Author: Talina

I am a colorguard/ winterguard instructor, it is my passion and my hobby. I love to watch and design winterguard shows. April is a big month for winterguards all over the world becasue world championships are taking place. [youtube Oha4_VeEky0 Winterguard in the news] The unit I teach is a young high school/ beginning unit […]

The journey of life is filled with choices and resulting consequences. Every situation we experience leads to the next experience and every experience has choices to be made whether you are aware of them or not. People DO NOT have to be the victims of the circumstances in their lives. Everybody is dealt a hand […]

My chunk of the world is a better place because I save rain water for the garden, I compost organic matter and I love to garden. I am recycling and also looking into earth friendly craft ideas and ways to save or reuse things. I wrote an article about green/ earth friendly gift ideas and […]

Spring time crafts for kids and families Make Earth Day meaningful for children with crafts

I visited Annie over @ Loving Annie and discovered her One Kind Act Wednesday post. This seems like something will enjoy participating in and it will help me to do kind things for others more often. My kind act for the day is: Forgiveness and acceptance. On Tuesday I was helping out an old employer […]

I have a few moments this morning so I am trying to post an update about how the last few weeks have been. My birthday was nice and so was out trip to Colorado springs. However I am disappointed about the lack for pine forest there. I got a few really interesting books for my […]

I entered a writing contest this week. It runs Wednesday through Wednesday and I had to write articles on a number of predetermined topics. If you have a spare moment check out some of the topics I had to write about. Wednesday, 4/4/07 is the last day of the contest and the more visits/ reads […]

I am having a great time entertaining myself on the internet lately… I thought I would share some of the fun and useful new sites I have found so you can check them out. Zunafish is an online swapping community. You post the things you are willing to trade, then you post the things you […]

I love to spend time in the garden watering plants, pruning and planting various new things to enjoy. Unfortunately itchy, watery eyes, painful sinus pressure and headaches have interrupted my gardening hobby. I am very familiar with the available over the counter allergy medicines that can relieve my symptoms but I have always been reluctant […]

I don’t know about you but I sure get all excited about my planted bulbs in the spring and summer. I just love to anticipate the burts of color that the flowers bring. I created my blooming bulb gift so that everyone could enjoy the beauty and symbolism that flowering bulbs bring. The blooming bulb […]

I commute from flagstaff to sedona on a daily basis for work. I am often driving home from work after dark and the drive is through national forests. I often see wildlife and I have been lucky enough to not hit any in the entire time I have been doing the drive. A few nights […]

How is it that simply getting up in the morning and taking the time to “smell the roses” can make your whole day great? This morning when I went down to pur myself some coffee I looked outside to see what the temperature gage was reading. It was warm enough last night for us to […]

Computers make day-to-day life much more convenient. You can manage your banking online, pay bills, obtain vital records, keep in contact with friends, research, network and so much more. Identity theft is a major concern for online users everywhere. Everyone is concerned about how to keep their information safe while browsing the World Wide Web […]

Todays Daily Om was about competing with yourself in life and how that can get you motivated for the wrong reasons. This I something I have experience with so I will write about it.

[youtube Q8OMijrTVBU Shutdown Day 2007- Alternative Uses for your Laptop] While aimlessly browsing fellow blogs of interest I can across and ironic but intriguing post. Over at Running on Empty, Matty shares a challenge he has embarked upon. March 24th 2007 is official computer shutdown day. If you are interested in participating all you need […]

[youtube HTS3wrytyls A beautiful time-lapse video just west of Flagstaff, AZ. ] This is a great video I found on youtube.com that I thought I would share now that I am able to display videos on my blog. Hope everyone is having a good day! Enjoy the video.

I found this amusing instructional video on how to wash a cat. If you need a laugh and have a few min. check it out!

Looking for a few words of encouragement or inspiration? Take a moment to read through these submissions to my carnival of motivational writing, I did and they all have something valuable to offer.