Jo's Space on the Web: My Log

Tongue surgery

2009-11-05T17:41:00.003-05:00

Just an update that I had a tongue lesion which the oral surgeon thought to be 98 to 99% no problem. But we agreed to get it out. So I did. The anticipation was worse than the procedure but now I'm a bit sore with 4 stitches. Anyway life could be worse so hopefully the biopsy will come back clean!

Interesting....

2009-10-14T11:47:00.002-05:00

Well we had a wonderful time in beautiful NH. Now for a busy few months because vacation time.

I read this online:

There are 307,634,082 people in the United States of America. If everyone in the U.S. lined up single file, the line would stretch around the Earth almost 7 times. That's a lot of people.

The U.S. Census Bureau statistics tell us that there are at least 151,671 different last names and 5,163 different first names in common use in the United States. Some names are more common than others.

There are 44,481 people named John Smith in the United States. There are 967 people named James Bond, 102 people named Harry Potter , 433 people named George Bush, and 31 people named Emily Dickinson. However, Johnny Cash (32 people) songs aside there are, statistically speaking, very few boys named Sue.

http://www.howmanyofme.com/

Our wedding announcement

2009-09-24T15:21:00.001-05:00

http://www.wickedlocal.com/plymouth/news/celebrations/x402526538/Levys-celebrate-25th-anniversary

I'm in the New York Times

2009-09-03T19:18:00.003-05:00

I am cited in the New York Times. I wrote an article about Bo Obama (the First Dog)!! http://intransit.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/travels-in-cyberspace-the-monday-report-11/

This is the original article http://www.examiner.com/x-1869-New-England-Fitness-Examiner~y2009m8d24-Bo-Obama-the-First-Dog-can-stay-fit-on-Marthas-Vineyard

Clunker program - we did it!

2009-08-20T18:07:00.002-05:00

and just in time since it looks like it will be gone as of Monday. We traded in our clunker 1998 Chevy S 10 with something like 170,000 miles getting 17 mpg for a Corolla.

Missing my dad

2009-08-19T14:52:00.004-05:00

Me and dad circa 1957

My kids with my dad in FL circa late 1980s.

Tomorrow is the 13th year my dad has been gotten. It has gotten easier. I don't cry very much but why can I remember him sitting on our living room in our previous house with Buffy, our Cocker Spaniel, next to him like it was yesterday?! 13 years - my gosh wouldn't the memories fade? He loved us all so much. In our religion I will light a candle in his memory on August 25.

Where we have camped

2009-08-14T18:44:00.002-05:00

Hair on Broadway and other musings

2009-08-01T17:25:00.005-05:00

We're getting excited about our wedding:) No peeks into the dress I bought but it isn't from a consignment store. Off to NYC. We're seeing Hair on Wednesday. Our house sitter will be with Hanna. No more traveling I don't think until we go to a wedding in Baltimore in October.

We loved the over 50 campground and would for sure go back though most people knew each other because they are there for the season. Hanna's 2nd kayaking trip.

2009-07-12T08:14:00.002-05:00

This is a satire if you don't get it which like the original poster of this YouTube noted and as many comments illustrate. It's brilliant. I am posting it everywhere.

Update

2009-07-01T12:55:00.001-05:00

We are glad to be back to a place that isn't raining. We still love Acadia National Park but 1/2 of our time in rain was too much. Looking forward to our July 3 party. The CA kids are back from their 3 week honeymoon and our doctor has started her 4th year of residency doing research. The CT kids went to the Grand Caymens to get away from the rain. Looking at the ocean is wonderful. I just have to get motivated (How about tomorrow) to fill up my bird feeders. I have about 8 loads of laundry to do - really.

The picture is of our hike up to Bubble Rock in Acadia.

Weddings, weddings and more weddings

2009-06-10T14:37:00.005-05:00

Gosh I am way behind. I published a review of the campground we stayed at when we went to an amazingly fun wedding in Pittsburgh.

We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversay with hubby asking me to marry him ring and all!

Our son's wedding was perfect. We had a terrific week in Park City Utah. The bride and groom the day before the wedding.

Hubby and bride dancing.

Hi friends

2009-05-15T09:06:00.005-05:00

First of all my loved Bones show was horrible. What was that all about?? And what a misleading trailer - very disappointed.

Second, for those who ask, my mom is doing great. She's been sad about the death of her friend; however, which is actually good to see that she had made a friend she cared so much about!

Third, I write on 4 sites. I know you may think it is a pain to read them. Some you may find interesting like

My Guide to Paris

Maxim's list of the top 100 most spectacular specimens on earth

My teaser is above.

So I don't write that many articles a day. It depends. But I need your help to boost my subscriptions and clicks. I know some are too long to read (unless interested) but even a click onto the article gives me not just a penny (Writing isn't about money!) but getting ahead of others. I admit it - I'm competitive when it comes to my writing sites.

So if you'd allow me to subscribe you I would love that or you can follow my writings to the left of my blog. I post everything I write to Twitter and Facebook but it's so much easier to get them delivered to your mailbox. Delete if you want which would make me very sad.

Lots to do over the next month including 2 weddings but I'll update when I can.

Happy spring, Jo

Our trip to Paris

2009-04-23T17:08:00.003-05:00

I hope everyone is well. I finally have some stuff to show you.

A slideshow of Paris

Eating our way through Paris

Eating on the go in Paris

Looking for a place to stay in Paris?

