Crashing

I finally made it back to the beach~ but it was downright freezing!

I did manage to find some adventure outside even if the temperature would not cooperate.

I rented a bike and rode through the most majestic scenes I could imagined. I hunted for rocks that glistened in the peek-a-boo sunlight light along the beach.  I wondered in and out of shops along the boardwalk  and I even played  a game of toss the football ~ in the pouring rain.

Even with all the grins and giggles, I would say that I my most treasured moments were just listening to the crescendo of sounds that waves made as they were crashed ashore...I don't know what draws me to the ocean but I always feel so calm and relaxed there and you would too~ I just know it...

Safe Keeping

I am not a rich person by trade.  I work hard but the ideal life style is not reflected in my paycheck.

 I got some really good advice when I first started working.

My boss told me to try to live on what I make now and when I get a promotion/raise to put that money in savings or investments. This advice has served me well.

I also think you need to be responsible with credit cards. This means paying off the entire balance at the end of the month so that you never get any interest charges.  If you can't afford to pay it off, then you can't afford to have it!

I have learned that you do have to live within your means and you do not need all the bells and whistles to be happy.

We always have to make sacrifices.  You just have to decide if you want to do it now or in the future. I think now, is always a good place to start~for a bright future~ my friend...

Background Noise

You see where you want to be in life, you have mapped it all out.

Your plan is airtight, with no possibility of holes.  You are focused and determined to see it through and then you take you first step...

You walk alone because this seems like the best way to get where you are going, no distractions.  But as your journey continues, you meet people along the way.

These individuals are destined to either move you closer to your goal or sidetrack your intent.  You are given choices and those choices will be your triumph or your undoing.

The sooner you learn that your control is not in the destination but in the choices you make, the sooner you will arrive to the place you want to be...it just might not look the way you have envisioned it...safe journey my friend...

Names

Have you every wondered why people pick the screen names that they use in chatrooms?  I think it really tells a lot about who they are and who they want to be.

So what does Cherry_Licious say about me?

Well, I have to say that my nick tells you who I usta be in chat many years ago.

Cherry back then was very young and naive.  I really put a lot of myself out there in the online world. I showed no shame with the art of seduction and I was pretty wild, I would say, even reckless.

I spent a lot of my time in this online world, looking back, I am sure  I was avoiding the real world but I never really thought about that back then.  In real life, I am not like that but online I could be... "Cherry"...but I have learned to accept who I am, faults and all~ and embrace it.  That doesn't mean..Cherry doesn't come out to play ever once in awhile~

I would change my nick to reflect the person I am now, but~ I like the journey and if I changed my screen name~all those I have met along the way wouldn't recognize me and I think that would be harder.  I have no regrets because I believe that the good and bad things we experience are how we become who we are and I wouldn't change who I am now.

I would love to see who you really are in chat~ but I know I only get to see what you want me to see~I accept that~ that is how I know this is not the real world and what we have online cannot ever truly be real~

Conversation

I am worried about conversation.  Is it a lost art form?

Do people no longer get excited from the melody of words that spark between two people?

 Where is the chase and adventure in exploring new topics?

I look back over the years of how my writing has changed and transformed me into the person I am today.  I still love to communicate with people.

 I still find an attraction to a cleverly put together sentence.  It is not the grammar the excites me but the meaning behind the words.  It is the hidden knowledge of a secret language shared between two people.  No matter where you are, I can appreciate how you have equipped yourself with words and targeted a tantalizing topic.

Your attack is swift and well planned as you drop each syllable in your conversational campaign.  I am not cowering from your word bombardment, instead..I am taking it all in and wrapping myself in the cadence of our conversation.

This is the enjoyment you bring to me every time we exchange our secret language of twisted and pulse quickening words...an art form that I hope is never lost between us...

Valentine Moments

Wow~ Another year has passed...and it is yet again Valentine's Day.  I guess my stance on the day hasn't changed very much.  I know as a female I should love the day but simply, it is just another day on the calendar.

I am not against love or giving gifts.  I am just about not making that so routine.

I believe that you should show that you care everyday of the year.

Your special someone should get little tokens of love when you are thinking out them, you know those~ just because moments not because it is "the day" to do it.

I think cards, flowers, chocolates and jewelry are just so cookie cutter.  Show me that you care with your time, your words, and your actions...not your wallet.

I am happy to step off my soap box now...and go spend some time with the special someone in my life..enjoy the moments everyone, not the materials~

Snowzilla

Mother Nature decided to show her teeth when she sent twenty-four inches of snow my way.

I know I should be horrified about this winter event but I love the way the world seems more peaceful when blanketed with snow.  The snow muffles out the daily chaos of city and coats it in a muted pace.

I can't say that I found shoveling the snow a fun activity but sharing it with my neighbors did bring me satisfaction.  I did have some time for fun...snowball wars, sledding, and even building a few snow masterpieces.

For every long day in the frozen outdoors, brought a warm fire and hot tea to soothe aching muscles...