Name: Anduin Anduin
From: California, United States
About me: I'm a So Cal girl born and raised. I've known my husband for over 19 years and we've been married for 15. My cat is also 15 years old and his name is Yoshi. He is the ruler of the house and has me under complete submission using his super feline mind control abilities.
Anduin's World
FAVORITE SAYINGS, THINGS I LIVE BY: If you don't ask, you don't get, What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and Just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
'Tis The Season
We've had the best weather this month. Sunny, clear skies - warm but not hot. Perfect So Cal weather. That is until this last Sunday and then the Santa Ana winds began to blow, the temperature rose to the high 90's and all the firebugs crawled out from under their rocks. Prime fire season around here. An arsonists dream come true. Not all of these fires were started on purpose, but it's suspected that a few were intentionally set. It's bad enough that we've had winds up to 70 mph in some areas, blowing dirt and sand everywhere, knocking down trees and fences. Add smoke and ashes to the mix and you feel like your breathing air that's as thick as soup. We had a dry winter, not much rain, so everything is brown and quick to burn. Four years ago the fires raged all over southern California, one not far from our apartment. From our balcony we watched the foothills north of us burn for days. The fires were about 4 miles away and spread quickly, destroying many homes. I remember getting calls from relatives on the east coast wanting to know if we were okay because they heard on the news that Rancho Cucamonga was burning. We were safe, but it was a weird feeling to be so close to such disaster. Now the fires are back and so many people have lost their homes. The numbers are quite high and things are pretty desperate right now. I hope that everyone involved in fighting these fires are kept safe and unharmed, and that no one else dies as a result of it. One man has died so far. I'm just hoping for the weather to change so the firefighters can get everything under control. My thanks go out to all of the firefighters that are working on these fires, locally and from around the country. We appreciate your help.
Monday, October 15, 2007
R E S P E C T
I've been feeling a lot like Rodney Dangerfield lately, in that I can't get no respect. I fail to understand why, since I'm like the nicest person in the world. Maybe that's the cause. I'm too nice to people and I get walked all over for my efforts. I don't know, it's frustrating really. I just want to be treated the same way I treat others. My thing is, I respect people until they give me a reason not to. After that it's next to impossible to get it back again. I wish people understood this about me. I wish I could learn to be a bit more of a bitch to people without having all of the guilt that goes with it. Whenever I've been rude or abrupt with someone, it always comes back to me and I usually go and apologize for my behavior. Why is it that no one does this for me? I'm so fed up with all of it really. It puts me in a mood where I just want to walk away from everyone and forget they exist. I'm talking mostly of co-workers and bosses here. Family a little bit. Not my husband though. He's been really great. I don't think he knows how proud of him I am and how much I've enjoyed being with him too. Guess he knows now.