And don't forget you can follow me on Twitter

MAYA ANGELOU'S' BEST POEM EVER

2009-03-26T09:16:00.001-05:00

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ...

enough money within her control to move out
and rent a place of her own,
even if she never wants to or needs to...
something perfect to wear if the employer,
or date of her dreams wants to see her in an hour...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..

a youth she's content to leave behind....
a past juicy enough that she's looking forward to
retelling it in her old age....
a set of screwdrivers, a cordless drill, and a black lace bra...
one friend who always makes her laugh... and one who lets her cry...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ....

a good piece of furniture not previously owned by anyone else in her family.....
eight matching plates, wine glasses with stems,
and a recipe for a meal,
that will make her guests feel honored...

A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE ..

a feeling of control over her destiny...
how to fall in love without losing herself..

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...

how to quit a job,
break up with a lover,
and confront a friend without;
ruining the friendship....

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW....

when to try harder... and WHEN TO WALK AWAY...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...

that she can't change the length of her calves,
the width of her hips, or the nature of her parents..
that her childhood may not have been perfect....but it's over....

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...

what she would and wouldn't do for love or more.....
how to live alone... even if she doesn't like it....

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW.. .

whom she can trust,
whom she can't,
and why she shouldn't take it personally...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...

where to go...
be it to her best friend's kitchen table..
or a charming Inn in the woods...
when her soul needs soothing...

EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW...

What she can and can't accomplish in a day...
a month...and a year...

SEND THIS TO 3 WOMEN.....

You will have good luck for an entire day..

SEND THIS TO 6 WOMEN....

You will have good luck for all of the year or if nothing else...
you know that you are truly loved and thought of by the friend,
who sent this to you...
and that she only wishes the best for you and your life...

AND REMEMBER:

GOOD FRIENDS ARE LIKE STARS.

YOU DON'T ALWAYS SEE THEM,

BUT YOU ALWAYS KNOW THEY ARE THERE!!!!!!

Back from Paris

2009-03-16T15:55:00.001-05:00

We are back from a wonderful week in Paris. My fingers were itching to type something. I think I've made up for it today. Still have laundry to do and a few things to unpack. I have a busy day tomorrow and Wednesday. Don't forget you can follow me on Tweeter! Jo

Off to Paris

2009-03-04T12:02:00.001-05:00

On Friday without our computers. We are renting an apartment and there is supposed to be a computer but I truly hope I am never on it! I'll be back Around March 16. Jo

What is your biggest complaint about how to get fit? My Poll

2009-03-04T11:58:00.002-05:00

Online Surveys & Market Research

This is a must watch!

2009-02-27T16:00:00.001-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFz-FMj-9Ps

Please read and remember and send it around

2009-02-25T19:32:00.001-05:00

Soon the last Holocaust survivor will be gone. It is up to us and our children to keep the memory alive. Jo

In MEMORIAM - 63 YEARS LATER

Please read the little cartoon carefully, it's powerful. Then read the comments at the end.

I'm doing my small part by forwarding this message. I hope you'll consider doing the same.
In Memoriam

It is now more than 60 years after the Second World War inEurope ended This e-mail is being sent as a memorial chain, in memory of the six million Jews, 20 milli on Russians, 10 million Christians and 1,900 Catholic priests who were murdered, massacred, raped, burned, starved and humiliated with the German and Russian Peoples looking the other way!

Now, more than ever, with Iraq , Iran , and others, claiming the Holocaust to be 'a myth,' it's imperative to make sure the world never forgets, because there are others who would like to do it again.

This e-mail is intended to reach 40 million people worldwide!

Join us and be a link in the memorial chain and help us distribute it around the world.

Please send this e-mail to 10 people you know and ask them to continue the memorial chain.
Please don't just delete it.

It will only take you a moment

My personal training blog

2009-02-25T14:20:00.002-05:00

I was thinking of integrating my personal training blog with this one but I have a lot of items posted there. I decide just to make sure people know about it.

Jo's Personal Training Blog

I had the weirdest dream

2009-02-12T20:17:00.004-05:00

My grandmother came to me in my dream. I'm sure it was her and it was so real I know she was in the room. She was handing me something and I reached my arm out to her. I remember reaching my arm because it woke me and I realized that no one was there. I believe in spirits and guides. Do you?

Congrats to the Steelers and the Boss Rocks

2009-02-02T14:43:00.003-05:00

I wrote an article on the Boss's tour

Bruce Springstein and the E Street Band Tour

We had a dream

2009-01-20T08:27:00.002-05:00

WE HAD A DREAM AND THE DREAM HAS COME TRUE

The Inaugural Weekend

2009-01-16T09:31:00.002-05:00

The time has finally come. Not only do we get rid of W. but we get Barack Obama as our President. It's been a long time since I've been happy with who has been in charge. It feels good to be able to take pride in the commander in chief. We are heading to Paris in March and I really think the city/country/world will not hate us as much. Sure I think we have to prove ourselves. It will take time for other countries to trust us but I believe if anyone can do it President-elect Obama can.

I have an article on the weekend through Tuesday schedule for what you can look forward to:

The definitive quide to the historical inauguration

Heading North/Selling our Travel trailer???

2009-01-09T22:19:00.002-05:00

We are officially heading home after having a great day yesterday. We went kayaking and then spent the day with Hanna at the dog beach. She's becoming socialized!

Heading to Epcot tomorrow. We are staying in the area for three nights and then will mosey on north perhaps stopping in Jacksonville again.

We are thinking (seriously) of selling our travel trailer and buying one a bit bigger. So if you know anyone who wants a 25' travel trailer in great shape with a terrific floor plan, a/c, over, 3 burner stove, refrigerator, walk around bed, couch, table, swivel chair, entertainment corner, awning, two propane tanks it will be available to be looked at.

a picture of our 2006 Sunline Solaris