Gulf Coast Dee's Diary I - Please Peek!

Moving On Up!

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:00:22 GMT

I made a great boo-boo in moving my blog to Blogspot. I created a total of seven (7) blogs because it kept on getting stuck and I keep on trying to reload it. Little did I know that if I just waited and left it alone, it unstuck itself. Duh! LOL.

For those interested in visiting me there, here is the my new home:

http://gulfcoastdeesdiaryi.blogspot.com/

Here is a little ditty that I thought is fitting. It's the theme to " The Jeffersons." Moving on up to the deluxe blog in cyberspace!

Name Change and Blogspot

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:06:59 GMT

I am a tad disconcerted about AOL Journals closing its doors.

Though I am not a frequent journaler, I have met a lot of wonderful people through J-Land. It is my second home where I can go when I am feeling joyful or sad. It's like that bar on the "Cheers" TV series.

I changed my journal's name in anticipation of the blogspot migration because I know another J-Land journaler also have my old journal name.

I signed up for Google and initiated a blog there. Here is the link if you are interested. http://gulfcoastdeesdiary.blogspot.com/

I am quite confused as to the migration process. I have another blog that I started for my kids with memories and recipes and I do not know if I have to create another blog to have that migrated too.

Here's to one and all: Cheers!

TO: You-Know-Who-You-Are

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:16:19 GMT

"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values. "

~Ayn Rand, US novelist (1905 - 1982)

I was driving to the airport today and this song came on the radio. It made made me smile and I thought about you. This is our song, remember? I miss you and I love you.

Dad for 22 Years and Still Kickin' A$$!

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:33:10 GMT

Happy Father's Day to the Best Dad Ever!

L-O-V-E!

Wed, 21 May 2008 20:00:02 GMT

"One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life. That word is LOVE."

~Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC)

US Economics

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:55:54 GMT

"An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living."

~Nicholas Chamfort (1741 - 1794)

Thank you, Mike, for the graphics!

The Mundane

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:35:31 GMT

"Humor is a spontaneous, wonderful bit of an outburst that just comes. It's unbridled, it's unplanned, it's full of surprises."

-Erma Bombeck

Hubby: Why is Paris Hilton on the cover of National Geographic?

Me: Because she is a party animal.

All I Want For Mother's Day

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:40:37 GMT

My advice to you is get married:
if you find a good wife you'll be happy;
if not, you'll become a philosopher.

Socrates (470-399 B.C.)

Hubby: You know what to do. My seven sisters' roses need it. I know you're jetlagged but Home Depot is just around the corner. (Please!).

Kids: No iPod or Zune (I can't even find my cellphone most mornings!). Just download my music and send it to me or put it in CD(s) so I can listen to it on my laptop. Why did I put this here? Because I know you little rascals read my blog!

Mother's Day Invitation

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:45:14 GMT

I am taking my family this weekend to see Anita Renfroe, a phe-Mom (genius, witty and wise), who somehow filled the void that Erma Bombeck left. Check the You Tube below with her singing Momsense Song to the tune of William Tell Overture.

This entry is dedicated to all my friends who are MOMs for real and those who are MOMs in spirit.

I invite you all to my house on May 10th for a "Southern Belle Style High Tea." No hoop skirts required, come naked if you want but hats and gloves will be de riguer. Bring your twangiest accent or fake a British accent. I am concocting a surprise menu. Do not flinch, this will not be one of the "Bayou Nights" party I throw where I serve some bizarre stuff like nutria stew.

(This is the edited version. I learn something everyday. Lesson learned the day I wrote the original entry: Though riesling and blogging rhyme, they are not compatible. Typos and grammar lapses result from the combination.)

Life Changing Lecture

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:01:05 GMT


"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night."
: ~Edgar Allan Poe, "Eleonora"
US short story author, editor, & poet (1809 - 1849)

(This is Dr. Randy Pausch's "Last Lecture" video. He is smart, funny and awe inspiring. He is dying of pancreatic cancer. Check out his website at: Randy Pausch's Home Page )

To my daughter who dreams to be a math teacher, a biomedical engineer, a writer (oh, the agony of choosing a college major!)...

To my son who wants to be all of these: Doctor of Medicine, Broadway playwright, actor and director, Hollywood screenwriter and musical scorer, Disney Imagineer, poet, songwriter, fiction writer, and musical composer (among others)...

Follow your dreams and live them!