee
3. Tea

Three TV Shows that I watch:(currently)
1. Morning Express w/Robin Meade
2.America's Funniest Videos
3. Tru TV World's Dumbest Videos (Ciminals/vacation)

Three places I have been:
1.Golden Boot Awards (25th)
2. On a Horse! Everyone should ride one...at least once!
3. On top of as many Mtns I have been blessed enough to climb!

People that text me regularly: don't really have time for it... but when i do it is these..
1. My Best Friend
2. sis in law
3. my mom or hubby( & really not that often!)

Three of my favorite foods:
1. Chocolate Covered Strawberries
2. Salmon
3. Grilled Vegetables

Three places you would like to go:
1. Italy~ My great Grandparents were from a town just above Venice.
2. England ~ Relatives from there as well
3. Canada~ Although there is still a lot of America I would like to see for myself!

Three Things I am looking forward to:
1. Tim coming home from Hunting in Colorado (& he hasn't even left yet!)
2. Going to Vegas with Terri & Lori
3. The kids starting School so I can get productive with my soap business! Real work to be done!!

Updated about 11 months ago · Comments
Maria Giovanna Anghera-Munoz
Which town where your great grandparents from in Italy? My dad's from Venice, and my mom is from a town 30 minutes away from Venice.
August 14, 2009 at 10:32pm ·
Jeri Menane Sharpe
Maria~Fonte' Italy I think? I am still doing all the research on all of it and much of the records there were destroyed during the wartime. I know we have relatives there, but I am unsure that they are much aware of anymore.
August 30, 2009 at 1:21am · ·




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 Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 2:43pm
EMAIL #1

'Here's my strategy on the Cold War:
We win, they lose.' - Ronald Reagan


'The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' -Ronald Reagan


'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.' - Ronald Reagan


'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. Was too strong.' - Ronald Reagan


'I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.' - Ronald Reagan


'The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.' - Ronald Reagan


'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.' - Ronald Reagan


'The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program..' - Ronald Reagan


'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.' - Ronald Reagan


'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it.. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it' - Ronald Reagan


'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.' - Ronald Reagan


'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.' - Ronald Reagan



'If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.' - Ronald Reagan



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Email #2:
Subject: FW: Preambles of the States, interesting
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President Barack Obama said in Turkey : "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values."

I found this very interesting. Do you know the Preamble for your state? . .

Be sure to read the message at the bottom!

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Alabama 1901, Preamble
We the people of the State of Alabama , invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution..

Alaska 1956, Preamble We, the people of Alaska , grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land.

Arizona 1911, Preamble We, the people of the State of Arizona , grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...

Arkansas 1874, Preamble We, the people of the State of Arkansas , grateful to Almighty God for the privilege of choosing our own form of government...

California 1879, Preamble We, the People of the State of California , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom...

Colorado 1876, Preamble We, the people of Colorado , with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of Universe....

Connecticut 1818, Preamble. The People of Connecticut, acknowledging with gratitude the good Providence of God in permitting them to enjoy.

Delaware 1897, Preamble Through Divine Goodness all men have, by nature, the rights of worshipping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences...

Florida 1885, Preamble We, the people of the State of Florida , grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, establish this Constitution...

Georgia 1777, Preamble We, the people of Georgia , relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution...

Hawaii 1959, Preamble We , the people of Hawaii , Grateful for Divine Guidance ... Establish this Constitution.

Idaho 1889, Preamble We, the people of the State of Idaho , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings.

Illinois 1870, Preamble We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful to Almighty God for the civil , political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a
blessing on our endeavors.

Indiana 1851, Preamble We, the People of the State of Indiana , grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to choose our form of government.

Iowa 1857, Preamble We, the People of the St ate of Iowa , grateful to the Supreme Being for the blessings hitherto enjoyed, and feeling our dependence on Him for a continuation of these blessings, establish this Constitution.

Kansas 1859, Preamble We, the people of Kansas , grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious privileges establish this Constitution.

Kentucky 1891, Preamble.. We, the people of the Commonwealth are grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties...

Louisiana 1921, Preamble We, the people of the State of Louisiana , grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberties we enjoy.

Maine 1820, Preamble We the People of Maine acknowledging with grateful hearts the goodness of the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe in affording us an opportunity .. And imploring His aid and direction.

Maryland 1776, Preamble We, the people of the state of Maryland , grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty....

Massachusetts 1780, Preamble We...the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe In the course of His Providence, an opportunity and devoutly imploring His direction

Michigan 1908, Preamble. We, the people of the State of Michigan , grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of freedom, establish this Constitution.

Minnesota, 1857, Preamble We, the people of the State of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings:

Mississippi 1890, Preamble We, the people of Mississippi in convention assembled, grateful to Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work.

Missouri 1845, Preamble We, the people of Missouri , with profound reverence for the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness . Establish this Constitution...

Montana 1889, Preamble. We, the people of Montana , grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty establish this Constitution ...

Nebraska 1875, Preamble We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom . Establish this Constitution.

Nevada 1864, Preamble We the people of the State of Nevada , grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, establish this Constitution...

New Hampshire 1792, Part I. Art. I. Sec. V Every individual has a natural and unalienable right to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience.

New Jersey 1844, Preamble We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors.

New Mexico 1911, Preamble We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty..

New York 1846, Preamble We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to secure its blessings.

North Carolina 1868, Preamble We the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil, political, and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for the continuance of those...

North Dakota 1889, Preamble We , the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain...

Ohio 1852, Preamble We the people of the state of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common.

