http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ariala6178/A blog to catch everything going through my mind throughout the day!hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ariala6178/619051Here I am with my new nephew, Noah. I held and fed him and he even fell asleep in my arms. Happy 4th of July!http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ariala6178/618836Two weeks ago yesterday, I got cable. I have 287 channels or so, and I admit I spend most of my time on the travel channel (50). I love three shows in particular: Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern; Anthony Bourdain in No Reservations and Dr. Mike in Bite Me. These guys are nuts and I simply love...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ariala6178/618457I used to save spiders and other insects from their demise - a smashing sort of death, but lately, they've gone the way of the SPLAT. I am actually nervous around big spiders anymore, and at one time, I wasn't. Sunday and yesterday, there was a big spider in my kitchen sink and I had Mr. Ariala...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ariala6178/618040Often, I think about creating an attractive book of photography, personal quotes, poetry and other thoughts...I think and think about, but for some reason, I have a hard to sitting down and actually creating it. I have all the software I need to create an attractive PDF to load and have printed...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ariala6178/617236I know some of you find it funny that I just got cable in 2009. Like my good friend Blackcat told me in an email when I told her, "Welcome to 1982." LOL I decided that with cable, not only is my carbon footprint much better, I am also going to save quite a bit of money by not going to movies...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ariala6178/617099Tomorrow is the summer solstice. It is the longest day of the year and it always tells us the days are becoming shorter again, pointing us to the autumn season, right around the corner. The mornings will be darker once more, not something I look forward to when I drive to work. Right now, I'm...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ariala6178/616759I got cable television today.http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ariala6178/616433I admit, I recently took a mental vacation from writing for money. I think I got burned out for a while and discouraged about a few endeavors I tried that went no where. Although the article writing was going really well, I got bored with the subjects I was writing about. However, the money was...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ariala6178/616226http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Ariala6178/615946Imagine a friend coming back from a vacation in the Czech Republic and asking you how your Christmas family photo ended up as a window ad for a Czech food store? That's exactly what happened to one family. Read their story here. Would you be offended or flattered if one of your online photos of...