Tre the Animal Lover

This was at a dog show a few weeks ago. The dogs just loved him and I promise, all animals are like this with Tre. He Loves all creatures, animals, babies. People have told me that he's an "old soul". Maybe that is it. But whatever it is, I hope nothing ever changes him.

Nathaniel's Train Set

He begged for a train for christmas. I'm so glad I got this for him, he Loves it to no end.

Sleepy Head

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Originally uploaded by mylissa.

We Painted

I love this picture! (even though if you look close you can see that I photoshopped (and not very well) a bug out of one of the paint containers. )

A beautiful beach day

With just me and the Bug.

This was actually January

Ha Ha Ha America

This film was one of the SunDance Festival 2006 entries. Along with many others Ha ha ha America was brilliant and a little nervous. It runs about 10 minutes or so, not sure as I was interupted a few times. Nevertheless, check it out.

Snap out of IT.... please.

Ok, so I'm over it.
The new Leaf, consider it Turned.
I returned to work today (after two extra days off, no less) to the same crap.
But
I Feel
Better.I've got to start posting some pics like I've been promising, therefore when I go home for lunch today I will grab the cam and disks with pics preloaded and bring it!!
BRING. IT. !.(I don't know why I put that period after the exclamation point, piss off!)
Why is it that every bleedin time I post the date goes back to 2:39 pm on Feb 13, so I've to remember before I publish that I've to change the time and date. UGH!!

Eerie But Sweet... Mylissa

Crossroads, seem to come and go, yeah.
The gypsy flies from coast to coast
Knowing many, loving none,
Bearing sorrow havin’ fun,
But back home he’ll always run
To sweet melissa... mmm...

Freight train, each car looks the same, all the same.
And no one knows the gypsy’s name
No one hears his lonely sigh,
There are no blankets where he lies.
In all his deepest dreams the gypsy flies
With sweet melissa... mmm...

Again the morning’s come,
Again he’s on the run,
Sunbeams shining through his hair,
Appearing not to have a care.
Well, pick up your gear and gypsy roll on, roll on.
Crossroads, will you ever let him go?
(lord, lord)Will you hide the dead man’s ghost,
Or will he lie, beneath the clay,
Or will his spirit roll away?

But I know that he won’t stay without melissa.
Yes I know that he won’t stay without melissa.
~AllmanBrothers

I've never listened or attempted to know the words to this song. It was an irritating feature in my life:
Every boyfriend/lover my mom ever played seemed to want to sing this song to me when I was young.
Every boyfriend/admirer/whatever I ever had wasted money in the Juke-boxes for this song to be played at any pub/bar/restaurant I've ever been to.
I've tried to avoid this song most of my life. But today I found the lyrics, in an old memoir belonging to my father (I'm talkin really old).
What's so eerie/ironic to me about this song is that I was named from this song by my father, and I just realised the "gypsy" is my father. Always was. From the day I was born he was in and out of my life constantly but he always came back to me.

Something else about this is that the above lyrics are the original lyrics as written by the Allman Brothers, however my father wrote a different closing for the song in place of the original.

...And he will never lie, beneath the clay,
His spirit will sometimes roll away,
But he will return again one day, to Mylissa.
~Marc Tyson

Today the Sun Shines on Us, Every One

Today is the funeral. I really can't imagine what Ms. Susan is going through today. And Cameron and all of the Keys' family. I know what I'm dealing with, but that's fish poop compared to their anguish. I love that family.
And my brother, who was Sean's best friend growing up, isn't even going to the funeral. He says "I can't deal with death."
None of us can, Jason. But the reason we go is to support his family and each other and to show people that we cared about Sean. If everyone dealt with the loss of a friend the way your dealing with it, his funeral would be full of empty chairs. What the f*?? Is that what you want J? I hope not.

Happy LoveyDovey Day

I'm glad that I have the people in my life that I have on this Valentine's Day.
I have a lot to be thankful for this Valentine's day, I have my two beautiful boys and their Unconditional Love and nothing is more important that that!! This is the first Valentine's day in four years that I'm with someone that makes me so happy I almost melt when I hear his voice.
It's also a day that I have to look back at losing a dear friend and look forward to a funeral and seeing that friend put in a box.
I'm trying really hard not to be so somber today.
And I was doing fine until sending my Valentine text messages and going through the contacts in my phone when I see it. The one person I can not send the heartfelt messages to anymore. Damn I miss him.
Just these little things.
He's not here.
It just doesn't seem real it doesn't seem that this could really be happening.
Is it a dream.
Am I going to wake up.
No. No it's not. This is real, already three days have gone by that I haven't spoken to my good friend whom I talked to almost everyother day for years and years.
This is going to be a good Valentines but it's also going to be very hard.

Do me a favor, find someone to love today. Someone out there is in need of Love don't let them be alone.

nate pier

There is one thing that I believe to be the most unnatural event in human existance.
And that is a parent out-living their child. No parent should ever live to see the death of their child.
It's not natural.
Nobody should ever feel that pain.

My friend, a very close friend of my family. Almost more like a brother than a friend.
Sean Keys.
I will not try to describe the kind of person Sean was as I would not be doing him any justice.

The Keys family is one less beautiful person
and so is the world.

I will always hold him in my memory, nobody ever forgets beautiful people like Sean.

It's so cold this morning.

Finger numbing.
I always get out to the car to start it and crank the heat 5 or 10 minutes before we leave. I put half of my work stuff in and this way it's nice and warm for the boys when we set off.
I went out this morning with no shoes as always but this time stepped in a freezing cold mini-puddle of water. I thought my toes would fall off. Even when I got back in the house.
Plus the stupid heat in our office doesn't work proper ~ the thermostat is in the middle of the office but only blows in my bosses space, not in the rest. Example: the therm is set at 72, go in his it feels 80 and the rest is 55.
I could never live north of the mason dixon.

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