Oklahoma 1907, Preamble Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and perpetuate the blessings of liberty, establish this

Oregon 1857, Bill of Rights, Article I Section 2. All men shall be secure in the Natural right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences

Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance....

Rhode Island 1842, Preamble. We the People of the State of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing...

South Carolina, 1778, Preamble We, the people of he State of South Carolina grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution.

South Dakota 1889, Preamble We, the people of South Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberties ...

Tennessee 1796, Art. XI..III. That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience...

Texas 1845, Preamble We the People of the Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude, the grace and beneficence of God.

Utah 1896, Preamble Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty, we establish this Constitution.

Vermont 1777, Preamble Whereas all government ought to enable the individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man ..

Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI Religion, or the Duty which we owe our Creator can be directed only by Reason and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other

Washington 1889, Preamble We the People of the State of Washington, grateful
to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution

West Virginia 1872, Preamble Since through Divine Providence we enjoy the blessings of civil, political and religious liberty, we, the people of West Virginia reaffirm our faith in and constant reliance upon God ...

Wisconsin 1848, Preamble We, the people of Wisconsin, grateful to Almighty
God for our freedom, domestic tranquility...

Wyoming 1890, Preamble We, the people of the State of Wyoming, grateful to
God for our civil, political, and religious liberties, establish this Constitution...

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After reviewing acknowledgments of God from all 50 state constitutions, one is faced with the prospect that maybe, the ACLU and the out-of-control federal
courts are wrong! If you found this to be 'Food for thought' send to as many as you think will be
enlightened as I hope you were.
(Please note that at no time is anyone told that they
MUST worship God.)
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Felina Sample William C Green like this

William C Green:   Unfortunately, the voting public is rapidly changing. Those that remember Reagan are getting in the minority and the Conservative faction has no one with his charisma or moxie. Sad, isn't it?
August 5, 2009 at 3:57pm · ·
Felina Sample: broke the mold with him.. Yes a GOOD guy..
August 5, 2009 at 3:58pm ·


I know I miss this guy!  I did a report on him in high school and he was the first President that I ever voted for.  Anyway I thought it was nice of my uncle to send me these emails.  Take care and have a lovely weekend!
Keepitbubbly~xOx~Jeri




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*In case you are wondering.... I am moving my Notes off of my Facebook page and putting them here on my keepitbubbly Blog!  ~ Some of My personal poetry is not so bubbly....yet still food for thought! :) I hope you enjoy it for what it is and it inspires you to write from your heart as well!

keepitbubbly!
xOx ~ Jeri


Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 8:11am
(This is Rough and right out of my head)

Don't leave it up to me

I've been here before

I may not want to leave

my heart is already out the door


we argue the same things

no matter how we start

So you can't put the blame

only on my heart.


I'm always telling you something

you already know....

My heart can only fall away from you

If you let go...

I'm always telling you something

You already know....

My heart can only fall away from you

If you let go.....


Early Am Writing (Just some Am Writing)

Jeri D. Sharpe
Sept. 23 2009
Updated about 10 months ago








September 23, 2009 at 10:11am ·
Lisa Bailey-Fitchpatrick:  awsome Jeri!! Thanks for sharing!! =)

Notes From The Yard!......I DON'T DO SNAKES!!!

So today while walking the yard at school....... some of the students noticed a ..."SNAKE!!!"

So we two yard duty gals walked calmly (yeah right!) over to where the "snake" was last seen. Upon approach, I noticed there was not one but two rather LARGE snakes. I radioed the office to inform them of the current visitors on campus.  After all, it is a school rule to that all visitors must first check in at the office.  The office then sent the custodian out.  The other gal on duty kept the students back as I kept an eye on the snakes.    News spreads fast on the yard and they had come running to check out our visitors!

Our custodian arrived on scene with the "snake grabby thingy." (In case you would like to purchase one....I believe it is an industrial BRAND name for the tool we used! Ha) Well Alfredo took one look at the over three foot long SNAKES and handed me the snake grabby tool!
He said; "Here, I don't like the snakes."

Laughing at and with him, I told him that I didn't either! We stood there looking at the snakes and then looking at each other. They were UGLY!  I could tell that they were not rattle snakes.  My best guess at the time  was gopher or garden snakes. It had been so long sense I had seen one though.  Our custodian told me that he needed to find out what to do and make a call.   He said that he was going to GO... & make  phone call about the snakes? I told him to not be gone long. I was not going to stand out there alone!!

I finally got brave enough to begin to nudge one of them away using the tip of the grabby thingy and standing a bit like a pirate in a sword fight.  It worked!  The first one moved away quickly toward the back fence and through it to the field. The second, on the other hand got a little squirmy on me and kinda freaked me out! I was shaking like a leaf, but the encouragement of shouts by the students made me feel like 'Jeri Sharpe...Snake Charmer Extraordinaire!' It was all very exciting and the snake finally went through the fence.

However, by the time the older kids came out for their recess, one of the snakes came back through the fence.  From across the field I could see his return.  He was slipping slowly down the hillside.  At 42 years of age...I was amazed at my eyes catching sight of him.  I guess all my time on hikes spotting animals and creatures with my kids has paid off!  I calmly walked over and retrieved the 'grabby tool' and then onward to charm him out of the school yard!   He became the snake that kept coming back.  By the time the recess was over, he was resting outside the school yard fence. I couldn't get him to leave that area, so he will be something new to look out for until he moves on.  You've just got to love life in the country! 

Now that you know me as a snake charmer....I guess a future blog will have to be about the "bird charming" & rescue of a neighborhood pet bird. 

keep it bubbly!
xOx~ Yard Duty Gal,
Jeri