Ginnylynnpeterson: October 2009

Monday, October 26, 2009

A Fall Day of Fun!

First there was some trampoline fun.....

I tried pretty hard to keep up with the kids,

but they had their flips, turns and butt jumps down!

Then there was some Tyrolean fun!

And the canoe commute back to the house....

one of the nice advantages of having all of my family live on the same lake!

Saturday, October 24, 2009

I've been busy, but there are some things in life that are worth slowing down for....a long walk on the beach with Mom is well worth slowing down for....temps are still warm, water is still warm and the sound of the ocean is still magical.....As always, thank you Mom for being such an amazing person!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

I was on my way to Berlin, but I ended up in Snow Hill

My life has changed quit a bit now that I'm living on the Eastern Shore. So, its been a little bit of a struggle to try and figure out what to blog about...as I do still love my blog. I do feel everyday is an adventure here, just different than my life in Alaska.......So as of late, I've been back on a bike, which has just been great! Probably one of the things I missed while living in AK. I have not figured out a way to attach my camera in a position that makes it easier to take photos, so these are not so great - I'll work on it. But I do think it will be a great way to document some of the area. Its pretty easy to escape the 'city' and find yourself on beautiful country roads.....I don't have a good map yet, and I continue to get lost...but I do usually find my way!

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Every now and then, its nice to be on the sideline....Stacy's First Triathalon

I just had to brag about my cousin Stacy for a second as I was so proud of her for completing her first triathlon! It was a 1/2 mile open water swim, 15 mile bike and a 3.1 mile run. She smiled as she got out of the water, looked super strong on the bike, and glowed when she crossed the finish line....ok, maybe she wouldn't call it glowing! But she really did a fantastic job!

Thursday, October 1, 2009

AK Friends Come to Salisbury!

It is pretty amazing to me that my Alaska friends would make a stop in Salisbury. It is truly amazing to me that with my move here, Salisbury is on the radar for so many folks....that I am truly grateful for....cause without you all,,,,well it just wouldn't be right.

Resh had an amazing time playing in the pool and playing on the beach....It was one of those days where it actually felt warmer in the water than it did on the beach...We couldn't get Resh to go in the water, but Rick and I took a quick dip....ok his was longer than mine.....A windy warm day......wind, even on the east coast, still continues to be my least favorite element.

We walked on the boardwalk, ate Thrashers (the best french fries ever), it was to late in the season for rides, but we did spend sometime in Playland playing skeet ball, grab machines, raced cars and other games.

So glad you all were able to make the trip and to see what my life is like! Miss you all!

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Meet Joe Black Quote

"Love is passion, obsession, someone you can't live without. If you don't start with that, what are you going to end up with? Fall head over heels. I say find someone you can love like crazy and who'll love you the same way back. And how do you find him? Forget your head and listen to your heart. I'm not hearing any heart. Run the risk, if you get hurt, you'll come back. Because, the truth is there is no sense living your life without this. To make the journey and not fall deeply in love - well, you haven't lived a life at all. You have to try. Because if you haven't tried, you haven't lived"

To Lucy Barfield (The dedication in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)

My Dear Lucy,
I wrote ths story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand, a word you say, but I shall still be

your affectionate Godfather,
C.S. Lewis

Ithaka

When setting out upon your way to Ithaca,wish always that your course be long, full of adventure, full of lore.Of the Laestrygones and of the Cyclopes,of an irate Poseidon never be afraid; such things along your way you will not find,if lofty is your thinking, if fine sentimentin spirit and in body touches you. Neither Laestrygones nor Cyclopes,nor wild Poseidon will you ever meet,unless you bear them in your soul,unless your soul has raised them up in front of you.

Wish always that your course be long;that many there be of summer mornswhen with such pleasure, such great joy,you enter ports now for the first time seen;that you may stop at some Phoenician marts,to purchase there the best of wares,mother-of-pearl and coral, amber, ebony,hedonic perfumes of all sorts--as many such hedonic perfumes as you can;that you may go to various Egyptian townsto learn, and learn from those schooled there.

Your mind should ever be on Ithaca.Your reaching there is your prime goal.But do not rush your journey anywise.Better that it should last for many years,and that, now old, you moor at Ithaca at last,a man enriched by all you gained upon the way,and not expecting Ithaca to give you further wealth.
For Ithaca has given you the lovely trip.Without her you would not have set your course.There is no more that she can give.

If Ithaca seems then too lean, you have not been deceived.As wise as you are now become, of such experience,you will have understood what Ithaca stands for.

Constantine P. Cavafy

I am Vertical - Sylvia Plath

But I would rather be horizontal. I am not a tree with my root in the soil Sucking up minerals and motherly love So that each March I may gleam into leaf, Nor am I the beauty of a garden bed Attracting my share of Ahs and spectacularly painted, Unknowing I must soon unpetal. Compared with me, a tree is immortal And a flower-head not tall, but more startling, And I want the one's longevity and the other's daring.

Tonight, in the infinitesimal light of the stars, The trees and the flowers have been strewing their cool odors. I walk among them, but none of them are noticing. Sometimes I think that when I am sleeping I must most perfectly resemble them --
Thoughts gone dim. It is more natural to me, lying down.
Then the sky and I are in open conversation, And I shall be useful when I lie down finally: Then the trees may touch me for once, and the flowers have time for me.

Thoughts....

When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion -- when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing - when you see money flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors - when you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed.

Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged (1957)

A friend of mine just shared this with me and I thought I would pass it on!

Myself
by Edgar Guest

I have to live with myself, and so, I want to be fit for myself to know;I want to be able as days go by, Always to look myself straight in the eye; I don't want to stand with the setting sun
And hate myself for the things I've done. I don't want to keep on a closet shelf A lot of secrets about myself, And fool myself as I come and go Into thinking that nobody else will know The kind of man I really am; I don't want to dress myself up in sham. I want to deserve all men's respect; But here in this struggle for fame and pelf, I want to be able to like myself. I don't want to think as I come and go That I'm for bluster and bluff and empty show. I never can hide myself from me, I see what others may never see, I know what others may never know, I never can fool myself -- and so, Whatever happens, I want to be Self-respecting and conscience free.